jenny (phire)
@phirephoenix.com
I write code for a living and words for my sins. occasional blog posts at https://phirephoenix.com, weekly newsletter for organizing/activism in Toronto at @showuptoronto.ca.
it’s a FIIIIINE LIFE carrying the banner through it ALLLLLLL (feat: @westendphoenix.bsky.social)
October 26, 2025 at 8:22 PM
it’s a FIIIIINE LIFE carrying the banner through it ALLLLLLL (feat: @westendphoenix.bsky.social)
This is pretty textbook AI slop
September 24, 2025 at 3:41 PM
This is pretty textbook AI slop
weird I feel like listening to Cell Block Tango
September 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
weird I feel like listening to Cell Block Tango
in high school I wrote out the lyrics to this song in calligraphy to practice and when I showed it to a friend she told me the words were ridiculously sappy, not even knowing they weren’t mine, which is when I was like oh okay turns out we weren’t friends after all, anyway I still have a photo of it
August 22, 2025 at 6:58 PM
in high school I wrote out the lyrics to this song in calligraphy to practice and when I showed it to a friend she told me the words were ridiculously sappy, not even knowing they weren’t mine, which is when I was like oh okay turns out we weren’t friends after all, anyway I still have a photo of it
tfw you show up to a @techworkerscoalition.org meeting in the same @sesameworkersunion.bsky.social merch, all the cool pro-labour kids are wearing this great look @adoaboutthings.bsky.social
August 15, 2025 at 3:29 AM
tfw you show up to a @techworkerscoalition.org meeting in the same @sesameworkersunion.bsky.social merch, all the cool pro-labour kids are wearing this great look @adoaboutthings.bsky.social
this is an utterly delightful paragraph from @rusty.todayintabs.com whose artistry I would applaud even if I didn’t agree with assessment of Mr. T Dot Chats, which I do, fully and completely www.todayintabs.com/p/the-chatte...
August 6, 2025 at 1:31 AM
this is an utterly delightful paragraph from @rusty.todayintabs.com whose artistry I would applaud even if I didn’t agree with assessment of Mr. T Dot Chats, which I do, fully and completely www.todayintabs.com/p/the-chatte...
WAIT I forgot to mention the funniest (to me, a childhood fan of the The Baby-Sitters Club) accidental name duplication in my database which is in desperate need of cleaning:
August 1, 2025 at 7:12 PM
WAIT I forgot to mention the funniest (to me, a childhood fan of the The Baby-Sitters Club) accidental name duplication in my database which is in desperate need of cleaning:
1. Sharkitty >>>>>>>>> Blahaj (it’s a SHARK that’s a CAT come ON)
July 20, 2025 at 10:24 PM
1. Sharkitty >>>>>>>>> Blahaj (it’s a SHARK that’s a CAT come ON)
I got STICKERS come find me at an organizing event if you want one
June 12, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I got STICKERS come find me at an organizing event if you want one
wow this is the first time I anticipated a saas shutdown, anyway, modernity continues to be incredibly stupid phirephoenix.com/blog/2024-11...
May 22, 2025 at 6:15 PM
wow this is the first time I anticipated a saas shutdown, anyway, modernity continues to be incredibly stupid phirephoenix.com/blog/2024-11...
If you see this, post the most recent photo of yourself from your camera roll. No cheating!
(sometimes it’s hard to convey how absurdly sized Callie is and then other times)
(sometimes it’s hard to convey how absurdly sized Callie is and then other times)
May 7, 2025 at 12:29 AM
If you see this, post the most recent photo of yourself from your camera roll. No cheating!
(sometimes it’s hard to convey how absurdly sized Callie is and then other times)
(sometimes it’s hard to convey how absurdly sized Callie is and then other times)
finally decided on what to do with my verso pin and this is very funny to me, happy may day everyone
May 1, 2025 at 8:49 PM
finally decided on what to do with my verso pin and this is very funny to me, happy may day everyone
posting @ them seems to work, you’re also labelled as a bluesky elder by them which seems wild blue.mackuba.eu/scanner/
April 27, 2025 at 5:32 PM
posting @ them seems to work, you’re also labelled as a bluesky elder by them which seems wild blue.mackuba.eu/scanner/
ok I know the market is bad but
April 15, 2025 at 11:19 PM
ok I know the market is bad but
wait I just saw the penguin gadsden flag meme and I must know if a canadian version has been done yet because if not may I present
April 5, 2025 at 10:59 PM
wait I just saw the penguin gadsden flag meme and I must know if a canadian version has been done yet because if not may I present
If you long press any app on iOS one of the options is requiring a passcode. unfortunately it’s not app specific, it’s just your phone unlock, but it might be better than nothing?
April 5, 2025 at 4:10 AM
If you long press any app on iOS one of the options is requiring a passcode. unfortunately it’s not app specific, it’s just your phone unlock, but it might be better than nothing?
in these trying times may I offer you a blob-shaped cat
February 3, 2025 at 8:35 PM
in these trying times may I offer you a blob-shaped cat
I took a screenshot of a dumb AI take and started refuting it and could feel my blood pressure rising so I deleted it and am showing you my cat instead, where’s my medal
December 6, 2024 at 1:47 AM
I took a screenshot of a dumb AI take and started refuting it and could feel my blood pressure rising so I deleted it and am showing you my cat instead, where’s my medal
Depressingly trenchant. www.dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
November 13, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Depressingly trenchant. www.dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
I know this is just pundit brainworms but like, what?? I too do not know why Harris lost but I’m 100% certain that any answers we do eventually get will not change my political views because those are borne from core values?? that don’t change just because they’re outmaneuvered at the ballot box???
November 10, 2024 at 9:50 PM
I know this is just pundit brainworms but like, what?? I too do not know why Harris lost but I’m 100% certain that any answers we do eventually get will not change my political views because those are borne from core values?? that don’t change just because they’re outmaneuvered at the ballot box???
in these trying times may I offer you a cat
November 7, 2024 at 7:15 PM
in these trying times may I offer you a cat
