Abby Phoenix (she/her) @aphoenix.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Ha! Well, I’m glad you proved that note wrong! 001
Abby Phoenix (she/her) @aphoenix.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Anyway, this is just to say: I’m so happy I wrote then (I remember really doubting it was going to help much before I started), and I’m so happy that it brings me some unexpected joy now. And amusement at myself. 010
Abby Phoenix (she/her) @aphoenix.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Which then amuses me further because, of course she was. Immediately after, I wonder if it’s the most self-satisfied thing in the world to delight in your own thoughts and words. Which is where it helps to remember: they’re only FOR me. The audience gives it a 100% score. What’s wrong with that? 110
Abby Phoenix (she/her) @aphoenix.bsky.social · 06/05/2026It’s been very helpful, partly because it reminds me that this is a cyclical thing & I will come out of it. But an unintended side effect is: I love my writing and have literally laughed out loud twice already. It’s that comfort you feel reading a piece and thinking “is this person IN my brain?” 120
Abby Phoenix (she/her) @aphoenix.bsky.social · 06/05/2026So I get blue (some years more reflective, some years more depressive) around May every year. It always passes by June. Two years ago, I decided to write through it, via daily private journaling till I felt better. This year, well into my funk, I decided to read through some of my 2024 writing. 310
Abby Phoenix (she/her) @aphoenix.bsky.social · 09/03/2026Yes, utterly. And I don’t hate joy at all! I just feel like the unmodulated level of cheer and people-pleasing makes me immediately worried about my fellow humans’ psyches these days. 010
Abby Phoenix (she/her) @aphoenix.bsky.social · 09/03/2026This can’t be what people want, is it? To be told they’re right at every turn, and bowed to by electronic toadies? If a human spoke to me like this, I’d be so alarmed and wonder what their deal is. Of course, all this means is: as soon as they make them more sardonic, I may be cooked myself. 😬🤷🏻♀️ 030
Abby Phoenix (she/her) @aphoenix.bsky.social · 09/03/2026I interacted with an AI chatbot for maybe the first time ever today — my freaking dentist’s answering service — and was profoundly turned off by how performatively cheerful it was. Between that and the obsequious replies I see to people’s ChatGPT requests, I just want to run for the hills. 230
Reposted by Abby Phoenix (she/her)children of the corncob @bisk.sureis.sexy · 10/02/2026fun fact: the big air snowboarding ramp at the winter olympics is only 5° steeper than the cheese rolling hill. 8410119
Reposted by Abby Phoenix (she/her)L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Much to everyone's surprise, L.A. played a big part in the Super Bowl. The co-owner of empanadería Fuegos LA designed Benito's casita, the couple who got married are residents of the San Gabriel Valley, and more. The full story: lataco.com/super-bowl-e... By @janettev.bsky.social 023167
Abby Phoenix (she/her) @aphoenix.bsky.social · 25/01/2026The horrors of authoritarianism are occasionally funny. 020
Abby Phoenix (she/her) @aphoenix.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Similarly, we have these billboards around town (because, LA), and my 10yo glanced at this one and said, “who CARES, Robert Scientologist?” 000
Reposted by Abby Phoenix (she/her)miren.dev @miren.dev · 30/12/2025The presents have been unwrapped, the candles lit, the big meal eaten... now's a great time to play with Miren! Whether it's that holiday cookie app you vibe-coded or something more serious, give Miren a spin! After you've had your fun, come let us know how it went in Discord (miren.dev/discord)!miren.devMiren - Modern Infrastructure Platform 044
Abby Phoenix (she/her) @aphoenix.bsky.social · 10/12/2025It’s been such a fun 24 hrs, even for me: a person who can’t actually meaningfully engage with the feedback we’re already getting. But what I *can* tell is how excited & helpful our nascent @miren.dev community already is — if this is something you might want to check out, we’d love to have you! 🎉 000
Reposted by Abby Phoenix (she/her)miren.dev @miren.dev · 09/12/2025Today’s the day! We’re so proud and excited to announce the Miren Developer Preview. We’ve been hard at work on a better deployment platform for over a year. We can’t wait for you to try it! Head over to miren.dev/developer-pr... to download it and chat with us in Discord.miren.devMiren - Modern Infrastructure Platform 32011
Abby Phoenix (she/her) @aphoenix.bsky.social · 09/12/2025🤗media.tenor.comthree women sitting on a beach with the words hold on for one more dayAlt: The three women comprising the band Wilson Philips on a beach belting out with the words to their hit song “Hold On” with the lyric at the bottom: “Hold on… for one more day” 040
Reposted by Abby Phoenix (she/her)Evan Phoenix @evanphx.dev · 04/12/2025“Workflows over Technology” was probably the biggest lesson I learned at @hashicorp.com. People can get excited about specific tech, but it’s really how you use it day-to-day that matters. 073
Abby Phoenix (she/her) @aphoenix.bsky.social · 17/11/2025It definitely makes my day brighter! Which may also have to do with endorphins + the fact that I’m DONE with my muscle-straining for the day. But also: the good vibes! 010
Abby Phoenix (she/her) @aphoenix.bsky.social · 17/11/2025I live in LA but am not a person who puts much credence into star signs or crystals or manifestation. The most woo-woo thing I do is — when leaving the gym after my workout’s over — I whisper to everyone still on a machine, “great job!” or “you’re killing it!” and I somehow think it helps them. 100
Abby Phoenix (she/her) @aphoenix.bsky.social · 11/11/2025Oh nooooo. And that comes with the added knowledge that you’ll probably be catching that cold next too. 🤧 010
Abby Phoenix (she/her) @aphoenix.bsky.social · 11/11/2025One BIG plus with remote work is that — assuming you and your coworkers are adept with the mute button — you don’t have to listen to people sneeze and cough and sniffle in meetings any longer. Also, the lack of germ-spreading. But sometimes the noise of sickness itself was almost as bad?! 🙉 110
Abby Phoenix (she/her) @aphoenix.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Elections matter. Your vote MATTERS. A tidbit from yesterday: my parents’ city council ward election is currently* being decided by 7 votes. A person who makes real decisions that affect your daily life! 7! *they’re now awaiting provisional ballots and depending where those land, maybe a recount. 020
Abby Phoenix (she/her) @aphoenix.bsky.social · 04/11/2025Also, it’s a core responsibility of the Secretary of State to effectively communicate about local elections. If so many of his constituents are confused *on Election Day* about what is and isn’t on the ballot, that’s his failing. Not sure I’d be advertising my incompetence so widely if I was him. 090
Abby Phoenix (she/her) @aphoenix.bsky.social · 04/11/2025The theme of daring ourselves to not close our eyes to state-sanctioned political violence when it’s so tempting to escape into apolitical beauty felt… VERY on the nose for our current moment. I winced at “The more you face reality / The more you scar” because I can’t say I don’t relate sometimes. 020
Abby Phoenix (she/her) @aphoenix.bsky.social · 04/11/2025As one of the handful of people who saw the recent Kiss of the Spiderwoman movie adaptation, I have to wonder if its marketing & release were deliberately mismanaged to bury it? 120
Abby Phoenix (she/her) @aphoenix.bsky.social · 02/11/2025…and I was just reminded that we are age peers and both from Cleveland. I’ve talked about (after a deep sigh) that game/series/season so much in the last week! 130
Abby Phoenix (she/her) @aphoenix.bsky.social · 28/10/2025Freddy Freeman freeing us from the tyranny of more innings! 000
Abby Phoenix (she/her) @aphoenix.bsky.social · 28/10/2025Do the poor hot dog vendors have to just stoke their trays of bacon-wrapped treats out there for hours, waiting for the crowds to arrive when the game ends… eventually…? And all those parking attendants who are now working three hours over expectation?!? 000
Abby Phoenix (she/her) @aphoenix.bsky.social · 16/10/2025Yes!! Absolutely taking the small wins, regardless of how long they last. I was having lunch by campus today and if things had gone another way… I’d feel obligated to walk over and start yelling at everyone. 010
Abby Phoenix (she/her) @aphoenix.bsky.social · 16/10/2025Lowest possible bar, but thank goodness I don’t have to disavow my USC degree today. www.latimes.com/california/s...latimes.comUSC rejects Trump education compact aimed at shifting the university to the rightUSC interim President Beong-Soo Kim said in a statement that he had sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Education turning down the Trump offer. 130
Abby Phoenix (she/her) @aphoenix.bsky.social · 11/10/2025Doesn’t that mean it IS generational, but not age-based? 🤔 More fuel for that fire: I don’t even think about carrying water, and the kids don’t even think about omitting it. The air we breathe… is different! 100
Abby Phoenix (she/her) @aphoenix.bsky.social · 11/10/2025Tonight, we revealed the *shocking news* to our teenager that when we were in high school, no one carried around their own water bottles. “What about when you had PE?!?” “Water fountains? But we also were probably just more dehydrated??” 110
Abby Phoenix (she/her) @aphoenix.bsky.social · 03/10/2025PS anyone who knows me and is like, “uhhh, you don’t seem to procrastinate or drop the ball a lot?” THANK YOU, that is all the internal work I do to trick myself into just doing my shit. None of which seems to immediately work for a 10-year-old. 😆 020
Abby Phoenix (she/her) @aphoenix.bsky.social · 03/10/2025A parenting phenomenon I wasn’t prepared for: how to confront what you most dislike in yourself when it manifests in your child. In my case, an intense tendency towards procrastination. I’ve worked out how to deal with this in myself after 40+ years but to have to go through it again with a kid? ☠️ 130
Reposted by Abby Phoenix (she/her)goodney.bsky.social @goodney.bsky.social · 01/10/2025And we’re updated: isthefederalgovernmentrunning.com I was 11 minutes late because I forgot it happened at 9pm here. Sorry to the one person who checked before I fixed itisthefederalgovernmentrunning.comIs The Federal Government Running? 021
Reposted by Abby Phoenix (she/her)jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 30/09/2025the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story! 6564923615331
Abby Phoenix (she/her) @aphoenix.bsky.social · 26/09/2025The eternal outdoor concert question: does someone have a s’more-scented vape, or literally s’mores???? The aroma is making me crave toasted marshmallows… 020
Abby Phoenix (she/her) @aphoenix.bsky.social · 26/09/2025“Grown Ups” is Pulp’s most LCD Soundsystem-coded song and I am so hopeful they play it tonight. Very excited for the Aging Millennials Show that it’s sure to be!! 010
Abby Phoenix (she/her) @aphoenix.bsky.social · 23/09/2025“That girl looks like Megan,” remarks my 10yo. “The killer robot?” I clarify. “Yup!” And somehow, that makes perfect sense to me, because my kids don’t know one human Meg(h)an who’s within two decades of their age. 110
Abby Phoenix (she/her) @aphoenix.bsky.social · 21/09/2025An easy way for me to suspect someone and I are *not* simpatico: they think most choices others make are 100% fueled by money. I’m not saying that people don’t get paid to do things, but someone who thinks everyone acts for money only is just too sad & nihilistic for me to engage with meaningfully. 230
Abby Phoenix (she/her) @aphoenix.bsky.social · 20/09/2025Part of the last election’s heartbreak for me was my (childlike) hope of electing people whom I knew to be smarter than me, policy wonks who’d excitedly pore over legislation. Every day now, I still mourn how those driving this country are SO DUMB. They’re awful, cruel, & JUST SO ASTOUNDINGLY DUMB. 100