Maggie Vail
@magicbeans.bsky.social
Label manager of Bikini Kill Records, bass player of Hurry Up. Honk if you like dogs.
PNW'er currently exiled in East Tennessee.
PNW'er currently exiled in East Tennessee.
This is why the first pancake is always earmarked for the dog in my house. He doesn’t care how it looks, just that he gets one too.
January 9, 2026 at 3:29 PM
This is why the first pancake is always earmarked for the dog in my house. He doesn’t care how it looks, just that he gets one too.
Reposted by Maggie Vail
💯 this.
Pass the baton.
Share advice.
Offer material support.
Don't tell people how it is or how to feel or what they have to do if you don't live there.
Pass the baton.
Share advice.
Offer material support.
Don't tell people how it is or how to feel or what they have to do if you don't live there.
AND LISTEN TO LOCAL AND ESTABLISHED ORGANIZERS.
Los Angeles is not Chicago. New York City is not Philadelphia. Local leaders who've been out there doing the work...will know best. Listen. to. them.
Stay frosty.
Los Angeles is not Chicago. New York City is not Philadelphia. Local leaders who've been out there doing the work...will know best. Listen. to. them.
Stay frosty.
They don't have capacity to terrorize more than 2-3 cities at a time.
Which means they rotate teams to new cities without relief.
Which means consistent resistance by fresh activists in each new city will break them over time.
Which means if you're city's not occupied, rest up and get ready.
Which means they rotate teams to new cities without relief.
Which means consistent resistance by fresh activists in each new city will break them over time.
Which means if you're city's not occupied, rest up and get ready.
January 8, 2026 at 10:41 PM
💯 this.
Pass the baton.
Share advice.
Offer material support.
Don't tell people how it is or how to feel or what they have to do if you don't live there.
Pass the baton.
Share advice.
Offer material support.
Don't tell people how it is or how to feel or what they have to do if you don't live there.
I believe it's the ocean that's considered the border, unfortunately.
January 9, 2026 at 12:12 AM
I believe it's the ocean that's considered the border, unfortunately.
Reposted by Maggie Vail
I am being told by a separate reliable source that at least one victim is hospitalized currently. They are not in custody.
After shooting, the ICE or CBP officer (still unclear) "fled the scene".
After shooting, the ICE or CBP officer (still unclear) "fled the scene".
January 8, 2026 at 11:59 PM
I am being told by a separate reliable source that at least one victim is hospitalized currently. They are not in custody.
After shooting, the ICE or CBP officer (still unclear) "fled the scene".
After shooting, the ICE or CBP officer (still unclear) "fled the scene".
Reposted by Maggie Vail
we are really witnessing up close what happens when everyone just goes to press with the quotes they've got in the order they were received and then everyone gets a story in their heads which is hard to budge even when more accurate information is received later
January 8, 2026 at 10:26 PM
we are really witnessing up close what happens when everyone just goes to press with the quotes they've got in the order they were received and then everyone gets a story in their heads which is hard to budge even when more accurate information is received later
And don’t forget to stuff it with cheese for the always necessary cheese pull.
January 8, 2026 at 9:19 PM
And don’t forget to stuff it with cheese for the always necessary cheese pull.
Reposted by Maggie Vail
Portland is completely blocked off between 34th and 35th and has been since the early morning, residents of the area and activists are monitoring car traffic in and out to give the community room to grieve and process the events of yesterday
January 8, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Portland is completely blocked off between 34th and 35th and has been since the early morning, residents of the area and activists are monitoring car traffic in and out to give the community room to grieve and process the events of yesterday