Maggie Vail

@magicbeans

Label manager of Bikini Kill Records, bass player of Hurry Up, Immigration things over at Unbreaking.org. Honk if you like dogs. PNW'er currently exiled in East Tennessee.

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Maggie Vail@magicbeans· 22d

It’s been almost ten years since losing my mind over these signs at the Memphis airport.

Signs printed out on two pieces of paper on the side of a cart called Food Cycle at the Memphis airport.
On reads WE ARE SELLING HOT
SAUS,, biscit,
CHICK BISCIT.

The other says HOT COFFEEEE
HOT COFFEEEE
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Maggie Vail@magicbeans· 24d

Listen I will am absolutely ok being asked to do my civic duty but it only pays $11 a day?!

letter that says State of Tennessee
Knox County
Grand Jury Summons
On top of that, positioned below it is a piece of paper that says:
Knox County
Grand Jury
Orientation Facts

Maggie Vail@magicbeans· Jul 10

This is the face I get to the question “do you want some chicken?”

Pic of my dog Johnny a husky/shep mix looking very eager

Pic of Johnny a husky shep mix with a big smile on his face

Maggie Vail@magicbeans· Jul 10

Also this Gerhard Richter. I gasped when I came around the corner.

Christa and WolfiDate:
1964

Artist:
Gerhard Richter

Maggie Vail@magicbeans· Jul 10

I was in nyc and went to the met before heading to the airport, saw this and burst into tears. I was having a lot of panic attacks at the time, esp involving planes, and this was like the outer representation of how I WANTED to feel. www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...

Water Stone
Isamu Noguchi American
1986
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 229
Water flows over this stone fountain almost invisibly. The fountain, created especially for this space, is one of the last sculptures by Isamu Noguchi, the American-born sculptor and designer. Noguchi made the work in Japan: the light stones in the fountain bed come from the Isuzu River—which flows near Ise Shrine, one of the most sacred Shinto sites—while the dark basalt stone that forms the fountain itself is also from Japan.

The fountain and its setting form an abstract garden that evokes the close relationship between interior and exterior space. The wood screen (whose construction was approved by Noguchi) is an architectural convention dating back to the seventeenth century, whereby an interior view is focused on a specific frame of a garden. In Japan, gardens often contain a stone basin to collect water, conveyed through a bamboo pipe from a nearby mountain stream. But here, the water emerges from the depths of the rock, uniting the disparate elements of water and stone.

Maggie Vail@magicbeans· Jul 5

The Impressions have properly soothed him

My dog Johnny, a husky/shep mix, lying on this grey dog bed looking very relaxed

Maggie Vail@magicbeans· Jul 3

I just pulled some banana bread out of the oven and the elderly puppy keeps walking from room to room to ensure that we all know there's banana bread cooling on top of the oven rn.

picture of my dog johnny, a husky/shep mix, smiling in front of the oven

Maggie Vail@magicbeans· Jul 2

my dad and I went down on the 4th to see him in the hospital and to be with my grandma. I still have the doily he gave me from his hospital tray, I was so worried he wasn't going to make it.

a paper doily with an american flag sticker in the middle with a bow tied with red and blue yard

Maggie Vail@magicbeans· Jun 28

I mean, it's loud.

Maggie Vail@magicbeans· Jun 27

speaking of sugar faces

picture of my dog johnny as a pup walking on a sidewalk with a green leash, he's looking up at me. he's a husky/shep mix and has a very dark face.

picture of my same dog as a 13.5 year-old elderly puppy. he's smiling at me and standing on a hard wood floor. his face is almost white now.

Maggie Vail@magicbeans· Jun 17

They also added some new AI guidance as well www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

New standard allows use of AI
The revised standard says facilities can use artificial intelligence tools such as machine-learning-based translation or generative AI for “noncritical communication” or “informal interactions with detainees.” That communication could include giving and receiving information to or from detainees during intake, having conversations with detainees in housing units and responding to a detainee’s grievance or other concerns, it says.

Venters called the changes alarming because grievances often include “very urgent or even emergent information such as when a patient has been denied lifesaving care.” He said the rule also leaves unclear whether health assessments, crucial to flagging medical and mental health conditions, could be conducted through AI.

ICE said the standards ensure contractors provide interpretation and translation services “at no cost to the detainees.”

Maggie Vail@magicbeans· Jun 17

picture of my dog johnny, a husky/shep mix, he's looking up at me and smiling very sweetly. I love him.

Maggie Vail@magicbeans· Jun 10

he has had it with my working

my dog johnny, a husky/shep mix, laying in his bed giving me his judge-y face.

Maggie Vail@magicbeans· Jun 10

That's a face of NO REGRETS

black and white husky on a rope leash with it's tongue out, smiling and it's tail wagging

Maggie Vail@magicbeans· Jun 7

After 13.5 years of turning his nose up at them Johnny has discovered he likes burgers.

Pic of my dog Johnny a husky shep mix looking intently at me

Maggie Vail@magicbeans· Jun 5

www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/u...

In ruling on these motions, the Court is reminded of a line often repeated in discussions around immigration policy: If people wish to immigrate to the United States, they ought to “follow the law” and “do things the right way.” This case serves as a perfect example of immigrants doing just that. Plaintiffs and their members have observed the legal processes that Congress enacted by statute and USCIS promulgated by regulation so that they may one day obtain immigration benefits. They have, for example, filed the appropriate paperwork, paid the required filing fees, submitted to the requested biometrics collections, and attended the necessary inperson interviews. Even so, Plaintiffs and their members are stuck waiting, for months on end, for benefit requests that USCIS refuses to adjudicate.

But the rule of law has to apply to everyone equally and, as evident here, USCIS has neither “followed the law” nor “done things the right way.”

Maggie Vail@magicbeans· Jun 2

My fav mug

Beige coffee mug with caramel accents that’s says fix your hearts or die

Maggie Vail@magicbeans· Jun 1

the dog is on the drugs

my dog johnny, a husky/shepherd mix, is sitting in his dog bed as high as a kite. both ears back and a big ole smiled on his face.

Maggie Vail@magicbeans· May 29

He was watching me mow the lawn like this

Picture of my dog Johnny, a husky/shep mix, lying in his bed looking lazily out the back door.

Maggie Vail@magicbeans· May 28

No regrets

Maggie Vail@magicbeans· May 22

I was thinking about my dear friend Natalie earlier this morning and a photo of her that her nearly 3-year-old son took with my digital camera. I had to log into FB (for work) and looked at my memories, it was there. On this day 16 years old I had posted it.