It's frustrating that Schwab does not allow me to buy puts for this symbol, and I haven't enabled margin for shorting because I always bought puts instead. Never seen a clearer short in my life.

It's not just Schwab, there aren't any options traded on BIRD. And shorting is not a guarantee. First you have to find a borrow, which if it's available probably costs >1000% annualized today. Then you have to be able to maintain that borrow, even if BIRD doubles from here.

Based on the price action today, this seems like a short squeeze.

Just use the new way which is starting a market on polymarket