Jessica Gigot

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A haunted house but an open mic where every poet reads past their time.

October - Image Journal My sister asks me if narwhals are real.

My “October” poem:

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A 14-word replacement for most op-eds, substacks, etc about this moment.

The GOP could stop ALL of this, right now—if a handful of Sens or Reps could step outside the cult.

It would take four in the Senate, four (maybe five) in the House, to change history.

Until then, they're all to blame.

picture of the front entrance to an Independent Bookshop with books in the window and in the background

What better place to spend your Saturday than in a bookshop?

If you're an #IndieBookshop why not tell us something about yourself, any upcoming events, where you're based, what your speciality is if any, show us around!

#SaturdayInABookshop #BookSky 📚💙 #Bookshop #BrowseABookshop

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Trump Administration Live Updates: Pentagon Accepts $130 Million Donation to Help Pay Troops During Shutdown

The amount is meaningless — less than one day of salary. But the principle is important: once the armed services are paid by the oligarchs, they become a private militia, and we no longer have a country.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

​BREAKING: Today, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum opened all 1.56 million acres of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge’s Coastal Plain to oil and gas leasing. These lands are sacred to the Gwich’in Nation, home to irreplaceable wildlife and wilderness, and have never seen industrialization.

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

This is beyond awful. WORDS MATTER!

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Many thanks to @wapress.bsky.social for all their support!

Tuna Casserole
Terminator
Neon Eyes

I’m totally watching Baby Boom this weekend. #rip #dianekeaton

Farm bankruptcies are soaring amid low crop prices, while Trump considers bailout of up to $14 billion | Fortune In the second quarter, there were 93 bankruptcy filings, up from 88 in the first quarter and nearly double the 47 at the end of 2024.

Ninety-three farm bankruptcies in Q2 — nearly double the number from the end of 2024.

@fortune.com
fortune.com/2025/10/04/f...

Apart from helping Comey's selective prosecution defense, this also means the president of the United States uses direct messages on Truth Social to communicate with cabinet officials.

I didn't know that, but we can be sure intelligence agencies all over the planet already did.

Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

The science is in: COVID boosters are worth it, even if you've been vaccinated and/or infected before. Stay safe out there, friends!: 🧪 🛟 www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-...

We’re almost at the October full moon. Earlier sunsets, chillier nights. Here we go.

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Being under a deadline and out on submission at the same time is a new kind of anxiety. #amwriting #writinglife

harvest time ✨

Trump says Murdochs are potential TikTok deal partners President Donald Trump also said that Larry Ellison and Michael Dell are also likely to be involved in the TikTok deal.

I'd start informing your friends and loved ones they're going to need to get off of TikTok

it's indisputably going to be converted into yet another right wing surveillance and propaganda machine

Keep your submissions coming!

Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.

This is not normal.

I was cheering for both Amanda and Naomi! What a match! 🔥🎾🗽

In an address on Sunday, Pope Leo responded the the horrific shooting at a Catholic church and school in Minnesota: “Stop the pandemic of arms”

Gary’s Day Off

Is there a way that both Taylor Townsend and Venus Williams can win doubles today? #usopen #tennis

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Just watched the replay.💔

State steps in to ensure access to COVID-19 vaccine Public health order counters potential limitations set by the USFDA

New Mexico is overriding the federal government on the topic of COVID19 vaccines to ensure their residents can access them.

States hold a tremendous amount of public health power. They should use it.

“Keep the main thing, the main thing.” -Taylor Townsend