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gigiwrites.bsky.social
Rhode Islander. Anxious introvert. Writes for fun. Loves horror, antiques, and coffee. Hates celebrities and pineapple on pizza. Morticia happily married to her Gomez. Mama to an awesome nerd. Swears like a mother too
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Your weather app gets its info because of NOAA. Your mail arrives at your home because of USPS. Your plane navigates the skies because of the FAA. Your food is safer -- and we get alerts when it isn't -- because of USDA. You hear about earthquakes *worldwide* because of USGS.

Say what now?

The states are losing! People are losing their jobs, funds are frozen, industries are being upended, but you like what they said? And Stephen Miller is a fucking nazi! @govdanmckee.bsky.social #rhodesky #rhodeisland

We read to escape and distract us. Sometimes, it does the opposite, and you find yourself sobbing during your lunchbreak while reading the words of a dying mother to her young son in a fascist country. #booksky bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

The time for art that screams is always, but especially now.

The next time you, in this country or outside of it, ask what any American is "doing about it," keep this is mind. Nobody has to prove anything to you, but they do have to protect themselves

Hell yeah! #rhodesky

If. Fucking. Only.

Hey #RI how about something nice? Today Friday, 2/21 the beautiful voices of students from PVD and CF will air nationally on NPR's All Things Considered @ 4:50PM EST. Part of SmallTrueThings.org Give a listen! Share!

It's fascinating watching other countries act appalled like their leaders and reps are so innocent. Brexit was based on racist, isolationist myths, Orban is taking Hungary back decades, Le Pen's party in France gained a record number of seats, Canada re-elected Doug Ford, Germany has the AfD.

I do that to people for free

Foreign media showing how it's done

Boston folks: Please share and sign this petition urging the City of Boston to ensure that the 1975: A Vietnamese Diaspora Memorial is included in renovation plans for Town Field Park in Dorchester. April 30, 2025 marks 50 years since the end of the Vietnam War. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Look, more cowards

The unspeakable anxiety of "is that lint or a bug?"

Speak of the devil - that you, ma? I know, I know