Darcy Jay Gagnon
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Darcy Jay Gagnon
@darcyjaygagnon.bsky.social
Writer/Essayist in NJ.
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Pumped that @jillchristman.bsky.social's "Spinning Webs in Space" at @therumpus.net got listed as a Notable Essay in THE BEST AMERICAN ESSAYS 2025. Shout-out to @darcyjaygagnon.bsky.social for editing Jill's essay. #RumpusEssays
November 7, 2025 at 10:58 PM
They are trying to unmarry us and take away our healthcare I do not give a fuck about that building.
October 24, 2025 at 10:50 PM
it's check-your-slippers-for-spiders weather.
October 16, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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The @barrelhouse.bsky.social conference is coming back to DC on April 18, 2026, and we're open for registration! It's $95, and that includes the one-day conference, 1 book, 1 meeting w an editor, and your choice of literary stuff from our partner presses. www.barrelhousemag.com/conference
October 5, 2025 at 11:17 PM
D&D quote 10/5: "You overstep yourself, Moo Deng!"
October 6, 2025 at 2:51 AM
When I worked for Buttigieg he could scarcely look to the left without Hatch Act lawyers getting on his case. How tf am I getting emails like this on the taxpayer's dime.
September 30, 2025 at 9:14 PM
"It's shorthand." -- Me lying anytime I'm called out on my garbage handwriting.
August 28, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Teaching my type-A partner how to embrace chaos (use Microsoft OneNote).
July 27, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Whenever contestants on timed cooking shows bust out the ice cream machine you just know it's over for them.
July 24, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Now that corporations are cashing in on it can we please please please be done with the Coldplay meme
July 22, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Beating Alcaraz while 2 sets down is only slightly harder than beating Alcaraz 2 sets up.
July 8, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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we have an incredible non-fiction photo essay by Robbie Maakestad @robbiemaakestad.bsky.social !!

‘The View from Bethlehem’ is set in 2011, when Maakestad toured the West Bank wall to see the graffiti art that Banksy left there.

read this amazing essay today

xraylitmag.com/the-view-fro...
THE VIEW FROM BETHLEHEM by Robbie Maakestad
Israel Defense Force (IDF) Soldier: “What the fuck are you doing?” Banksy: “You’ll have to wait until it’s finished.” IDF Soldier (to subordinates): “Safeties off!”  —Banksy’s account of painting the ...
xraylitmag.com
June 23, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Coco Gauff is so real for saying "y'all would be cheering for me if she weren't here" after beating the underdog in her own country.
June 6, 2025 at 1:08 PM
A 6-love set against Swiatek on clay is scary. I'm worried for my girl Coco.
June 5, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Looking for some freelance editing/teaching gigs, hit me up!
June 2, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Last day for y'all to be straight. Sorry I don't make the laws!
May 31, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Cantaloupe is either the best fruit ever or the worst there is no in between.
May 26, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Sneaking White Chicks (2004) into the Criterion closet.
May 10, 2025 at 1:33 AM
My fiance said diet coke tastes "hollow." Duh that's because they make it with ghosts.
May 8, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Nbd just Jon Stewart showing up unannounced to my local gay bar.
April 29, 2025 at 2:31 AM
I like living near train tracks because every song becomes the blues.
April 28, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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I desperately need to see a "making of" documentary about the 30 min stop motion movie about the 80s American Girl Doll doll watching the challenger explode

The Hitchcock zoom is an incredible touch
Courtney watches the challenger
YouTube video by Rae Pendergrass
youtu.be
April 27, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Yeah I love cacio e pepe (spaghetti with hot mayonnaise)
April 27, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Would love to go one day without seeing the acronym "AI."
April 21, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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“It is all in the Cloud, disembodied, so pure that engaging with it feels like religion.”

From "Pigs Rooting for Truffles," a new original essay by Jenny Li.

➡️ buff.ly/5kIa2Wn
April 16, 2025 at 9:01 PM