Jill Piggott
@jillpiggott.bsky.social
Philosophy & lit professor, now disabled by migraine & ME/CFS. Cofounder, headsUPmigraine. Volunteer prison educator, Equal Justice Initiative. Progressive activist.
Half-time Mainer, half-time Canadian Maritimer
Half-time Mainer, half-time Canadian Maritimer
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Jill Piggott
@jillpiggott.bsky.social
· Jul 19
!["[W]hen those who have dedicated their careers to teaching & commemorating the Holocaust insist on ignoring or denying Israel’s genocidal actions in Gaza, they threaten to undermine everything that Holocaust scholarship & commemoration have stood for in the past several decades." -- Holocaust scholar Omer Bartov (NYT 15 July 2025)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qoewv4sal6ftjn3gwcrzyn4g/bafkreibe2ice5lx5kvoxe7netuxo374feda4pbrbaiesdwszh56if7q57i@jpeg)
I can't recommend Prof. Omer Bartov's NYT opinion piece on the genocide in Gaza more highly. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/o...
Because we should be as scared as we are mad:
"[T]he administration’s decision to shift counterterrorism resources to immigration & leave the violence-prevention portfolio to inexperienced appointees is 'reckless'" (ProPublica). Meet the 22-yr-old now overseeing US terrorism prevention.
"[T]he administration’s decision to shift counterterrorism resources to immigration & leave the violence-prevention portfolio to inexperienced appointees is 'reckless'" (ProPublica). Meet the 22-yr-old now overseeing US terrorism prevention.
Take a look at the current head of counter terrorism. He is a 22 year old ex-gardener who worked on the Trump campaign. All other FBI resources diverted to redacting Trump from the Epstein files.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
“The Intern in Charge”: Meet the 22-Year-Old Trump’s Team Picked to Lead Terrorism Prevention
One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is the Department of Homeland Security official tasked with overseeing the government’s main hub for combating v...
www.propublica.org
November 27, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Because we should be as scared as we are mad:
"[T]he administration’s decision to shift counterterrorism resources to immigration & leave the violence-prevention portfolio to inexperienced appointees is 'reckless'" (ProPublica). Meet the 22-yr-old now overseeing US terrorism prevention.
"[T]he administration’s decision to shift counterterrorism resources to immigration & leave the violence-prevention portfolio to inexperienced appointees is 'reckless'" (ProPublica). Meet the 22-yr-old now overseeing US terrorism prevention.
Thomas King's "Green Grass, Running Water" is one of my all-time favorite books. I would love & recommend it no matter the ethnicity of the author. #LitFic #CanLit www.bbc.com/news/article...
November 27, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Thomas King's "Green Grass, Running Water" is one of my all-time favorite books. I would love & recommend it no matter the ethnicity of the author. #LitFic #CanLit www.bbc.com/news/article...
I'm not a ghost-story reader & didn't know "Hotel World" was haunted until I cracked the cover. I like Ali Smith & decided to give it a go. I loved it. Other #LitFic readers who don't like books that go bump in the night will find this book brimming with life. thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...
Hotel World | The Booker Prizes
In this masterful and exuberant novel, Scottish author Ali Smith brings to life five unforgettable characters and traces their intersecting lives
thebookerprizes.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I'm not a ghost-story reader & didn't know "Hotel World" was haunted until I cracked the cover. I like Ali Smith & decided to give it a go. I loved it. Other #LitFic readers who don't like books that go bump in the night will find this book brimming with life. thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...
"Collins furrowed her brow incredulously ... before darting into the Senate Chamber."
That pretty much sums things up. #mepolitics thehill.com/homenews/sen...
That pretty much sums things up. #mepolitics thehill.com/homenews/sen...
November 26, 2025 at 1:40 PM
"Collins furrowed her brow incredulously ... before darting into the Senate Chamber."
That pretty much sums things up. #mepolitics thehill.com/homenews/sen...
That pretty much sums things up. #mepolitics thehill.com/homenews/sen...
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Janet Mills today: "Whether you call it Medicare for All or something else, I think it's clear the people of the United States deserve a universal health care plan. It's time."
Susan Collins today: wants to reverse a decade+ of Maine law and ban trans kids from sports and bathrooms #mepolitics
Susan Collins today: wants to reverse a decade+ of Maine law and ban trans kids from sports and bathrooms #mepolitics
November 24, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Janet Mills today: "Whether you call it Medicare for All or something else, I think it's clear the people of the United States deserve a universal health care plan. It's time."
Susan Collins today: wants to reverse a decade+ of Maine law and ban trans kids from sports and bathrooms #mepolitics
Susan Collins today: wants to reverse a decade+ of Maine law and ban trans kids from sports and bathrooms #mepolitics
@janetmillsforme.bsky.social I'm an undecided primary voter disappointed that your website doesn't include a platform or discuss issues. How, for ex, would you have voted on the shutdown? Where do you stand on the assault weapons ban? On Palestinian statehood? #mepolitics janetmills.com
Janet Mills for Maine
Janet is running for the U.S. Senate because Maine needs a fighter in Washington who will never back down. This moment isn’t normal — and the stakes for our families couldn't be higher.
janetmills.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
@janetmillsforme.bsky.social I'm an undecided primary voter disappointed that your website doesn't include a platform or discuss issues. How, for ex, would you have voted on the shutdown? Where do you stand on the assault weapons ban? On Palestinian statehood? #mepolitics janetmills.com
Lead guitar virtuoso Lisa S puts the metal in Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata." She is so clean & so fast, & from the look on her face, you can't tell her fingers are flying. www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6rB...
Ludwig van Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata ( 3rd Movement ) Tina S Cover
YouTube video by Tina S
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November 23, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Lead guitar virtuoso Lisa S puts the metal in Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata." She is so clean & so fast, & from the look on her face, you can't tell her fingers are flying. www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6rB...
Excellent thread on disinformation & its threat to democracy.
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We track the right wing outrage machine to expose how fear programming spreads and how these narratives shape people’s beliefs before they know they’re being influenced. Understanding the playbook is the first step in defeating it. #Voices4Victory #DV1 #USDemocracy #ProudBlue 11/21/25AM
We track the right wing outrage machine to expose how fear programming spreads and how these narratives shape people’s beliefs before they know they’re being influenced. Understanding the playbook is the first step in defeating it. #Voices4Victory #DV1 #USDemocracy #ProudBlue 11/21/25AM
November 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Excellent thread on disinformation & its threat to democracy.
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This... non-violence and humor is the way... 🩷
Learn, Teach, Love, That's It! 🩷
Learn, Teach, Love, That's It! 🩷
November 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
This... non-violence and humor is the way... 🩷
Learn, Teach, Love, That's It! 🩷
Learn, Teach, Love, That's It! 🩷
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Susan Collins will vote for ACA insurance subsidies, but only if her vote won't allow Democrats to be able to provide them to Americans.
Cygnal poll: ME Senate race at 49% generic Dem, 41% Collins. If she votes for ACA subsidies, race tightens to 45% Dem, 43% Collins, which is within the poll's 4-pt margin of error. #mepolitics www.newsweek.com/susan-collin...
Susan Collins gets new warning signs in Maine poll
Collins' positioning on Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits could be critical to her reelection next November, the poll found.
www.newsweek.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Susan Collins will vote for ACA insurance subsidies, but only if her vote won't allow Democrats to be able to provide them to Americans.
Interesting analysis of Cygnet poll showing Collins trailing generic Dem but pulling race close if she supports ACA: "With her well-oiled, aggressive campaign machine, Collins consistently outperforms her party, reassures swing voters, & frames every race as a choice between risk and steadiness."
November 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Interesting analysis of Cygnet poll showing Collins trailing generic Dem but pulling race close if she supports ACA: "With her well-oiled, aggressive campaign machine, Collins consistently outperforms her party, reassures swing voters, & frames every race as a choice between risk and steadiness."
Cygnal poll: ME Senate race at 49% generic Dem, 41% Collins. If she votes for ACA subsidies, race tightens to 45% Dem, 43% Collins, which is within the poll's 4-pt margin of error. #mepolitics www.newsweek.com/susan-collin...
Susan Collins gets new warning signs in Maine poll
Collins' positioning on Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits could be critical to her reelection next November, the poll found.
www.newsweek.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Cygnal poll: ME Senate race at 49% generic Dem, 41% Collins. If she votes for ACA subsidies, race tightens to 45% Dem, 43% Collins, which is within the poll's 4-pt margin of error. #mepolitics www.newsweek.com/susan-collin...
Platner says he'd support "legislation that's going to restrict access to certain kinds of firearms," but says the bill should focus on "the way that these firearms work," rather than how they look, which is also Angus King's position. 1/ #mepolitics www.newscentermaine.com/article/news...
In new interview, Graham Platner discusses gun control, transgender rights, military record, and family
Three months ago, few Mainers knew Senate candidate Graham Platner. Now he’s drawing big crowds, including more than 600 at his town hall Wednesday in Biddeford.
www.newscentermaine.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Platner says he'd support "legislation that's going to restrict access to certain kinds of firearms," but says the bill should focus on "the way that these firearms work," rather than how they look, which is also Angus King's position. 1/ #mepolitics www.newscentermaine.com/article/news...
Hard to call Susan Collins a "Trump critic" when she's voted with him 96% of the time this term, per the Center for American Progress (9/18).
96% earns you an A, Susan. #mepolitics
www.americanprogressaction.org/article/the-...
96% earns you an A, Susan. #mepolitics
www.americanprogressaction.org/article/the-...
November 20, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Hard to call Susan Collins a "Trump critic" when she's voted with him 96% of the time this term, per the Center for American Progress (9/18).
96% earns you an A, Susan. #mepolitics
www.americanprogressaction.org/article/the-...
96% earns you an A, Susan. #mepolitics
www.americanprogressaction.org/article/the-...
I'm having a blast reviving my college French with "Le Petit Nicolas" chapter books about a lively gang of little boys. I highly recommend them to other French learners. They are laugh out loud--rire aux éclats!--funny. #BookSky
November 20, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I'm having a blast reviving my college French with "Le Petit Nicolas" chapter books about a lively gang of little boys. I highly recommend them to other French learners. They are laugh out loud--rire aux éclats!--funny. #BookSky
Susan Collins took credit for the half-million payout to Senators ... until the House unanimously rejected it. Then she became concerned. #mepolitics www.bangordailynews.com/2025/11/19/p...
November 20, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Susan Collins took credit for the half-million payout to Senators ... until the House unanimously rejected it. Then she became concerned. #mepolitics www.bangordailynews.com/2025/11/19/p...
TX's abortion ban has killed another woman. Dem State Sen. Carol Alvarado: “You can’t proclaim to be pro-life, but you’re passing laws that are endangering women and causing death." www.propublica.org/article/texa...
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
November 20, 2025 at 2:38 AM
TX's abortion ban has killed another woman. Dem State Sen. Carol Alvarado: “You can’t proclaim to be pro-life, but you’re passing laws that are endangering women and causing death." www.propublica.org/article/texa...
US Ambass'r to Canada: “I go around the country & people will say, Pete you just don't understand why we're so mad about the 51st state and it's kind of like, yeah, you're right, I don't." Hoekstra is, however, still livid that Ontario ran an ad accurately quoting Reagan. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Hoekstra accuses Canada of meddling in U.S. politics, says restarting trade talks 'not going to be easy' | CBC News
U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra continued to lash out against the ad campaign that infuriated his president and abruptly ended trade negotiations while on stage in Ottawa Wednesday, accusing C...
www.cbc.ca
November 20, 2025 at 12:34 AM
US Ambass'r to Canada: “I go around the country & people will say, Pete you just don't understand why we're so mad about the 51st state and it's kind of like, yeah, you're right, I don't." Hoekstra is, however, still livid that Ontario ran an ad accurately quoting Reagan. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Canadian Soul: "Aretha Franklin considered Anne Shirley somewhat of a kindred spirit, and was quoted saying 'Anne of Green Gables' was one of her 'favourite things.'" #CanLit #BookSky www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Why Aretha Franklin found a kindred spirit in Anne of Green Gables | CBC News
Aretha Franklin considered Anne Shirley somewhat of a kindred spirit, and was quoted saying Anne of Green Gables was one of her "favourite things."
www.cbc.ca
November 20, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Canadian Soul: "Aretha Franklin considered Anne Shirley somewhat of a kindred spirit, and was quoted saying 'Anne of Green Gables' was one of her 'favourite things.'" #CanLit #BookSky www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Classic Collins: Susan takes credit for provision in funding bill that would've paid 8 GOP Senators $500k until it proves wildly unpopular, even with House Republicans. Now she wants to repeal her own provision. #mepolitics www.bangordailynews.com/2025/11/19/p...
November 19, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Classic Collins: Susan takes credit for provision in funding bill that would've paid 8 GOP Senators $500k until it proves wildly unpopular, even with House Republicans. Now she wants to repeal her own provision. #mepolitics www.bangordailynews.com/2025/11/19/p...
Here we go again: First term it was Putin, now it's MBS. T "pardons" both men & claims they didn't do what his own intelligence agencies said they did. www.bbc.com/news/world-e...
November 19, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Here we go again: First term it was Putin, now it's MBS. T "pardons" both men & claims they didn't do what his own intelligence agencies said they did. www.bbc.com/news/world-e...
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Don't care who you support in the Primary so long as you vote for the winner in the General.
I voted for Sanders in the 2016 Primary and Clinton in the General, and Warren in the 2020 Primary and Biden in the General.
Oh, and refrain from attacks that will make the winner toxic to your own faction
I voted for Sanders in the 2016 Primary and Clinton in the General, and Warren in the 2020 Primary and Biden in the General.
Oh, and refrain from attacks that will make the winner toxic to your own faction
November 17, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Don't care who you support in the Primary so long as you vote for the winner in the General.
I voted for Sanders in the 2016 Primary and Clinton in the General, and Warren in the 2020 Primary and Biden in the General.
Oh, and refrain from attacks that will make the winner toxic to your own faction
I voted for Sanders in the 2016 Primary and Clinton in the General, and Warren in the 2020 Primary and Biden in the General.
Oh, and refrain from attacks that will make the winner toxic to your own faction
WHO's HPV vax program aims to eliminate cervical cancer, which kills women. Trump & RFK Jr have decided instead to kill the program, thus killing women worldwide.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/17/h...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/17/h...
US funding cuts imperil global efforts to eliminate cervical cancer | CNN
Maina Modu, an immunization officer in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno state, lost his wife, Hauwa, to cervical cancer in 2011. She was one of the 349,000 women globally who die from the preventable canc...
www.cnn.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
WHO's HPV vax program aims to eliminate cervical cancer, which kills women. Trump & RFK Jr have decided instead to kill the program, thus killing women worldwide.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/17/h...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/17/h...
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STUFF OF DREAMS NETFLIX UK
Is this William Shakespeare?
The Droeshout is, & here the Wadlow Portrait is merged. So much more to the story. Watch STUFF OF DREAMS on NETFLIX UK. You decide 😊
Is this William Shakespeare?
The Droeshout is, & here the Wadlow Portrait is merged. So much more to the story. Watch STUFF OF DREAMS on NETFLIX UK. You decide 😊
April 9, 2025 at 7:39 AM
STUFF OF DREAMS NETFLIX UK
Is this William Shakespeare?
The Droeshout is, & here the Wadlow Portrait is merged. So much more to the story. Watch STUFF OF DREAMS on NETFLIX UK. You decide 😊
Is this William Shakespeare?
The Droeshout is, & here the Wadlow Portrait is merged. So much more to the story. Watch STUFF OF DREAMS on NETFLIX UK. You decide 😊
Press Herald Op-Ed presumes Susan Collins's role as Senate Appropriations Chair is a "huge asset to the people of Maine."
Collins has had ZERO oversight hearings since becoming Chair in Jan. Month after month, the hearing schedule has been BLANK. She's the admin's asset, not ours. #mepolitics
Collins has had ZERO oversight hearings since becoming Chair in Jan. Month after month, the hearing schedule has been BLANK. She's the admin's asset, not ours. #mepolitics
November 17, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Press Herald Op-Ed presumes Susan Collins's role as Senate Appropriations Chair is a "huge asset to the people of Maine."
Collins has had ZERO oversight hearings since becoming Chair in Jan. Month after month, the hearing schedule has been BLANK. She's the admin's asset, not ours. #mepolitics
Collins has had ZERO oversight hearings since becoming Chair in Jan. Month after month, the hearing schedule has been BLANK. She's the admin's asset, not ours. #mepolitics