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Darcy Jay Gagnon

@darcyjaygagnon.bsky.social
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Writer/Essayist in NJ.

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Darcy Jay Gagnon @darcyjaygagnon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Oldie but a goodie! Thanks EcoTheo for giving a home to one of my favorite pieces.
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Darcy Jay Gagnon @darcyjaygagnon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
why do all tape measures smell like that?
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Darcy Jay Gagnon @darcyjaygagnon.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Got grammed. @eldiagram.bsky.social
A screenshot of Diagram's masthead, including addition of Darcy Jay Gagnon with the bio: Darcy Jay Gagnon has a lot of opinions about bagels and the DC DIY scene. you can find him at karaoke singing Bizarre Love Triangle. iG & BS @darcyjaygagnon
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Darcy Jay Gagnon @darcyjaygagnon.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Words I'd be fine with not seeing for a while: Aura Vibes Protein Chic
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Darcy Jay Gagnon @darcyjaygagnon.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Boomers are like hey can you add some milk to my booze?
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March Xmas 2026 @marchxness.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
More Lottery Tyme! 33. Sara Wainscott 34. @darcyjaygagnon.bsky.social 35. Jordan Wiklund 36. Sean Lovelace 37. @djvorreyer.bsky.social 38. @jakemcintyre.bsky.social Let's GOOOO
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Darcy Jay Gagnon @darcyjaygagnon.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Please remind everyone preparing commencement speeches that poems do not have to rhyme, and rarely have for the past hundred years.
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Darcy Jay Gagnon @darcyjaygagnon.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
The jet ski is the most heterosexual of vehicles.
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Darcy Jay Gagnon @darcyjaygagnon.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Is there anything lamer than bragging about liking a song that isn't in your native language
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Darcy Jay Gagnon @darcyjaygagnon.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
In addition to be utter villains these guys are also total fucking losers. All this lame-ass shit they find funny. They deserve each other in hell.
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Darcy Jay Gagnon @darcyjaygagnon.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
I try not to be a language elitist but for some reason the passive construction "Icy conditions exist" just sets me off.
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Darcy Jay Gagnon @darcyjaygagnon.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Serious question but why are ICE agents armed at all? The answer is obvious and unfortunate, but it should be asked nonetheless: Do undocumented immigrants (or those or are mistaken for them) typically pose a significant safety threat, and are there statistics to support this?
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Darcy Jay Gagnon @darcyjaygagnon.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
I offered some dark chocolate to my partner (who is in their 30s) and they said "no thanks that's for adults."
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Darcy Jay Gagnon @darcyjaygagnon.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Fav albums of 2025: Erika de Casier–Lifetime John Glacier–Like a Ribbon james K–Friend Amber Mark–Pretty Idea Horsegirl–Phonetics On and On Karol G–Topicoqueta Jay Som–Belong Sudan Archives–The BPM Annahstasia–Tether Oklou–choke enough PinkPantheress–Fancy That Youth Lagoon–Rarely Do I Dream
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Darcy Jay Gagnon @darcyjaygagnon.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
I went camping three times in 2025 which means I am legally straight now.
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Al Kennedy @alkennedy.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
And to Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, and will return in Avengers: Doomsday
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Alex Blechman @alexblechman.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Jodie Foster: They should have sent a poet Poet: Aliens ahoy! A galactic sight. When you’re in space all day is night
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Darcy Jay Gagnon @darcyjaygagnon.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
If I walk into your establishment and you are not playing christmas music, I want you to know that I respect you and I will remember you.
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Darcy Jay Gagnon @darcyjaygagnon.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Any lit mags looking for nonfiction editors? Looking to get back into the game after a brief break.
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Robbie Maakestad @robbiemaakestad.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
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
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Darcy Jay Gagnon @darcyjaygagnon.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
They are trying to unmarry us and take away our healthcare I do not give a fuck about that building.
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Darcy Jay Gagnon @darcyjaygagnon.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
it's check-your-slippers-for-spiders weather.
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Dave Housley @housleydave.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
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
The Barrelhouse conference, Conversations and Connections, is coming back to DC on April 18, 2026.
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Darcy Jay Gagnon @darcyjaygagnon.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
D&D quote 10/5: "You overstep yourself, Moo Deng!"
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Darcy Jay Gagnon @darcyjaygagnon.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
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.
From: Message from the Assistant Secretary for Administration 
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2025 4:45 PM
Subject: Planning for Potential Lapse in Funding

 

President Trump opposes a government shutdown, and strongly supports the enactment of H.R. 5371, which is a clean Continuing Resolution to fund the government through November 21, and already passed the U.S. House of Representatives. Unfortunately, Democrats are blocking this Continuing Resolution in the U.S. Senate due to unrelated policy demands. If Congressional Democrats maintain their current posture and refuse to pass a clean Continuing Resolution to keep the government funded before midnight on September 30, 2025, federal appropriated funding will lapse.
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Darcy Jay Gagnon @darcyjaygagnon.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
"It's shorthand." -- Me lying anytime I'm called out on my garbage handwriting.
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Darcy Jay Gagnon @darcyjaygagnon.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Teaching my type-A partner how to embrace chaos (use Microsoft OneNote).
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Darcy Jay Gagnon @darcyjaygagnon.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Whenever contestants on timed cooking shows bust out the ice cream machine you just know it's over for them.
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Darcy Jay Gagnon @darcyjaygagnon.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Now that corporations are cashing in on it can we please please please be done with the Coldplay meme
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Darcy Jay Gagnon @darcyjaygagnon.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Beating Alcaraz while 2 sets down is only slightly harder than beating Alcaraz 2 sets up.
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X-R-A-Y @xraylitmag.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
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...
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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 ...
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Darcy Jay Gagnon @darcyjaygagnon.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
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.
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Darcy Jay Gagnon @darcyjaygagnon.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
A 6-love set against Swiatek on clay is scary. I'm worried for my girl Coco.
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Darcy Jay Gagnon @darcyjaygagnon.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Looking for some freelance editing/teaching gigs, hit me up!
The text "I have no money and also I'm gay" in crude 90s news television font.
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Darcy Jay Gagnon @darcyjaygagnon.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Last day for y'all to be straight. Sorry I don't make the laws!
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Darcy Jay Gagnon @darcyjaygagnon.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Cantaloupe is either the best fruit ever or the worst there is no in between.
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Darcy Jay Gagnon @darcyjaygagnon.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Sneaking White Chicks (2004) into the Criterion closet.
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Darcy Jay Gagnon @darcyjaygagnon.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
My fiance said diet coke tastes "hollow." Duh that's because they make it with ghosts.
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Darcy Jay Gagnon @darcyjaygagnon.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Nbd just Jon Stewart showing up unannounced to my local gay bar.
Jon Stewart on stage looking mockingly aggressive at Georgie's bar in Asbury Park.
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Darcy Jay Gagnon @darcyjaygagnon.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
I like living near train tracks because every song becomes the blues.
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Butt teeth! Butt teeth! Butt teeth! @panic.gay · 27/04/2025
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
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Courtney watches the challenger
YouTube video by Rae Pendergrass
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Darcy Jay Gagnon @darcyjaygagnon.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Yeah I love cacio e pepe (spaghetti with hot mayonnaise)
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Darcy Jay Gagnon @darcyjaygagnon.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Would love to go one day without seeing the acronym "AI."
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The Rumpus @therumpus.net · 16/04/2025
“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
The quote and information written in charcoal and red against a white background. In the upper lefthand corner is an image of a graphic card on the page of a book. At the bottom right is the Rumpus full logo in red. At the top are the words "Rumpus Original Essay."
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Darcy Jay Gagnon @darcyjaygagnon.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Every time I read this essay I find something new to love.
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The Rumpus @therumpus.net · 01/04/2025
“The deer come out at dusk. The sky is purple. It’s hard to see quite right. People call it the magic hour.” From "Contra," a new original essay by Juliet Gelfman-Randazzo. ➡️ buff.ly/LUdPxEb
The quote and information written in charcoal and red against a white background. In the upper lefthand corner is a cutout artwork of a tooth in different shades of blue. At the bottom right is the Rumpus full logo in red. At the top are the words "Rumpus Original Essay."
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Meg Pillow @megpillow.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
I’m gonna please ask you again to stop saying DEI when what you mean is DEIA. The accessibility has been part of it all along, and watching ppl find another way to erase disabled ppl is gross actually
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Darcy Jay Gagnon @darcyjaygagnon.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
I think the English language got it wrong with "bark." It really sounds nothing like that.
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Darcy Jay Gagnon @darcyjaygagnon.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Lol got my 5-things-you-did-last-week email kicked back to me because their inbox is full.
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Darcy Jay Gagnon @darcyjaygagnon.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Loved working with @moashort.bsky.social on this flash and can't wait to read more from her
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