Jill Piggott

The 1 thing everyone w/ #migraine has in common is sensory processing dysfunction: an "inherited tendency for the brain to lose control of its inputs" from outside (eg light sound smell touch motion) & inside (eg pain hormones balance), as @AbiStevens_Art illustrates brilliantly.

@kozfear Agree 100%: Trump's never thinking strategically b/c he's never thinking. But he's been gung-ho #DeathPenalty for decades. I can imagine him turning to #Barr, "You know what would be terrific? #FiringSquads." And Barr saying, "I'll get going on that asap."

@JillPiggott Of course it wasn't him who thought it. Some shrill dickbucket screamed it in passing and Trump said, great idea! Those losers who'll send money the rest of my life sure love guns! And killing brown people! Easy money! He's gonna leave an orange shitstain longer than the flush.

Who thinks, "What more can I do with the awesome power citizens have given me? I know! I'll bring back #FiringSquads!": "Trump is trying to rush through a proposed regulation that could see federal executions being carried out by firing squads again." thedailybeast.com/trump-trying-t…

@jdehlin I saw a tweet: "Now he wants to bring back #FiringSquads!" I thought there was maybe a 50-50 chance this was meant metaphorically, so I looked it up. businessinsider.com/doj-looking-to…

@hollyhargraves On a completely different note, #HappyThanksgiving! (I said, got anything you want me to tell Holly?)

@hollyhargraves Good point. Think of all the people he's accused of treason (punishable by death!). I'm convinced that if he were running a country with weaker institutions, he'd line people up & give the count. Think I'm going too far?

Trump/Barr are on a #KillingSpree. (Execution official cause of death: homicide.) Now they want to bring back #FiringSquads. # of federal executions: ✔️1963 to July 2020: 3 ✔️July-Nov: 8 DOJ website: "There is no evidence the #DeathPenalty deters crime" (link next tweet).

@CContrarus @g_carling I know! I'm on #mute because I'm down with #migraine. I thought, #Bagpipes? #Jazz? but I put on the sound because I used to be in a #blues band & could never have pulled off that dress. Now I think, #Bagpipes! #Jazz!

@JillPiggott @g_carling Was expecting that to be MUCH worse.

Yup: Turn off the #mute. @g_carling's showing #Scots how to be #cool.

@hope411adcock The org led by a college friend provides free counsel to people sentenced to death in prison by execution (or particularly for kids) no parole. A client asked him to be present for his execution by electric chair. I have no idea how Bryan did it. eji.org/cases/herbert-…

US: Electric Chair Banned as Cruel, Unusual Punishment Nebraska Ruling Brings US Closer to Ending This Inhumane Form of Execution in US hrw.org/news/2008/02/0…

If 1 of every 9 cars exploded, would you drive? ✔️"For every 9 people executed, 1 person on #DeathRow has been exonerated." That's not "let off thru a technicality." That's "we got the wrong guy, sorry." No parole is also death in prison. eji.org/issues/death-p…

US Dept of Justice: "Research shows clearly that the chance of being caught is a vastly more effective deterrent than even draconian punishment," including the #DeathPenalty. nij.ojp.gov/topics/article…

@natematters @KarineOmry @jettica65 @Charby4Reform @JamilSmith @hannahkauthor @fox60Pa @FredWVTM13 @bshelburne @Elizabe52336187 @cnocbeag @PrisonReformMvt @GuiltyUntilInn1 @TheCollectiveD1 @ItsDanaWhite @keepit10008 @Kevodeep1 @keithboykin @JS33213192 @StarrElaena ✔️Trump has accused political opponents & "disloyal" gov't officials of "treason," which is punishable by execution. Know what he's thinking now? "You know what? Let's bring back #FiringSquads." businessinsider.com/doj-looking-to…

@KarineOmry @jettica65 @Charby4Reform @JamilSmith @hannahkauthor @fox60Pa @FredWVTM13 @bshelburne @Elizabe52336187 @cnocbeag @PrisonReformMvt @GuiltyUntilInn1 @JillPiggott @TheCollectiveD1 @ItsDanaWhite @keepit10008 @Kevodeep1 @keithboykin @JS33213192 @StarrElaena

@jillmiller617 @JillMaleson Wait til you see what the other JillM found: #bagpipe #jazz. HAPPY THANKSGIVING, #JillClub!

A #CHURCH spread #COVID19 in my kid's town. He got sick. In May AND July, the #SupremeCourt said churches should follow the *same* public health laws as everyone else (5-4). #Barrett gets on the Court & now it's OK for a #CHURCH to infect my kid (5-4). nytimes.com/2020/11/26/us/…

@JillMaleson exactly, exactly, exactly. "You can live a lifetime on that love and I have" is one of the loveliest sentences I've ever read, Jill. ... I'm crying at a distance. Imagine the sound we'd make if we were together! I bet we'd cry & laugh in equal measure.

@JillPiggott @RabbiJill I have always acknowledged how blessed I am to have had and felt that kind of love. I know people live a lifetime without it. Joe was the first person that I felt really love me since my grandparents had died in 1955 and 56. You can live a lifetime on that love and I have

@JillPiggott our friends were teal tuxes as a joke

@JillMaleson Also ... that was a pretty dress! It's not dated in the least. #elegance

@RabbiJill @JillMaleson It says a lot about Jill's Joe and their marriage that he's so present with us tonight 40 years later. What a sweet gift to share.

@RabbiJill @JillMaleson That's the thing about our deepest grief: it comes from our deepest love. But how lucky we are to have had people--parents, partners, friends, soulmates--to miss so much.

@JillMaleson You know those visual dictionaries? If the editor sees these tweets, you'll be the definition for "California Wedding (n)."

@JillPiggott I moved to California in July of 1979 from Boston. Joe had grown up in the Boston area. we met through mutual friends as soon as I arrived. it was definitely a CA wedding. Some people we didn't even invite showed up it was a real party

@JillPiggott our friends were teal tuxes as a joke

@JillMaleson @RabbiJill @388shark What a tender pleasure the #JillClub is, don't you think? JillM's husband's memory is a blessing to me tonight, that's for sure. How sweet to see their love, these 40 years on. Big hug your way.

@JillPiggott 2. He loved his daughter though he only had a month with her . He was the Ying to my Yang and my beloved. I'll find a picture in a different format but this is what I do for him now. I wish there was no covid and that you were here because I could really use a hug

#JillClub: Guess which Dr Jill, English Professor & Community College Champion, said "#Teaching is not what I do. It's who I am." YUP! Both of us. @JillMaleson @jillip @JillyLevy @RabbiJill Happy Thanksgiving! I'm thankful for you. youtube.com/watch?v=yxk00n…