Kirk Wolcott
@kirkwolcott.bsky.social
Writer of fiction, believer of facts Pro-vax, -choice, -democracy, -environment Recovering diplomat, former journalist, ⚽️ aficionado, 😺 dad Read books, ban intolerance! 📚 Have faith in yourself & our one known 🌎 kirkwolcott.com
Wise Words ✍️ "The arc of the moral universe may bend toward justice, but it doesn't bend on its own." - Barack Obama, American politician, author, Nobel Peace Prize winner & 44th U.S. President, born this day 1961 #authors #birthdays #books #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #amwriting
Wise Words ✍️ "No protracted war can fail to endanger the freedom of a democratic country." - Alexis de Tocqueville, French diplomat, political philosopher, historian & author of Democracy in America, born this day 1805 #authors #birthdays #readingcommunity #writingcommunity #amwriting
Makes sense... "Climate victims deserve justice now, and the officials responsible for pursuing that justice have all the laws they need to begin prosecuting big oil today." 🌎 > 💰 #ClimateCrisis #environment #future www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It’s time to prosecute climate crimes – with laws that already exist | Aaron Regunberg
Some have called for Nuremberg-style trials against big oil. But there are laws already on the books to describe companies’ conduct
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Wise words... "Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." - Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower #NoKings #AntiWar #AntiImperialism
If "make America great again" means returning to a non-existent 1950s, we're making great strides on the medical front... #NoKings #pro-democracy #resist www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/w...
Measles Cases Hit New Record in U.S., as Vaccination Rates Wane
The Trump administration has sent mixed messages on vaccinations against measles as cases have continued to climb.
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Wise Words ✍️ "Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime. Ask the infantry and ask the dead." - Ernest Hemingway, American author, journalist & Nobel laureate, born this day 1899 #authors #birthdays #books #readingcommunity #writingcommunity #amwriting
Read books, ban bigotry & intolerance! 📚 "Run, don't walk, to the nearest nonschool library or the local bookstore and get whatever it was that they banned." - Stephen King #books #authors #freespeech www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Utah bans Stephen King novella collection from public schools
Different Seasons, which incudes stories that inspired films such as Stand by Me and The Shawshank Redemption, judged to contain ‘objective sensitive material’
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Says the guy who, after losing in a free & fair election, incited an insurrection against his own country: the very definition of treason. #ImpeachConvictRemoveImprison
Days of the year so far: 194 Mass shootings in USA: 291 "America’s perennially high numbers of #massshootings have prompted calls from lawmakers and advocates for more substantial federal #guncontrol. Congress has not implemented such restrictions." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Two teens arrested after five members of family killed in Illinois shooting
Suspects, aged 15 and 16, taken into custody but not formally charged in ‘targeted mass shooting’ in East St Louis
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Wise Words ✍️ "The [hu]man dies in all who keep silent in the face of tyranny." - Wole Soyinka, Nigerian playwright, poet & Nobel laureate, born this day 1934 #authors #birthdays #poetry #playwrights #readingcommunity #writingcommunity #amwriting
C'mon, humans, we can do better! "Climate change is driving a gray whale 'catastrophic mortality event' in the Pacific Ocean as melting sea ice depletes food sources and the animals starve." 🌎 > 💰 #environment #animals #climatechange www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Pacific gray whales facing ‘catastrophic’ die-off as climate crisis hits food supply
Trump administration urged to relist a species in ‘very, very serious trouble’ under Endangered Species Act
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“Federal law enforcement agents on the doorstep of news reporters should shock the conscience of any American who believes in the Constitution and the press freedom it protects.” - David McCraw, NYT top newsroom lawyer #NoKings #democracy #resist www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/b...
Times Journalists Subpoenaed as Trump Escalates Pressure on Media
The Justice Department is seeking to compel testimony from reporters who wrote about the new Air Force One. The Times called the move a “brazen act.”
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As much as I've been enjoying the World Cup, this sadly does seem a sign of the times... ⚽️❤️🌎🏆😃 #WorldCup2026 #football #soccer #GoodVibes
# of days in year so far = 186 Mass shootings in America = 215 (Includes 6 yesterday, 2 today) Is this what winning looks like? #guns #EndGunViolence #GunControlNow www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
At least eight shot, including four children, in New York’s Coney Island
Incident took place late in the evening on Independence Day, reports say, with woman said to be in critical condition
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Exercising their rights to protest a tyrannical government... The Founding Fathers & Mothers would be proud! Happy 4th from the Bay Area! 🇺🇸🌈✌️⚖️😎 #photograhy #California #July4 #resist
Important read with some useful steps to take now, from a former colleague of mine. "Elections are not only stolen on the day of voting; it takes preparation to derail them. Let’s start now to protect the vote." Happy 4th! 🇺🇸 ⚖️ 😀 #July4 #NoKings #resist open.substack.com/pub/steadyst...
I've Seen Elections Stolen Before. I Never Expected to Worry About America.
A former U.S. diplomat who observed elections in Afghanistan, Haiti, Guatemala, and Colombia explains why the warning signs she’s spent a lifetime recognizing now feel uncomfortably familiar.
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SF hosts month-long Pride events. As Republicans and Trump dismantle hard-fought federal protections, California is stepping in to ensure LGBTQI+ rights survive, at least in the state. Track legislation here: lgbtqcaucus.legislature.ca.gov Know your Rights here: www.aclusocal.org/know-your-ri...
Wise Words ✍️ "Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable." - George Orwell, English novelist, poet, essayist, journalist & critic, born this day 1903 #authors #birthdays #books #readingcommunity #writingcommunity #amwriting
Why football/soccer & the World Cup are so awesome! Population: Spain = 49.7 million Cape Verde = 530,000 ⚽️ 🌎 😃 #WorldCup ##WorldCup2026 #football #soccer www.cnn.com/2026/06/15/s...
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Worth a read... By an ex-U.S. Ambassador and a former colleague of mine from our days at The Carter Center #NoKings #pro-democracy #resist open.substack.com/pub/dcjett/p...
How to Help Kill Millions of Poor People
Have you ever wanted to help kill millions of poor people, incite anti-immigrant violence, and destroy America’s image around the world?
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