Kirk Wolcott
@kirkwolcott.bsky.social
Writer of fiction, believer of facts
Pro-vax, -choice, -democracy, -environment
Recovering diplomat, former journalist, forever student, ⚽️ aficionado, 😺 dad
Read books, ban intolerance! 📚
Have faith in yourself & our one known 🌎
kirkwolcott.com
Pro-vax, -choice, -democracy, -environment
Recovering diplomat, former journalist, forever student, ⚽️ aficionado, 😺 dad
Read books, ban intolerance! 📚
Have faith in yourself & our one known 🌎
kirkwolcott.com
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Kirk Wolcott
@kirkwolcott.bsky.social
· Oct 10
Treat yourself this scary season -- the choice is Simple!
Enjoy a thrilling ride with a group of terrorists holding the world hostage by killing off our biggest sports stars ... and the one man who may be able to stop them.
#books #booksky #thrillers #readingcommunity #writingcommunity #Halloween
Enjoy a thrilling ride with a group of terrorists holding the world hostage by killing off our biggest sports stars ... and the one man who may be able to stop them.
#books #booksky #thrillers #readingcommunity #writingcommunity #Halloween
Wise Words ✍️
"The question is whether or not you choose to disturb the world around you, or if you choose to let it go on as if you had never arrived."
- Ann Patchett, American novelist & memoirist, born this day 1963
#authors #birthdays #readingcommunity #writingcommunity #amwriting
"The question is whether or not you choose to disturb the world around you, or if you choose to let it go on as if you had never arrived."
- Ann Patchett, American novelist & memoirist, born this day 1963
#authors #birthdays #readingcommunity #writingcommunity #amwriting
December 2, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Wise Words ✍️
"The question is whether or not you choose to disturb the world around you, or if you choose to let it go on as if you had never arrived."
- Ann Patchett, American novelist & memoirist, born this day 1963
#authors #birthdays #readingcommunity #writingcommunity #amwriting
"The question is whether or not you choose to disturb the world around you, or if you choose to let it go on as if you had never arrived."
- Ann Patchett, American novelist & memoirist, born this day 1963
#authors #birthdays #readingcommunity #writingcommunity #amwriting
November 29, 2025 at 6:57 PM
C'mon humans, we can do better!
“The younger generation is...the most emotionally involved in the problems, and have contributed the least to their causing, and, then, are also going to suffer most as a result.”
🌎 > 💰
#environment #climatecrisis #GoodNewsToo
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
“The younger generation is...the most emotionally involved in the problems, and have contributed the least to their causing, and, then, are also going to suffer most as a result.”
🌎 > 💰
#environment #climatecrisis #GoodNewsToo
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘It fully changed my life!’ How young rewilders transformed a farm – and began a movement
At Maple Farm, nature is returning in droves: nightingales, grass snakes, slowworms, bats and insects. All due to the vision of a group determined to accelerate its recovery
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:24 PM
C'mon humans, we can do better!
“The younger generation is...the most emotionally involved in the problems, and have contributed the least to their causing, and, then, are also going to suffer most as a result.”
🌎 > 💰
#environment #climatecrisis #GoodNewsToo
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
“The younger generation is...the most emotionally involved in the problems, and have contributed the least to their causing, and, then, are also going to suffer most as a result.”
🌎 > 💰
#environment #climatecrisis #GoodNewsToo
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
November 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Wise Words ✍️
"Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world."
- Voltaire, French writer, philosopher, satirist & historian, born this day 1694
#authors #birthdays #readingcommunity #writingcommunity #amwriting
"Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world."
- Voltaire, French writer, philosopher, satirist & historian, born this day 1694
#authors #birthdays #readingcommunity #writingcommunity #amwriting
November 21, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Wise Words ✍️
"Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world."
- Voltaire, French writer, philosopher, satirist & historian, born this day 1694
#authors #birthdays #readingcommunity #writingcommunity #amwriting
"Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world."
- Voltaire, French writer, philosopher, satirist & historian, born this day 1694
#authors #birthdays #readingcommunity #writingcommunity #amwriting
Wise Words ✍️
"A word after a word after a word is power."
-- Margaret Atwood, Canadian novelist, poet, literary critic & inventor, born this day 1939
#authors #birthdays #books #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #amwriting
"A word after a word after a word is power."
-- Margaret Atwood, Canadian novelist, poet, literary critic & inventor, born this day 1939
#authors #birthdays #books #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #amwriting
November 18, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Wise Words ✍️
"A word after a word after a word is power."
-- Margaret Atwood, Canadian novelist, poet, literary critic & inventor, born this day 1939
#authors #birthdays #books #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #amwriting
"A word after a word after a word is power."
-- Margaret Atwood, Canadian novelist, poet, literary critic & inventor, born this day 1939
#authors #birthdays #books #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #amwriting
November 16, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Wise Words ✍️
"If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power.”
-- P.J. O'Rourke, American author, journalist & satirist, born this day 1947
#authors #birthdays #readingcommunity #amwriting
"If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power.”
-- P.J. O'Rourke, American author, journalist & satirist, born this day 1947
#authors #birthdays #readingcommunity #amwriting
November 14, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Wise Words ✍️
"If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power.”
-- P.J. O'Rourke, American author, journalist & satirist, born this day 1947
#authors #birthdays #readingcommunity #amwriting
"If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power.”
-- P.J. O'Rourke, American author, journalist & satirist, born this day 1947
#authors #birthdays #readingcommunity #amwriting
C'mon humans, we must do better!
"Of the world’s 10 most popular online shows, a Yale study shows eight have spread climate science denial."
🌎 > 💰
#environment #climatecrisis #future
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"Of the world’s 10 most popular online shows, a Yale study shows eight have spread climate science denial."
🌎 > 💰
#environment #climatecrisis #future
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:31 PM
C'mon humans, we must do better!
"Of the world’s 10 most popular online shows, a Yale study shows eight have spread climate science denial."
🌎 > 💰
#environment #climatecrisis #future
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"Of the world’s 10 most popular online shows, a Yale study shows eight have spread climate science denial."
🌎 > 💰
#environment #climatecrisis #future
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 14, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Wise Words ✍️
"You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips."
-- Oliver Goldsmith, Anglo-Irish poet, novelist, playwright, born this day 1730
#authors #birthdays #books #readingcommunity #writingcommunity #amwriting
"You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips."
-- Oliver Goldsmith, Anglo-Irish poet, novelist, playwright, born this day 1730
#authors #birthdays #books #readingcommunity #writingcommunity #amwriting
November 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Wise Words ✍️
"You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips."
-- Oliver Goldsmith, Anglo-Irish poet, novelist, playwright, born this day 1730
#authors #birthdays #books #readingcommunity #writingcommunity #amwriting
"You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips."
-- Oliver Goldsmith, Anglo-Irish poet, novelist, playwright, born this day 1730
#authors #birthdays #books #readingcommunity #writingcommunity #amwriting
November 8, 2025 at 1:07 PM
November 8, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Great tune to kick off the weekend!
Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Neil Young, George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Roger McGuinn...
Enjoy! 🎸 🎶 😎
#Friday #music #GoodVibes
open.spotify.com/track/0bIGNG...
Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Neil Young, George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Roger McGuinn...
Enjoy! 🎸 🎶 😎
#Friday #music #GoodVibes
open.spotify.com/track/0bIGNG...
My Back Pages - Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - October 1992
open.spotify.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Great tune to kick off the weekend!
Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Neil Young, George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Roger McGuinn...
Enjoy! 🎸 🎶 😎
#Friday #music #GoodVibes
open.spotify.com/track/0bIGNG...
Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Neil Young, George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Roger McGuinn...
Enjoy! 🎸 🎶 😎
#Friday #music #GoodVibes
open.spotify.com/track/0bIGNG...
Wise Words ✍️
"Real generosity towards the future lies in giving all to the present."
- Albert Camus, French-Algerian philosopher, novelist, playwright, journalist, activist & Nobel Prize recpient, born this day 1913
#authors #birthdays #books #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #amwriting
"Real generosity towards the future lies in giving all to the present."
- Albert Camus, French-Algerian philosopher, novelist, playwright, journalist, activist & Nobel Prize recpient, born this day 1913
#authors #birthdays #books #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #amwriting
November 7, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Wise Words ✍️
"Real generosity towards the future lies in giving all to the present."
- Albert Camus, French-Algerian philosopher, novelist, playwright, journalist, activist & Nobel Prize recpient, born this day 1913
#authors #birthdays #books #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #amwriting
"Real generosity towards the future lies in giving all to the present."
- Albert Camus, French-Algerian philosopher, novelist, playwright, journalist, activist & Nobel Prize recpient, born this day 1913
#authors #birthdays #books #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #amwriting
Republican shutdown, now in its 2nd month, keeps causing more suffering and pain...
#NoKings #pro-democracy #resist
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/u...
#NoKings #pro-democracy #resist
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/u...
Trump Officials to Cut Air Traffic at 40 Major Airports if Shutdown Continues
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Republican shutdown, now in its 2nd month, keeps causing more suffering and pain...
#NoKings #pro-democracy #resist
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/u...
#NoKings #pro-democracy #resist
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/u...
Reposted by Kirk Wolcott
Congratulations to all the Democratic candidates who won tonight. It’s a reminder that when we come together around strong, forward-looking leaders who care about the issues that matter, we can win. We’ve still got plenty of work to do, but the future looks a little bit brighter.
November 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Congratulations to all the Democratic candidates who won tonight. It’s a reminder that when we come together around strong, forward-looking leaders who care about the issues that matter, we can win. We’ve still got plenty of work to do, but the future looks a little bit brighter.
November 3, 2025 at 9:37 PM
November 3, 2025 at 7:53 PM
C'mon, humans, we can do better!
🌎 > 💰
#environment #climatecrisis #NoKings
www.washingtonpost.com/weather/inte...
🌎 > 💰
#environment #climatecrisis #NoKings
www.washingtonpost.com/weather/inte...
Deadly rivers in the sky
A new Washington Post investigation reveals where climate change has supercharged the movement of moisture through the skies.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:47 PM
C'mon, humans, we can do better!
🌎 > 💰
#environment #climatecrisis #NoKings
www.washingtonpost.com/weather/inte...
🌎 > 💰
#environment #climatecrisis #NoKings
www.washingtonpost.com/weather/inte...
November 2, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Wise Words ✍️
“They were careless people, they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”
-- F. Scott Fitzgerald
#books #authors #NoKings
“They were careless people, they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”
-- F. Scott Fitzgerald
#books #authors #NoKings
November 2, 2025 at 3:01 AM
November 1, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Republican shutdown keeps causing pain...
🤡 🚘
#NoKings #pro-democracy #resist
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
🤡 🚘
#NoKings #pro-democracy #resist
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
After a month of the shutdown, workers face mounting bills, car repossessions
Missed paychecks and mounting bills are causing people to fall behind on rent and go hungry across the nation.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Republican shutdown keeps causing pain...
🤡 🚘
#NoKings #pro-democracy #resist
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
🤡 🚘
#NoKings #pro-democracy #resist
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...