I'm not exaggerating when I say following @boltsmag.org rn will unlock money for our journalism. A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count. If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!

NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month. This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory! Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...

Yo! If you missed the first two printings, tonight I cranked out 100 more copies of the Public Collectors booklet "Who Shares the Restroom Code with ICE Agents?" Still just $6.00 from the Half Letter Press webstore. Give the gift of FUCK ICE to someone you love. halfletterpress.com/who-shares-w...

#NonprofitLife Me: [Coworker] used a cardboard box as a monitor lift for two years, until it started to collapse. Then she got a real one for $25. But hey, [CFO], at least we saved on two years of depreciation! CFO: We don't depreciate that kind of thing. Me: I meant it as an accounting joke... 😢

I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.

Here, have some kittens. Del (black) & Maple (b&w) getting bigger, but still derpy (Photos by Kid the Elder)

☕️🌱Coffee does drive deforestation - but it does not have to. Agroforestry systems — where coffee grows under a canopy of native trees — protect biodiversity, store carbon, and rebuild soil health.

Hard to believe that this species once roamed the tundra, the desert and the jungle, felling mighty beasts with intelligence, teamwork and guile. Now it has to look at me like this in the desperate hope of some cheese. Mind you. She did get the cheese. #DogsOfBluesky

Yo: Soy alérgico a los gatos También yo:

Time sweeps dust of hope from his hands, and turns another page but the Eagle has landed: tell your children when; Time won't drive us down to dust again

Soon small businesses won’t have to wait for Small Business Saturday to get attention from their Mayor. Some changes that they can look forward to:

Remembering the Wellesley alumna who argued vehemently at me a decade ago that there was no longer a need for women's colleges. The situation sucks, but hey, at least I was right 🙃 www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/29/m...

@katewagner.wehwalt.net Surely I wouldn't regret buying all of these Dover Wagner scores ...

Keep doing my current job but without stressing about money. Which would be huge because as we know, time = money to some degree and I would be so much less stressed if I could just get takeout or Factor or whatever the fuck instead of having to meal plan and grocery shop and cook.

Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread

If you haven't gotten a measles vax in a couple decades, it almost certainly won't hurt you to re-up. I had my MMRs redone in 1991 because college required it and I didn't have my childhood records, and then again last year or maybe in '23, when there was a minor measles outbreak local to me.

I donated 3 units of #Platelets and 2 of #Plasma at #RedCross today!

Every year around this time, I ask folks to consider doing something in support of Native people. This year, please join me in supporting the Native Organizers Alliance as they build grassroots power, defend Native voting rights, and equip our people for collective struggle through skill-building.

No contract, no coffee. We don’t believe in sitting on the sidelines. Join our Transition co-chair @linamkhan.bsky.social , First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan & @sbworkersunited.org at the picket lines.

It’s hard to believe but the Auto Club family— mama Porsche & her now 7-month old kittens Ferrari, Mercedes, and Bentley— have had no applications. Not one for any of them. They’ve been growing up together in foster care, shy at first & needing a quiet home. Elkton, MD Apply crits4cats.petfinder.com

how it started vs how its going! 3 years ago today, fish dad and i got the best black friday deal of all

Ten two-handed swords that had been kept in an city hall attic for years because everyone assumed they were just replicas turned out to be genuine! historiek.net/tweehandszwa...

Solidarity to our striking baristas in Atlanta, GA! We're 15 days into our national ULP strike 💪 Baristas are on strike in over 65 cities, demanding: higher pay, better hours, & an end to union busting. Until Starbucks brings us NEW proposals, you’ll see us on the picket line. #NoContractNoCoffee

Silent anti-fascism vigil in Port Townsend yesterday. The signs say it all

I did a thread a few weeks ago of "authors link your stuff" & one of my author friends who is one emergency away from being homeless had a massive spike in downloads on Anna's Archive from people *who follow me* complaining about how they are poor & should be allowed to steal from other poor people

She sees your fandom as affirmation, your money as funding for the harm she causes to trans people. It doesn't matter how you feel about her work, whether it was a formative touchstone or not. If you still buy the merch or hype up Harry Potter, you are complicit.

“Once, after the group bought out a tamale vendor’s cart, that man found them days later to say immigration agents were spotted on his block just hours after. ‘You saved my life,’ Rosales said the man told them.” apnews.com/article/chic...

One of the most freeing things for me as an activist was learning to disregard the commentaries of other "activists" whose entire personality was to find anything you were doing and poke a hole in it because why not.

"The lives of the Black artists who make up Black excellence were shaped by the institutions of the past century, which were rooted in a belief in a common public good and a deep appreciation for the history of artistic craft. We are living through the destruction of all that."

It’s honestly infuriating to look back at these milestones — it wasn’t that long ago — and recall that women fought for YEARS for these rights.

"Death of the artist" means when Amy Tan says "I did not intentionally put numerological symbolism in Joy Luck Club" you can go "ok but unconscious-you is very clever and it's in there anyhow." It does not mean "it doesn't matter if JKR is a terrible person."

[1] The "and all her friends" is there because it's common for a lot of the predatory networks to get blackmail or sextortion material against one member of a friend group, and then force that kid into manipulating their friends and getting them involved, too.

Which is why one of the things actual, non-biased, non-hack child safety experts say is you should absolutely never punish *the kid* for the actions of a third party, even if the kid broke a rule, by taking away/restricting their devices! Because that makes the kid conclude you can't be trusted!

Literally EVERY parent should ban Roblox

PinkNews sat down with Cynthia Erivo (Elphaba) and Ariana Grande (Glinda) to find out how playing these characters in ‘Wicked’ have changed their lives “for good” #Wicked

When I worked at a bookstore, I quickly learned that people cannot tell the difference between Xmas music and any Baroque or Elizabethan music album that doesn't get too organ-ish. I used this to my advantage. One customer caught on... AND THANKED ME

Why do I love living in Boston? Yo-Yo Ma playing the Bach cello suites before bringing Mayor Wu out to duet for an encore, that’s why.

we're producing a full We Didn't Start The Fire every two to three days. soon we will hit the theoretical We Didn't Start The Fire singularity

THE POPE HAS THROWN A RAVE I am now experiencing FOMO about the Pope's rave god, cyberpunk novels of my teenagerhood weren't weird ENOUGH

Going to end on one of the most beautiful commercials ever made with the reminder and a call to remember the small things. They make a big difference to others. Love all, help all. Go Jackets.

I am only 142 paid Patreon members from hitting my end of year goal. I'd like to get there this week. To entice you, I am offering 20% off your first year on annual memberships all this week. Can you help me hit this important milestone? patreon.com/katelynburns

Starbucks employees have been on strike since last Thursday, 11/13. Don't cross the picket line!

Really love that one boycott now goes twice as far

Yeah... Ferris Wheel Press joining Noodlers and Goulet on the Friends don't let friends... shelf.

On Thursday, Starbucks baristas in 40+ cities launched an open-ended, national ULP strike. Workers are putting it all on the line and need customers and allies to back them up! Join striking baristas and community supporters building union power. RSVP now: bit.ly/4pbwwy7

Lucky wants to make sure you are all drinking water and taking meds today.

Protect Norman Rockwell from the hashtag retvrn creeps. His legacy is so much better than that.

Have you ever considered that just because a cat has literally just been fed, and this is her 5th meal of the day, that doesn't mean she isn't Starving?

"What, like it's hard?" - L Woods, when asked if he would catch Kira

Hi! There's been lots of doomscrolling lately because many things are awful. However, sleep deprivation makes everything worse. You still deserve time to rest and recover. Try not to stay up too late tonight. Max loves you.