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Why a 4-day work week? The bargaining unit members of Kickstarter United’s top priority in our next contract is securing a permanent 4-day workweek for all employees. 1. Health & wellness: The 4DWW allows us the opportunity to rest, reset, and refresh, reducing the likelihood of stress-related health impacts. 2. Well-roundedness: It allows us to balance work with family time, friendship, hobbies, and creativity, so that we can be more than just our job title. 3. Better employees: With one less day a week at our disposal, we develop creative solutions to work more efficiently to hit our goals and deliver business value.

How the team spends their Fridays “The 4DWW allows me to make more time for my family, who all live on the opposite coast from me. This includes a recent trip out to New York to celebrate my grandmother’s 100th birthday with her!” -Katja Cresanti, Infrastructure Engineer “I have photosensitive migraines and since migraines can start at anytime, it’s sometimes challenging to stick to plans. Having an extra day on the weekend lets me say “yes” to more experiences with the flexibility to push off plans a day instead of canceling outright. It also gives me a day to recover so I can feel my best during the work-week! Last weekend I went onion picking at a farm in upstate NY.”-Lilit Balagyozyan, Senior Product Designer "We are our raising our first baby, which takes time to figure out how to be a parent while also making time to do things I love like being outside. There are many factors to work-life balance and adding a child certainly adjusts the equation. The 4DWW gives me the flexibility I need to balance my and my family needs, while making me a better, more productive teammate at Kickstarter.” -Nathan Nalevanko, Senior Outreach Lead (D&T) "The 4DWW allows me to travel, refresh, and reset while using fewer vacation days. Last week I was able to travel to Ireland and France with my fiancé!” -Hillary Taverna, Senior Product Manager "The 4DWW allows me to volunteer and organize events for the LGBTQ+ Desi community in LA, who are my extended chosen family!” -Shubha Rajan, Software Engineer

Everette (the CEO of Kickstarter) agrees! "I decided to move us from a pilot to a more permanent move to the 4DWW [...] Ultimately it came down to the well-being of our employees. People were living more well-balanced and healthier lives and we had maintained productivity. As a CEO, I have a responsibility to take care of my people, not just make revenue.” Source: Everette Taylor’s Appetite for Risk, The One Club for Creativity, October 2023

Creating Better Tools, Without Burning Out. Our latest features prove that rest and results can go hand in hand. 1. Pledge Over Time: A flexible payment option that lets backers spread out their pledge, making it easier for creators to turn interest into support. 2. Dark Mode on Mobile: A sleek, system-responsive dark theme for the iOS app—one of our most requested mobile features, now live.

We know the 4-day workweek works.

At Kickstarter United, we’re pushing to make it permanent because we’ve seen the impact. It helps us avoid burnout, make space for life, and still launch big wins. We’re better workers and better people because of it.

We've been remote since 2020 - working across the U.S.

We've had a 4-day, 32-hour workweek since our last contract

Our team has grown! Many joined Kickstarter because of our union and the 4-day workweek - and many have stayed for the same reason.

We've helped make Kickstarter stronger, contributing to some of its most successful years. We're proud of what we've built, and we're not done yet!

It’s been a while! Here’s what we’ve been up to ✨

We’re KSR United, the union behind Kickstarter. We’re organizing for a stronger, more sustainable workplace. We’ve made real progress, and there’s more on the horizon. Stay tuned.

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Photo of the screen of a parking validation machine that says "please pay displayed amount: five dollars", and underneath that, "change is possible."

I appreciate the optimism of this parking validation machine

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Hey @toitle.bsky.social, is that you under there?

Concurrently terrifying and erotic

Goodnight

What the fuck is happening in this country

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Also point this out to anyone you can. These were not planned protests. These were normies getting the supplies for their weekend projects or at a restaurant and saw their servers getting hauled off and were like this is some bullshit.

Here's a reminder that Trump campaigned, and his White House has taken action, on allowing cops to get away with terrorizing people by reducing oversight and accountability.

Police oversight is more important than ever for this and a thousand other examples past/present/future.

I'm a believer in nonviolent resistance for moral reasons, and I think it can be incredibly powerful when well-planned and sustained, but don't tell me violence doesn't work. The people successfully rolling back my rights were sending bomb threats to children's hospitals.

Everything that’s happened over the past six months has been a response to an imaginary crisis. There is no immigrant invasion. No trade crisis. No scientific or governance crisis. Just people completely high off their own supply trying to fundamentally reorder society. None of this had to happen.

“i made my account indistinguishable from a troll’s sock puppet & wrote like centrist rumplestiltskin.

shockingly, normal people found me repugnant. how is Bluesky going to fix this for me, personally?”

This is the funniest thing I have ever read lmao

A little cartoon drawing of me saying “Caitlin Rose Boyle is looking for work! Storyboards and revisions! Six+ years of experience at Nickelodeon, Netflix, and DTVA, with freelance for Titmouse, Cartoon Network, and Pixar.” My cats are drawn off to the side screaming “We’re so HUNGRY!”

I’m looking for work! 👁️👁️
I’m looking for storyboarding or revisionist positions, but I’m also open to work in games!
I’m available immediately - I’m fast, funny, and friendly, & I’d love to work with you! Help me feed my cats, they won’t stop screaming!

illustration (by Caitlin Rose Boyle) of a man (the poster, @demarko.org) holding a sign that says "Fair Contract Now!" in his right hand, wearing a jacket and smiling, and using his left hand on a forearm crutch for support

For disability reasons, it's been somewhat rare that I make it out to actual picket lines when they happen, or that I would hold a sign (my hands are usually on my crutches), but thanks to @rattusrose.bsky.social, I was able to commission what I would look like out there

Malys: Exorcise demons on your hunt for an ancient evil 🕯️ Play as an exorcist on a quest to protect the innocent in this demonic roguelite deckbuilder from the creators of "Stray Gods".

Love this campaign and it’s so close to funding!!!!! www.kickstarter.com/projects/sum...

having a house means you are always a brief moment away from unearthing some issue that will cost you 4-5 figures

I'm not doing good or bad. I'm a secret third thing (red dead redemption 2)

2025 - crop from a limited tone fantasy family portrait Two adventurers walk in the rain on a board walk in the woods, one with a bow at the ready, the other excitedly pulling her close. Their cat looks towards the foreground, where a dragonfly rests on a flower.

2025 limited tone fantasy family portrait in a castle tower zelda sends out a spell (resembling her side b from smash bros), which trails along the composition and rests in front of her cat, wearing a stone helmet. a scraggly man dressed as link holds a jar aloft.

2024 full color fantasy family portrait A family fishes in a stream in the woods, one member hooking a big catch, the other distracted and noticing their dog getting a snack from their baskets.

2025 full color magic the gathering playmat commission A man and his dog dig in a field for treasure, while his fairy companion rests in a lantern, expressing very mild interest.

looking to draw something from your favorite videogame, your rpg characters, fantasy family/pet portraits, and anything else you think would look sick as hell
email me at shaferbrownillus@gmail.com for rates and timeline

a very happy “Forgot to Dust the Tops of Your Ceiling Fans” Month to all who celebrate

making a western must be so goated bc u don't have to make 35 city blocks feel populated, u just have to place one(1) random man doing something bizarre every 10 miles and it kills every time

Coming to Kickstarter soon! Looks at these freaks. Created by the mysterious and weird Mustafa Bekir, this is going to be our second set of wooden minis.

Comment "Necro" and I'll send you more info.

Our University Is Replacing DEI with Vibes and Vaguely Diverse Stock Photos “President Trump signed a list of executive actions aimed at both higher education and K-12 schools. One of the actions takes aim at college and un...

"Our commitment to truth-seeking remains unchanged, though the definition of truth has been restructured to align with current federal guidelines."