Kafkaesque
@kafkaesque2024.bsky.social
Recovering lawyer & former historian, turned fragrance critic. #ExPostie.
Love: German shepherds; history; space; photography; art; science; TV; Star Trek; Top Chef; Camus; animals; nebulae; cooking; gastronomy; & yes, fragrances.
Love: German shepherds; history; space; photography; art; science; TV; Star Trek; Top Chef; Camus; animals; nebulae; cooking; gastronomy; & yes, fragrances.
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Kafkaesque
@kafkaesque2024.bsky.social
· Jun 26
Joseph Heller's Catch 22 words on the surrealist, absurdist, and Twilight Zone transformation of black into white and up into down describes the Trump administration to a T, but I'm especially struck by the "Brutality into patriotism, and sadism into justice" bit today. It's Stephen Miller's mantra.
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I am deliriously laughing at the image of Boebert facing dawning revelation that she's actually found the pedophile elite conspiracy ring and that she's standing right in the middle of it
November 12, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I am deliriously laughing at the image of Boebert facing dawning revelation that she's actually found the pedophile elite conspiracy ring and that she's standing right in the middle of it
The only major positive in global affairs in 2025 was the election of this man.
I beseech the Universe: If there are terrible things to reveal about Pope Leo, can you wait until ALL our own leaders are not the embodiment of pure evil? There is only so much 💔 I can take right now.
I beseech the Universe: If there are terrible things to reveal about Pope Leo, can you wait until ALL our own leaders are not the embodiment of pure evil? There is only so much 💔 I can take right now.
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 2:56 AM
The only major positive in global affairs in 2025 was the election of this man.
I beseech the Universe: If there are terrible things to reveal about Pope Leo, can you wait until ALL our own leaders are not the embodiment of pure evil? There is only so much 💔 I can take right now.
I beseech the Universe: If there are terrible things to reveal about Pope Leo, can you wait until ALL our own leaders are not the embodiment of pure evil? There is only so much 💔 I can take right now.
PSA/FYI: Joyce Carol Oates is active on Bluesky.
Also, her gloriously floofy cat has magnificent mustachios/whiskers that even Hercule Poirot would envy.
Also, her gloriously floofy cat has magnificent mustachios/whiskers that even Hercule Poirot would envy.
November 13, 2025 at 2:33 AM
PSA/FYI: Joyce Carol Oates is active on Bluesky.
Also, her gloriously floofy cat has magnificent mustachios/whiskers that even Hercule Poirot would envy.
Also, her gloriously floofy cat has magnificent mustachios/whiskers that even Hercule Poirot would envy.
The search function for the Epstein emails & documents released by the House Oversight Committee made by this kind soul is currently not working bc I think we all crashed the website.
But save the original post, so you can access the database later. They're working on it.
Thank you, @paulgp.com.
But save the original post, so you can access the database later. They're working on it.
Thank you, @paulgp.com.
For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files:
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
Epstein Document Search
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
November 13, 2025 at 2:01 AM
The search function for the Epstein emails & documents released by the House Oversight Committee made by this kind soul is currently not working bc I think we all crashed the website.
But save the original post, so you can access the database later. They're working on it.
Thank you, @paulgp.com.
But save the original post, so you can access the database later. They're working on it.
Thank you, @paulgp.com.
Trump almost broke a glass door bc he couldn't rip his eyes away from the half-clothed young girls in bikinis to see where he was going.
And they're currently holed up in the White House *situation room,* the same crisis-mode high-security location from which Obama took down Bin Laden. #Epstein
And they're currently holed up in the White House *situation room,* the same crisis-mode high-security location from which Obama took down Bin Laden. #Epstein
Jeffrey Epstein in 2015: "Have them ask my houseman about donald almost walking through the door leaving his nose print on the glass as young women were swimming in the pool and he was so focused he walked straight into the door."
November 13, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Trump almost broke a glass door bc he couldn't rip his eyes away from the half-clothed young girls in bikinis to see where he was going.
And they're currently holed up in the White House *situation room,* the same crisis-mode high-security location from which Obama took down Bin Laden. #Epstein
And they're currently holed up in the White House *situation room,* the same crisis-mode high-security location from which Obama took down Bin Laden. #Epstein
🧵 1. An impromptu birthday party today at the dog park included match-making attempts for Apollo w/ 2 diff. husky-mix beauties -- a story in 4 photo parts.
First, please meet Ellie whose exquisite blue eyes match the sun. Unfortunately, Apollo was unimpressed. #Dogs #Husky #GSD #GermanShepherd
First, please meet Ellie whose exquisite blue eyes match the sun. Unfortunately, Apollo was unimpressed. #Dogs #Husky #GSD #GermanShepherd
November 13, 2025 at 12:29 AM
🧵 1. An impromptu birthday party today at the dog park included match-making attempts for Apollo w/ 2 diff. husky-mix beauties -- a story in 4 photo parts.
First, please meet Ellie whose exquisite blue eyes match the sun. Unfortunately, Apollo was unimpressed. #Dogs #Husky #GSD #GermanShepherd
First, please meet Ellie whose exquisite blue eyes match the sun. Unfortunately, Apollo was unimpressed. #Dogs #Husky #GSD #GermanShepherd
It's not the content of the #EpsteinEmails that is surprising to me. It's the bloody nerve, the audacity, the brazenly cool aplomb of these corrupt degenerates knowing that they'll get away with it. Which they did - which they still are.
Insult added to injury. Repeatedly. #VirginiaGuiffre #Trump
Insult added to injury. Repeatedly. #VirginiaGuiffre #Trump
All the Epstein emails are powerful elites saying shit like “Hello my friend the pedophile, i need your advice as a pedophile, what do you think about this other pedophile? Pedophilic Regards, your Friend ;)” and instead of swinging from a gibbet most of them are still writing op-eds against leftism
November 12, 2025 at 8:46 PM
It's not the content of the #EpsteinEmails that is surprising to me. It's the bloody nerve, the audacity, the brazenly cool aplomb of these corrupt degenerates knowing that they'll get away with it. Which they did - which they still are.
Insult added to injury. Repeatedly. #VirginiaGuiffre #Trump
Insult added to injury. Repeatedly. #VirginiaGuiffre #Trump
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“would you like photos of donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen?” -Jeffrey Epstein
November 12, 2025 at 7:54 PM
“would you like photos of donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen?” -Jeffrey Epstein
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The Epstein stuff is always so amazing to me because it's like "yes he was a sex criminal but if you can get past that, he was also an avowed eugenicist"
November 12, 2025 at 5:28 PM
The Epstein stuff is always so amazing to me because it's like "yes he was a sex criminal but if you can get past that, he was also an avowed eugenicist"
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All the Epstein emails are powerful elites saying shit like “Hello my friend the pedophile, i need your advice as a pedophile, what do you think about this other pedophile? Pedophilic Regards, your Friend ;)” and instead of swinging from a gibbet most of them are still writing op-eds against leftism
November 12, 2025 at 5:09 PM
All the Epstein emails are powerful elites saying shit like “Hello my friend the pedophile, i need your advice as a pedophile, what do you think about this other pedophile? Pedophilic Regards, your Friend ;)” and instead of swinging from a gibbet most of them are still writing op-eds against leftism
Misery loves company; if I must suffer with the ghastly mental visuals and the subsequent brain bleach needed, then you must as well. I'm not going to need therapy solo, nuh-huh. #Trump #MAGA #LauraLoomer #WorstPeople #Nightmares #HorrorMovies
November 12, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Misery loves company; if I must suffer with the ghastly mental visuals and the subsequent brain bleach needed, then you must as well. I'm not going to need therapy solo, nuh-huh. #Trump #MAGA #LauraLoomer #WorstPeople #Nightmares #HorrorMovies
Happy birthday to my best friend, my naughty Pestaroni Pupparoni, my loving imp, Apollo, who turns 5 today.
Enjoy photos of his 1st bday party. He was patient but so miserable that I promised I'd spare him future dressing-up.
First, "Why am I wearing this stupid hat?!" #GSD #GermanShepherd #Dogs
Enjoy photos of his 1st bday party. He was patient but so miserable that I promised I'd spare him future dressing-up.
First, "Why am I wearing this stupid hat?!" #GSD #GermanShepherd #Dogs
November 12, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Happy birthday to my best friend, my naughty Pestaroni Pupparoni, my loving imp, Apollo, who turns 5 today.
Enjoy photos of his 1st bday party. He was patient but so miserable that I promised I'd spare him future dressing-up.
First, "Why am I wearing this stupid hat?!" #GSD #GermanShepherd #Dogs
Enjoy photos of his 1st bday party. He was patient but so miserable that I promised I'd spare him future dressing-up.
First, "Why am I wearing this stupid hat?!" #GSD #GermanShepherd #Dogs
Funny and sweet, here's your morning timeline cleanser:
November 12, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Funny and sweet, here's your morning timeline cleanser:
🧵 1. The 2025 #Nikon Comedy #Wildlife #Photography Awards announced their hilarious #animal finalists on Nov. 6th. Here are a few shots as a timeline cleanser from bad political news.
First up, lion cubs throw a toddler tantrum, while the adults lose it. "Enough!" 📷: Ben Saalwaechter. #EastCoastKin
First up, lion cubs throw a toddler tantrum, while the adults lose it. "Enough!" 📷: Ben Saalwaechter. #EastCoastKin
November 11, 2025 at 10:49 PM
🧵 1. The 2025 #Nikon Comedy #Wildlife #Photography Awards announced their hilarious #animal finalists on Nov. 6th. Here are a few shots as a timeline cleanser from bad political news.
First up, lion cubs throw a toddler tantrum, while the adults lose it. "Enough!" 📷: Ben Saalwaechter. #EastCoastKin
First up, lion cubs throw a toddler tantrum, while the adults lose it. "Enough!" 📷: Ben Saalwaechter. #EastCoastKin
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The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why Elon Musk Needs Dungeons and Dragons to Be Racist
The fantastical roots of “scientific racism”
www.theatlantic.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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23 yrs ago, futurist philosopher Nick Bostrom exploded the psyches of tech bros when he proposed that we all may be living in a computer simulation.
Now, Bostrom has a dire warning:
"People will look back on 2025 and shudder in horror." (No s**t. 😒)
Reason: #SuperAI
futurism.com/simulation-t...
Now, Bostrom has a dire warning:
"People will look back on 2025 and shudder in horror." (No s**t. 😒)
Reason: #SuperAI
futurism.com/simulation-t...
The Man Who Proposed Simulation Theory Has a Dire Warning
Philosopher Nick Bostrom brought simulation theory and AI superintelligence into the public psyche — and now he has a new warning for us all.
futurism.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:04 PM
23 yrs ago, futurist philosopher Nick Bostrom exploded the psyches of tech bros when he proposed that we all may be living in a computer simulation.
Now, Bostrom has a dire warning:
"People will look back on 2025 and shudder in horror." (No s**t. 😒)
Reason: #SuperAI
futurism.com/simulation-t...
Now, Bostrom has a dire warning:
"People will look back on 2025 and shudder in horror." (No s**t. 😒)
Reason: #SuperAI
futurism.com/simulation-t...
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BIG NEWS: Congresswoman-elect Adelita Grijalva will finally be sworn in as a member of Congress tomorrow.
She is likely to be the 218th vote on the Epstein discharge petition, which would force a full vote to release the Epstein files in their entirety.
She is likely to be the 218th vote on the Epstein discharge petition, which would force a full vote to release the Epstein files in their entirety.
November 11, 2025 at 7:40 PM
BIG NEWS: Congresswoman-elect Adelita Grijalva will finally be sworn in as a member of Congress tomorrow.
She is likely to be the 218th vote on the Epstein discharge petition, which would force a full vote to release the Epstein files in their entirety.
She is likely to be the 218th vote on the Epstein discharge petition, which would force a full vote to release the Epstein files in their entirety.
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🧵Thread of cafes, restaurants, bars, bagel joints, etc offering free meals to SNAP recipients, for those who might need it, & so those who don't can give 'em their business.
If you know of such offers in your area & don't see them here, please tell us in @'s.
Here's one! toastedseattle.com
If you know of such offers in your area & don't see them here, please tell us in @'s.
Here's one! toastedseattle.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:44 PM
🧵Thread of cafes, restaurants, bars, bagel joints, etc offering free meals to SNAP recipients, for those who might need it, & so those who don't can give 'em their business.
If you know of such offers in your area & don't see them here, please tell us in @'s.
Here's one! toastedseattle.com
If you know of such offers in your area & don't see them here, please tell us in @'s.
Here's one! toastedseattle.com
Studying for the 3 days of California bar was one of the worst experiences in my life. I shudder at the memories of that summer. Despite being Phi Beta Kappa at an Ivy, passing the MBE part seemed so unlikely that my mother thought a bloody Novena to St. Jude was req'd.
For once, I feel for Kim K.
For once, I feel for Kim K.
Everyone is dunking on Kim Kardashian. The truth is the California bar is notoriously hard, the pass rate was only 55%, the pass rate for people who didn‘t go to an accredited law school is way lower, and lots of very smart and dedicated people don’t pass the first time and become good lawyers.
Kim Kardashian slams psychics who told her she'd pass the bar exam: 'All fucking full of shit'
November 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Studying for the 3 days of California bar was one of the worst experiences in my life. I shudder at the memories of that summer. Despite being Phi Beta Kappa at an Ivy, passing the MBE part seemed so unlikely that my mother thought a bloody Novena to St. Jude was req'd.
For once, I feel for Kim K.
For once, I feel for Kim K.
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I know, everybody should leave X, but I think an exception should be made solely for Joyce Carol Oates so she can keep wounding Musk's withered soul on his own site and he can't do a thing about it.
![Joyce Carol Oates quoting a tweet that says “wherever he [Elon Musk] goes, he wants to leave”:
"wherever he goes, he wants to leave"-- that's because when he gets there, he has brought his own self along; & whatever club he's invited to join has been devalued by the invitation.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:buy3qvqcj3o76leo6ap7pn2p/bafkreifilfbsxemfsambf4kqwolr24ld2ekqcrz4ybgv3bv7kzi5e6kppm@jpeg)
November 11, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I know, everybody should leave X, but I think an exception should be made solely for Joyce Carol Oates so she can keep wounding Musk's withered soul on his own site and he can't do a thing about it.
The idea that we’re living inside a simulation (see, #TheMatrix #RedPill) has piqued the interest of scientists for decades. Now, two physicists say that they’ve proven that the fundamental nature of reality simply cannot be simulated on any computer: futurism.com/science-ener...
#Math #Physics
#Math #Physics
Physicists Say They've Proven Whether We're Living in a Simulation
Researchers say they've proven that the fundamental nature of reality simply cannot be simulated on any computer.
futurism.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:15 AM
The idea that we’re living inside a simulation (see, #TheMatrix #RedPill) has piqued the interest of scientists for decades. Now, two physicists say that they’ve proven that the fundamental nature of reality simply cannot be simulated on any computer: futurism.com/science-ener...
#Math #Physics
#Math #Physics
Astute point about Elon Musk's rejection of every place that was home due to internal self-loathing.
Speaking of his leaving, I cannot wait until Musk is cannonballed off of Earth on his way to Mars. If the SpaceX rocket explodes, too bad. I'll play the world's smallest violin.
Speaking of his leaving, I cannot wait until Musk is cannonballed off of Earth on his way to Mars. If the SpaceX rocket explodes, too bad. I'll play the world's smallest violin.
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Astute point about Elon Musk's rejection of every place that was home due to internal self-loathing.
Speaking of his leaving, I cannot wait until Musk is cannonballed off of Earth on his way to Mars. If the SpaceX rocket explodes, too bad. I'll play the world's smallest violin.
Speaking of his leaving, I cannot wait until Musk is cannonballed off of Earth on his way to Mars. If the SpaceX rocket explodes, too bad. I'll play the world's smallest violin.
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1. "The Calmness of Eternity" won 🇺🇦 Yevhen Samuchenko many photo awards, incl. CNN 2019 Photographer of the Yr, Runner-Up.
He's known for his shots of starry night skies; #Tibet lacks light pollution making it a top 📷 destination. #EastCoastKin #Landscape #Astro #Nature #Scape #Night #Travel 🏔️🌌⭐
He's known for his shots of starry night skies; #Tibet lacks light pollution making it a top 📷 destination. #EastCoastKin #Landscape #Astro #Nature #Scape #Night #Travel 🏔️🌌⭐
November 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
1. "The Calmness of Eternity" won 🇺🇦 Yevhen Samuchenko many photo awards, incl. CNN 2019 Photographer of the Yr, Runner-Up.
He's known for his shots of starry night skies; #Tibet lacks light pollution making it a top 📷 destination. #EastCoastKin #Landscape #Astro #Nature #Scape #Night #Travel 🏔️🌌⭐
He's known for his shots of starry night skies; #Tibet lacks light pollution making it a top 📷 destination. #EastCoastKin #Landscape #Astro #Nature #Scape #Night #Travel 🏔️🌌⭐
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📷🧵 2. The Milky Way gleams brightly in the night sky above a cloud-covered lake in Tibet. Shot by Samuchenko again.
#Photography #EastCoastKin #Nature #landscape #Astro #Scape #Night #Travel 🏔️🌌
#Photography #EastCoastKin #Nature #landscape #Astro #Scape #Night #Travel 🏔️🌌
November 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
📷🧵 2. The Milky Way gleams brightly in the night sky above a cloud-covered lake in Tibet. Shot by Samuchenko again.
#Photography #EastCoastKin #Nature #landscape #Astro #Scape #Night #Travel 🏔️🌌
#Photography #EastCoastKin #Nature #landscape #Astro #Scape #Night #Travel 🏔️🌌