Francine Kafka
@francinekafka.bsky.social
Librarian, enthusiastic reader, cat person
Sweet Sophie is here to wish you a happy #caturday and to say she has no idea why the back of the couch has so many cat-shaped dents in it. Truly, it’s a mysterious world we live in.
October 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Sweet Sophie is here to wish you a happy #caturday and to say she has no idea why the back of the couch has so many cat-shaped dents in it. Truly, it’s a mysterious world we live in.
September 27, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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Do you know what “groyper” means?
a. No, it wasn’t on my SAT vocab list. I’d be curious to learn for my own edification, but it doesn’t seem relevant anymore. Since I already took the test.
b. Lol.
a. No, it wasn’t on my SAT vocab list. I’d be curious to learn for my own edification, but it doesn’t seem relevant anymore. Since I already took the test.
b. Lol.
Who Radicalized You: An Elite University or a Discord Server?
“The Utah man being held in the shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk used the social media platform Discord to send messages about the ri...
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September 16, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Do you know what “groyper” means?
a. No, it wasn’t on my SAT vocab list. I’d be curious to learn for my own edification, but it doesn’t seem relevant anymore. Since I already took the test.
b. Lol.
a. No, it wasn’t on my SAT vocab list. I’d be curious to learn for my own edification, but it doesn’t seem relevant anymore. Since I already took the test.
b. Lol.
Happy #caturday from Sophie, who had a few teeth removed this week.
Here’s a post-surgery photo, when she was still dopey from the anesthesia.
Here’s a post-surgery photo, when she was still dopey from the anesthesia.
August 30, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Happy #caturday from Sophie, who had a few teeth removed this week.
Here’s a post-surgery photo, when she was still dopey from the anesthesia.
Here’s a post-surgery photo, when she was still dopey from the anesthesia.
Reposted by Francine Kafka
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July 27, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Public media has been defunded. Your support keeps journalists on the ground, lifts unheard voices, and connects communities.
Help us plan for what’s next. Make a monthly gift today. Stand with public media: n.pr/458sOhq
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Reposted by Francine Kafka
"It’s kind of weird, right? Why would my mind make me recall that the Russian Revolution was largely ignited by a devastating economic crisis, social inequality, and the ruling class being aggressively out of touch with the suffering masses?"
I Have No Idea Why I’ve Suddenly Started Thinking About the 1917 Russian Revolution
So there I was, minding my own business, when, for some inexplicable reason, I found myself idly thinking about the fall of the Romanov dynasty. Fo...
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June 29, 2025 at 2:30 PM
"It’s kind of weird, right? Why would my mind make me recall that the Russian Revolution was largely ignited by a devastating economic crisis, social inequality, and the ruling class being aggressively out of touch with the suffering masses?"
Reposted by Francine Kafka
"As bad as things are right now, it’s better to have a president who makes the expected cataclysmic mistakes, but with no reputational consequences to his gender."
It’s Not Going Great, but Imagine How Much Worse Things Would Be with a Woman President
A lot has gone wrong under Donald Trump, but at least we narrowly avoided the catastrophe of a female president. Don’t get me wrong, I liked Kamala...
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June 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
"As bad as things are right now, it’s better to have a president who makes the expected cataclysmic mistakes, but with no reputational consequences to his gender."
Reposted by Francine Kafka
The surprise firing of the head of the Library of Congress and efforts to install Trump loyalists at the iconic institution have stirred bipartisan pushback on Capitol Hill.
Lawmakers in Both Parties Resist Trump’s Attempt to Seize Control of Their Library (Gift Article)
The surprise firing of the head of the Library of Congress and efforts to install Trump loyalists at the iconic institution have stirred bipartisan pushback on Capitol Hill.
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May 17, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The surprise firing of the head of the Library of Congress and efforts to install Trump loyalists at the iconic institution have stirred bipartisan pushback on Capitol Hill.
Fans of Where’s Waldo? might enjoy the latest installment of “there is no cat in this picture”:
#CatsOfBluesky
#CatsOfBluesky
May 12, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Fans of Where’s Waldo? might enjoy the latest installment of “there is no cat in this picture”:
#CatsOfBluesky
#CatsOfBluesky