Kira Franz
@totallynotkira.bsky.social
Parent, lawyer, HR person. Love the ocean, bicycling, and gaming. Hihihi! Pronouns they/them and possibly subject to change.
Pinned
this @adambonica.bsky.social piece deserves to be read beside the yeoman work that @donmoyn.bsky.social and @pamherd.bsky.social have been doing. The dismantling of administrative expertise is one of those stories that is so big that pro journalists with beats find it hard to focus on or explain .
How to Dismantle a Democracy, One Job Posting at a Time
OPM’s new hiring memo imports the authoritarian playbook—quietly, bureaucratically, and by design.
data4democracy.substack.com
This article is so good at explaining something complicated that I'm quoteposting it so I can pin it.
Reposted by Kira Franz
Reposted by Kira Franz
Trump threatens new International Court sanctions unless the court pledges not to prosecute him. Previously the US threatened to invade the Netherlands to shut down the ICC.
Every US government Democrat & Republican has refused to sign the Rome Statute and abide by International law.
Every US government Democrat & Republican has refused to sign the Rome Statute and abide by International law.
December 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Trump threatens new International Court sanctions unless the court pledges not to prosecute him. Previously the US threatened to invade the Netherlands to shut down the ICC.
Every US government Democrat & Republican has refused to sign the Rome Statute and abide by International law.
Every US government Democrat & Republican has refused to sign the Rome Statute and abide by International law.
Reposted by Kira Franz
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
BORB!
December 10, 2025 at 7:24 AM
BORB!
I'm sorry, WHAT?!?!?!
It is SO. NOT. DONE.
It is SO. NOT. DONE.
‘It's done’ — House Armed Services chair sees no need to further probe boat strike
www.politico.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:17 AM
I'm sorry, WHAT?!?!?!
It is SO. NOT. DONE.
It is SO. NOT. DONE.
Reposted by Kira Franz
BREAKING: Eileen Higgins wins Miami mayor in a landslide, defeating Trump-backed Emilio González and ending nearly 30 years of Republican control.
December 10, 2025 at 1:57 AM
BREAKING: Eileen Higgins wins Miami mayor in a landslide, defeating Trump-backed Emilio González and ending nearly 30 years of Republican control.
Reposted by Kira Franz
Boss, during meting: "ok, wait, I gotta ask, Mike, what's going on with those socks?"
Me: "they've got the London Underground map. They're tube socks."
Me: "they've got the London Underground map. They're tube socks."
December 9, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Boss, during meting: "ok, wait, I gotta ask, Mike, what's going on with those socks?"
Me: "they've got the London Underground map. They're tube socks."
Me: "they've got the London Underground map. They're tube socks."
Reposted by Kira Franz
I got the shingles vaccine, because I know shingles is extremely painful and debilitating. Yeah, my arm was sore for a day and I felt tired. But I knew I would feel a lot worse if I got shingles! and big plus for me: it wards off dementia
All over my FB people talking about their bad experiences with shingles vax and dissuading each other from getting it! We need to give people real info on how to mitigate the symtoms caused by vaccines because vaccines are always better than meeting a virus unprepared. Yet drs aren't coaching ppl
December 9, 2025 at 1:34 AM
I got the shingles vaccine, because I know shingles is extremely painful and debilitating. Yeah, my arm was sore for a day and I felt tired. But I knew I would feel a lot worse if I got shingles! and big plus for me: it wards off dementia
Reposted by Kira Franz
So love wobbegongs. Everything is good about the wobbegong. Its name. Its flattened Oscar the Grouch face. Its frondy bits. Its lazy life as a hungry rug. And it’s a shark. Outstanding animal 10/10
The Tasselled Wobbegong is a master of disguise that can eat a fish almost as big as itself in one gulp. It's classified as a shark, but when it lays on the sea floor it looks like a harmless rug if you manage to see it. But with powerful jaws and sharp teeth they are no fish to mess with.
December 8, 2025 at 9:49 AM
So love wobbegongs. Everything is good about the wobbegong. Its name. Its flattened Oscar the Grouch face. Its frondy bits. Its lazy life as a hungry rug. And it’s a shark. Outstanding animal 10/10
Reposted by Kira Franz
Nice to see Nisi Shawl's Making Amends on this list. The list is rich with an abundance of interesting titles flying well under the hype-cycle radar. & some of it is science fiction! lithub.com/100-notable-...
100 Notable Small Press Books of 2025
The idea of 100 Notable Small Press Books was born November 2024, after The New York Times’s annual 100 Notable Books list featured eighty-two books from the Big Five publishing houses (Pengu…
lithub.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Nice to see Nisi Shawl's Making Amends on this list. The list is rich with an abundance of interesting titles flying well under the hype-cycle radar. & some of it is science fiction! lithub.com/100-notable-...
Reposted by Kira Franz
A peace prize for insecure cats!
December 7, 2025 at 12:32 PM
A peace prize for insecure cats!
Reposted by Kira Franz
Who has made this 🤣
December 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Who has made this 🤣
Reposted by Kira Franz
To propose that GenAI can compensate for "archival silences" perverts Trouillot's work. It's is a contradiction to say that a product whose logic exacerbates power imbalances--creating a most-likely guess based on the existing record--can restore absences that are the product of those imbalances.
December 6, 2025 at 8:59 PM
To propose that GenAI can compensate for "archival silences" perverts Trouillot's work. It's is a contradiction to say that a product whose logic exacerbates power imbalances--creating a most-likely guess based on the existing record--can restore absences that are the product of those imbalances.
Reposted by Kira Franz
The White House’s insistence on using Sabrina Carpenter’s work and image to promote their crimes against humanity is also them appealing to their base, which already uses technology to try and humiliate and puppeteer the likenesses of women who have autonomy, success, and visibility in public
December 6, 2025 at 4:37 AM
The White House’s insistence on using Sabrina Carpenter’s work and image to promote their crimes against humanity is also them appealing to their base, which already uses technology to try and humiliate and puppeteer the likenesses of women who have autonomy, success, and visibility in public
Reposted by Kira Franz
Reposted by Kira Franz
The concept of a notary public is very funny to me. A guy who has been given legal authority to be like “yeah dude he totally signed that thing in front of me, word is bond”
December 4, 2025 at 10:21 PM
The concept of a notary public is very funny to me. A guy who has been given legal authority to be like “yeah dude he totally signed that thing in front of me, word is bond”
Reposted by Kira Franz
41 minutes is a long time to sit in your air conditioned office watching men struggle to survive as you decide to kill them.
December 5, 2025 at 1:48 AM
41 minutes is a long time to sit in your air conditioned office watching men struggle to survive as you decide to kill them.
Reposted by Kira Franz
Immigrants commit fewer crimes.
Immigrants pay taxes.
Immigrants contribute over $2 trillion to the U.S. economy.
The problem isn't immigrants.
Immigrants pay taxes.
Immigrants contribute over $2 trillion to the U.S. economy.
The problem isn't immigrants.
December 3, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Immigrants commit fewer crimes.
Immigrants pay taxes.
Immigrants contribute over $2 trillion to the U.S. economy.
The problem isn't immigrants.
Immigrants pay taxes.
Immigrants contribute over $2 trillion to the U.S. economy.
The problem isn't immigrants.
Reposted by Kira Franz
Good morning
December 3, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Good morning
Timeline cleanse
December 2, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Timeline cleanse
Reposted by Kira Franz
My President told me Jim Comey keeps eating his prosecutors so I asked how many prosecutors he has and he said he just goes to Mar-A-Lago and gets a new prosecutor afterwards so I said it sounds like he's just feeding prosecutors to Jim Comey and then his Attorney General started crying.
The Justice Department could present a new indictment against James Comey to a grand jury as soon as this week.
Justice Department could present a new indictment against James Comey to a grand jury this week | CNN Politics
No matter what, prosecutors will likely present new indictments against the former FBI director and New York Attorney General Letitia James to grand juries in the Eastern District of Virginia.
www.cnn.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:16 AM
My President told me Jim Comey keeps eating his prosecutors so I asked how many prosecutors he has and he said he just goes to Mar-A-Lago and gets a new prosecutor afterwards so I said it sounds like he's just feeding prosecutors to Jim Comey and then his Attorney General started crying.
Reposted by Kira Franz
who decided to call it Secret Santa when Nondisclosure Claus was right there
December 1, 2025 at 10:55 PM
who decided to call it Secret Santa when Nondisclosure Claus was right there
Reposted by Kira Franz
I can’t promise that this is the first time a Canadian publisher of a beloved children’s book series has publicly condemned the bloodthirsty US secretary of defense’s use of its imagery to smirkingly defend heinous war crimes. I mean who can say.
December 2, 2025 at 2:01 AM
I can’t promise that this is the first time a Canadian publisher of a beloved children’s book series has publicly condemned the bloodthirsty US secretary of defense’s use of its imagery to smirkingly defend heinous war crimes. I mean who can say.
Reposted by Kira Franz
me: omg goth bath bombs
santa: that’s charcoal
santa: that’s charcoal
December 1, 2025 at 6:44 PM
me: omg goth bath bombs
santa: that’s charcoal
santa: that’s charcoal
Reposted by Kira Franz
If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
November 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.