Claudine Francois BT
@claudinefrancois.bsky.social
Aiming for boring life. On here to catch vibes, learn neat stuff, and share kitty pics in return. We’re all we’ve got. FYI a butterfly net is the best way to catch inside bugs and take them out. I don’t sell them, but they’re like $2. Go for it!
Pinned
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Seasonal reminder that ribbon and tinsel can be DEADLY for cats. Please keep ribbon stored safely and tinsel out of your home completely. ⚠️ hhvh.net/2018/01/13/w...
December 11, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Seasonal reminder that ribbon and tinsel can be DEADLY for cats. Please keep ribbon stored safely and tinsel out of your home completely. ⚠️ hhvh.net/2018/01/13/w...
Happy Caturday from Claudine! 😻 #caturday #catsofbluesky
December 6, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Happy Caturday from Claudine! 😻 #caturday #catsofbluesky
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I've taken the paywall off this eulogy I wrote for my magical, mysterious ex-stray cat George - who died last year - in case anybody would like a read.
It was very, very hard to write but I think it might be my favourite thing I’ve ever written about cats.
www.tom-cox.com/lots-of-peop...
It was very, very hard to write but I think it might be my favourite thing I’ve ever written about cats.
www.tom-cox.com/lots-of-peop...
December 4, 2025 at 9:20 AM
I've taken the paywall off this eulogy I wrote for my magical, mysterious ex-stray cat George - who died last year - in case anybody would like a read.
It was very, very hard to write but I think it might be my favourite thing I’ve ever written about cats.
www.tom-cox.com/lots-of-peop...
It was very, very hard to write but I think it might be my favourite thing I’ve ever written about cats.
www.tom-cox.com/lots-of-peop...
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Hey I wrote this and got a lot of hate mail so maybe you can share it
Hitler was bad.
An essay that, you know, I didn’t think I’d need to write.
An essay that, you know, I didn’t think I’d need to write.
Perry: The pro-Hitler problem with the American right
"We need to get back to the basics: Hitler was bad. The people who suggest otherwise are also bad," David M. Perry writes.
www.startribune.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Hey I wrote this and got a lot of hate mail so maybe you can share it
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So much of Thanksgiving happens long before any of us sit down at the table. Long before the turkey hits the oven or the pie is sliced, immigrant farmworkers and meatpacking workers have already put in the labor that makes these traditions possible.
✍️ @tusk81.bsky.social + @yunao08.bsky.social
✍️ @tusk81.bsky.social + @yunao08.bsky.social
This Year, Remember To Thank The Unseen Guests At Our Thanksgiving Table
Thank you for feeding us.
americasvoicecnn.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
So much of Thanksgiving happens long before any of us sit down at the table. Long before the turkey hits the oven or the pie is sliced, immigrant farmworkers and meatpacking workers have already put in the labor that makes these traditions possible.
✍️ @tusk81.bsky.social + @yunao08.bsky.social
✍️ @tusk81.bsky.social + @yunao08.bsky.social
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BEYONCÉ DOING A HOT LAP WITH LEWIS HAMILTON
I REPEAT BEYONCÉ DOING A HOT LAP WITH LEWIS HAMILTON
I REPEAT BEYONCÉ DOING A HOT LAP WITH LEWIS HAMILTON
November 22, 2025 at 11:57 PM
BEYONCÉ DOING A HOT LAP WITH LEWIS HAMILTON
I REPEAT BEYONCÉ DOING A HOT LAP WITH LEWIS HAMILTON
I REPEAT BEYONCÉ DOING A HOT LAP WITH LEWIS HAMILTON
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The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
![Excerpt from a BBC article: ""We usually work, 10, 11 or 12 hours a day," says a 49-year-old woman from Jiangxi unwilling to give her name. "On Sundays we work around three hours less."
She is in an alleyway, where a dozen people are huddled around a row of bulletin boards.
They are reading the job ads on the board, while examining the stitching on a pair of chinos draped over it.
This is Shein's supply chain. The factories are contracted to make clothes on order - some small, some big. If the chinos are a hit, orders will ramp up and so must production. Factories then hire temporary workers to meet the demand their permanent staff cannot fulfil.
The migrant worker from Jiangxi is looking for a short-term contract - and the chinos are an option.
"We earn so little. The cost of living is now so high," she says, adding that she hopes to make enough to send back to her two children who are living with their grandparents.
"We get paid per piece," she explains. "It depends how difficult the item is. Something simple like a t-shirt is one-two yuan [less than a dollar] per piece and I can make around a dozen in an hour.""](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreiber7g4o5pujmzmjjzsp5dkz7blfexburuwjispfpv6dki7akjb7a@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
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Well put by @drrachelbarr.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Well put by @drrachelbarr.bsky.social
This that BT 🖤 #caturday #catsofbluesky
November 16, 2025 at 2:46 AM
This that BT 🖤 #caturday #catsofbluesky
B end en f
November 14, 2025 at 12:11 PM
B end en f
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Chicago! You can now pick up tickets to the world premiere of a new adaptation of The Left Hand of Darkness, presented with puppets:
Untitled Theatre Company No. 61 and Yara Arts Group: The Left Hand of Darkness - Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival %
The Left Hand of Darkness is a new work based on the 1969 novel by famed sci-fi author Ursula K. Le Guin, wherein a lone human emissary to an alien world tries to facilitate inclusion in a growing int...
chicagopuppetfest.org
November 13, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Chicago! You can now pick up tickets to the world premiere of a new adaptation of The Left Hand of Darkness, presented with puppets:
Holy moly 😻 ROSALÍA! music.apple.com/us/album/lux...
LUX by ROSALÍA on Apple Music
Album · 2025 · 15 Songs
music.apple.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Holy moly 😻 ROSALÍA! music.apple.com/us/album/lux...
November 8, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Here’s an easy way to find out how to donate to your local food bank this weekend. 🇺🇸
@feedingamerica.org
give.feedingamerica.org/a/donate
@feedingamerica.org
give.feedingamerica.org/a/donate
November 7, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Here’s an easy way to find out how to donate to your local food bank this weekend. 🇺🇸
@feedingamerica.org
give.feedingamerica.org/a/donate
@feedingamerica.org
give.feedingamerica.org/a/donate
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Hope is a fuel. Use it to burn down something terrible.
November 6, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Hope is a fuel. Use it to burn down something terrible.
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most of this was our money by the way. not theirs. they didn’t earn it. they stole it by breaking our government and plundering it
November 3, 2025 at 1:15 PM
most of this was our money by the way. not theirs. they didn’t earn it. they stole it by breaking our government and plundering it
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RIP, my buddy.
Alexander, 2005-2020
Alexander, 2005-2020
October 28, 2025 at 1:07 AM
RIP, my buddy.
Alexander, 2005-2020
Alexander, 2005-2020
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Take note of all these people turning out for protests in small towns in red states.
Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”
Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”
October 18, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Take note of all these people turning out for protests in small towns in red states.
Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”
Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”
October 4, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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"the menswear guy isn't fair and balanced." do you even hear yourself?
"fork lady is eroding public confidence."
"ladder baby is undermining the credibility of the field."
"lemon raccoon is acting without transparency or accountability."
that's what you sound like.
"fork lady is eroding public confidence."
"ladder baby is undermining the credibility of the field."
"lemon raccoon is acting without transparency or accountability."
that's what you sound like.
September 25, 2025 at 11:53 PM
"the menswear guy isn't fair and balanced." do you even hear yourself?
"fork lady is eroding public confidence."
"ladder baby is undermining the credibility of the field."
"lemon raccoon is acting without transparency or accountability."
that's what you sound like.
"fork lady is eroding public confidence."
"ladder baby is undermining the credibility of the field."
"lemon raccoon is acting without transparency or accountability."
that's what you sound like.
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“This is all feeling awfully like home,” a friend of mine from Russia texted me yesterday evening. www.unpopularfront.news/p/this-is-it
This Is It
Obedience and Support are the Same
www.unpopularfront.news
September 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
“This is all feeling awfully like home,” a friend of mine from Russia texted me yesterday evening. www.unpopularfront.news/p/this-is-it