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Dr Lena H
@lenarivkah.bsky.social
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artist; lefty Jew; ragey, radical poli sci PhD/fmr prof; cat person; grackle enthusiast; disabled/chronically ill/Covid conscious;

(she/her)
For art licensing: www.reveandbloom.com
For Judaica: www.lenarivkah.com
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Those are such sad orange-cat eyes! This is mine yesterday upon learning he could not have a second dinner
Sad orange and white cat very close to the camera, pleading for second dinner
November 29, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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George Clinton and P Funk Allstars
Bob Dylan
White Stripes
Caravan Palace
(Lots of ACL acts—those kind of run together but the picture of me on a jackalope is clear!)
Me in 2007/8? On a jackalope at ACL
November 28, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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This tracks!
Screenshot of @eweissunburied.bsky.social blocked from my view by a blocklist called “A Very British Bigotry”
November 20, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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that the goyische human be deputized to bring the cat Shabbat via Facetime or some such, because cats can very much experience prayer from afar. (I kid you not this is my life with Ben.)
White and orange Maine Coon cat laying in a red cat bed plants his front feet on his Magen David chew toy on the floor in front of him, which is his favorite as he is a very good Jewish boy.
November 14, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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I don’t have kids and wasn’t enjoying this convo, bc it very much felt like I was supposed to agree with her, and I wasn’t going to do that. So she tried to explain to me why BEN is gross. So glad I have not interacted with her since—very disturbed to know she has another cat now.
Pictures of a very not gross cat: Orange and white Maine Coon cat snuggles into a dark red cat bed with three feet out
November 11, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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People always tried to attribute extreme masculinity to Ben too lol (pre Covid when I had people over). Ben is huge, but he is a very pretty, docile beast (like couldn’t figure out what to do with an indoor mouse—he flopped on top of it, and then retreated to watch it).
A giant white and orange Maine Coon cat poses for the camera, presenting his muzzle proudly. He’s a goof.
November 10, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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This one I like even better actually, but it’s less loud and proud, more cat-chat about Texas politics
Ben the cat and I talk Texas politics, namely Beto for governor, sitting on the couch
November 5, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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Oh fuck. I don’t even live there anymore and I am always SO INVESTED! Like election night with my tshirt and my cat from Maryland invested, then cry a lot.
A pic from 2018 with me in a Beto ran for TX governor tshirt holding my gigantic orange and white Maine Coon cat Ben.
November 5, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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Love that character, but everyone knows he’s best known Blair’s stepdad on Gossip Girl! Not enough, indeed.
Still image from Gossip Girl of Cyrus leading a Passover seder, with this caption of what he’s saying: “(CYRUS]: Now we will say the Kiddush, or the prayer for the first cup. I Will say this in English, because as I look around this table, I see that most of our guests are not speakers of Hebrew.”
November 2, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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Ben wants more beef (and has serious opinions on politics from spending his kittenhood listening to me prep lectures in political philosophy, so).
Orange and white Maine Coon cat named Ben stares up into the camera lens beseechingly, as 4 pm should be dinner time.
October 24, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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What if your cat is ambidextrous? I went to my photos and this guy can be found on both sides regularly!
A white and orange Maine Coon sleeping in his dark red cat bed on his left side The same white and orange Maine Coon sleeping on his right side!
October 5, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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I love when cats look so grumpy but that’s their thrilled face. My Ben does the same thing in his beloved beds.
RBF from a white and orange Maine Coon, who is actually thrilled to lounge in his bed
October 5, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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Happy New Year, y’all! Please Gd let 5686 be for a blessing 🍯
A piece of graphic art I made with a dark pink pomegranate, half of it with “happy new year!” Written on it, the other half showing seeds. The background is interlocking variegated green stars of David and the edges of more pomegranates.
September 23, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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Might it be better if this dude has more toes? Perhaps. But I love that they created themselves (and we’re just trying to keep them healthy!)
Ben, a white and orange Maine Coon car, lounging on a big red plastic bin with his paws crossed daintily, staring off past the camera.
September 16, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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Wohoo! Kind of already knew I was the nightmare of the credentialed but uninformed, but as I like to remind folks, the original doctor-degree was research (aka a Doctor of Philosophy) not MDs coming in and stealing our title to prop up their shameful behavior in early US medicine!
My results of the Covid competency quiz: Exam Complete! 100% You got 20 out of 20 questions correct (Weighted score: 26.8/26.8 Epidemiologist's Nightmare Perfect score! You're so well-informed, conspiracy theorists actively avoid you at parties.
September 16, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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Some recent dreamy full-moon-time inspired flower art I’ve made (mocked-up as a page of stickers) as a breather from *gesticulates wildly* everything.
#sciart #flowerart
A mockup of a page of stickers from a “Moon Garden Magic” collection on a gray background, all of which have textured flowers on them in variegated colors. The stickers are a large textured green circle sticker that reads “grow where you’re planted, a blue square sticker with a large moon that reads “moon-garden blooms,” a rectangular pink-purple sticker that reads “beautify our world,” a square pink and green sticker with a big yellow sun that reads “soak up the sun” and 5 smaller die-cut stickers with smaller groups of flowers. The art is made by me, Lena Hunsicker, @reveandbloom
September 12, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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Ben has conquered the sewing machine bin
A very proud looking white and orange Maine Coon cat loafs on a bin with a sewing machine in it, one paw out
August 8, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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For all your futuristic absurdist needs!
Smash Mouth’s cd, Astrolounge, is a space scene with a skyscraper coming out of a yellow planet. Somehow said skyscraper also has neon lights that spell out astrolounge?
August 3, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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Oh goodness—I feel lucky this was most of Ben’s sink time (ten years ago baby Ben). He did eat a lot of plastic (including several computer cords/glasses frames).
A white and orange baby Maine Coon cat laying in a bathroom sink—he was discovered after the things on the counter kept ending up on the floor
July 20, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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Actually I have a design for a cat mask—it would have to be a muzzle, but the only way is to go around whiskers and keep the mouth shut
Same picture as previous text with an attempt at a cat mask scribbled on
July 18, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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Imagine putting a mask on this!
Very up close picture of a white and orange Maine Coon cat, sitting in a bucket, who angles his muzzle at the lens.
July 18, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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This is the double QT I got from reposting this article. My guess is this person get betrayed by me (2 enraged QTs plus reposting oneself again in 51 minutes is not ok). But disagreeing ok what makes for decent rhetoric on Covid when the general public has mostly been tricked into “it’s nbd”
A double QT above my post, user scratched out: “If anything in one's message could make "well I personally don't have to worry so much!" possible, it's a bad message. I'm gonna get accused of "don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good!" How about "banish the Covid minimizer lurking in your psyche?" Second one “No. This piece actually isn't great at all. Still full of minimizing. "Not so quite post pandemic!" You you're implying it's almost over?! Fucking bullshit. And of course, "you're keeping away disabled people." Yes. But this wording sure implies that "heathy" people needn't worry. This sucks.”
July 13, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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I’d be fascinated to know if they have considered some of this isn’t class, it’s religion (like a no to pork/shellfish isn’t just class). It also feels like raw seafood/beef=rich, and leaving aside sushi, I don’t do raw so… That said I also hate ketchup, so I am truly a mystery!
Food choice social class infographic where my results are split across all five categories. My results read: Your food choices could not be tied to any one social class.
June 30, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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Some pure happiness for today’s skies: a delightful pride of tiger lilies!
Huge clumps of bright orange tiger lilies on very green grass with trees behind!
June 24, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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I have no idea why HBO told me about this and not social media, but the French tv show “Reformed” is a delight two eps in (the French title “The Meaning of Things” is more apt). It’s so French in all its philosophical weirdness but also so Jewish in all its questioning. (Watching en français lol)
A screenshot of the first episode of Reformed, as the female rabbi in the picture wearing a white button down tells her father (who strongly disapproves for very French reasons) at dinner that she got a job at the Strasbourg Reformed Synagogue.
June 19, 2025 at 3:19 AM