Kira Franz
@totallynotkira.bsky.social
Parent, lawyer, HR person. Love the ocean, bicycling, and gaming. Hihihi! Pronouns they/them and possibly subject to change.
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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.
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My son walked in as I was stuffing his stocking and I panicked and told him that Santa died
December 25, 2025 at 4:47 AM
My son walked in as I was stuffing his stocking and I panicked and told him that Santa died
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Remember the 1920s when nobody was left-handed
December 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Remember the 1920s when nobody was left-handed
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One of my roomies in Philly was an old school Piney and he once said "Living in the Pine Barrens is like, 'meet me at the haunted abandoned plane fuselage. No, not that one the other haunted abandoned plane fuselage'
December 24, 2025 at 6:08 AM
One of my roomies in Philly was an old school Piney and he once said "Living in the Pine Barrens is like, 'meet me at the haunted abandoned plane fuselage. No, not that one the other haunted abandoned plane fuselage'
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Rick Steves steps in to save Seattle-area hygiene center serving homeless residents. "If we don't have [$2.25 million] for a whole county to give homeless people a shower and a place to get out of the rain and a place to wash their clothes, what kind of society are we?" www.npr.org/2025/12/21/n...
Rick Steves steps in to save Seattle-area hygiene center serving homeless residents
Steves purchased the property to prevent it from closing. Many homeless people had come to depend on the Lynnwood Hygiene Center, which had operated rent-free on the property since 2020.
www.npr.org
December 22, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Rick Steves steps in to save Seattle-area hygiene center serving homeless residents. "If we don't have [$2.25 million] for a whole county to give homeless people a shower and a place to get out of the rain and a place to wash their clothes, what kind of society are we?" www.npr.org/2025/12/21/n...
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Trump's in the Epstein files over 600 times.
December 22, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Trump's in the Epstein files over 600 times.
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Except that it's me....
this is the greatest feeling, when the cord box proves its utility to a family member
December 20, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Except that it's me....
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picking the podcasters who’ve been some of the worst at true crime to head the FBI really has been a choice
An autopsy determined the suspect in the Brown University shooting and MIT professor's killing had been dead for two days when found.
Brown attack suspect died the two days before his body was found, autopsy finds
An autopsy has found that the man suspected in last weekend’s attack at Brown University and the fatal shooting of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor days later had been dead for two days when found.
bit.ly
December 19, 2025 at 10:22 PM
picking the podcasters who’ve been some of the worst at true crime to head the FBI really has been a choice
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Minneapolis has FIFTY YEARS of inclusive laws protecting trans people, allowing them to self-identify, and ZERO cases of trans people attacking women in the bathroom. ZERO. Over FIFTY YEARS.
The narrative is that trans people will harm and harass people in the bathroom, but it almost always is actually like this case where the aggressor is the transphobe confronting the trans person. It's ridiculous. They want to kick "undesirables" out from public life entirely, if they could.
December 16, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Minneapolis has FIFTY YEARS of inclusive laws protecting trans people, allowing them to self-identify, and ZERO cases of trans people attacking women in the bathroom. ZERO. Over FIFTY YEARS.
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Oceangate happened because silicon valley jags have convinced themselves they're immune to consequences, and it turns out the bottom of the ocean is immune to lobby groups and does not take bribes.
This is why the idea of a Mars colony should terrify you.
This is why the idea of a Mars colony should terrify you.
December 15, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Oceangate happened because silicon valley jags have convinced themselves they're immune to consequences, and it turns out the bottom of the ocean is immune to lobby groups and does not take bribes.
This is why the idea of a Mars colony should terrify you.
This is why the idea of a Mars colony should terrify you.
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Extraordinary courage from Ahmed al Ahmed, a Muslim, 43-year-old father of two, who bravely risked his life to save his neighbors celebrating Hanukkah.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
December 14, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Extraordinary courage from Ahmed al Ahmed, a Muslim, 43-year-old father of two, who bravely risked his life to save his neighbors celebrating Hanukkah.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
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In 1931 in Kiel, Germany, Rachel Posner, the wife of a rabbi, took this picture.
On the back of the photograph she wrote:
“‘Death to Judah,’ so the flag says.
‘Judah lives forever,’ so the light answers.”
The light will continue to answer the darkness. Happy Hanukkah.
On the back of the photograph she wrote:
“‘Death to Judah,’ so the flag says.
‘Judah lives forever,’ so the light answers.”
The light will continue to answer the darkness. Happy Hanukkah.
December 14, 2025 at 4:06 PM
In 1931 in Kiel, Germany, Rachel Posner, the wife of a rabbi, took this picture.
On the back of the photograph she wrote:
“‘Death to Judah,’ so the flag says.
‘Judah lives forever,’ so the light answers.”
The light will continue to answer the darkness. Happy Hanukkah.
On the back of the photograph she wrote:
“‘Death to Judah,’ so the flag says.
‘Judah lives forever,’ so the light answers.”
The light will continue to answer the darkness. Happy Hanukkah.
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Just when I thought I couldn't admire the man more...
🎯 🎯 🎯 💯 💯 💯 👍 👍 👍
🎯 🎯 🎯 💯 💯 💯 👍 👍 👍
December 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Just when I thought I couldn't admire the man more...
🎯 🎯 🎯 💯 💯 💯 👍 👍 👍
🎯 🎯 🎯 💯 💯 💯 👍 👍 👍
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all i'm saying is that there were better options
December 12, 2025 at 5:25 AM
all i'm saying is that there were better options
Had a fascinating conversation with a guy the other day, who was very certain that single-payer healthcare was a scam, but if we could just get everyone on Medicare everything would be fine....
December 12, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Had a fascinating conversation with a guy the other day, who was very certain that single-payer healthcare was a scam, but if we could just get everyone on Medicare everything would be fine....
Wait, no, seriously?!
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
December 12, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Wait, no, seriously?!
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thinking about all the cool winter monsters of folklore that just casually got swallowed into christmas. zombie horses, intestine eating witches, madness gnomes and so on www.atlasobscura.com/articles/mon...
The Monsters of Christmas
Many of the ancient pagan observances during midwinter have been transformed or forgotten by our modern society. If you look into the origins of traditions...
www.atlasobscura.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:15 AM
thinking about all the cool winter monsters of folklore that just casually got swallowed into christmas. zombie horses, intestine eating witches, madness gnomes and so on www.atlasobscura.com/articles/mon...
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MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
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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.
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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.