Kafkaesque
@kafkaesque2024.bsky.social
Recovering lawyer & former historian, turned fragrance critic. #ExPostie.
Love: German shepherds; history; space; photography; art; science; TV; Star Trek; Top Chef; Camus; animals; nebulae; cooking; gastronomy; & yes, fragrances.
Love: German shepherds; history; space; photography; art; science; TV; Star Trek; Top Chef; Camus; animals; nebulae; cooking; gastronomy; & yes, fragrances.
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Kafkaesque
@kafkaesque2024.bsky.social
· Jun 26
Joseph Heller's Catch 22 words on the surrealist, absurdist, and Twilight Zone transformation of black into white and up into down describes the Trump administration to a T, but I'm especially struck by the "Brutality into patriotism, and sadism into justice" bit today. It's Stephen Miller's mantra.
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Hot wings
Rainbow Lorikeet
Rainbow Lorikeet
November 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Hot wings
Rainbow Lorikeet
Rainbow Lorikeet
Once again, the mob boss gets his way & gets what he wants, just as his narcissism had led him to believe, proving him right. 🤬
How can we expect non-MAGA GOP conservatives to stand up to Trump's fascism, corruption, unconstitutionality, & illegality when even the "opposition party" lacks a spine?
How can we expect non-MAGA GOP conservatives to stand up to Trump's fascism, corruption, unconstitutionality, & illegality when even the "opposition party" lacks a spine?
a man in a suit and tie is screaming in front of a pink background with hexagons
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is screaming in front of a pink background with hexagons
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Once again, the mob boss gets his way & gets what he wants, just as his narcissism had led him to believe, proving him right. 🤬
How can we expect non-MAGA GOP conservatives to stand up to Trump's fascism, corruption, unconstitutionality, & illegality when even the "opposition party" lacks a spine?
How can we expect non-MAGA GOP conservatives to stand up to Trump's fascism, corruption, unconstitutionality, & illegality when even the "opposition party" lacks a spine?
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These 8 Senators sold us out to Trump:
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Understand This Fact: Chuck Schumer is behind this. None of these 8 are up for reelection in 2026. Schumer asked them vote yes—they agreed. He's such a coward that he folded and won't even own it.
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Understand This Fact: Chuck Schumer is behind this. None of these 8 are up for reelection in 2026. Schumer asked them vote yes—they agreed. He's such a coward that he folded and won't even own it.
November 10, 2025 at 2:59 AM
These 8 Senators sold us out to Trump:
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Understand This Fact: Chuck Schumer is behind this. None of these 8 are up for reelection in 2026. Schumer asked them vote yes—they agreed. He's such a coward that he folded and won't even own it.
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Understand This Fact: Chuck Schumer is behind this. None of these 8 are up for reelection in 2026. Schumer asked them vote yes—they agreed. He's such a coward that he folded and won't even own it.
The Democrats' election successes were only 4 days ago & yet, tonight feels like the fall of DC & the Democrats. I can't wrap my head around what utterly useless, whimpy, pointless & pathetic scabs they are.
@schumer.senate.gov & @democrats.senate.gov, u are cowards & an embarrassment. Be ashamed!
@schumer.senate.gov & @democrats.senate.gov, u are cowards & an embarrassment. Be ashamed!
November 10, 2025 at 2:59 AM
The Democrats' election successes were only 4 days ago & yet, tonight feels like the fall of DC & the Democrats. I can't wrap my head around what utterly useless, whimpy, pointless & pathetic scabs they are.
@schumer.senate.gov & @democrats.senate.gov, u are cowards & an embarrassment. Be ashamed!
@schumer.senate.gov & @democrats.senate.gov, u are cowards & an embarrassment. Be ashamed!
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I'm single. No kids, no claims, no pre-existing conditions. The cataclysmic leap from paying $50 a month to $1,228.28 a month is a level of devastation the depth of which I'm struggling to articulate. I wasn't going to be able to afford when I thought it was going up to $350 a month. And now...😵
I thought my new health insurance premium was going to be $350 per month until I got this letter informing me that it would be $1,228.28 PER MONTH. I CURRENTLY PAY $50. Is my math mathing? Is that.... a 2,356.42% increase?
2256.42%????
TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FIFTY SIX POINT FORTY TWO PERCENT😩
2256.42%????
TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FIFTY SIX POINT FORTY TWO PERCENT😩
November 10, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I'm single. No kids, no claims, no pre-existing conditions. The cataclysmic leap from paying $50 a month to $1,228.28 a month is a level of devastation the depth of which I'm struggling to articulate. I wasn't going to be able to afford when I thought it was going up to $350 a month. And now...😵
Being a Democrat has turned into an exercise in futility, exhaustion, despair, rage, & frustration agst one's own sodding party as much as agst the orange-dusted loonies from the other side.
It's like supporting a sports team that never wins bc it has own goals every time.
Bloody infuriating.
It's like supporting a sports team that never wins bc it has own goals every time.
Bloody infuriating.
November 10, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Being a Democrat has turned into an exercise in futility, exhaustion, despair, rage, & frustration agst one's own sodding party as much as agst the orange-dusted loonies from the other side.
It's like supporting a sports team that never wins bc it has own goals every time.
Bloody infuriating.
It's like supporting a sports team that never wins bc it has own goals every time.
Bloody infuriating.
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Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
1. "The Calmness of Eternity" won 🇺🇦 Yevhen Samuchenko many photo awards, incl. CNN 2019 Photographer of the Yr, Runner-Up.
He's known for his shots of starry night skies; #Tibet lacks light pollution making it a top 📷 destination. #EastCoastKin #Landscape #Astro #Nature #Scape #Night #Travel 🏔️🌌⭐
He's known for his shots of starry night skies; #Tibet lacks light pollution making it a top 📷 destination. #EastCoastKin #Landscape #Astro #Nature #Scape #Night #Travel 🏔️🌌⭐
November 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
1. "The Calmness of Eternity" won 🇺🇦 Yevhen Samuchenko many photo awards, incl. CNN 2019 Photographer of the Yr, Runner-Up.
He's known for his shots of starry night skies; #Tibet lacks light pollution making it a top 📷 destination. #EastCoastKin #Landscape #Astro #Nature #Scape #Night #Travel 🏔️🌌⭐
He's known for his shots of starry night skies; #Tibet lacks light pollution making it a top 📷 destination. #EastCoastKin #Landscape #Astro #Nature #Scape #Night #Travel 🏔️🌌⭐
It's probably just me, but man, De Niro's Netflix cyber-terror thriller #ZeroDay is just so bloody f*g tedious & irritating to watch.
Great actors in a thin boring story that's a mishmash of cartoon characters & conspiracy theory tropes. Literally forcing myself to finish it. May skip ahead. #TV
Great actors in a thin boring story that's a mishmash of cartoon characters & conspiracy theory tropes. Literally forcing myself to finish it. May skip ahead. #TV
November 9, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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📷🧵 2. Shangri La – Yunnan.
I was obsessed with #ShangriLa as a child after reading Lost Horizons! The old B&W movie was wonderful, too. (L. Rider Haggard's "She" was another great one in the same vein.)
#EastCoastKin #Nature #scape #Travel #Landscape #Tibet #Photography #Himalayas #Mountains #Zen
I was obsessed with #ShangriLa as a child after reading Lost Horizons! The old B&W movie was wonderful, too. (L. Rider Haggard's "She" was another great one in the same vein.)
#EastCoastKin #Nature #scape #Travel #Landscape #Tibet #Photography #Himalayas #Mountains #Zen
November 8, 2025 at 1:00 AM
📷🧵 2. Shangri La – Yunnan.
I was obsessed with #ShangriLa as a child after reading Lost Horizons! The old B&W movie was wonderful, too. (L. Rider Haggard's "She" was another great one in the same vein.)
#EastCoastKin #Nature #scape #Travel #Landscape #Tibet #Photography #Himalayas #Mountains #Zen
I was obsessed with #ShangriLa as a child after reading Lost Horizons! The old B&W movie was wonderful, too. (L. Rider Haggard's "She" was another great one in the same vein.)
#EastCoastKin #Nature #scape #Travel #Landscape #Tibet #Photography #Himalayas #Mountains #Zen
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📷🧵 4. Monks pray on a misty mountain top overlooking the incredibly dense city of Yarchen Gar, a #Buddhist monastic complex in W. Sichuan #Tibet. It's one of the largest concentrations of nuns & monks in the world! #EastCoastKin #Nature #scape #Travel #Landscape #Photography #Himalayas #Mountains
November 8, 2025 at 1:00 AM
📷🧵 4. Monks pray on a misty mountain top overlooking the incredibly dense city of Yarchen Gar, a #Buddhist monastic complex in W. Sichuan #Tibet. It's one of the largest concentrations of nuns & monks in the world! #EastCoastKin #Nature #scape #Travel #Landscape #Photography #Himalayas #Mountains
📷🧵 1. Escape to the Himalayas, called the world's rooftop, Tibet & Shangri-La with photographer Florian Delalee who spent a decade exploring the Tibet Autonomous Region.
First up, the majestic Himalayas, the world's highest 🏔️ range. #EastCoastKin #Nature #scape #Zen #Travel #Landscape 1/?
First up, the majestic Himalayas, the world's highest 🏔️ range. #EastCoastKin #Nature #scape #Zen #Travel #Landscape 1/?
November 8, 2025 at 1:00 AM
📷🧵 1. Escape to the Himalayas, called the world's rooftop, Tibet & Shangri-La with photographer Florian Delalee who spent a decade exploring the Tibet Autonomous Region.
First up, the majestic Himalayas, the world's highest 🏔️ range. #EastCoastKin #Nature #scape #Zen #Travel #Landscape 1/?
First up, the majestic Himalayas, the world's highest 🏔️ range. #EastCoastKin #Nature #scape #Zen #Travel #Landscape 1/?
#SpoilerFreeZone to discuss The Great British #BakeOff season & its finale.
Imo, it was the Banality of #Baking season, & lacked the #GBBS chemistry/vibe. The majority of Reddit threads/users I've read the last few weeks HATED it more! And the winner too.
Sexism? Or: www.reddit.com/r/GreatBriti...
Imo, it was the Banality of #Baking season, & lacked the #GBBS chemistry/vibe. The majority of Reddit threads/users I've read the last few weeks HATED it more! And the winner too.
Sexism? Or: www.reddit.com/r/GreatBriti...
From the GreatBritishBakeOff community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the GreatBritishBakeOff community
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November 7, 2025 at 9:42 PM
#SpoilerFreeZone to discuss The Great British #BakeOff season & its finale.
Imo, it was the Banality of #Baking season, & lacked the #GBBS chemistry/vibe. The majority of Reddit threads/users I've read the last few weeks HATED it more! And the winner too.
Sexism? Or: www.reddit.com/r/GreatBriti...
Imo, it was the Banality of #Baking season, & lacked the #GBBS chemistry/vibe. The majority of Reddit threads/users I've read the last few weeks HATED it more! And the winner too.
Sexism? Or: www.reddit.com/r/GreatBriti...
Made a 🎶 playlist w/ some fav. songs from the 1970s-2010s: from Rock to Raï; Alphaville, AC/DC, & ABBA to Gipsy Kings, New Order, Sisters of Mercy, DM, Shakira, Lady Gaga, Britney, etc. open.spotify.com/playlist/7iS...
Realized I *really* need a Eurotrash dating website so I can find my people. 😢
Realized I *really* need a Eurotrash dating website so I can find my people. 😢
70s-2000s: Euro, Disco, Dance music
open.spotify.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Made a 🎶 playlist w/ some fav. songs from the 1970s-2010s: from Rock to Raï; Alphaville, AC/DC, & ABBA to Gipsy Kings, New Order, Sisters of Mercy, DM, Shakira, Lady Gaga, Britney, etc. open.spotify.com/playlist/7iS...
Realized I *really* need a Eurotrash dating website so I can find my people. 😢
Realized I *really* need a Eurotrash dating website so I can find my people. 😢
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Leonard Nimoy believed in a two-state solution with East Jerusalem as the Palestinian capital. If he were still alive today, David Ellison would ban him from appearing in Paramount movies and shows for being "overly antisemitic."
November 7, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Leonard Nimoy believed in a two-state solution with East Jerusalem as the Palestinian capital. If he were still alive today, David Ellison would ban him from appearing in Paramount movies and shows for being "overly antisemitic."
A tribute to my Precioussssss: vintage Opium if Opium were a woman:
akafkaesquelife.wordpress.com/2013/05/22/p...
Tragically, btw, #ICE is trying to deport a guy who was arrested after an Opium bottle in his car was mistaken for a drug. No joke.
#FragranceReview #Fragrance #Scent #YSL #Perfume
akafkaesquelife.wordpress.com/2013/05/22/p...
Tragically, btw, #ICE is trying to deport a guy who was arrested after an Opium bottle in his car was mistaken for a drug. No joke.
#FragranceReview #Fragrance #Scent #YSL #Perfume
November 7, 2025 at 4:09 AM
A tribute to my Precioussssss: vintage Opium if Opium were a woman:
akafkaesquelife.wordpress.com/2013/05/22/p...
Tragically, btw, #ICE is trying to deport a guy who was arrested after an Opium bottle in his car was mistaken for a drug. No joke.
#FragranceReview #Fragrance #Scent #YSL #Perfume
akafkaesquelife.wordpress.com/2013/05/22/p...
Tragically, btw, #ICE is trying to deport a guy who was arrested after an Opium bottle in his car was mistaken for a drug. No joke.
#FragranceReview #Fragrance #Scent #YSL #Perfume
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I helped make a film, out this week, called “Rovina’s Choice,” about the deaths this man without conscience or accountability has caused — already 600,000, ⅔ of them children.
November 6, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I helped make a film, out this week, called “Rovina’s Choice,” about the deaths this man without conscience or accountability has caused — already 600,000, ⅔ of them children.
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It's not an exaggeration to say that Musk sees foreign aid as suicidal empathy. In his eugenicist views, it's suicidal to keep Black and brown people alive while white people are not having enough children. The deaths of 600,000 are not an unintended consequence. It's what he wanted.
I helped make a film, out this week, called “Rovina’s Choice,” about the deaths this man without conscience or accountability has caused — already 600,000, ⅔ of them children.
November 6, 2025 at 11:21 PM
It's not an exaggeration to say that Musk sees foreign aid as suicidal empathy. In his eugenicist views, it's suicidal to keep Black and brown people alive while white people are not having enough children. The deaths of 600,000 are not an unintended consequence. It's what he wanted.
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If you're struggling to find a fragrance you love, then determining your fav. olfactory notes is a necessary 1st step so that you know which fragrance families to search for your ideal scent, cologne, or perfume.
This might help you start figuring out your tastes:
kafkaesqueblog.com/2013/01/30/a...
This might help you start figuring out your tastes:
kafkaesqueblog.com/2013/01/30/a...
A Beginner's Guide To Perfume: How to Train Your Nose, Learn Your Perfume Profile, & More – Kafkaesque
Perfume is a world that you or they are intrigued by, but it's a little alien to them, and they are unsure of where to begin or how. It all seems very complicated and somewhat overwhelming!
kafkaesqueblog.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:04 PM
If you're struggling to find a fragrance you love, then determining your fav. olfactory notes is a necessary 1st step so that you know which fragrance families to search for your ideal scent, cologne, or perfume.
This might help you start figuring out your tastes:
kafkaesqueblog.com/2013/01/30/a...
This might help you start figuring out your tastes:
kafkaesqueblog.com/2013/01/30/a...
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The unisex opulence of a Cuir de Russie leather chypre oriental, drenched in oakmoss and bergamot, roaring aged patchouli behind its lush orris-iris butter, sandalwood, spices, cedar, amber, & cream: Giorgio for Men, nuclear 1980s!
How to find a great vtg bottle:
kafkaesqueblog.com/2018/05/29/g...
How to find a great vtg bottle:
kafkaesqueblog.com/2018/05/29/g...
August 4, 2025 at 1:31 AM
The unisex opulence of a Cuir de Russie leather chypre oriental, drenched in oakmoss and bergamot, roaring aged patchouli behind its lush orris-iris butter, sandalwood, spices, cedar, amber, & cream: Giorgio for Men, nuclear 1980s!
How to find a great vtg bottle:
kafkaesqueblog.com/2018/05/29/g...
How to find a great vtg bottle:
kafkaesqueblog.com/2018/05/29/g...
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The fantastic architectural modernity of Montana Parfum de Peau's spiral EDT #fragrance bottle, #vintage, 1st version, late 1980s. Aldehydic floral chypre leather. Aldehydes, marigold, pepper, blackberry, narcissus, rose, jasmine, ginger, orange blossom, cassis, patchouli, leather, amber & musk.
August 9, 2025 at 3:27 AM
The fantastic architectural modernity of Montana Parfum de Peau's spiral EDT #fragrance bottle, #vintage, 1st version, late 1980s. Aldehydic floral chypre leather. Aldehydes, marigold, pepper, blackberry, narcissus, rose, jasmine, ginger, orange blossom, cassis, patchouli, leather, amber & musk.
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🧵Brian Straw is one of the folks charged, along w/ Kat Abughazaleh, w/ felony conspiracy to impede federal officers in Broadview [Chicago].
As it happens, he's also my friend, a deeply decent man whose compassion shines & fairly shimmers off him, no matter what he's doing.
If you can help, pls do.
As it happens, he's also my friend, a deeply decent man whose compassion shines & fairly shimmers off him, no matter what he's doing.
If you can help, pls do.
Some of you have asked how you can support our family. The biggest thing you can do right now is to contribute to Brian’s legal defense fund. secure.actblue.com/donate/straw...
Brian Straw Legal Defense Fund
Together, we can show our neighbors, friends, and children that we have the courage to do what is right.
secure.actblue.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:47 PM
🧵Brian Straw is one of the folks charged, along w/ Kat Abughazaleh, w/ felony conspiracy to impede federal officers in Broadview [Chicago].
As it happens, he's also my friend, a deeply decent man whose compassion shines & fairly shimmers off him, no matter what he's doing.
If you can help, pls do.
As it happens, he's also my friend, a deeply decent man whose compassion shines & fairly shimmers off him, no matter what he's doing.
If you can help, pls do.
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Attention has (justly) gone to the abuses in Chicago but the assaults in Los Angeles never ended. The military left but they were guarding building. DHS paramilitaries remain active in L.A. it's bad.
Don’t think ppl understand the terror the Feds are unleashing on the streets of LA right now. Roving patrols targeting vulnerable individuals. It’s horrible.
There’s no one coming to save us except ourselves.
There’s no one coming to save us except ourselves.
The past week+ has been really intense in Los Angeles. We need all of the help, support, & attention we can get. Feds are literally roving the streets snatch & grabbing vulnerable individuals. It's horrific. We need to do more.
November 6, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Attention has (justly) gone to the abuses in Chicago but the assaults in Los Angeles never ended. The military left but they were guarding building. DHS paramilitaries remain active in L.A. it's bad.
If you're looking for wholesome fun & sweetness, the Great Canadian Baking Show has it all. FREE on Roku (w/ ads).
Identical to the way the #GBBO used to be w/ true amateur bakers. Gorgeous shots of Halifax, BC, & Canada. Lots of "ehs." Adorable actor Dan Levy cohosts. (Judges are meh, imo.) #GCBS
Identical to the way the #GBBO used to be w/ true amateur bakers. Gorgeous shots of Halifax, BC, & Canada. Lots of "ehs." Adorable actor Dan Levy cohosts. (Judges are meh, imo.) #GCBS
November 6, 2025 at 3:30 AM