Hey, it’s Bastille Day today

Happy Bastille Day! Feline reminder that philosophical patron saint of the French Revolution, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, put a cat on the cover of "The Social Contract" because cats were his “test of character”; those who don’t enjoy cats “have the despotic instinct of men.” @dukepress.bsky.social

— Leigh Claire La Berge (@lclaberge.bsky.social) 2025-07-14T13:50:21.484Z