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C.H. Romatowski

@romatowski.bsky.social

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Editor, translator, filmmaker. Recovering academic. Leftist. Perfumista. ME/CFS, MCAS, POTS. EN/FR. She/they. DMV. More some days than others.

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C.H. Romatowski @romatowski.bsky.social · Jun 29

My family’s news from this spring: Elon fired my sister the day she learned she has breast cancer.

Here’s a bit of what it’s been like for her as one of the civil servants fighting to preserve our public services, at the same time that she’s fighting for her life.

A Real Cancer in Washington

The quiet heroism of my friend in government

www.theatlantic.com

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Micah @rincewind.run · 9h

"republican staffers are all literal nazis" is less of a groupchat thing and more of a posting on main thing at this point

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 16h

X post today from Homeland Security @DHSgov that says "Remigrate."
3:06 PM · Oct 14, 2025

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 7h

General strike for Palestine in Spain #FreePalestine

Diario Público @publico.es · 8h

⭕DIRECTO | Arranca la jornada de huelga general, paros y marchas para denunciar el genocidio en Gaza

Huelga general y paros por Palestina, en directo | Arranca la jornada de marchas para denunciar el genocidio en Gaza

Sindicatos de trabajadores y estudiantes han convocado un parón general para este miércoles 15 de octubre con el objetivo de denunciar el genocidio en Palestina y mostrar su apoyo al pueblo de la F...

www.publico.es

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Chloë Lum @compulsiveobserver.bsky.social · 10h

It’s especially awkward when the people asking for consults have institutional power and you don’t! I did a consult that I didn’t even know was going to be one, I thought the curator in question wanted to present my work.

ella t. holmes (wizard) @ellatholmes.bsky.social · 10h

I say this with peace and love, but if you are contacting disabled people to do sensitivity readings and disability culture consults WITHOUT PAY, please rethink making that request.

I always try to be as helpful as I can be, but I need to eat! 🫣
We deserve to be paid for our labour 💖

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Max Socol @socol.bsky.social · 10h

how's everyone spending their $38.36?

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 11h

a lot of these blowhard pundits from the op-edigarchy who think they are the thought leaders of the party will never make a fraction of the impact of a Facebook group of white women in their 60s throwing fundraising teas to move the needle on abortion access at the grassroots level

Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 11h

my Aunt Kathleen, who passed away last February, was a lifelong Crafts Person and a Catholic fundraiser party hostess practically from the cradle. for the last decade she precision-targeted that energy toward pro-choice women Democrats in small-town NC. she was worth 100 dirtbag online leftbros

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Joel D. Anderson @joelanderson.bsky.social · 11h

I very much take them at their word. I mean, their “elders” and mentors and managers are currently governing like mass death is an important part of the platform.

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 12h

Al Jazeera is doing videos of the Palestinian releases and they're heart wrenching. One man was detained for over a year and was released to find out that Israel had killed his two kids. The youngest was three. Her birthday would've been on Saturday. He'd made a small bracelet for her in prison.

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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 17h

LIVE NOW!

Solidarity Against Sadism

Join @naomiaklein.bsky.social, @chenjerai.bsky.social, @astra.bsky.social, and @keeanga.bsky.social for an emergency town hall on the Trump administration's authoritarian war on the Left. With @hammerandhope.bsky.social.

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Solidarity Against Sadism: An Emergency Town Hall

Join Naomi Klein, Chenjerai Kumanyika, Astra Taylor, and Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor for an emergency town hall on the Trump administration's authoritarian war on the…

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isaac @sevier.io · 13h

At the national gathering for public power we just did last week everyone masked up on the way in, the whole time we were together, and on the way out. We have to protect one another and the people we care for and who take care of us. That's it.

J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 14h

Looks like measles outbreaks are happening across the country. If only there was something that would prevent its spread...

jfc. What are we even doing

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Brooklyn Institute @brooklyninstitute.bsky.social · 14h

William Morris: Art, Socialism, and Utopia | Fall Courses | BISR Online | buff.ly/9oFe5Z1

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Steve Kiviat @dcsuburbanite.bsky.social · 14h

No Kings events in Washington DC in October

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 14h

Like much of that this regime does, the murders of Venezuelan fishermen and boat passengers seem to be being conducted for the sake of making social media content that demonstrates Trump’s masculine dominance. So one way to describe them is as snuff films.

Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 15h

There is no conceivable argument that these ships, even if we assume they were carrying narcotics, could not be dealt with in some other way. I think we can just drop the caveats and say: This is mass murder.

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 19h

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

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C.H. Romatowski @romatowski.bsky.social · 14h

Totally agree the construction of masculinity is central to understand this violence. Would like to hand out some copies of Gail Bederman’s writing on Teddy Roosevelt.

Manliness and Civilization

When former heavyweight champion Jim Jeffries came out of retirement on the fourth of July, 1910 to fight current black heavywight champion Jack Johnson in Reno, Nevada, he boasted that he was doing i...

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Socialist Night School-Metro DC DSA @nightschool-dc.bsky.social · 15h

Tomorrow!!!

Socialist Night School-Metro DC DSA @nightschool-dc.bsky.social · 8d

Next session!

Socialist Night School: The Road to Public Power in DC

Pepco sucks, but there’s a better way! It’s clear to most DC residents that Pepco sucks: Skyrocketing rates have left a quarter of DC residents in utility debt, thousands of DC customers receive s...

actionnetwork.org

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C.H. Romatowski @romatowski.bsky.social · 15h

Happy to see the On Language column making regular appearances again. It seemed criminal to have someone like Nitsuh Abebe on a magazine staff without insisting he write at least occasionally. Can’t be hoarding public goods like that!

The Suffix That Tells Us to Ruthlessly Optimize Everything

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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 22h

If you're one of the thousands of federal employees who Russ Vought/the Trump admin just RIF'd, I'm very interested in hearing from you about the work you've been doing and what services will now be hurt/gutted with you gone.

Anonymity granted.

[email protected] / Signal: jbendery.41

🙏

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un Américain perdu à Paris @paris75009.bsky.social · 23h

Paris has achieved the goal of more than 300 “school streets”.

Lots of before & after pictures in this latest October 2025 update.

#paris #schoolstreets #15minutecity #urbanism #school #safety #safestreets #children

www.paris.fr/pages/57-nou...

Plus de 300 « rues aux écoles » dans Paris

Expérimentées dans le cadre du déconfinement pour lutter contre la pollution, améliorer la qualité de l'air et végétaliser la ville, les « rues aux écoles » se multiplient à Paris. Ces piétonnisations...

www.paris.fr

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Aubrey Hirsch @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social · 1d

Did you know that if you buy my book on Amazon, Jeff Bezos makes 5 times as much as I do on each copy sold? Sharing some behind-the-scenes book math on why buying directly from presses is best for EVERYONE (except Bezos) in my newsletter today! aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/book-math

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Soraya Nadia McDonald @sorayanadiamcdonald.com · 1d

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Broadway Musicians Have Voted to Authorize a Strike

Musicians and actors are currently negotiating with the Broadway League for a new labor contract—and a strike is now officially on the table.

playbill.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

underrated part of this is that stoller very clearly has no idea what "the passive voice" is

Ghostin this Hell @hoovybaby.bsky.social · 2d

no quarter given lmao

Matt Stoller & @matthewstoller • 2h
UPS had seven months of warning about the de minimis change, but is still taking packages w/o getting required customs info & is making tariff charge errors.
Nice use of passive voice though!

derek guy
@dieworkwear • 2h
i apologize using a passive voice. i was not born in london to a wealthy bank executive, sent to an exclusive private prep school in new hampshire, and then studied at harvard before larping as a champion of the people. you have to work with my low upbringing.

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C.H. Romatowski @romatowski.bsky.social · 1d

TF Tobacco Vanille and then CB I Hate Perfume Smokey Tobacco is a good dupe for that

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sincerely, rob dubbin @robdubbin.bsky.social · 4d

you might've heard the workers of @kickstarterunited.org are on strike to preserve a 4-day work week and set livable pay minimums. everyone deserves rights like this and we stand with those fighting for them! per their wishes, our campaign continues, in solidarity
www.kickstarter.com/projects/bra...

Coming soon: Starfriends: The 5-Star Game About What Everyone Else Thinks

A play-anywhere fusion of Wavelength, Letterboxd, and Apples to Apples, for friends and strangers alike.

www.kickstarter.com

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Sen. Danica Roem @pwcdanica.bsky.social · 1d

"In the latest change to COVID vaccine guidance, Virginia residents ages 3 and up can now receive a COVID shot without needing to have a prescription or pre-existing condition."

Richmond Times-Dispatch @richmond.com · 1d

Determining who is eligible for a shot has been difficult this fall. The requirements for obtaining a shot have changed twice in about a month.

Virginians can now get COVID shots without a prescription

Determining who is eligible for a shot has been difficult this fall. The requirements for obtaining a shot have changed twice in about a month.

richmond.com

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Jake Berg @jacobsberg.bsky.social · 1d

Well hey, thanks!

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1d

Government workers 👇🏾

Lunch is on the house:

Being in the heart of downtown DC, we love that so many of our Federal employees stop by during lunch for a Donburi at China Chilcano or a Fútbol Club at Jaleo. And just because the government is shut down doesn't mean you have to miss out on your favorite lunch spot- because this time, its on us!
Join us for lunch from 11:30 AM to 3:00 PM at any of our participating restaurants and enjoy a free lunch item when you present your government ID-you heard that right! Dine in with us Monday through Friday and choose your favorite: a sandwich at Jaleo, a donburi at China Chilcano, a wrap or pita at Zaytinya, or a torta at Oyamel.
We've always believed in serving our community with open arms and good food-no shutdown can stop that.

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C.H. Romatowski @romatowski.bsky.social · 1d

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