Cat Rakowski
Cat Rakowski
@catrakowski.bsky.social
Cool mom; strategic communicator. Former producer at Morning Joe, ABC News 20/20, Diane Sawyer docs. Core competencies include weathering storms, navigating change, and making sense. And making breakfast.
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We're living through the montage part of the movie
No audience would have to watch this in real time
Can AI please solve the challenge of scheduling four colleagues before tackling surgery? That might give me more confidence.
April 29, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Learned today: "Rescission" has the same root as "rescind." (French, from _resciss_, to split again.) That's why it's spelled like that.
April 23, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Ohhhh I see, Love is Blind was preparing us for video podcasts. Nice try, Netflix.
March 26, 2025 at 2:42 AM
We're living through the montage part of the movie
No audience would have to watch this in real time
February 28, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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In order for New Yorkers to vote in the closed Democratic Mayoral Primary, they must be registered as Democrats (and not unaffiliated or otherwise) by TOMORROW, February 14th.

You CAN do change or update online through the DMV link below with a valid ID:

e-register.vote.nyc
Voter Registration Portal | NYC Voter Registration
e-register.vote.nyc
February 13, 2025 at 11:06 PM
I guess boot cut jeans are properly back now
February 10, 2025 at 1:30 AM
My sweet sister, one of the great loves of my life, is due to have her first baby tomorrow.
Here's me singing the best song I know about that incredible fleeting moment, and here's to finding hope and joy amidst uncertainty however you can today.
on.soundcloud.com/iKh9poffG67v...
Baby Moon
Composer: Adam Guettel Piano: Lyuba Egorova Tracking/Production: Eric Hirsh
on.soundcloud.com
February 5, 2025 at 2:54 PM
"Attention is the new money. Attention is the fundamental substance of power." Ezra Klein has been so bang-on with this moment. open.spotify.com/episode/11in...
So That's What 'Make America Great Again' Means
open.spotify.com
January 24, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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The goal is to overwhelm us so we give up. Don't do that!
January 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
"Modulation is a central question. If you turn the dial on the stereo to 10 and leave it there, it will eventually sound like 5. And then you can't turn it up past 10." -chrislhayes.bsky.social on Ezra, on covering Trump in 2025 open.spotify.com/episode/3kD2...
Democrats are Losing the War for Attention. Badly.
The Ezra Klein Show · Episode
open.spotify.com
January 21, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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when u make a silly joke on this platform
January 20, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Is there a name for the cognitive bias when people are continuously surprised at proven, predictable patterns?
January 14, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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After the Palisades fire burned down his home, Casey Colvin feared the worst for his dogs, who he couldn't get back to despite desperately trying. But after five days, he and Oreo finally got a tearful and ecstatic reunion. "I'm never gonna let him go." 14/10 for all
January 13, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Here is an ongoing list of LA restaurants that are offering shelter, food, and support to first responders and evacuees:

bit.ly/LAaid
L.A. restaurants offering shelter, discounts and food to fire evacuees and first responders
These L.A. restaurants and coffee shops are staying open to shelter evacuees, offering discounts and, in some cases, free food to evacuees and first responders to the numerous ongoing fires in Souther...
bit.ly
January 9, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Looked up on my subway commute and saw six people raw dogging it-- no phones, no earbuds, no books. I'm being honest, but I understand if you don't believe me.
January 9, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Facebook will also "get rid of a bunch of restrictions on topics like immigration and gender that are just out of touch with mainstream discourse," Zuckerberg says.

And the U.S.-based content review teams will be based in Texas, not California, going forward
January 7, 2025 at 12:16 PM