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Katie Schwarz

@craziesthawk.bsky.social
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Writer from Oakland. Grants and copywriting and creative nonfiction. On the 5th draft of a memoir about growing up with Crohn's. That 6th draft is gonna be lit.

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Katie Schwarz @craziesthawk.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Today Mister stopped crying and Fanta tried out the cat tree. Progress.
Fanta lying on the top of a cat tree, peering over the edge.
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Katie Schwarz @craziesthawk.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
I've been feeding a cat colony for about 8 years. We lost two friendlies in the last three months so I'm experimenting with fostering and trying to adopt out four of them. Say hi to the first two yoinked off streets: Mister and Fanta!
Mister, a grey and white cat, is laying in a windowsill between two tall, beige cat trees. Fanta, and orange, medium haired cat, is lying in a blue felt tunnel.
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Katie Schwarz @craziesthawk.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
This is Russell's official "I didn't commit rape" outfit choice.
Russell Brand arrives at court in a silk leopard print blouse open halfway down his chest, revealing pecs, hair, and a gold cross. He wears a wide brim fedora style hat and oversize black sunglasses. Also a deep scowl.
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Katie Schwarz @craziesthawk.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Phoenix 2021.
A NYT article showing masked men with assault weapons walking to yhr Arizona State Capitol. The title of the article id "At Protests, Guns Are Doing thr Talking"
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Katie Schwarz @craziesthawk.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Michigan 2020
Two mashed men openly carrying assault rifles. "People take part in protest for Michiganders Against Excessive Quarantine at the Capital in Lansing, Mich., on April 15, 2020.
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Katie Schwarz @craziesthawk.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Charlottesville 2017
Armed white supremacist militia marching in Charlottesville in 2017
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Katie Schwarz @craziesthawk.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Suddenly and severely miss living in Scotland
An add for a limited edition "Winter Bru" Irn Bru with mistletoe hanging above a red can of Irn Bru and tagline saying "Spice up your smooches."
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Katie Schwarz @craziesthawk.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
My nurses
Two grey cats on a bed. One cat lying on top of a person's legs and the other lying alongside the person's legs
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Katie Schwarz @craziesthawk.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Every night, Bowie is like, "Too much screen time." And I can't even be made about it, cuz he's right.
A grey cat lays right in front of an upright tablet, blocking 60% of the screen.
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Katie Schwarz @craziesthawk.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
It's begun. My Sonic internet is going up 20% in response to an unstable American economy. Not even during COVID...
"As the economy fluctuates, we have to take a hard look at operational costs to continue to bring you the high level of speed and service you expect from us. With the costs of operating and maintaining our network on the rose, we've made the decision to increase our price for internet service. 

Old price: $49.99
New price: $59.99
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Katie Schwarz @craziesthawk.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
The "chronically ill" pill box is in my bedroom. This is the "getting older" pill box on the dining table.
A Sunday through Saturday rainbow pill box above a rattan placemat.
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Katie Schwarz @craziesthawk.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Please don't use "health reasons" as a cover for doing actions like this. A balaclava, sure, but if medical masks get banned, that's real harm to the immunocompromised community actually trying to avoid covid/flu etc.
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Katie Schwarz @craziesthawk.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
My suggestion for the day/month/years: make more eggs and soldiers. The whole process is a calming meditation, and with eggs so expensive, puts the eggs on a literal pedestal.
Two soft boiled eggs in egg cups, cracked open, one partially empty with its yellow oozing yolk showing. The eggs are on a white plate that also has a spoon and toast cut into long strips on it.
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Katie Schwarz @craziesthawk.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
I've been knitting for a little over a year and I feel like I may have bitten off a bit too much with this pattern for my current abilities...
A bright green cowl with many cables and twists.
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Katie Schwarz @craziesthawk.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
And who broke "the deal" first?
"Frank Clemente, executive director of Americans for Tax Fairness: "Teachers, plumbers, firefighters, and other working Americans can already pay higher tax rates than billionaires-- and that's just counting the small part of billionaire income that is now taxed. When you include their untaxed wealth growth in the calculation, many billionaires pay almost nothing."
Chart of low income rates from https://americansfortaxfairness.org/based-wealth-growth-26-top-billionaires-paid-average-income-tax-rate-just-4-8-6-recent-years/
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Katie Schwarz @craziesthawk.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Bring back that masculine energy.
Zuckerberg sitting outside at Harvard on his laptop in a baby blue polo via 2004 (the start of FB)Elon Musk pre-hair plugs in a basic blue button up leaning against a computer screen that says PayPal, at the beginning of that company's start.Jeff Bezos on the streets of NYC in an oversized brown sweater and white button up, around early 2000s and beginnings of Amazon's success.
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Katie Schwarz @craziesthawk.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
I feel like the resemblance is here...
Elon Musk in a suit and bowtie with his pointy nose and skin stretched tightly over his boney face.Red Skull Vormir from the Marvel movies with his pointy (mostly gone) nose and skin stretched tightly over his boney face.
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Katie Schwarz @craziesthawk.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
I don't always make British food, but Christmas is when it truly shines.
A wood dining table with a white plate with three whole scotch eggs, a red cutting board with three quarters of a scotch egg cut in pieces, a bowl of pickled red onions with a fork in it, and a plate of mince pies.
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Katie Schwarz @craziesthawk.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
서울이 그리워요.
눈 속위 감나무.
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Katie Schwarz @craziesthawk.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
#MullaeDong selfie with cat.
Liquor bottles on a table outside a shop, inside a ginger and white cat staring at me taking a photo, and in the glass reflection me taking a photo.
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Katie Schwarz @craziesthawk.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Stomach full of galbitang and view full of Namson Tower.
View of Namson Tower in Seoul on a cloudy night.
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Katie Schwarz @craziesthawk.bsky.social · 05/11/2024
The cats of this childless lady are living their best lives on this election day
Three grey cats lounging on an L shaped grey outdoor couch on a sunny California afternoon
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Katie Schwarz @craziesthawk.bsky.social · 28/10/2024
When the parentheticals, and lack thereof, say SO MUCH.
Two NYT blurbs on Trump at Madison Square Garden:
1) Trump held a rally at Madison Square Garden. Speakers likened Harros to a prostitute, called her "the Antichrist" and mocked her ethnicity. 
2) A comedians at the rally called Puerto Rico an "island of garbage." (OPEN PARENTHESES) Trump's campaign said the joke "does not reflect views of President Trump." CLOSE PARENTHESES)
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Katie Schwarz @craziesthawk.bsky.social · 26/10/2024
Look, I don't like to yuck other people's yums, but if you are spending over a thousand dollars on this, I think you need to pay more in taxes.
Two pant individual jean pant legs on two individual legs with a belt over each knee holding them up. For sale for $1080 at Nordstrom. Assume this price includes both pant legs.
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Katie Schwarz @craziesthawk.bsky.social · 21/10/2024
"If I have to create stories so that the American media actually pays attention to the suffering... then that's what I'm going to do."* Or I assume that's what this Instagram fashion influencer would have replied to me if she'd bothered replying. *-JD Vance.
"The number one cause of child death on earth is Israel.""Half if all child deaths are linked to malnutrition... In 2021, 4.7 million children under the age of five died; 2.4 million of those were attributed to child and maternal malnutrition." A peer reviewed paper by Hannah Ritche published on Sept 08 2024.
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Katie Schwarz @craziesthawk.bsky.social · 26/09/2024
For so long the grounds crew had to turn the field around quickly between Raiders and A's game.
"Thank You, Oakland" written into the grass on the last day of Oakland A's baseball.
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Katie Schwarz @craziesthawk.bsky.social · 26/09/2024
John Fisher squandered the most diverse, passionate fan base in all of baseball. Truly a dick move in all senses. #OaklandAthletics
A packed Oakland Coliseum on a sunny 75 degree day for the last ever Oakland A's game.
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Katie Schwarz @craziesthawk.bsky.social · 24/09/2024
I couldn't not.
A two-pack of gochujang flavored spam from Costco sitting in a white tile counter.
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Katie Schwarz @craziesthawk.bsky.social · 24/09/2024
via The Last Dive Bar and the SF Chronicle:
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Katie Schwarz @craziesthawk.bsky.social · 18/06/2024
I have similar skin and use this stuff, which is half the price. Might be worth a try for you.
Day Glow Serum by Seoul Ceuticals
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Katie Schwarz @craziesthawk.bsky.social · 23/03/2024
Sometimes you are just one person but you still want a piece of homemade cookies and cream cake.
A hand holding out one square slice of white cake covered in oreo whipped cream frosting, with the whole square snacking cake in the background, minus a small piece.
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Katie Schwarz @craziesthawk.bsky.social · 23/03/2024
$2 well spent at the local thrift.
A record sleeve of Linda Rondstat's new wave album "Mad Love" sitting above a record player spinning.Bonnie Raitt's 80s album "Give It Up."
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Katie Schwarz @craziesthawk.bsky.social · 06/02/2024
Portrait mode was made for cats
A grey tabby cat asleep on his side on a bold blue blanket.
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Katie Schwarz @craziesthawk.bsky.social · 06/12/2023
This used to be my side of the bed.
Three grey cats sprawled along the right side of a bed.
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Katie Schwarz @craziesthawk.bsky.social · 05/12/2023
Today in haunted items:
Etsy ad for 3d printed green pickle ornament with the face od Nicolas Cage, titled "Pickolas Cage."
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Katie Schwarz @craziesthawk.bsky.social · 05/12/2023
Persimmon pudding cake, here I come.
Two cake pans of dark persimmon pudding cake cooling on top of a white stove.
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Katie Schwarz @craziesthawk.bsky.social · 16/11/2023
Heating pad season
Photo in black and white of two cats lying on top of heating pads.
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Katie Schwarz @craziesthawk.bsky.social · 15/10/2023
Yes please
Jungkook looking sexy AF in a graffitied bathroom.
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Katie Schwarz @craziesthawk.bsky.social · 04/10/2023
I am obsessed with them.
Grey cat sprawled out on a couch and out cold.A grey cat super lounging and asleep in between a pair of legs.
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Katie Schwarz @craziesthawk.bsky.social · 30/09/2023
In other news, I finished spray painting all the Halloween cutouts I made for the neighborhood's second annual Trick-or-Treat down the former blade.
Purple cutouts of zombie hands, spider, witch's hat, and vulture drying on a floor.
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Katie Schwarz @craziesthawk.bsky.social · 28/08/2023
All tucked in.
Two cats snuggled on each side of me.
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Katie Schwarz @craziesthawk.bsky.social · 09/08/2023
Wishing everyone a cozy night next to someone they ❤️
A grey cat curled in a ball on top of a forest green duvet.
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Katie Schwarz @craziesthawk.bsky.social · 26/07/2023
I made way too much 라볶이
A large bowl of ramen, rice cakes and hardboiled eggs.
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Katie Schwarz @craziesthawk.bsky.social · 18/07/2023
Jack White, looking like a high school history teacher
Jack White with a medium length goatee and a side part, standing next to a stunning Beyonce.
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Katie Schwarz @craziesthawk.bsky.social · 03/07/2023
I mean...
Legs stretched on a hammock in a backyard, kindle in foreground, sunny day in the background.
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Katie Schwarz @craziesthawk.bsky.social · 02/07/2023
It feels pretty good here.
Cat sprawled on my lap.
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Katie Schwarz @craziesthawk.bsky.social · 30/06/2023
I recently stared at this photo of JT and wondered what it reminded of... until it hit me:
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