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C.H. Romatowski

@romatowski.bsky.social
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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 · 3h
Ahhh yes that was still in my lost year basically
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C.H. Romatowski @romatowski.bsky.social · 4h
Wow wins all around! (How did I miss that!)
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C.H. Romatowski @romatowski.bsky.social · 4h
Oh I’m thrilled you have some! It’s really superlative.
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C.H. Romatowski @romatowski.bsky.social · 4h
Hahaha yes I am definitely guilty of loving some oddballs!
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C.H. Romatowski @romatowski.bsky.social · 5h
This one really is like liquid gold! It’s so heartbreaking when such a high-quality version of something gets d/c’ed—I wonder if it had to do with sales being low or with ingredients becoming unavailable…
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Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 5h
NEW: ICE agent in a high-viz vest holding a rifle at the scene of shooting near the Bronx has a history of allegedly lying, using excessive force, and courts have found his arrests unlawful. @dmehro.bsky.social @awinston.bsky.social, @regret.bsky.social w/ the scoop: www.wired.com/story/ice-ag...
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ICE Agent at NYC Shooting Has History of Alleged Violence and Illegal Arrests
Brenden Cuni, an ICE supervisor, has been accused of excessive force and tackling a pregnant woman to the ground. Several of his arrests were later found to be unlawful in federal court.
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C.H. Romatowski @romatowski.bsky.social · 5h
Ahh yeah that sounds like a big transition! I’m rooting for y’all
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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 19h
People getting checks that Trump is taking credit for are sending them to Angie Nixon. $500. $90. $90. Brilliant idea! AngieNixon.com/donate!
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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 18h
...what
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NBC4 Washington @nbcwashington.com · 08/10/2026
A union representing thousands of flight attendants has safety concerns about President Trump's proposed triumphal arch that would be on final approach to DCA.
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Flight attendants' union shares safety concerns over Trump's DC arch
President Trump’s proposed triumphal arch would be on final approach to Reagan National Airport.
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DC Public Library @dcpubliclibrary.bsky.social · 17h
Stop doomscrolling. Use that library card today.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The deployment of National Guard troops into cities has been so normalized that it barely merits a mention in the press or among the public anymore. D.C. remains occupied, Memphis is occupied, so is New Orleans... It's incredible to me.
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C.H. Romatowski @romatowski.bsky.social · 12h
Welcome back!
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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 19h
This was my reaction too and I don't even know whether the "we" is humanists, women, people with the ability to read, Canadians, fans of Sappho, fans of Emily Dickinson, translators, classicists, or people who appreciate the feelings of sad red monsters. Either way, yes
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aaron boothby @ellipticalnight.bsky.social · 16h
feel free to send me all your most obscure favourite anne carson things
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 12h
The US has a long history of suffering and death as public spectacle and the administration has been tapping into that vein of US tradition since their return.
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C.H. Romatowski @romatowski.bsky.social · 12h
Highlight of my week was scoring a major deal on an untouched bottle of Ginestet’s tragically discontinued honey scent, Botrytis. It arrived today and smells like heaven #PerfumeSky
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isaac @sevier.io · 12h
Firmly believe what we have to offer as an antidote to fascism cannot and must not be means tested, limited or restricted through bullshit austerity budgets. The vision for a life worth inhabiting has to include everyone, as fast as thought possible and then some.
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C.H. Romatowski @romatowski.bsky.social · 12h
Oh I am so sorry. Pulling for you and no surgery 🤞🏻🤞🏻
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
If people read more Black feminists, they'd be better off.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 14h
I've been immersed in research on Reconstruction in Lousiana and it's a very difficult truth to absorb that the white terrorist movement in the South was among the most successful terrorist movements in global history. Took 10 years but it won a total & complete victory through murder and atrocity.
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Just took lovely Maeve out for an afternoon field trip. She’s a big sweetie looking for a home in the DC area where she can be the lone doggo. Go pay her a visit! bvspca.org/adopt/maeve-2
Maeve the Rottweiler
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Shutting it down for the night. The fundraiser for REBUILD has stalled. There's a $5000 match on the table for donations made by October 15. If you can contribute, please do: www.mightycause.com/story/Rebuil...
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Support REBUILD 2025: Free Therapy on Mightycause
REBUILD provides FREE therapy for justice-involved and formerly incarcerated people of color.
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 07/10/2026
feels like we should make a larger talking point out of the fact that AI is just another attempt to consolidate wealth for billionaires
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Ross Wallen @rosswallen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Reminder that U St does not need more law enforcement. Statehood for the people of DC.
A dozen Trump regime thugs and DC MPD
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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I went the NHS emergency room in London over the weekend, it was free. Free to anyone. I'd have been charged only if I was admitted to the hospital. A cart in the waiting room went by me with some nice sandwiches, and I chose one. Before I could try to pay, the cart moved on. Sandwich also free.
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C.H. Romatowski @romatowski.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Thank you 🙏🏻
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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Jfc Katie Porter is campaigning against the billionaires tax. What a f”ing sell out. VOTE FOR THE BILLIONAIRE’S TAX
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C.H. Romatowski @romatowski.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Googled a college classmate today and found an obituary. I realize there comes a day where that’s to be expected but 43 should not be that day.
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Karla Monterroso @karlaliliana.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
It is really so wild to see folks whose whole experience of conflict is getting powerful institutions to resolve friction for them.
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Garnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com · 06/10/2026
SCOOP: Nearly $9 million in federal family planning funds will go to organizations with anti-abortion ties. One org, which received almost $4.3 million, has never taken in more than $50k in a single year. Read more @autonomynews.co:
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Nearly $9 Million in HHS Grants Go to Groups With Anti-Abortion Ties
Millions in family planning funds are earmarked to create training centers, including one dedicated to infertility. The recipients have links to crisis pregnancy centers, the Heritage Foundation, and ...
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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 06/10/2026
Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through midnight on 10/7, enjoy free shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores.
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isaac @sevier.io · 06/10/2026
Good stuff over here. Do you follow Will yet? You should follow Will.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
[edit] The book Venn I am going to suggest: This is WHO: American Oligarchs by Andrea Bernstein + This is WHY: Caliban & Witch + This is HOW: Capital Is Dead by McKenzie Wark anyone you see missing in that formulation is in: Golden Gulag.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Over and over some people demonstrate that racism IS a material interest in their decision making and that the racism supercedes everything else. But some refuse to take these folks at their word.
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Niko Bowie @nikobowie.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I’m still floating from this by @leahlitman.bsky.social: “Every once in a while, a book comes along that is so transformative and so persuasive that it has the potential to shape our institutions and our democracy. Supremacy is one such book.”
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Jason D. Salvagni @salvagni.org · 05/10/2026
Important PSA
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Working on a story about this and hoping to speak to USA Today journalists or journalists at other Gannett to better understand the editorial process. Anonymity granted. Contact info in bio.
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C.H. Romatowski @romatowski.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
When you haven’t listen to this week’s @heavyweight.bsky.social
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Some on the Left(s) have belatedly taken school board races seriously. There still aren't enough leftists running for those seats.
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C.H. Romatowski @romatowski.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Couldn’t agree more!!
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"Among the first to appear before the judge was Angel, a 13-year-old. He had no attorney. “Would you like to request voluntary departure, or should I issue a removal order?” the judge asked “I don’t know,” Angel said, bursting into tears: “I have no one. I have nothing.” www.cnn.com/2026/09/28/p...
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Inside the Texas courtroom where toddlers face immigration judges | CNN Politics
Migrant children as young as 2 are showing up at immigration courts nationwide, many without attorneys, to try make their case to stay in the US and avoid deportation.
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Matthew Guariglia @mguariglia.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Off-brand posting for a second, but I need your recommendations for hotels, restaurants, bar, hikes, and any other experiences in the Columbia River Gorge, Willamette Valley, and other general between Portland/Seattle destinations.
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C.H. Romatowski @romatowski.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Yes!! Even people out of state can make a big difference for Angie Nixon by joining the Reach app, where you canvass your friends. Even if you just find literally one person you can contact, that’s one fewer person a canvasser on the ground needs to doorknock!
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Bright D Limm 임대중 @bdlimm.myatproto.social · 05/10/2026
I'm so NYC/NYS-centric that I was nearly sure that none of my contacts would include a person in FL...but I was wrong! Turns out there's one person I do know (from Asian Americans for Bernie 2016 + 2020). 🙏 to @escargotpro.bsky.social for convincing me to get on Angie Nixon's Reach account anyway.
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Jason D. Salvagni @salvagni.org · 04/10/2026
DC folks, lend a hand? ⬇️ (or share if you're not in a spot to lend a hand rn)
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The good thing about 2026 is that it's clear that the white supremacists are at the helm. You don't have to argue with Chait et al. You never did. You don't have to read their work because they do not have the range. You can't learn anything.
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Mr. Dan Zak @mrdanzak.com · 04/10/2026
A Haitian man legally immigrated to Ohio, then was given an ankle monitor bc Trump withdrew his status. He threw himself in front of truck. The trucker, who voted for Trump, is haunted. “Pierre was doing what he was supposed to do. We did not do right by him.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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A Reckoning in Springfield
A truck driver out on his route confronts what the country has become.
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Le Monde Afrique @afrique.lemonde.fr · 04/10/2026
En Ethiopie, la prise de Makalé par l’armée fédérale ravive les craintes d’un conflit régional dans la Corne de l’Afrique
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En Ethiopie, la prise de Makalé par l’armée fédérale ravive les craintes d’un conflit régional dans la Corne de l’Afrique
Après des mois de tensions, les combats ont repris fin septembre dans le nord de l’Ethiopie, entre d’une part l’armée fédérale et, d’autre part, le Front populaire de libération du Tigré.
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