Katie Kowalsky
@mapwitch.bsky.social
“just look at that parking lot, Larry”
used to talk about maps a bit but now I mostly speak legalese. cosmopolitan elite (just say jewish, it’s faster), but mostly a movie nerd. from the great lakes but now in the bay. oakland forever.
used to talk about maps a bit but now I mostly speak legalese. cosmopolitan elite (just say jewish, it’s faster), but mostly a movie nerd. from the great lakes but now in the bay. oakland forever.
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Katie Kowalsky
@mapwitch.bsky.social
· Mar 5
It’s so nice that when life gives you lemons, you can make a lemony garlicky shrimp pasta
Extremely entertaining to go out on Love Day and guess how long people have been together
February 15, 2026 at 4:34 AM
Extremely entertaining to go out on Love Day and guess how long people have been together
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roses are red
cherenkov is blue
just use a screwdriver
what's the worst it could do
cherenkov is blue
just use a screwdriver
what's the worst it could do
February 15, 2026 at 12:10 AM
roses are red
cherenkov is blue
just use a screwdriver
what's the worst it could do
cherenkov is blue
just use a screwdriver
what's the worst it could do
Reposted by Katie Kowalsky
valentine's day isn't just for couples, it's also a day to celebrate love. for instance, i would love it if housing prices came down.
February 14, 2026 at 8:11 PM
valentine's day isn't just for couples, it's also a day to celebrate love. for instance, i would love it if housing prices came down.
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California in winter is like a Fae world where spring and winter are places on the map you can visit.
February 14, 2026 at 6:07 PM
California in winter is like a Fae world where spring and winter are places on the map you can visit.
Sorry kids, mommy couldn’t find the right Žižek valentines to hand out today
February 14, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Sorry kids, mommy couldn’t find the right Žižek valentines to hand out today
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After housing, this is the next big zoning reform: the right to do business. Always found it odd that the USA, supposedly the land of the free market, makes it the hard if not outright illegal to open a business in most places.
Like many other planning failures, this one's also rooted in racism.
Like many other planning failures, this one's also rooted in racism.
The al pastor taco truck at sleepy North Berkeley BART is booming every night with neighbors, cyclists and families. Imagine what we could do with fully legalized street vending citywide.
February 13, 2026 at 2:52 AM
After housing, this is the next big zoning reform: the right to do business. Always found it odd that the USA, supposedly the land of the free market, makes it the hard if not outright illegal to open a business in most places.
Like many other planning failures, this one's also rooted in racism.
Like many other planning failures, this one's also rooted in racism.
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Reposted by Katie Kowalsky
the boyars who enact the tzar's will? extremely bad. terrible.
the tzar whose will the boyars enact? impossibly magnificent. sublime.
the tzar whose will the boyars enact? impossibly magnificent. sublime.
Right now at Munich Security Conference, Thom Tillis is desperately trying to blame tariffs on Trump’s staff and FP’s Ravi Agrawal is saying he’s “gobsmacked” by that claim.
February 13, 2026 at 3:00 PM
the boyars who enact the tzar's will? extremely bad. terrible.
the tzar whose will the boyars enact? impossibly magnificent. sublime.
the tzar whose will the boyars enact? impossibly magnificent. sublime.
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The year is 2015. China is getting richer and more powerful every year, but America has three trump cards: universitities, biomedical research, and immigration.
February 13, 2026 at 7:58 AM
The year is 2015. China is getting richer and more powerful every year, but America has three trump cards: universitities, biomedical research, and immigration.
Wow, UESF strike is over?
February 13, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Wow, UESF strike is over?
Crazy to look back at old photos and realize how much bangs were controlling my life
February 12, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Crazy to look back at old photos and realize how much bangs were controlling my life
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Get in losers we’re doing central planning without the planning
Trump to direct Pentagon to buy coal to revive industry, Bloomberg News says reut.rs/46vkQiO
Trump to direct Pentagon to buy coal to revive industry, Bloomberg News says
U.S. President Donald Trump is set to direct the Pentagon to use government funding and Pentagon contracts to sustain U.S. coal-fired power plants, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing a White House official.
reut.rs
February 11, 2026 at 3:59 AM
Get in losers we’re doing central planning without the planning
Made the NYTimes gochujang buttered noodles and woof, this was ungapatchka
February 10, 2026 at 2:45 AM
Made the NYTimes gochujang buttered noodles and woof, this was ungapatchka
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"Eliminate presidential immunity" needs to become as common a refrain as "eliminate Citizens United"
this case is maybe the single best example of one of the most destructive tendencies of this court: the tendency to treat their job as a collegiate legal seminar where they operate in hypotheticals rather than deal with the real world as it exists
February 9, 2026 at 3:48 PM
"Eliminate presidential immunity" needs to become as common a refrain as "eliminate Citizens United"
I love that once a year we get one of our national poets to usher a stirring tribute to the pain and ecstasy of being American
February 9, 2026 at 1:55 AM
I love that once a year we get one of our national poets to usher a stirring tribute to the pain and ecstasy of being American
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OK "god bless america" and then naming every country in the americas from south to north is absolute king shit
February 9, 2026 at 1:33 AM
OK "god bless america" and then naming every country in the americas from south to north is absolute king shit
Let’s repeal the Jones Act tonight???
February 9, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Let’s repeal the Jones Act tonight???
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Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous
February 9, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous
And here we go, DtMF!!!!
February 9, 2026 at 1:32 AM
And here we go, DtMF!!!!
THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE
February 9, 2026 at 1:32 AM
THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE
I need a documentary on this set design and how they practiced assembling on the field in like 15 mins???
February 9, 2026 at 1:30 AM
I need a documentary on this set design and how they practiced assembling on the field in like 15 mins???
GIVING HIS GRAMMY TO A KID… whew this man
February 9, 2026 at 1:29 AM
GIVING HIS GRAMMY TO A KID… whew this man
Bad Bunny is so good at centering slice of life vignettes of Puerto Rico, but this is a completely different level
February 9, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Bad Bunny is so good at centering slice of life vignettes of Puerto Rico, but this is a completely different level
Bad Bunny on the dolly surrounded by violinists, gorgeous interlude
February 9, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Bad Bunny on the dolly surrounded by violinists, gorgeous interlude