C.H. Romatowski
@romatowski.bsky.social
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
A Real Cancer in Washington
The quiet heroism of my friend in government
www.theatlantic.com
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.
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.
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Hope they know about shut the fuck up Fridays.
Breaking: The six Democrats now confirmed they've been contacted by the FBI.
The lawmakers accuse Trump of using the FBI "as a tool to intimidate and harass members of Congress."
The lawmakers accuse Trump of using the FBI "as a tool to intimidate and harass members of Congress."
MS NOW confirms: The FBI is working with Capitol Police to schedule interviews with the six Democratic lawmakers who urged service members to refuse to comply with illegal orders.
November 25, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Hope they know about shut the fuck up Fridays.
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Come share food and community at a FREE Community Meal & Potluck on Sat, Dec 20 (12–2 pm) at Seeker’s Church (276 Carroll St NW)! Enjoy a hot lunch from Marty’s Food & Catering, and bring drinks/desserts if you’d like. We can host many but space isn’t unlimited, so please RSVP to hold your spot.
November 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Come share food and community at a FREE Community Meal & Potluck on Sat, Dec 20 (12–2 pm) at Seeker’s Church (276 Carroll St NW)! Enjoy a hot lunch from Marty’s Food & Catering, and bring drinks/desserts if you’d like. We can host many but space isn’t unlimited, so please RSVP to hold your spot.
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“Thanks for writing. I no longer work here and so, ironically, your email does indeed find me well…”
The out-of-office I now regret not setting up.
The out-of-office I now regret not setting up.
August 3, 2023 at 11:10 PM
“Thanks for writing. I no longer work here and so, ironically, your email does indeed find me well…”
The out-of-office I now regret not setting up.
The out-of-office I now regret not setting up.
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Moments ago: tenants of the South Shore apartment building that federal immigration agents raided at the end of September held a presser to announce they're forming a tenants union.
They're demanding, among other things, sewage removal and heat and electricity restroration.
More updates TK.
They're demanding, among other things, sewage removal and heat and electricity restroration.
More updates TK.
November 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Moments ago: tenants of the South Shore apartment building that federal immigration agents raided at the end of September held a presser to announce they're forming a tenants union.
They're demanding, among other things, sewage removal and heat and electricity restroration.
More updates TK.
They're demanding, among other things, sewage removal and heat and electricity restroration.
More updates TK.
So many terms that simply shouldn’t exist.
During open enrollment for Obamacare, ads from telemarketers are crowding out official health exchanges. www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Americans Googling Obamacare Are Finding 'Junk Insurance' Instead
During open enrollment, ads from telemarketers are crowding out official health exchanges.
www.bloomberg.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:25 PM
So many terms that simply shouldn’t exist.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene came into Congress in 2021 worth about $700,000. She leaves five years later worth around $25,000,000. 😳 Congress is just a giant insider-trading scheme.
November 23, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Marjorie Taylor Greene came into Congress in 2021 worth about $700,000. She leaves five years later worth around $25,000,000. 😳 Congress is just a giant insider-trading scheme.
Let’s bring back nightsky posting, I’ll start:
I feel like an underdiscussed upside to alt text posting is it’s genuinely sexy behavior. Someone quietly and reliably making a point to consider others? It’s a very appealing trait. I notice.
I feel like an underdiscussed upside to alt text posting is it’s genuinely sexy behavior. Someone quietly and reliably making a point to consider others? It’s a very appealing trait. I notice.
November 23, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Let’s bring back nightsky posting, I’ll start:
I feel like an underdiscussed upside to alt text posting is it’s genuinely sexy behavior. Someone quietly and reliably making a point to consider others? It’s a very appealing trait. I notice.
I feel like an underdiscussed upside to alt text posting is it’s genuinely sexy behavior. Someone quietly and reliably making a point to consider others? It’s a very appealing trait. I notice.
Sorry to see this but gotta say, impressive turnout. More than 1200 people voting in a local working group is quite a display of the strength of organizing in NYC DSA.
DSA's Electoral Working Group narrowly voted not to recommend endorsing City Council Member Chi Ossé's congressional run against House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
Ossé, who recently joined DSA, told me he's still committed to the socialist group and applied to join DSA's City Council caucus.
Ossé, who recently joined DSA, told me he's still committed to the socialist group and applied to join DSA's City Council caucus.
DSA recommends against endorsing Ossé’s congressional bid
City Council Member Chi Ossé’s planned primary challenge to House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is now on life support.
www.cityandstateny.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Sorry to see this but gotta say, impressive turnout. More than 1200 people voting in a local working group is quite a display of the strength of organizing in NYC DSA.
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I'm looking for a French-speaking journo/historian on here who can help me with a quick (hopefully) question about 1930s French newspaper archives online. Thanks!
November 22, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I'm looking for a French-speaking journo/historian on here who can help me with a quick (hopefully) question about 1930s French newspaper archives online. Thanks!
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Just turn your phone off now
November 22, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Just turn your phone off now
Whoa I had missed this:
“So there are records from 2025 concerning complaints or allegations made by a member of the General Assembly against another member, and such complaints or allegations may concern potential sexual assault.”
#VAPOL
“So there are records from 2025 concerning complaints or allegations made by a member of the General Assembly against another member, and such complaints or allegations may concern potential sexual assault.”
#VAPOL
Update: Sexual Assault Investigation by the VA Capitol Police
(Helmer, Torian, Williams, Griffin apparently in the clear)
(Helmer, Torian, Williams, Griffin apparently in the clear)
Update: Sexual Assault Investigation by the VA Capitol Police
The Virginia Capitol Police responded to additional FOIA requests concerning active criminal investigations in the Virginia General Assembly.
joshstanfield.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Whoa I had missed this:
“So there are records from 2025 concerning complaints or allegations made by a member of the General Assembly against another member, and such complaints or allegations may concern potential sexual assault.”
#VAPOL
“So there are records from 2025 concerning complaints or allegations made by a member of the General Assembly against another member, and such complaints or allegations may concern potential sexual assault.”
#VAPOL
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I really think the most important things to evaluate about Signal if you are not in a group chat of encryption experts are:
1. How secure is every device in the group chat?
2. How safe from harm is every person in the group chat?
3. How much trust is there between every person in the group chat?
1. How secure is every device in the group chat?
2. How safe from harm is every person in the group chat?
3. How much trust is there between every person in the group chat?
November 22, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I really think the most important things to evaluate about Signal if you are not in a group chat of encryption experts are:
1. How secure is every device in the group chat?
2. How safe from harm is every person in the group chat?
3. How much trust is there between every person in the group chat?
1. How secure is every device in the group chat?
2. How safe from harm is every person in the group chat?
3. How much trust is there between every person in the group chat?
Interesting to see Subramanyam (VA-10) in the nays. Previously he’s taken a lot of terrible votes that were at least to the right of his predecessor and arguably to the right of his district. Wonder if he perceives a need to reposition.
The full roll call: clerk.house.gov/Votes/202530...
#VAPOL
The full roll call: clerk.house.gov/Votes/202530...
#VAPOL
Would be pretty embarrassing to vote on some dogshit resolution to condemn socialism five hours before Zohran dogwalked Trump. www.newsweek.com/full-list-of...
November 21, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Interesting to see Subramanyam (VA-10) in the nays. Previously he’s taken a lot of terrible votes that were at least to the right of his predecessor and arguably to the right of his district. Wonder if he perceives a need to reposition.
The full roll call: clerk.house.gov/Votes/202530...
#VAPOL
The full roll call: clerk.house.gov/Votes/202530...
#VAPOL
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Best alternatives for google mail?
November 21, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Best alternatives for google mail?
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TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
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trump is, first and foremost, a starfucker
November 21, 2025 at 9:13 PM
trump is, first and foremost, a starfucker
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New meme format just dropped:
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
New meme format just dropped:
I wish I’d found a way to wager on this, it seemed entirely predictable to me that Trump would love Zohran. To the point where it seemed savvy to ask for a face-to-face, because this seemed like such a likely outcome.
November 21, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I wish I’d found a way to wager on this, it seemed entirely predictable to me that Trump would love Zohran. To the point where it seemed savvy to ask for a face-to-face, because this seemed like such a likely outcome.
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Les gens qui tombent de leur fauteuil au sujet des franches camaraderies Trump Clinton n’ont pas la notion des pratiques des hommes hétéros entre eux (à plus forte raison dans des cercles de pouvoir)
November 21, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Les gens qui tombent de leur fauteuil au sujet des franches camaraderies Trump Clinton n’ont pas la notion des pratiques des hommes hétéros entre eux (à plus forte raison dans des cercles de pouvoir)
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What are your favorite resources for conflict management in organizing spaces?
November 20, 2025 at 11:41 PM
What are your favorite resources for conflict management in organizing spaces?
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Previously: His wife visited him ICE in detention on his 50th birthday. She couldn’t even bring him the card she’d made. They could only speak through a phone, divided by a thick pane of glass. It was one of few times she’d ever seen him cry.
Trump's ICE Arrested a Whistleblower Who Exposed Sexual Assault in Detention. Now, He’s Left the Country.
Douglas Menjivar is a survivor and activist. He’s also married to a U.S. citizen, but he was caught up in the president’s mass deportation agenda anyway.
www.texasobserver.org
November 20, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Previously: His wife visited him ICE in detention on his 50th birthday. She couldn’t even bring him the card she’d made. They could only speak through a phone, divided by a thick pane of glass. It was one of few times she’d ever seen him cry.
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"A Chinese immigrant was found dead in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention, with his hands and feet tied behind him, an attorney has alleged."
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
Man detained by ICE found dead, hanging with hands and feet tied—attorney
The Chinese national died in Pennsylvania in August, but his family's requests for answers from DHS have gone unmet.
www.newsweek.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:15 AM
"A Chinese immigrant was found dead in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention, with his hands and feet tied behind him, an attorney has alleged."
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
This is beautiful.
Queens organizer & radio show host @rafaelshimunov.bsky.social on the importance of JFREJ membership. Former board member, cofounder of our political arm, & dues-paying member himself, he’s seen 1st hand the impact dues have in helping us fight for the city of our dreams: jfrej.org/join
November 20, 2025 at 2:06 PM
This is beautiful.
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Seen in Boston, Massachusetts in 1854.
November 20, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Seen in Boston, Massachusetts in 1854.