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. armenian and jewish, 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. armenian and jewish, 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
It’s always such a shame that more SF residents don’t pay attention to local politics because it’s way more entertaining than the national stuff.
November 14, 2025 at 6:31 AM
It’s always such a shame that more SF residents don’t pay attention to local politics because it’s way more entertaining than the national stuff.
Reposted by Katie Kowalsky
getting a text in the middle of the night and it's just my loathsome vizier saying "Your enemies lie in wait, my lord!!" what am I supposed to do with that. its four in the morning
November 14, 2025 at 4:06 AM
getting a text in the middle of the night and it's just my loathsome vizier saying "Your enemies lie in wait, my lord!!" what am I supposed to do with that. its four in the morning
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“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
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zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
November 14, 2025 at 2:16 AM
“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
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i am going to make it / through this phase of yours / if it kills me
There is a Type of Guy whose entire personality is just “listens to The Mountain Goats.”
…and, chat, yeah, that’s me now. I have become that guy.
…and, chat, yeah, that’s me now. I have become that guy.
November 11, 2025 at 10:34 PM
i am going to make it / through this phase of yours / if it kills me
Pulling the emergency @themountaingoats.bsky.social ripcord when you’re stressed is just what you gotta do sometimes
November 14, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Pulling the emergency @themountaingoats.bsky.social ripcord when you’re stressed is just what you gotta do sometimes
It’s such a weird feeling to have Family Stuff Happening while news feels like it’s untethering from reality
November 14, 2025 at 12:44 AM
It’s such a weird feeling to have Family Stuff Happening while news feels like it’s untethering from reality
they knew. the whole time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=epKm...
Spotlight Movie CLIP - It's Time (2015) - Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton Movie HD
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November 13, 2025 at 1:33 AM
they knew. the whole time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=epKm...
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99% of Republicans understand nothing about intraleft politics. they’re still saying shit like “you won’t be so happy when BILL CLINTON is implicated will you?”
November 13, 2025 at 1:29 AM
99% of Republicans understand nothing about intraleft politics. they’re still saying shit like “you won’t be so happy when BILL CLINTON is implicated will you?”
Reposted by Katie Kowalsky
It was strangled in its cradle by powerful people who didn't want to be subjected to its searching gaze. It didn't go even close to far enough.
Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far.
So much work remains to be done.
So much work remains to be done.
November 12, 2025 at 11:38 PM
It was strangled in its cradle by powerful people who didn't want to be subjected to its searching gaze. It didn't go even close to far enough.
Reposted by Katie Kowalsky
bring back shame
people gotta lose their positions of power and influence
people gotta be shunned from their prestigious social circles
above all, people gotta go to jail
people gotta be shunned from their prestigious social circles
above all, people gotta go to jail
November 12, 2025 at 11:00 PM
bring back shame
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They all knew
November 12, 2025 at 11:06 PM
They all knew
there is nothing more beautiful than two humans talking through all the BS, directly to one another.
November 12, 2025 at 9:40 PM
there is nothing more beautiful than two humans talking through all the BS, directly to one another.
Nothing like absent-mindedly putting on Band of Brothers and then realizing you’re just gonna have to do the full rewatch again
November 12, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Nothing like absent-mindedly putting on Band of Brothers and then realizing you’re just gonna have to do the full rewatch again
Cinema Sins has much to pay for, but the idea we have to explain every last detail from when a movie ends and the sequel begins is just bad writing.
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Cinema Sins has much to pay for, but the idea we have to explain every last detail from when a movie ends and the sequel begins is just bad writing.
Congestion pricing was helpful because it reminded me who has their own Baileys, but progressive
the congestion pricing thing was kinda a massive red flag here. even the median progressive believes that improving overall outcomes is bad if a single hypothetical poor person might be negatively effected
November 11, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Congestion pricing was helpful because it reminded me who has their own Baileys, but progressive
My wonderfully talented friend Ross Thorn recorded the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald at the shores of ᐅᒋᑉᐧᐁ ᑭᒋᑲᒥ/Lake Superior this morning
Oh of course he posted: www.instagram.com/reel/DQ4hq80...
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ross.thorn“The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” on the shores of Lake Superior. This anthem is steeped in Midwestern culture, working class struggle, and the importance of folk music as preservation.When I was in elementary school, we learned about local history and I made a diorama of the shipwreck for class using clip art, Playmobil figures, sand, and real taconite pellets. I think it’s still in my parents’ basement.I hope you enjoy this field recorded rendition of one of my favorites. No stock imagery. No fake southern accent. Just cold fingers and the gales of November making some pretty sweet waves on the big lake.🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔#edmundfitzgerald #greatlakes #lakesuperior #shipwreck #Fitz50th #midwest #superior #wreckoftheedmundfitzgerald #galesofnovember #duluth #minnesota #wisconsin #gordonlightfoot 🔔@unsaltedpodView all comments
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November 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
My wonderfully talented friend Ross Thorn recorded the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald at the shores of ᐅᒋᑉᐧᐁ ᑭᒋᑲᒥ/Lake Superior this morning
50th anniversary of the last major shipwreck in the Great Lakes ... and on a day where lake effect covered the greater chicago area in 3-12" no less
November 10, 2025 at 4:11 PM
50th anniversary of the last major shipwreck in the Great Lakes ... and on a day where lake effect covered the greater chicago area in 3-12" no less
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
Rewatching Witness for the first time in ages and oh man does it rock. Every cop thriller should have a Days of Heaven aesthetic, simmering sexual chemistry, and an incredible third act barn chase sequence
November 10, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Rewatching Witness for the first time in ages and oh man does it rock. Every cop thriller should have a Days of Heaven aesthetic, simmering sexual chemistry, and an incredible third act barn chase sequence
Nothing like seeing your most leftist friend post vacancy truther memes on IG. Never gets old.
November 9, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Nothing like seeing your most leftist friend post vacancy truther memes on IG. Never gets old.
A formative part of my mother’s childhood was having to go to the cannery to buy mislabeled items at a discount. This was 1970 in America.
It is genuinely hard for most people to grasp how poor the past was.
November 9, 2025 at 8:10 PM
A formative part of my mother’s childhood was having to go to the cannery to buy mislabeled items at a discount. This was 1970 in America.
Washable kid’s nail polish has got to be the best innovation
November 8, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Washable kid’s nail polish has got to be the best innovation
Reposted by Katie Kowalsky
His... awareness of Zohran? what?
NEW: @govpritzker.illinois.gov's office says 3 masked ICE agents stopped & questioned an IL Department of Transportation employee working in Park Ridge about his immigration status & whether he had traveled to New York and his awareness of NYC Mayor-elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social before leaving.
November 8, 2025 at 3:57 AM
His... awareness of Zohran? what?