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C.H. Romatowski

@romatowski.bsky.social

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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

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.

A Real Cancer in Washington

The quiet heroism of my friend in government

www.theatlantic.com

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C.H. Romatowski @romatowski.bsky.social · 50m

(They only made six eps a season, this is not an unreasonable demand!!)

C.H. Romatowski @romatowski.bsky.social · 51m

I wish there were ten seasons of Call My Agent.

C.H. Romatowski @romatowski.bsky.social · 7h

dsausa.org/join

Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 11h

If the regime does go after DSA, the appropriate response will be for as many people as possible to become dues-paying members.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Jonathan Choe to Trump: "Another group right now that is behind antifa and working with antifa very closely based on the research that we have right now that we're gonna give to you and your team are the Democratic Socialists of America."

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Stacey Burns @wentrogue.bsky.social · 11h

as you’d imagine, this AP story is an excruciating read

don’t look away

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18h

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 9h

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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jj skolnik @modernistwitch.myatproto.social · 9h

this has also been the case for me! i actually told a Mental Health Professional today that the thing keeping me going is how much community i feel in my neighborhood and how much i appreciate people showing up for one another

Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 11h

As you fight ICE in your neighborhoods, always look for potentially positive outcomes to counterbalance your anger and despair. For me this continues to be meeting more neighbors, talking to more neighbors, and finding that others close by have also been fighting in ways I was unaware of.

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Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 10h

A friend of mine and his family's home were destroyed by Israel exactly one year ago today. They are still displaced to this day. He set up this fundraiser to be able to cover basic essentials. Please please support him.
www.gofundme.com/f/help-us-re...

Donate to Help Us Rebuild Our Home After War, organized by Elise Hagan

Dear angels of hope and kind souls. My name is Ali from Lebanon. My family and I lo… Elise Hagan needs your support for Help Us Rebuild Our Home After War

www.gofundme.com

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Jazz. @jl3001.blacksky.app · 12h

ICE at the Brookland Metro station in NE DC rn btw. Three dudes on their phones at the top of the escalator on the parking lot side.

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C.H. Romatowski @romatowski.bsky.social · 13h

I’m not the audience for “posting isn’t organizing” scolding lol

C.H. Romatowski @romatowski.bsky.social · 13h

We got a $10b bill for Long Covid introduced in Congress, that was pretty good

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 1d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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C.H. Romatowski @romatowski.bsky.social · 14h

*reading that person’s…

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California Fast Food Workers Union @cafastfoodunion.org · 15h

BREAKING: Burger King workers are on strike in Oakland due to pregnancy discrimination.

The store cut our coworker’s hours because she is pregnant and asked for accommodations to ensure a safe pregnancy. 🧵

#UnionsForAll

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pilot @pilotv.bsky.social · 14h

ok before i go back to my day job that is sadly not "books!!" one more plug for 1) our registry to give books to folks incarcerated at rikers: bookshop.org/wishlists/7a...

our bookshop dot org page where you can shop and help me open a worker-owned bookstore in queens: bookshop.org/shop/NoBorders

Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 18h

You made it halfway through the week *and* we still have free shipping? Sounds like the perfect time to treat yourself to a new book and support indie bookstores in the process. 📚

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Hammer and Hope @hammerandhope.bsky.social · 16h

Capacity is filling up quickly for our 10/13 teach-in on the life and work of Assata Shakur with @dreamhampton.bsky.social and @monifabandele.bsky.social in Bed Stuy, Brooklyn. Become a member today and RSVP at the link below!
We can't wait to see you. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Hammer & Hope Teach-In: The Life and Work of Assata Shakur

Please use this form to RSVP! If you have any questions, contact [email protected]. Location: Gladys Books & Wine | Bed Stuy, 306 Malcolm X Blvd, Brooklyn, NY 11233 Date: Monday, Oct. 13, T...

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C.H. Romatowski @romatowski.bsky.social · 14h

It’s a really messed up idea on so many levels; I low-key regret boosting it because that reading person’s subsequent comments made clear they weren’t worth engaging.

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Dan Greene @dmgreene.bsky.social · 18h

Sign. Join. Go to the meeting. The first instinct is to keep your head down, get the work done, hope someone louder or smarter or whatever helps. But that's the coordination problem of fascism: if you, yes you, ordinary person who's never done this before, do nothing then we all lose.

Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 18h

sign and share and join AAUP actionnetwork.org/petitions/tr...

Trump Higher Ed Compact 2025

We stand for education—for science, for students and for freedom—and against this backward, anti-American policy. We call on university leaders, faculty, staff and students to unite in rejecting the T...

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C.H. Romatowski @romatowski.bsky.social · 15h

Oh no I’m so sorry. Really hope it relents as quickly as possible.

C.H. Romatowski @romatowski.bsky.social · 15h

When a wealth tax is right there, it’s hard to see this as anything other than reactionary.

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Jeff Melnick @melnickjeffrey1.bsky.social · 1d

Please sign if appropriate.

I included my fraternity affiliation and everything so they know they are losing the bros too

Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 1d

cornell alums sign and share and fight and then some docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Alumni in Support of Cornell’s Independence, Democracy, and Academic Freedom

Please add your name below if you agree to be a signatory of the following message to be delivered to the Cornell Board of Trustees: Dear Members of the Cornell Board of Trustees, Ongoing attacks on A...

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C.H. Romatowski @romatowski.bsky.social · 1d

Def how I read it

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 2d

well, I will be using that, with attribution

Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 2d

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

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Mary @mjwyatt.bsky.social · 3d

Gorgeous moonrise over Mt. Hood tonight. 🏔️🌕

Moonrise over Mt. Hood. Dark green conifers, mountain top with snow and rock exposed, gray-blue sky above, topped with an illuminated full moon.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 2d

wait it's possible to move from pilot studies to permanent implementation of basic income? please tell everyone except Andrew Yang about this

Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 2d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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vee.soy @vashetc.bsky.social · 2d

can someone please recommend a live notetaking company, i genuinely loathe that when i google its AI AIAIAIAIIAIA

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C.H. Romatowski @romatowski.bsky.social · 2d

Such a thoughtful conversation about managing conflict. I really appreciate the honesty about why these processes often fail (alongside the many suggestions for skills that can make them work better).

CAW @caw-shinythings.bsky.social · 3d

THIS IS SO GOOD! TBT, Agony Letter with Shuli, who invited the beautiful @deanspade.bsky.social to help respond to a letter from someone who had a terrible experience with an accountability process....

CW: Letter includes brief mention of suicidal ideation.

www.cawshinythings.com/the-breakup-...

The Breakup Theory, Agony Letter: The Thing That Cracks Us Open

For this episode, I invited the beautiful Dean Spade to respond to a listener letter with me from someone who had a terrible experience with an accountability process and over the years this has cause...

www.cawshinythings.com

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