C.H. Romatowski
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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.
New WashPost food critic Elazar Sontag angling for the affections of DC readers.

I’m an easy mark; it struck me recently I have a real weakness for everyone who can see how much there is to love about DC.

wapo.st/3LTq2p9
November 10, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Completely. I take pics of the flowerbeds outside mine every time I go.
November 10, 2025 at 9:54 PM
👀 Interesting comment, considering the source.
November 10, 2025 at 5:46 AM
On the multiplier effect of @socialists.nyc & allies’ electoral campaigns and the monster roster they’re bringing into 2026.

Really one for the @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social files: I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win.

(w/alt text, this deserves reach!)
November 8, 2025 at 9:54 PM
This bit is even kind of exciting
November 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Wrt NoVa, the deep blue exurban shift has me thinking about @prisonculture.bsky.social’s remark about how easily demagogued USians are. There was only room for Loudoun, Prince William, etc to shift so far left because of how far right they’d swung the year before. That susceptibility is worrying.
November 5, 2025 at 11:32 PM
A few examples of why I am so hyped about @controller.lacity.gov’s work.
November 5, 2025 at 7:54 AM
While we’re going full-bore election nerd—

Want to flag that if you give $50 to the brilliant Kenneth Mejia’s reelection campaign for LA controller, not only do you get a free Corgi sweater, but also a personal email from Kenneth to thank you and get it to you??

www.mejiaforcontroller.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:44 AM
“In fact this is already happening.”
November 5, 2025 at 4:53 AM
The New York Times concedes.
November 5, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Well that’s not ideal lol
November 5, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I had less than zero interest in this person until Naomi Klein’s superlative Doppelganger persuaded me she could be instructive by negative example—but really, holy moly WHAT is she talking about???
November 4, 2025 at 11:44 PM
The miracle of Reach has me in real election sicko mode. Woke up this morning hoping @janeese4dc.bsky.social runs for mayor so we get to see what @mdcdsa.org can do with Reach city-wide lol

(…among so many reasons ofc!!)
November 1, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I’m not so confident he’s not bringing him to the center. Here, for example, is messaging I received this week *to solicit me as a volunteer* :/
November 1, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Today in listen to organizers, not pundits
November 1, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Best campaign + grassroots merch in my recollection. Go get that swag NYC.
November 1, 2025 at 12:43 AM
German word for the digital age mortification of an ad tracker absolutely having your number
October 30, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Really appreciate seeing a politician say the a word. Especially a man.

#VAPOL
October 26, 2025 at 5:05 AM
@rafaelshimunov.bsky.social has me a smidge worried about this honestly
October 20, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Lfg!!
October 10, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I hate to betray the war on cars but I do have a weakness for the old Benz W123s. In high school my best friend totaled one that was prob already 20 years old, but beautifully preserved, and the older I get the more I regret the loss.
October 4, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Thinking of Greta.

From Naomi Klein’s Doppelganger:
October 4, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Taco Bamba is doing a free taco for federal employees
October 2, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Oh that is quite an acquisition—a rival to the time @tricialockwood.bsky.social inscribed a copy of Priestdaddy for me by illustrating the line:

“She is enjoying herself with all the immensity of a recently inseminated elephant.”
October 1, 2025 at 12:19 AM
I’m three days in but it’s worth it
September 24, 2025 at 6:36 AM