Katjusa Cisar
@Katjusa
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Freelance writer/reporter, @IATSE union stagehand, thrift hound, mom to twin preschoolers. Call me Kat.
Milwaukee, WI
Joined September 2008
Love that @weischoice is bringing attention to this phenomenon. Managing ~stuff~ takes up an extraordinary amount of my time since becoming a parent. I also do nearly all my BN pickups myself. đ¤ˇââď¸
My piece on the gender imbalance of labor in Buy Nothing groups is up and guess what, moms bear the brunt of the work. Surprise!
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"Whenever people ask me 'What's the best thing you ever found?"... I can say, 'My husband.'" #relationshipgoals
https://t.co/UWa2OSGgUc
bbc.com
Dave and Erin met foraging in dumpsters and 14 years later they are still finding treasures together.
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For @CapTimes, I wrote about the "buy nothing" economy/community, along with a sidebar on touring the Dane County landfill (tours are free & open to the public â highly recommend!).
Call it freecyling, hippie Christmas or Buy Nothing â an underground economy with thousands of participants is flourishing around Madison.
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this quote has stayed with me since I read @Katjusa's reporting on grassroots canvassing in Milwaukee: âIf I feel safe enough, then Iâll bring up womenâs rights.â https://t.co/dlpoNx19XK
boltsmag.org
Tuesdayâs supreme court showdown will shape Wisconsinâs future and is breaking spending recordsâbut itâs all coming down to an off-year, springtime, low-turnout election.
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Classic group text from the kids' 4k teacher this morning đ¤ đĽ´
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I wrote for @BoltsMag about GOTV efforts in Milwaukee for the April 4 #WISupremeCourt election: https://t.co/igs9K4kxE2 Very grateful to editor @taniel for his shaping of this piece.
boltsmag.org
Tuesdayâs supreme court showdown will shape Wisconsinâs future and is breaking spending recordsâbut itâs all coming down to an off-year, springtime, low-turnout election.
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Judge sides with The Badger Project in public records lawsuit against #Wausau PD #SunshineWeek
https://t.co/CZTUndfuma
thebadgerproject.org
The police department had responded to a request by heavily redacting investigation documents into alleged misconduct of one of its officers.
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I wrote about weed and taxes for the @Badger_Project_, citing research from @WisPolicyForum, @MULawPoll & @OSULawDEPC. https://t.co/Rtn5L71xIL
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I lived just a few miles away when this happened and remember being devastated reading the short news item that appeared in the paper about it at the time. Such an important investigation by @msanchezMIA and @mrym_jml.
Last summer @mrym_jml and I began looking into the death of an 8-year-old Nicaraguan boy on a Wisconsin dairy farm. What we found was a story of an accumulation of failures in overlapping systems: immigration, labor, policing. We hope you can read. https://t.co/Akr49iCDAq
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Wellll, I'm outed in a national newspaper of record as a "complete Buy Nothing freak" who wears used underpants... â ď¸ This story by @MauraJudkis was fun to read: https://t.co/6zptHlgyky
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Fascinating & nuanced story about shoplifting by @mrjdwalsh (found via @annehelen's newsletter):
curbed.com
The recent spike in shoplifting is both overblown and real. And almost everyone is profiting from it (including you).
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Read this when I was awake with insomnia at 2 a.m. and couldn't stop thinking about it. Scroll through all 81 pics and captions for the full ~experience~ ... it is a ride.
vogue.com
The bride also built a Rube Goldberg machine for cutting the cake.
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Breaking my Twitter silence to let you know: I started a @substack newsletter a while back about everyday thrifting in late-stage capitalism, and a new post went out today. Don't know where I'm going with it, but it's helping me think through life rn. https://t.co/sOykVIbGfz
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From @KJezerMorton on what worries her about making a family into a brand: https://t.co/3kKf45Oy1b
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* silent scream *
"Oh, and I love how you just assume that everyone has [HEALTH INSURANCE/RELIABLE WI-FI] and can easily [SEE A DOCTOR/LOG ON TO ZOOM] if they [GET SICK/HAVE AN ONLINE CLASS]."
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"Biden said to just simply Google tests near you. But that led me to what I experienced. And itâs not that simple. ... I donât think every test center is created equal."
usatoday.com
Americans in states across the nation are raising concerns about a string of COVID-19 testing sites run by the so-called "Center for COVID Control."
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Can anyone explain to me â other than just basic Covid theater â why people are still "deep cleaning" as part of their Covid protocols
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