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Sarah Archer
@sarcher.bsky.social
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Pets, modernism, feminist rage, etc. Author of The Midcentury Kitchen, Midcentury Christmas, and Catland. Writing in Architectural Digest, NYT, Antiques, and elsewhere.

https://www.sarah-archer.com/
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madhupai.bsky.social
"It took only weeks for Trump to turn the US from a biomedical & global health leader to a pariah, shattering trust while shattering lives, all the while posing fundamental threats to a law-based international order grounded in human rights & democratic governance"

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The Trump presidency: Cascading global shocks on global health
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November 28, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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markharris.bsky.social
There's a weird collective self-justification among reporters on this beat that their job is not to push back but to be stoic in order to observe an endlessly fascinating natural phenomenon. It's all nonsense. He is a public servant. Demand decency, and slap back hard and fast when you don't get it.
espiers.bsky.social Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 9h
I can’t believe people in the room don’t push back. It doesn’t matter if he’s the president, part of holding him accountable is standing up to his bullying— especially if he’s doing it right in front of your face
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h
“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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adriandaub.bsky.social
I think both their absolutely unhinged cruelty and their frustration at not hitting their numbers have the same root: that in their terminally racist brains the word “immigrant” conjures something extremely specific that they’re having trouble finding in reality
Even as Mr. Trump has added vast numbers of officers to his mass deportation effort, frustration has mounted inside his administration over the pace of detentions and deportations. The recent spate of arrests comes amid a leadership shake-up at ICE, including the San Diego region, designed to accelerate and advance the president's agenda.
November 28, 2025 at 1:41 AM
sarcher.bsky.social
Perfect happiness 🧡
November 28, 2025 at 1:38 AM
sarcher.bsky.social
Snooze-maxxing ⚪️
A white and orange cat curled in a ball snoozing on a pale blue and pink quilt
November 27, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
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November 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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danielhcantwell.bsky.social
#architecture
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Robert A.M. Stern, Architect Who Reinvented Prewar Splendor, Dies at 86
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November 27, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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studiousgal.bsky.social
Happy Thanksgiving to my dear American friends!
jessemlocker.bsky.social Jesse Locker @jessemlocker.bsky.social · 17h
Patti Warashina, Airstream Turkey, 1969. Earthenware with low-fire glaze and low-fire luster, 9 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. x 19 3/4 in (Seattle Art Museum)
"Air Stream Turkey by Patti Warashina dates from 1969. It’s made of earthenware with low-fire glaze and low-fire luster. It’s about 9 inches in height and width, and about 1 foot 8 inches in length. The shiny silver glaze gives this sculpture the appearance of a sleek metallic object. The form is abstract but it’s possible to interpret it as suggesting various – very different – visual parallels. The sculpture is roughly the shape of a loaf of bread, or bread pan – rectangular but with curved ends. These curved ends, together with the shiny silver glaze, evoke the form of a caravan or trailer – in particular, the vintage Airstream aluminum travel trailer. This likeness has been enhanced by a panel, like a glass window, in the side. Inside the window, it’s possible to make out tent-like forms. A soft light can be seen glowing from the inside. Above the window, in red letters, are the words Air Stream Turkey, and thin red parallel stripes. The red stripes are echoed, at the bottom rear of the sculpture, by five raised parallel bands, lying horizontally, rather like the wing feathers of a bird. And, in front of this – what you might call – wing is a form suggesting both a gear stick and a turkey drumstick: it’s a rod sticking diagonally upwards, with a rounded knob on the end. There are two of these ‘drumsticks’ – one on either side – as they would be on a Thanksgiving roast turkey served up on a platter. At the front end of the sculpture is a circular dial, with MPH written above in red. A red arrow points to a range of speeds." https://www1.seattleartmuseum.org/tours/media/1553
November 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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bencollins.bsky.social
This is true. It is the best email I got this year.
I work as an elder and hospice caregiver, which I am oddly passionate about. I can love on them shamelessly and no one complains about my codependence. It's a win-win situation. Many of my caregiving colleagues complain about the repetitive questions and, sometimes reactions, of the elderly, especially when those patients happen to read the newspaper, especially with the current downward spiral of our country — as if these people haven't lived through enough horror... I love my dementia peeps, but sometimes wonder if there's a Guinness Book World Record for how many times an hour a dementia patient can repeat the same question — it's got to be in the hundreds. At least with small children, they ask different questions. Dementia patients will get stuck on one short question and ask it until you can interrupt their train(carousel) of thought and successfully redirect their attention. That carousel is pretty manic sometimes. A couple days ago, I picked up my mail from the post office and drove over to the nursing home to take (let's call her "Miss Daisy") Miss Daisy out for a drive. Before we took off on our road trip, to the end of The Road and back, in our landlocked little town (Juneau, Alaska), I set my copy of The Onion down in front of her. Over our two-hour excursion, tiny Miss Daisy read that front page at least a dozen times and each time she would snicker, giggle, and guffaw, then put it down on the dash board and, a minute later, discover it anew. I think it was the best afternoon of my life. We don't often hear them laugh and when they do, it's the sweetest thing you've ever heard. ... Thank you, thank you, thank you, for the really important work all of you do. You make the world a better place.
November 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
sarcher.bsky.social
I can only assume they were discussing poultry tactics in preparation for today 🍗
sarcher.bsky.social Sarah Archer @sarcher.bsky.social · 1d
I interrupted a meeting.
Two white and orange cats holding a meeting on a midcentury armchair with pink red and blue striped upholstery.
November 27, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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They did it again! NYC subway Thanksgiving 2025, via @scootercaster.com!
November 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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itsthebrandi.bsky.social
My cat, trying to eat my absentee ballot
November 27, 2025 at 3:32 PM
sarcher.bsky.social
I interrupted a meeting.
Two white and orange cats holding a meeting on a midcentury armchair with pink red and blue striped upholstery.
November 27, 2025 at 3:48 AM
sarcher.bsky.social
Real / spectacular
November 27, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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lfschleusener.bsky.social
"ACT UP worked because America worked. I’m not sure we expected that, even as we hoped for it. It taught me that everything that is marginal and powerful in American life eventually becomes central...
November 27, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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hagleycenter.bsky.social
From 18thC Moravians singing hymns on communal farms, to 20thC steelworkers laboring in blazing furnaces, to 21stC healthcare and warehouse workers cutting loose at Musikfest, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania has moved to many beats. Learn more on the #HagleyHistoryHangout!

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Steel Rhythms: The Many Phases of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania with Kimberly Andrews
From the eighteenth-century Moravians singing hymns on communal farms, to twentieth-century steelworkers laboring in blazing furnaces, to twenty-first century healthcare and warehouse workers cutting
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November 24, 2025 at 3:24 PM
sarcher.bsky.social
It’s not great.
jamellebouie.net jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d
yep. also really can't overstate how much nuzzi is very much the product of an environment that rewards amoral ambition and frowns on people who sincerely believe anything
November 27, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
should we do a group watch of shattered glass as therapy
November 27, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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annakornbluh.bsky.social
PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS!

gonna be reposting your books because hoo you made a book!

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Immediacy!
November 26, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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erinbartram.bsky.social
my dissertation was about the history of Catholic converts in the US and every day something makes me remember how often I was told it was too niche
erinbartram.bsky.social Erin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · 3d
My dissertation turns 10 next month and I've been dipping in to see if there's anything in there worth pulling out and working with, and each chapter is effectively about a different emotional struggle that would be familiar today.
November 26, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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anamariecox.bsky.social
People will die, and are currently dying, because RFK was granted one of the most powerful megaphones in the country. Two people who could have thrown barriers in front of his climb decided not to; there's a sex scandal here but it is not the biggest scandal.
November 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM
sarcher.bsky.social
Harvey is resting his little chin on my shoulder [SCREAM] so naturally I can never move again as long as I live.
November 27, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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tedos.bsky.social
Goddammit I had FINISHED shopping for the boys oh well
sarcher.bsky.social Sarah Archer @sarcher.bsky.social · 1d
And last but not least, Catland: the Soft Power of Cat culture in Japan! (You know exactly who on your list needs this one.) www.sarah-archer.com/catland
November 26, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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oddletters.bsky.social
dont read The Bad Thing Part Three, read @hels.bsky.social on turkey carcasses, you'll be much happier www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The Best Part of Thanksgiving, Bones and All
The menu is malleable, the gratitudes negotiable, but the turkey’s second life as stock is one of the greatest gifts of the entire blessed year.
www.newyorker.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:51 PM
sarcher.bsky.social
And last but not least, Catland: the Soft Power of Cat culture in Japan! (You know exactly who on your list needs this one.) www.sarah-archer.com/catland
November 26, 2025 at 10:53 PM