Reposted by Katy Kelleherkate wehwalt @katewagner.wehwalt.net · 04/02/2026It’s actually shocking the degree to which architecture is not implicated in the Epstein files 1015510
Katy Kelleher @katykelleher.bsky.social · 04/02/2026I'm teaching a John Jeremiah Sullivan piece tonight in my class and rereading it, I can't stop thinking... we need more of this kind of journalism. More writers given the freedom to play on the page, to report big weird cultural stories, to immerse themselves. The talent exists, the funding does not 050
Reposted by Katy KelleherKristen Evans @paperalphabet.bsky.social · 04/02/2026i know that this is an unpopular take, but everyone starting their own newsletter as a revenue stream is not a sustainable model for writing and reporting or for people who love and want to pay for media. 592410419
Reposted by Katy KelleherLongreads @longreads.com · 04/02/2026"The team even re-created the scent of Christian 'Hell' as described in 16th century sermons, including notes of sulfur and brimstone and a whiff of 'a million dead dogs.'" Kaja Šeruga for @knowablemag.bsky.social: knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...knowablemagazine.orgRecreating the smells of historyUsing chemistry, archival records and AI, scientists are reviving the aromas of old libraries, mummies and battlefields 031
Katy Kelleher @katykelleher.bsky.social · 02/02/2026Why am I never on this site, it's great. Substack has been turning nasty lately and this seems like a nice respite. (I can only handle one social media app at a time, apparently.) 020
Reposted by Katy KelleherJoshua Kagavi @kagavi.bsky.social · 20/08/2025I love old photos so much and it's always heartbreaking to see vinegar syndrome win. Neat story by @katykelleher.bsky.socialnationalgeographic.comA century ago, there was a race to make the first color photos. Now there’s a race to save them.The revolutionary invention of autochromes changed photography. As those pictures decay, they're revealing a new kind of beauty. 121
Reposted by Katy KelleherGrove Ayers @groveayers.bsky.social · 15/10/2025"Our lives are precarious and precious, built through years of wanting, waiting, choosing, changing, trying, failing, flying, failing." @katykelleher.bsky.social Love this. I'd like to be more wild. open.substack.com/pub/colorsto...open.substack.comI'd like to be more wild.A blog post about dogs, foxes, weasels, and life in general. 011
Reposted by Katy KelleherDouglas Main @dmain.bsky.social · 05/12/2025A delightful read about the Pantone rage-bait and the color white By @katykelleher.bsky.social colorstories.substack.com/p/ushering-i...colorstories.substack.comUshering in the new year.Okay, I'll bite. Let's talk about white. 041
Katy Kelleher @katykelleher.bsky.social · 08/02/2025my @nautil.us piece on sea shanties was read out loud by Grumpy and I'm just honored www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuRb...youtube.comWhat Should We Do With an Old Sea Shanty? | Nautilus Narrations with Heaven Schmitt of GrumpyYouTube video by Nautilus 040
Katy Kelleher @katykelleher.bsky.social · 07/02/2025I wrote about light yellow. open.substack.com/pub/colorsto...open.substack.comThe bad vibes of lemon chiffon.Art I like, a color I don't. 140
Reposted by Katy KelleherAmber Sparks @ambersparks.bsky.social · 05/02/2025This is great - I’ve been thinking a lot about this too, as a member of the extremely failed Gen X - how can I teach my daughter to do better and also literally survive in this new fucked up world www.thenation.com/article/poli...thenation.comParenting In the Age of TrumpLike Sarah Connor, the heroine of the Terminator movies, Elie Mystal is trying to figure out how to prepare his children for the dystopian future. 1584
Reposted by Katy KelleherJames Kelleher @jameskelleher.pilcrow.ie · 02/04/2024“When I read about the ingredients used in perfumery many thousands of years ago, I’m always struck by how consistent our preferences have been.” - @katykelleher.bsky.socialare.naWorldly Things | Are.na EditorialAre.na is a platform for connecting ideas and building knowledge 042
Reposted by Katy KelleherLongreads @longreads.com · 17/01/20254. "Scent Makes a Place" (@katykelleher.bsky.social) "Kelleher turns her keen attention to smell, suggesting that the odors and aromas around us offer a richer experience of the world—if only we take time to notice them." nautil.us/scent-makes-...nautil.usScent Makes a PlaceHow the desert taught me to smell 131
Reposted by Katy KelleherMonica McLaughlin @rococopacetic.bsky.social · 05/02/2025I know everything blows and I'm literally trying not to cry 24 hours a day. But here, look at this cute little ca. 1790 malachite monkey pin. www.butterlaneantiques.com/products/geo... 1201
Reposted by Katy KelleherSeth Putnam @sethjputnam.bsky.social · 28/01/2025This week's newsletter points you to excellent stories from: @monteiro.bsky.social @katykelleher.bsky.social @kottke.org ...and some other folks who aren't on Bsky. They deserve your attention! Link above or in bio. 011
Katy Kelleher @katykelleher.bsky.social · 28/09/2023Breakfast report: kimchi, soft boiled eggs, marinated cucumbers, big can of yerba mate. Perfect morning, no notes. 040
Katy Kelleher @katykelleher.bsky.social · 28/09/2023I'm writing again! Here's a piece I did for Koffler about roadside memorials, community values, folk art, and mourning. arcade.kofflerarts.org/article/hear... 020
Katy Kelleher @katykelleher.bsky.social · 21/09/2023Too many ELDO perfumes have rubber as a note & I'm not into it. 030
Katy Kelleher @katykelleher.bsky.social · 21/09/2023Robert W. Chambers DOES NOT GET HIS DUE. I feel strongly about this. 110
Katy Kelleher @katykelleher.bsky.social · 19/09/2023I'm slowly migrating from Twitter... hello to all you people who don't follow me yet. 070