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Katy Kelleher

@katykelleher.bsky.social
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The Ugly History of Beautiful Things. Writing about smells, sounds, tastes... you get it. Interested in you.

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kate wehwalt @katewagner.wehwalt.net · 04/02/2026
It’s actually shocking the degree to which architecture is not implicated in the Epstein files
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Katy Kelleher @katykelleher.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
I'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
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Kristen Evans @paperalphabet.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
i 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.
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Longreads @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...
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Recreating the smells of history
Using chemistry, archival records and AI, scientists are reviving the aromas of old libraries, mummies and battlefields
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Katy Kelleher @katykelleher.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Why 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.)
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Joshua Kagavi @kagavi.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
I love old photos so much and it's always heartbreaking to see vinegar syndrome win. Neat story by @katykelleher.bsky.social
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A 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.
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Grove 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...
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I'd like to be more wild.
A blog post about dogs, foxes, weasels, and life in general.
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Douglas Main @dmain.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
A delightful read about the Pantone rage-bait and the color white By @katykelleher.bsky.social colorstories.substack.com/p/ushering-i...
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Ushering in the new year.
Okay, I'll bite. Let's talk about white.
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Katy Kelleher @katykelleher.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
my @nautil.us piece on sea shanties was read out loud by Grumpy and I'm just honored www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuRb...
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What Should We Do With an Old Sea Shanty? | Nautilus Narrations with Heaven Schmitt of Grumpy
YouTube video by Nautilus
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Katy Kelleher @katykelleher.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
I wrote about light yellow. open.substack.com/pub/colorsto...
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The bad vibes of lemon chiffon.
Art I like, a color I don't.
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Amber Sparks @ambersparks.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
This 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...
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Parenting In the Age of Trump
Like Sarah Connor, the heroine of the Terminator movies, Elie Mystal is trying to figure out how to prepare his children for the dystopian future.
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James 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.social
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Worldly Things | Are.na Editorial
Are.na is a platform for connecting ideas and building knowledge
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Katy Kelleher @katykelleher.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Migration actually happening this time. Hi.
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Longreads @longreads.com · 17/01/2025
4. "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-...
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Scent Makes a Place
How the desert taught me to smell
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Monica McLaughlin @rococopacetic.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
I 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...
Late 18th century stickpin in 15k gold capped with the head of a monkey carved out of mottled green malachite. He's got cabochon ruby eyes and a bright-eyed and bemused expression.
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Katy Kelleher @katykelleher.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
I'm working on something new
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Seth Putnam @sethjputnam.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
This 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.
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Katy Kelleher @katykelleher.bsky.social · 28/09/2023
Breakfast report: kimchi, soft boiled eggs, marinated cucumbers, big can of yerba mate. Perfect morning, no notes.
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Katy Kelleher @katykelleher.bsky.social · 28/09/2023
I'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...
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Katy Kelleher @katykelleher.bsky.social · 21/09/2023
Too many ELDO perfumes have rubber as a note & I'm not into it.
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Katy Kelleher @katykelleher.bsky.social · 21/09/2023
Robert W. Chambers DOES NOT GET HIS DUE. I feel strongly about this.
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Katy Kelleher @katykelleher.bsky.social · 19/09/2023
I'm slowly migrating from Twitter... hello to all you people who don't follow me yet.
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