Reposted by Sarah ArcherJames @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 13h(guy who went to both Harvard and Princeton) THE IVY LEAGUE HATES YOU 816811
Sarah Archer @sarcher.bsky.social · 12hFYI my ancestral potato salad recipe involves an enormous amount of apple cider vinegar, very finely minced onions, and mayonnaise 🤌 130
Reposted by Sarah ArcherBrett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 14hThis is your FINAL DAY of Sad September so get it all out there. 3565
Reposted by Sarah ArcherAndi Zeisler @andizeisler.bsky.social · 18hIt’s rare that I get to write about something straightforwardly funny and joyful, so covering these absolute queens was a delight www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/s...nytimes.comOn Breakroom Chronicles, Safeway Workers Serve Nostalgia During Their Lunch Break (Gift Article)The viral social media account Breakroom Chronicles, created by two Safeway employees who lip-sync ’80s and ’90s pop favorites, is bringing campy joy to millions. 45515
Sarah Archer @sarcher.bsky.social · 18hMore info here: www.lacma.org/art/exhibiti...lacma.orgThe Kitchen and Its DiscontentsHistorically a site of women’s labor, the kitchen has also been the subject of their design research and cultural critique. The Kitchen and Its Discontents brings two influential kitchens from LACMA’s... 0133
Sarah Archer @sarcher.bsky.social · 18hA thing about AI is that by definition a machine cannot have finely attuned soft skills, and in fact so much of the hard part of work is reading, hearing, understanding and responding to human beings with a wide array of perspectives and communication styles. Can a machine “read the room” via email? 070
Sarah Archer @sarcher.bsky.social · 18hSlightly delayed in posting this but if you’re in Los Angeles, go see “The Kitchen and its Discontents” at LACMA! I wrote about some of its treasures like this prototype kitchen designed by Charlotte Perriand and Le Corbusier for the T List 🫕 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/t... 1327
Reposted by Sarah ArcherTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 23hIt’s also really clear to me this week that the people telling us that AI will transform work…haven’t seen a lot of jobs where people work. 211188191
Reposted by Sarah ArcherGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 23hSomething remarkable is happening: James Talarico is running an expansively pro-immigrant campaign in Texas, a state Trump won by 14 points, speaking in Biblical terms about our duty to "the stranger." And it's resonating. That's seismic. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2160...newrepublic.comIn Texas, Something Seismic Is Happening—and It’s All Trump’s FaultThanks to the economy and ICE, Trump has lost Texas Latinos. And James Talarico is developing a humane pro-immigrant message that’s resonating—even in this ultra-Trumpy state. 943727943
Reposted by Sarah ArcherAda Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 22hDelightful also to hear real eagle noises. In movies eagles are always dubbed with hawks, since hawks found fierce and eagles sound like adorable squeakers. 211169261
Sarah Archer @sarcher.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Once you’re there it’s like “EVACUATE THE DANCE FLOOR” 🎶 050
Reposted by Sarah Archerhonor sachs @drhonor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026One of the main reasons fraternities still exist is that membership signals to potential employers that you’re capable of keeping institutional secrets, even when it means covering up illegal behavior. 7614187
Reposted by Sarah ArcherTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Yes, the precondition for regular AI agent use is changing your culture to speak in middle America white bureaucratic language to make it work. You can’t put “the good collards“ on an optimized shopping list, much less account for what some call familect: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/m...nytimes.comEvery Family Has Its Own Private Language. What Does That Tell Us About Ourselves? (Gift Article)“Familects” emerge out of in-jokes and mispronunciations, but they reveal something about how all language evolves. 1143571
Reposted by Sarah ArcherMichael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Did I just get back from a viewing at Bonhams auction house in NYC of cat-themed art? Why yes- yes I did. Did I take pictures, including of these Chinese ceramic cats from the Qing Dynasty? Also yes! Will I make a thread of some of them? Indeed I will, which will include... 8715162
Sarah Archer @sarcher.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Listening to Steely Dan en route to my strength training class like an Old 💪 0100
Sarah Archer @sarcher.bsky.social · 29/09/2026You’ve been waiting for a Dolly Parton deep dive in which Baudrillard plays an important role, and here is is courtesy of @inbedwiththeright.bsky.social: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...podcasts.apple.comEpisode 156 -- Dolly PartonPodcast Episode · In Bed With The Right · September 29 · 1h 17m 1345
Reposted by Sarah ArcherEmily St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Every Time a Bell Rings is out! I am so proud of this book and both @laurentheisen.bsky.social and my writing in it. I think you'll be into it if you love this movie, 1940s American cinema, or speculating that minor supporting characters in fiction are gay. www.harpercollins.com/products/eve...harpercollins.comEvery Time a Bell RingsTHE PERFECT HOLIDAY GIFT WITH FOILED DETAILS AND CUSTOM END PAPERSA fond and nostalgic cultural history of It's a Wonderful Life, celebrating the belove... 47316
Reposted by Sarah ArcherMaris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 29/09/2026New reaction shot just dropped 4977
Reposted by Sarah ArcherIan Petrie @icpetrie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Once again having tinned fish and bad coffee, like a depressed cop in a Nordic procedural 0152
Reposted by Sarah ArcherCraig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Amy Klobuchar stuffing another senator into a trashcan because he doesn't know the difference between "Hawks" and "Hawkeyes" is pretty great. "It was because Caitlin Clark was coming to Maryland to play, and so we went to the game." - Jack Smith bsky.app/profile/atru... 212828
Reposted by Sarah ArcherNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Proof beyond a reasonable doubt that Trump and Co. conducted a criminal conspiracy to defraud the United States out of its presidential election — ie attempted an autogolpe, or "self-coup" — was in the public record. The facts and the law were never in question. Only if America would follow them. 4322119
Reposted by Sarah Archerhailey @hailey.at · 29/09/2026this cat also loves to do weird things but a different type of weird 72619
Reposted by Sarah Archer#1 Lifelong Houston Cougs Fan Brandi 😾 @itsthebrandi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026My friend is trying to move from the middle of nowhere back in the metro after a terrible relationship ended. She doesn't have the funds but she's selling jewelry she's made and vintage jewelry. Perhaps you see something you like and you will spend money on it! Thanks! www.vugjewels.comvugjewels.comVug JewelsVug Jewels creates one of a kind jewelry in bead and bone, using vintage and new materials, found objects, and more. Plus Vug Vintage--vintage goods like vases, mugs, candle holders, tins, trays, and ... 23831
Reposted by Sarah ArcherRachel (ɹeɪt͡ʃəl) Taylor, envelope maker ✉️ @rachelvetica.bsky.social · 28/09/2026this article talks about how raccoons were observed to participate in material culture, which makes me wonder what other animal species are like on that front? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/s...nytimes.comOn This Mexican Island, Raccoons Make and Play With Toys (and Also Sip Margaritas)Scientists observed a family of pygmy raccoons near a Cozumel beach club learning from one another how to craft balls from paper, an indication that the animals have a culture. 373
Reposted by Sarah ArcherSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The press coverage of the Academy of Natural Sciences has gone from "Oh how sad" to sounding like a hostage negotiation. Which maybe sounds bad, but elected leaders, the press, the people online, all saying "You don't have to do this, man" is better than mourning. share.inquirer.com/YTQg0sshare.inquirer.comPhiladelphia shouldn’t give up on the Academy of Natural Sciences’ historic museum | EditorialThe Academy's 150-year-old building faces roughly $150 million in deferred maintenance costs. While that may seem daunting, it is not insurmountable. 9538183
Reposted by Sarah ArcherDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026New, from me: Once memory-holed, DOGE is now the subject of revisionism. To better understand why DOGE failed, I talked to people in the civic tech movement that DOGE displaced, who continue to offer the alternative model for how to modernize govt. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/doge-vs-ci...donmoynihan.substack.comDOGE vs. Civic TechAs DOGE revisionism picks up, a contrast with the civic tech movement it displaced illuminates its failure 18792258
Reposted by Sarah ArcherYvonne Lam @yvonnezlam.bsky.social · 27/09/2026once again sharing my favorite old (2018) post about tech men discovering bread baking. 391
Reposted by Sarah ArcherSubscribe to Radio Free America (link in bio) @kleinman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026 4943157
Reposted by Sarah Archeralexis simpson @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026i don't own a single caftan??? what the fuck 15412
Reposted by Sarah ArcherAlexandra Gallant-Lee @alexandragallant.com · 26/09/2026Just having a good time! 13612
Reposted by Sarah ArcherKendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 26/09/2026Mamdani was out there racking up photo ops with prime ministers like he was collecting pokemon. 320022
Reposted by Sarah ArcherMara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Yeah, I’m way too lazy for that 132879
Reposted by Sarah ArcherIan Petrie @icpetrie.bsky.social · 26/09/2026“Noguchi to Asawa: Designing Postwar America” examines six renowned Japanese American artists whose work defined modern American art and design in the mid to late 20th century — all of whom were severely impacted by mass incarceration."inquirer.comThe painful, complicated roots of American mid-century design trace back to Japanese American concentration campsNakashima, Noguchi, and Asawa are artists who changed the way Americans thought of design. A Barnes exhibit wants to showcase their art without forgetting their trauma. 4308
Reposted by Sarah Archerdarth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026call myself a single issue voter but keep changing the single issue for each question they ask 282489180
Sarah Archer @sarcher.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Taking my large adult cat to the vet today and getting ready to be lectured about dry food and portion control. 2230