CathyArmus
@cathyarmus.bsky.social
Ex Research Librarian - architecture, urban planning, environment, arch photo.Loves books and reading, book reviews. Esp int - social/public housing. Follows politics everywhere - well to the left. Turrbal land, Brisbane Australia.
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Mike Johnson: It’s True. I Am Tuning Out The News Cycle To Focus On Self-Care
Mike Johnson: I Am Tuning Out the News Cycle to Focus on Self-Care
Don’t ask me about the news. I am protecting my mental space.
www.theatlantic.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Mike Johnson: It’s True. I Am Tuning Out The News Cycle To Focus On Self-Care
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This was a good piece by @pkrugman.bsky.social on vulgarity and tastelessness of US prez when it comes to architecture and design open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
Trump’s Gilded Ballroom and the Fall of the American Republic
Tackiness and tyranny go hand in hand
open.substack.com
October 24, 2025 at 10:58 AM
This was a good piece by @pkrugman.bsky.social on vulgarity and tastelessness of US prez when it comes to architecture and design open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
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Thrilled to announce the new, expanded paperback of THE DESIGN OF CHILDHOOD feat. all seven on my Pulitzer Prize-winning essays in print! Out Nov 11 @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social @bloomberg.com
October 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Thrilled to announce the new, expanded paperback of THE DESIGN OF CHILDHOOD feat. all seven on my Pulitzer Prize-winning essays in print! Out Nov 11 @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social @bloomberg.com
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"Kith and kin is a temple to Aboriginal relationships, to the people who were in this place alone for 60,000 years, and it’s a memorial shrine to people who have died in custody. It reminds us how those connections can be made and how they have been broken." satpa.pe/uH7Dmdi
Archie Moore’s Golden Lion-winning kith and kin at GOMA
Archie Moore’s masterpiece kith and kin – the first Australian work to receive a Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale – is now an unmissable display at Brisbane’s Gallery of Modern Art.
satpa.pe
October 11, 2025 at 9:36 AM
"Kith and kin is a temple to Aboriginal relationships, to the people who were in this place alone for 60,000 years, and it’s a memorial shrine to people who have died in custody. It reminds us how those connections can be made and how they have been broken." satpa.pe/uH7Dmdi
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throw money at this, public demand. this will generate millions of jobs. life cycle analysis of buildings will lead to rapidly renewable materials anyway, with targets that fit climate budgets. build capacity before it's too late.
October 11, 2025 at 10:11 AM
throw money at this, public demand. this will generate millions of jobs. life cycle analysis of buildings will lead to rapidly renewable materials anyway, with targets that fit climate budgets. build capacity before it's too late.
October 5, 2025 at 10:37 AM
This needs more publicity- should never have happened especially so close to the reef. Trinity Inlet breeding ground for mangrove crabs and reef fish. #environment #toxicspill
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
Clean-up underway after 'devastating' industrial spill in Far North Queensland
Building company Boral works to clean up thousands of litres of kerosene and bitumen that have spilled into a creek in Cairns, connecting to an inlet that leads to the Great Barrier Reef.
www.abc.net.au
September 30, 2025 at 9:53 PM
This needs more publicity- should never have happened especially so close to the reef. Trinity Inlet breeding ground for mangrove crabs and reef fish. #environment #toxicspill
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
Don't know if it's going to show in Australia and I haven't seen it, but I'm for any documentary praising librarians- disclosure, I'm a librarian. #librarians #bookbans
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/se...
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/se...
The Librarians review – the heroic women battling against book bans and censorship
Kim A Snyder’s documentary highlights the defenders of young readers’ rights to see their lives in print facing rightwing attacks
www.theguardian.com
September 24, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Don't know if it's going to show in Australia and I haven't seen it, but I'm for any documentary praising librarians- disclosure, I'm a librarian. #librarians #bookbans
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/se...
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/se...
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More than just Mass Timber … it’s “Wood First Design” at the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority’s new headquarters. The design “prioritizes the use of wood wherever possible, incorporating it into structural elements as well as interior and exterior finishes.”
September 16, 2025 at 12:11 AM
More than just Mass Timber … it’s “Wood First Design” at the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority’s new headquarters. The design “prioritizes the use of wood wherever possible, incorporating it into structural elements as well as interior and exterior finishes.”
no words
September 14, 2025 at 10:04 PM
no words
Australia needs this - love to be able to take high speed rail from Brisbane to Sydney, Canberra or Melbourne. They've been talking about this for decades #highspeedrail
September 14, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Australia needs this - love to be able to take high speed rail from Brisbane to Sydney, Canberra or Melbourne. They've been talking about this for decades #highspeedrail
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“We need to radically transform our average emissions limit for new housing…ensure that National Construction Code’s emission limits align with climate science, working within planetary boundaries via cascading targeted reductions, thus contributing to Aust’s commitment to Paris Agreement’s goals.
If we build our housing targets, we will use almost 200% of our national emissions budget for everything on those new houses. Here’s how, why, and what we might do. Following Denmark’s lead, here’s some of the thinking behind the Australian Reduction Roadmap medium.com/dark-matter-...
Behind the Reduction Roadmap Australia—and beyond The Number
We need a 98% drop in greenhouse gas emissions per sqm of new housing. Building our housing targets will use 200% of our national budget
medium.com
September 14, 2025 at 12:52 PM
“We need to radically transform our average emissions limit for new housing…ensure that National Construction Code’s emission limits align with climate science, working within planetary boundaries via cascading targeted reductions, thus contributing to Aust’s commitment to Paris Agreement’s goals.
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Disappointed (putting it mildly) to see ABC joining in mainstream media’s legitimising and reputational laundering of Charlie Kirk, a man who promoted hatred, racism, misogyny, bigotry and violence. No mention of that legacy in this PUFF PIECE. Total and utter cowards.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
Wife of MAGA activist Charlie Kirk vows not to let his movement 'die'
Charlie Kirk's widow, Erika, delivers her first public remarks since the fatal shooting of her influencer husband.
www.abc.net.au
September 13, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Disappointed (putting it mildly) to see ABC joining in mainstream media’s legitimising and reputational laundering of Charlie Kirk, a man who promoted hatred, racism, misogyny, bigotry and violence. No mention of that legacy in this PUFF PIECE. Total and utter cowards.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
Brian Kareem articulates the fury and despair so well #uspol #briankarem #Salon - and this was before Trump's "I don't care" remark
www.salon.com/2025/09/12/t...
www.salon.com/2025/09/12/t...
Trump's stain on America may be permanent - Salon.com
Panicked by the Epstein "hoax" he can't explain away, the president declares war on his own country
www.salon.com
September 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Brian Kareem articulates the fury and despair so well #uspol #briankarem #Salon - and this was before Trump's "I don't care" remark
www.salon.com/2025/09/12/t...
www.salon.com/2025/09/12/t...
There is a Hamas office in Qatar because US specifically requested it. Seek a ceasefire by blowing up the negotiators. #Gaza
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
Israel has literally blown up the Gaza ceasefire negotiations
The swiftly made Israeli statement saying there was no US role in the strike, claiming this was a "wholly independent" action, brings to mind the old adage "never believe anything until it is official...
www.abc.net.au
September 9, 2025 at 9:03 PM
There is a Hamas office in Qatar because US specifically requested it. Seek a ceasefire by blowing up the negotiators. #Gaza
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
The Discovery Centre for me I think #architecture #StirlingPrize
From a spruced-up Big Ben to Cambridge’s crystal doughnut – Stirling prize for architecture shortlist unveiled www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
From a spruced-up Big Ben to Cambridge’s crystal doughnut – Stirling prize for architecture shortlist unveiled www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
From a spruced-up Big Ben to Cambridge’s crystal doughnut – Stirling prize for architecture shortlist unveiled
Six contenders for the prestigious UK award for excellence in architecture also include two houses, a medical research centre and a college of fashion – but nothing north of the Fens
www.theguardian.com
September 4, 2025 at 5:14 AM
The Discovery Centre for me I think #architecture #StirlingPrize
From a spruced-up Big Ben to Cambridge’s crystal doughnut – Stirling prize for architecture shortlist unveiled www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
From a spruced-up Big Ben to Cambridge’s crystal doughnut – Stirling prize for architecture shortlist unveiled www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
The "are we the baddies" and Numberwang team are back Love to see this but only on Channel 4 - VPN I guess. #MitchellandWebb
‘You’re finally dressing your age, David!’ Mitchell and Webb on age, arguments and their big comeback www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
‘You’re finally dressing your age, David!’ Mitchell and Webb on age, arguments and their big comeback www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
‘You’re finally dressing your age, David!’ Mitchell and Webb on age, arguments and their big comeback
The TV comedy duo are back this week with their first new sketch show in 15 years, Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping. Do newer comics think they’re old farts? They tell all
www.theguardian.com
September 4, 2025 at 4:20 AM
The "are we the baddies" and Numberwang team are back Love to see this but only on Channel 4 - VPN I guess. #MitchellandWebb
‘You’re finally dressing your age, David!’ Mitchell and Webb on age, arguments and their big comeback www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
‘You’re finally dressing your age, David!’ Mitchell and Webb on age, arguments and their big comeback www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Religion- what can you say
PHOTO OF THE DAY: The graves of a Catholic woman and her Protestant husband, seperated by a cemetery wall in the Netherlands (1888). 📷 google images
September 3, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Religion- what can you say
Good article, plus 'For the love of sentences. Gift article #frankbruni
The Unchecked, Unbalanced Reign of King Donald www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
The Unchecked, Unbalanced Reign of King Donald www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
Opinion | The Unchecked, Unbalanced Reign of King Donald
www.nytimes.com
September 2, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Good article, plus 'For the love of sentences. Gift article #frankbruni
The Unchecked, Unbalanced Reign of King Donald www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
The Unchecked, Unbalanced Reign of King Donald www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
There's something to like about all these homes, but in really like the terracotta brickwork wrapping Birdwood- and it's in Brisbane. It'll be even more amazing once the vines grow. #houses #architecture
Dezeen's top five houses of August 2025: www.dezeen.com/2025/08/31/top-houses-august-2025/
September 1, 2025 at 10:57 AM
There's something to like about all these homes, but in really like the terracotta brickwork wrapping Birdwood- and it's in Brisbane. It'll be even more amazing once the vines grow. #houses #architecture