đď¸ Welcome to the Gazette: Youâve Been Warned.
Cue the overture. Raise the curtain. Check the exits.
This is Twainâs Gazette of the Absurdâwhere satire meets the state, and neither comes out clean.
Iâm Kimberly Twain, your architect-in-residence and satirist-in-chief. Iâll be reporting from the crumbling façade of late-stage democracy with nothing but a fountain pen, a hard hat, and zero tolerance for hypocrisy dressed up as policy. If that sounds theatricalâit is. This isnât news. Itâs a full-blown tragicomedy in sepia tones.
đ§ą What This Is:
A newsletter built on rage, rigor, and really good sentences
A place where architecture is never just about buildings, and politics is always about structure
A series of dispatches from the edges of respectability, civility, and the crumbling middle class
An ongoing roast of the American experiment, delivered with humor, heart, and historical receipts
đ What to Expect:
Youâll see regularly recurring columns such as:
Skewered Plans â Architectural and urban planning takedowns
Absurdist Dispatches â Essays on cultural madness and system collapse
Dear White Liberal â Letters no one asked for, but absolutely deserve
Code Violations â Satirical inspection reports on the American system
Letters from the Last Sane Writer â Personal essays from a nation in slow motion freefall
Some posts will be free. Some will be paywalled for my founding subscribersâaffectionately titled Citizen Twains. They keep the lights on and the flamethrower fueled.
đŹ What You Can Do:
Subscribe (free or paid)
Share the newsletter with friends, enemies, or zoning board members
Comment like you mean it
Or just sit quietly in the back and mutter âwell, damnâ to yourself
đ¤ Final Note:
Iâm not here to convince anyone. Iâm here to say what needs sayingâbeautifully, brutally, and sometimes with a building metaphor. If the worldâs falling apart, letâs at least collapse in style.
Welcome to the Gazette.
Now⌠let the skewering begin.
â Kimberly Twain
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