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Hannah Alpert-Abrams

@halperta.bsky.social

Here for the humanities. Grant maker, union organizer, former federal worker, digital humanist. Writing about labor, careers, higher education, and technology. Founder @sidracollaborative. east tennessee based | tsalagi and tsoyaha lands halperta.com

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I love Scrivener because it has an entire hierarchical structure for scraps. Scraps that are synopses, scraps that are notes, scraps that are a different level of notes, scraps that will be reclassified as trash.

30.01.2026 20:36 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Ahhhh so sad I couldn't be thereeeee

30.01.2026 00:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

On it! 🫠

29.01.2026 18:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ok hello who can tell me the name of the google doc that I made in 2018 and where I stored it please and thank you.

29.01.2026 18:09 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I had so much fun working on this project (and thinking with the team about our relationship with AI).

29.01.2026 17:03 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
An AI decision tree that explains why you shouldn't use AI - because it doesn't make work faster, because it's bad for IP and privacy concerns, because it hurts the environment, and because the content is not reliably accurate.

An AI decision tree that explains why you shouldn't use AI - because it doesn't make work faster, because it's bad for IP and privacy concerns, because it hurts the environment, and because the content is not reliably accurate.

Should you use AI for that?

Our new post is about how and when to use AI in arts and culture work (and why the answer is almost always no).

It comes complete with an AI decision tree for cultural workers to help you make hard choices!

sidracollaborative.com/2026/01/29/i...

29.01.2026 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

@literaturegeek.bsky.social 😍 😍 😍 😍 😍 😍 😍

28.01.2026 18:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Put the exhibit up somewhere else in the city.

You can read the entire exhibit in this zine created by @literaturegeek.bsky.social - zinebakery.com/bakeshop/cen...

The city of Philly should make tons of copies & distribute everywhere esp local schools, libraries etc...

28.01.2026 18:27 β€” πŸ‘ 216    πŸ” 100    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0
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Lessons from the Climate Anxiety Counseling Booth Climate anxiety is realβ€”and this practical, accessible guide helps address it on personal, relational,Β and structural levels, from the founder of ...

If you want some support & company in responding well to frightening realities, I wrote you a book for that. Stories of models & mentors, questions for reflection, practices for connection & action. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/kate-...

25.01.2025 14:11 β€” πŸ‘ 72    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 7
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AFGE Demands Resignation or Termination of DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller for Smearing Slain AFGE Member Alex Pretti as β€œDomestic Terrorist” The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) is the largest federal employee union representing 820,000 federal and D.C. government workers nationwide and overseas.

Oh wow: AFGE (federal govt employee union) calls for the ouster of Noem and Miller.

www.afge.org/publication/...

27.01.2026 05:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1080    πŸ” 341    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 22

If you, like me, also need a little help, a lift, some company, something to feel less alone - this helped. Last week was a really tough one, today is a bit better thanks to these good people…

27.01.2026 01:04 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Miss my union so much

27.01.2026 02:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I am having a really rough morning emotionally and would like more videos and pictures of your dogs - not just any dogs, but your dogs - in the snow.

26.01.2026 14:16 β€” πŸ‘ 630    πŸ” 93    πŸ’¬ 333    πŸ“Œ 39

the aspiring academic to angry weightlifter pipeline is looking pretty active rn

27.01.2026 01:45 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Really relate to both of you on this @lauramorreale.bsky.social @msteph.bsky.social

27.01.2026 01:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Now I'm crying thinking about all the absolutely stellar people I got to work with at NEH.

27.01.2026 01:32 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I think about you almost every day when I do my daily puzzle.

27.01.2026 01:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

😭😭😭😭

27.01.2026 01:12 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I LOVE having hobbies that I'm allowed to be really mediocre it

27.01.2026 00:51 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Beautiful, thank you for sharing and for doing that work!

27.01.2026 00:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Crying because I took on too much work this month and haven't been able to read your boooooooook

27.01.2026 00:40 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Also feeling a little nostalgia, like "this is what the best parts of twitter felt like πŸ₯²"

27.01.2026 00:39 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I wrote this in a moment of feeling over the weekend and have been blown away by the thoughtful responses. Resharing because I hope it can be as helpful for others as it was for me.

27.01.2026 00:38 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

ooof.

To be honest, I was just considering whether to add "lying on the floor" to the conversation...

27.01.2026 00:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Crying and group chats feels so 2020 (but also so absolutely real and 2026)

27.01.2026 00:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This has also worked well for me. I love that I have lots of friends and community who have no idea what I do for work and that most of my projects never make it onto the internet.

27.01.2026 00:36 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ohh, is this something formal, like do you hold spots in your calendar for this? or just something that emerges naturally?

27.01.2026 00:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

TV recs though?

(I ask, on my way home from an HR watch party)

27.01.2026 00:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yoga, like weightlifting, hasn't stuck for me but therapy definitely saved me a few times

27.01.2026 00:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank YOU! And also, yes, I too suffer from the habit of finding other kinds of work that aren't my work in order to help manage my feelings about my work?

27.01.2026 00:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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