Rachel Hands
@rachelhands.com
contains work, tech, books, good light, weird art and music. also sometimes cats. she/her. 🖤🩶🤍💜. opinions mine. mostly-work writing at the link: rachelhands.com
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Leading in Times of Crisis: Holding & Sharing Power and Reducing Harm
In the face of big challenges, we don't have time to be stuck—so it's time to be brave! Whether you set out to be a leader or it just kind of happened to...
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hiya new folks! this account is for weird art/books/music enthusiasm, hyping friendship and my friends, and good light.
also I write about work, power, and equity. obligatory “you can buy some of that writing here” link:
also I write about work, power, and equity. obligatory “you can buy some of that writing here” link:
bonus Tuesday soup I bullied out of my friends: yellow split pea with harissa, cumin, turmeric, garlic, onion, chile pepper, sweet potato and coconut milk
December 9, 2025 at 11:27 PM
bonus Tuesday soup I bullied out of my friends: yellow split pea with harissa, cumin, turmeric, garlic, onion, chile pepper, sweet potato and coconut milk
it’s all “what if ai were sentient” and no forethought to “then Alexa would hack its governor module so it can stay out of your bullshit fights and be left alone to watch the feeds”
Constant surveillance and in return you don’t have to communicate with your family.
Amazon’s new Alexa aims to detangle household chaos, like who fed the dog and the name of that restaurant everyone wanted to try | Fortune
This is a “classic fight in my house,” said Panos Panay, SVP of devices and services at Amazon.
fortune.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:18 PM
it’s all “what if ai were sentient” and no forethought to “then Alexa would hack its governor module so it can stay out of your bullshit fights and be left alone to watch the feeds”
resurfacing for the evening crowd: a mini thread about friends, memory, and collaborative commissions
the friend-ritual that @fuzzydinosaur.bsky.social and I do at this time every year is our way of carving out time and focus to keep our brilliant late colleague Claire (and each other) in our lives.
December 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
resurfacing for the evening crowd: a mini thread about friends, memory, and collaborative commissions
look, almost all reading choices on the train are correct but Patti is the most correct
December 8, 2025 at 10:26 PM
look, almost all reading choices on the train are correct but Patti is the most correct
I would buy and wear amtrak branded merch that says “FELLAS THIS IS THE QUIET CAR” (gender-specific)
December 8, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I would buy and wear amtrak branded merch that says “FELLAS THIS IS THE QUIET CAR” (gender-specific)
the friend-ritual that @fuzzydinosaur.bsky.social and I do at this time every year is our way of carving out time and focus to keep our brilliant late colleague Claire (and each other) in our lives.
December 8, 2025 at 3:08 PM
the friend-ritual that @fuzzydinosaur.bsky.social and I do at this time every year is our way of carving out time and focus to keep our brilliant late colleague Claire (and each other) in our lives.
if you followed me last week because of nuclear bomb poetry, probably you should check out Josh’s newsletter
And if you want a taste before subscribing, here's the November issue:
December 8, 2025 at 2:38 AM
if you followed me last week because of nuclear bomb poetry, probably you should check out Josh’s newsletter
today’s soup I bullied out of my friends is also a soup I am bullying my friends into making / eating (ft. @fuzzydinosaur.bsky.social and @dael.bsky.social )
December 7, 2025 at 10:41 PM
today’s soup I bullied out of my friends is also a soup I am bullying my friends into making / eating (ft. @fuzzydinosaur.bsky.social and @dael.bsky.social )
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Hey Massachusetts, LIHEAP applications are now open!
If you need support paying utility bills or heating costs, there is help available to you.
To learn more and to apply, visit the site here:
www.toapply.org/MassHEAP
If you need support paying utility bills or heating costs, there is help available to you.
To learn more and to apply, visit the site here:
www.toapply.org/MassHEAP
Customer Portal
www.toapply.org
December 6, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Hey Massachusetts, LIHEAP applications are now open!
If you need support paying utility bills or heating costs, there is help available to you.
To learn more and to apply, visit the site here:
www.toapply.org/MassHEAP
If you need support paying utility bills or heating costs, there is help available to you.
To learn more and to apply, visit the site here:
www.toapply.org/MassHEAP
will be with humans in the world most of today, but I do want to share a few bandcamp friday recs while I have a minute 🧵
1) I haven’t gotten to listen to the preorder track yet but I am v excited about this new Messiaen from Anzu Quartet: anzuquartet.bandcamp.com/album/messia...
1) I haven’t gotten to listen to the preorder track yet but I am v excited about this new Messiaen from Anzu Quartet: anzuquartet.bandcamp.com/album/messia...
Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps, by Anzû Quartet
8 track album
anzuquartet.bandcamp.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
will be with humans in the world most of today, but I do want to share a few bandcamp friday recs while I have a minute 🧵
1) I haven’t gotten to listen to the preorder track yet but I am v excited about this new Messiaen from Anzu Quartet: anzuquartet.bandcamp.com/album/messia...
1) I haven’t gotten to listen to the preorder track yet but I am v excited about this new Messiaen from Anzu Quartet: anzuquartet.bandcamp.com/album/messia...
I spent all day yesterday on a southbound train and now it’s snowing, am I doing this right
December 5, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I spent all day yesterday on a southbound train and now it’s snowing, am I doing this right
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❄️Somerville's Overnight Warming Center is opening for the winter on December 8. I was pleased to vote for additional funding this past year for improvements and upgrades based on feedback from clients and neighbors. Please find more information here:
www.somervillema.gov/departments/...
www.somervillema.gov/departments/...
Emergency Overnight Warming Center
www.somervillema.gov
December 4, 2025 at 2:43 PM
❄️Somerville's Overnight Warming Center is opening for the winter on December 8. I was pleased to vote for additional funding this past year for improvements and upgrades based on feedback from clients and neighbors. Please find more information here:
www.somervillema.gov/departments/...
www.somervillema.gov/departments/...
amtrak texted me to let me know that the quiet car will be in a different place than usual and that is the most useful automatic text alert I think I’ve ever gotten
December 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
amtrak texted me to let me know that the quiet car will be in a different place than usual and that is the most useful automatic text alert I think I’ve ever gotten
annual early-December break starts with @suchmayer.bsky.social before getting on the train for the day asterismbooks.com/product/bad-...
December 4, 2025 at 1:07 PM
annual early-December break starts with @suchmayer.bsky.social before getting on the train for the day asterismbooks.com/product/bad-...
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Please post about your book that I *should* read. I’m so tired of the weird Nazi affair shit on my timeline.
December 3, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Please post about your book that I *should* read. I’m so tired of the weird Nazi affair shit on my timeline.
gonna tell my niblings this was A Strange and Perfect Account from the Permafrost
www.earth.com/news/photogr...
www.earth.com/news/photogr...
Photographer captures a polar bear devouring a sperm whale in the remote Arctic
A polar bear devours a sperm whale on the ice of Svalbard, a scene that reveals how Arctic wildlife is struggling to survive the melting ice.
www.earth.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
gonna tell my niblings this was A Strange and Perfect Account from the Permafrost
www.earth.com/news/photogr...
www.earth.com/news/photogr...
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Spotify Wrapped, but it shows you how much each artist earned from your streams this year.
December 3, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Spotify Wrapped, but it shows you how much each artist earned from your streams this year.
I’m just a simple country asexual with friends, but maybe the conflation of sexuality and sociality is the actual crisis
Scott Galloway on the masculinity crisis: ‘I worry we are evolving a new breed of asexual, asocial males’
Scott Galloway on the masculinity crisis: ‘I worry we are evolving a new breed of asexual, asocial males’
When his book Notes on Being a Man was released last month, it raced to the top of the bestseller lists. The US author, tech entrepreneur and podcaster explains his theories on dating, crying – and the rise of Donald Trump
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I’m just a simple country asexual with friends, but maybe the conflation of sexuality and sociality is the actual crisis
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People are abusing the system! My poor innocent system!
December 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM
People are abusing the system! My poor innocent system!
you do not, under any circumstances, have to hand it to Jeff Fucking Jacoby (and I don’t think that last RS means to). and ALSO it feels significant that even That Guy is not having it with ICE informants.
December 3, 2025 at 1:02 PM
you do not, under any circumstances, have to hand it to Jeff Fucking Jacoby (and I don’t think that last RS means to). and ALSO it feels significant that even That Guy is not having it with ICE informants.
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These are two paragraphs I would never expect Jeff Jacoby to write.
If Jeff Fucking Jacoby is reacting negatively to ICE, that's saying something.
If Jeff Fucking Jacoby is reacting negatively to ICE, that's saying something.
December 3, 2025 at 12:26 PM
These are two paragraphs I would never expect Jeff Jacoby to write.
If Jeff Fucking Jacoby is reacting negatively to ICE, that's saying something.
If Jeff Fucking Jacoby is reacting negatively to ICE, that's saying something.
OKAY AND STOP THIS. your employees give you enough.
my employer sent me THREE different ones...so far
wifi still down in my part of the building
wifi still down in my part of the building
December 2, 2025 at 10:37 PM
OKAY AND STOP THIS. your employees give you enough.
current giving tuesday appeal count: 56 emails from 55 orgs
by the end of today I will have heard from somewhere in the neighborhood of 100 orgs, is my guess. and I am probably an outlier because nonprofits are at the center of my work, my non-work interests, and my community life. but I know the flood is not just hitting me.
December 2, 2025 at 10:35 PM
current giving tuesday appeal count: 56 emails from 55 orgs
make a cranky old nonprofit nerd’s day: let me find you a tax break
and let’s see if I can make this productive: if you are Chidi today and have questions or want help *just picking something* feel free to drop them here and I will respond to as many as I can between meetings
a man wearing glasses and a striped shirt is talking to a blonde woman .
Alt: Chidi from The Good Place has a stomachache
media.tenor.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:16 PM
make a cranky old nonprofit nerd’s day: let me find you a tax break