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A few weeks ago I was interviewed for the "Career Hacks for Humanists" podcast.
Check out our conversation about my weird career trajectory and caring about values while needing a job.
popphd.substack.com/p/job-hacks-...
Check out our conversation about my weird career trajectory and caring about values while needing a job.
popphd.substack.com/p/job-hacks-...
Job Hacks for Humanists: Dr. Hannah Alpert-Abrams
Dr. Alpert-Abrams shares the wisdom about building a values-aligned career from working in the humanities funding landscape.
popphd.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:48 PM
A few weeks ago I was interviewed for the "Career Hacks for Humanists" podcast.
Check out our conversation about my weird career trajectory and caring about values while needing a job.
popphd.substack.com/p/job-hacks-...
Check out our conversation about my weird career trajectory and caring about values while needing a job.
popphd.substack.com/p/job-hacks-...
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Introducing Sidra Collaborative co-founder Hadassah St. Hubert! Hadassah is dedicated to helping cultural heritage funders and workers scope ideas and programs, while identifying resources to support thriving creatives. She can help build emergency response funding programs.
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sidracollaborative.com
October 7, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Introducing Sidra Collaborative co-founder Hadassah St. Hubert! Hadassah is dedicated to helping cultural heritage funders and workers scope ideas and programs, while identifying resources to support thriving creatives. She can help build emergency response funding programs.
sidracollaborative.com
sidracollaborative.com
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I like to tell this story because it's good to be reminded that it is not random that our voice-activated services were built to sound like women and be treated like slaves.
It was done on purpose, by people who knew better.
It was done on purpose, by people who knew better.
October 5, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I like to tell this story because it's good to be reminded that it is not random that our voice-activated services were built to sound like women and be treated like slaves.
It was done on purpose, by people who knew better.
It was done on purpose, by people who knew better.
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In the late 2010s, I was friendly with some people who were in the room during the meetings where Apple decided what its Siri should look and sound like.
They argued that voice-activated tools should not be built to sound like women because it would propagate misogyny. They were overruled.
They argued that voice-activated tools should not be built to sound like women because it would propagate misogyny. They were overruled.
Granted I am in no way the audience for this, but finding it hard to believe that part of the next wave is machines that speak unprompted.
![One issue is ensuring the device only chimes in when useful, preventing it from talking too much or not knowing when to finish the conversation — an ongoing issue with ChatGPT.
“The concept is that you should have a friend who’s a computer who isn’t your weird AI girlfriend . . . like [Apple’s digital voice assistant] Siri but better,” said one person who was briefed on the plans. OpenAI was looking for “ways for it to be accessible but not intrusive”.
“Model personality is a hard thing to balance,” said another person close to the project. “It can’t be too sycophantic, not too direct, helpful, but doesn’t keep talking in a feedback loop.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hakzua5btcgcfjye2yujlhos/bafkreib6kvqmnfzzomvt6ywn3ijfqjuep4kopmigecyn255npr3zo756l4@jpeg)
October 5, 2025 at 3:03 PM
In the late 2010s, I was friendly with some people who were in the room during the meetings where Apple decided what its Siri should look and sound like.
They argued that voice-activated tools should not be built to sound like women because it would propagate misogyny. They were overruled.
They argued that voice-activated tools should not be built to sound like women because it would propagate misogyny. They were overruled.
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Reread this short guide to responding to fascism in higher ed this morning.
I have very mixed feelings about how increasingly resonant it is proving to be, but also I hope it will prove helpful and maybe comforting as we watch current events unfold.
halperta.com/shalperta%20...
I have very mixed feelings about how increasingly resonant it is proving to be, but also I hope it will prove helpful and maybe comforting as we watch current events unfold.
halperta.com/shalperta%20...
Taking Action in Higher Ed
Taking Action for Higher Education is a workbook to assist university workers in assessing personal risk and making decisions about how and when to take action to resist fascism.
halperta.com
September 19, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Reread this short guide to responding to fascism in higher ed this morning.
I have very mixed feelings about how increasingly resonant it is proving to be, but also I hope it will prove helpful and maybe comforting as we watch current events unfold.
halperta.com/shalperta%20...
I have very mixed feelings about how increasingly resonant it is proving to be, but also I hope it will prove helpful and maybe comforting as we watch current events unfold.
halperta.com/shalperta%20...
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Labor day weekend is as good a time as any to prepare to respond to the season to come.
I just posted a free workbook that aims to help university workers better understand when and how to take risks in the fight against fascism in higher ed.
halperta.com/shalperta%20...
halperta.com/shalperta%20...
Taking Action in Higher Ed
Taking Action for Higher Education is a workbook to assist university workers in assessing personal risk and making decisions about how and when to take action to resist fascism.
halperta.com
August 30, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Labor day weekend is as good a time as any to prepare to respond to the season to come.
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JUST IN: A federal judge has blocked the cancelation of $175 million in National Endowment for the Humanities grants, mass terminated by DOGE in April. She says the effort was transparent viewpoint discrimination in violation of the First Amendment.
July 26, 2025 at 1:22 AM
JUST IN: A federal judge has blocked the cancelation of $175 million in National Endowment for the Humanities grants, mass terminated by DOGE in April. She says the effort was transparent viewpoint discrimination in violation of the First Amendment.
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Solidarity with every NEH employee who is part of the Reduction in Force, and whose separation from the agency is being enacted today.
We guess that Monday miracle for #NEH employees won't be happening after all. Tomorrow over 100 staff and public servants of the #humanities will be terminated from their positions. It's heartbreaking and so completely unnecessary.
We know we’ve been more quiet on here lately. We’re hoping for a Monday miracle today, friends. We know so many of you are as well (for various reasons).
Although NEH has ceased to exist in its former glory for the past 59 days, tomorrow it becomes very real. (1/2)
Although NEH has ceased to exist in its former glory for the past 59 days, tomorrow it becomes very real. (1/2)
June 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Solidarity with every NEH employee who is part of the Reduction in Force, and whose separation from the agency is being enacted today.
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new definition of hell unlocked: being trapped in a conversation with an AI about a credit card that was never cancelled from a job you left because of a fascist government takeover
June 9, 2025 at 6:48 PM
new definition of hell unlocked: being trapped in a conversation with an AI about a credit card that was never cancelled from a job you left because of a fascist government takeover