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
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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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
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...
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.
January 29, 2026 at 6:09 PM
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.
I had so much fun working on this project (and thinking with the team about our relationship with AI).
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...
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...
January 29, 2026 at 5:03 PM
I had so much fun working on this project (and thinking with the team about our relationship with AI).
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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...
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...
January 29, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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...
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...
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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...
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...
January 28, 2026 at 6:27 PM
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...
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...
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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-...
Lessons from the Climate Anxiety Counseling Booth
Climate anxiety is real—and this practical, accessible guide helps address it on personal, relational, and structural levels, from the founder of ...
www.hachettebookgroup.com
January 25, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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-...
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Oh wow: AFGE (federal govt employee union) calls for the ouster of Noem and Miller.
www.afge.org/publication/...
www.afge.org/publication/...
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 “Domestic 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.
www.afge.org
January 27, 2026 at 5:05 AM
Oh wow: AFGE (federal govt employee union) calls for the ouster of Noem and Miller.
www.afge.org/publication/...
www.afge.org/publication/...
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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…
I have a question about how you all handle despair around your career... because of financial circumstances, because of institutional failures, because of all the crises in the world that demand our attention.
How do you do it?
How do you do it?
January 27, 2026 at 1:04 AM
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…
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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.
January 26, 2026 at 2:16 PM
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.
the aspiring academic to angry weightlifter pipeline is looking pretty active rn
January 27, 2026 at 1:45 AM
the aspiring academic to angry weightlifter pipeline is looking pretty active rn
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.
I have a question about how you all handle despair around your career... because of financial circumstances, because of institutional failures, because of all the crises in the world that demand our attention.
How do you do it?
How do you do it?
January 27, 2026 at 12:38 AM
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.
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As w/other work, choices about risk, $ to live on are legit & don't mean you aren't doing good in other ways (@halperta.bsky.social's helpful free zine⬇️). Am appreciating those speaking up directly who can, especially those taking more risk to do so & making it safer for others to do so too.
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
January 26, 2026 at 10:14 PM
As w/other work, choices about risk, $ to live on are legit & don't mean you aren't doing good in other ways (@halperta.bsky.social's helpful free zine⬇️). Am appreciating those speaking up directly who can, especially those taking more risk to do so & making it safer for others to do so too.
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I have a question about how you all handle despair around your career... because of financial circumstances, because of institutional failures, because of all the crises in the world that demand our attention.
How do you do it?
How do you do it?
January 25, 2026 at 3:50 PM
I have a question about how you all handle despair around your career... because of financial circumstances, because of institutional failures, because of all the crises in the world that demand our attention.
How do you do it?
How do you do it?
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I think a lot of us get hope wrong. Hope, I do not believe, is an emotion. In fact, hope makes space for lots of emotions to exist alongside it. You can DO hope scared, angry, sad etc...
Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
January 25, 2026 at 2:05 AM
I think a lot of us get hope wrong. Hope, I do not believe, is an emotion. In fact, hope makes space for lots of emotions to exist alongside it. You can DO hope scared, angry, sad etc...
Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
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I'm thinking, because this question has layers and I haven't always handled the despair well?
I can name some of the things that bring me joy in my career: that I get to talk about art with very smart people who also love to talk about art, that I can and do learn endlessly (1/2)
I can name some of the things that bring me joy in my career: that I get to talk about art with very smart people who also love to talk about art, that I can and do learn endlessly (1/2)
January 25, 2026 at 3:55 PM
I'm thinking, because this question has layers and I haven't always handled the despair well?
I can name some of the things that bring me joy in my career: that I get to talk about art with very smart people who also love to talk about art, that I can and do learn endlessly (1/2)
I can name some of the things that bring me joy in my career: that I get to talk about art with very smart people who also love to talk about art, that I can and do learn endlessly (1/2)
I have a question about how you all handle despair around your career... because of financial circumstances, because of institutional failures, because of all the crises in the world that demand our attention.
How do you do it?
How do you do it?
January 25, 2026 at 3:50 PM
I have a question about how you all handle despair around your career... because of financial circumstances, because of institutional failures, because of all the crises in the world that demand our attention.
How do you do it?
How do you do it?
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Sad to report that scrolling social media this morning did *not* help.
January 25, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Sad to report that scrolling social media this morning did *not* help.
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Any good critical writing on the relationship between bibliography and genealogy?
January 22, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Any good critical writing on the relationship between bibliography and genealogy?
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Related to today's Moby-Dick chapters: has anyone posted the infamous Oregon Exploding Whale Incident video here yet? 🐋
The Exploding Whale: An infamous moment in Oregon history creates a strangely beloved icon
YouTube video by KATU News
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January 22, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Related to today's Moby-Dick chapters: has anyone posted the infamous Oregon Exploding Whale Incident video here yet? 🐋
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"MacArthur Awards $10 Million to Strengthen the Humanities" www.macfound.org/press/press-...
MacArthur Awards $10 Million to Strengthen the Humanities
www.macfound.org
January 20, 2026 at 9:30 PM
"MacArthur Awards $10 Million to Strengthen the Humanities" www.macfound.org/press/press-...
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no new pictures, where are you at mentally
January 17, 2026 at 4:14 PM
no new pictures, where are you at mentally
no new pictures, where are you at mentally
January 17, 2026 at 4:10 PM
no new pictures, where are you at mentally
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Cannot stress enough that you can just do stuff. You don't need permission. You can just do stuff because it needs to be done by someone.
January 16, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Cannot stress enough that you can just do stuff. You don't need permission. You can just do stuff because it needs to be done by someone.
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How does DH travel outside the academy? What impact and what careers do DH skills enable? CFP for our next excellent (and necessary) book in the DDH series, edited by Jeanelle Horcasitas, @lisaironcutter.bsky.social, and @kallewesterling.bsky.social
dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/page/cfp-dh-...
dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/page/cfp-dh-...
CFP: Navigating Digital Humanities Careers Beyond the Ivory Tower | Debates in the Digital Humanities
Transforming scholarly publications into living digital works
dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu
January 15, 2026 at 2:43 PM
How does DH travel outside the academy? What impact and what careers do DH skills enable? CFP for our next excellent (and necessary) book in the DDH series, edited by Jeanelle Horcasitas, @lisaironcutter.bsky.social, and @kallewesterling.bsky.social
dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/page/cfp-dh-...
dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/page/cfp-dh-...
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Our incredible co-founder Martin Tsang has been partnering with the Pérez Art Museum in Miami to design and curate a scent for the exhibition, “Woody De Othello: coming forth by day.”
If you're in Miami makes sure to visit! Open now through June 28, 2026.
www.pamm.org/en/
If you're in Miami makes sure to visit! Open now through June 28, 2026.
www.pamm.org/en/
January 15, 2026 at 4:54 PM
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