Rachel Herbert
@herbertstyles.bsky.social
Happy editor, ACES member. Team Singular They. Foul-mouthed church lady. she/her.
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No matter how hard people try to convince us having empathy is wrong,
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
November 4, 2025 at 2:55 AM
No matter how hard people try to convince us having empathy is wrong,
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
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The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
November 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
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Years ago, my colleagues at Business Insider and I tracked YouTuber “cancellation” arcs. What we found is that for many entertainers, “cancellation” actually sets the stage for a redemption arc, one that can raise their profile higher than ever. It wasn’t career-ending. It was fuel.
November 29, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Years ago, my colleagues at Business Insider and I tracked YouTuber “cancellation” arcs. What we found is that for many entertainers, “cancellation” actually sets the stage for a redemption arc, one that can raise their profile higher than ever. It wasn’t career-ending. It was fuel.
I read how AI has ruined recipe-finding so I'm posting this person's tried-and-true recipe. In love with its specificity:
"First, melt 3 ½ tablespoons of salted butter. Not three and not four. Three and one-half!"
louisianawomanblog.com/2019/09/13/b...
"First, melt 3 ½ tablespoons of salted butter. Not three and not four. Three and one-half!"
louisianawomanblog.com/2019/09/13/b...
Buttery-Salted Roasted Pecans • Louisiana Woman Blog
Crispy Buttery-Salted Roasted Pecans are easy to make for a healthy snack that pleases most, easy to store, too.
louisianawomanblog.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I read how AI has ruined recipe-finding so I'm posting this person's tried-and-true recipe. In love with its specificity:
"First, melt 3 ½ tablespoons of salted butter. Not three and not four. Three and one-half!"
louisianawomanblog.com/2019/09/13/b...
"First, melt 3 ½ tablespoons of salted butter. Not three and not four. Three and one-half!"
louisianawomanblog.com/2019/09/13/b...
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good news everyone the Mistaken Text From Grandma Thanksgiving buddy drama is still going strong
this story delights me every year
this story delights me every year
From text to tradition: Jamal Hinton and Wanda Dench mark 10th Thanksgiving together after accidental invitation.
Arizona pair celebrates decade of friendship that started with wrong text
From text to tradition: Jamal Hinton and Wanda Dench mark 10th Thanksgiving together after accidental invitation.
www.azfamily.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:34 AM
good news everyone the Mistaken Text From Grandma Thanksgiving buddy drama is still going strong
this story delights me every year
this story delights me every year
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Without farmworkers we wouldn’t be able to celebrate Thanksgiving. Be thankful for their hard work this holiday season!
Sin los trabajadores agrícolas no podríamos celebrar el Día de Acción de Gracias. ¡Agradece su arduo trabajo en estas fiestas!
#WeFeedYou #Thanksgiving
Sin los trabajadores agrícolas no podríamos celebrar el Día de Acción de Gracias. ¡Agradece su arduo trabajo en estas fiestas!
#WeFeedYou #Thanksgiving
November 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Without farmworkers we wouldn’t be able to celebrate Thanksgiving. Be thankful for their hard work this holiday season!
Sin los trabajadores agrícolas no podríamos celebrar el Día de Acción de Gracias. ¡Agradece su arduo trabajo en estas fiestas!
#WeFeedYou #Thanksgiving
Sin los trabajadores agrícolas no podríamos celebrar el Día de Acción de Gracias. ¡Agradece su arduo trabajo en estas fiestas!
#WeFeedYou #Thanksgiving
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You pull yourself up by your boostraps. Me? I DESERVE free money from the government, and so do my rich friends bsky.app/profile/cwar...
November 25, 2025 at 4:21 PM
You pull yourself up by your boostraps. Me? I DESERVE free money from the government, and so do my rich friends bsky.app/profile/cwar...
Some folks proposed that Mamdani did this so Chris would translate for the general audience, but nobody out there knows All Of The Words. I love him for stopping to ask.
When I talk to students about public speaking or teaching, I always bring this up: Just tell people when you don't know something! It's remarkably powerful b/c it signals to your audience that you know the boundaries of your expertise and they can trust what you DO talk about.
completely outside of politics, this is so charming
November 22, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Some folks proposed that Mamdani did this so Chris would translate for the general audience, but nobody out there knows All Of The Words. I love him for stopping to ask.
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oh dear it's that "I just logged on and people are making vague references to something I haven't figured out yet" feeling
November 22, 2025 at 12:54 PM
oh dear it's that "I just logged on and people are making vague references to something I haven't figured out yet" feeling
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I handed out neighbor-printed whistles in Flatbush tonight and it was lovely. New Yorkers in motion do not EVER stop to chat but for this, they did.
One church lady in a fancy hat gleefully took a whistle and told me she’d “blow they icy asses outta her town,” then apologized skyward for swearing.
One church lady in a fancy hat gleefully took a whistle and told me she’d “blow they icy asses outta her town,” then apologized skyward for swearing.
With ICE and border patrol goons spreading out across the country, I put together a resource guide for buying, printing, and distributing whistles, based on my own experience. Now is the time to whistle up, hope this helps. dansinker.com/posts/202…
November 22, 2025 at 2:12 AM
I handed out neighbor-printed whistles in Flatbush tonight and it was lovely. New Yorkers in motion do not EVER stop to chat but for this, they did.
One church lady in a fancy hat gleefully took a whistle and told me she’d “blow they icy asses outta her town,” then apologized skyward for swearing.
One church lady in a fancy hat gleefully took a whistle and told me she’d “blow they icy asses outta her town,” then apologized skyward for swearing.
This was a delicious deep dive
Folks, I did it. I made the Cooks Illustrated competing pear crisps, and then I made my friends judge them blind.
November 17, 2025 at 5:20 PM
This was a delicious deep dive
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it didn't even really provide me with any new information but that one email between epstein and some other random rich elite saying "when will the madness end" about the metoo movement felt like a key unlocking my brain that will explain every unforced institutional capitulation we've seen
November 17, 2025 at 2:28 PM
it didn't even really provide me with any new information but that one email between epstein and some other random rich elite saying "when will the madness end" about the metoo movement felt like a key unlocking my brain that will explain every unforced institutional capitulation we've seen
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Be someone who is remembered like Alice Wong is being remembered, that's the goal.
November 15, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Be someone who is remembered like Alice Wong is being remembered, that's the goal.
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I cannot say enough, there are places in your community that need help and one of the most personally empowering things you can do in this disempowering era is show up and ask humbly where you can slot in and contribute.
November 13, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I cannot say enough, there are places in your community that need help and one of the most personally empowering things you can do in this disempowering era is show up and ask humbly where you can slot in and contribute.
I didn't see this initial post but thanks to @bcdreyer.social I saw it today and MAN I've never raced to Bookshop faster
Good morning, kids and people, today in book, we have a cover:
(Preorder this jawn at www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/555914... and use the Bookshop link if you can!)
(Preorder this jawn at www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/555914... and use the Bookshop link if you can!)
November 14, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I didn't see this initial post but thanks to @bcdreyer.social I saw it today and MAN I've never raced to Bookshop faster
Didn't realize how much I needed "tall man folded into tiny chair" content until now. ❤️💙🧡
Soon, we'll oversee a budget of more than $100 billion — and every dollar will reflect our commitment to working New Yorkers and delivering universal childcare. Good thing some little New Yorkers gave me a counting lesson today!
November 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Didn't realize how much I needed "tall man folded into tiny chair" content until now. ❤️💙🧡
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As all this disgusting Epstein shit starts surfacing more and more, I hope we don't lose sight of the fact that apparently every major media outlet knew everything and instead spent their time money and energy attacking the trans community.
November 13, 2025 at 1:07 AM
As all this disgusting Epstein shit starts surfacing more and more, I hope we don't lose sight of the fact that apparently every major media outlet knew everything and instead spent their time money and energy attacking the trans community.
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I will not be watching or reading any "analyses" about the Democratic party in D.C. I know all about them & their complicity. I'm not interested and I choose to reclaim my time and attention.
There're other kinds of politics to engage & most importantly to do (including in our local communities).
There're other kinds of politics to engage & most importantly to do (including in our local communities).
November 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I will not be watching or reading any "analyses" about the Democratic party in D.C. I know all about them & their complicity. I'm not interested and I choose to reclaim my time and attention.
There're other kinds of politics to engage & most importantly to do (including in our local communities).
There're other kinds of politics to engage & most importantly to do (including in our local communities).
DANG. “[Cuomo…did deny it had happened, which is something I have noticed you get to do when you believe that you're in charge of reality.”
Today I wrote about Zohran Mamdani's historic win, the energizing power of holding to shared principles of decency, and a taxonomy of the endlessly intertwined relationship between shame and vision. www.the-reframe.com/the-extraord...
The Extraordinary Power of Standing For Something
Winning by creating vision in the positive space of shared standards, and expertly negotiating the negative space of shame.
www.the-reframe.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:51 PM
DANG. “[Cuomo…did deny it had happened, which is something I have noticed you get to do when you believe that you're in charge of reality.”
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Currently decompressing after the awesome @edsguild.bsky.social Red Pencil conference. I realized that there was a through line for me from the keynote and all the sessions I attended: editors need to lean in to their humanity and come from a place of compassion and empathy.
#EdsGuild2025
#EdsGuild2025
November 9, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Currently decompressing after the awesome @edsguild.bsky.social Red Pencil conference. I realized that there was a through line for me from the keynote and all the sessions I attended: editors need to lean in to their humanity and come from a place of compassion and empathy.
#EdsGuild2025
#EdsGuild2025
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Someone give Lex $2 million so they can launch a politics version of Teen Vogue. Do it now. No strings attached.
November 3, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Someone give Lex $2 million so they can launch a politics version of Teen Vogue. Do it now. No strings attached.
A very "You exist in the context of all in which you live and what came before you" moment here
On the other site, an 18-year-old Zohran canvasser described the legendary Wallace Shawn as "the actor who plays Dr. Sturgis on Young Sheldon" which is honestly adorable
November 2, 2025 at 9:33 PM
A very "You exist in the context of all in which you live and what came before you" moment here
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me explaining daylight saving time to the cat
November 2, 2025 at 8:42 PM
me explaining daylight saving time to the cat
We included potatoes in the offerings last year but forgot them this year. Then this one kid came up and was so excited "I remember your house! You offered me a potato! And I took it!" Potatoes 2026 for sure.
November 1, 2025 at 11:03 PM
We included potatoes in the offerings last year but forgot them this year. Then this one kid came up and was so excited "I remember your house! You offered me a potato! And I took it!" Potatoes 2026 for sure.