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Rachel Hands
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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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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:
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...
microcosmpublishing.com
ran away to the mountains for a sec, catch up with you nerds later
January 11, 2026 at 1:48 PM
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The rally is ending. If you're inspired by mass mobilization and resistance, sign up NOW to participate in LUCE ICEwatch committees in your neighborhood.

Lucemass.org
January 10, 2026 at 8:40 PM
pre-ordering Hatch chile for the August harvest, as an act of radical optimism
January 10, 2026 at 4:20 PM
hi, good morning, I know it’s all still a lot, but local pals just know that there will also be drag opera at the ICA in June www.icaboston.org/events/proje...
[Project Creatine]
[Project Creatine] is a theatrical memoir written for the unique talents of operatic tenor and drag performer Jordan Weatherson Pitts/Creatine Price. Combining opera and drag, this performance goes be...
www.icaboston.org
January 10, 2026 at 3:26 PM
quick break from the horrors: if you liked @portersqbooks.bsky.social thread today about commonplace books, and also you’re an enthusiastic weirdo, you might like this collection of notes toward an unfinished project on paradise that’s part manuscript, part art notebook, and part friend-memorial
January 10, 2026 at 1:08 AM
couldn’t be at the last couple so I’m gonna prioritize this one. see you there?
/ BOSTON PROTEST
/ JUSTICE FOR RENEE GOOD
/ ICE OUT OF MASSACHUSETTS
/ SATURDAY JANUARY 10TH
/ 2 PM
/ JFK FEDERAL BUILDING
/ BOSTON
/ JOIN THE LUCE IMMIGRANT JUSTICE NETWORK TO MOURN THE LIVES LOST TO ICE AND DENOUNCE ICE VIOLENCE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS
/ FROM www.instagram.com/p/DTRTabGDQHc/
January 9, 2026 at 11:35 PM
oh hey there’s a name for this!
Do you know what a commonplace book is? Well, among other things keeping one is the subject of this micro-course on close reading! A commonplace book is a fun, easy, low-stakes way to deepen your relationship to reading. Here we go...
January 9, 2026 at 2:41 PM
good light update
January 9, 2026 at 1:04 PM
just periodically thinking about something the receptionist told me when I checked into my hotel yesterday: “all of our ice machines are out of operation”
January 9, 2026 at 3:13 AM
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/ BOSTON PROTEST
/ JUSTICE FOR RENEE GOOD
/ ICE OUT OF MASSACHUSETTS
/ SATURDAY JANUARY 10TH
/ 2 PM
/ JFK FEDERAL BUILDING
/ BOSTON
/ JOIN THE LUCE IMMIGRANT JUSTICE NETWORK TO MOURN THE LIVES LOST TO ICE AND DENOUNCE ICE VIOLENCE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS
/ FROM www.instagram.com/p/DTRTabGDQHc/
January 9, 2026 at 1:35 AM
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Maybe, in the spring, the ice will melt
January 8, 2026 at 1:35 AM
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Please support the wife and son of Renee Good as they grapple with the devastating loss of their wife and mother.

gofund.me/9e987aead
Donate to Support for Renee Good’s wife and son, organized by Mattie Weiss
Please support the wife and son of Renee Good as they grapple with the devastating … Mattie Weiss needs your support for Support for Renee Good’s wife and son
gofund.me
January 8, 2026 at 1:46 AM
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/ FROM MINNEAPOLIS TO BOSTON:
/ STOP ICE TERROR!
/ EMERGENCY DEMONSTRATION
/ TONIGHT, WEDNESDAY JANUARY 7TH
/ 7 PM
/ PARK STREET STATION
/ FROM: www.instagram.com/p/DTOXqMZD80k/
January 7, 2026 at 9:45 PM
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Mpls Parents are raising funds for families at South HS impacted by ICE raids. Money will go towards food, necessary supplies, and rental assistance. We appreciate your love and solidarity during these difficult times. ❤️ Please share widely with friends and family! gofund.me/e32d501a3
Donate to Support South High School Families, organized by Rachael Staab
South High School parents are holding a special fundraiser specifically to s… Rachael Staab needs your support for Support South High School Families
gofund.me
December 20, 2025 at 6:34 PM
the number of other people masking in the airport today is not zero, but it’s also not as high as the number of people coughing in the airport
January 7, 2026 at 2:13 PM
heads up Somerville neighbors, the bike path is black-icy this morning
January 7, 2026 at 12:48 PM
I’m still annoyed about a thing I have to do for work this week but at least I don’t have to do this
Sen. Ruben Gallego says he's introducing a resolution to block Trump from invading Greenland.
January 7, 2026 at 2:29 AM
tomorrow I am flying to Indiana for an eight hour meeting with no defined agenda and I am going to lose. my. mind.
January 6, 2026 at 10:58 PM
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The pamphlet became The Least We Can Do: White Supremacy, Free Speech, & Independent Bookstores, my plea for bookstores to deplatform for Republican politicians & Fox News contributors. I focused on my lane, I remembered history, I hoped for a better future: portersquarebooks.com/book/9781771...
The Least We Can Do
Like most of our cultural institutions and workers, bookshops and booksellers have worked hard in the last few years to respond to political and social issues in our society. They've formed committees and hosted panels, held training sessions and had difficult conversations in both their private and professional lives. Yet books by White supremacists, fascists, misogynists, and other dangerous ideologues are bought and sold in independent bookshops across North America every day. What are the economic, social, and moral consequences of stocking and selling these titles? In The Least We Can Do, Josh Cook, bookseller at Porter Square Books in Cambridge, Massachusetts, takes up these questions and more, embarking on an urgent and insightful reckoning with critical issues around freedom of expression, public discourse, industry ethics, and moral culpability.
portersquarebooks.com
January 6, 2026 at 7:10 PM
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I'm looking for male-identified (cisgender or transgender) asexual people who also identify as gay for an exploratory research project.

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Gay Male Asexual Research Project
I am looking for male-identified individuals (cisgender and transgender men) who identify on the asexual spectrum and who identify as gay for an informal research project about the experience of gay m...
docs.google.com
January 6, 2026 at 8:51 PM
the zine I published last fall is a direct outgrowth of a twitter thread and blog post I wrote in the days following January 6, 2021. this post is still my most-read, and the most-revisited, and I stand by all of it five years later. rachelhands.com/2021/01/10/l...
Leading a remote team through a crisis
On ways to get ready to lead your team through the next big, difficult thing.
rachelhands.com
January 6, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Microsoft is not the only company rebranding their regular old products after their gen-ai tools. a thing I’m thinking about this week is: in what ways do companies benefit from users not being able to tell what the tool they’re using actually is/does? because that is the desired outcome here.
Microsoft is so fucking stupid.

Microsoft renamed Microsoft Office to Microsoft 365 Copilot App

I'm not joking
January 6, 2026 at 12:19 PM
mile 12 of a half marathon, tripped over nothing and faceplanted in front of a water station staffed by a troop of Boy Scouts. it was the moment they’d been training for their whole little lives.
What's the most ridiculous way you ever hurt yourself? I got out of the tub, skidded in water and tripped over the toilet. Ankle sprain.

😅
January 5, 2026 at 11:53 PM
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Hey #BookSky! Got a student in your life looking to become more active in their community. Our first Be the Change Workshops of 2026 are Building Bridges for Social Change: How to Unite Community Organizing and Student Organizing! 3 sessions. First is on Sunday Feb 1!
Be the Change Workshop with Collective Power: Foundations of Youth Organizing
Porter Square Books is excited to partner with Collective Power for the workshop series Building Bridges for Social Change: How to Unite Community Organizing and Student Organizing. The series includes three sessions.
portersquarebooks.com
January 5, 2026 at 9:25 PM