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Rachel Happe

@rhappe.bsky.social

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I enjoy the absurdity of humanity. Perfect is boring. Things to say about communities, tech, culture, leadership, L&D, and social dynamics. Writing a book titled Control Is for Amateurs. Founder of Engaged Organizations. Prior, The Community Roundtable.

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Rachel Happe @rhappe.bsky.social · Nov 20

Here are some great people to follow if you are interested in #FutureOfWork discussions.

Note: includes many perspectives including HR, tech, L&D, media, politics, economics, & other humanities.

go.bsky.app/DD7KR1k

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Rachel Happe @rhappe.bsky.social · 4h

Chicago - you are an inspiration!

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 6h

Michigan Avenue right now.

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Rachel Happe @rhappe.bsky.social · 7h

People’s content and IP is becoming the music industry - sucked up in the cloud and then used to blackmail us into a never-ending subscription, just so we can access our own stuff.

lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 15h

microsoft product (begging, pleading): save this document to my documents?

me: save to desktop

microsoft (twitching, shaking) this jpeg. save to pictures?

me: save to desktop

microsoft (weeping, throwing up): this email attachment... downloads?

me: desktop

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Nerdy Pursuit @nerdypursuit.bsky.social · 13h

JD Vance is going to Indiana *again* on Friday to try to convince Indiana Republicans to do extreme gerrymandering.

Pete Buttigieg is right:

Indiana Republicans are ashamed of this. They know it's wrong.

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Rachel Happe @rhappe.bsky.social · 7h

The made me LOL

It is totally mean girls.

🌊🏄BlueWaveSurfer🏄🌊 @bluewavesurfer.bsky.social · 5d

Politics Girl....

Rachel Happe @rhappe.bsky.social · 9h

Who would have thought?

Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 19h

Prosecution of Comey looks headed to a dead end.

"Federal prosecutors ... determined that a central witness in their probe would ... likely prevent them from establishing their case to a jury."

abcnews.go.com/US/central-w...

Central witness undermines case against James Comey, prosecutors concluded: Sources

Ex-FBI Director James Comey is set to be arraigned Wednesday, but prosecutors investigating him determined that a central witness would prove "problematic," sources say.

abcnews.go.com

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Tori Foote @toriatheisttori.bsky.social · 1d

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Rep. Dave Min @congressmin.bsky.social · 1d

It's been two weeks since Adelita Grijalva was elected and Mike Johnson has still refused to seat her, unlike in past cases where he swore in new members within 24 hours.

There cannot be one set of rules for Rs and another for Ds.

Also, release the damn Epstein files already.

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Rachel Happe @rhappe.bsky.social · 10h

I want to go back to the time when this was normal - that leaders felt personal responsibility to defend and serve the people impacted by their decisions.

It has a tinge of boss-era politics but I’m ok with that.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 12h

If you come for my people, you come through me.

Rachel Happe @rhappe.bsky.social · 10h

Please, let it be true 🤞🏼

Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 17h

👀👀👀👀

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Scott Immordino @scottimmordino.bsky.social · 15h

Bill Gates: $106B | Microsoft: $3.9T
Jeff Bezos: $232.5B | Amazon: $2.3T
Larry Page: $204.2B | Google: $2.84T
Mark Zuckerberg: $243.5B | Meta: $1.8T

Can someone please explain why on earth we’re paying the power & water bills for their data centers?

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15h

really can’t say enough about how mike johnson is a sniveling little coward of a man. a bayou-bred pushover with a dignity deficit that would embarrass renfield

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Q: Do you agree that the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois should be in prison?

MIKE JOHNSON: Should they be in prison? I'm not the attorney general. I'm not following the day to day on that

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 15h

Today, Senator Kaine and I will force the Senate to vote on the administration’s decision to blow up ships in the Caribbean.

If a president can unilaterally put people or groups on a list and kill them, there is no meaningful limit to his use of force.

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Rachel Happe @rhappe.bsky.social · 13h

Mayor Johnson is fired up - as we all should be.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Johnson: "He has defunded our education system. He has defunded our transportation system. He's firing black women across this country. He's defunding our healthcare system. This president is absolutely out of control... Chicago is going to stand firm in protecting humanity."

Rachel Happe @rhappe.bsky.social · 13h

I love how the Boston Mayor just casually takes her baby everywhere - including police retirement ceremonies - and everyone seems to enjoy it ❤️

Rachel Happe @rhappe.bsky.social · 13h

For those who might be interested, this tool lets you mass delete (and archive) old posts on different sites.

I tend to go through and delete anything older than a year or two. I don’t need to feed someone else’s AI LLM, among other things.

redact.dev

Redact - Mass Delete Messages, Posts and More

Easily bulk delete all your content from Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, Discord and 30+ sites. Download Redact and control your digital footprint.

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Rachel Happe @rhappe.bsky.social · 16h

I really don’t know how Congressional Republicans sleep at night.

They are all traitors by allowing this executive to trample democracy and consolidate power.

They have sold us all - and for what? They won’t win in the end either.

And now this?

Jailing mayors and governors?

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 16h

The situation in America is not great. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

Rachel Happe @rhappe.bsky.social · 16h

The ability for MAGA to emphatically contradict what they have previously said (and is recorded) with a straight face, is all kinds of impressive. I will give them that.

I do wonder about their mental coherence and stability. I would betray myself trying to do it.

Rachel Happe @rhappe.bsky.social · 16h

There is something very heartening about this.

“Thomas Perlmann, the secretary-general of the Nobel Assembly, said in an interview that it had never been this difficult to reach a laureate” 🤣

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/h...

His Off-the-Grid Vacation Was Interrupted by Winning a Nobel Prize

www.nytimes.com

Rachel Happe @rhappe.bsky.social · 16h

I like this distinctions on this map a lot.

My only quibble is with northwest NY and western PA being combined regionally with New England. I lived in a small town on the western side of PA - it is coal country - much more aligned with OH and culturally not at all like New England/Mid-atlantic.

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Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 21h

I don't understand why I see things so differently. I see a health insurance industry that thinks it's entitled to charge people 1/3rd of their income for healthcare. That industry shouldn't be "fixed." It should be burned to the ground and its ashes pissed on.

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Rachel Happe @rhappe.bsky.social · 16h

As a politician Ted Kennedy did good things. As a human, his record is not great but it was his first wife Joan Kennedy who seemed to receive the bulk of public censure and negative press.

I imagine her life with him was harrowing and yet she survived and found a way to thrive. Amazing.

RIP

Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 17h

Joan Kennedy dies, 89
www.universalhub.com/2025/joan-ke...

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John Scott-Railton @jsrailton.bsky.social · 17h

NEW: Germany opposes mass scanning of private messages.

"must be taboo in a constitutional state"

"even the worst crimes don't justify giving up basic civil rights"

Well said Minister Stefanie Hubig!

Leadership we need from Europe's democracies.
www.bmjv.de/SharedDocs/Z...

Dr. Stefanie Hubig, Federal Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection, on the occasion of political discussions about privacy in the digital space and about a proposal for an EU regulation to prevent and combat sexual abuse

„Unreasonable chat control must be taboo in a constitutional state. Private communication must never be under general suspicion.“

08. October 2025

„Unreasonable chat control must be taboo in a constitutional state. Private communication must never be under general suspicion. The state must also not force messengers to scan messages en masse for suspicious content before sending them. Germany will not agree to such proposals at EU level. We must also make progress in the fight against child pornography at EU level. That's what I'm committed to. But even the worst crimes do not justify giving up basic civil rights. The federal government's votes have insisted on this for months. And it will stay that way.“

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Rachel Happe @rhappe.bsky.social · 17h

$16.99 each if you buy two at Alibaba.

Perfect - one for yourself and one for a friend!

www.alibaba.com/product-deta...

Rachel Happe @rhappe.bsky.social · 17h

I think I may need to get this outfit for Halloween - it may come in handy for other things 😏

#DailyResistance Halloween Edition 🎃

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Rachel Happe @rhappe.bsky.social · 18h

And it turns out - shocker - the profit motive does not improve quality of service.