Rachel Happe
@rhappe.bsky.social
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.
Good for her. Good for the party and good for her longterm career too.
MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 7h agoA gracious concession: “I want to congratulate Abdul El-Sayed on winning the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate. He is a doctor, a community health official, a Rhodes Scholar, and a dedicated Michigander. I am proud to offer my support as he takes on Mike Rogers in the general election…
I hope we are ushering in an era where this is our animating political philosophy. We should treat all of our children like all of our children.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6h agoEl-Sayed: "My commitment to Jewish safety is the same commitment that I have to the safety of my own daughters. Because if there is one question of political philosophy that ought to animate us all, it's what would we do if we treated all our kids like they were all of our kids?"
I hate the fact that we are, collectively, spending so much energy addressing bullshit, ridiculous, and abusive behavior that should not even exist while huge international issues go ignored. Kyiv is burning. Again. The war in Ukraine continues. We should be focused on helping to end it.
Yaroslava@strategywoman.bsky.social · 14h agoFor those looking for more information: kyivindependent.com/russian-ball...
These men are immoral, untrustworthy cowards.
Gabe Ortíz@tusk81.bsky.social · 21h ago“Republican Senators Thom Tillis and John Cornyn each reneged on their promises to meet with victims of Jeffrey Epstein, with Tillis even leaving them waiting in his office for 45 minutes before they gave up.” newrepublic.com/post/213959/...
Control Is for Amateurs. Accepting our lack of control is, interestingly, critical to accepting appropriate accountability for our own actions/decisions. In my work in engagement, leadership, and culture the biggest issue is negotiating yours, mine, and ours for individuals.
Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny!@malena.bsky.social · 2d agoI think that everyone should watch this video. So often people blame victims. As someone who was sexually assaulted, and was a victim of child abuse, it's particularly irksome to me. There's a lot to be gained from learning about rhetoric, logic and fallacies.
Thrilled to see this pass in Massachusetts.
Indivisible Maynard Area@indivisiblemaynard.bsky.social · 6d agoGood news! The Protect Act is out of committee and heading to Maura Healy to sign. Here is what is in the final bill per @wbur.org www.wbur.org/news/2026/07... Thanks to all who called and/or wrote the state legislature to pass this bill @jonathancohn.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social
This is some effed-up dystopian shit. There is a maladapted subtext of glee to it all, with the implicit assumption that they will come out of the dystopia as the winners. 🤢🤮🤢🤮🤢 www.wired.com/story/leak-e...
Getting 73% of the population to agree on anything is truly impressive!
Jenn Agiesta@jennagiesta.bsky.social · last wk.New CNN poll: 73%, a new high, say Trump is not paying enough attention to the country's most important problems. Views on the war in Iran worsen, as economic issues remain deeply negative. @aedwardslevy.bsky.social has all the details here. www.cnn.com/2026/07/29/p...
You rule in an age of near-extinct professional media and you possess AI capable of mass generated delusion, yet you still have negative approval among the less educated:
Eric Michael Garcia@ericmgarcia.bsky.social · last wk.🚨🚨 TRUMP APPROVAL IS UNDERWATER WITH WHITES WITHOUT DEGREES! February 8, 2025: +27 July 25, 2026: -6
I just want as much paid sick leave as Mitch McConnell
Thank you Mr. Smith, for keeping a company together, securing the future for employees and customers, and finding an alternative path to selling out. More of this, please. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/25/b...
Sell the Company for $400 Million? He’s Giving It Away Instead. (Gift Article)
After his sole heir died, Eddie Smith, the owner of Grady-White Boats, looked for a way to pass on his legacy. He was inspired by Patagonia to pledge future profits to charity.
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We need more content and attention on this, because we need way more oversight and regulations around the P.E. Industry, which is turning our economy into a house of cards and funneling millions to PE partners. There are also opportunities in this for lawyers, independent retailers, and more.
David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · 2w agoThis is kind of an incredible website: Why your stuff stopped lasting, who profited, and what's still built right.
It's so awkward when awful people you deeply dislike say something you 100% agree with.
Why is our tax money being used to fund a massive administration that tracks and decides who gets to eat? Use it to just *feed* the hungry. It’s cheaper and more effective. FFS. This is inhumane.
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2w agoPage One. @nytimes.com
I really wish that a large fraction of the “ICE is still in X place” attention were being paid to stuff like this. It’s not even about the people getting apprehended today. It’s about the people who DISENROLLED FROM THEIR LIVES out of fear and are now trying to pick back up.
Chabeli Carrazana@chabeli.bsky.social · 2w agoThe world may have moved on from Minneapolis but its immigrant community continues to struggle. We spoke to single mothers who hid from ICE for months, ran through their savings, and now can’t pay to renew their DACA applications. At least dozens are in this situation. 19thnews.org/2026/07/ice-...
Multiple times a day, I think to myself, “Why is this person arguing with strangers on the internet?” Related: why is arguing on the internet with strangers the most common way that a lot of people seem to engage? It suggests social platforms are designed for it, explicitly or not.
Obama: Why? Just Why? Confused Reaction
ALT: Obama: Why? Just Why? Confused Reaction
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The potential of this terrifies me.
Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · 2w agoCrucial from @ryanenos.bsky.social: If you doubt Trump might try to seize ballot boxes, recall that not long ago it seemed outlandish that armed government militias would be roving our streets, killing people. On the pod, Ryan is so good on the danger of this moment: newrepublic.com/article/2132...
Narratives are more powerful political tools than almost any other device. Narratives of cities in the U.S. have polarized our politics decades, but for the last 25 years, cities are where government is innovating the most - and showing us what is possible. Delightful.
Ryan Packer@typewriteralley.bsky.social · 2w agoHoly hell Katie Wilson is on fire here.
In a cosmic sort of way, it's darkly funny that the Middle East is on fire because the U.S. government didn't think going to war with Iran would involve going to war with Iran.
My favorite quote from a Dutch traffic engineer: if you need a sign, it’s a bad design. Photo: @urbancyclinginstitute
I love how the Scots & Boston had a mutual admiration party going on and then they went to Miami and where essentially meh - and the Miami police treated them like marauders from the North, ready to riot. Not sure where Miami is politically, but Boston is as blue as they come.
Mark Cuban@mcuban.bsky.social · 2w agoMost of the World Cup games were in blue cities. Thousands of complimentary videos. An amazing event handled incredibly well. Not a word from Dems taking a victory lap
This is brilliant - in large part because it makes use of space that already exists so other things don’t need to be demolished and uses existing, familiar routes making it an easier transition. Let’s do this on 93 in Boston, where people could bike to subway and commuter rail stations.
Digital Brain@yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 2w agoSouth Korea built solar panels over highway medians and turned the space underneath into protected bike lanes. Clean energy + safe cycling, using infrastructure that already exists.
Damning. It a jaw-dropping, mind-boggling kind of way. He is very productive at one thing: grift.
Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)@hcrichardson.bsky.social · 3w agoJuly 16, 2026
I'm never going to get over the fact that the president of the United States paid a woman more than $5 million after a jury found him liable for raping her. And he's still president. And people still support him. Never. Get. Over. It.
Our President is a master of destruction; of buildings, of girls and young women, of institutions, or cultural strength, of wealth, of cities, of countries.
The Atlantic@theatlantic.com · 3w agoMany enemies of the United States seek to undermine faith in American elections—but “no regime, no spies, no saboteurs have yet matched the damage that America’s own president did tonight,” @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues: theatln.tc/2TpBeFGB
When Democrats fought to extend the Florida recount in 2000, Republicans blanketed the airwaves with this stuff, even printing up Sore/Loserman signs that mimicked the Gore/Lieberman campaign. It was very effective! Trump *is* a sore loser and he *is* throwing a sad tantrum. Call it out like that!
Ossoff's Office@ossoff.senate.gov · 3w agoSen. Ossoff: Tonight, Donald Trump, the world's most famous sore loser, will deliver a prime time presidential sour grapes address to pursue his 6-year-old grievances about the 2020 election.
And the people who understand both will not be hired or kept long, because they understand too much - and that is inconvenient to the business model.
Robin Berjon@robin.berjon.com · 3w agoTechnology is part of the humanities. People who work in tech-adjacent fields but do not understand that will plateau very fast in their careers. The parts of the job that vibecoding eliminates aren't the political ones.
