Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable" @kateschapira.bsky.social · 7h5th community science --> community action meeting today whipped ass, I'm pleased to report. Just great work from everyone involved, from the water chemists to the Auntie Table to the kids who transitioned their activity into a percussion band. To me, this is beautiful proof that things take time. 051
Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable" @kateschapira.bsky.social · 10hEarly-career RI doctors are fighting for a fair contract and you can join them on the picket line FRIDAY, 10/2, 12-2pm, intersection of Dudley & Culver Sts www.mobilize.us/cir/event/10...mobilize.us"JUST PRACTICING" FOR A JUST CONTRACT: Join RI Resident and Fellow Physicians on the picket line! · CIR/SEIUFED UP WITH THE DELAYS AND THE DISRESPECT, IT’S TIME TO ESCALATE! Join us on the picket line! Meet us in front of Rhode Island Hospital, on the corner of Dudley and Culver. Lunch, hot chocolate, and... 010
Reposted by Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable"Climate Mobilization Project @mobilizeclimate.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Did you see the new video "Building a Movement For Climate Survival"? Visit this page to see scenes from the National Climate Survival Incubator's gathering earlier this year. Then, make a gift to support young climate leaders who are organizing for survival. secure.actblue.com/donate/natio...secure.actblue.comHelp young people lead their communities through crisesYour gift supports costs like training, materials, mentoring, and travel for the National Climate Survival Incubator, which helps young leaders plant the Climate Survival movement in 16 more communiti... 011
Reposted by Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable"Le Cagle @lecagle.bsky.social · 21hHorrific, barbaric, cruel and unusual. The state should not have license to kill. 082
Reposted by Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable"Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable" @kateschapira.bsky.social · 30/09/2026There is always something going on (derogatory AND celebratory) & we will never run out of things to do with & for our neighbors (ditto). I truly hope that if you live in/around PVD, this list has connected you with something that you enjoyed, found purposeful, or used to bring about good results. 043
Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable" @kateschapira.bsky.social · 30/09/2026My friend @todedge.bsky.social has just launched a poetry journal and it's full of beauties, griefs and surprises. If you like poems at all, here they are and here it is whatmostvividly.comwhatmostvividly.comIssue 1 - What Most VividlyNow LIVE || READ Now featuring poems by _____________________________________________________ Dara Barrois/Dixon Dan Beachy-Quick Megan Breiseth Julie Carr Cyrus Cassells Gillian Conoley Tiff Dressen ... 120
Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable" @kateschapira.bsky.social · 30/09/2026There is always something going on (derogatory AND celebratory) & we will never run out of things to do with & for our neighbors (ditto). I truly hope that if you live in/around PVD, this list has connected you with something that you enjoyed, found purposeful, or used to bring about good results. 043
Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable" @kateschapira.bsky.social · 30/09/2026It is cool to me that Neighborly Actions has a smooth 500 subscribers now neighborlyactions.substack.com/p/neighborly...neighborlyactions.substack.comNeighborly Actions Has 500 Subscribers!Canvass for divestment from genocide, clean up the Southside’s only waterfront access, and donate for New Bedford families targeted by ICE. 010
Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable" @kateschapira.bsky.social · 29/09/2026My students supported a team of youth filmmakers & their mentor in making a documentary short about flooding & climate change in Warren, RI. It's screening at PROV/DOC this Friday, 10/2, and on Thursday, 10/15 (I'll share more info about that one closer to time). www.eventbrite.com/e/provdoc-ti...eventbrite.comPROV/DOCProvidence Documentary Film Festival 1101
Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable" @kateschapira.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Really hoping the new AG also uses the means available to that office to keep pushing against the conditions that burden Rhode Islanders steveahlquist.substack.com/p/attorney-g...steveahlquist.substack.comAttorney General Neronha again calls for health care reform following OHIC’s health insurance rates decision“While these increases are slightly lower than those sought by the insurers, they remain unsustainable for Rhode Islanders struggling to afford basic goods like food, housing, and energy...” 000
Reposted by Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable"Bryce Covert @brycecovert.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It is shockingly common for child welfare agencies to remove children from parents because they can't afford housing. Billing them for the foster care really is just beyond the pale. www.thenation.com/article/soci...thenation.com“Nobody Blames the Landlord. They Just Take Away the Kids.”All too often, when parents can’t afford safe housing, the solution child welfare services offer is putting their children in foster care. 110861
Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable" @kateschapira.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Reading this again today felt good, thanks @anthonymoser.com anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...anthonymoser.github.ioI Am An AI HaterI am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater. 041
Reposted by Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable"Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 29/09/2026One tangible reward of becoming an Unrepentant Vibe-Killer For Unsafe Men is that your social circle will rapidly contain fewer Unsafe Men. 239563
Reposted by Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable"Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 29/09/2026Talking recently to family members of people snatched up and expelled to third countries by ICE, I learned: 1) All of those captured were in 287(g) jurisdictions; 2) None of the family members had known what 287(g) was and had erroneously thought people with no arrests were safe. 5560328
Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable" @kateschapira.bsky.social · 29/09/2026HELP THE SKUNK-CABBAGE FAMILY SHRED 021
Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable" @kateschapira.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Anybody here Cleveland people (or got Cleveland people)? 011
Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable" @kateschapira.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Everyone please repost with EITHER what they think the rats are saying OR what you would like to ask the rats 251
Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable" @kateschapira.bsky.social · 29/09/2026They should invent a my neck that doesn't hurt 050
Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable" @kateschapira.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Get them all out of wherever they are 1121
Reposted by Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable"Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 17/08/2026“The report raised concerns about the enormous amounts of energy and water these facilities can consume, as well as their potential impacts on air quality, cultural resources, and noise and light pollution.”gizmodo.comCherokee Nation Bans Hyperscale Data Center Projects on Tribal-Owned LandsThe tribe cited concerns over energy, water use, and the relatively small number of permanent jobs these massive facilities create. 2597192
Reposted by Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable"Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026“Analysis of BCBS claims data finds that as more hospitals implement AI coding tools, more patients are coded as medically complex, yet care delivered remains largely unchanged.” 38012
Reposted by Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable"Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I read this with great interest www.bcbs.com/about-us/ass...bcbs.comBCBSA Analysis How AI Coding Tools Affect Healthcare CostsAnalysis of BCBS claims data found growing use of AI coding tools contribute to higher hospital billing costs and increased healthcare spending. 59425
Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable" @kateschapira.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Bumping because there are canvassing shifts this Wednesday, Friday and Saturday 000
Reposted by Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable"Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable" @kateschapira.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Divestment from genocide is ON THE BALLOT in our beautiful city of Providence thanks to a lot of people's very hard work. If you want to canvass to introduce it to people who may not have thought about it yet, you can sign up here: www.reclaimri.org/canvass-for-...reclaimri.orgCanvass for Divestment with PVD 4 Palestine! - Reclaim RI 1155
Reposted by Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable"Ordinary Notes @hystericalblkns.bsky.social · 27/09/2026If you aren't familiar with their work. A few links: Torkwase Dyson: thegoldfarbgallery.ca/project/dyson/ www.pacegallery.com/exhibitions/... Audra Simpson: www.dukeupress.edu/mohawk-inter... Lorenzo Pezzani: liminal-lab.org Thandi Loewenson: www.e-flux.com/architecture...e-flux.comOff-Earth - Thandi Loewenson - Celestial Settler FrontiersIn the collection of National Archives in Harare, a curious series of documents detail accounts of historical astronomical discoveries, celestial phenomena, meteor showers, and alien encounters across... 12510
Reposted by Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable"Ordinary Notes @hystericalblkns.bsky.social · 27/09/2026ScALE. The Alchemy Lecture. Date: Thursday, Oct. 29 Time: 5 - 8 p.m.; Reception: 5 - 6 p.m. Venue: Sandra Faire and Ivan Fecan Theatre, CIBC Lobby Registration now open. In person: dashboard.eventcombo.com/ms/ev/80054/... Online: dashboard.eventcombo.com/ms/ev/80196/... JOIN US! 25830
Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable" @kateschapira.bsky.social · 27/09/2026If you really want people to be able to do more of something, you have to agree together that they'll do less of something else & create structures to make that possible. 140
Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable" @kateschapira.bsky.social · 27/09/2026This is why I made my donation to BeLoved Asheville monthly. Disasters have long tails. www.belovedasheville.combelovedasheville.comWelcome - BeLoved AshevilleBeloved Asheville is the best support system we have to help those in need Asheville, North Carolina and surrounding areas. 174
Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable" @kateschapira.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Divestment from genocide is ON THE BALLOT in our beautiful city of Providence thanks to a lot of people's very hard work. If you want to canvass to introduce it to people who may not have thought about it yet, you can sign up here: www.reclaimri.org/canvass-for-...reclaimri.orgCanvass for Divestment with PVD 4 Palestine! - Reclaim RI 1155
Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable" @kateschapira.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Interest in reading book intensifies 170
Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable" @kateschapira.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Still would love some ideas for this 213
Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable" @kateschapira.bsky.social · 26/09/2026RI is once again looking at putting our own extreme heat worker protections in place. I would like to note that we did something similar w/reproductive health care access & we were glad we did ecori.org/as-climate-w...ecori.orgAs Climate Warms, Rhode Island Weighs Heat-Stress Worker Protections - ecoRI NewsRhode Island has no enforceable standard protecting workers from extreme heat. 162
Reposted by Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable"Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable" @kateschapira.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Making a table of somatic/movement exercises that are of use in writing classes, for a workshop I'm giving in Rochester next weekend. Anybody got exercises like that they use & love? Here's what I have so far (I will be adding citations) 232
Reposted by Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable"Spoopy Rex @katyrex.meatjacker.social · 26/09/2026Please help if you can! Dollars can go to supplydepotmpls.com, camping supplies can go to Boneshaker Books or b Resale, boosts are appreciated!supplydepotmpls.comsanctuarysupplydepot Official: Instagram, Facebook | LinktreeMutual aid group in Mpls getting basic necessities to our houseless neighbors 02525
Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable" @kateschapira.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Making a table of somatic/movement exercises that are of use in writing classes, for a workshop I'm giving in Rochester next weekend. Anybody got exercises like that they use & love? Here's what I have so far (I will be adding citations) 232
Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable" @kateschapira.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I haven't been at Climate Week but I'm really proud of the climate-justice-related stuff I've done & planned this week so in a way, I *am* at Climate Week Also proud of locating two replacement drawers for my parents' fridge & bringing my friend a post-hospital sandwich (Drawer Week, Sandwich Week) 160
Reposted by Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable"Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 25/09/2026thousands of people protested in New York City streets over Netanyahu’s UN visit today. over 100 were arrested. on the ground with @alicesperi.bsky.social @us.theguardian.comtheguardian.comNetanyahu’s speech at UN spurs protests in New York City: ‘Let Gaza live’Actor Susan Sarandon, whistleblower Chelsea Manning and comedian Caleb Hearon are detained by NYPD 220262
Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable" @kateschapira.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Hey I'm not around that much bc work is a lot of work & life continues to life but I would like to report that we've had a really superb series of cool mornings on earth here lately, just banger after banger 0131
Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable" @kateschapira.bsky.social · 22/09/2026You can send them: money protecttheporkies.com/donateprotecttheporkies.comProtect the PorkiesJoin the fight against Canadian mining next to Lake Superior and the Porcupine Mountains 06986
Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable" @kateschapira.bsky.social · 19/09/2026We got a fundraiser and a picket and some gardening to do neighborlyactions.substack.com/p/neighborly...neighborlyactions.substack.comNeighborly Actions Get Right To ItHelp a neighbor regain their footing, support a fair contract for early-career doctors, and plant up the Knight Memorial Library. 020
Reposted by Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable"Scarleteen @scarleteen.com · 18/09/2026At Scarleteen, our learner-led sex education includes tough conversations about abuse and harm reduction alongside celebration of the diversity of human relationships and experiences. We’re raising $7k by 9/28: Contribute today, and challenge someone to match you! give.gofundme.com/7kfor7m 01819
Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable" @kateschapira.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Attended not one but two work functions tonight & <audibly saving it for the group text> 170
Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable" @kateschapira.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I was just at a super lovely event to share info & ideas for updating PVD's Climate Justice Plan. Another one's coming up, which you can sign up for here if you live in the city & are looking to do something besides oscillate between "I'm a monster" & "I'm innocent" docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...docs.google.comReunión comunitaria del 22 de septiembre: actualización del Plan de Justicia Climática / Sept 22 Community Meeting - Climate Justice Plan Update¡Es hora de actualizar el Plan de Justicia Climática! El plan original, publicado en 2019, prevé una actualización periódica del mismo en colaboración con la comunidad y la ciudad. Esta reunión comuni... 140
Reposted by Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable"Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable" @kateschapira.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Subject line of a slop email I saw today was, "What happens after the book? Schapira," which, as punctuated, is--unfortunately for all of us--true 071
Reposted by Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable"Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable" @kateschapira.bsky.social · 15/09/2026If anyone else has examples of sick data-based art--visual or performing--please toss them my way. Participants will be making use of environmental data (flooding, air quality, soil contamination, heat) but we can look at art made from any kind! 111
Reposted by Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable"Aaron Bady @zunguzungu.bsky.social · 15/09/2026"Guy who can do *computer* will surely be able to make mere potato!" is a load-bearing brick in the "baking the earth for AI is fine, we'll just terraform Mars using computer" delusion 111940
Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable" @kateschapira.bsky.social · 15/09/2026MESSAGE ESPECIALLY TO FICTION WRITERS: HIRE NICO 020