Raechel Portelli
@raportelli.bsky.social
Geographer- too many interests to take academia seriously (thanks ADHD)? Teach courses in data science, cartography, and GeoAI Literacy. If it's tactile art, I've probably attacked it in a hyperfocus episode ⭐
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Raechel Portelli
@raportelli.bsky.social
· Jan 26
"What would you be like if there was nobody else in the world? Who would you be if the only opinion was yours? Because if you want to be truly happy you must be that person. You must search inside yourself for what is uniquely you. When you find it, polish it, until it becomes your style." Crisp'09
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They’re not hiding the brutality anymore.
They want you to see it.
They want you to get used to it.👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
They want you to see it.
They want you to get used to it.👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:37 AM
They’re not hiding the brutality anymore.
They want you to see it.
They want you to get used to it.👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
They want you to see it.
They want you to get used to it.👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
#ArtAdventCalendar Day 7. Got carding brushes this week and finally got some time to try them out with colors I don't typically use. WIP I guess.
December 8, 2025 at 12:02 AM
#ArtAdventCalendar Day 7. Got carding brushes this week and finally got some time to try them out with colors I don't typically use. WIP I guess.
Old Town and REO town are always up for some unique celebrations that reflect the unique people from the area. Krampusnacht, Scrapfest, BluesFest, Nordic Fire Fest, StoopFest, Dam Jam, and of course the normal ones you see in most cities. www.fox47news.com/neighborhood...
Lansing's third annual Krampusnacht draws crowds to Old Town
Lansing's third annual Krampusnacht celebration drew crowds to Old Town Saturday, featuring German folklore, vendors, and community spirit.
www.fox47news.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Old Town and REO town are always up for some unique celebrations that reflect the unique people from the area. Krampusnacht, Scrapfest, BluesFest, Nordic Fire Fest, StoopFest, Dam Jam, and of course the normal ones you see in most cities. www.fox47news.com/neighborhood...
Not quite the night before finals, but it's coming. An oldie, but a goodie. youtu.be/zDVYUiggmx8?...
Twas the Night Before Finals at Illinois
YouTube video by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
youtu.be
December 7, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Not quite the night before finals, but it's coming. An oldie, but a goodie. youtu.be/zDVYUiggmx8?...
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Trump’s Justice Department is hellbent on accessing our private voter information—Social Security numbers, party affiliation, driver's licenses—resulting in what experts warn would be a gold mine for hackers.
Trump’s DOJ is building a voter purge machine—powered by your private data
The federal agency ordinarily would prevent attacks on voting rights. Now it’s carrying them out.
bit.ly
December 7, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Trump’s Justice Department is hellbent on accessing our private voter information—Social Security numbers, party affiliation, driver's licenses—resulting in what experts warn would be a gold mine for hackers.
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A disrespect for me as an educator means that a basic piece of sociality and trust has been broken and so I don’t owe anyone generous feedback. But I don’t need to be punitive either. That’s what those who are selling these products want. They want to exhaust us into resignation.
December 4, 2025 at 11:24 PM
A disrespect for me as an educator means that a basic piece of sociality and trust has been broken and so I don’t owe anyone generous feedback. But I don’t need to be punitive either. That’s what those who are selling these products want. They want to exhaust us into resignation.
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It's time for the "How to do ALT text" image again.
Writing a perfect ALT text is impossible, but please try 💚!
Visually impairment is a wide spectrum and doesn't keep people from loving the visual arts.
🐡 #art #kleinekunstklasse #artadventcalendar
Writing a perfect ALT text is impossible, but please try 💚!
Visually impairment is a wide spectrum and doesn't keep people from loving the visual arts.
🐡 #art #kleinekunstklasse #artadventcalendar
December 7, 2025 at 1:03 AM
It's time for the "How to do ALT text" image again.
Writing a perfect ALT text is impossible, but please try 💚!
Visually impairment is a wide spectrum and doesn't keep people from loving the visual arts.
🐡 #art #kleinekunstklasse #artadventcalendar
Writing a perfect ALT text is impossible, but please try 💚!
Visually impairment is a wide spectrum and doesn't keep people from loving the visual arts.
🐡 #art #kleinekunstklasse #artadventcalendar
#ArtAdventCalendar Day 6. Block printing. Science Matters protest sign. Pink base says "Fuck Muskrat" and the bottom are beakers and middle fingers. Hard to see in the image I think. What little time I spent making things this year, most of that time went into this type of 'mini' project.
December 6, 2025 at 4:34 PM
#ArtAdventCalendar Day 6. Block printing. Science Matters protest sign. Pink base says "Fuck Muskrat" and the bottom are beakers and middle fingers. Hard to see in the image I think. What little time I spent making things this year, most of that time went into this type of 'mini' project.
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Day 6 #ArtAdventCalendar a little change from me today. This is a Needlefelted landscape of Aberlady Bay in East Lothian #scottishlandscapes #woolart #needlefelting #Scottishartist
December 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Day 6 #ArtAdventCalendar a little change from me today. This is a Needlefelted landscape of Aberlady Bay in East Lothian #scottishlandscapes #woolart #needlefelting #Scottishartist
Fantastic opportunity for someone!
Come research with us at the Max Planck Research Group for Machine Visual Culture — “Artificial Intelligence and the History of Seeing” positions open under Dr Leonardo Impett. We’ll get to hang out sometimes. www.biblhertz.it/3757971/0412...
Call for Digital Humanities Research Scientist (M/F/D)Max Planck Research Group "Machine Visual Culture: Artificial Intelligence and the History of Seeing"
Job Offer from December 04, 2025
www.biblhertz.it
December 6, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Fantastic opportunity for someone!
AI science-bro culture is another place this nonsense is coming into play.
“Positivism Creep”
“The subtle, often unacknowledged infiltration of positivist or post-positivist assumptions into methodologies where they do not naturally, philosophically, practically, or epistemologically belong.”
By @thomasgraves.bsky.social @maddipow.bsky.social @annayahprosser.bsky.social
“The subtle, often unacknowledged infiltration of positivist or post-positivist assumptions into methodologies where they do not naturally, philosophically, practically, or epistemologically belong.”
By @thomasgraves.bsky.social @maddipow.bsky.social @annayahprosser.bsky.social
December 6, 2025 at 3:27 PM
AI science-bro culture is another place this nonsense is coming into play.
Money can buy any material object, but it can never buy dignitary, empathy, or respect. If we learn no other lesson out of the current regime, I hope that more people come to understand that.
December 6, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Money can buy any material object, but it can never buy dignitary, empathy, or respect. If we learn no other lesson out of the current regime, I hope that more people come to understand that.
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 5: Autumn Morning, Kansas City
I did this little ink & wash piece when it was still hot as hell down here in Texas. It has Kansas City landmarks & images that remind me of fall in KC. It’s for my dad, who’s in memory care. Memories for both of us.
#ArtYear #watercolor #ink
I did this little ink & wash piece when it was still hot as hell down here in Texas. It has Kansas City landmarks & images that remind me of fall in KC. It’s for my dad, who’s in memory care. Memories for both of us.
#ArtYear #watercolor #ink
December 5, 2025 at 11:36 PM
#ArtAdventCalendar Day 5: Autumn Morning, Kansas City
I did this little ink & wash piece when it was still hot as hell down here in Texas. It has Kansas City landmarks & images that remind me of fall in KC. It’s for my dad, who’s in memory care. Memories for both of us.
#ArtYear #watercolor #ink
I did this little ink & wash piece when it was still hot as hell down here in Texas. It has Kansas City landmarks & images that remind me of fall in KC. It’s for my dad, who’s in memory care. Memories for both of us.
#ArtYear #watercolor #ink
My favorite color combo💛💛
Day 5: #ArtAdventCalendar
A granny square baby blanket that I wish I had blocked before photographing
A granny square baby blanket that I wish I had blocked before photographing
December 6, 2025 at 5:04 AM
My favorite color combo💛💛
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Day 5 of #ArtAdventCalendar. I was putting my tree up and was reminded of the tree skirt I crocheted a few years back. It really is one of my favourite projects and I love the way it looks under the tree.
December 6, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Day 5 of #ArtAdventCalendar. I was putting my tree up and was reminded of the tree skirt I crocheted a few years back. It really is one of my favourite projects and I love the way it looks under the tree.
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Two amigurumi axolotls, the larger from the pattern in Amigurumi Wildlife Adventure by Ilaria Caliri and Irene Strange and the smaller from the no sew axolotl pattern video by Complicated Knots on YouTube.
#ArtAdventCalendar Day 5
#ArtAdventCalendar Day 5
December 6, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Two amigurumi axolotls, the larger from the pattern in Amigurumi Wildlife Adventure by Ilaria Caliri and Irene Strange and the smaller from the no sew axolotl pattern video by Complicated Knots on YouTube.
#ArtAdventCalendar Day 5
#ArtAdventCalendar Day 5
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Winter birb 🤍🪶
White-throated Sparrow in Central Park, November 2025
#birds #birdphotography #ArtAdventCalendar day 5
White-throated Sparrow in Central Park, November 2025
#birds #birdphotography #ArtAdventCalendar day 5
December 6, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Winter birb 🤍🪶
White-throated Sparrow in Central Park, November 2025
#birds #birdphotography #ArtAdventCalendar day 5
White-throated Sparrow in Central Park, November 2025
#birds #birdphotography #ArtAdventCalendar day 5
Kiddo pulled "quit gatekeeping your knowledge" on me tonight. 🫠
December 6, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Kiddo pulled "quit gatekeeping your knowledge" on me tonight. 🫠
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If you’re cutting 9% from your academic budget, while taking a 401,000,000 dollar gift for the athletic department, you’re no longer a university, instead you’re a degree granting athletic academy.
December 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
If you’re cutting 9% from your academic budget, while taking a 401,000,000 dollar gift for the athletic department, you’re no longer a university, instead you’re a degree granting athletic academy.
An older photo, but it still brought a smile to my face. Arlo in his winter hat.
December 6, 2025 at 12:15 AM
An older photo, but it still brought a smile to my face. Arlo in his winter hat.
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Remember: Since the #CDC cannot be trusted to provide accurate information anymore, don't forget, there are other places you can still trust.
www.canada.ca/en/public-he...
www.canada.ca/en/public-he...
Public Health Agency of Canada - Canada.ca
Public Health Agency of Canada
www.canada.ca
December 5, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Remember: Since the #CDC cannot be trusted to provide accurate information anymore, don't forget, there are other places you can still trust.
www.canada.ca/en/public-he...
www.canada.ca/en/public-he...
I started a blog this week. If 2025 was the year of Obsidian, I guess 2026 can be the year of Wordpress.
December 5, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I started a blog this week. If 2025 was the year of Obsidian, I guess 2026 can be the year of Wordpress.
And this is why I never shame anyone misspelling or mispronouncing my name... I even get it wrong still, lol.
December 5, 2025 at 4:25 PM
And this is why I never shame anyone misspelling or mispronouncing my name... I even get it wrong still, lol.