Stephanie Porras
@periodeye.bsky.social
Art historian @ Tulane. Working on visual, material and built cultures of early modern Northern Europe, the Spanish empire and the Dutch Atlantic. Never too busy for a happy hour. My employer really wants me to note: all these views are mine not theirs.
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FREE Summer Class on reading Italian manuscripts, with a modest stipend to boot...
@newberrylibrary.bsky.social What's not to love? 🥰
@newberrylibrary.bsky.social What's not to love? 🥰
Apply! Our Summer Paleography Institute is in Italian this year!
#NewberryLibrary
www.newberry.org/calendar/sum...
#NewberryLibrary
www.newberry.org/calendar/sum...
2026 Summer Institute in Italian Paleography
An intensive course on reading and transcribing Italian manuscripts from the late medieval though the early modern periods.
www.newberry.org
February 12, 2026 at 4:18 PM
FREE Summer Class on reading Italian manuscripts, with a modest stipend to boot...
@newberrylibrary.bsky.social What's not to love? 🥰
@newberrylibrary.bsky.social What's not to love? 🥰
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He got out after 3 months in an ICE gulag.
My electrician is a green card holder who's been here since he was a kid. He got married to a citizen, applied for citizenship, went to court for the papers and when he got there ICE kidnapped him and he's been locked up for a month.
February 11, 2026 at 6:56 PM
He got out after 3 months in an ICE gulag.
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new greatest underdog story in Olympic history: Germany's Phillipp Raimund, new Olympic gold medalist in ski jumping, WHO IS SCARED OF HEIGHTS
sports.beehiiv.com/p/olympics-d...
sports.beehiiv.com/p/olympics-d...
February 10, 2026 at 2:01 PM
new greatest underdog story in Olympic history: Germany's Phillipp Raimund, new Olympic gold medalist in ski jumping, WHO IS SCARED OF HEIGHTS
sports.beehiiv.com/p/olympics-d...
sports.beehiiv.com/p/olympics-d...
So three days ago my tween was like ‘why would anyone do luge? How do you EVEN get into it?’ - and just now was screaming at the TV ‘no that’s too high of a line! What ARE you DOING?!?’
I love the Olympics.
I love the Olympics.
February 10, 2026 at 11:21 PM
So three days ago my tween was like ‘why would anyone do luge? How do you EVEN get into it?’ - and just now was screaming at the TV ‘no that’s too high of a line! What ARE you DOING?!?’
I love the Olympics.
I love the Olympics.
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I've heard directly from hundreds of children at Dilley. One young girl who shared her story with me grew up in the United States and her stepfather is a U.S. citizen. She said that the guards are mean to her, she is afraid, and that she is worried she will die in detention.
February 10, 2026 at 2:04 PM
I've heard directly from hundreds of children at Dilley. One young girl who shared her story with me grew up in the United States and her stepfather is a U.S. citizen. She said that the guards are mean to her, she is afraid, and that she is worried she will die in detention.
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From an Orleans Public Defender 👇👇👇
When NOPD discovers that a person has an immigration detainer, that person will now be taken to jail for ICE pickup. The new policy went into effect yesterday.
A stunning betrayal, after the administration swatted down our pleas for transparency and community input.
nola.gov/nola/media/N...
A stunning betrayal, after the administration swatted down our pleas for transparency and community input.
nola.gov/nola/media/N...
February 10, 2026 at 3:56 AM
From an Orleans Public Defender 👇👇👇
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#democracy #vote
This is my friend, he's so many magnitudes better than Mike Johnson.
Conrad is gonna be in New Orleans tomorrow for a meet & greet event. If you have any friends in NOLA to share this with, that would mean so much to us 💕 Here's the info/RSVP link
secure.numero.ai/signup/parad...
This is my friend, he's so many magnitudes better than Mike Johnson.
Conrad is gonna be in New Orleans tomorrow for a meet & greet event. If you have any friends in NOLA to share this with, that would mean so much to us 💕 Here's the info/RSVP link
secure.numero.ai/signup/parad...
Parading for Change: Join Lauren Jewett & Conrad Cable for Congress on Feb 10 in NOLA
Please join us as we "Mardi Gras Mambo" towards a better Louisiana! in support of Lauren Jewett for Congress (LA-01)Conrad Cable for Congress (LA-04) Tuesday, February 10, 20265:30 - 7:30 PM Sidecar P...
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February 9, 2026 at 5:15 PM
#democracy #vote
This is my friend, he's so many magnitudes better than Mike Johnson.
Conrad is gonna be in New Orleans tomorrow for a meet & greet event. If you have any friends in NOLA to share this with, that would mean so much to us 💕 Here's the info/RSVP link
secure.numero.ai/signup/parad...
This is my friend, he's so many magnitudes better than Mike Johnson.
Conrad is gonna be in New Orleans tomorrow for a meet & greet event. If you have any friends in NOLA to share this with, that would mean so much to us 💕 Here's the info/RSVP link
secure.numero.ai/signup/parad...
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7/ Read the rest of the letters:
“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility
Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end...
propub.li
February 9, 2026 at 12:42 PM
7/ Read the rest of the letters:
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English speakers like "that was less political than I thought" lol they had ricky martin singing "dont do us like you did hawaii"
February 9, 2026 at 2:43 AM
English speakers like "that was less political than I thought" lol they had ricky martin singing "dont do us like you did hawaii"
Did I tear up? I teared up
OK "god bless america" and then naming every country in the americas from south to north is absolute king shit
February 9, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Did I tear up? I teared up
Did I tear up at this? I did. Also my neighbors have just *restarted DTMF after having it on all afternoon and I APPROVE
"God Bless America:" then he lists most of the countries in the hemisphere starting with Chile I think? this rules
February 9, 2026 at 1:34 AM
Did I tear up at this? I did. Also my neighbors have just *restarted DTMF after having it on all afternoon and I APPROVE
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IM SO FUCKING PROUD TO BE LATINA
February 9, 2026 at 1:32 AM
IM SO FUCKING PROUD TO BE LATINA
I’ve never felt more Latina
February 9, 2026 at 1:31 AM
I’ve never felt more Latina
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All this preamble to the Benito concert. My goodness.
February 9, 2026 at 1:15 AM
All this preamble to the Benito concert. My goodness.
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👀 What if I told you there was a hidden art gallery scattered across the country?
What if I told you some of its treasures had vanished?
What if I told you that I found them?
A project three years in the making (🎁 gift link):
What if I told you some of its treasures had vanished?
What if I told you that I found them?
A project three years in the making (🎁 gift link):
The disappearing art gallery in your post office
The U.S. Postal Service is home to thousands of historic works of art in post offices nationwide. Hundreds have been lost, sold or destroyed.
wapo.st
February 8, 2026 at 2:08 PM
👀 What if I told you there was a hidden art gallery scattered across the country?
What if I told you some of its treasures had vanished?
What if I told you that I found them?
A project three years in the making (🎁 gift link):
What if I told you some of its treasures had vanished?
What if I told you that I found them?
A project three years in the making (🎁 gift link):
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NOPD apparently planning on running ICE checks & holding people for ICE.
Chicana Mayor's Office quiet on policy.
www.nola.com/news/crime_p...
Chicana Mayor's Office quiet on policy.
www.nola.com/news/crime_p...
New Orleans police may revoke decade-old immigration policy after negotiations with AG
"If they find a person is subject to a detainer, they will respect federal law and federal partners," said Republican Attorney General Liz Murrill.
www.nola.com
February 7, 2026 at 9:14 PM
NOPD apparently planning on running ICE checks & holding people for ICE.
Chicana Mayor's Office quiet on policy.
www.nola.com/news/crime_p...
Chicana Mayor's Office quiet on policy.
www.nola.com/news/crime_p...
A fine day for parading
February 7, 2026 at 6:25 PM
A fine day for parading
It’s 745 am and I am walking my dog and I’ve been offered a beer and baked goods from the jovial dads camping on the neutral ground. Also got to enjoy the schadenfreude of seeing all the parking tickets issued. Happy Mardi Gras!
February 7, 2026 at 1:55 PM
It’s 745 am and I am walking my dog and I’ve been offered a beer and baked goods from the jovial dads camping on the neutral ground. Also got to enjoy the schadenfreude of seeing all the parking tickets issued. Happy Mardi Gras!
Look, I love living near the uptown parade routes, I really do, except when I have to caution folks with Georgia plates about parking too close to the corner or taking my neighbors disabled spot. I’m trying to save you a ticket! Also this is a real place people live!
February 6, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Look, I love living near the uptown parade routes, I really do, except when I have to caution folks with Georgia plates about parking too close to the corner or taking my neighbors disabled spot. I’m trying to save you a ticket! Also this is a real place people live!
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Folks, the dialectic of history, it’s still going, and it’s something we love to see! www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
Minnesota’s ICE Watchers: How Tactics of 1960s Radicals Went Mainstream
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Folks, the dialectic of history, it’s still going, and it’s something we love to see! www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
Another day another editorial project I’ve convinced myself to take on
February 5, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Another day another editorial project I’ve convinced myself to take on
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I think it's best for everyone to understand that the unified class project of billionaires right now is to do to white collar workers what globalization and neoliberalism did to blue collar workers.
February 4, 2026 at 7:41 PM
I think it's best for everyone to understand that the unified class project of billionaires right now is to do to white collar workers what globalization and neoliberalism did to blue collar workers.
Fascinating to read as many of us sit at institutions making similar speculative real estate gambles….
February 4, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Fascinating to read as many of us sit at institutions making similar speculative real estate gambles….
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Once all of the other, uh, things are settled we really need a serious public health campaign around everything involved in being part of a society.
February 3, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Once all of the other, uh, things are settled we really need a serious public health campaign around everything involved in being part of a society.
So I have now received 2 written warnings from higher ups for having signage up about ICE requiring a judicial warrant to enter the art building/class rooms. Pretty sure TUPD the one who went around tearing down signs in the first place. This institutional “neutrality” in action.
February 3, 2026 at 5:21 PM
So I have now received 2 written warnings from higher ups for having signage up about ICE requiring a judicial warrant to enter the art building/class rooms. Pretty sure TUPD the one who went around tearing down signs in the first place. This institutional “neutrality” in action.