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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Honestly? Living in Alabama.
When you live between Selma and Birmingham and Tuscaloosa, it is fairly impossible to fall into the "this is the worst it has ever been and it can't get better" pit.
It was way worse for people here, in living memory, and they didn't shrug & give up. So I can't either.
When you live between Selma and Birmingham and Tuscaloosa, it is fairly impossible to fall into the "this is the worst it has ever been and it can't get better" pit.
It was way worse for people here, in living memory, and they didn't shrug & give up. So I can't either.
What gave you courage in 2025?
December 27, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Honestly? Living in Alabama.
When you live between Selma and Birmingham and Tuscaloosa, it is fairly impossible to fall into the "this is the worst it has ever been and it can't get better" pit.
It was way worse for people here, in living memory, and they didn't shrug & give up. So I can't either.
When you live between Selma and Birmingham and Tuscaloosa, it is fairly impossible to fall into the "this is the worst it has ever been and it can't get better" pit.
It was way worse for people here, in living memory, and they didn't shrug & give up. So I can't either.
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It's annoying to see the hand-wringing over a small number of wealthy people making empty threats to move because of tax increases, when there are actually people leaving desirable places en masse because they can't find affordable places to live
Forever renters: For many in Greater Boston, the American dream of homeownership ‘no longer exists’ - The Boston Globe
Home prices in Greater Boston have surged far faster than incomes, pushing ownership out of reach for many.
www.bostonglobe.com
December 27, 2025 at 1:09 AM
It's annoying to see the hand-wringing over a small number of wealthy people making empty threats to move because of tax increases, when there are actually people leaving desirable places en masse because they can't find affordable places to live
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That time of year again!
December 26, 2025 at 8:09 PM
That time of year again!
Drinking red wine and singling all the words to baby beluga, don’t mind me. (Brother and I discussing all the videotapes we watched repeatedly as kids) youtu.be/f29jl4w0Uh8?...
Raff A Young Children's Concert with Raffi
YouTube video by Sergio Castrellon
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December 27, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Drinking red wine and singling all the words to baby beluga, don’t mind me. (Brother and I discussing all the videotapes we watched repeatedly as kids) youtu.be/f29jl4w0Uh8?...
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Every Democrat running for office needs to promise investigations and full prosecutions from top to bottom, remove its funding bloat then break up the agency and distribute its core remaining useful functions across other agencies.
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
December 26, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Every Democrat running for office needs to promise investigations and full prosecutions from top to bottom, remove its funding bloat then break up the agency and distribute its core remaining useful functions across other agencies.
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ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
December 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
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Merry Christmas, everyone!
Cardiff couple invited man in for Christmas, he stayed for 45 years
An arrangement Rob and Dianne Parsons thought would last a few days ended up changing their lives.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 25, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Merry Christmas, everyone!
Look I know folks joke about how bad SoCal folk drive in rain but I just dodged fog, heavy downpours and a mudslide (!) coming back from the desert and every driver around me was on peak safety behavior- appropriate speeds, use of hazards, etc.
December 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Look I know folks joke about how bad SoCal folk drive in rain but I just dodged fog, heavy downpours and a mudslide (!) coming back from the desert and every driver around me was on peak safety behavior- appropriate speeds, use of hazards, etc.
I have four brothers and this is accurate as hell for my kids
I like being an uncle for the holidays because: Mom and dad are responsible, and will discipline you. Grandpa and Grandma are indulgent, and will coddle you. But the uncle... the uncle is unpredictable. The niece and nephew cannot know what the uncle will do, because the soul of the uncle is CHAOS
December 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I have four brothers and this is accurate as hell for my kids
In the desert visiting family. Made the family trek to the OG del taco in Barstow
December 23, 2025 at 10:25 PM
In the desert visiting family. Made the family trek to the OG del taco in Barstow
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Really pushing at the limits of how many tamales one woman can eat in 48 hours
December 23, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Really pushing at the limits of how many tamales one woman can eat in 48 hours
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I just donated $250 to the Internet archive. I chose that amount because they perform a vital service in our democracy—digitizing decorating magazines from the 1960s—and because making knowledge accessible to all, for free, is essential.
Here’s the link: archive.org/donate
Who will join me?
Here’s the link: archive.org/donate
Who will join me?
December 23, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I just donated $250 to the Internet archive. I chose that amount because they perform a vital service in our democracy—digitizing decorating magazines from the 1960s—and because making knowledge accessible to all, for free, is essential.
Here’s the link: archive.org/donate
Who will join me?
Here’s the link: archive.org/donate
Who will join me?
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So nice to see this feature on The @frickcollection 's extraordinary chief curator, Aimee Ng. Doing great things 👏
#WomenArtists
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/a...
#WomenArtists
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/a...
She Knows the Secrets of the Women on the Frick’s Walls
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:41 PM
So nice to see this feature on The @frickcollection 's extraordinary chief curator, Aimee Ng. Doing great things 👏
#WomenArtists
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/a...
#WomenArtists
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/a...
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Hey y’all. I just checked the three community fridges by me, the two on lower Jackson and the one on Washington, and all three were completely empty. My family and I are making some stuff for those three, but go check the ones by you! Let’s get people fed! #nolasky
December 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Hey y’all. I just checked the three community fridges by me, the two on lower Jackson and the one on Washington, and all three were completely empty. My family and I are making some stuff for those three, but go check the ones by you! Let’s get people fed! #nolasky
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This story would’ve never come out w/o the research, interviews, writing, photography, editing and hard work of trained, experienced journalists. It’s a heartbreaking piece that deserves a read. Subscribe to your local news org and support their work.
In Georgia, a mom facing eviction reached out to DFCS for help. They offered her nothing. Soon the agency took her kids away because of "inadequate housing."
The state then paid *$6,200 a month* to house her kids in foster care.
One of the most important and infuriating stories I read this year:
The state then paid *$6,200 a month* to house her kids in foster care.
One of the most important and infuriating stories I read this year:
When Families Need Housing, Georgia Will Pay for Foster Care Rather Than Provide Assistance
In more than 700 cases over five years, Georgia reported inadequate housing as the sole reason for taking a child into foster care, a WABE and ProPublica analysis found. Advocates say it would be chea...
www.propublica.org
December 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM
This story would’ve never come out w/o the research, interviews, writing, photography, editing and hard work of trained, experienced journalists. It’s a heartbreaking piece that deserves a read. Subscribe to your local news org and support their work.
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support independent media. idk what else to say right now.
December 22, 2025 at 3:24 AM
support independent media. idk what else to say right now.
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One minor problem with this: Louisiana law prohibits dual officeholding.
Trump says he’s appointing Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry as “special envoy” to Greenland.
Landry has previously expressed support for Trump’s plan to invade Greenland.
Landry has previously expressed support for Trump’s plan to invade Greenland.
December 22, 2025 at 3:18 AM
One minor problem with this: Louisiana law prohibits dual officeholding.
Eating well over here on the Best Coast
December 22, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Eating well over here on the Best Coast
My tía packed me a to go cocktail (I’m in Cali w family) and that’s why New Orleans has always felt *right* to me
December 21, 2025 at 7:08 AM
My tía packed me a to go cocktail (I’m in Cali w family) and that’s why New Orleans has always felt *right* to me
Niche SGV treat. Opening your mom’s fridge to find this bottle - a true Christmas gift
December 20, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Niche SGV treat. Opening your mom’s fridge to find this bottle - a true Christmas gift
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Come make some noise at 4pm today! (Saturday) 614 Canal St.
December 20, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Come make some noise at 4pm today! (Saturday) 614 Canal St.
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Woman comes to US at age 6. Graduates nursing school. Work permit. No criminal record. Snatched and imprisoned by ICE for 6 months now. About to be forced back to Honduras. A life destroyed and one less nurse. Merry Christmas.
www.nola.com/news/educati...
www.nola.com/news/educati...
December 20, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Woman comes to US at age 6. Graduates nursing school. Work permit. No criminal record. Snatched and imprisoned by ICE for 6 months now. About to be forced back to Honduras. A life destroyed and one less nurse. Merry Christmas.
www.nola.com/news/educati...
www.nola.com/news/educati...
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For readers who are about to lose care, I have been told that the Trans Youth Emergency Project is helping the families of trans youth contingency plan to access that care.
www.transyouthemergencyproject.org
www.transyouthemergencyproject.org
December 18, 2025 at 7:35 PM
For readers who are about to lose care, I have been told that the Trans Youth Emergency Project is helping the families of trans youth contingency plan to access that care.
www.transyouthemergencyproject.org
www.transyouthemergencyproject.org
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I've already been hearing faculty discussion adapting to this policy by basically writing stripped down syllabi that include *only* the required boilerplate and nothing else, with things like course themes, reading schedules and such kept in separate documents to avoid the university owning them.
The UNC system just released its final policy on mandatory syllabi disclosure, stating that syllabi are university (not faculty) IP and certain course info must be posted on new, publicly searchable databases before every semester.
A thread about what's changed from the draft I reported on earlier:
A thread about what's changed from the draft I reported on earlier:
NEW: Public universities in red states, from Texas to Florida, are increasingly required to make their syllabi public. The University of North Carolina may be next. Does "syllabi transparency" help combat distrust in higher ed, or feed ill-informed suspicions of it? www.chronicle.com/article/when...
December 20, 2025 at 3:01 AM
I've already been hearing faculty discussion adapting to this policy by basically writing stripped down syllabi that include *only* the required boilerplate and nothing else, with things like course themes, reading schedules and such kept in separate documents to avoid the university owning them.