JD Pirtle
@jdpirtle.bsky.social
Artist, educator, and researcher - currently: Electronic Visualization Lab @ UIC.
PhD student in Education Policy Studies @ UIC: critical pedagogy, maker ed, art, technology, and politics.
jdpirtle.com
PhD student in Education Policy Studies @ UIC: critical pedagogy, maker ed, art, technology, and politics.
jdpirtle.com
First trip to Paris. Beautiful city in every possible way.
#paris
#photography
#streetphotography
#photooftheday
#france
#paris
#photography
#streetphotography
#photooftheday
#france
November 17, 2025 at 1:52 PM
First trip to Paris. Beautiful city in every possible way.
#paris
#photography
#streetphotography
#photooftheday
#france
#paris
#photography
#streetphotography
#photooftheday
#france
November 12, 2025 at 10:31 PM
November 7, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Nothing says late stage capitalism like the ruins of a Corner Bakery.
October 22, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Nothing says late stage capitalism like the ruins of a Corner Bakery.
October 22, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Altman wants a trillion dollars and is absolutely delusional. Great combo.
October 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Altman wants a trillion dollars and is absolutely delusional. Great combo.
The person accused of starting the Pacific Palisades fire used chatGPT to envision his future crime. LLM-driven chatbot as deadly crime collaborator and co-planner. And we will see more and more of this from an industry that demands to regulate itself. 😡
October 9, 2025 at 12:15 AM
The person accused of starting the Pacific Palisades fire used chatGPT to envision his future crime. LLM-driven chatbot as deadly crime collaborator and co-planner. And we will see more and more of this from an industry that demands to regulate itself. 😡
October 8, 2025 at 12:17 AM
October 6, 2025 at 2:14 PM
friend.com is yet another companion/constant surveillance/society atomizer AI product that will lead to more Her (2013) style parasocial relationships with luxury tech. With no irony, the website first asks you to confirm that you're human. But you can chat with it about paintings 🤦.
October 2, 2025 at 1:55 PM
friend.com is yet another companion/constant surveillance/society atomizer AI product that will lead to more Her (2013) style parasocial relationships with luxury tech. With no irony, the website first asks you to confirm that you're human. But you can chat with it about paintings 🤦.
1. Flamingo by Calder
2. Chapel in the Sky reflected in a building
3. Sunset in windows on Clark Street
#chicago #architecture #streetphotography #photooftheday
2. Chapel in the Sky reflected in a building
3. Sunset in windows on Clark Street
#chicago #architecture #streetphotography #photooftheday
September 30, 2025 at 1:44 PM
1. Flamingo by Calder
2. Chapel in the Sky reflected in a building
3. Sunset in windows on Clark Street
#chicago #architecture #streetphotography #photooftheday
2. Chapel in the Sky reflected in a building
3. Sunset in windows on Clark Street
#chicago #architecture #streetphotography #photooftheday
September 15, 2025 at 2:53 PM
September 13, 2025 at 2:57 PM
September 11, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Despite numerous complaints, UIC college of engineering has not removed Elon Musk from the collection of "inspiring/notable engineering heroes" on the walls. Should have been a swift and easy decision in light of Musk's techno-authoritarian and anti-democratic actions. Extremely disappointing. #uic
August 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Despite numerous complaints, UIC college of engineering has not removed Elon Musk from the collection of "inspiring/notable engineering heroes" on the walls. Should have been a swift and easy decision in light of Musk's techno-authoritarian and anti-democratic actions. Extremely disappointing. #uic
August 26, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Chicago is packed full of old, beautiful ornaments and fixtures.
#chicago #architecture #photography
#chicago #architecture #photography
August 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Chicago is packed full of old, beautiful ornaments and fixtures.
#chicago #architecture #photography
#chicago #architecture #photography
August 9, 2025 at 1:56 PM
February 19, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Oh, the fun things I find at work.
January 27, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Oh, the fun things I find at work.
Wynton Marsalis+Sherman Irby and the rest of the Lincoln Center Orchestra last night at the Chicago Symphony Center. Unbelievable performance.
January 26, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Wynton Marsalis+Sherman Irby and the rest of the Lincoln Center Orchestra last night at the Chicago Symphony Center. Unbelievable performance.
Watching the absolute LEGEND (and one of my mentors), Dan Sandin, present about 50 years of stereoscopic artwork, computer graphics innovation, and interactivity firsts at EVL and elsewhere. #computergraphics #vr #virtualreality
January 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Watching the absolute LEGEND (and one of my mentors), Dan Sandin, present about 50 years of stereoscopic artwork, computer graphics innovation, and interactivity firsts at EVL and elsewhere. #computergraphics #vr #virtualreality