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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Home Depot wanted holiday cheer, got a whole-ass choir calling out their partnership with ICE instead…
November 29, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Home Depot wanted holiday cheer, got a whole-ass choir calling out their partnership with ICE instead…
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“Follow the money” remains undefeated
Extraordinary WSJ reporting today that unveils the extent to which Trump, Witkoff, Kushner and US business executives are salivating over business deals with Russia while Putin’s forces kidnap Ukranian children and bomb civilians in their apartments.
🎁 www.wsj.com/world/russia...
🎁 www.wsj.com/world/russia...
November 29, 2025 at 2:01 PM
“Follow the money” remains undefeated
Reminder. Especially for the carto designers out there. Art Advent Calendar starts on Monday!
Artists & Art lovers!
Time to get geared up for the biggest art event of the year on Bluesky!
Last year we had close to 1500 artists from 25 countries posting original work daily from December 1-24
Time to get geared up for the biggest art event of the year on Bluesky!
Last year we had close to 1500 artists from 25 countries posting original work daily from December 1-24
#ArtAdventCalendar
In its 11th year, #artadventcalendar participants post an original piece of art from Dec 1-24. Paintings, drawings, sculpture, textiles, beading, photography. If it’s art and it beautifies th…
earthskyart.ca
November 29, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Reminder. Especially for the carto designers out there. Art Advent Calendar starts on Monday!
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America is quickly moving toward a system in which tens of millions of blue-state Republicans and red-state Democrats effectively have no congressional representation at all, Marc Novicoff argues. theatln.tc/ab5Ly5N9
November 28, 2025 at 11:45 PM
America is quickly moving toward a system in which tens of millions of blue-state Republicans and red-state Democrats effectively have no congressional representation at all, Marc Novicoff argues. theatln.tc/ab5Ly5N9
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Your Black Friday reminder that Amazon...
-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump
-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump
November 28, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Your Black Friday reminder that Amazon...
-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump
-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump
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What a great headline
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
What a great headline
Make everyday this season "Shop Small" and "Give more."
November 28, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Make everyday this season "Shop Small" and "Give more."
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Indigenous actress Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Indigenous actress Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake
Woohoo, spending the start of Thanksgiving with a flat tire one exit away from getting on the interstate🦃 Its a party up in here!
November 27, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Woohoo, spending the start of Thanksgiving with a flat tire one exit away from getting on the interstate🦃 Its a party up in here!
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A beautiful yellow Roman glass pitcher with a splash of light blue appliqué for extra decoration. The small relief depicts a bacchant, follower of Bacchus, god of wine.
ca. AD 50-75. The Corning Museum of Glass www.museumofglass.org?gad_source=1...
ca. AD 50-75. The Corning Museum of Glass www.museumofglass.org?gad_source=1...
November 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
A beautiful yellow Roman glass pitcher with a splash of light blue appliqué for extra decoration. The small relief depicts a bacchant, follower of Bacchus, god of wine.
ca. AD 50-75. The Corning Museum of Glass www.museumofglass.org?gad_source=1...
ca. AD 50-75. The Corning Museum of Glass www.museumofglass.org?gad_source=1...
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Autumn Leaf 3
Watercolour, approximately 80 × 132 mm.
I lost my way with this one. The extent of the rust spots were paving my way to overworking even without my own blundering, and I of course walked merrily -- and then tearfully -- right into it.
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Watercolour, approximately 80 × 132 mm.
I lost my way with this one. The extent of the rust spots were paving my way to overworking even without my own blundering, and I of course walked merrily -- and then tearfully -- right into it.
1/3
November 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Autumn Leaf 3
Watercolour, approximately 80 × 132 mm.
I lost my way with this one. The extent of the rust spots were paving my way to overworking even without my own blundering, and I of course walked merrily -- and then tearfully -- right into it.
1/3
Watercolour, approximately 80 × 132 mm.
I lost my way with this one. The extent of the rust spots were paving my way to overworking even without my own blundering, and I of course walked merrily -- and then tearfully -- right into it.
1/3
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Watched locals navigate their Lisbon while tourists followed algorithmic recommendations to the next Instagrammable spot. Same streets, different maps. Platform algorithms don't just show the city. They actively produce it. @geographers.bsky.social #GeoSky
interplace.io/p/an-economi...
interplace.io/p/an-economi...
An Economic Geography of Complicity and Control
How the algorithmic hyperreality of digital platforms reorganizes urban space
interplace.io
November 27, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Watched locals navigate their Lisbon while tourists followed algorithmic recommendations to the next Instagrammable spot. Same streets, different maps. Platform algorithms don't just show the city. They actively produce it. @geographers.bsky.social #GeoSky
interplace.io/p/an-economi...
interplace.io/p/an-economi...
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Leslie Jones for US President.
Talking to your family at Thanksgiving is hard. Let @lesdoggg.bsky.social handle it
November 27, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Leslie Jones for US President.
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Ai propaganda (I mean specifically using it as fake photography to trick people) is very bad, but it is *less* effective, convincing, or believed than pre-Ai propaganda was. I'm not just speculating based on what it looks like to me personally. I'm considering history.
a man with a mustache is standing next to two other men on a boat
ALT: a man with a mustache is standing next to two other men on a boat
media.tenor.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Ai propaganda (I mean specifically using it as fake photography to trick people) is very bad, but it is *less* effective, convincing, or believed than pre-Ai propaganda was. I'm not just speculating based on what it looks like to me personally. I'm considering history.
I hope everyone has a soul satisfying day. And I hope it is filled with family and love.
November 27, 2025 at 8:51 AM
I hope everyone has a soul satisfying day. And I hope it is filled with family and love.
People ask why I wear yellow. And I replied "my Gramma". Well, I found Gramma pics. One with me ( in yellow lol) in Ogden Dunes and the other she's wearing yellow and has an 8 wk old Kiddo in her lap (Grammy Great at this point). Never finished HS, married 3 times, and had 7 kids. My heart.
November 26, 2025 at 5:37 PM
People ask why I wear yellow. And I replied "my Gramma". Well, I found Gramma pics. One with me ( in yellow lol) in Ogden Dunes and the other she's wearing yellow and has an 8 wk old Kiddo in her lap (Grammy Great at this point). Never finished HS, married 3 times, and had 7 kids. My heart.
UP snow. Baraga county. I miss this kinds of November.
November 26, 2025 at 5:25 PM
UP snow. Baraga county. I miss this kinds of November.
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The AHA developed Guidelines for Acknowledgment of Collaborators, noting that “attention to the acknowledgment of collaborators is critical…as a bedrock principle of professional historical work and scholarship.” 🗃️
Guidelines for Acknowledgment of Collaborators – AHA
The AHA affirms the importance of fully and publicly recognizing and crediting the work of all contributors.
www.historians.org
November 25, 2025 at 8:13 PM
The AHA developed Guidelines for Acknowledgment of Collaborators, noting that “attention to the acknowledgment of collaborators is critical…as a bedrock principle of professional historical work and scholarship.” 🗃️
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I've been transcribing a collection of Civil War correspondence this month and, anyways, Happy Thanksgiving from Sgt. Edward Duckels of the 122nd Illinois Volunteers, who was guarding the Mobile & Ohio railroad at Humboldt, TN, and hunting wild turkeys in 1862.
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November 25, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I've been transcribing a collection of Civil War correspondence this month and, anyways, Happy Thanksgiving from Sgt. Edward Duckels of the 122nd Illinois Volunteers, who was guarding the Mobile & Ohio railroad at Humboldt, TN, and hunting wild turkeys in 1862.
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You can get my book, The Craft of Historical Research, for $17.99 (either eBook or paperback) right now. Very much the book I wish I’d had when I was starting out. 🗃️ link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
The Craft of Historical Research
This textbook demystifies the task of historical research and writing for both undergraduates and graduate students with a wide range of engaging examples.
link.springer.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:12 PM
You can get my book, The Craft of Historical Research, for $17.99 (either eBook or paperback) right now. Very much the book I wish I’d had when I was starting out. 🗃️ link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Went through some FB memory photos from past Thanksgivings with dad. This peak dad. He built his dream garage from a settlement he received. He and my brothers spent all their time there. Yes, that is a middle finger, and I'm guessing he is a half pint of Jack Daniels into the evening.
November 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Went through some FB memory photos from past Thanksgivings with dad. This peak dad. He built his dream garage from a settlement he received. He and my brothers spent all their time there. Yes, that is a middle finger, and I'm guessing he is a half pint of Jack Daniels into the evening.
No mention of the highway speed adjustments or change in driver etiquette over the last decade. M28 in the UP is now up 65mph in some places, but looks like a race track, and depending on the interstate some that were 70 are up to a legal 75 but I can still get passed by people going 85-90.
State data shows a 28% increase in deer-vehicle collisions since 2014. Two of the state’s largest counties each reported more than 2,000 deer-involved crashes last year.
Here’s where deer cause the most crashes in Michigan
State data shows a 28% increase in deer-vehicle collisions since 2014. Two of the state’s largest counties each reported more than 2,000 deer-involved crashes last year.
www.mlive.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:31 PM
No mention of the highway speed adjustments or change in driver etiquette over the last decade. M28 in the UP is now up 65mph in some places, but looks like a race track, and depending on the interstate some that were 70 are up to a legal 75 but I can still get passed by people going 85-90.
Growing up listening to . Dad play slide guitar and we spent most evenings we weren't watching the history channel listening to LPs from Robert Johnson, Lightning Hopkins, BB King, and too many others to name. The sound of the slide guitar is comforting. Buffalo Nichols. youtube.com/shorts/rfTAG...
As it should be. #slideguitar #blues #anticapitalist #capitalism
YouTube video by Buffalo Nichols
youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Growing up listening to . Dad play slide guitar and we spent most evenings we weren't watching the history channel listening to LPs from Robert Johnson, Lightning Hopkins, BB King, and too many others to name. The sound of the slide guitar is comforting. Buffalo Nichols. youtube.com/shorts/rfTAG...
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Colourful terrace of houses reflecting on the River Lee, The Marina, Cork 🇮🇪
#photography
#nature
#landscape
#winter
#river
#cork
#reflection
#EastCoastKin
#spéirgorm
#PhotoHour
🐕 🚶 📷 📱 📸
#photography
#nature
#landscape
#winter
#river
#cork
#reflection
#EastCoastKin
#spéirgorm
#PhotoHour
🐕 🚶 📷 📱 📸
November 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Colourful terrace of houses reflecting on the River Lee, The Marina, Cork 🇮🇪
#photography
#nature
#landscape
#winter
#river
#cork
#reflection
#EastCoastKin
#spéirgorm
#PhotoHour
🐕 🚶 📷 📱 📸
#photography
#nature
#landscape
#winter
#river
#cork
#reflection
#EastCoastKin
#spéirgorm
#PhotoHour
🐕 🚶 📷 📱 📸