Michelle Appel

@msappel.bsky.social

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Data geek, higher ed policy wonk, institutional researcher, disability activist, swimmer, hoarder of yarn, and spouse of John Appel the SFF author. All views are my own.

Counter with book cookies and mini cipcakes
Book cookies for tonight. Cover of The Dragon Has Some Complaints on an iced sugar cookie.
Black background with "Goodness is Contagious" in white.
Book: Championing Queer snd Trans Inclusion Beyond the Campus Resource Center Edited by Kaity Prieto, Nick Daily, and Kristopher Olivera
Screen capture from AGDQ with the words "Doing good is best done together" superimposed over a crowd shot.
A crocheted yellow picachu in a very round dumpling style.
David Brooks and Water Isaacson on a large monitor on a lawn at Tulane University - livestream in the outdoor overflow area.
Screenshot of the backerkit reward level with an adorable yellow amigurumi.
Decorated large soccer ball sculpture - butterflys and flowers on a light blue background with the Coca Cola script.
Panelists on a stage with audience members clapping.
Screenshot of popup on the White House webpage. Pop up reads "Welcome to the Golden Age!" Then presents method to sogn up on an email list. At the bottom is a photo of Donald Trump pointing.
A father and son in Orioles and Maryland gear, ready to head to a baseball game.
Senator Tim Kaine addresses a group of people standing in a lobby.
Bo Dillis and the Wild Magnolias, a band including a yellow New Orleans "Indian" closing out the New Orleans Book Fest
Wes Moore speaking, as viewed on a jumbotron on the Tulane green.
Stacy Abrams and Molly Jongg-Fast on stage at the New Orleans Book Festival
Imani Perry and Roxane Gay on the New Orleans Book Festival stage in an indoor auditorium.
Outdoor overflow space with jumbotron displaying Walter Isaacson in conversation with David Brooks
Ham and cheese crepe, just befor digging in.
Beautiful spring day looking across the Tulane University campus, trees budding.
Black shirt. Brown pants.
A hidden pictures puzzle in the style of Highlights magazine with data visualization types as the hidden items.
A large wall made of ice blocks sits next to a sidewalk in a snowy front yard.
Image of crowd in Pittsburgh with words "Doing good is best done together" superimposed on image.
Screen in hotel room with the end of a GDQ History clip - text that says "Doing good is best done together"
Faith, the yellow and purple Frame Fatales mascot sits on the dashboard. There is rain on the windshield and a building is visible in the background.
WPA-ish era poster reproduction featuring 3 people leading a group of marchers. One carries a flag/banner reading "Peace, Freedom, and Progress" Across the bottom, the poster states "Declaration of the rights of American Youth"
Wooden crates and bouy under a tides map, nestled in a corner against a dark green wood paneled wall.
Alexa and I with Sam Barsky
Parade of alpacas wearing costumes including a cookie (handler in Cookie Monster costume) and a Yoda (handled by Mandalorian)
Table with bowl of toys, bin of full size candy, bottles of watet, and bags with dpg treats.
Front of program with a photo of Bob imposed on a marshy scene.
Anthony Fauci in one chair, Sanjay Gupta in another. A table is between them with Gupta's new book on it.
Dark green sink in hallway, looking at bed nook with drawers under it and metal cage locker closet.
Carpet with grafitti and fallout shelter sign
A rainbow set of beads on a card that says "Tell us about yourself and watch our jar chart grow." Jars are labeled "I'm new! Undergraduate" "I'm new! Graduate Student" "Glad to be bacl! Undergraduate" "Glad to be back! Graduate Student" and "Faculty/Staff"
Fiftysomething woman with glasses and graying hair wearing a black plaid dress and standing outside a building.
Minifig and plastic ducks "worshipping" the Blue Mustang. In the background is a second tableau with another minifig hanging over its cube fishing amid a pile of bowling pins.
Stacey Abrams and Carla Hayden on the bima.
Yellow duck on a door sign for the Engineers Office.
Kitchen tableau including several small ducks of varying sizes, a minifig with arms raised in "surrender" position, and a large blue horse with red eyes (aka Denver airport's Blue Mustang) towering over them.
Carla Hayden and Stacey Abrams
Coded Justice book sitting on pew.
View of a main street with hills in the background.
Smiling bride (me) and groom (John)
The Constitution of the United States, Smithsonian Edition, with the UMD First Year Book logo/seal.
Snippet of creator comment that talks about the death of the lab partner at Harvey Mudd College who encouraged the creator.
Middle aged woman wearing glasses, hair pulled back, smiling with a harbor and Lake Michigan in the background.
Screenshot of gmail app with inbox zero.
Woman in glasses with gray hair at a Tesla takedown.
Sign for Upland Fiber Co indicating they are an independent gay-owned yarn company.
Undersea scene made by felting wool roving. Kifs to replicate creatures are for sale in the foreground.
Close up of the head of a white sheep with long corded "bangs"
Pile of promotional mail from Universities proclaiming their excellence.
Knotted strip of red, white, yellow, and black fabric. Little bits of tree gunk are tangled in it.
Us District Courthouse in Greenbelt, MD. Protesters rallying in support of Kilmar Abrego Garcia crowd the area outside.
Notecard reading "Thank you for the Little Free Library you put in your front yard. I have enjoyed several of the books. A Baylor Rd. Neighbor"
Sign that says "Don't buy from Nazis" with a Hitler-like face with xs for eyes and the Tesla logo for mouth.
Woman screaming with happiness!!
Woman barely able to watch the last seconds of a basketball game, hiding in her shirt, reflection of tv in glasses.