Josie Bell
@josiesbell.bsky.social
Teacher, music lover, observer of history. We are all just walking each other home.
🎶”It’s a jungle out there kiddies,
have a very fruitful day.”-Jimmy Buffett 🎶
🎶”It’s a jungle out there kiddies,
have a very fruitful day.”-Jimmy Buffett 🎶
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Just heard my colleague, who is sitting alone in his academic office, say "NO." in a firm and deeply disappointed voice. I don't know what's up with him specifically, but that pretty much captures the mood of political scientists right now.
September 9, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Just heard my colleague, who is sitting alone in his academic office, say "NO." in a firm and deeply disappointed voice. I don't know what's up with him specifically, but that pretty much captures the mood of political scientists right now.
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The Obama distraction just died on air.🤣🤣🤣
July 23, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The Obama distraction just died on air.🤣🤣🤣
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Overheard: Apparently Zelenskyy had some cards, and he didn’t need a suit.
June 1, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Overheard: Apparently Zelenskyy had some cards, and he didn’t need a suit.
Same.
All I did was go out and get my fucking nails done and we’ve declared war on movies and we’re reopening Alcatraz???
Trump says he’s ordered DOJ and DHS to reopen and expand Alcatraz.
May 5, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Same.
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Veterans fired from the VA.
Nuclear security experts fired.
Ebola and bird flu experts fired.
DOGE is destroying critical agencies to pay for more tax cuts for billionaires.
Don’t let them fool you into believing otherwise.
Nuclear security experts fired.
Ebola and bird flu experts fired.
DOGE is destroying critical agencies to pay for more tax cuts for billionaires.
Don’t let them fool you into believing otherwise.
March 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Veterans fired from the VA.
Nuclear security experts fired.
Ebola and bird flu experts fired.
DOGE is destroying critical agencies to pay for more tax cuts for billionaires.
Don’t let them fool you into believing otherwise.
Nuclear security experts fired.
Ebola and bird flu experts fired.
DOGE is destroying critical agencies to pay for more tax cuts for billionaires.
Don’t let them fool you into believing otherwise.
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😶
Me: I can’t believe UK voters chose to torch their economy with Brexit. That can never be topped.
American voters:
American voters:
a man is covering his eyes with his hands in front of a group of men .
ALT: a man is covering his eyes with his hands in front of a group of men .
media.tenor.com
March 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM
😶
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He’s threatening the constitutional rights of Americans. He’ll eventually get to the 2nd one…
March 4, 2025 at 12:57 PM
He’s threatening the constitutional rights of Americans. He’ll eventually get to the 2nd one…
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Trudeau: He has said repeatedly, what he wants is to see a total collapse of the Canadian economy. Because that will make it easier to annex us. First of all, that's never going to happen. We will never be the 51st state.
March 4, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Trudeau: He has said repeatedly, what he wants is to see a total collapse of the Canadian economy. Because that will make it easier to annex us. First of all, that's never going to happen. We will never be the 51st state.
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Since the president has signed an EO making English the official language of the United States, here is the first non-English copy of the Declaration of Independence, printed in German just days after July 4, 1776. We have always been multilingual.
cdm16274.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/coll...
cdm16274.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/coll...
March 2, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Since the president has signed an EO making English the official language of the United States, here is the first non-English copy of the Declaration of Independence, printed in German just days after July 4, 1776. We have always been multilingual.
cdm16274.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/coll...
cdm16274.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/coll...
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This is a bigger issue than people realize. Not just jobs lost. But their families losing benefits. Landlords losing tenants. Cities and towns losing revenue. This is how recessions start
Ready Fire Aim is no way to govern.
Ready Fire Aim is no way to govern.
More accurate, fewer words;
"There are plenty of contractors going under".
A friend furloughed 75% of staff (furlough w/paying for health insurance for three months), 50% exec pay cut, 25% rest of staff to keep as many people w/salary.
PS: Wasn't 18F a government office, not a contractor.
"There are plenty of contractors going under".
A friend furloughed 75% of staff (furlough w/paying for health insurance for three months), 50% exec pay cut, 25% rest of staff to keep as many people w/salary.
PS: Wasn't 18F a government office, not a contractor.
March 2, 2025 at 2:14 PM
This is a bigger issue than people realize. Not just jobs lost. But their families losing benefits. Landlords losing tenants. Cities and towns losing revenue. This is how recessions start
Ready Fire Aim is no way to govern.
Ready Fire Aim is no way to govern.
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Cartoon by David Sipress.
March 2, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Cartoon by David Sipress.
Jesse Eisenberg doesn’t age, does he?
Checking The Time Whats Taking So Long GIF
ALT: Checking The Time Whats Taking So Long GIF
media.tenor.com
March 3, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Jesse Eisenberg doesn’t age, does he?
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When he declares himself king, he is insulting you—and the nation.
You have rights.
The government is YOURS.
And our loyalty is to the Constitution—the profound and fundamental essence of our nation.
Not him.
True patriots don’t bow down to kings.
You have rights.
The government is YOURS.
And our loyalty is to the Constitution—the profound and fundamental essence of our nation.
Not him.
True patriots don’t bow down to kings.
February 19, 2025 at 11:02 PM
When he declares himself king, he is insulting you—and the nation.
You have rights.
The government is YOURS.
And our loyalty is to the Constitution—the profound and fundamental essence of our nation.
Not him.
True patriots don’t bow down to kings.
You have rights.
The government is YOURS.
And our loyalty is to the Constitution—the profound and fundamental essence of our nation.
Not him.
True patriots don’t bow down to kings.
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Dark Pence is back.
February 19, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Dark Pence is back.
Kash Patel is dangerous & unqualified to be the Director of the FBI. Use @@standupamerica.bsky.social’s tool and urge your senators to reject his confirmation: act.standupamerica.com/letters/lett...
February 15, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Kash Patel is dangerous & unqualified to be the Director of the FBI. Use @@standupamerica.bsky.social’s tool and urge your senators to reject his confirmation: act.standupamerica.com/letters/lett...
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Elon Musk spent $300 million to get Trump elected—so he could *checks notes* fire middle-class Americans who make sure Veterans get healthcare.
Because nothing says "populist revolution" like mass layoffs for the people actually serving those who served.
Because nothing says "populist revolution" like mass layoffs for the people actually serving those who served.
February 14, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Elon Musk spent $300 million to get Trump elected—so he could *checks notes* fire middle-class Americans who make sure Veterans get healthcare.
Because nothing says "populist revolution" like mass layoffs for the people actually serving those who served.
Because nothing says "populist revolution" like mass layoffs for the people actually serving those who served.
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This press conference is a disgrace to the office of the presidency!
January 30, 2025 at 4:43 PM
This press conference is a disgrace to the office of the presidency!
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If they ain’t white they’re getting tossed on the plane, right Orange Julius? Let those Latin American nations sort ‘em out.
We got Indigenous actually living that old Cheech Marin movie “Born in East L.A.” This ain’t right, y’all.
If they ain’t white they’re getting tossed on the plane, right Orange Julius? Let those Latin American nations sort ‘em out.
We got Indigenous actually living that old Cheech Marin movie “Born in East L.A.” This ain’t right, y’all.
Navajo Nation leaders raise alarm over reports of Indigenous people being questioned and detained during immigration sweeps | CNN
At least 15 Indigenous people in Arizona and New Mexico have reported being stopped at their homes and workplaces, questioned or detained by federal law enforcement and asked to produce proof of citiz...
www.cnn.com
January 27, 2025 at 10:46 AM
www.cnn.com/2025/01/27/u...
If they ain’t white they’re getting tossed on the plane, right Orange Julius? Let those Latin American nations sort ‘em out.
We got Indigenous actually living that old Cheech Marin movie “Born in East L.A.” This ain’t right, y’all.
If they ain’t white they’re getting tossed on the plane, right Orange Julius? Let those Latin American nations sort ‘em out.
We got Indigenous actually living that old Cheech Marin movie “Born in East L.A.” This ain’t right, y’all.
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If your Friday night isn't spent going to the theater alone to see a 3 and a half hour movie called The Brutalist, are you even really a film bro?*
*It's me, I'm the film bro
*It's me, I'm the film bro
January 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
If your Friday night isn't spent going to the theater alone to see a 3 and a half hour movie called The Brutalist, are you even really a film bro?*
*It's me, I'm the film bro
*It's me, I'm the film bro
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No study section...no grant reviews
No grant reviews...no grants awarded
No grants awarded...no research
No research...no functional NIH
No grant reviews...no grants awarded
No grants awarded...no research
No research...no functional NIH
All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
January 22, 2025 at 9:21 PM
No study section...no grant reviews
No grant reviews...no grants awarded
No grants awarded...no research
No research...no functional NIH
No grant reviews...no grants awarded
No grants awarded...no research
No research...no functional NIH
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I still call the Sears Tower the Sears Tower, you think I’m not finna call the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of Mexico? Tuh.
January 22, 2025 at 4:11 AM
I still call the Sears Tower the Sears Tower, you think I’m not finna call the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of Mexico? Tuh.
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The Gulf of America sucks. It never snowed when it was the Gulf of Mexico.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/miami/ne...
www.cbsnews.com/amp/miami/ne...
Winter storm brings record-breaking snow to parts of Florida
Along with the snow, ice accumulations from freezing rain may significantly impact roadways.
www.cbsnews.com
January 22, 2025 at 12:58 PM
The Gulf of America sucks. It never snowed when it was the Gulf of Mexico.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/miami/ne...
www.cbsnews.com/amp/miami/ne...
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Historian of fascism here. It was a Nazi salute and a very belligerent one too.
The Nazis think this was a Nazi salute, but, hey, what would they know?
Right-Wing Extremists Are Abuzz Over Musk's Straight-Arm Salute
Right-wing extremists are abuzz over Elon Musk giving an awkward straight-armed salute during an inauguration rally for Donald Trump.
www.rollingstone.com
January 20, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Historian of fascism here. It was a Nazi salute and a very belligerent one too.
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Pete Hegseth is so concerned about the military lowering its standards due to wokeness, he is asking the United States Senate to lower its standards to let him be the secretary of defense.
January 14, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Pete Hegseth is so concerned about the military lowering its standards due to wokeness, he is asking the United States Senate to lower its standards to let him be the secretary of defense.