Laine Bell
@lainebell.bsky.social
Writer, baker, chicken tender. Also love animals, nature, grilling, roller skating. Viable Paradise 2018 grad (VP22).
She/her.
Blog at lainebell.wordpress.com
She/her.
Blog at lainebell.wordpress.com
I WAS NOT JOKING THO!
November 22, 2025 at 2:42 AM
I WAS NOT JOKING THO!
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Been trying to find actual articles about this viral "AI is reading your gmail" thing and best I can understand: Google rolled out an OPT-IN feature that allows Gemini to scan your email. The settings instructions in the viral posts WILL prevent you from opting in but ISN'T necessary for opting out
Gemini AI Deep Research Can Read Your Gmail Now
Google has confirmed that Gemini AI Deep Research can now read your Gmail, Docs, Drive And Chat. Here’s what you need to know and why you shouldn’t panic.
www.forbes.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Been trying to find actual articles about this viral "AI is reading your gmail" thing and best I can understand: Google rolled out an OPT-IN feature that allows Gemini to scan your email. The settings instructions in the viral posts WILL prevent you from opting in but ISN'T necessary for opting out
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We invaded Mexico just a little bit yesterday?
This administration is so chaotic and incompetent that this barely made the news.
This administration is so chaotic and incompetent that this barely made the news.
How in hell could the United States military "mistakenly" invade Mexico??
www.rawstory.com/trump-troops...
www.rawstory.com/trump-troops...
November 21, 2025 at 4:15 PM
We invaded Mexico just a little bit yesterday?
This administration is so chaotic and incompetent that this barely made the news.
This administration is so chaotic and incompetent that this barely made the news.
This week in “definitely not an AI account” this military-loving lad is advising me to brush my chicken’s fur.
November 21, 2025 at 3:48 PM
This week in “definitely not an AI account” this military-loving lad is advising me to brush my chicken’s fur.
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PULLET TRAIN
A train crew found a loose chicken on an N train this morning—and couldn’t get it to leave.
Loose chicken fouls N train as subway stowaway slows morning commute
A loose chicken gave new meaning to “free range,” scoring a gratis subway ride to Coney Island on the N train Thursday morning after it was discovered fouling a subway car in storage.
www.nydailynews.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:32 AM
PULLET TRAIN
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Can I offer you a few capybaras in these trying times?
November 21, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Can I offer you a few capybaras in these trying times?
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Ok turkey cooking world, if you are planning to cook one Thursday, now is the time to get it in the fridge to thaw!
November 21, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Ok turkey cooking world, if you are planning to cook one Thursday, now is the time to get it in the fridge to thaw!
Me spending the weekend in my Derpy Tiger Halloween costume for reasons of preparatory hibernation before family holiday time next week.
November 20, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Me spending the weekend in my Derpy Tiger Halloween costume for reasons of preparatory hibernation before family holiday time next week.
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Join my conversation with Dr. Amy Acton, who is running for Governor of Ohio.
This morning, Nov. 20th, 9:30am ET
This morning, Nov. 20th, 9:30am ET
I am going to do my first live video on Thinking About..., and it’s a thrill and an honor to be joined by the great Dr. Amy Acton, who is running for governor of my home state of Ohio.
Nov. 20th, 9:30am ET
@amyactonoh.bsky.social
snyder.substack.com/p/live-video...
Nov. 20th, 9:30am ET
@amyactonoh.bsky.social
snyder.substack.com/p/live-video...
Live Video with Dr. Amy Acton
20 Nov 9:30am Eastern Time
snyder.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Join my conversation with Dr. Amy Acton, who is running for Governor of Ohio.
This morning, Nov. 20th, 9:30am ET
This morning, Nov. 20th, 9:30am ET
Every time I think I’m overreacting when I consider leaving the US, something like this happens. This gov’t is actively generating poverty, pollution, and disease.
The mess is being made now but the fallout is years in the future. It’s gotta be fixed soon.
The mess is being made now but the fallout is years in the future. It’s gotta be fixed soon.
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Every time I think I’m overreacting when I consider leaving the US, something like this happens. This gov’t is actively generating poverty, pollution, and disease.
The mess is being made now but the fallout is years in the future. It’s gotta be fixed soon.
The mess is being made now but the fallout is years in the future. It’s gotta be fixed soon.
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squirrel: *points gun*
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
November 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
squirrel: *points gun*
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
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WEAR YOUR FAVORITE SHINY THING.
November 20, 2025 at 12:30 AM
WEAR YOUR FAVORITE SHINY THING.
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Apple is the one butting its AI head into Scrivener. Here's some more info from Literature & Latte.
A link to the Scrivener article, since the one going around is a screenshot, doesn't have the actual link, AND no alt-text, making it useless.
Please share this.
www.literatureandlatte.com/blog/scriven...
Please share this.
www.literatureandlatte.com/blog/scriven...
Scrivener and AI: Why Do I See AI Prompts in My Scrivener Projects on Mac? - Literature & Latte
www.literatureandlatte.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Apple is the one butting its AI head into Scrivener. Here's some more info from Literature & Latte.
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I am statistically much closer to my likely date of death than I am to my birth and of everything I have learned in these many decades, the biggest is this:
I almost never regret things I do. I often regret not doing things I should have done.
I almost never regret things I do. I often regret not doing things I should have done.
Of course you're going to get resistance. People will feel threatened that you want to do things. That is a part of this. Old people will leave. New people will come. Consider it a sign, a blessing, you're moving in the right direction.
Change is scary, but regret is worse.
The best time is now.
Change is scary, but regret is worse.
The best time is now.
November 19, 2025 at 4:15 AM
I am statistically much closer to my likely date of death than I am to my birth and of everything I have learned in these many decades, the biggest is this:
I almost never regret things I do. I often regret not doing things I should have done.
I almost never regret things I do. I often regret not doing things I should have done.
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🚨 Weird Al 2026 concert tix on sale! 😆👏👏🎉 🪗
"Weird Al" Yankovic - 2026 tour announce
YouTube video by alyankovic
youtu.be
November 18, 2025 at 6:35 PM
🚨 Weird Al 2026 concert tix on sale! 😆👏👏🎉 🪗
One of my cats is too smart for the buttons and clearly gets annoyed when I ask her to use them. She’s like “I’m scratching the window so you’ll open it, why do I need to press an Outside button? How fricking dumb is this human??”
The other cat gets startled when he presses one accidentally. 🙃
The other cat gets startled when he presses one accidentally. 🙃
Whomst among us hasn't felt a little vacuum about snackie all done
November 18, 2025 at 6:22 PM
One of my cats is too smart for the buttons and clearly gets annoyed when I ask her to use them. She’s like “I’m scratching the window so you’ll open it, why do I need to press an Outside button? How fricking dumb is this human??”
The other cat gets startled when he presses one accidentally. 🙃
The other cat gets startled when he presses one accidentally. 🙃
Dreamed about a combination art class/space station? We were doing art projects with clay and mounting drawings to posterboard. then a guy was sent to a remote location to get info, and he stayed too long and was nearly frozen so we rescued him, and I told off our commander (art teacher?) for it.
November 18, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Dreamed about a combination art class/space station? We were doing art projects with clay and mounting drawings to posterboard. then a guy was sent to a remote location to get info, and he stayed too long and was nearly frozen so we rescued him, and I told off our commander (art teacher?) for it.
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Thanksgiving to Cyber Monday! No Amazon, No Target, No Home Depot. Shop small locally owned businesses only! THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER 😆
November 18, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Thanksgiving to Cyber Monday! No Amazon, No Target, No Home Depot. Shop small locally owned businesses only! THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER 😆
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Sometimes humans are lower than demons, yet sometimes humans are loftier than angels 🥹
parents freed a hummingbird from a skylight with a coleus flower attached to a pole
November 18, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Sometimes humans are lower than demons, yet sometimes humans are loftier than angels 🥹
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I'm at the Target boycott, I'm at the Starbucks boycott, I'm at the combination Target boycott and Starbucks boycott
Beginning Monday, a Frozen Peppermint Hot Chocolate drink will be available exclusively at Starbucks cafés inside Target stores.
The chains are hoping the drink can drum up excitement from customers this holiday season.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/yrshv45s
The chains are hoping the drink can drum up excitement from customers this holiday season.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/yrshv45s
November 17, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I'm at the Target boycott, I'm at the Starbucks boycott, I'm at the combination Target boycott and Starbucks boycott
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Hi, it's me again. I'm reposting this today because a whole lot of people who saw this yesterday told me they appreciated it.
Know this: I believe in you. If you need permission to have some quiet space for yourself, here it is. <3
Know this: I believe in you. If you need permission to have some quiet space for yourself, here it is. <3
Hi. It's me. I'm here to gently ask if you've been giving yourself grace? Patience? Self-care?
You've got this. You are enough, and you deserve all the good things.
You've got this. You are enough, and you deserve all the good things.
November 17, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Hi, it's me again. I'm reposting this today because a whole lot of people who saw this yesterday told me they appreciated it.
Know this: I believe in you. If you need permission to have some quiet space for yourself, here it is. <3
Know this: I believe in you. If you need permission to have some quiet space for yourself, here it is. <3
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“Short bursts indicate an ICE sighting. Long whistles indicate agents making arrests. If you hear the whistle and you’re undocumented, said [Whitney Hu, a community activist and organizer with South Brooklyn Mutual Aid], ‘you hide. And if you’re somebody who’s not, you go to the street.’”
As ICE Street Raids Ramp Up, New Yorkers Stock Up On Whistles
Taking a cue from Chicago, community groups have distributed thousands of whistles in recent weeks — a grassroots system people in other cities have adopted to help neighbors sound the alarm.
www.thecity.nyc
November 17, 2025 at 1:44 PM
“Short bursts indicate an ICE sighting. Long whistles indicate agents making arrests. If you hear the whistle and you’re undocumented, said [Whitney Hu, a community activist and organizer with South Brooklyn Mutual Aid], ‘you hide. And if you’re somebody who’s not, you go to the street.’”
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some other familiar grocery store names that are brands for producer-owned agricultural co-ops:
Blue Diamond
Bob's Red Mill
Land O'Lakes
Tillamook
Welch's
Blue Diamond
Bob's Red Mill
Land O'Lakes
Tillamook
Welch's
My #SuperlativeCannedGoo tweet from the old place is making rounds again. Support co-op cranberry growers!
November 17, 2025 at 2:44 AM
some other familiar grocery store names that are brands for producer-owned agricultural co-ops:
Blue Diamond
Bob's Red Mill
Land O'Lakes
Tillamook
Welch's
Blue Diamond
Bob's Red Mill
Land O'Lakes
Tillamook
Welch's
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My #SuperlativeCannedGoo tweet from the old place is making rounds again. Support co-op cranberry growers!
November 17, 2025 at 1:52 AM
My #SuperlativeCannedGoo tweet from the old place is making rounds again. Support co-op cranberry growers!
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It's not that I want to tell you "haha you stupid plebs there is no chance that Lois McMaster Bujold will ever like your work, no multiply award winning author will because they're so far above you." It's that if they ever do, they will be a bit shy and NEVER ASK FOR YOUR MONEY.
November 16, 2025 at 10:40 PM
It's not that I want to tell you "haha you stupid plebs there is no chance that Lois McMaster Bujold will ever like your work, no multiply award winning author will because they're so far above you." It's that if they ever do, they will be a bit shy and NEVER ASK FOR YOUR MONEY.