Alexander Bell
@alexanderbell.info
Front-end web developer from Southern California with an interest in politics, crafts, science, climate, and just, like, being a good person
The Meaning of Labor Day Photographed: This photo was taken of miners at the end of their shift during the Gilded Age before they were unionized.
This #LaborDay remember the blood, sweat, and tears that those before us paid to give the working class the basic rights we enjoy today.
This #LaborDay remember the blood, sweat, and tears that those before us paid to give the working class the basic rights we enjoy today.
September 1, 2025 at 10:16 PM
The Meaning of Labor Day Photographed: This photo was taken of miners at the end of their shift during the Gilded Age before they were unionized.
This #LaborDay remember the blood, sweat, and tears that those before us paid to give the working class the basic rights we enjoy today.
This #LaborDay remember the blood, sweat, and tears that those before us paid to give the working class the basic rights we enjoy today.
Summer hasn't arrived along coastal California this year. From the Bay Area to parts of Southern California millions have experienced the coolest June 1-August 1 period on record since at least 1979.
#california #summer #weather #sanfrancisco #bayarea #centralcoast #socal
#california #summer #weather #sanfrancisco #bayarea #centralcoast #socal
August 6, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Summer hasn't arrived along coastal California this year. From the Bay Area to parts of Southern California millions have experienced the coolest June 1-August 1 period on record since at least 1979.
#california #summer #weather #sanfrancisco #bayarea #centralcoast #socal
#california #summer #weather #sanfrancisco #bayarea #centralcoast #socal
A death investigation is underway after a body was.found outside a Goodwill in Pasadena, CA.
The body was wrapped in a blue tarp and blanket and left at the store's drop-off area.
The body was wrapped in a blue tarp and blanket and left at the store's drop-off area.
July 9, 2025 at 8:42 PM
A death investigation is underway after a body was.found outside a Goodwill in Pasadena, CA.
The body was wrapped in a blue tarp and blanket and left at the store's drop-off area.
The body was wrapped in a blue tarp and blanket and left at the store's drop-off area.
“Copper” ultimately comes from Late Latin “cuprum,” which itself was a contraction of “aes Cyprium,” literally meaning Cyprian (from Cyprus) brass.
#words #etymology
#words #etymology
June 5, 2025 at 2:23 AM
“Copper” ultimately comes from Late Latin “cuprum,” which itself was a contraction of “aes Cyprium,” literally meaning Cyprian (from Cyprus) brass.
#words #etymology
#words #etymology
I’m in Japan and on my flight to Tokyo, someone stole my AirPods. I’m in Osaka now and I checked FindMy and what do ya know, the thief is too. I tracked them to this Comfort Inn. How can I find them?
April 28, 2025 at 6:15 AM
I’m in Japan and on my flight to Tokyo, someone stole my AirPods. I’m in Osaka now and I checked FindMy and what do ya know, the thief is too. I tracked them to this Comfort Inn. How can I find them?
I can’t even imagine the feeling
March 25, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I can’t even imagine the feeling
“Critics of the state’s leadership point to crime rates, high taxes, and high property costs as reasons for residents fleeing to other less regulated states, like TX and FL”
Yet California built the world’s 5th-largest economy, outproducing the UK and rivaling Germany’s GDP with half the population
Yet California built the world’s 5th-largest economy, outproducing the UK and rivaling Germany’s GDP with half the population
February 1, 2025 at 4:07 AM
“Critics of the state’s leadership point to crime rates, high taxes, and high property costs as reasons for residents fleeing to other less regulated states, like TX and FL”
Yet California built the world’s 5th-largest economy, outproducing the UK and rivaling Germany’s GDP with half the population
Yet California built the world’s 5th-largest economy, outproducing the UK and rivaling Germany’s GDP with half the population
If you see this post, post or quote post a boat from your photography or artwork.
#photography #boat #nature #sailing #Greece
#photography #boat #nature #sailing #Greece
January 29, 2025 at 6:56 AM
If you see this post, post or quote post a boat from your photography or artwork.
#photography #boat #nature #sailing #Greece
#photography #boat #nature #sailing #Greece
Has anyone ever deleted more files than me? I think not
January 17, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Has anyone ever deleted more files than me? I think not
So I discovered this floor lamp, instantly fell in love with it, and excitedly looked up where I could get one. It costs—and I’m not making this up—over $6,000. So now I’m sad.
January 16, 2025 at 10:02 PM
So I discovered this floor lamp, instantly fell in love with it, and excitedly looked up where I could get one. It costs—and I’m not making this up—over $6,000. So now I’m sad.
Sunset tonight from Palos Verdes. #oc #photography
January 13, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Sunset tonight from Palos Verdes. #oc #photography
They just accidentally sent an evacuation alert to all of Los Angeles County (10 million people) instead of the several thousand people in the new hazard area. That’s a huge mistake.
January 10, 2025 at 12:20 AM
They just accidentally sent an evacuation alert to all of Los Angeles County (10 million people) instead of the several thousand people in the new hazard area. That’s a huge mistake.
Breaking: there’s a new 10+ acre fire burning in the Hollywood Hills near Runyon Canyon
January 9, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Breaking: there’s a new 10+ acre fire burning in the Hollywood Hills near Runyon Canyon
You can see the Palisades Fire from 10 miles away near Playa Vista burning through the dead of night as it approaches Santa Monica.
January 8, 2025 at 8:00 AM
You can see the Palisades Fire from 10 miles away near Playa Vista burning through the dead of night as it approaches Santa Monica.
Southern #California is officially back in drought after a record-dry start to the winter.
SoCal, depending on where you live, hasn't experienced a significant storm in 8-9+ months.
In addition, 2 very wet winters in a row—especially for the LA area—have built up lots of fuel for wild fires…
SoCal, depending on where you live, hasn't experienced a significant storm in 8-9+ months.
In addition, 2 very wet winters in a row—especially for the LA area—have built up lots of fuel for wild fires…
January 3, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Southern #California is officially back in drought after a record-dry start to the winter.
SoCal, depending on where you live, hasn't experienced a significant storm in 8-9+ months.
In addition, 2 very wet winters in a row—especially for the LA area—have built up lots of fuel for wild fires…
SoCal, depending on where you live, hasn't experienced a significant storm in 8-9+ months.
In addition, 2 very wet winters in a row—especially for the LA area—have built up lots of fuel for wild fires…
Happy #Thanksgiving! DYK the turkey is so named because people in the 1500s confused it with the guinea-fowl which was called a turkey-cock because they it came from Turkey? The birds were 1st domesticated by the Aztecs who called them huehxolotl, which in Mexico today is guajolote
#words #etymology
#words #etymology
November 28, 2024 at 11:10 PM
Happy #Thanksgiving! DYK the turkey is so named because people in the 1500s confused it with the guinea-fowl which was called a turkey-cock because they it came from Turkey? The birds were 1st domesticated by the Aztecs who called them huehxolotl, which in Mexico today is guajolote
#words #etymology
#words #etymology
Now this is a side project
#programming
#programming
November 27, 2024 at 6:42 PM
Now this is a side project
#programming
#programming
I can’t find the exact one, but I saw a Jackson Pollock in a museum and it blew me away. Having only seen his work as JPEGs online, I thought he must be the most overrated artist of all time. Then when I actually saw one, it made all the other abstract modern artists in the MUSEUM look like amateurs
November 22, 2024 at 3:17 AM
I can’t find the exact one, but I saw a Jackson Pollock in a museum and it blew me away. Having only seen his work as JPEGs online, I thought he must be the most overrated artist of all time. Then when I actually saw one, it made all the other abstract modern artists in the MUSEUM look like amateurs
Here’s a beautiful view of the Great Western Divide from Moro Rock in Sequoia National Park. One of my absolute favorite places.
#photography #photosky
#photography #photosky
November 21, 2024 at 7:04 PM
Here’s a beautiful view of the Great Western Divide from Moro Rock in Sequoia National Park. One of my absolute favorite places.
#photography #photosky
#photography #photosky