D'Arlyn Bell, Ph.D.
@darlynbell.bsky.social
Website:
https://sites.google.com/view/darlyn-bell/home
The Letter Campaign:
https://sites.google.com/view/the-letter-campaign/home
Music and Musings:
https://open.spotify.com/user/deearlyn?si=mUkn_84sQgmUZk-EAs3IXw
https://sites.google.com/view/darlyn-bell/home
The Letter Campaign:
https://sites.google.com/view/the-letter-campaign/home
Music and Musings:
https://open.spotify.com/user/deearlyn?si=mUkn_84sQgmUZk-EAs3IXw
There's a lot of ways to use social media. At this point it's more a place for me to drop some thoughts not showcase my career. That's what my cv is for. I know that's how some people get noticed but I don't want to be known that way because this space is limited and limiting.
September 27, 2025 at 7:13 PM
There's a lot of ways to use social media. At this point it's more a place for me to drop some thoughts not showcase my career. That's what my cv is for. I know that's how some people get noticed but I don't want to be known that way because this space is limited and limiting.
Currently applying for academic jobs. Check out my websites in the bio. The first site links to my cv.
September 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Currently applying for academic jobs. Check out my websites in the bio. The first site links to my cv.
I'm no physicist but I think something quantum is going on with the phrase "a watched pot never boils" and observation as a hindrance or help to changing existing states. Probably depends on who's watching and why. Zero and anti zero effects. Something like that. But what do I know
August 30, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I'm no physicist but I think something quantum is going on with the phrase "a watched pot never boils" and observation as a hindrance or help to changing existing states. Probably depends on who's watching and why. Zero and anti zero effects. Something like that. But what do I know
"A bird in hand is worth two in the bush." I never took this to mean - be content with what you have, but rather - be completely focused on one thing before moving on to the next. Also, maybe the bird in hand is better than the other two. It all depends on what kind of bird you need or want.
August 15, 2025 at 4:16 PM
"A bird in hand is worth two in the bush." I never took this to mean - be content with what you have, but rather - be completely focused on one thing before moving on to the next. Also, maybe the bird in hand is better than the other two. It all depends on what kind of bird you need or want.
The primary question is - what's the move? Not - what does this mean? Meaning comes later and sometimes not at all. Everything is a calculated risk because we never have perfect information. All we can do is keep it moving
July 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The primary question is - what's the move? Not - what does this mean? Meaning comes later and sometimes not at all. Everything is a calculated risk because we never have perfect information. All we can do is keep it moving
"One book opens another"
July 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
"One book opens another"
Had someone tell me recently that I'm a late bloomer. They meant no disrespect and called themselves a late bloomer too. But I'm not late to anything. I've been here working and practicing from the beginning. I just wasn't doing it in the public purview.
June 24, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Had someone tell me recently that I'm a late bloomer. They meant no disrespect and called themselves a late bloomer too. But I'm not late to anything. I've been here working and practicing from the beginning. I just wasn't doing it in the public purview.
We need to get more philosophical about AI and algorithms. We shouldn't marvel that AI reflects back our viewing patterns and mimics things we put into the digital realm in our feeds. It gathers this information across platforms and spits it back in our faces. But It doesn't know us beyond
June 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM
We need to get more philosophical about AI and algorithms. We shouldn't marvel that AI reflects back our viewing patterns and mimics things we put into the digital realm in our feeds. It gathers this information across platforms and spits it back in our faces. But It doesn't know us beyond
"Art is long, life is short, judgement difficult, opportunity transient"
June 8, 2025 at 3:40 PM
"Art is long, life is short, judgement difficult, opportunity transient"
Language is limited with respect to experience. If you study other languages you will come across words that describe things you've never even thought about. Just because the word isn't there doesn't mean the phenomenon isn't. It usually just means you haven't noticed it.
June 6, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Language is limited with respect to experience. If you study other languages you will come across words that describe things you've never even thought about. Just because the word isn't there doesn't mean the phenomenon isn't. It usually just means you haven't noticed it.
Career Update: Very happy to say that I'm beginning a role at the Kansas City Indian Center this week working on political advocacy and voter engagement. Additionally steeping into a new board position with Building Peace doing some awesome work on restorative justice and conflict mediation
May 27, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Career Update: Very happy to say that I'm beginning a role at the Kansas City Indian Center this week working on political advocacy and voter engagement. Additionally steeping into a new board position with Building Peace doing some awesome work on restorative justice and conflict mediation
I used to fellowship at a very old fashioned church. Traveling preachers and exegesis type of stuff. We sang four part harmony a cappella hymns every Sunday that were so beautiful I was inclined to overlook many o' brethren sins
May 21, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I used to fellowship at a very old fashioned church. Traveling preachers and exegesis type of stuff. We sang four part harmony a cappella hymns every Sunday that were so beautiful I was inclined to overlook many o' brethren sins
Officially official
May 19, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Officially official
Not sure why this is a controversial position but I see myself more as a builder and less of a tool; more a fiddler and not so much a fiddle. if the sitch is right, I'm willing to be an instrument. I just need to know what song we're playing
May 16, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Not sure why this is a controversial position but I see myself more as a builder and less of a tool; more a fiddler and not so much a fiddle. if the sitch is right, I'm willing to be an instrument. I just need to know what song we're playing
If any of us were gonna be dead we'd be that way already. It's time to stop living like we 're dying. It's such a waste of time
May 11, 2025 at 4:06 AM
If any of us were gonna be dead we'd be that way already. It's time to stop living like we 're dying. It's such a waste of time
The second chapter in my dissertation is called "Powerlessness, Double Consciousness and Political Creativity." It's inspired by work from Du Bois and Patrica Hill Collins. I wrote that piece under severe duress. It was not suppose to be in my dissertation but become immediately relevant
May 9, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The second chapter in my dissertation is called "Powerlessness, Double Consciousness and Political Creativity." It's inspired by work from Du Bois and Patrica Hill Collins. I wrote that piece under severe duress. It was not suppose to be in my dissertation but become immediately relevant
Ai is not coming to save us. The re-humanization of society will not be digitized it will be embodied through people, sense experience and consciousness
May 8, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Ai is not coming to save us. The re-humanization of society will not be digitized it will be embodied through people, sense experience and consciousness
Before I started my family and academic career I had tons of random jobs. Mostly manual labor My first job was cutting mill supply sifter bushes at home for my mom. 500 brushes took 3 hours for 2 people to complete which is like 3 dollars an hour. All that money went to pay my mom's bills.
May 7, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Before I started my family and academic career I had tons of random jobs. Mostly manual labor My first job was cutting mill supply sifter bushes at home for my mom. 500 brushes took 3 hours for 2 people to complete which is like 3 dollars an hour. All that money went to pay my mom's bills.
I'm not dogmatic about many things. But one is that I believe people have inherent worth simply because they are human beings. I'll take my stripes for that one. I treat everyone I meet with dignity and respect simply because they are made in God's image
May 1, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I'm not dogmatic about many things. But one is that I believe people have inherent worth simply because they are human beings. I'll take my stripes for that one. I treat everyone I meet with dignity and respect simply because they are made in God's image
My art is writing. I've been scribbling since the beginning. But i love, love love live music. I'm not a musician but def don't mind being on the receiving end of that exchange. Live music is the only medium that allows the artist and their audience to interact in real time through the sound.
April 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
My art is writing. I've been scribbling since the beginning. But i love, love love live music. I'm not a musician but def don't mind being on the receiving end of that exchange. Live music is the only medium that allows the artist and their audience to interact in real time through the sound.
You know what baffles me? Expecting me to give out of my poverty. We need to be real about the financial cost of being in grad school for 5 years and leaving bad marriages.
April 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
You know what baffles me? Expecting me to give out of my poverty. We need to be real about the financial cost of being in grad school for 5 years and leaving bad marriages.
A lot of people pull up to my campfire and wanna take what I didn't offer. Acting like I'm a generator they can just plug into to power their plans - as I didn't already have my own. Flag on the play, you know what I'm saying. That's why everyone is a maybe, in my book...until proven otherwise
April 9, 2025 at 4:01 AM
A lot of people pull up to my campfire and wanna take what I didn't offer. Acting like I'm a generator they can just plug into to power their plans - as I didn't already have my own. Flag on the play, you know what I'm saying. That's why everyone is a maybe, in my book...until proven otherwise
Intelligence is always appreciated. Showing intention and craft is the way
April 6, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Intelligence is always appreciated. Showing intention and craft is the way
Most of governance is perfunctory, very mundane systems running with zero problems. When you start smashing up public agencies without intelligent discretion you run the risk of SERIOUSLY eroding the quality of essential services for everyone . Organizations are made of interdependent parts
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March 21, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Most of governance is perfunctory, very mundane systems running with zero problems. When you start smashing up public agencies without intelligent discretion you run the risk of SERIOUSLY eroding the quality of essential services for everyone . Organizations are made of interdependent parts