Lindsay John Bell, Ph.D.
@lindsayjbell.bsky.social
Historian • Professor at De Anza College •
SABR Member • Baseball Aficionado •
Research explores the intersection of sports, militarism, & gender • Opinions my own • He/Him
SABR Member • Baseball Aficionado •
Research explores the intersection of sports, militarism, & gender • Opinions my own • He/Him
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Welcome fellow baseball nerds! I appreciate all who gave me a follow recently. My research mainly explores the interwar years – more specifically how WWI influenced baseball’s hero ethos. In honor of Veterans Day, enjoy this picture of Asst. Sec. of Navy FDR flag raising at Griffith Stadium.
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"I keep thinking that evil would like nothing better than to have us feel awful about who we are."
November 29, 2025 at 7:32 PM
"I keep thinking that evil would like nothing better than to have us feel awful about who we are."
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Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
November 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
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"Anthropic paid" are the two key words here
Headline: "AI can replace 11.7% of workforce"
Actual study: Anthropic paid MIT to use a "labor simulation tool" that said 11.7% of TASKS could be done by AI
Actual study: Anthropic paid MIT to use a "labor simulation tool" that said 11.7% of TASKS could be done by AI
MIT study finds AI can already replace 11.7% of U.S. workforce
Artificial intelligence can already replace 11.7% of the U.S. labor market, across finance, health care and professional services, according to MIT's study.
www.cnbc.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:15 PM
"Anthropic paid" are the two key words here
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MLB network still uses live captioning even with prerecorded content and that is how we got this moment
November 29, 2025 at 5:03 PM
MLB network still uses live captioning even with prerecorded content and that is how we got this moment
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The fact that TPUSA posted the entirely reasonable comments from the instructor here as coming from the “TRANS PROFESSOR” gives away the game.
They’re not defending students, they’re targeting faculty — as always
They’re not defending students, they’re targeting faculty — as always
idk not to mention how very nuanced and normal the actual response here was
November 29, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The fact that TPUSA posted the entirely reasonable comments from the instructor here as coming from the “TRANS PROFESSOR” gives away the game.
They’re not defending students, they’re targeting faculty — as always
They’re not defending students, they’re targeting faculty — as always
A deeply thoughtful thread on our current horizon in eduction.
This bleak (but unfortunately compelling) thread makes me think that the individual human mind/psyche is just ill-suited to being plugged into machines that allow everyone everywhere to be simultaneously talking about everything that has ever happened or could have happened at any time in any place.
This is not a "students today" post--it's more "this is a new form of dysfunction" that doesn't look exactly like it's been in previous decades. It's more than just "first-year chaos." It's an across-the-board inability to process instructions, engage with longer texts, and *connect* with others.
November 29, 2025 at 3:59 PM
A deeply thoughtful thread on our current horizon in eduction.
ALL. OF. THIS.
“A college degree is not just about a job afterward — you have to be able to think, solve problems and apply those solutions, regardless of the field. How do we teach that without institutional support? How do we teach that when a student doesn’t want to and AI enables it?”
“A college degree is not just about a job afterward — you have to be able to think, solve problems and apply those solutions, regardless of the field. How do we teach that without institutional support? How do we teach that when a student doesn’t want to and AI enables it?”
I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.
"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
www.huffpost.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:44 PM
ALL. OF. THIS.
“A college degree is not just about a job afterward — you have to be able to think, solve problems and apply those solutions, regardless of the field. How do we teach that without institutional support? How do we teach that when a student doesn’t want to and AI enables it?”
“A college degree is not just about a job afterward — you have to be able to think, solve problems and apply those solutions, regardless of the field. How do we teach that without institutional support? How do we teach that when a student doesn’t want to and AI enables it?”
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when trying on pants, do this in the store. then tell the sales associate "the menswear guy told me to do this."
IG mr.funkys0ul
IG mr.funkys0ul
November 25, 2025 at 10:17 AM
when trying on pants, do this in the store. then tell the sales associate "the menswear guy told me to do this."
IG mr.funkys0ul
IG mr.funkys0ul
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My aunt who famously can’t cook tried to make a pumpkin pie. She didn’t know what cloves were, so she put garlic cloves in it. Whole.
November 24, 2025 at 11:59 PM
My aunt who famously can’t cook tried to make a pumpkin pie. She didn’t know what cloves were, so she put garlic cloves in it. Whole.
Worth. Every. Damn. Penny.
Disney Spent More On ‘Andor’ Than Any Of Its ‘Star Wars’ Movies
Disney has revealed it spent $60.5 million on Star Wars streaming series Andor in 2024, giving the show a total cost of $705.5 million - far higher than the spending on any of the movies in the saga.
www.forbes.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Worth. Every. Damn. Penny.
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"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe
"The humanities really are a resource — a confidence for living in our times.” Dean Sara Guyer on the modern utility of humanities degrees
This interview originally appeared on the Division of Arts
bit.ly
November 23, 2025 at 3:38 PM
"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe
In any other line of work, if the professional told you up front they were going to do something wrong 1 out of 5 times, you would probably take your business elsewhere. But, with AI, we are told to pretend it’s as amazing as those who are forcing it upon us want it to actually be.
Meet the AI workers who tell their friends and family to stay away from AI
When the people making AI seem trustworthy are the ones who trust it the least, it shows that incentives for speed are overtaking safety, experts say
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM
In any other line of work, if the professional told you up front they were going to do something wrong 1 out of 5 times, you would probably take your business elsewhere. But, with AI, we are told to pretend it’s as amazing as those who are forcing it upon us want it to actually be.
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Thinking a lot lately about the simple fact that college allows people to spend about 15 weeks immersed in a disciplinary conversation with an expert in that field. And what a special thing that is.
November 21, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Thinking a lot lately about the simple fact that college allows people to spend about 15 weeks immersed in a disciplinary conversation with an expert in that field. And what a special thing that is.
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If you’re on mobile it’s listed under “data privacy”
November 20, 2025 at 9:03 PM
If you’re on mobile it’s listed under “data privacy”
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
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Who, What, I Don’t Know 😉
Oh you’re celebrating International Men’s Day? Name three guys then
November 20, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Who, What, I Don’t Know 😉
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A photo I took on November 22, *2005* when I was external VP of the UCSC Grad Student Association and thus UCSC grad rep to statewide student government UCSA
Literally 20 years ago, and it’s always the same fucking excuses from the pinche regents
Literally 20 years ago, and it’s always the same fucking excuses from the pinche regents
November 19, 2025 at 11:47 PM
A photo I took on November 22, *2005* when I was external VP of the UCSC Grad Student Association and thus UCSC grad rep to statewide student government UCSA
Literally 20 years ago, and it’s always the same fucking excuses from the pinche regents
Literally 20 years ago, and it’s always the same fucking excuses from the pinche regents
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If you're interested in how I teach the Boston Massacre to teach students how historians use and weigh primary sources against each other: rmgunter.com/posts/901-in... #HATM
Rachel Michelle Gunter, Ph.D. - Intro to Primary Sources -Boston
After explaining what primary and secondary sources are, I show students how to read and follow these sources. This means keeping an open mind and allowing t...
rmgunter.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:57 AM
If you're interested in how I teach the Boston Massacre to teach students how historians use and weigh primary sources against each other: rmgunter.com/posts/901-in... #HATM
“Scotty, the Pork Chop Express is ready to be beamed up. And yes, the check is in the mail.”
post your favorite Star Trek character, wrong answers only
November 15, 2025 at 10:14 PM
“Scotty, the Pork Chop Express is ready to be beamed up. And yes, the check is in the mail.”
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Gambling, like alcohol or narcotics can be highly addictive in how adrenaline triggers dopamine. The difference w/gambling is a public that isn’t aware of the science of addiction & believes good vs. bad choices are relative to law. And b/c it’s easily accessible, the result is widespread addiction.
November 15, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Gambling, like alcohol or narcotics can be highly addictive in how adrenaline triggers dopamine. The difference w/gambling is a public that isn’t aware of the science of addiction & believes good vs. bad choices are relative to law. And b/c it’s easily accessible, the result is widespread addiction.
As long as sports have existed, gambling has been right there with it. But now, with every major professional sports organization in the U.S. embracing it on top of how easy it is to access with nonstop advertising, even during in-game-action, it has unleashed a monster that it may never be caged.
Jesus Christ.
November 15, 2025 at 8:08 PM
As long as sports have existed, gambling has been right there with it. But now, with every major professional sports organization in the U.S. embracing it on top of how easy it is to access with nonstop advertising, even during in-game-action, it has unleashed a monster that it may never be caged.
The owners first proposed the title: “Director-General of Baseball,” but Landis said it sounded too “high-falutin’.” They settled on “commissioner” instead.
Landis Named "Chairman of Baseball" - 11/12/1920
Club owners (pictured on the right) unanimously elected Landis as "a committee of one to act as a final court of appeal in all matters of dispute between the two major leagues and any minor leagues"
#BaseballandtheLaw 104, 215
Club owners (pictured on the right) unanimously elected Landis as "a committee of one to act as a final court of appeal in all matters of dispute between the two major leagues and any minor leagues"
#BaseballandtheLaw 104, 215
November 13, 2025 at 6:51 PM
The owners first proposed the title: “Director-General of Baseball,” but Landis said it sounded too “high-falutin’.” They settled on “commissioner” instead.
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Maybe it’s just the Humanities professor in me, but let it be noted that events of today (ahem) have demonstrated the value of being able to assess a large volume of qualitative data and do careful textual analysis with deep attention to context.
November 13, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Maybe it’s just the Humanities professor in me, but let it be noted that events of today (ahem) have demonstrated the value of being able to assess a large volume of qualitative data and do careful textual analysis with deep attention to context.
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👋 I'm Danielle, and I'm on the #econjobmarket this year!
Let's start with a student describing her segregated school:
"The school felt temporary. Built like a warehouse with aluminum siding . . . I had a slipshod education"
The twist? The student is white, and her school is private.
A JMP 🧵 -->
Let's start with a student describing her segregated school:
"The school felt temporary. Built like a warehouse with aluminum siding . . . I had a slipshod education"
The twist? The student is white, and her school is private.
A JMP 🧵 -->
November 12, 2025 at 3:57 PM
👋 I'm Danielle, and I'm on the #econjobmarket this year!
Let's start with a student describing her segregated school:
"The school felt temporary. Built like a warehouse with aluminum siding . . . I had a slipshod education"
The twist? The student is white, and her school is private.
A JMP 🧵 -->
Let's start with a student describing her segregated school:
"The school felt temporary. Built like a warehouse with aluminum siding . . . I had a slipshod education"
The twist? The student is white, and her school is private.
A JMP 🧵 -->