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Lauren Bell
@lmcbell.bsky.social
Political scientist, academic administrator, dog lover, traveler. RVA🏡, RMC💛🖤, Oklahoma Sooners,❤️🤍, Fighting Scots 🖤💛. Not necessarily in that order.
Was not expecting to read today that on Black Friday, a raccoon broke in, got drunk, and passed out in the bathroom of the liquor store just off campus. And yet, it also seems like a very Ashland thing to happen.
December 3, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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I can
August 30, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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How about high-speed rail on earth?
Duffy to announce nuclear reactor on the moon
This is the first major agency effort by the interim NASA administrator, who is also the Transportation secretary and a former Fox News host.
www.politico.com
August 5, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Senator Cory Booker got into some ‘good trouble’ and the consequences are still reverberating writes @lmcbell.bsky.social of Randolph-Macon College

blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...
April 10, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Snoop and Tom Brady: say no to hate

Kendrick: actually
February 10, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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Again, a decade from now "AI skills" will be a commodity, & the scarce resource in the labor market will (once again) be individuals who can think, write, analyze, & communicate, as it has been forever and always. And we'll still be fighting tired, age-old battles defending the liberal arts.
December 25, 2024 at 10:53 PM
It wouldn’t be Thanksgiving without a perfectly smoked turkey, thanks to @webergrills.bsky.social. 🦃🍗🍽
November 28, 2024 at 11:24 PM
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You used to call me on my self-own
Drake just signed a legal document acknowledging "Not Like Us" did him great harm.

Is this not the biggest defeat in hip-hop history?
November 26, 2024 at 2:18 AM
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Bookmarking this for syllabus updates. As always, great work by @jdrackey.bsky.social and @lmcbell.bsky.social
Excited to see this new FAI & Gray Center symposium on “Congress after Chevron.” @lmcbell.bsky.social and I contribute a paper on the role of congressional committees in this new policymaking environment.🧵
November 20, 2024 at 5:28 PM
Post a picture you took (no description) to bring some zen to the timeline.
November 16, 2024 at 11:00 PM
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These days I really wish I’d studied turf management in college instead of history and political science. I think I’d be a lot happier.
November 14, 2024 at 3:40 AM
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Trump is highly abnormal but this campaign outcome is standard poli sci:
-Incumbent parties perform poorly when the public is unhappy with the economy
-Most people don't pay very close attention or have consistent ideological views
-Election-specific variation often takes the form of a uniform swing
November 10, 2024 at 3:49 AM
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Don’t know where this came from but I think it might be the poster from a John Hughes movie.
October 31, 2024 at 7:56 PM
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The Carl Albert Center is recruiting a graduate Fellow to earn a PhD in political science from OU Political Science. Our package includes 5 years of funding with year 1 as a TA for the intro class, 2-4 as a RA or TA for CAC faculty, and a 5th year dedicated to finishing your dissertation.
October 22, 2024 at 3:15 PM
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Hey Virginians--tomorrow, October 15, is the last day to register to vote before the Nov. 5th election. Verify or register TODAY!
October 14, 2024 at 4:37 PM