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Lauren Bell

@lmcbell.bsky.social

Political scientist, academic administrator, dog lover, traveler. RVA🏑, RMCπŸ’›πŸ–€, Oklahoma Sooners,❀️🀍, Fighting Scots πŸ–€πŸ’›. Not necessarily in that order.

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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.

How about high-speed rail on earth?

05.08.2025 16:42 β€” πŸ‘ 7917    πŸ” 1584    πŸ’¬ 722    πŸ“Œ 146

Antwone Fisher

03.08.2025 03:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

You’re right. Half my wardrobe is from WHBM. Though I am a bit envious that she has managed to stay off these retailers’ mailing lists because even though I never shop at J.Jill, they still send me their catalogs.

28.04.2025 01:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Senator Cory Booker got into some β€˜good trouble’ and the consequences are still reverberating writes @lmcbell.bsky.social of Randolph-Macon College

blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

10.04.2025 10:01 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Snoop and Tom Brady: say no to hate

Kendrick: actually

10.02.2025 01:51 β€” πŸ‘ 54899    πŸ” 7373    πŸ’¬ 118    πŸ“Œ 250

πŸ™‹πŸ»β€β™€οΈ

30.12.2024 03:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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.

25.12.2024 22:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1690    πŸ” 266    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 17

According to the Congressional Research Service, I think so. sgp.fas.org/crs/misc/R44...

12.12.2024 01:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Whole turkey, with crisp, golden brown skin.

Whole turkey, with crisp, golden brown skin.

Picture of a dining room table set for Thanksgiving.

Picture of a dining room table set for Thanksgiving.

It wouldn’t be Thanksgiving without a perfectly smoked turkey, thanks to @webergrills.bsky.social. πŸ¦ƒπŸ—πŸ½

28.11.2024 23:24 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s Japanese. Everything they make is just ridiculously high quality.

27.11.2024 22:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You used to call me on my self-own

26.11.2024 02:18 β€” πŸ‘ 12312    πŸ” 2896    πŸ’¬ 103    πŸ“Œ 71

Bookmarking this for syllabus updates. As always, great work by @jdrackey.bsky.social and @lmcbell.bsky.social

20.11.2024 17:18 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Feel free to add me if there’s still room!

16.11.2024 23:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Post a picture you took (no description) to bring some zen to the timeline.

16.11.2024 23:00 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

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.

14.11.2024 03:40 β€” πŸ‘ 181    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 4

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

10.11.2024 03:49 β€” πŸ‘ 158    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 2

And as others have said, this piece assumes that β€œidentity politics” can’t/doesn’t include whiteness or Christian nationalism.

02.11.2024 13:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Serious fucking cool Kamala Harris looking like Prince in 1984, Tim Walz sitting on a car in sunglasses just chilling like a not-creepy guy in a John Hughes movie.

Serious fucking cool Kamala Harris looking like Prince in 1984, Tim Walz sitting on a car in sunglasses just chilling like a not-creepy guy in a John Hughes movie.

Don’t know where this came from but I think it might be the poster from a John Hughes movie.

31.10.2024 19:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1540    πŸ” 352    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 34

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.

22.10.2024 15:15 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Hey Virginians--tomorrow, October 15, is the last day to register to vote before the Nov. 5th election. Verify or register TODAY!

14.10.2024 16:37 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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