Bella B 💜
@bellabld.bsky.social
Minneapolis. Wife, Dog Person, and Plant Person. Civil servant, and my Skeets are my own opinion and not any form of endorsement. 💜💐🌻🌼🪷🪻
There are a bunch of trumpeter swans in my area and their honks are so loud and sound like bike or clown horns and I love it.
December 17, 2025 at 5:54 PM
There are a bunch of trumpeter swans in my area and their honks are so loud and sound like bike or clown horns and I love it.
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trump take job
December 17, 2025 at 5:47 PM
trump take job
There’s a woman who comes in my office and she doesn’t like my purple hair. Today she said “go dye your hair purple again” (pejorative) and I can’t stop laughing because I do need to dye my hair again.
December 17, 2025 at 5:49 PM
There’s a woman who comes in my office and she doesn’t like my purple hair. Today she said “go dye your hair purple again” (pejorative) and I can’t stop laughing because I do need to dye my hair again.
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Call them 'Nuzzi Pox'
More Americans got measles this year than Olivia Nuzzi’s book. Guess which got more press coverage. Let's change that.
More Americans got measles this year than Olivia Nuzzi’s book. Guess which got more press coverage. Let's change that.
Call them 'Nuzzi Pox'
More Americans got measles this year than Olivia Nuzzi’s book. Guess which got more press coverage. Let's change that.
www.thefarce.org
December 16, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Call them 'Nuzzi Pox'
More Americans got measles this year than Olivia Nuzzi’s book. Guess which got more press coverage. Let's change that.
More Americans got measles this year than Olivia Nuzzi’s book. Guess which got more press coverage. Let's change that.
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GenAI truly is the asbestos poisoning our collectively shared resources and infrastructure.
Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things
December 15, 2025 at 9:41 PM
GenAI truly is the asbestos poisoning our collectively shared resources and infrastructure.
I’ve been carrying Narcan in my purse for less than a month and as of today it has been used and possibly saved a life!
December 9, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I’ve been carrying Narcan in my purse for less than a month and as of today it has been used and possibly saved a life!
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Minnesota boasts the largest population of Somalis in the U.S. — a community that's recently faced attacks from President Trump. Here's a brief history of how they came to settle there. n.pr/48fUSBk
How Minnesota became a hub for Somali immigrants in the U.S.
Minnesota boasts the largest population of Somalis in the U.S. — a community that's recently faced attacks from President Trump. Here's a brief history of how they came to settle there.
n.pr
December 4, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Minnesota boasts the largest population of Somalis in the U.S. — a community that's recently faced attacks from President Trump. Here's a brief history of how they came to settle there. n.pr/48fUSBk
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Paid Leave in MN starts Jan 1!
If you welcomed a baby in 2025 you can apply to take bonding leave in 2026! Check out www.paidleave.mn.gov
This huge win is thanks to DFLers and only DFLers. No Republicans voted for it and they spent the last two years trying to destroy it before it even started. 🫶🏼
If you welcomed a baby in 2025 you can apply to take bonding leave in 2026! Check out www.paidleave.mn.gov
This huge win is thanks to DFLers and only DFLers. No Republicans voted for it and they spent the last two years trying to destroy it before it even started. 🫶🏼
📢 New parents: You can start applying for Paid Leave NOW!
Paid Leave passed by DFLers in 2023 goes into effect January 1, 2026!
If you welcomed a baby in 2025, you can apply for up to 12 weeks of bonding leave in the new year. Learn more at paidleave.mn.gov.
Paid Leave passed by DFLers in 2023 goes into effect January 1, 2026!
If you welcomed a baby in 2025, you can apply for up to 12 weeks of bonding leave in the new year. Learn more at paidleave.mn.gov.
December 4, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Paid Leave in MN starts Jan 1!
If you welcomed a baby in 2025 you can apply to take bonding leave in 2026! Check out www.paidleave.mn.gov
This huge win is thanks to DFLers and only DFLers. No Republicans voted for it and they spent the last two years trying to destroy it before it even started. 🫶🏼
If you welcomed a baby in 2025 you can apply to take bonding leave in 2026! Check out www.paidleave.mn.gov
This huge win is thanks to DFLers and only DFLers. No Republicans voted for it and they spent the last two years trying to destroy it before it even started. 🫶🏼
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NEW APPLES!
November 29, 2025 at 8:51 PM
NEW APPLES!
It’s so unfair that in England, there’s not a risk of rabies and it’s generally accepted if people interact with wildlife (such as foxes) and in America it’s considered being a nuisance.
November 27, 2025 at 4:56 PM
It’s so unfair that in England, there’s not a risk of rabies and it’s generally accepted if people interact with wildlife (such as foxes) and in America it’s considered being a nuisance.
I didn’t get to share my northern lights photos from Tuesday Nov 10! I’m so glad so many people got to experience it!
November 16, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I didn’t get to share my northern lights photos from Tuesday Nov 10! I’m so glad so many people got to experience it!
The thing is that is Trump is impeached or asked what he knew about the girls Epstein trafficked, can’t they just claim that Trump has dementia and isn’t fit to stand trial?
November 15, 2025 at 11:33 PM
The thing is that is Trump is impeached or asked what he knew about the girls Epstein trafficked, can’t they just claim that Trump has dementia and isn’t fit to stand trial?
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November 13 is World Kindness Day. Its goal is to encourage acts of kindness. (After all, one kind day is better than none.) Here's a look at the nature and nurturing of human kindness. n.pr/49S06UX
If you're going to be kind to another human, today is the day to do it!
November 13 is World Kindness Day. Its goal is to encourage acts of kindness. (After all, one kind day is better than none.) Here's a look at the nature and nurturing of human kindness.
n.pr
November 13, 2025 at 12:38 PM
November 13 is World Kindness Day. Its goal is to encourage acts of kindness. (After all, one kind day is better than none.) Here's a look at the nature and nurturing of human kindness. n.pr/49S06UX
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I think this analysis is probably correct.
And.
This administration is forcing a Justice in a broken Court system to try and game out arcane maneuvers all because they refuse to just feed hungry people.
Every delay is a meal missed.
An abject failure in the wealthiest nation on earth.
And.
This administration is forcing a Justice in a broken Court system to try and game out arcane maneuvers all because they refuse to just feed hungry people.
Every delay is a meal missed.
An abject failure in the wealthiest nation on earth.
Good longer read on Justice Jackson’s response to a very tricky situation tonight from @stevevladeck.bsky.social: www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtf
190. SNAP WTF?
A very quick explainer on what (and why) Justice Jackson issued an "administrative stay" in the SNAP case late on Friday night, and on what's likely to happen next
www.stevevladeck.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
I think this analysis is probably correct.
And.
This administration is forcing a Justice in a broken Court system to try and game out arcane maneuvers all because they refuse to just feed hungry people.
Every delay is a meal missed.
An abject failure in the wealthiest nation on earth.
And.
This administration is forcing a Justice in a broken Court system to try and game out arcane maneuvers all because they refuse to just feed hungry people.
Every delay is a meal missed.
An abject failure in the wealthiest nation on earth.
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Hallmark actually makes original content that is not super expensive, and their development process doesn't last like 10 thousand years LOL.
The Hallmark Channel has risen from the ninth to the fourth most-watched cable channel in prime time in the last three weeks.
A Hallmark Christmas Movie Just Beat Almost Everything On CNN, MSNBC
The Hallmark Channel has risen from the ninth to the fourth most-watched cable channel in prime time in the last three weeks.
www.forbes.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Hallmark actually makes original content that is not super expensive, and their development process doesn't last like 10 thousand years LOL.
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Here's an incredible election result that's being slept on: Duluth passed a first-in-the-state Tenants Right to Repair ordinance! TakeAction MN and its ascendant Duluth Tenants Union fought hard for this ballot question and won a huge victory for tenants rights in a market which really needs it
November 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Here's an incredible election result that's being slept on: Duluth passed a first-in-the-state Tenants Right to Repair ordinance! TakeAction MN and its ascendant Duluth Tenants Union fought hard for this ballot question and won a huge victory for tenants rights in a market which really needs it
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Every single person on the board of OpenAI should face personal criminal charges for this
There are no words for how evil this is
November 7, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Every single person on the board of OpenAI should face personal criminal charges for this
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"Strikingly, more than 24% of the 45 officers have killed community members while on duty."
Unicorn Riot Releases New Trove of Videos From Largest Arrest in MN History - Racket
Plus celebrating the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, SNAP pause hurts residents and grocers, and a good guide for Twin Cities business travelers in today's Flyover news roundup.
buff.ly
November 7, 2025 at 1:00 AM
"Strikingly, more than 24% of the 45 officers have killed community members while on duty."
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bro are you fucking kidding me
![quote from the Economist article which says "[study authors] are now looking at whether AI facial analysis can give lenders useful clues about a person’s propensity to repay loans. For people without access to credit, that could be a blessing."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6ofjbklfvptnupad4lxumblw/bafkreia3yctiqd7ejumpd6novxjpiycphtfkc3bdgd573jw37faqdl7o7m@jpeg)
November 6, 2025 at 5:59 PM
bro are you fucking kidding me
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Dozens of cars, mailboxes and house walls were painted with red swastikas, believed to be using human blood, in the western German city of Hanau.
Police said they had not yet identified a perpetrator or a motive.
Police said they had not yet identified a perpetrator or a motive.
German authorities investigate swastikas painted in blood
The Nazi symbols, which are illegal in Germany, were scrawled on cars and homes, apparently using human blood, in the western city of Hanau, investigators said.
wapo.st
November 6, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Dozens of cars, mailboxes and house walls were painted with red swastikas, believed to be using human blood, in the western German city of Hanau.
Police said they had not yet identified a perpetrator or a motive.
Police said they had not yet identified a perpetrator or a motive.
I honestly think that the shutdown will go through the holidays and then will reopen on January 6.
November 6, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I honestly think that the shutdown will go through the holidays and then will reopen on January 6.
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Government workers should be paid, AND people on SNAP benefits should get their food assistance.
We need to stop with the "Us versus Them" mentality
Other people who are suffering are not your enemy.
Be kind to one another, now more than ever.
We need to stop with the "Us versus Them" mentality
Other people who are suffering are not your enemy.
Be kind to one another, now more than ever.
November 5, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Government workers should be paid, AND people on SNAP benefits should get their food assistance.
We need to stop with the "Us versus Them" mentality
Other people who are suffering are not your enemy.
Be kind to one another, now more than ever.
We need to stop with the "Us versus Them" mentality
Other people who are suffering are not your enemy.
Be kind to one another, now more than ever.
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Zohran Mamdani will be New York’s youngest mayor in over a century and the city’s first Muslim and first South Asian mayor. He has twice defeated Andrew Cuomo, who resigned as governor in the face of sexual harassment allegations. https://bit.ly/47pa8LH
Zohran Mamdani, who ran on universal child care, elected New York City mayor
Mamdani defeated Andrew Cuomo, who resigned as governor in 2021 in the face of sexual misconduct allegations.
19thnews.org
November 5, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Zohran Mamdani will be New York’s youngest mayor in over a century and the city’s first Muslim and first South Asian mayor. He has twice defeated Andrew Cuomo, who resigned as governor in the face of sexual harassment allegations. https://bit.ly/47pa8LH
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JD's family has spent $35M on vacations. Kash Patel used a $60M FBI jet to go on a date. Trump spent $98M to golf for 24% of the days of this term—all our tax dollars. But you think single moms getting $6 a day for SNAP is the problem?
November 4, 2025 at 1:13 AM
JD's family has spent $35M on vacations. Kash Patel used a $60M FBI jet to go on a date. Trump spent $98M to golf for 24% of the days of this term—all our tax dollars. But you think single moms getting $6 a day for SNAP is the problem?