Laine Bell
@lainebell.bsky.social
Writer, baker, chicken tender. Also love animals, nature, grilling, roller skating. Viable Paradise 2018 grad (VP22).
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Blog at lainebell.wordpress.com
She/her.
Blog at lainebell.wordpress.com
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Get in, losers, we’re going to the Cambrian Explosion.
ZOMG LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THE SHALE
Okay, so the Burgess Shale is a fossil bed in British Columbia that contains a whole bunch of fossils of weirdass creatures from the Cambrian era, over 500 million years ago. But the great thing about the shale is that it has fossilized SOFT PARTS!
Okay, so the Burgess Shale is a fossil bed in British Columbia that contains a whole bunch of fossils of weirdass creatures from the Cambrian era, over 500 million years ago. But the great thing about the shale is that it has fossilized SOFT PARTS!
November 14, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Get in, losers, we’re going to the Cambrian Explosion.
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Buried in here: UMC pastors in Chicago told me they were going to keep doing this for a wide spectrum of Methodists who have legal battles amid the ongoing mass deportation effort in the city — immigrant families, pastors who have been arrested, etc.
Some serious denominational solidarity here.
Some serious denominational solidarity here.
NEW: So, the courtroom at the "Broadview 6" arraignment in Chicago yesterday featured lotsa Methodist pastors.
Why? They were supporters of defendant/fellow Methodist Brian Straw.
"If you come for one United Methodist, you have come for all of us,” one pastor said. religionnews.com/2025/11/13/m...
Why? They were supporters of defendant/fellow Methodist Brian Straw.
"If you come for one United Methodist, you have come for all of us,” one pastor said. religionnews.com/2025/11/13/m...
Methodist pastors march into courtroom with 'boring suburban dad' indicted for protesting
CHICAGO (RNS) — ‘If you come for one United Methodist, you have come for all of us,’ said a Chicago area UMC pastor.
religionnews.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Buried in here: UMC pastors in Chicago told me they were going to keep doing this for a wide spectrum of Methodists who have legal battles amid the ongoing mass deportation effort in the city — immigrant families, pastors who have been arrested, etc.
Some serious denominational solidarity here.
Some serious denominational solidarity here.
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i will bet you 1 million dollars AI isnt allowed cause theyre gonna use it to train AI
Vine reboot called diVine has been launched 📱
• Funded by Jack Dorsey
• Includes over 100K videos from Vine's archive
• Users can upload 6-second videos
• AI-generated content is not allowed
• Funded by Jack Dorsey
• Includes over 100K videos from Vine's archive
• Users can upload 6-second videos
• AI-generated content is not allowed
November 13, 2025 at 9:48 PM
i will bet you 1 million dollars AI isnt allowed cause theyre gonna use it to train AI
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"Small acts of kindness and service can change the world. Sometime it all comes down to helping one person, and letting those actions ripple from there." You can read the full blog by @dmbeucler.bsky.social on @scalzi.com The Big Idea 💙
The Big Idea: D. M. Beucler
Small acts of kindness may not always seem like they change the world, but they certainly change the world of whoever you’re helping. Author D. M. Beucler discusses how acts of kindness are a…
whatever.scalzi.com
October 10, 2025 at 7:39 AM
"Small acts of kindness and service can change the world. Sometime it all comes down to helping one person, and letting those actions ripple from there." You can read the full blog by @dmbeucler.bsky.social on @scalzi.com The Big Idea 💙
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obsessed with this photo of cows watching the northern lights. it's the scene in a muppet movie that's so surprisingly touching you start to cry
(photographer: @ChrisReichert3 on twitter)
(photographer: @ChrisReichert3 on twitter)
October 8, 2024 at 5:23 PM
obsessed with this photo of cows watching the northern lights. it's the scene in a muppet movie that's so surprisingly touching you start to cry
(photographer: @ChrisReichert3 on twitter)
(photographer: @ChrisReichert3 on twitter)
Northern lights in central Ohio. I could just see a tint of red to the black sky with the naked eye; the colors only really showed up in the camera.
November 12, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Northern lights in central Ohio. I could just see a tint of red to the black sky with the naked eye; the colors only really showed up in the camera.
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It's a good day for a pumpkin feast
November 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
It's a good day for a pumpkin feast
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If we go on strike, our union of 12,000 workers are calling on customers to NOT BUY STARBUCKS.
Sign our pledge to not cross a picket line and we'll send you local calls to action - nocontractnocoffee.org
Sign our pledge to not cross a picket line and we'll send you local calls to action - nocontractnocoffee.org
November 5, 2025 at 11:54 PM
If we go on strike, our union of 12,000 workers are calling on customers to NOT BUY STARBUCKS.
Sign our pledge to not cross a picket line and we'll send you local calls to action - nocontractnocoffee.org
Sign our pledge to not cross a picket line and we'll send you local calls to action - nocontractnocoffee.org
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One more skeet for Edmund Fitzgerald Day. Behind this historical marker is the famed Whitefish Bay. Today the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum in Paradise, Mich., rang the recovered bell 31 times, 29 for the victims of the wreck, once for all Great Lakes shipwreck victims, and once for Gordon Lightfoot.
November 11, 2025 at 5:37 AM
One more skeet for Edmund Fitzgerald Day. Behind this historical marker is the famed Whitefish Bay. Today the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum in Paradise, Mich., rang the recovered bell 31 times, 29 for the victims of the wreck, once for all Great Lakes shipwreck victims, and once for Gordon Lightfoot.
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hi, can you do me a favor?
take a picture of your pet and then take a picture again while you sing to them
thank you, this is for science
here is my contribution
take a picture of your pet and then take a picture again while you sing to them
thank you, this is for science
here is my contribution
November 10, 2025 at 11:25 PM
hi, can you do me a favor?
take a picture of your pet and then take a picture again while you sing to them
thank you, this is for science
here is my contribution
take a picture of your pet and then take a picture again while you sing to them
thank you, this is for science
here is my contribution
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Ever thought about reading Moby-Dick? Now’s your chance to take a whack at this classic with a hilarious crew cheering you along. Jokes! Memes! WHALE FACTS. You need A MONTH OF DICK!
Well, wilt thou? Huh? Are you game?
A MONTH OF DICK is returning this January.
If you want to be part of our merry crew on this doomed voyage, message me and I'll add you to the list! (if you participated the first time, you're already signed up!)
More details as we get closer! 🐋 📖
A MONTH OF DICK is returning this January.
If you want to be part of our merry crew on this doomed voyage, message me and I'll add you to the list! (if you participated the first time, you're already signed up!)
More details as we get closer! 🐋 📖
wilt thou not chase the white whale? art not game for Moby Dick?
November 11, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Ever thought about reading Moby-Dick? Now’s your chance to take a whack at this classic with a hilarious crew cheering you along. Jokes! Memes! WHALE FACTS. You need A MONTH OF DICK!
I read Moby Dick in 11th grade and thought it was horribly tedious (not nearly as exciting as the condensed version I read as a kid!) I’ve been thinking about rereading it for YEARS and I think this may be the time to do it.
Well, wilt thou? Huh? Are you game?
A MONTH OF DICK is returning this January.
If you want to be part of our merry crew on this doomed voyage, message me and I'll add you to the list! (if you participated the first time, you're already signed up!)
More details as we get closer! 🐋 📖
A MONTH OF DICK is returning this January.
If you want to be part of our merry crew on this doomed voyage, message me and I'll add you to the list! (if you participated the first time, you're already signed up!)
More details as we get closer! 🐋 📖
wilt thou not chase the white whale? art not game for Moby Dick?
November 11, 2025 at 4:18 AM
I read Moby Dick in 11th grade and thought it was horribly tedious (not nearly as exciting as the condensed version I read as a kid!) I’ve been thinking about rereading it for YEARS and I think this may be the time to do it.
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This got me wondering if the Hindi/Sanskrit -pur is the same root (Jaipur, Raipur, Kanpur etc.)
And it is! -pur is fort/stronghold, and thought to be derived from the same PIE root as -buri and -bury.
And it is! -pur is fort/stronghold, and thought to be derived from the same PIE root as -buri and -bury.
November 11, 2025 at 3:16 AM
This got me wondering if the Hindi/Sanskrit -pur is the same root (Jaipur, Raipur, Kanpur etc.)
And it is! -pur is fort/stronghold, and thought to be derived from the same PIE root as -buri and -bury.
And it is! -pur is fort/stronghold, and thought to be derived from the same PIE root as -buri and -bury.
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BE SO BRILLIANT NONE OF YOUR ENEMIES WOULD DARE LOOK AT YOU.
November 10, 2025 at 8:17 AM
BE SO BRILLIANT NONE OF YOUR ENEMIES WOULD DARE LOOK AT YOU.
Honestly I think they are so far removed from regular people they don’t realize the disaster they have created. They think it’s a small number who will be affected (which still wouldn’t make it right.) They think it’s an exaggeration that people will die.
They live in an alternate reality.
They live in an alternate reality.
NEWS: U.S. Senate advances bill to reopen the federal government in a 60-40 vote.
Dems who votes yes:
🔵 Catherine Cortez Masto
🔵 Dick Durbin
🔵 John Fetterman
🔵 Maggie Hassan
🔵 Tim Kaine
🔵 Angus King
🔵 Jackie Rosen
🔵 Jeanne Shaheen
Republicans who voted no:
🔴 Rand Paul
Dems who votes yes:
🔵 Catherine Cortez Masto
🔵 Dick Durbin
🔵 John Fetterman
🔵 Maggie Hassan
🔵 Tim Kaine
🔵 Angus King
🔵 Jackie Rosen
🔵 Jeanne Shaheen
Republicans who voted no:
🔴 Rand Paul
November 10, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Honestly I think they are so far removed from regular people they don’t realize the disaster they have created. They think it’s a small number who will be affected (which still wouldn’t make it right.) They think it’s an exaggeration that people will die.
They live in an alternate reality.
They live in an alternate reality.
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This is the Way. 😄
This week has been a long year. But you know what to do. 😍
November 9, 2025 at 8:53 PM
This is the Way. 😄
The fig I picked off the fig tree (bush) yesterday. I don’t think this is really their zone so it takes forever for them to show up and ripen. This one is SO CLOSE to being ripe!! There’s maybe 2 dozen others that are still hard and probably won’t make it. Maybe next year.
November 9, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The fig I picked off the fig tree (bush) yesterday. I don’t think this is really their zone so it takes forever for them to show up and ripen. This one is SO CLOSE to being ripe!! There’s maybe 2 dozen others that are still hard and probably won’t make it. Maybe next year.
I actually wrote 1k words on WIP tonight, so inspiration didn’t take too long. 😜 So productive today! Yard work! Laundry! Homemade chicken stew and dumplings! Writing!
November 9, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I actually wrote 1k words on WIP tonight, so inspiration didn’t take too long. 😜 So productive today! Yard work! Laundry! Homemade chicken stew and dumplings! Writing!
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When Bashir told Garak about the boy who cried wolf.
August 30, 2024 at 7:10 PM
When Bashir told Garak about the boy who cried wolf.
Planted mums, mulched two flowerbeds, trimmed a bush, hung the bird feeder, put up a scarecrow. All my outdoor work today earned me…a small tick attached to my neck.
WORST REWARD EVER.
At least I will have the warmest comfiest cleanest duvet to sleep under tonight, which was my other chore. 😬
WORST REWARD EVER.
At least I will have the warmest comfiest cleanest duvet to sleep under tonight, which was my other chore. 😬
November 9, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Planted mums, mulched two flowerbeds, trimmed a bush, hung the bird feeder, put up a scarecrow. All my outdoor work today earned me…a small tick attached to my neck.
WORST REWARD EVER.
At least I will have the warmest comfiest cleanest duvet to sleep under tonight, which was my other chore. 😬
WORST REWARD EVER.
At least I will have the warmest comfiest cleanest duvet to sleep under tonight, which was my other chore. 😬
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