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Julie Bell
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Assoc. Prof. of Teacher Ed and English Ed at UNO. Greyhounds = the best dogs. Opinions are my own. she/her/hers
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thank you for the outpouring of support!

those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
Donate to Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover, organized by Lexi McMenamin
More than half the team at Teen Vogue was laid off this week by our parent co… Lexi McMenamin needs your support for Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover
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November 4, 2025 at 9:17 PM
juliembell.bsky.social
We didn’t get new costumes for the dogs this year due to me dealing with a re-aggravated back injury, but I have managed to take a couple of new photos of them that I enjoy. Here are Piper and June, to make you smile. #SkyHounds #Greyhounds
A black greyhound with a white chest and graying face is sitting in a salmon colored dog bed with a gray and white blanket under part of her body. Her front paws are crossed, and she is looking at the camera. A black greyhound with a white chest and graying face is roached in a salmon colored dog bed with a gray and white blanket under the back half of her body. Only her nose and mouth are visible above the edge of the bed. She looks like she is smiling. A brindle greyhound is in a roached position in a salmon colored dog bed. She is mostly covered by a gray and white blanket. Only her front paws and head are uncovered, and her front paws are crossed. A closeup photo of a brindle greyhound in a roached position in a salmon colored dog bed. She is mostly covered by a gray and white blanket. Only her front paws and head are uncovered, and her front paws are crossed. She is looking at the camera.
November 4, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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Bummer. Just talked with my teacher candidates a little over a month ago about how it seemed Teen Vogue was still going strong.
November 3, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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Good Place: Fun fact: Columbus is in the Bad Place because of all the raping, slave trade, and genocide.
October 13, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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I started class today by acknowledging the government shutdown and how earlier this week the governor defied voters and opted the state into the federal school voucher program. A teacher candidate looked at me and said, “Are we going to be okay?” #EduSky #AcademicSky
October 1, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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Piper and June relaxing before we went to the art fair today. They got a lot of attention and pets there, and the humans answered a lot of questions, which is typical in the day of the life of a #greyhound owner. #SkyHounds
A brindle greyhound with a white face is lying on a teal, gold, and cream striped area rug in front of a bank of windows. She is looking at the camera. A black greyhound with a graying face has her head resting on a teal dog bed pillow. Her eyes are closed, and one of her ears is alert (pointed). A black greyhound is sitting in a gray dog bed. She is looking out the window to the right of the frame. A brindle greyhound is sitting on the area rug next to her. She is looking at the camera. They are in the mid ground. There is a gray couch with pink pillows in the background. There is light toned flooring in the foreground and a newel post to the left in the foreground. A black greyhound is sitting in a gray dog bed. A brindle greyhound is sitting on the area rug next to her. They are both looking at the camera. There is a walnut coffee table and gray couch with pink pillows in the background.
September 6, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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SO FUN to watch Venus play (and win) doubles! 🤩🎾 #USOpen
September 1, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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Happy to see how well Taylor Townsend played singles in this tournament. Wish she could have kept going, but I hope she takes this momentum into future matches! #TennisSky #USOpen
August 31, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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Super bummed about Ben Shelton. 🎾#USOpen #TennisSky
August 29, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Needed this laugh.
August 28, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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Pausing work and reading about the fresh horrors of today to take and post some Piper photos. Just love her expressive little face. #Greyhound #SkyHounds
A black greyhound with white whiskers peppered throughout her face and chest is sitting in the Sphinx position. She is to the right of the frame on a gray and teal striped rug. A staircase is in the background on the left of the frame. A closeup of a black greyhound with a graying muzzle, head resting on crossed paws on top of a teal dog bed pillow. The greyhound is looking past the camera. A mid-range photo of a black greyhound with a graying muzzle, sitting up with one paw on top of a teal dog bed pillow. The greyhound is looking to the right of the camera. A closeup of a black greyhound with a graying muzzle, head resting on top of a teal dog bed pillow. The greyhound is looking at the camera, seemingly annoyed about her snooze being interrupted.
August 13, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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I realize broad science-literacy problems cannot generally be solved just by shoving more facts at people but I really wish more people understood that the entire purpose and mechanism of a vaccine is to educate your OWN immune system, making it about the most "natural" medical intervention possible
August 8, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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People living under fascism didn’t survive by giving up joy—they protected it.

They held onto the things fascism tried to erase: art, friendship, jokes, rituals, language, memory.

Not as escapism but as resistance. As proof they were still human.

Joy isn’t frivolous under fascism. It’s strategic.
July 4, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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Lettuce tastes great on your #July4 burger or salad. Harvesting it is an extremely difficult job because of the constant bending down and use of sharp tools. As we enjoy our holiday BBQs, let's remember the farm workers who make this meal possible. #WeFeedYou
Workers harvesting watermelons
July 4, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.

This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.

It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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trump should’ve been in handcuffs in jan 2021 and there is no way to quantify just how much human suffering will result from the disastrous decision to slow walk his prosecution or even avoid it altogether
July 3, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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the Bezos wedding celebration included a Great Gatsby-themed party and I guarantee no one there knew who the baddies in that book were
June 28, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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After the graphic novel is realistic fiction. I posted about Everything We Never Had earlier this year, which is one of their options. The other option is A Catalog of Burnt Objects by Shana Youngdahl. 📚👍🏻 #YALit
juliembell.bsky.social Julie Bell @juliembell.bsky.social · Jan 7
Randy Ribay has done it again. Everything We Never Had is a heart achingly beautiful novel about four generations of Filipino and Filipino American men, all of whom have big dreams and intense emotions, though they don’t always align with each other. #YALit 📚👍🏻
Electronic book cover of Everything We Never Had by Randy Ribay.
June 15, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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Yesterday was our June girl’s 7th birthday! She tolerated the headband and enjoyed her pupcake. 😂 Piper was right in there at the end to make sure she finished every morsel of her birthday treat, even though Piper had her own treat. #SkyHounds #Greyhounds
A brindle greyhound wearing a white headband with feathers and a cake that says Birthday Girl with 7 candles in red, purple, and teal on top. The dog is looking at the camera and standing on a green lawn. A photo of a “pupcake” - “frosting” sandwiched between two cookies intended for a dog. Only the top cookie is visible, and it is decorated to look like a cupcake. The wrapper portion is pink and there is white frosting with sprinkles. The pupcake is on a white Corelle plate with black rings around the edges. Extreme closeup of a brindle greyhound’s face, taken from near the ground and angled up. The dog’s mouth is slightly open, and she is wearing a birthday headband. There is a lawn and some trees in the background, taken in the early summer at near dusk. A brindle greyhound and black greyhound have their noses to the ground, searching for leftover crumbs from the brindle dog’s birthday treat.
June 15, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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It’s becoming increasingly subversive to read so, I have a reading list for you pearlsandrubys.slj.com/2025/06/11/w...
Wednesday Morning Protests
Conversations about books on banned lists will build community and facilitate empathy. Talking about these stories will also exercise critical information literacy skills as we examine how power is ar...
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June 13, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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@youngteenlit.bsky.social Your latest post for SLJ's Teen Librarian Toolbox was right on time. The teachers and librarians in my YA lit class have been asking about bridging the gap for ms / early hs who need a fit that is just right! #YoungTeenLit teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2025/06/09/m...
Move Over, Middle Grade: Take Two, by guest bloggers Christina Chatel and Marcia Kochel
Two middle school librarians talk about the need for Young Teen Lit
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June 10, 2025 at 1:43 AM
juliembell.bsky.social
Back to the #YALit reading list. After nonfiction, they will read the original and graphic novel adaptation of either Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass by Meg Medina, illustrated by Mel Valentine Vargas or Every Day by David Levithan, illustrated by Dion MBD. 👍🏻📚
June 5, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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ICE raids Poconos pizza shop.

"It's really hard to fathom that the guy making my pizza for 25 years is a gangster and a terrorist, and the person who shows up in an unmarked car wearing a mask and body armor comes to take him away is somehow the good guy."

www.wnep.com/article/news...
Wayne County community rally amid ICE raid at restaurant
Newswatch 16's Emily Kress spoke with people in the Honesdale community who are shaken after watching three restaurant employees get detained.
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June 1, 2025 at 9:37 PM