Tiffani Ashley Bell
@tiffaniashleybell.com
Programmer. Transilient. An internet person at The Human Utility paying water bills & freeing people from debt. Nerded out at Howard, Harvard Kennedy School, YC, & Stanford GSB. F1 fan. Spoke at TED.
Black-Scholes-Merton FTW
In LAX or FAY 🏳️🌈
Black-Scholes-Merton FTW
In LAX or FAY 🏳️🌈
Pinned
If I may, I am inserting my TED talk about starting small, doing whatever you can here
People will join you when they see you working. Your efforts don’t have to be permanent or reach millions of people to matter
Everybody can’t just sit online and complain the next four years
go.ted.com/tiffani
People will join you when they see you working. Your efforts don’t have to be permanent or reach millions of people to matter
Everybody can’t just sit online and complain the next four years
go.ted.com/tiffani
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This is an absolutely insane administrative process. Within the space of a week, states were told by judges/White House
*no SNAP benefits
*half benefits
*full benefits
*pause provision of benefits.
Result is chaos, uncertainty, and uneven access to benefits depending on where people live.
*no SNAP benefits
*half benefits
*full benefits
*pause provision of benefits.
Result is chaos, uncertainty, and uneven access to benefits depending on where people live.
NEW: The Trump admin told states it must immediately "undo" the work to provide full food stamp benefits, or face penalties. The feds sent this in a late-night memo, only adding to the chaos and confusion around SNAP. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/b...
Trump Administration Demands States ‘Undo’ Work to Send Full Food Stamps
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:34 PM
This is an absolutely insane administrative process. Within the space of a week, states were told by judges/White House
*no SNAP benefits
*half benefits
*full benefits
*pause provision of benefits.
Result is chaos, uncertainty, and uneven access to benefits depending on where people live.
*no SNAP benefits
*half benefits
*full benefits
*pause provision of benefits.
Result is chaos, uncertainty, and uneven access to benefits depending on where people live.
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History is our record of what happened in the past and how we interpret it. Erasing Black people or any group from history is evil.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 2:42 PM
History is our record of what happened in the past and how we interpret it. Erasing Black people or any group from history is evil.
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NEW: The Trump admin told states it must immediately "undo" the work to provide full food stamp benefits, or face penalties. The feds sent this in a late-night memo, only adding to the chaos and confusion around SNAP. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/b...
Trump Administration Demands States ‘Undo’ Work to Send Full Food Stamps
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
NEW: The Trump admin told states it must immediately "undo" the work to provide full food stamp benefits, or face penalties. The feds sent this in a late-night memo, only adding to the chaos and confusion around SNAP. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/b...
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
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Never change Detroit.
Love folks from the D real hard.
Love folks from the D real hard.
November 7, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Never change Detroit.
Love folks from the D real hard.
Love folks from the D real hard.
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Justices are assigned to be on "Circuits." Depending on what state an appeal is coming from, that's the judge who has to deal with it.
KBJ is the First Circuit. So it fell to her to handle it.
KBJ is the First Circuit. So it fell to her to handle it.
![Circuit Assignments
It is ordered that the following allotment be made of The Chief Justice and the Associate Justices of this Court among the circuits, pursuant to Title 28, United States Code, Section 42 and that such allotment be entered of record, effective September 28, 2022.
For the District of Columbia Circuit - John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice
[HIGHLIGHTED]
For the First Circuit - Ketanji Brown Jackson, Associate Justice
(Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island)
For the Second Circuit - Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice
(Connecticut, New York, Vermont)
For the Third Circuit - Samuel A. Alito, Jr., Associate Justice
(Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virgin Islands)
For the Fourth Circuit - John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice
(Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, West Virginia, Virginia)
For the Fifth Circuit - Samuel A. Alito, Jr., Associate Justice
(Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2wyqv44lm72vasmddeqjgy72/bafkreiejraegomx2gh5x7y6nuiuuoinxgegu6sopvbghe5vhxw3jkwfmgi@jpeg)
November 8, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Justices are assigned to be on "Circuits." Depending on what state an appeal is coming from, that's the judge who has to deal with it.
KBJ is the First Circuit. So it fell to her to handle it.
KBJ is the First Circuit. So it fell to her to handle it.
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TODAY, I AM OFFICIALLY AN AUTHOR!!! A CHILDHOOD DREAM COME TRUE!!!!!
#TheDoubleTax is the first book I've ever written and it’s OUT EVERYWHERE TODAY. Four years. 100s of stories. Countless drafts. I woke up today as a FIRST TIME author. WOW.
Get your copy TODAY: annagifty.com #booksky #blacksky
#TheDoubleTax is the first book I've ever written and it’s OUT EVERYWHERE TODAY. Four years. 100s of stories. Countless drafts. I woke up today as a FIRST TIME author. WOW.
Get your copy TODAY: annagifty.com #booksky #blacksky
September 16, 2025 at 11:30 AM
TODAY, I AM OFFICIALLY AN AUTHOR!!! A CHILDHOOD DREAM COME TRUE!!!!!
#TheDoubleTax is the first book I've ever written and it’s OUT EVERYWHERE TODAY. Four years. 100s of stories. Countless drafts. I woke up today as a FIRST TIME author. WOW.
Get your copy TODAY: annagifty.com #booksky #blacksky
#TheDoubleTax is the first book I've ever written and it’s OUT EVERYWHERE TODAY. Four years. 100s of stories. Countless drafts. I woke up today as a FIRST TIME author. WOW.
Get your copy TODAY: annagifty.com #booksky #blacksky
I pitched in a couple of dollars
I be in New York from time to time haha
I be in New York from time to time haha
Soooo it seems like the video has been taken down cause he raised enough money but Mamdani actually crowd funded his transition team money.
There was a lot of criticism from the usual sources for "already asking for money" but transition teams are usually funded by hidden donors
There was a lot of criticism from the usual sources for "already asking for money" but transition teams are usually funded by hidden donors
Mayor-elect Mamdani raises $500K+ for transition committee in less than 2 days
The committee received more than 7,000 contributions totaling more than $500,000 in less than two days.
www.silive.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:12 AM
I pitched in a couple of dollars
I be in New York from time to time haha
I be in New York from time to time haha
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#BREAKING: Justice Jackson has issued an "administrative" stay, temporarily pausing a district court order that would've required the USDA to continue using contingency funds to pay SNAP benefits.
The stay expires 48 hours after the First Circuit rules on USDA's request for a stay pending appeal.
The stay expires 48 hours after the First Circuit rules on USDA's request for a stay pending appeal.
November 8, 2025 at 2:28 AM
#BREAKING: Justice Jackson has issued an "administrative" stay, temporarily pausing a district court order that would've required the USDA to continue using contingency funds to pay SNAP benefits.
The stay expires 48 hours after the First Circuit rules on USDA's request for a stay pending appeal.
The stay expires 48 hours after the First Circuit rules on USDA's request for a stay pending appeal.
Back over here for a sec
Mostly just to say I abhor everything happening in this country (and the secondary effects of our foreign policy and revocation of aid in other countries) rn
People deserve to eat
People deserve to be treated with dignity
People deserve due process
Mostly just to say I abhor everything happening in this country (and the secondary effects of our foreign policy and revocation of aid in other countries) rn
People deserve to eat
People deserve to be treated with dignity
People deserve due process
November 8, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Back over here for a sec
Mostly just to say I abhor everything happening in this country (and the secondary effects of our foreign policy and revocation of aid in other countries) rn
People deserve to eat
People deserve to be treated with dignity
People deserve due process
Mostly just to say I abhor everything happening in this country (and the secondary effects of our foreign policy and revocation of aid in other countries) rn
People deserve to eat
People deserve to be treated with dignity
People deserve due process
This is what a real leader does
You get up as high as he is, people stop bringing you the bad news (and/or the truth), so you have to go find it yourself
Also keeps people under you on their toes and aware you may check
You get up as high as he is, people stop bringing you the bad news (and/or the truth), so you have to go find it yourself
Also keeps people under you on their toes and aware you may check
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon, who runs a $4.5 trillion bank with 300,000 employees, still reads customer complaints himself, a habit he says keeps him connected to reality inside one of the world’s most powerful financial institutions. trib.al/F1ynZLl
Jamie Dimon says he still reads customer complaints himself because his staff filters too much: ‘The bureaucracy does want to control you’ | Fortune
“If you’re in a position like mine, you’ve got to break down those barriers all the time,” Dimon said.
trib.al
November 8, 2025 at 3:01 AM
This is what a real leader does
You get up as high as he is, people stop bringing you the bad news (and/or the truth), so you have to go find it yourself
Also keeps people under you on their toes and aware you may check
You get up as high as he is, people stop bringing you the bad news (and/or the truth), so you have to go find it yourself
Also keeps people under you on their toes and aware you may check
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One lesson of the Sandwich Guy Case is now more than ever when you are called to jury duty you should go
November 7, 2025 at 12:49 AM
One lesson of the Sandwich Guy Case is now more than ever when you are called to jury duty you should go
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This is the part that is absolutely true whatever the reason for what KBJ just did.
Yes she may be trying to keep the SCOTUS conservatives from trashing SNAP entirely, at least right now. But the effect is the same until the 1st Circuit rules.
Yes she may be trying to keep the SCOTUS conservatives from trashing SNAP entirely, at least right now. But the effect is the same until the 1st Circuit rules.
/2 1. Real human beings will suffer from even a brief stay. 2. The government's position is transparently dishonest and in bad faith. 3. The Supreme Court has lost any benefit of the doubt. They have lost the mandate of the heaven that is the rule of law.
November 8, 2025 at 2:55 AM
This is the part that is absolutely true whatever the reason for what KBJ just did.
Yes she may be trying to keep the SCOTUS conservatives from trashing SNAP entirely, at least right now. But the effect is the same until the 1st Circuit rules.
Yes she may be trying to keep the SCOTUS conservatives from trashing SNAP entirely, at least right now. But the effect is the same until the 1st Circuit rules.
Not feeding people is foul
November 8, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Not feeding people is foul
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when a company announces they're going to start using Al in their products all I hear is "our stuff is about to get noticeably shittier, but you should be excited because it'll be cheaper for us"
July 16, 2025 at 10:48 PM
when a company announces they're going to start using Al in their products all I hear is "our stuff is about to get noticeably shittier, but you should be excited because it'll be cheaper for us"
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My pet peeve with AI assisted writing is having to read content that the author hasn’t even read themselves.
If you can’t put in the effort to read what you supposedly wrote, why should I?
If you can’t put in the effort to read what you supposedly wrote, why should I?
Authors Are Accidentally Leaving AI Prompts In their Novels
‘I’ve rewritten the passage to align more with the J. Bree style’ appeared in the middle of a tense scene with a scaled dragon prince.
www.404media.co
May 24, 2025 at 1:11 PM
My pet peeve with AI assisted writing is having to read content that the author hasn’t even read themselves.
If you can’t put in the effort to read what you supposedly wrote, why should I?
If you can’t put in the effort to read what you supposedly wrote, why should I?
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May 24, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Fewer websites preserving Black history. Fewer newsrooms covering our communities. At Capital B, we’re making sure those stories are still told — and told well. Help us raise $2,000 this spring do even more:
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Never take seriously those who ridicule low income people for having a smartphone or laptop.
“If they’re so poor how did they buy an iPhone???”
Because they’re trying to escape poverty, not the 1700s, genius. If you think basic tech access is unnecessary or a luxury, survive a month without it.
“If they’re so poor how did they buy an iPhone???”
Because they’re trying to escape poverty, not the 1700s, genius. If you think basic tech access is unnecessary or a luxury, survive a month without it.
May 24, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Never take seriously those who ridicule low income people for having a smartphone or laptop.
“If they’re so poor how did they buy an iPhone???”
Because they’re trying to escape poverty, not the 1700s, genius. If you think basic tech access is unnecessary or a luxury, survive a month without it.
“If they’re so poor how did they buy an iPhone???”
Because they’re trying to escape poverty, not the 1700s, genius. If you think basic tech access is unnecessary or a luxury, survive a month without it.
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I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.
April 2, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.
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remember what i said about RFK Jr. being a eugenicist first and foremost? www.marketwatch.com/story/agency...
Agency for older adults, people with disabilities to be shuttered under HHS cuts
In 2022, the Administration for Community Living provided more than 261 million meals to older adults, assistance such as respite care to more than 1.5 million family caregivers, and independent-livin...
www.marketwatch.com
March 30, 2025 at 11:54 PM
remember what i said about RFK Jr. being a eugenicist first and foremost? www.marketwatch.com/story/agency...
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Musk believes that people are being paid to protest Tesla because he's paying people to vote for a Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate. Every accusation is a confession.
March 31, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Musk believes that people are being paid to protest Tesla because he's paying people to vote for a Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate. Every accusation is a confession.
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March 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM
If you want to do some good today, consider donating to @sadiecollective.bsky.social— an organization dedicated to diversifying the fields of economics, policy, and business.
They are officially $100 away from the goal! Please donate: donorbox.org/tscwhm
They are officially $100 away from the goal! Please donate: donorbox.org/tscwhm
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our history is gonna get disappeared because it tells a story some folks would rather not know and the folks with the resources to preserve said records aren’t motivated to do anything about it.
but hey, the cassandra life is not new to me so ima keep pushing.
but hey, the cassandra life is not new to me so ima keep pushing.
March 27, 2025 at 11:33 PM
our history is gonna get disappeared because it tells a story some folks would rather not know and the folks with the resources to preserve said records aren’t motivated to do anything about it.
but hey, the cassandra life is not new to me so ima keep pushing.
but hey, the cassandra life is not new to me so ima keep pushing.
Yup 😞
We do not have a free country in this moment. When they can nab someone off the street because they don't like what they say, they can nab anyone.
March 27, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Yup 😞
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NEW: White House says the arrest and deportation of student activist & legal US resident, Mahmoud Khalil, is a blueprint for more.
The final line here is chilling. The White House specifically says Khalil was not breaking the law.
No evidence, no due process, no crime. He was just disappeared.
The final line here is chilling. The White House specifically says Khalil was not breaking the law.
No evidence, no due process, no crime. He was just disappeared.
March 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
NEW: White House says the arrest and deportation of student activist & legal US resident, Mahmoud Khalil, is a blueprint for more.
The final line here is chilling. The White House specifically says Khalil was not breaking the law.
No evidence, no due process, no crime. He was just disappeared.
The final line here is chilling. The White House specifically says Khalil was not breaking the law.
No evidence, no due process, no crime. He was just disappeared.