Colin Bell
@colbell.bsky.social
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“Just pull yourself up by your bootstraps” or something idk
July 8, 2025 at 8:37 AM
“Just pull yourself up by your bootstraps” or something idk
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Look I love Antony Green as much as the next aspiring wonk but also it would be an absolute delight to see him get progressively three sheets to the wind tomorrow, take a leak on the big board, and then storm out trousers down yelling “Follow THAT Casey!”
May 1, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Look I love Antony Green as much as the next aspiring wonk but also it would be an absolute delight to see him get progressively three sheets to the wind tomorrow, take a leak on the big board, and then storm out trousers down yelling “Follow THAT Casey!”
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in slightly-early honour of St Patricks Day, I will once again remind the world of the time Amazon united Ireland (and apologized for the Troubles), still one of my favourite moments on twitter
March 16, 2025 at 8:23 PM
in slightly-early honour of St Patricks Day, I will once again remind the world of the time Amazon united Ireland (and apologized for the Troubles), still one of my favourite moments on twitter
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A social distancing cheat chart:
January 1, 2025 at 12:07 AM
A social distancing cheat chart:
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New from me on what the rage and glee on public display after the killing of a healthcare CEO portends.
I suspect the corporate world will respond with more security and retreating even more into their gated lives.
They would be advised to read up on history.
🎁🔗
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/o...
I suspect the corporate world will respond with more security and retreating even more into their gated lives.
They would be advised to read up on history.
🎁🔗
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/o...
December 6, 2024 at 6:55 PM
New from me on what the rage and glee on public display after the killing of a healthcare CEO portends.
I suspect the corporate world will respond with more security and retreating even more into their gated lives.
They would be advised to read up on history.
🎁🔗
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/o...
I suspect the corporate world will respond with more security and retreating even more into their gated lives.
They would be advised to read up on history.
🎁🔗
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/o...
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fyi I'm trying to be really careful about what I hear on the scene because I'm drunk, my political vocabulary is not great, and ajussis slur their syllables together -- so some of the stuff I say will lag behind reuters etc!
December 3, 2024 at 4:50 PM
fyi I'm trying to be really careful about what I hear on the scene because I'm drunk, my political vocabulary is not great, and ajussis slur their syllables together -- so some of the stuff I say will lag behind reuters etc!
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I feel like this was the greatest celebrity post of all time because you initially want to make fun of it because we’re all irony poisoned jerks but the sheer scale of human compassion overwhelms it and you end up going yes Vincent I also want to help a pig see the stars for the first time
November 21, 2024 at 4:15 AM
I feel like this was the greatest celebrity post of all time because you initially want to make fun of it because we’re all irony poisoned jerks but the sheer scale of human compassion overwhelms it and you end up going yes Vincent I also want to help a pig see the stars for the first time
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Annual morbidity in the 20th century, before and after vaccines:
Measles:
Before: 530,000, After: 47
Mumps:
Before: 160,000, After: 429
Rubella:
Before: 50,000, After: 3
Diphtheria:
Before: 20,000, After: 2
Smallpox:
Before: 30,000, After: 0
Polio:
Before: 16,000, After: 0
Measles:
Before: 530,000, After: 47
Mumps:
Before: 160,000, After: 429
Rubella:
Before: 50,000, After: 3
Diphtheria:
Before: 20,000, After: 2
Smallpox:
Before: 30,000, After: 0
Polio:
Before: 16,000, After: 0
November 17, 2024 at 4:25 PM
Annual morbidity in the 20th century, before and after vaccines:
Measles:
Before: 530,000, After: 47
Mumps:
Before: 160,000, After: 429
Rubella:
Before: 50,000, After: 3
Diphtheria:
Before: 20,000, After: 2
Smallpox:
Before: 30,000, After: 0
Polio:
Before: 16,000, After: 0
Measles:
Before: 530,000, After: 47
Mumps:
Before: 160,000, After: 429
Rubella:
Before: 50,000, After: 3
Diphtheria:
Before: 20,000, After: 2
Smallpox:
Before: 30,000, After: 0
Polio:
Before: 16,000, After: 0
😁😁
November 16, 2024 at 9:48 AM
😁😁
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do you ever find yourself reading something fairly tedious and dry but then suddenly hit a passage that makes you think that you somehow might be totally fucking stoned
March 27, 2024 at 1:21 PM
do you ever find yourself reading something fairly tedious and dry but then suddenly hit a passage that makes you think that you somehow might be totally fucking stoned
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Repost from Mastodon, original source uncredited (alas, because it's brilliant)
March 7, 2024 at 10:03 AM
Repost from Mastodon, original source uncredited (alas, because it's brilliant)
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Climate deniers be like…
December 18, 2023 at 11:29 AM
Climate deniers be like…
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IT’S THE MESS WE INHERITED
IT’S THE AGEING POPULATION
IT’S THE FINANCIAL CRISIS
IT’S BED BLOCKERS
IT’S THE PANDEMIC
IT’S THE WAR IN UKRAINE
IT’S THE UNIONS
IT’S IMMIGRANTS
Is it though.
IT’S THE AGEING POPULATION
IT’S THE FINANCIAL CRISIS
IT’S BED BLOCKERS
IT’S THE PANDEMIC
IT’S THE WAR IN UKRAINE
IT’S THE UNIONS
IT’S IMMIGRANTS
Is it though.
November 26, 2023 at 12:50 PM
IT’S THE MESS WE INHERITED
IT’S THE AGEING POPULATION
IT’S THE FINANCIAL CRISIS
IT’S BED BLOCKERS
IT’S THE PANDEMIC
IT’S THE WAR IN UKRAINE
IT’S THE UNIONS
IT’S IMMIGRANTS
Is it though.
IT’S THE AGEING POPULATION
IT’S THE FINANCIAL CRISIS
IT’S BED BLOCKERS
IT’S THE PANDEMIC
IT’S THE WAR IN UKRAINE
IT’S THE UNIONS
IT’S IMMIGRANTS
Is it though.