Alexander Bell

@alexanderbell.info

243 Followers 118 Following

Front-end web developer from Southern California with an interest in politics, crafts, science, climate, and just, like, being a good person

Amatxi (“ah-ma-chi”) logo on a black background. The logo has a distinctive pill shape with scalloped edges and reads in a very stylized font.
An old photo of men covered in dirt all crammed together in a multi-level cage-looking contraption. Two women look on.
Threads post by @laurajhawk: “Okay, hear me out: How about we support Gavin Newsome and Cory Booker and Pete Buttigieg and Elizabeth Warren and everyone else who’s fighting the good fight, and leave it till later (way later) to worry about who The Candidate might turn out to be? We really really need more than one Democrat doing good things, and also we HAVE more than one Democrat doing good things; it’s not all about the presidency.”
Title: Millions of Californians just lived through the coldest first two months of summer in their lifetime. Image: map of California with lots of blues indicating cool temperatures.
Photo of the outside of a Goodwill Store & Donation Center. Text is overlaid that says, “BODY FOUND IN DONATION BIN OUTSIDE GOODWILL STORE IN PASADENA”
A chunk of natural copper
A comfort inn in Osaka with a sauna on the first floor.
A screenshot of a tweet (X). Hilary Clinton’s response to the Atlantic article titled “The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans” by Jeffrey Goldberg. Former Sec. State’s response was, “👀 You have got to be kidding me.”
A picture of a grilled sandwich with melted cheese, pisto manchego, a fried egg, and a fried rice and cheese patty. It’s on a white plate which is on a red placemat.
President Trump, while complaining about the California high speed rail project, said, “You take an airplane. Costs you two dollars,” as a reason for why the CAHSR shouldn’t have existed in the first place.
Graph showing California population over time: about 37.2 million in 2010, 37.6 million in 2012, almost 38 million in 2014, continuing until it peaked at nearly 40 million in 2020, quickly dropped by a few hundred thousand and has since started to grow again and is nearly where it was pre-COVID
Screenshot from a computer running macOS “Ventura”. The “Emptying the Trash…” dialog is open and says that 2,501,463 items have been deleted. It’s not quite done with the task according to the progress bar.
The Flos Superloon floor lamp in an industrial chic apartment that likely smells of rich mahogany and that contains many leather-bound books.
Sunset over the Pacific Ocean with rocky cliffs in the lower right and plants along the bottom
Emergency Alert LACoOEM: Disregard the last EVACUATION WARNING. It was for Kenneth Fire Only.
The Sunset Fire burns in the Hollywood Hills as visible from south of the hills in Hollywood
A view of the Westside of Los Angeles facing north from Loyola Marymount University. In the foreground, you can see buildings illuminated in the night, while in the background, a large fire burns through the smoke.
U.S. Drought Monitor map of California. Most of the Central Valley and the western half of Souther California is “abnormally dry”, and as you head eat there are bands of “moderate drought” followed by “severe drought” and “extreme drought,” which follows along the CA-AZ border where the Colorado river runs.
Spotify Wrapped screen that reads “April was your Pink Pilates Princess Hollywood Pop season”
A pair of turkeys: one male and one female.
Button Stealer: a Chrome extension that “steals” a button from every website you open. Button stealer works automatically. Do your usual everyday online stuff and watch the collection of your stolen buttons grow. It’s fun, useless, and free!
Real gross domestic product of Germany and Spain from around 2005 to present. They both rise and fall at different rates, but suddenly after 2020 Spain increases rapidly and ends up where Germany is. Source: Eurostat
An image of a man dressed in an Ancient Greek warrior costume with the text: “! Trade offer ! You receive: a big wooden horse. I receive: Nothing haha, don’t worry about it.
A black, white, red and yellow abstract painting by Jackson Pollock
Sloping valleys covered in evergreen forest, snaking their way toward the gray-capped mountains at the horizon. The sky is mostly clear and blue with a few white, puffy clouds.
A 2-quart jar filled with crushed grapes and covered with a red cotton kitchen towel
Mirror lake at Yosemite National Park.There is the lake with a boulder reflected in the water. Beyond that are trees, rocky cliffs, and the blue sky.
Graph titled Price Inflation for Food since 1913, Consumer Price Index, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The graph shows large amounts of inflation and deflation from 1913 to 1959, followed by a period of inflation that lasts until today.
17,000,037 users on Bluesky
Screenshot of Bluesky app screen that says “Oops! NotEnoughResources [sic]” with a retry button
Mount Fuji, Japan without any snow in October
We need to close the door on this chapter of American history, and I know that former President Trump won't do that. He will divide, he will insult, he will find new ways to be more un-American than he already has been, and we, the people, will get nothing but more anger. That's enough reason for me to share my vote with all of you. I want to move forward as a country, and even though I have plenty of disagreements with their platform, I think the only way to do that is with Harris and Walz. Vote this week. Turn the page and put this junk behind us. And even if you disagree with me, vote, because that's what we do as Americans. vote.org
Arnold Schwarzenegger tweet: I don’t really do endorsements. I’m not shy about sharing my views, but I hate politics and don’t trust most politicians. I also understand that people want to hear from me because I am not just a celebrity, I am a former Republican Governor. My time as Governor taught me to love policy and ignore politics. I’m proud of the work I did to help clean up our air, create jobs, balance the budget, make the biggest infrastructure investment in state history, and take power from the politicians and give it back to the people when it comes to our redistricting process and our primaries in California. That’s policy. It requires working with the other side, not insulting them to win your next election, and I know it isn’t sexy to most people, but I live it when I can help make people’s lives better with policies, like I still do through my institute at USC, where we fight for clean air and stripping the power from the politicians who rig the system against the people.
Dinosaur with many socks saying, “Grahrrrrrr”
Chart showing number of days over 110°F per year in Phoenix, Arizona. The 1991–2020 average was 21 days. 2024 has had 70. The graph shows 2024, 2023, and 2020 as much higher in number of days compared to all previous years.
A year later, Apple has failed at USB-C (just like everyone else) No-one [sic], it seems, wrestles with the USB-C beast and wins.
Bluesky is celebrating 10,000,000 users! @alexanderbell.info was #843,998 and was part of the first 10%
Elon Musk on Twitter (X): “That was hilarious 😂 Unlike the other platforms, our algorithm is open source! And if you interact and argue with ‘right wing’ accounts, which Cuban does a lot, the algorithm will assume that’s what you *want* to do and give you more of it lmao.”
Tweet from @awlilnatty that reads, “The only perspective on AI that matters,” with an attached photo of a newspaper that includes a quote: “I want A.I. to do my laundry and dishes so that I can do art and writing, not for AI to do my art and writing so that I can do my laundry and dishes.” — Author and videogame enthusiast Joanna Maciejewska
A view of coffee spilled on a concrete sidewalk under the glow of an evening sky. A coffee lid is located where the spill originates.