Don Bell

Former newsreader for CBC Edmonton. Married to Giselle Springfield. Four charming cats and one lovely dog.

[Don Bell @HiImDonBell]

Absolutely ridiculous.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

a view of Trump's motorcade rolling up to Air Force One

[Don Bell @HiImDonBell]

@OurShallowState @HawkEmDownChris Bobby Orr.

[Supersonic Redhead🛫 @Supersonic_Red]

There’s a generation a lot of people forget exists. We were born at the tail end of the Boomers, but we are not culturally the same as people born in the 40s and early 50s. We are Generation Jones.

And honestly, it explains a lot.

We grew up in a world that still felt fundamentally analog, but we were young enough to be dragged headfirst into the digital revolution. We are the bridge generation between rotary phones and smartphones, between slide rules and AI, between Walter Cronkite and algorithm driven media.

We remember when there were only a few television channels and the entire country watched the same thing at the same time. We also adapted to the internet, email, forums, social media, streaming and now artificial intelligence. We lived before and after the technological singularity hit everyday life.

That is not a small thing.

People born in the 40s came of age in a post World War II America that was still industrial, deeply hierarchical and institutionally stable. Their formative years were shaped by the Cold War, Vietnam, the civil rights era and a society where information moved slowly.

Generation Jones came later. We inherited the aftermath of all of that.

We were the kids who watched Watergate destroy blind trust in government. We watched manufacturing begin to collapse. We saw divorce rates explode. We were the first truly latchkey generation in massive numbers. We learned independence early because many of us had to.

We grew up with one foot in old America and one foot in whatever this new thing was becoming.

We played outside until the streetlights came on but we also learned DOS commands. We learned cursive and keyboarding. We had card catalogs and Google searches. We went from vinyl records to cassette tapes to CDs to MP3s to streaming in one lifetime.

We remember maps. We remember memorizing phone numbers. We remember life before GPS and before every human interaction became filtered through a screen.

And because of that, I think Generation Jones developed a very unique perspective. We are adaptable because we had no choice but to adapt. We learned technology as adults instead of being born into it. We remember a slower world but were forced to survive in a rapidly accelerating one.

That creates a very different mindset than either older Boomers or younger Gen X and Millennials.

A lot of us also reject the caricature people now associate with “Boomers.” We were not buying houses for the cost of a sandwich in 1965. The interest rate on my first house was over 14% and that was after buying down a point. Many of us got hit by recessions, outsourcing, pension collapses and economic instability just like younger generations did. We watched promises evaporate in real time.

We understand older generations because we were raised by them. We understand younger generations because we had to evolve alongside them.

That’s why the Jones generation often feels culturally homeless. We are rarely discussed, rarely defined and usually lumped into categories that don’t actually fit us.

But we exist.

We are the human transition point between the industrial age and the digital age.

And frankly, there will probably never be another generation quite like us again.

[Don Bell @HiImDonBell]

@simon_schama I loved every second chapter of Moby Dick. Love every chapter of Citizens.

[Matt Smethurst @MattSmethurst]

A news reporter asked Michael Jordan if he thought the ’90s Bulls could beat LeBron’s Lakers.

MJ: Yes.
Reporter: By how much?
MJ: Two or three points.
Reporter: Why so close?
MJ: Most of us are almost 60 now.

[Don Bell @HiImDonBell]

Attention @jaketapper

[Joe Scarborough @ScarboroughNow]

Last night, while you were sleeping, @realDonaldTrump was wide awake — posting crazed rants 55 times in three hours. Maybe sleep is the least of Trump’s problems. https://t.co/uv5YNtYXuc

[Brown Eyed Susan @smc429]

This one is a bit more accurate

[Don Bell @HiImDonBell]

Point of fact. Yes he is.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Sellers: I'm going to finish because you're being utterly disrespectful. Don’t be a dick.

O’Leary: I’m not a dick

[Don Bell @HiImDonBell]

Fight,fight,fight.

[Tyler Englander @TylerEnglander]

Per The New York Times, there are discussions among congressional Democrats about still trying to implement a new congressional map in Virginia despite the Supreme Court of Virginia’s ruling.

That process could include lowering the retirement age of Supreme Court justices and trying to invalidate the constitutional amendment that created Virginia’s bipartisan redistricting commission.

https://t.co/SB8qZhkIe6

[Alex Taylor @AlexTaylorNews]

Never forget, never forget an American VP @JDVance took time out from his country being at 𝐰𝐚𝐫 to fly over the Atlantic trying to stop Hungarians breaking free from the EU's most corrupt government

Just a few scenes of the absolute joy and freedom yesterday in Budapest👇

[Don Bell @HiImDonBell]

Even dumber than the presidential pets. Maybe that's why he doesn't have any.

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

The dumbest president in American history. By far.

[Covie @covie_93]

How Volodymr Zelenskyy manages to survive in a literal war without a ballroom to keep him safe is just shocking to me.

[Don Bell @HiImDonBell]

Purposeful destruction of the public system.

[Candas Jane Dorsey @CJDwriter]

Let's never forget this travesty. As I limp along on a hip that could have been replaced a year+ ago if this centre was open, the profiteers earn millions. My hip replacement will be day surgery (if I want an overnight stay it adds 6-18 mos to the 6 mos I still have to wait.) Grr

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

O'DONNELL: In his manifesto, he wrote that 'I'm no longer willing to permit a pedophile, rapist, and traitor to coat my hands with his crimes.' What's your reaction?

TRUMP: I was waiting for you to read that because I knew you would because you're horrible people. I'm not a rapist. I didn't rape anybody. I'm not a pedophile. Excuse me. You read that crap from a sick person. I was totally exonerated. You should be ashamed of yourself, reading that. You're a disgrace.

[Candas Jane Dorsey @CJDwriter]

Dangerous and ill-advised

[Don Bell @HiImDonBell]

Awesome. We're Mongolia.

[Vintage Maps @vintagemapstore]

Comparing North American climatic zones to Eurasian Regions

[MM  @adgirlMM]

Here is list of things that have gone silent or missing with this administration.

1. The rescued pilot from Iran.

2. $63 million in legal settlement funds from major media and tech companies for the "Trump Presidential Library."

3. Any clear motive or subsequent press briefings on the security failings of the secret service at Butler, PA.

4. Any public and legally justifiable rationale for the unprecedented transfer of Ghislaine Maxwell to a minimum security prison.

5. Any credible medical report or images with visible damage to Trump's ear.

6. Millions of documents from the Epstein Files.

7. Flashback: all relevant texts and communications from the Secret Service on January 6th, 2021

What else?

[Don Bell @HiImDonBell]

Excellent.

[Dr. M.F. Khan @Dr_TheHistories]

Ernie Dosio, a 75-year-old California millionaire and lifelong trophy hunter, was trampled to death by a herd of five elephants on April 17, 2026, in the Lope region of Gabon, central Africa.

Dosio was stalking a rare yellow-backed duiker when he and his professional hunter unexpectedly encountered five elephant cows protecting a young calf.

The elephants emerged suddenly from dense forest undergrowth and immediately charged.

The professional hunter was attacked first, losing his rifle in the thick bush while sustaining serious injuries.

Dosio, armed only with a shotgun permitted for the duiker hunt, had little defense against the charging herd and was fatally trampled.

A vineyard owner and president of Pacific AgriLands Inc, Dosio was widely known in California hunting and civic circles.

He was a life member of the California Wildfowl hunting group, a mainstay of the Sacramento Safari Club, and served as Great Elk in the Californian Central District Elks for 30 years.

Friends described him as a generous philanthropist who regularly hosted charity fundraisers supporting war veterans, youth scholarships, and underprivileged children.

His body is being repatriated to Lodi, California, where he is survived by his partner Betty and two sons, Jeff and Blake.

#drthehistories

[Don Bell @HiImDonBell]

@lisa_yeg And a black cat.

[Joe Walsh @WalshFreedom]

This is really good.