Alex Bean
@abeanchi.bsky.social
Academic admin. Husband & dad. One-time applicant for Chicago Alderman. Love books, history, movies, & architecture. Trying to ween myself off of being Too Online.
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Countries that do not embrace improv comedy groups could be 'left behind' says OpenImprov's George Osborne
February 19, 2026 at 4:23 AM
Countries that do not embrace improv comedy groups could be 'left behind' says OpenImprov's George Osborne
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Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said state prosecutors and law enforcement have gathered enough evidence to consider charging decisions against the federal agents who shot and killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti.
Moriarty: State ‘in good shape’ to consider charging federal agents in slayings of Good, Pretti
The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office continues to pursue federal evidence that is being kept from state investigators, but Mary Moriarty said there’s “no mystery” about how Renee Good and Alex Pretti died.
bit.ly
February 18, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said state prosecutors and law enforcement have gathered enough evidence to consider charging decisions against the federal agents who shot and killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti.
Genuinely, why? What do they have to gain from pro-AI pols that they don't already have?
NEWS:
Meta is about to start a $65 million midterms push — its biggest political effort in its 20 years in business.
Meta is standing up two super PACs that this week will drop money in races in Texas and Illinois to push A.I.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/t...
Meta is about to start a $65 million midterms push — its biggest political effort in its 20 years in business.
Meta is standing up two super PACs that this week will drop money in races in Texas and Illinois to push A.I.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/t...
Meta Begins $65 Million Election Push to Advance A.I. Agenda
www.nytimes.com
February 19, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Genuinely, why? What do they have to gain from pro-AI pols that they don't already have?
ON WHAT FUCKING AUTHORIZATION FROM CONGRESS?!
CBS News: US preparing to attack Iran as soon as this weekend, but timeline may extend beyond that, and no final decision has been made.
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-p...
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-p...
Trump has discussed timeline for Iran strikes — including as soon as this weekend — but no decision yet
Trump has not yet made a final decision about whether to strike Iran, sources told CBS News.
www.cbsnews.com
February 18, 2026 at 11:53 PM
ON WHAT FUCKING AUTHORIZATION FROM CONGRESS?!
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This article is very strange. While saying this is very unlikely it treats it wholly as an employment problem with no solution, but never contends with the fact that this would lead to an economic depression!
The Worst-Case Future for White-Collar Workers
The well-off have no experience with the job market that might be coming.
www.theatlantic.com
February 18, 2026 at 11:11 PM
This article is very strange. While saying this is very unlikely it treats it wholly as an employment problem with no solution, but never contends with the fact that this would lead to an economic depression!
You know you're doing well when your complaints sound like those of Henry VIII.
Leavitt accuses Pope Leo XIV of being “partisan, political, and controversial.”
February 18, 2026 at 11:32 PM
You know you're doing well when your complaints sound like those of Henry VIII.
Van Morrison working hard to completely turn around my mood on the commute home.
youtu.be/JFAp3aRJ2vA?...
youtu.be/JFAp3aRJ2vA?...
Sweet Thing (2015 Remaster)
YouTube video by Van Morrison - Topic
youtu.be
February 18, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Van Morrison working hard to completely turn around my mood on the commute home.
youtu.be/JFAp3aRJ2vA?...
youtu.be/JFAp3aRJ2vA?...
Strange to see the old State/Lake 'L' station down to just a partial skeleton.
February 18, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Strange to see the old State/Lake 'L' station down to just a partial skeleton.
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If Biden had forgotten which country one of his ambassadors was assigned to it would have dominated the news for a month
Trump: "Herschel Walker, speaking about loyal. How good a football player was Herschel? Now he's ambassador to the Bahamas. I don't know. Bahamas. Bermuda. Is he Bahamas? Whatever. It's a nice place."
February 18, 2026 at 8:43 PM
If Biden had forgotten which country one of his ambassadors was assigned to it would have dominated the news for a month
I want to think on this some more, because I'm sure I'm forgetting something, but I repeatedly flipped off the screen when I went to see The Revenant.
I hate Innaritu's movies as much as he hates his audience.
I hate Innaritu's movies as much as he hates his audience.
fun question: what’s the maddest you’ve ever been leaving a movie theater? not necessarily worst movie you’ve seen, but the one that just pissed you off the most. mine is Batman v Superman
February 18, 2026 at 10:38 PM
I want to think on this some more, because I'm sure I'm forgetting something, but I repeatedly flipped off the screen when I went to see The Revenant.
I hate Innaritu's movies as much as he hates his audience.
I hate Innaritu's movies as much as he hates his audience.
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I have seen this claim several times on here and it is abject fucking madness. bordering on antivax sentiment
February 18, 2026 at 5:33 PM
I have seen this claim several times on here and it is abject fucking madness. bordering on antivax sentiment
Jesus fucking christ, we are gonna be so lucky if we get to 2029 without a preventable calamity.
Kash Patel: "You know why it's called the President's Daily Briefing? Because the president decides what are the intel priorities in that briefing."
February 18, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Jesus fucking christ, we are gonna be so lucky if we get to 2029 without a preventable calamity.
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trying to think of a more unsettling thing a dog owner could say than "oh, that's my CZECHOSLOVAKIAN WOLFDOG, named NAZGUL"
February 18, 2026 at 1:47 PM
trying to think of a more unsettling thing a dog owner could say than "oh, that's my CZECHOSLOVAKIAN WOLFDOG, named NAZGUL"
Good morning from the bus stop.
February 18, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Good morning from the bus stop.
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[popularism voice] when I hit on a wedge issue that splits my coalition, I know what to do: constantly and loudly bring it up
a. there is def [growing] support among the public for restrictions on trans rights (e.g. www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...)
b. i'm sorry but I have a degree in poll design & fielding, and I trust lakshya's polling skills about as far as I can throw them.
b. i'm sorry but I have a degree in poll design & fielding, and I trust lakshya's polling skills about as far as I can throw them.
February 17, 2026 at 5:29 PM
[popularism voice] when I hit on a wedge issue that splits my coalition, I know what to do: constantly and loudly bring it up
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So "out of the box" that it has been classified as a crime under international law for decades.
Chris Wright on seized Venezuelan oil: "We've sold about $1 billion of oil so far. We've recently signed agreements to sell about another $5 billion in the next several months. So you're talking well north of $10 billion a year ... this is way out of the box, groundbreaking Trump diplomacy."
February 17, 2026 at 4:21 PM
So "out of the box" that it has been classified as a crime under international law for decades.
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this is a few brush strokes away from a monet
February 17, 2026 at 1:14 PM
this is a few brush strokes away from a monet
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This is the interview Donald Trump didn’t want you to see.
His FCC refused to air my interview with Stephen Colbert.
Trump is worried we’re about to flip Texas.
His FCC refused to air my interview with Stephen Colbert.
Trump is worried we’re about to flip Texas.
February 17, 2026 at 7:27 AM
This is the interview Donald Trump didn’t want you to see.
His FCC refused to air my interview with Stephen Colbert.
Trump is worried we’re about to flip Texas.
His FCC refused to air my interview with Stephen Colbert.
Trump is worried we’re about to flip Texas.
Brendan Carr and David Ellison, eat shit forever challenge.
Stephen Colbert blasted Brendan Carr after FCC scrutiny led CBS to pull an interview with Texas State Rep James Talarico. Instead, 'The Late Show' posted it to YouTube.
Colbert Says CBS Pulled Guest Over FCC Scrutiny; Posts Interview to YouTube Instead
Stephen Colbert blasted Brendan Carr after FCC scrutiny led CBS to pull an interview with Texas State Rep James Talarico. Instead, 'The Late Show' posted it to YouTube.
dlvr.it
February 17, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Brendan Carr and David Ellison, eat shit forever challenge.
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The @neilsteinberg.bsky.social obit of the Rev Jesse L Jackson chicago.suntimes.com/obituaries/2...
Rev. Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader and Chicago icon, dead at 84
Jackson was a Chicago institution who left footprints on the world stage, an ardent advocate for civil rights whose attempts to wield political power himself were thwarted, and channeled into the powe...
chicago.suntimes.com
February 17, 2026 at 10:55 AM
The @neilsteinberg.bsky.social obit of the Rev Jesse L Jackson chicago.suntimes.com/obituaries/2...
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I think it’s time for Democratic leaders to start saying “if you’re a pilot or ground crew involved in a deportation that was stayed by a judge, you’ll be held criminally liable for human trafficking.” Everyone involved in these flights should have that fear in the back of their minds.
Overnight, this probable ICE flight landed in Benin and is now returning to Senegal, likely for a crew layover.
February 16, 2026 at 10:57 AM
I think it’s time for Democratic leaders to start saying “if you’re a pilot or ground crew involved in a deportation that was stayed by a judge, you’ll be held criminally liable for human trafficking.” Everyone involved in these flights should have that fear in the back of their minds.
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February 17, 2026 at 4:48 AM
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yes. yes. yes. YES. YEEEESSSS. yes
It just struck me that newspaper comic strips were sort of proto-posting: you come up with a joke every single day and eventually you either mellow out or become completely insane
February 17, 2026 at 12:59 AM
yes. yes. yes. YES. YEEEESSSS. yes
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Elimination of emissions standards was one of the pretty clear policy stakes of the 2024 election and it received about 1% as much coverage as whether Tim Walz retiring from the national guard after 21 years was cowardly.
“The U.S. no longer has emission standards of any meaning,” said Margo T. Oge, who served as the E.P.A.’s top vehicle emissions regulator under three presidents and has since advised both automakers and environmental groups…
“Nothing. Zero,” she added. “Not many countries have zero.”
“Nothing. Zero,” she added. “Not many countries have zero.”
With Latest Rollback, the U.S. Essentially Has No Clean-Car Rules
www.nytimes.com
February 16, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Elimination of emissions standards was one of the pretty clear policy stakes of the 2024 election and it received about 1% as much coverage as whether Tim Walz retiring from the national guard after 21 years was cowardly.