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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What a great photo of Brazilian alpine skier Lucas Pinheiro Braathen, the first South American to ever win a medal at the Winter Olympic Games.
February 14, 2026 at 9:06 PM
What a great photo of Brazilian alpine skier Lucas Pinheiro Braathen, the first South American to ever win a medal at the Winter Olympic Games.
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*taking a long drag of a cigarette* fuck that's good
February 14, 2026 at 6:00 PM
*taking a long drag of a cigarette* fuck that's good
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In 1854, after watching the federal government deploy 2000 federal troops and spend $40,000 sending Anthony Burns back into slavery, Boston's Amos Adams Lawrence said “we went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, Compromise Union Whigs and waked up stark mad Abolitionists.”
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 5:07 PM
In 1854, after watching the federal government deploy 2000 federal troops and spend $40,000 sending Anthony Burns back into slavery, Boston's Amos Adams Lawrence said “we went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, Compromise Union Whigs and waked up stark mad Abolitionists.”
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can you imagine how disappointed you’d be if you knew nothing about this book and only picked it up for this particular cover
February 14, 2026 at 8:23 AM
can you imagine how disappointed you’d be if you knew nothing about this book and only picked it up for this particular cover
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The $38.3 billion they are going to spend for interment camps could fund the annual budget of NASA, the EPA, and all clean energy R&D at the Department of Energy—combined.
Breaking news: ICE expects to spend $38.3 billion on its plan to acquire warehouses across the U.S. and retrofit them into immigrant detention centers that can hold tens of thousands of people, according to agency documents.
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centers
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion converting warehouses into detention centers, according to planning documents, more than the annual budgets of 22 states.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 14, 2026 at 3:14 AM
The $38.3 billion they are going to spend for interment camps could fund the annual budget of NASA, the EPA, and all clean energy R&D at the Department of Energy—combined.
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Calling the requirement for a judicial warrant before entering a person’s home one of the Democrats’ “new restrictions on federal immigration agents” crosses the line into outright falsehood. It’s in the Bill of Rights! A rule as old as the republic.
February 14, 2026 at 4:29 AM
Calling the requirement for a judicial warrant before entering a person’s home one of the Democrats’ “new restrictions on federal immigration agents” crosses the line into outright falsehood. It’s in the Bill of Rights! A rule as old as the republic.
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Omg you guys didn’t have to get me anything for a Valentine’s Day! but that’s so sweet, I love it 🥰
BREAKING: Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shuts down due to lack of funding
February 14, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Omg you guys didn’t have to get me anything for a Valentine’s Day! but that’s so sweet, I love it 🥰
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Both twitter accounts at work here are paid for by taxpayers
February 14, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Both twitter accounts at work here are paid for by taxpayers
Catching up with the new Muppet Show and am absolutely delighted throughout.
February 14, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Catching up with the new Muppet Show and am absolutely delighted throughout.
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a shame to let this @robgeorge.bsky.social post languish on another platform.
February 13, 2026 at 8:44 PM
a shame to let this @robgeorge.bsky.social post languish on another platform.
I've kept an eye open for copies of Snow Crash in used bookstores ever since I played Cyberpunk 2077 last year.
So I was very glad when I found an edition with the awesome 90s cover art at Powell's in Hyde Park.
So I was very glad when I found an edition with the awesome 90s cover art at Powell's in Hyde Park.
February 13, 2026 at 10:48 PM
I've kept an eye open for copies of Snow Crash in used bookstores ever since I played Cyberpunk 2077 last year.
So I was very glad when I found an edition with the awesome 90s cover art at Powell's in Hyde Park.
So I was very glad when I found an edition with the awesome 90s cover art at Powell's in Hyde Park.
Calling my shot: the kid throwing the punch is gonna be elected Alderman next year.
over on x the everything app some Chicago high school kid named Danny Spud tried to disrupt his school's anti-ICE protest by yelling about how much he loves ICE and then filmed himself getting walloped by a fellow student lmao
the quote tweet making fun of him has 3x the likes
the quote tweet making fun of him has 3x the likes
February 13, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Calling my shot: the kid throwing the punch is gonna be elected Alderman next year.
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It's not a new observation at this point but that wild Noem/Lewandowski story in WSJ really brings home the extent to which all the Trump 2 cabinet-level goblins see their jobs as flying private, doing short-form video, and screaming at underlings. They all hate each other and none of them can read.
February 13, 2026 at 4:48 AM
It's not a new observation at this point but that wild Noem/Lewandowski story in WSJ really brings home the extent to which all the Trump 2 cabinet-level goblins see their jobs as flying private, doing short-form video, and screaming at underlings. They all hate each other and none of them can read.
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“DHS is shutting down because it refuses to obey the law” is excellent framing
DHS is shutting down because it refuses to obey the law. They are tear-gassing schools, killing American citizens, and disappearing legal immigrants. Democrats shouldn’t fund an out of control ICE.
February 13, 2026 at 9:13 PM
“DHS is shutting down because it refuses to obey the law” is excellent framing
I am not religious, but I hope this pitiless villain is haunted for all eternity by the souls of the countless children he has condemned to a miserable death.
The Project 2025 author is using millions of dollars in USAID money for his own security detail.
It is estimated that 762,000 people have *already died* as a result of Elon Musk and Russell Vought’s obscene murder of USAID, including more than 500,000 children.
Vought is a mass murderer.
It is estimated that 762,000 people have *already died* as a result of Elon Musk and Russell Vought’s obscene murder of USAID, including more than 500,000 children.
Vought is a mass murderer.
Exclusive: White House uses USAID funds for budget director Vought's security, documents show
The White House budget office is using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's budget chief and an archit...
www.reuters.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:03 PM
I am not religious, but I hope this pitiless villain is haunted for all eternity by the souls of the countless children he has condemned to a miserable death.
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there's fierce competition, but this is one of the most stomach-turning things I've read in some time
Exclusive: White House uses USAID funds for budget director Vought's security, documents show
The White House budget office is using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's budget chief and an archit...
www.reuters.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:01 PM
there's fierce competition, but this is one of the most stomach-turning things I've read in some time
I think the walls survive only because they need to clear out all the debris that's accumulated since last week.
February 13, 2026 at 1:34 PM
I think the walls survive only because they need to clear out all the debris that's accumulated since last week.
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harboring unauthorized immigrant who is your niece: admirable, family-oriented
harboring unauthorized immigrant who is your girlfriend: romantic, possibly cinematic
harboring girlfriend who is your niece:
harboring unauthorized immigrant who is your girlfriend: romantic, possibly cinematic
harboring girlfriend who is your niece:
CBP officer faces federal charges over allegations he harbored an unauthorized immigrant who was also his girlfriend and niece.
CBP officer faces federal charges over allegations he harbored an unauthorized immigrant who was also his girlfriend and niece
The Justice Department alleges that CBP officer and supervisor Andres Wilkinson had been living in Laredo, Texas, with a woman who had overstayed her visa and is now in the U.S. illegally.
cbsn.ws
February 13, 2026 at 3:39 AM
harboring unauthorized immigrant who is your niece: admirable, family-oriented
harboring unauthorized immigrant who is your girlfriend: romantic, possibly cinematic
harboring girlfriend who is your niece:
harboring unauthorized immigrant who is your girlfriend: romantic, possibly cinematic
harboring girlfriend who is your niece:
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somehow more ridiculous than Kash's girlfriend
clown shit
February 13, 2026 at 3:42 AM
somehow more ridiculous than Kash's girlfriend
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However low your opinion is of those running the country, it's not low enough. Completely unserious, self-absorbed sociopaths. (Read the whole thread)
The details of the Kristi Noem blanket incident are just fucking perfect
February 13, 2026 at 3:41 AM
However low your opinion is of those running the country, it's not low enough. Completely unserious, self-absorbed sociopaths. (Read the whole thread)
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This was the attack where they subsequently threw tear gas into a family's car, causing a baby to stop breathing, they blamed the family for it.
BREAKING: DOJ moves to drop criminal charges in alleged shovel/broom attack in Minneapolis that led ICE to open fire. "Newly discovered evidence in this matter is materially inconsistent with the allegations in the Complaint Affidavit," prosecutors say. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
February 13, 2026 at 2:20 AM
This was the attack where they subsequently threw tear gas into a family's car, causing a baby to stop breathing, they blamed the family for it.
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Who could have seen this coming?
BREAKING: DOJ moves to drop criminal charges in alleged shovel/broom attack in Minneapolis that led ICE to open fire. "Newly discovered evidence in this matter is materially inconsistent with the allegations in the Complaint Affidavit," prosecutors say. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
February 13, 2026 at 2:20 AM
Who could have seen this coming?
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Hello yes I am AOC's campaign manager and I am asking all tankies to keep saying this shit
Say it where normie Americans can hear you, preferably
Say it where normie Americans can hear you, preferably
she's a liberal and therefore supports a dictatorship of the bourgeoisie
February 13, 2026 at 1:44 AM
Hello yes I am AOC's campaign manager and I am asking all tankies to keep saying this shit
Say it where normie Americans can hear you, preferably
Say it where normie Americans can hear you, preferably
My reading options are absolutely all over the place right now.
February 13, 2026 at 1:45 AM
My reading options are absolutely all over the place right now.