Ally Bean
@thespectacledbean.bsky.social
Writer. Walker. Waffle enthusiast. Wearer of eyeglasses. Wildly appropriate. Blogging at https://thespectacledbean.com
Damn straight you should feel crummy. Send me an AI ghostwritten Valentine, get human written out of my will. 🤨
Whether it’s Valentine’s Day notes or emails to loved ones, using AI to write leaves people feeling crummy about themselves
When you outsource romance, there’s a hidden emotional cost.
theconversation.com
February 8, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Damn straight you should feel crummy. Send me an AI ghostwritten Valentine, get human written out of my will. 🤨
The snow has *finally* arrived here. No sunshine to be seen outside, just muted shades of white & gray & brown. Relaxing actually. It’ll be a quiet day at home for us. ❄️
January 25, 2026 at 2:35 PM
The snow has *finally* arrived here. No sunshine to be seen outside, just muted shades of white & gray & brown. Relaxing actually. It’ll be a quiet day at home for us. ❄️
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Whatever is in the Epstein Files is so explosive that the leaders of the Department of Justice are openly breaking the law every day to keep us from seeing it. (Just a reminder amongst all the other stuff flying around.)
January 22, 2026 at 3:31 PM
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This sounds promising. 😋
Over 200K Danish citizens signed a petition to buy California as a response to the orange felon’s hunt for Greenland.
The petition states that they’ll provide Californians with universal health care, fact-based politics, rule of law, lifetime supply of Danish pastries.
Love it.
The petition states that they’ll provide Californians with universal health care, fact-based politics, rule of law, lifetime supply of Danish pastries.
Love it.
January 18, 2026 at 4:24 PM
This sounds promising. 😋
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Today is National Thesaurus Day.
Personally, we find these made-up holidays contemptible, abhorrent, nauseating, repugnant, and unpalatable.
Personally, we find these made-up holidays contemptible, abhorrent, nauseating, repugnant, and unpalatable.
January 18, 2026 at 4:03 PM
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Purple bruised hands of reign vs. Prince's Purple Rain. "If you believe look 2 the Dawn and U shall never lose". 💜☮️🕊️
January 15, 2026 at 7:29 PM
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My vibe entering the New Year.
What’s yours?
What’s yours?
January 1, 2026 at 10:50 PM
My vibe entering the New Year.
What’s yours?
What’s yours?
Hear, hear! 🤓
It’s still the Kennedy Center
It’s still the Gulf of Mexico
It’s still the Department of Defense
It’s still Twitter
If you have any other Q’s feel free to ask us
It’s still the Gulf of Mexico
It’s still the Department of Defense
It’s still Twitter
If you have any other Q’s feel free to ask us
December 31, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Hear, hear! 🤓
True ⬇️
He’s not hiding his medical records because he’s healthy, and he’s not hiding the Epstein files because he’s innocent.
This isn’t complicated.
This isn’t complicated.
December 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
True ⬇️
Finally, hackers can use their skills to accomplish something good. Please tell us more about these documents.
Some Epstein file redactions are being undone with hacks
Un-redacted text from released documents began circulating on social media on Monday evening
www.theguardian.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Finally, hackers can use their skills to accomplish something good. Please tell us more about these documents.
Well worth watching 😜
December 19, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Well worth watching 😜
Agreed ⬇️
Is the latest iPhone operating system aesthetically appealing? No. But is it useful? Also no. At least I have company among the disgruntled. www.wired.com/story/phone-...
Phone Updates Used to Be Annoying. The Latest iOS Is Awful
Is the latest iPhone operating system aesthetically appealing? No. But is it useful? Also no. At least I have company among the disgruntled.
www.wired.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Agreed ⬇️
“Elf on the Shelf Johnson” is how I’ll be referring to him henceforth. A perfect description! 😁
You’ve really got to hand it to Elf on the Shelf Johnson…In keeping with the joy of the holiday spirit and the love and light espoused by his “Christian faith” - nothing says “fuck off peasants” more than death by disease and illness that will ensure once the ACA subsidies lapse.
December 17, 2025 at 5:29 PM
“Elf on the Shelf Johnson” is how I’ll be referring to him henceforth. A perfect description! 😁
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I've been seeing people say about their work lately, "I used AI in the edits & refining of this piece, but it's all my own words & ideas."
I think people don't quite understand what "my own words" means. If you're using AI, the words are not your own. They are an amalgam of other people's words.
I think people don't quite understand what "my own words" means. If you're using AI, the words are not your own. They are an amalgam of other people's words.
December 15, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Agreed
Rob Reiner had one of the most wide-ranging audiences of any American filmmaker. People rewatch his films with nostalgia and joy. They quote them with parents and pass them down to children.
Ignore the other one's commentary. It's like a black hole commenting on the sun.
Ignore the other one's commentary. It's like a black hole commenting on the sun.
December 15, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Agreed
Is it “monochromatic zen amid the chaos” OR Pantone waving a white flag indicating they don’t want to be in charge of picking the color of the year anymore?
A minimalist statement or just Pantonedeaf? ‘Cloud dancer’ shade of white named Pantone’s 2026 colour of the year
Wait, what? You mean … white? Are they trolling us? Emma Joyce explains all to Nick Miller
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Is it “monochromatic zen amid the chaos” OR Pantone waving a white flag indicating they don’t want to be in charge of picking the color of the year anymore?
“Landlord White” sums it up. 🙄
pantone just named landlord white the color of the year 2026, WE NEED TO BUILD HOUSES
December 4, 2025 at 10:44 PM
“Landlord White” sums it up. 🙄
Describe yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild.
1) Fox
2) Deer
3) Squirrels
4) Ponies
5) Rabbits
1) Fox
2) Deer
3) Squirrels
4) Ponies
5) Rabbits
Describe yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild
1. Copperhead
2. Moose
3. Blue footed boobie
4. Bison
5. Banana slug
1. Copperhead
2. Moose
3. Blue footed boobie
4. Bison
5. Banana slug
5 animals you've seen in the wild:
1. Alligator (I grew up in Florida)
2. Manatee (see above)
3. Bald Eagle
4. Black Bear
5. Bison (visited Yellowstone)
1. Alligator (I grew up in Florida)
2. Manatee (see above)
3. Bald Eagle
4. Black Bear
5. Bison (visited Yellowstone)
December 2, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Describe yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild.
1) Fox
2) Deer
3) Squirrels
4) Ponies
5) Rabbits
1) Fox
2) Deer
3) Squirrels
4) Ponies
5) Rabbits
Same 🤨
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Same 🤨
WTF, eh? 🤨
I’ve been thinking and it’s kind of exceptional that not a single person said “Hey now” after the piggy comment.
November 19, 2025 at 12:25 PM
WTF, eh? 🤨
Love Seth Meyers! Let’s hope that NBC does not capitulate to The Donald & his hurt little feelings.
President Trump wants Seth Meyers fired. The FCC chair amplified the message
President Trump continues to rage over late night comedians who make fun of him. This weekend he posted on social media that Seth Meyers has "no talent" and called for NBC to fire him.
www.npr.org
November 17, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Love Seth Meyers! Let’s hope that NBC does not capitulate to The Donald & his hurt little feelings.
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We got to be getting close to the part where Melania tells us to eat cake.
November 8, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Delivery man pounded on front door & shouted “UPS” leaving a box on stoop. I went out to get it & shouted “thank you” to him as he walked to his truck.
He turned to me w/ an amazed look on his face, stopped walking, & replied “you’re welcome & good day ma’am.” All is not lost. Courtesy happens. 😊
He turned to me w/ an amazed look on his face, stopped walking, & replied “you’re welcome & good day ma’am.” All is not lost. Courtesy happens. 😊
November 6, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Delivery man pounded on front door & shouted “UPS” leaving a box on stoop. I went out to get it & shouted “thank you” to him as he walked to his truck.
He turned to me w/ an amazed look on his face, stopped walking, & replied “you’re welcome & good day ma’am.” All is not lost. Courtesy happens. 😊
He turned to me w/ an amazed look on his face, stopped walking, & replied “you’re welcome & good day ma’am.” All is not lost. Courtesy happens. 😊
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Widow Kirk is complaining that she is receiving criticism for whatever she does and how she mourns and there are cameras on her all the time.
She said this on FOX.
On camera.
A word of advice from one who never even heard of her before all this:
Stop filming yourself and you will be forgotten
She said this on FOX.
On camera.
A word of advice from one who never even heard of her before all this:
Stop filming yourself and you will be forgotten
November 2, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Happy Halloween, everyone! 🎃
October 31, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Happy Halloween, everyone! 🎃