Ally Bean
@thespectacledbean.bsky.social
Writer. Walker. Waffle enthusiast. Wearer of eyeglasses. Wildly appropriate. Blogging at https://thespectacledbean.com
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! 🎃
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
October 20, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
Me too 🤨
I just want to live in a world where kids learn civics and history in school and words mean things.
October 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Me too 🤨
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One thing we've learned from the American judicial system: The first 34 felonies are on the house*.
*Terms and conditions may apply. See prosecutors for details if you're not white. Or rich.
*Terms and conditions may apply. See prosecutors for details if you're not white. Or rich.
October 10, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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What’s up?
I’m on Day 4 of living w/ a husband who has a MAN COLD.
For those unfamiliar w/ this situation it involves endless sneezing, nose blowing, requests for hot beverages [often left untouched].
Whilst this *dire* health emergency continues, I’m more over this than he is.
Love him but… 🤨
I’m on Day 4 of living w/ a husband who has a MAN COLD.
For those unfamiliar w/ this situation it involves endless sneezing, nose blowing, requests for hot beverages [often left untouched].
Whilst this *dire* health emergency continues, I’m more over this than he is.
Love him but… 🤨
October 7, 2025 at 9:21 PM
What’s up?
I’m on Day 4 of living w/ a husband who has a MAN COLD.
For those unfamiliar w/ this situation it involves endless sneezing, nose blowing, requests for hot beverages [often left untouched].
Whilst this *dire* health emergency continues, I’m more over this than he is.
Love him but… 🤨
I’m on Day 4 of living w/ a husband who has a MAN COLD.
For those unfamiliar w/ this situation it involves endless sneezing, nose blowing, requests for hot beverages [often left untouched].
Whilst this *dire* health emergency continues, I’m more over this than he is.
Love him but… 🤨
Gotta laugh at the truthiness of this. 😑
We Are Not Fascists, and If You Call Us Fascists, We Will Arrest You
President Trump had another successful week of what is already the greatest presidency of all time, and yet, the woke leftist mob continues to deli...
www.mcsweeneys.net
October 6, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Gotta laugh at the truthiness of this. 😑
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RIP Jane Goodall, you were cool as hell for lots of things, but especially for liking this
October 2, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Ending my personal blog this week has been bittersweet, but it's time. You understand.
And Then It Was Time For Me To Say Goodbye
The following may come as a shock to some, less so to others, but after bouncing around in the blogosphere since 2004 I’m ending The Spectacled Bean, an almost 15 year old blog*. I feel it is…
thespectacledbean.com
October 2, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Ending my personal blog this week has been bittersweet, but it's time. You understand.
A timeless classic 😁
September 29, 2025 at 2:23 PM
A timeless classic 😁
Listen to this woman. She’s got his number.
Harris calls Trump ‘incompetent and unhinged’ and makes call to ‘fight fire with fire’
President’s 2024 election rival delivers fiery remarks while accepting Congressional Black Caucus Foundation award
www.theguardian.com
September 29, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Listen to this woman. She’s got his number.