Prof Beans
@youeatsnot.bsky.social
Just a mom in a world of supermoms and social media. Works in higher ed & some other jobs because life 🤷♀️
Posts are my own & mostly snark. Don’t be a jerk.
Posts are my own & mostly snark. Don’t be a jerk.
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I dunno Nick; why don't you ask the FBI, who used to track down and threaten teenagers with federal prison time for torrenting Metallica or copying a VHS tape?
“I just don’t know how you go around, asking everyone first. I just don’t see how that would work.”
From May 2025: www.theverge.com/news/674366/...
From May 2025: www.theverge.com/news/674366/...
December 30, 2025 at 3:42 AM
I dunno Nick; why don't you ask the FBI, who used to track down and threaten teenagers with federal prison time for torrenting Metallica or copying a VHS tape?
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Heads up that this is authorization for Trump to create his own version of the Wagner Group. Which would bring the number of “armies” at his disposal to four:
*regular armed forces (most regulated)
*ICE (minimally regulated)
*private mercenaries (?)
*MAGA thugs/militias (rogue)
All pardonable
*regular armed forces (most regulated)
*ICE (minimally regulated)
*private mercenaries (?)
*MAGA thugs/militias (rogue)
All pardonable
S.3567
A bill to authorize the President of the United States to ...
SPONSOR: Sen. Mike Lee (R), UT
№ CO-SPONSORS: 0
STATUS: Introduced
LATEST ACTION: Senate - 2025-12-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on ...
#Republicans
Details at congress.gov
A bill to authorize the President of the United States to ...
SPONSOR: Sen. Mike Lee (R), UT
№ CO-SPONSORS: 0
STATUS: Introduced
LATEST ACTION: Senate - 2025-12-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on ...
#Republicans
Details at congress.gov
December 29, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Heads up that this is authorization for Trump to create his own version of the Wagner Group. Which would bring the number of “armies” at his disposal to four:
*regular armed forces (most regulated)
*ICE (minimally regulated)
*private mercenaries (?)
*MAGA thugs/militias (rogue)
All pardonable
*regular armed forces (most regulated)
*ICE (minimally regulated)
*private mercenaries (?)
*MAGA thugs/militias (rogue)
All pardonable
They also flip you off when you honk at them for sitting at a green light.
It’s incredible how no one can be wrong or accept feeling shame anymore.
It’s incredible how no one can be wrong or accept feeling shame anymore.
An essential development over the past decade-plus is that the ignorant went from feeling chastened when their ignorance was revealed to banding together and deciding that, actually, they were right. They might disagree at times, but they agreed that ignorance itself was an indicator of trust.
December 29, 2025 at 10:15 PM
They also flip you off when you honk at them for sitting at a green light.
It’s incredible how no one can be wrong or accept feeling shame anymore.
It’s incredible how no one can be wrong or accept feeling shame anymore.
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There is no situation in which I need a random recipe site to be allowed to send me notifications. None.
December 28, 2025 at 6:19 PM
There is no situation in which I need a random recipe site to be allowed to send me notifications. None.
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shel silverstein was a prophet
December 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
shel silverstein was a prophet
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I just taught my lecture course on mid-20th c US history, which starts with Harding and concludes with Nixon.
For the first time, I had to pause and stress that those scandals were actually shocking at the time and, what’s more, that Americans actually demanded people be held accountable.
For the first time, I had to pause and stress that those scandals were actually shocking at the time and, what’s more, that Americans actually demanded people be held accountable.
All of the money that changed hands in the Teapot Dome scandal totaled less than $10 million after adjusting for inflation, and it was considered so corrupt we still teach it in high school government classes a century later.
Corruption so pungent, it wafts right off the page:
Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
December 27, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I just taught my lecture course on mid-20th c US history, which starts with Harding and concludes with Nixon.
For the first time, I had to pause and stress that those scandals were actually shocking at the time and, what’s more, that Americans actually demanded people be held accountable.
For the first time, I had to pause and stress that those scandals were actually shocking at the time and, what’s more, that Americans actually demanded people be held accountable.
Had a dream last night that I was sitting at a table across from Marco Rubio during a speech.
He was doodling little heart balloons & bunnies on paper, so I told him he definitely had a career at Hallmark after all this.
🐰💕
He was doodling little heart balloons & bunnies on paper, so I told him he definitely had a career at Hallmark after all this.
🐰💕
December 27, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Had a dream last night that I was sitting at a table across from Marco Rubio during a speech.
He was doodling little heart balloons & bunnies on paper, so I told him he definitely had a career at Hallmark after all this.
🐰💕
He was doodling little heart balloons & bunnies on paper, so I told him he definitely had a career at Hallmark after all this.
🐰💕
The weird little cultural wedges they are forcing on us…
Here’s the U.S. government being officially religious in a country with no official religion.
December 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The weird little cultural wedges they are forcing on us…
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my festive spirit amidst our grimly stupid reality (2025)
December 23, 2025 at 9:34 PM
my festive spirit amidst our grimly stupid reality (2025)
Was there a champagne colored Aztec in the lot?
December 24, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Was there a champagne colored Aztec in the lot?
WhY aReN’t YoUnG pEoPlE hAvInG mOrE bAbiEs?!!!!
Restarting wage garnishment for student loan borrowers is cruel and unnecessary. Taking paychecks from people already struggling won’t fix repayment, it will push families further behind. We need real paths to relief and repayment, not punishment.
www.cnbc.com/2025/12/23/s...
www.cnbc.com/2025/12/23/s...
Trump administration to start seizing pay of defaulted student loan borrowers in January
The Trump administration will start garnishing the wages of student loan borrowers in default in early January.
www.cnbc.com
December 23, 2025 at 10:56 PM
WhY aReN’t YoUnG pEoPlE hAvInG mOrE bAbiEs?!!!!
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I mean yeah it’s an authoritarian takeover but can we take some comfort in the fact that the people doing it are INSANELY stupid?
December 23, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I mean yeah it’s an authoritarian takeover but can we take some comfort in the fact that the people doing it are INSANELY stupid?
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not that the present economic picture is rosy, but i do think that popular culture — and specifically nostalgia bait television — is a big part of the reason that our public memory of the 1970s, 1980s and even 1990s seems to miss the real economic pain that marked each of those decades.
December 20, 2025 at 2:44 PM
not that the present economic picture is rosy, but i do think that popular culture — and specifically nostalgia bait television — is a big part of the reason that our public memory of the 1970s, 1980s and even 1990s seems to miss the real economic pain that marked each of those decades.
This is absurd! My husband has Celiac disease. It’s imperative he has information about the medications he receives. Hiding where medications are manufactured in favor of “trust me bro” is just straight up dangerous.
NEW: The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead.
Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations.
Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations.
Where Was My Generic Prescription Drug Made? - Rx Inspector - ProPublica
The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead. Use information on your prescription label to locate the factory and see inspection reports.
projects.propublica.org
December 19, 2025 at 6:23 PM
This is absurd! My husband has Celiac disease. It’s imperative he has information about the medications he receives. Hiding where medications are manufactured in favor of “trust me bro” is just straight up dangerous.
2026 is looking grim.
The In-and-Out List
As the calendar flips over, Inside Higher Ed looks back at what happened in 2025 and what could be in store for 2026, with the return of our in-and-out list. https://bit.ly/3Y4emD8
#EDUSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky
As the calendar flips over, Inside Higher Ed looks back at what happened in 2025 and what could be in store for 2026, with the return of our in-and-out list. https://bit.ly/3Y4emD8
#EDUSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky
December 19, 2025 at 5:34 PM
2026 is looking grim.
I am now older than Tom Hanks & Meg Ryan in You’ve Got Mail yet they still feel like my parents every time I see it.
December 18, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I am now older than Tom Hanks & Meg Ryan in You’ve Got Mail yet they still feel like my parents every time I see it.
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Trump Announces 5,000% Increase In All Numbers
Trump Announces 5,000% Increase In All Numbers
WASHINGTON—Touting his latest executive order as a historic win for the U.S. economy, President Donald Trump announced Friday that he was mandating a 5,000% increase in all numbers nationwide. “Effect...
theonion.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Trump Announces 5,000% Increase In All Numbers
“Nobody can believe what’s going on!” - Trump
I fucking lost it at this line.
I fucking lost it at this line.
December 18, 2025 at 2:10 AM
“Nobody can believe what’s going on!” - Trump
I fucking lost it at this line.
I fucking lost it at this line.
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From the Oklahoma U student paper: the school is now saying it will automatically suspend faculty (with pay) in response to student complaints
www.oudaily.com/news/ou-poli...
www.oudaily.com/news/ou-poli...
December 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
From the Oklahoma U student paper: the school is now saying it will automatically suspend faculty (with pay) in response to student complaints
www.oudaily.com/news/ou-poli...
www.oudaily.com/news/ou-poli...
People literally lost their jobs for mentioning Kirk in a negative light in the aftermath of this, yet barely anyone has seen his alleged killer’s face or knows his name.
Bizarre timeline we are living in…
Bizarre timeline we are living in…
It’s kind of incredible how little has been published about this guy and how little conservatives seem to care. Did people just forget these people were screeching for civil war when they thought he was a liberal?
Suspected Charlie Kirk assassin makes first in-person court appearance
The Utah man charged with killing Charlie Kirk made his first in-person court appearance Thursday as his attorneys pushed to further limit media access in the high-profile criminal case.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 12, 2025 at 6:45 PM
People literally lost their jobs for mentioning Kirk in a negative light in the aftermath of this, yet barely anyone has seen his alleged killer’s face or knows his name.
Bizarre timeline we are living in…
Bizarre timeline we are living in…
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this cookie recipe has the serving size set to the entire batch, and honestly i think more recipes should be so realistic
December 12, 2025 at 4:37 AM
this cookie recipe has the serving size set to the entire batch, and honestly i think more recipes should be so realistic
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It feels like our entire culture is obsessed with shark attacks while another 9/11 is being plotted.
December 11, 2025 at 3:37 AM
It feels like our entire culture is obsessed with shark attacks while another 9/11 is being plotted.
They are literally going to have to pry SAVE from my cold dead hands here.
December 10, 2025 at 12:51 AM
They are literally going to have to pry SAVE from my cold dead hands here.