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.
Lmao amazing
NO GOOOOOODDD
DUKE IS GOING TO THE ACC CHAMPIONSHIP
DUKE IS GOING TO THE ACC CHAMPIONSHIP
SMU TRYING A 52 YARDER TO TIE WITH 8 SECONDS LEFT
November 30, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Lmao amazing
👀 on a 4th quarter tie in the Iron Bowl.
November 30, 2025 at 3:45 AM
👀 on a 4th quarter tie in the Iron Bowl.
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we had conference divisions for a reason and the tiebreaker here is "higher conference opponent winning percentage" which is not something anybody — the players on the field, even the coaches — even had any control over
For real though. Chaos is great but having to watch a bad 7-5 Duke team in a conference title game while an actual good team sits home because of tiebreaker minutiae is just bad
This might be an unpopular take ... but if I'm the ACC and Cal upsets SMU, I override the tiebreakers and put Miami in the ACC championship game against Virginia.
November 30, 2025 at 3:17 AM
we had conference divisions for a reason and the tiebreaker here is "higher conference opponent winning percentage" which is not something anybody — the players on the field, even the coaches — even had any control over
We're catching up on Justified: City Primeval and I'm having fun spotting all the spots very visibly in Chicago in this show set in Detroit.
Also, goddamn, Timothy Olyphant is so frigging good as Raylen Givens.
Also, goddamn, Timothy Olyphant is so frigging good as Raylen Givens.
November 30, 2025 at 3:18 AM
We're catching up on Justified: City Primeval and I'm having fun spotting all the spots very visibly in Chicago in this show set in Detroit.
Also, goddamn, Timothy Olyphant is so frigging good as Raylen Givens.
Also, goddamn, Timothy Olyphant is so frigging good as Raylen Givens.
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Bankrupting these people should be an unstated goal of the next administration.
"Gentry Beach, a college friend of Donald Trump Jr. and campaign donor to his father, has been in talks to acquire a stake in a Russian Arctic gas project if it is released from sanctions.”
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
November 30, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Bankrupting these people should be an unstated goal of the next administration.
I just read an explainer article and still don’t understand all the tiebreakers.
This might be an unpopular take ... but if I'm the ACC and Cal upsets SMU, I override the tiebreakers and put Miami in the ACC championship game against Virginia.
November 30, 2025 at 2:41 AM
I just read an explainer article and still don’t understand all the tiebreakers.
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fantastic cold open here
November 29, 2025 at 12:56 PM
fantastic cold open here
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Fired. If not fired, impeached and removed. Either way, prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
Pete Hegseth is a war criminal and should be fired immediately.
November 30, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Fired. If not fired, impeached and removed. Either way, prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
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CAL LEADS
as a Chaos Enthusiast I would like to point out that we are now one result away from 7-5 Duke making the ACC championship game (Cal > SMU)
November 30, 2025 at 1:50 AM
CAL LEADS
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Auburn hire a not objectionable head coach challenge (impossible)
Per CBS Sports’ Matt Zenitz and John Talty, former Maryland head coach D.J. Durkin is a strong candidate to land the Auburn head coaching job. He’s currently the interim. The latest 👇
www.cbssports.com/college-foot...
www.cbssports.com/college-foot...
Lane Kiffin enters decision day, Florida targeting Jon Sumrall as carousel whirls
The Lane Kiffin Watch enters its presumptive final days, with the dominoes set to fall after.
www.cbssports.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Auburn hire a not objectionable head coach challenge (impossible)
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We are supposed to believe that FDA paused and removed the J&J vaccine immediately after 6 cases of clotting, but they hid 10 kids dying from the mRNA vaccines until Prasad and Hoeg, who were always antivaxx, revealed the truth.
Checks out.
Checks out.
November 29, 2025 at 9:14 PM
We are supposed to believe that FDA paused and removed the J&J vaccine immediately after 6 cases of clotting, but they hid 10 kids dying from the mRNA vaccines until Prasad and Hoeg, who were always antivaxx, revealed the truth.
Checks out.
Checks out.
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I suggest that we start using the phrase "Mr. Beast and the CEO of Salesforce will be there too." as shorthand to explain how little we want to be at any given terrible event.
November 29, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I suggest that we start using the phrase "Mr. Beast and the CEO of Salesforce will be there too." as shorthand to explain how little we want to be at any given terrible event.
It's been a bit snowy today.
November 30, 2025 at 12:11 AM
It's been a bit snowy today.
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One day to another
November 29, 2025 at 9:07 PM
One day to another
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There’s a very choice that Sherrone has to make this offseason.
Does the standard he set for the O this year apply to the D and the STs and the in game decisions?
The O got MUCH better across the board this offseason. Those guys did the work. Everybody else must be held to that standard.
Does the standard he set for the O this year apply to the D and the STs and the in game decisions?
The O got MUCH better across the board this offseason. Those guys did the work. Everybody else must be held to that standard.
November 29, 2025 at 8:26 PM
There’s a very choice that Sherrone has to make this offseason.
Does the standard he set for the O this year apply to the D and the STs and the in game decisions?
The O got MUCH better across the board this offseason. Those guys did the work. Everybody else must be held to that standard.
Does the standard he set for the O this year apply to the D and the STs and the in game decisions?
The O got MUCH better across the board this offseason. Those guys did the work. Everybody else must be held to that standard.
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Former US military lawyers speak out:
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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November 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Former US military lawyers speak out:
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
1/2
This matches where I'm at with the outlook for the program as Sherrone finishes year two.
Getting to 8 wins last year and 9 this year, with the bowl to go, is a solid accomplishment, but they've got more weak points than you'd like if they're getting back to the CFP.
Getting to 8 wins last year and 9 this year, with the bowl to go, is a solid accomplishment, but they've got more weak points than you'd like if they're getting back to the CFP.
The O I feel like meshed actually pretty well. I think the scheme is mostly fine but limited. When Chip got creative the results were hugely mixed. 6 FR starters, 3 on OL and one the QB, it’s gonna look like that. Trajectory is up but need to focus off season on Bryce feet, timing, and WRs
November 29, 2025 at 8:12 PM
This matches where I'm at with the outlook for the program as Sherrone finishes year two.
Getting to 8 wins last year and 9 this year, with the bowl to go, is a solid accomplishment, but they've got more weak points than you'd like if they're getting back to the CFP.
Getting to 8 wins last year and 9 this year, with the bowl to go, is a solid accomplishment, but they've got more weak points than you'd like if they're getting back to the CFP.
Props must be given.
Brutus writing the script Ohio in the snow and the Michigan grounds crew scrambling to get rid of it is a perfect mascot bit
November 29, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Props must be given.
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a few candidates have talked about this but any Dem planning to run in 2028 should make it explicit: the next DOJ will, in fact, go after you if you’re funding this awful ballroom, or any other pay to play deals you make with this administration
Dimon on why JPMorgan Chase is not funding WH Ballroom:
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
November 29, 2025 at 7:32 PM
a few candidates have talked about this but any Dem planning to run in 2028 should make it explicit: the next DOJ will, in fact, go after you if you’re funding this awful ballroom, or any other pay to play deals you make with this administration
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Lots of people think the Midwest is emotionless or lowkey, and I can’t stress enough how wrong a read that is. The Game is one of the most emotional/feelings events in football
The blatant neuroses on display all throughout Ohio State-Michigan are so great. No other game has anywhere near this amount of "if you don't go for it on fourth down you're a coward" going on
November 29, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Lots of people think the Midwest is emotionless or lowkey, and I can’t stress enough how wrong a read that is. The Game is one of the most emotional/feelings events in football
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The administration's foreign policy is to performatively murder the weak and defenseless to distract from the fact that it is abandoning U.S. strategic interests worldwide.
Extraordinary WSJ reporting today that unveils the extent to which Trump, Witkoff, Kushner and US business executives are salivating over business deals with Russia while Putin’s forces kidnap Ukranian children and bomb civilians in their apartments.
🎁 www.wsj.com/world/russia...
🎁 www.wsj.com/world/russia...
November 29, 2025 at 1:29 PM
The administration's foreign policy is to performatively murder the weak and defenseless to distract from the fact that it is abandoning U.S. strategic interests worldwide.
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Yeah the guy is absolutely giving everything he’s got, it’s going as good as you could possibly expect.
But we’re just missing these shots at explosives that are there when Marshall or Haynes are available. The OL obviously providing room to get them.
But we’re just missing these shots at explosives that are there when Marshall or Haynes are available. The OL obviously providing room to get them.
Kuzdzel has been a solid RB3 for Michigan because he has pretty good vision and the OL is blocking in a way for plays to develop longer. What makes him clearly a walk on is that every time he gets hit it looks like he gets absolutely destroyed
November 29, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Yeah the guy is absolutely giving everything he’s got, it’s going as good as you could possibly expect.
But we’re just missing these shots at explosives that are there when Marshall or Haynes are available. The OL obviously providing room to get them.
But we’re just missing these shots at explosives that are there when Marshall or Haynes are available. The OL obviously providing room to get them.
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You can only chance that coverage of you can get pressure. No one got pressure
November 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
You can only chance that coverage of you can get pressure. No one got pressure
Please note that this is true and I am still terribly nervous.
first quarter summary for Ohio State: Once Again, I Have Been Lured Into A Headbutting Contest By The Guy Who Headbutts
November 29, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Please note that this is true and I am still terribly nervous.