Sean McKeown
@sifuabs.bsky.social
Life is an endless series of contextual ethics problems. Then you die.
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Sean McKeown
@sifuabs.bsky.social
· Feb 26
Since I seem to keep doing these, making a master thread to keep as my Pinned post with all my "these are my Commander decks" threads I have done... mostly so I can keep track of them, especially as I am considering new builds with some recent Commanders from Aetherdrift.
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i think to understand the meaning of the birthright citizenship clause to the framers of the 14th amendment, you have to understand significance of dred scott to the civil war republican party. dred scott wasn't just a bad ruling, it was understood as a rejection of the declaration itself.
December 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
i think to understand the meaning of the birthright citizenship clause to the framers of the 14th amendment, you have to understand significance of dred scott to the civil war republican party. dred scott wasn't just a bad ruling, it was understood as a rejection of the declaration itself.
Because I have decided to clear out my trading binder somewhat, I have put some of the really weird cards that are unlikely to transact unless I find *just* the right person who wants them up on eBay.
This time: two Chinese-language Stronghold rares: Burgeoning, and Sliver Queen. #MtG
This time: two Chinese-language Stronghold rares: Burgeoning, and Sliver Queen. #MtG
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December 5, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Because I have decided to clear out my trading binder somewhat, I have put some of the really weird cards that are unlikely to transact unless I find *just* the right person who wants them up on eBay.
This time: two Chinese-language Stronghold rares: Burgeoning, and Sliver Queen. #MtG
This time: two Chinese-language Stronghold rares: Burgeoning, and Sliver Queen. #MtG
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Breaking: After contentious debates and three failed attempts at a vote, a federal vaccine committee decided on Friday to end the decades-long recommendation that all newborns be immunized at birth against hepatitis B.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
An End to Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Breaking: After contentious debates and three failed attempts at a vote, a federal vaccine committee decided on Friday to end the decades-long recommendation that all newborns be immunized at birth against hepatitis B.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
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I am probably naive, but it reads like there is logic behind the NSD document. It might not be a coherent and well-thought-out one. Yet, it is simple and accessible: i) the US has the privilege to use force (of different sorts) to protect its interests,
December 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I am probably naive, but it reads like there is logic behind the NSD document. It might not be a coherent and well-thought-out one. Yet, it is simple and accessible: i) the US has the privilege to use force (of different sorts) to protect its interests,
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I am hearing from multiple sources that the EU Commission is announcing its first DSA fine tomorrow against X on ad transparency, blue check & dark pattern, and researcher access to data.
The fine is in the "100s of millions of Euros."
Elon about to get big mad.
I am hearing from multiple sources that the EU Commission is announcing its first DSA fine tomorrow against X on ad transparency, blue check & dark pattern, and researcher access to data.
The fine is in the "100s of millions of Euros."
Elon about to get big mad.
December 4, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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I am hearing from multiple sources that the EU Commission is announcing its first DSA fine tomorrow against X on ad transparency, blue check & dark pattern, and researcher access to data.
The fine is in the "100s of millions of Euros."
Elon about to get big mad.
I am hearing from multiple sources that the EU Commission is announcing its first DSA fine tomorrow against X on ad transparency, blue check & dark pattern, and researcher access to data.
The fine is in the "100s of millions of Euros."
Elon about to get big mad.
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it’s so blatant how obvious this setup grift is
December 4, 2025 at 10:13 PM
it’s so blatant how obvious this setup grift is
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There have been some changes recently, so I figured an update is due.
December 2, 2025 at 5:12 PM
There have been some changes recently, so I figured an update is due.
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For my newsletter, I wrote about that college essay scandal that's gone viral and what everyone is seeming to miss:
It's about ATTACKING TRANS PEOPLE!!!
www.burnsnotice.com/that-viral-e...
It's about ATTACKING TRANS PEOPLE!!!
www.burnsnotice.com/that-viral-e...
That Viral Essay Scandal is (SURPRISE!) Actually About Trans People
A shoddy Oklahoma University essay went viral. Cis people think this is about conservatives whining for better grades. Trans people see a planned attack on a trans academic.
(Note for free subscriber...
www.burnsnotice.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:18 PM
For my newsletter, I wrote about that college essay scandal that's gone viral and what everyone is seeming to miss:
It's about ATTACKING TRANS PEOPLE!!!
www.burnsnotice.com/that-viral-e...
It's about ATTACKING TRANS PEOPLE!!!
www.burnsnotice.com/that-viral-e...
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every trans person i see post about the OU suspension knows that the suspended target is trans & a grad student, & has an innate awareness that this is about purging trans employees. every cis person i see thinks the target is a rando professor & that this is about giving conservatives good grades
December 1, 2025 at 12:04 AM
every trans person i see post about the OU suspension knows that the suspended target is trans & a grad student, & has an innate awareness that this is about purging trans employees. every cis person i see thinks the target is a rando professor & that this is about giving conservatives good grades
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This is almost certainly the case. The essay is too far below what you would expect to see from a college junior in quality for this to be randomly bad.
Honestly, I should have said so before, but I really thought that was obvious to any reasonable observer.
Honestly, I should have said so before, but I really thought that was obvious to any reasonable observer.
This is extremely bad and worrisome for obvious reasons, but it's worth pointing out that this was obviously the student's goal
She knowingly wrote a garbage essay for her trans prof's class and when she obviously got a terrible grade stirred up a media storm
This was clearly the intended outcome
She knowingly wrote a garbage essay for her trans prof's class and when she obviously got a terrible grade stirred up a media storm
This was clearly the intended outcome
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
December 1, 2025 at 2:48 PM
This is almost certainly the case. The essay is too far below what you would expect to see from a college junior in quality for this to be randomly bad.
Honestly, I should have said so before, but I really thought that was obvious to any reasonable observer.
Honestly, I should have said so before, but I really thought that was obvious to any reasonable observer.
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Uh-oh, Melania's Christmas decorations are up. Let's check them out.
First up, the traditional presidential Lego portrait.
Look, this whole thread will sound like a shitpost but I swear these are real.
First up, the traditional presidential Lego portrait.
Look, this whole thread will sound like a shitpost but I swear these are real.
December 1, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Uh-oh, Melania's Christmas decorations are up. Let's check them out.
First up, the traditional presidential Lego portrait.
Look, this whole thread will sound like a shitpost but I swear these are real.
First up, the traditional presidential Lego portrait.
Look, this whole thread will sound like a shitpost but I swear these are real.
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I’m driving through rural Texas, prime insane right wing billboard territory and I just saw a billboard that said “no healthcare for the peasants but a ballroom for the king”
pretty big sentiment shift for the area
pretty big sentiment shift for the area
November 29, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I’m driving through rural Texas, prime insane right wing billboard territory and I just saw a billboard that said “no healthcare for the peasants but a ballroom for the king”
pretty big sentiment shift for the area
pretty big sentiment shift for the area
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
cat
cat
cat
cat
cat
cat
cat
cat
cat
cat
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Goliath heron
Himalayan vulture
Cerulean warbler
Laysan albatross
Australian king parrot
Goliath heron
Himalayan vulture
Cerulean warbler
Laysan albatross
Australian king parrot
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Blue whale (and calf)
Mexican free-tailed bat
King rail
Portuguese man-o-war
17 year periodical cicada
Blue whale (and calf)
Mexican free-tailed bat
King rail
Portuguese man-o-war
17 year periodical cicada
November 28, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
cat
cat
cat
cat
cat
cat
cat
cat
cat
cat
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"Your profession of faith does not lead you to do good things; everything you do is a good thing because you have professed your faith."
We saw that a few posts back, didn't we?
bsky.app/profile/raha...
We saw that a few posts back, didn't we?
bsky.app/profile/raha...
But, critically, Reagan's version of the metaphor is not the same cautionary "everyone is watching you, so don't fuck up" framing as Kennedy or even Winthrop used. It reverses the direction: "everyone is watching you because you are special, and because you are special, you cannot fuck up".
May 9, 2025 at 7:02 PM
"Your profession of faith does not lead you to do good things; everything you do is a good thing because you have professed your faith."
We saw that a few posts back, didn't we?
bsky.app/profile/raha...
We saw that a few posts back, didn't we?
bsky.app/profile/raha...
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Pope Leo's first sermon and, uh, his using the phrase "be ever more fully a city set upon a hill" and cf'ing it to Rev 21:10 instead of any of the others before saying "many baptized Christians" are "living in a state of practical atheism" is. Well. Shots fired!
www.npr.org/2025/05/09/g...
www.npr.org/2025/05/09/g...
Read Pope Leo XIV's first homily as pope
During his homily, delivered in Italian, Leo XIV said that Christians must serve a world that is often hostile to their beliefs.
www.npr.org
May 9, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Pope Leo's first sermon and, uh, his using the phrase "be ever more fully a city set upon a hill" and cf'ing it to Rev 21:10 instead of any of the others before saying "many baptized Christians" are "living in a state of practical atheism" is. Well. Shots fired!
www.npr.org/2025/05/09/g...
www.npr.org/2025/05/09/g...
Was led to think about this again for literally no reason, it's just always true.
November 27, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Was led to think about this again for literally no reason, it's just always true.
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it seems Strategy, whose business model was "buy Bitcoin" and whose market cap was somehow larger than the value of its stock of bitcoin, is now collapsing. inconceivable www.ft.com/content/5347...
Crypto hoarders dump tokens as shares tumble
‘Digital asset treasury’ craze sours amid $1tn rout in cryptocurrency market
www.ft.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
it seems Strategy, whose business model was "buy Bitcoin" and whose market cap was somehow larger than the value of its stock of bitcoin, is now collapsing. inconceivable www.ft.com/content/5347...
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Being among the first interrogated and ultimately fired by DOGE, I certainly felt we were facing the business end of a right-wing conspiracy theory 🧵
DOGE was not a money-saving effort. It was an effort to chase down and prove right-wing conspiracy theories. They went after USAID to prove conspiracy theories about foreign aid. Then they went after SSA to, again, pursue conspiracy theories about Dems paying "illegals" to vote. 1/2
All DOGE accomplished was purging critical government staff, handing private data to outsiders, and sentencing thousands in developing countries to death by gutting USAID.
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
November 26, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Being among the first interrogated and ultimately fired by DOGE, I certainly felt we were facing the business end of a right-wing conspiracy theory 🧵
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It's time for everyone's favorite chronologically unanchored holiday, The Story of the Lizard in the Leg.
Because people keep asking, the Story of The Lizard In That Dude's Leg. Some caveats:
1. This happened more than twenty years ago. There are no pictures. There was a small article in a local paper with, again, no pictures (I'm assuming that's what the producers of 9-1-1: LONE STAR found).
1. This happened more than twenty years ago. There are no pictures. There was a small article in a local paper with, again, no pictures (I'm assuming that's what the producers of 9-1-1: LONE STAR found).
November 23, 2025 at 7:50 PM
It's time for everyone's favorite chronologically unanchored holiday, The Story of the Lizard in the Leg.
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Shocked cat who is still definitely here for the Trump-Mamdani bromance destroying the Republican Party.
November 22, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Shocked cat who is still definitely here for the Trump-Mamdani bromance destroying the Republican Party.
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I happened to be in the audience for the Colbert taping last night where @warren.senate.gov called out David Ellison *by name* and I'm honestly shocked it wasn't edited out. We love to see it.
November 21, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I happened to be in the audience for the Colbert taping last night where @warren.senate.gov called out David Ellison *by name* and I'm honestly shocked it wasn't edited out. We love to see it.
Now that I am at the end of the thread, posting the bottom of it here so it is easier to read.
TL;DR: Bitcoin and major stock indexes are crashing, VIX is spiking, something is going on and there are several possible What's, including "Wall Street thinks Donald Trump is fucking cooked."
TL;DR: Bitcoin and major stock indexes are crashing, VIX is spiking, something is going on and there are several possible What's, including "Wall Street thinks Donald Trump is fucking cooked."
There are numerous potential hypotheses for what "thing X might be cracking!" could be right now. But it sure looks like SOMETHING is cracking, because the VIX has spiked and Bitcoin is dumping and all major financial indexes continue trending downward.
Time to hold onto our collective asses.
Time to hold onto our collective asses.
November 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Now that I am at the end of the thread, posting the bottom of it here so it is easier to read.
TL;DR: Bitcoin and major stock indexes are crashing, VIX is spiking, something is going on and there are several possible What's, including "Wall Street thinks Donald Trump is fucking cooked."
TL;DR: Bitcoin and major stock indexes are crashing, VIX is spiking, something is going on and there are several possible What's, including "Wall Street thinks Donald Trump is fucking cooked."
This is continuing in the vein of "Sean Is Mad And/Or Sad About A Number Again," except this time...?
Not sure if I am mad or sad or wistful or this is just a good moment for schadenfreude?
There is a key metric I have been keeping an eye on the past year, the price of Bitcoin.
Not sure if I am mad or sad or wistful or this is just a good moment for schadenfreude?
There is a key metric I have been keeping an eye on the past year, the price of Bitcoin.
November 21, 2025 at 2:20 PM
This is continuing in the vein of "Sean Is Mad And/Or Sad About A Number Again," except this time...?
Not sure if I am mad or sad or wistful or this is just a good moment for schadenfreude?
There is a key metric I have been keeping an eye on the past year, the price of Bitcoin.
Not sure if I am mad or sad or wistful or this is just a good moment for schadenfreude?
There is a key metric I have been keeping an eye on the past year, the price of Bitcoin.
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8675309 is prime, and so is 8675311, so if you ever need a middlin'-large pair of adjacent primes to test your cryptographic suite, all you need is a 1980s earworm and a +2 and you're all set.
Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
November 21, 2025 at 3:28 AM
8675309 is prime, and so is 8675311, so if you ever need a middlin'-large pair of adjacent primes to test your cryptographic suite, all you need is a 1980s earworm and a +2 and you're all set.