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.
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Really not great if people are taking doxycycline for a cold
now we have dr drew pitching a cold & flu kit on ESPN 2 that includes ivermectin FFS
December 9, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Really not great if people are taking doxycycline for a cold
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This is very exciting news, not only because it's cool and interesting and could represent a major leap forward for modern construction technology, but also because it opens the door to a brutalism revival www.scientificamerican.com/article/pomp...
Pompeii Time Capsule Reveals Why Ancient Romans Were Such Incredible Builders
Lime granules trapped in ancient walls show Romans relied on a reactive hot-mix method to making concrete that could now inspire modern engineers
www.scientificamerican.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:33 PM
This is very exciting news, not only because it's cool and interesting and could represent a major leap forward for modern construction technology, but also because it opens the door to a brutalism revival www.scientificamerican.com/article/pomp...
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roses are red, violets are funky,
December 9, 2025 at 6:43 PM
roses are red, violets are funky,
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I feel like it's really obvious and in fact has been discussed ad nauseam that one of the main drivers of Gen Z's dalliance with the right, such that it exists at all, is that conservatism was *not* perceived as the dominant ideology being pushed by power structures
Happening now: Texas leaders announcing a rollout of a statewide program to put TPUSA chapters in high schools and colleges across the state. Gov. Abbott adds that schools that stand in the way should be reported to the Texas Education Agency.
December 9, 2025 at 12:26 AM
I feel like it's really obvious and in fact has been discussed ad nauseam that one of the main drivers of Gen Z's dalliance with the right, such that it exists at all, is that conservatism was *not* perceived as the dominant ideology being pushed by power structures
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The GOP plan is to let premiums massively spike for 21 million Americans.
And then it gives them $1k per year ONLY IF they switch to bronze plans — which it also raises the cost of.
Awful awful plan that fucks over sick people.
And then it gives them $1k per year ONLY IF they switch to bronze plans — which it also raises the cost of.
Awful awful plan that fucks over sick people.
December 9, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The GOP plan is to let premiums massively spike for 21 million Americans.
And then it gives them $1k per year ONLY IF they switch to bronze plans — which it also raises the cost of.
Awful awful plan that fucks over sick people.
And then it gives them $1k per year ONLY IF they switch to bronze plans — which it also raises the cost of.
Awful awful plan that fucks over sick people.
This post reminded me of this recording, which never fails to move me deeply.
December 9, 2025 at 7:36 PM
This post reminded me of this recording, which never fails to move me deeply.
Excited to find out how a stochastic parrot will, uh...help us bomb fishermen?
Pete Hegseth: "The future of American warfare is here, and it's spelled AI."
He says the military has launched a new platform that "puts the world's most powerful frontier AI models, starting with Google Gemini, directly into the hands of every American warrior."
He says the military has launched a new platform that "puts the world's most powerful frontier AI models, starting with Google Gemini, directly into the hands of every American warrior."
December 9, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Excited to find out how a stochastic parrot will, uh...help us bomb fishermen?
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- you got that Aryan propaganda done?
- sure did boss, nice and Arian just like you asked
- sure did boss, nice and Arian just like you asked
ok it’s legitimately funny that they can’t even throw red meat to Catholics without falling into heresy
December 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
- you got that Aryan propaganda done?
- sure did boss, nice and Arian just like you asked
- sure did boss, nice and Arian just like you asked
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my five year old had RSV when he was six months old and when we brought him to the pediatrician they were like yeah go directly to the hospital we’re calling ahead
scariest few days of our lives
from the bottom of my heart: all these people can go to hell
scariest few days of our lives
from the bottom of my heart: all these people can go to hell
Exclusive: US FDA launches fresh safety scrutiny of approved RSV therapies for infants reut.rs/48JXrL2
Exclusive: US FDA launches fresh safety scrutiny of approved RSV therapies for infants
U.S. health regulators informed senior executives at Merck, Sanofi and AstraZeneca last week that their approved protective RSV treatments for infants would be subject to fresh safety scrutiny following concerns raised by vaccine skeptics, multiple sources familiar with the situation told Reuters.
reut.rs
December 9, 2025 at 4:08 PM
my five year old had RSV when he was six months old and when we brought him to the pediatrician they were like yeah go directly to the hospital we’re calling ahead
scariest few days of our lives
from the bottom of my heart: all these people can go to hell
scariest few days of our lives
from the bottom of my heart: all these people can go to hell
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Again I feel like it's relevant that we're having these discussions in the shadow of a president that we all know could not possibly comprehend the notion of faithfully executing the will of another if his life depended on it
it is actually kind of bananas how unitary executive theorists have taken a straightforward clause requiring the president to "faithfully execute the laws" and transformed it into a grant for the exercise of limitless unenumerated power.
The Take Care Clause was a byproduct of the lessons learned from the Glorious Revolution that the executive should not be able to dispense with the law promulgated by the legislature. It was not a constitutional provision to empower the executive branch— but to constrain it!
December 9, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Again I feel like it's relevant that we're having these discussions in the shadow of a president that we all know could not possibly comprehend the notion of faithfully executing the will of another if his life depended on it
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it is actually kind of bananas how unitary executive theorists have taken a straightforward clause requiring the president to "faithfully execute the laws" and transformed it into a grant for the exercise of limitless unenumerated power.
The Take Care Clause was a byproduct of the lessons learned from the Glorious Revolution that the executive should not be able to dispense with the law promulgated by the legislature. It was not a constitutional provision to empower the executive branch— but to constrain it!
December 9, 2025 at 2:20 PM
it is actually kind of bananas how unitary executive theorists have taken a straightforward clause requiring the president to "faithfully execute the laws" and transformed it into a grant for the exercise of limitless unenumerated power.
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Jalen Hurts turns it over twice on one play, the Eagles fan reaction is classic
December 9, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Jalen Hurts turns it over twice on one play, the Eagles fan reaction is classic
Goddamn, what a great insight.
You could almost argue that the "Kamala is for they/them" ad was *really* targeted at Democratic elites and pundits who'd long ago talked themselves into an anxious transphobia.
But, of course, the reality is that the GOP was also high on its own supply here and genuinely believe the ad connected.
But, of course, the reality is that the GOP was also high on its own supply here and genuinely believe the ad connected.
December 9, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Goddamn, what a great insight.
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Listen. In 2026, Joe Flacco just should be the official NFL all-time QB. If your QB suffers a season-ending injury, you should be able to sign Flacco for up to four games and pay him the pro-rated franchise tag. Just make this easier for everyone involved.
December 8, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Listen. In 2026, Joe Flacco just should be the official NFL all-time QB. If your QB suffers a season-ending injury, you should be able to sign Flacco for up to four games and pay him the pro-rated franchise tag. Just make this easier for everyone involved.
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Both Morrison's packaging and website ask you to accept all cookies.
Nothing says getting into the festive spirit like going online to shout at some biscuits
December 8, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Both Morrison's packaging and website ask you to accept all cookies.
I'm trying to find a historical analogy for something like this and coming up empty. Maybe India under Nehru?
I could honestly go for a kind of Conservative Liberalism
Just embrace being kind of moralizing and strict about liberal values. Embrace institutions (so long as they're liberal ones). Etc.
Just embrace being kind of moralizing and strict about liberal values. Embrace institutions (so long as they're liberal ones). Etc.
I think that the longstanding trauma of this moment is going to be that many people in their 20-30s rn in not-quite-elite circles are going to be intensely small c conservative for a long time and have something of a hair-trigger for anything that smells of populism for the rest of their days
December 8, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I'm trying to find a historical analogy for something like this and coming up empty. Maybe India under Nehru?
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Supreme Court oral argument this morning, in sum
Sotomayor: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (derogatory)
Gorsuch: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (complimentary)
Sotomayor: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (derogatory)
Gorsuch: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (complimentary)
December 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Supreme Court oral argument this morning, in sum
Sotomayor: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (derogatory)
Gorsuch: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (complimentary)
Sotomayor: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (derogatory)
Gorsuch: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (complimentary)
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The only way to assure individual liberty is to hand unprecedented governmental power to the guy engaged in blatant democratic backsliding
Kavanaugh: Broad delegations to unaccountable agencies are dangerous for individual liberty! We have used the major questions doctrine to prevent agencies from overreaching.
Sauer: MQD not a substitute for the removal power for the president
Sauer: MQD not a substitute for the removal power for the president
December 8, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The only way to assure individual liberty is to hand unprecedented governmental power to the guy engaged in blatant democratic backsliding
The center alignment on this post is intensely irritating to me.
December 8, 2025 at 8:09 PM
The center alignment on this post is intensely irritating to me.
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The President of the United States unilaterally levied a tax on all of us and is redistributing our taxes to a core segment of his supporters.
Trump: "I'm delighted to announce this afternoon that the US will be taking a small portion of the hundreds of billions of dollars we receive in tariffs ... and we're going to be giving and providing it to the farmers in economic assistance. We love our farmers. The farmers like me ... $12 billion"
December 8, 2025 at 7:48 PM
The President of the United States unilaterally levied a tax on all of us and is redistributing our taxes to a core segment of his supporters.
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Kavanaugh pretty much just said this out loud
The practical effect of overturning Humphrey’s will be that Republican presidents can stack the formerly independent agencies with their copartisans and SCOTUS will be cool with everything they do but when a Dem POTUS does the same Roberts et al will declare all those agencies’ actions unlawful.
In a memo John Roberts wrote just 4 yrs out of law school, he said the “time may be ripe to reconsider the existence” of independent agencies & bring them back into the executive branch. Now he’s poised to end what he has long called “a constitutional anomaly.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/u...
December 8, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Kavanaugh pretty much just said this out loud
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There’s gonna be so many scenes of him in a hospital bed giving a thumbs up with a tube in his nose , it’ll be at least half the movie
December 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
There’s gonna be so many scenes of him in a hospital bed giving a thumbs up with a tube in his nose , it’ll be at least half the movie
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it would probably be wise for the extraction class to stop talking
As AI wipes jobs, Google CEO Sundar Pichai says it’s up to everyday people to adapt accordingly: ‘We will have to work through societal disruption’ | Fortune
AI isn’t just coming for entry-level workers. Google CEO Sundar Pichai says no job, not even his own, is safe. But those who don’t adapt will be the first to fall.
fortune.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
it would probably be wise for the extraction class to stop talking
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Fuhrerprinzip, you might say
a thought about trump v. slaughter. it is largely unspoken, but the assertion that there is an unlimited presidential removal power and that independent agencies functionally cannot exist is an assertion of presidential sovereignty.
December 8, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Fuhrerprinzip, you might say
Trump won't be here forever, but that doesn't mean the Democrats have any choice but to obliterate the current court through reforms and countermand all of their insane decisions.
Oral arguments just wrapped up in Trump v. Slaughter. It is more likely that the New York Jets will win the Super Bowl this year than it is that the court won’t overturn Humphrey’s Executor.
Only question now is how much more damage the conservative justices do along the way.
Only question now is how much more damage the conservative justices do along the way.
December 8, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Trump won't be here forever, but that doesn't mean the Democrats have any choice but to obliterate the current court through reforms and countermand all of their insane decisions.