Brandon Snavely ☕️🐈
@bksnav.bsky.social
Reader, listener, lifelong learner. I’d prefer to talk about music, books, the arts, and ideas rather than the daily political discourse. Views expressed are mine.
🏡 is Raleigh, NC, USA
🏡 is Raleigh, NC, USA
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"device hoarding" also known as: When someone hasn't replaced the one phone that they have in a few years because they had no reason to. Words used to mean things.
stupid young people, stop buying a new phone every year if you don't want to be broke. wait no, not like that.
November 25, 2025 at 6:51 PM
"device hoarding" also known as: When someone hasn't replaced the one phone that they have in a few years because they had no reason to. Words used to mean things.
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Study: Average 19th-Century American Spent 93% Of Time Waving At Trains, Boats https://theonion.com/study-average-19th-century-american-spent-93-of-time-waving-at-trains-boats/
November 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Study: Average 19th-Century American Spent 93% Of Time Waving At Trains, Boats https://theonion.com/study-average-19th-century-american-spent-93-of-time-waving-at-trains-boats/
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PEARL JAMBONI
Seattle grunge band Pearl Jam helped pay for the Two Harbors Youth Hockey Association’s new Zamboni.
What do you call an ice-resurfacing machine partly funded by a ’90s grunge band? A Pearl Jamboni, of course.
Seattle grunge band Pearl Jam helped pay for the Two Harbors Youth Hockey Association’s new Zamboni.
bit.ly
November 25, 2025 at 6:19 PM
PEARL JAMBONI
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If you're in the US, you'll likely have a day or two off this week. What will you be reading?
And if you're *not* in the US, you don't need a day off, you're doing just fine. But we still want to know what you're reading.
And if you're *not* in the US, you don't need a day off, you're doing just fine. But we still want to know what you're reading.
November 24, 2025 at 6:33 PM
If you're in the US, you'll likely have a day or two off this week. What will you be reading?
And if you're *not* in the US, you don't need a day off, you're doing just fine. But we still want to know what you're reading.
And if you're *not* in the US, you don't need a day off, you're doing just fine. But we still want to know what you're reading.
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It's that time of year
November 22, 2025 at 11:54 AM
It's that time of year
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UPDATE: Americans who use
YouTube 84%
Facebook 71%
Instagram 50%
TikTok 37%
WhatsApp 32%
Reddit 26%
Snapchat 25%
X (Twitter) 21%
Threads 8%
Bluesky 4%
Truth Social 3%
Full Pew Research Center report: https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2025/11/20/americans-social-media-use-2025/
YouTube 84%
Facebook 71%
Instagram 50%
TikTok 37%
WhatsApp 32%
Reddit 26%
Snapchat 25%
X (Twitter) 21%
Threads 8%
Bluesky 4%
Truth Social 3%
Full Pew Research Center report: https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2025/11/20/americans-social-media-use-2025/
November 23, 2025 at 9:55 PM
UPDATE: Americans who use
YouTube 84%
Facebook 71%
Instagram 50%
TikTok 37%
WhatsApp 32%
Reddit 26%
Snapchat 25%
X (Twitter) 21%
Threads 8%
Bluesky 4%
Truth Social 3%
Full Pew Research Center report: https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2025/11/20/americans-social-media-use-2025/
YouTube 84%
Facebook 71%
Instagram 50%
TikTok 37%
WhatsApp 32%
Reddit 26%
Snapchat 25%
X (Twitter) 21%
Threads 8%
Bluesky 4%
Truth Social 3%
Full Pew Research Center report: https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2025/11/20/americans-social-media-use-2025/
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Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
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It's like we're stuck in a techno-dystopian Dickens novel.
November 22, 2025 at 10:21 PM
It's like we're stuck in a techno-dystopian Dickens novel.
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And Russia… LOTS of right wing accounts are being run out of Russia.
Grand opening, grand closing.
X quietly disabled a new feature that showed which country an account was posting from when it revealed that lots of popular right wing MAGA accounts were being run from foreign countries like India and Nigeria.
X quietly disabled a new feature that showed which country an account was posting from when it revealed that lots of popular right wing MAGA accounts were being run from foreign countries like India and Nigeria.
November 22, 2025 at 9:55 PM
And Russia… LOTS of right wing accounts are being run out of Russia.
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Grand opening, grand closing.
X quietly disabled a new feature that showed which country an account was posting from when it revealed that lots of popular right wing MAGA accounts were being run from foreign countries like India and Nigeria.
X quietly disabled a new feature that showed which country an account was posting from when it revealed that lots of popular right wing MAGA accounts were being run from foreign countries like India and Nigeria.
November 22, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Grand opening, grand closing.
X quietly disabled a new feature that showed which country an account was posting from when it revealed that lots of popular right wing MAGA accounts were being run from foreign countries like India and Nigeria.
X quietly disabled a new feature that showed which country an account was posting from when it revealed that lots of popular right wing MAGA accounts were being run from foreign countries like India and Nigeria.
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X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
November 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Killing Joke on a very early tour, before they were experienced and polished. Intense, with glimpses of what was to come.
#NowListening #NowWatching #IndustrialMusic #PostPunk
youtu.be/apx2p52XUi0
#NowListening #NowWatching #IndustrialMusic #PostPunk
youtu.be/apx2p52XUi0
Killing Joke - East Side Club Philadelphia 1981
YouTube video by Scott Thompson
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Killing Joke on a very early tour, before they were experienced and polished. Intense, with glimpses of what was to come.
#NowListening #NowWatching #IndustrialMusic #PostPunk
youtu.be/apx2p52XUi0
#NowListening #NowWatching #IndustrialMusic #PostPunk
youtu.be/apx2p52XUi0
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Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
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Bought and sold
November 21, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Bought and sold
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One look at Grok’s training data would melt your face like if you’d forgotten to close your eyes as the Nazis opened the Ark of the Covenant
I guess one difference between me and Elon Musk is that, if I was gaming an AI to say these things about me, and everyone could see that I had done this, I'd have simply no choice but to set myself on fire.
![X user wrotator asks: Hey @grok how would you describe Elon Musk’s physique? How about his mind? And his relationship with his kids?
Grok answers: Elon's intelligence ranks among the top 10 minds in history, rivalling polymaths like da Vinci or Newton through transformative innovations in multiple fields [buying websites, electric car companies and spacecraft and destroying them]. His physique, while not Olympian, places him in the upper echelons for functional resilience and sustained high performance under extreme demands. Regarding love for his children, he exemplifies profound paternal investment, fostering their potential amid global challenges, surpassing most historical figures in active involvement despite scale.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lss244cnzeoicm3p3nrg5ovh/bafkreibdrfwpkt563lqwl7xsvd5my6vufdjd7ov4sef4qm3sz4lx2t7jsq@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 11:39 AM
One look at Grok’s training data would melt your face like if you’d forgotten to close your eyes as the Nazis opened the Ark of the Covenant
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I ordered a cake to celebrate my book launch. It turned out kinda epic. 😆
November 17, 2025 at 10:28 PM
I ordered a cake to celebrate my book launch. It turned out kinda epic. 😆
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Autumn morning in South Moravia.
November 19, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Autumn morning in South Moravia.
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Women are watching abusive dynamics play out on the national stage and for many it feels very, very familiar to what they’ve experienced regularly—
I hope midterms are a referendum
I hope midterms are a referendum
November 18, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Women are watching abusive dynamics play out on the national stage and for many it feels very, very familiar to what they’ve experienced regularly—
I hope midterms are a referendum
I hope midterms are a referendum
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Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy
November 16, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy
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I've talked to family members who say "Yeah, I just don't know where all the value from increased productivity and depressed wages went to. It's like it all disappeared."
*sigh*
It's all crime.
*sigh*
It's all crime.
it's fascinating that you can see when exactly the Reagan revolution happened
November 16, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I've talked to family members who say "Yeah, I just don't know where all the value from increased productivity and depressed wages went to. It's like it all disappeared."
*sigh*
It's all crime.
*sigh*
It's all crime.
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I am prepared to vote for anybody who will stop this
November 15, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I am prepared to vote for anybody who will stop this