snarkbite
@squirrelbite.bsky.social
Just a regular Old who enjoys a varied smattering of things: dogs, cats, BTS, Star Trek, history, the Duluth Aerial Lift Bridge, trying to keep democracy going, and thinking Nazis are actually a bad thing.
Reposted by snarkbite
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
Reposted by snarkbite
Are those "MANY GREAT LEGAL SCHOLARS" in the room with you right now, Piggy?
November 23, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Are those "MANY GREAT LEGAL SCHOLARS" in the room with you right now, Piggy?
Reposted by snarkbite
I think the shortest version of why LLMs are an anti education technology is that education is fundamentally about making shared context to understand ourselves, each other, and the world
And by design LLMs destroy shared context
And by design LLMs destroy shared context
November 23, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I think the shortest version of why LLMs are an anti education technology is that education is fundamentally about making shared context to understand ourselves, each other, and the world
And by design LLMs destroy shared context
And by design LLMs destroy shared context
Reposted by snarkbite
This is Link. His ball suddenly went missing and then reappeared trapped under his bed. He called his brother Otto in for backup, knowing they'd need all three of their collective brain cells to get it back. 12/10 for both (IG: thegoldenbruvs)
November 19, 2025 at 11:22 PM
This is Link. His ball suddenly went missing and then reappeared trapped under his bed. He called his brother Otto in for backup, knowing they'd need all three of their collective brain cells to get it back. 12/10 for both (IG: thegoldenbruvs)
lololol.
Nice.
::applause::
Nice.
::applause::
Breaking News: Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is going to require all New York elementary school students to learn Arabic numerals.
The madrasa indoctrination is starting very early.
(This post is a test.)
The madrasa indoctrination is starting very early.
(This post is a test.)
November 19, 2025 at 11:19 PM
lololol.
Nice.
::applause::
Nice.
::applause::
I have nothing to suggest myself, but I just want to say "a thousand blessings on you and all your houses" to everyone else responding with suggestions, because there are SO MANY things being put forward that sound just so awesome.
I am eternally grateful to you all.
::bowing to everyone::
I am eternally grateful to you all.
::bowing to everyone::
November 19, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I have nothing to suggest myself, but I just want to say "a thousand blessings on you and all your houses" to everyone else responding with suggestions, because there are SO MANY things being put forward that sound just so awesome.
I am eternally grateful to you all.
::bowing to everyone::
I am eternally grateful to you all.
::bowing to everyone::
Just sayin' that I would hand over my lunch money willingly, with a 10% extra kicker just because, to this super cool dude if I saw him, because DAMN -- that jacket is pure awesome.
A++++. No notes. Just win. ::applause::
A++++. No notes. Just win. ::applause::
November 19, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Just sayin' that I would hand over my lunch money willingly, with a 10% extra kicker just because, to this super cool dude if I saw him, because DAMN -- that jacket is pure awesome.
A++++. No notes. Just win. ::applause::
A++++. No notes. Just win. ::applause::
Reposted by snarkbite
Swedish Deputy PM: Sweden needs to pick its friends wisely, and we are choosing Canada… So when we come to America, we come to Canada now.
November 19, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Swedish Deputy PM: Sweden needs to pick its friends wisely, and we are choosing Canada… So when we come to America, we come to Canada now.
Nicely done. ::applause::
the fun thing about actually reading books and loving the English language for its weird complexities is that the two words that make up “Vanity Fair” can also be read as “self-indulgently mediocre”
November 17, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Nicely done. ::applause::
Reposted by snarkbite
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Reposted by snarkbite
Reposted by snarkbite
The framing of this by CNN implies she's talking about bad candidates, but she isn't. She's saying this country hates women. People say look at Mexico or Germany, they elected women. Yes. Because they, as a country, don't hate women nearly as much as we do. Fucked up shit. She's not lying.
Former first lady Michelle Obama said America is "not ready for a woman" president during a conversation at her New York book event. https://cnn.it/43ApuKZ
November 15, 2025 at 10:49 PM
The framing of this by CNN implies she's talking about bad candidates, but she isn't. She's saying this country hates women. People say look at Mexico or Germany, they elected women. Yes. Because they, as a country, don't hate women nearly as much as we do. Fucked up shit. She's not lying.
There's enough to bash FOX news with that is literally happening this minute, this hour, this day -- you don't have to do it with literally years-old graphics like this. (It's all George Floyd in the bottom chyron.)
Stop.
Stop.
November 15, 2025 at 9:51 PM
There's enough to bash FOX news with that is literally happening this minute, this hour, this day -- you don't have to do it with literally years-old graphics like this. (It's all George Floyd in the bottom chyron.)
Stop.
Stop.
Reposted by snarkbite
Like when I have $10 in my pocket and go "negotiate" the price of a Big Mac at McDonald's.
Me: "I would like that sandwich for $3."
McD's: "It costs $7 or you don't get it."
Me: "Ok, then."
Me: "I would like that sandwich for $3."
McD's: "It costs $7 or you don't get it."
Me: "Ok, then."
TRUMP: We’re going to give Americans the money to buy health insurance
REPORTER: But won’t they buy it from
Insurance companies?
TRUMP: Ahhh. Some may. I mean they’ll be negotiating prices
REPORTER: But won’t they buy it from
Insurance companies?
TRUMP: Ahhh. Some may. I mean they’ll be negotiating prices
November 15, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Like when I have $10 in my pocket and go "negotiate" the price of a Big Mac at McDonald's.
Me: "I would like that sandwich for $3."
McD's: "It costs $7 or you don't get it."
Me: "Ok, then."
Me: "I would like that sandwich for $3."
McD's: "It costs $7 or you don't get it."
Me: "Ok, then."
Reposted by snarkbite
Picard ethics tip: The fact that a conflict has many sides does not imply that every side has merit.
October 6, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Picard ethics tip: The fact that a conflict has many sides does not imply that every side has merit.
I luvs him so. 💕💕💕
November 13, 2025 at 3:11 AM
I luvs him so. 💕💕💕
Reposted by snarkbite
TV conspiracies: we’ve hacked their computers but they’ve perfectly cleaned up the evidence!
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
November 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
TV conspiracies: we’ve hacked their computers but they’ve perfectly cleaned up the evidence!
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
"We must carry this in our hearts: that what we have is special. That it can be taken from us, and that when it is taken from us, we will be tested. We will be tested to our very souls. We will now all be tested. It is these times... it is this pain... that allows us to look inside ourselves."
2/2
2/2
November 12, 2025 at 3:53 AM
"We must carry this in our hearts: that what we have is special. That it can be taken from us, and that when it is taken from us, we will be tested. We will be tested to our very souls. We will now all be tested. It is these times... it is this pain... that allows us to look inside ourselves."
2/2
2/2
First *episode* of FNL is one of the best episodes of television ever created. I will brook no argument.
"Give all of us gathered here tonight, the strength to remember that life is so very fragile. We are all vulnerable.
And we will all, at some point in our lives, fall. We will all fall."
1/2
"Give all of us gathered here tonight, the strength to remember that life is so very fragile. We are all vulnerable.
And we will all, at some point in our lives, fall. We will all fall."
1/2
November 12, 2025 at 3:53 AM
First *episode* of FNL is one of the best episodes of television ever created. I will brook no argument.
"Give all of us gathered here tonight, the strength to remember that life is so very fragile. We are all vulnerable.
And we will all, at some point in our lives, fall. We will all fall."
1/2
"Give all of us gathered here tonight, the strength to remember that life is so very fragile. We are all vulnerable.
And we will all, at some point in our lives, fall. We will all fall."
1/2
I think when I win the Powerball (note my belief that it will happen! I mean, of course it won't, but hope springs eternal...), I think I'm going to spend the rest of my days visiting every bodega everywhere, to just hang with all the kittehs.
A life well spent, methinks... 😉
A life well spent, methinks... 😉
November 12, 2025 at 12:50 AM
I think when I win the Powerball (note my belief that it will happen! I mean, of course it won't, but hope springs eternal...), I think I'm going to spend the rest of my days visiting every bodega everywhere, to just hang with all the kittehs.
A life well spent, methinks... 😉
A life well spent, methinks... 😉
OK, it's the "Popeye" that makes this post just ::chef's kiss:: perfection.
Mostly because I first read/mentally-pronounced the title as 'Pope-yay', then realized what it actually was...
lolol. Well done.
Mostly because I first read/mentally-pronounced the title as 'Pope-yay', then realized what it actually was...
lolol. Well done.
November 11, 2025 at 11:53 PM
OK, it's the "Popeye" that makes this post just ::chef's kiss:: perfection.
Mostly because I first read/mentally-pronounced the title as 'Pope-yay', then realized what it actually was...
lolol. Well done.
Mostly because I first read/mentally-pronounced the title as 'Pope-yay', then realized what it actually was...
lolol. Well done.
Damn, man -- sometimes you hit the nail on the head so much, it's amazing.
(And really, that's a lot of the time to be honest... but this one is just... whew, so true.)
(And really, that's a lot of the time to be honest... but this one is just... whew, so true.)
November 10, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Damn, man -- sometimes you hit the nail on the head so much, it's amazing.
(And really, that's a lot of the time to be honest... but this one is just... whew, so true.)
(And really, that's a lot of the time to be honest... but this one is just... whew, so true.)
Those ppl: It was the GOP before & it's still the GOP now, so it can't be a different party -- it still has the same name! I am very smart.
(Yes, I truly think they are just that big of a bunch of dipshits -- bcz the NAME didn't change, it's still the same party, not at all A Fascist New Party!)
(Yes, I truly think they are just that big of a bunch of dipshits -- bcz the NAME didn't change, it's still the same party, not at all A Fascist New Party!)
November 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Those ppl: It was the GOP before & it's still the GOP now, so it can't be a different party -- it still has the same name! I am very smart.
(Yes, I truly think they are just that big of a bunch of dipshits -- bcz the NAME didn't change, it's still the same party, not at all A Fascist New Party!)
(Yes, I truly think they are just that big of a bunch of dipshits -- bcz the NAME didn't change, it's still the same party, not at all A Fascist New Party!)
It didn't happen soon enough, but the fucker is finally dead.
Give me the opening line of the spite obit you’d write. No need to identify the decedent. Let fly.
November 10, 2025 at 8:17 PM
It didn't happen soon enough, but the fucker is finally dead.