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Brandon Snavely β˜•οΈπŸˆ

@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

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Latest posts by bksnav.bsky.social on Bluesky

The whole point of democracy is so one person's derangement does not become everybody's problem. It's social hygiene. The fact the richest men in the West are a mix of grotty twelve year olds and deranged apocalypse fanatics is a problem, and we should be honest about it.

20.10.2025 17:38 β€” πŸ‘ 5815    πŸ” 1727    πŸ’¬ 72    πŸ“Œ 36

You'll like it. They're different now vs when we were getting into them in the 90s. Just 3 guys onstage these days, more subdued and simple. Edward's voice is where the magic is imho, which is incredible considering his age (71).

20.10.2025 14:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Loved this show. ❀️

What a gift the Legendary Pink Dots have been over the 45 years of their musical journey. They've created this self-contained labyrinthian sound world full of mystery, hallucination, and storytelling. And through their albums we can visit this world anytime we want.

20.10.2025 14:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Fliers for the Legendary Pink Dots show. At Cat’s Cradle concert venue, Chapel Hill North Carolina.

Fliers for the Legendary Pink Dots show. At Cat’s Cradle concert venue, Chapel Hill North Carolina.

LPD tonight!

19.10.2025 22:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Nobody with a brain in their head and their heart in the right place is ever going to pay for the New York Times after what's been going on over the past decade. Please write somewhere else.

19.10.2025 16:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A whole lot of red states are actually just highly gerrymandered and/or voter suppressed states. Not all, of course -- places like North Dakota and Wyoming exist -- but enough that people should be more conscious of it than a lot are.

18.10.2025 17:30 β€” πŸ‘ 229    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 2

Do you have a penny jar? Keep your coins there. β€œHope and change.”

19.10.2025 13:33 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Maybe @michaeldiaz101.bsky.social knows a good breakfast spot!

19.10.2025 13:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Powerful sign at No Kings in Cleveland

18.10.2025 19:08 β€” πŸ‘ 21779    πŸ” 4948    πŸ’¬ 258    πŸ“Œ 166
Meme featuring two well coifed, intellectual looking Wojacks reading: PEOPLE WHO READ

Beneath them are two disheveled, sick looking people with black circles under their eyes reading: PEOPLE WHO WRITE

Meme featuring two well coifed, intellectual looking Wojacks reading: PEOPLE WHO READ Beneath them are two disheveled, sick looking people with black circles under their eyes reading: PEOPLE WHO WRITE

Ouch. This one cuts to the bone.

18.10.2025 20:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1583    πŸ” 249    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 26
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When you are geolocating at the protest based on inflatable animals

18.10.2025 19:50 β€” πŸ‘ 4837    πŸ” 675    πŸ’¬ 120    πŸ“Œ 61

I was trying to think of my top 8 and you’re already on 9-16. πŸ˜‚

Where are The Cure? πŸ€”

When I look through my list and assess it honestly, I’m realizing some interesting things. E.g. I’m more into Fehlmann’s solo career than I am into The Orb.

18.10.2025 15:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Mmmmm…. a soggy cucumber and mayonnaise sandwich from Sainsbury’s. πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§

18.10.2025 13:31 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes. Many of us left Twitter for bluesky specifically to not have to be swimming in coarseness all the time.

18.10.2025 13:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"i dont want to eat a kebab, i want fish and chips" well sorry little buddy but we're at the kebab shop and you're twelve

18.10.2025 10:34 β€” πŸ‘ 3631    πŸ” 407    πŸ’¬ 54    πŸ“Œ 7

One thing editors drilled into me was to use "farther" for physical distances, "further" for metaphorical ones.

I have a mnemonic for this:

Mercury is farther from the sun than Earth? Nothing could be further from the truth.

18.10.2025 12:15 β€” πŸ‘ 487    πŸ” 79    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 5

I love being a β€œmorning person” and you must go to bed on the early side to do β€œmorning person” sustainably.

18.10.2025 00:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Nice. Although, I actually prefer an intermission.

17.10.2025 23:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Holy moly that’s a lot like my list.

16.10.2025 23:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I don’t have Twitter/X so I can’t check, but I wonder what kinds of comments you get on there with this chart at this moment in time.

16.10.2025 17:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m originally from south-central Pennsylvania (Lancaster) and I suppose I hold the unpopular opinion that the foods which are unique to that area are actually NOT good. πŸ˜‚

15.10.2025 14:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Two bozos

Two bozos

14.10.2025 21:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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[Mature Content] From the classicalmusic community on Reddit: i run a naked string quartet in a sex club in berlin AMA Posted by sexybartok - 80 votes and 43 comments

Wonder how it sounds naked 😁 www.reddit.com/r/classicalm...

14.10.2025 11:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Plain printed A4 poster that says: 

β€œSEEKING
people to competitively tell me their worst breakup story until mine seems insignificant

winner gets my ex's netflix password. must make me feel genuinely better about my situation

Thursday 9th 7PM
@ The Institute Bar”

Plain printed A4 poster that says: β€œSEEKING people to competitively tell me their worst breakup story until mine seems insignificant winner gets my ex's netflix password. must make me feel genuinely better about my situation Thursday 9th 7PM @ The Institute Bar”

Spotted near Russell Square today.

14.10.2025 09:04 β€” πŸ‘ 216    πŸ” 46    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1

Columbian Exchange Day is a great idea because it proves how much and how recently most national-cultural identities were constructed out of diverse global components.

If you can't imagine Italian, German, Korean, Indian, or any other national food without new world plants, what are they, really?

13.10.2025 22:02 β€” πŸ‘ 301    πŸ” 62    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 0
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A Statement from NPR’s Editor in Chief on the Pentagon’s Press Policy.
Read More: www.npr.org/2025/10/13/g...

13.10.2025 21:32 β€” πŸ‘ 10324    πŸ” 2960    πŸ’¬ 313    πŸ“Œ 202

Why is for-profit insurance the norm? So much bloat, middlemen, poor use of resources.

Why do our nation’s med schools have so few seats? (perma-doctor-shortage means very high salaries for docs, but that makes costs high)

Flip the tables and fix the underlying causes.

13.10.2025 19:18 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It was on the radio way back. The vocal arrangement is interesting, and the song has hooks. πŸ˜€

13.10.2025 17:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.

13.10.2025 01:01 β€” πŸ‘ 21499    πŸ” 5593    πŸ’¬ 574    πŸ“Œ 196

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