Snarky Yeti
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A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.
I was a BS, so I don't want to talk about it. 😪
I did a philosophy minor as a treat, but by that point I had read so much philosophy on my own that the classes left no imprint.
I did a philosophy minor as a treat, but by that point I had read so much philosophy on my own that the classes left no imprint.
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in [university]:
1. History of Judah from 539 BCE to 140 CE
2. Arabic
3. The Making of the Modern Middle East
4. Abraham Lincoln and the US Civil War, 1854–1865
5. Europe in the Early Middle Ages
1. History of Judah from 539 BCE to 140 CE
2. Arabic
3. The Making of the Modern Middle East
4. Abraham Lincoln and the US Civil War, 1854–1865
5. Europe in the Early Middle Ages
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
1. Modern Japan
2. Philosophy & Literature (Dostoevsky)
3. Vertebrate Biology
4. German Translation
5. Advanced Topics in Music Analysis (this was *a mistake*)
1. Modern Japan
2. Philosophy & Literature (Dostoevsky)
3. Vertebrate Biology
4. German Translation
5. Advanced Topics in Music Analysis (this was *a mistake*)
January 31, 2026 at 5:54 PM
I was a BS, so I don't want to talk about it. 😪
I did a philosophy minor as a treat, but by that point I had read so much philosophy on my own that the classes left no imprint.
I did a philosophy minor as a treat, but by that point I had read so much philosophy on my own that the classes left no imprint.
There it is: the Crazification Factor (aka the Keyes Constant.)
January 29, 2026 at 11:39 PM
There it is: the Crazification Factor (aka the Keyes Constant.)
How about a handy portal where we can add ourselves to these lists? Call it "Spartacus"
🚨 I've obtained a list of secret watchlists the Department of Homeland Security uses to keep tabs on American citizens
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ices-secre...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ices-secre...
Exclusive: ICE's Secret Watchlists of Americans
Sparta, Reaper and Grapevine track protesters, their friends (+ others)
www.kenklippenstein.com
January 28, 2026 at 11:55 PM
How about a handy portal where we can add ourselves to these lists? Call it "Spartacus"
On this day in 1898 Èmile Zola published his letter to French president Felix Faure, accusing French military officials of misconduct in the wrongful court martial of Alfred Dreyfus.
January 13, 2026 at 2:52 PM
On this day in 1898 Èmile Zola published his letter to French president Felix Faure, accusing French military officials of misconduct in the wrongful court martial of Alfred Dreyfus.
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, or Alice in Chains.
January 11, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, or Alice in Chains.
"My country has in its wisdom contrived for me the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived...." --John Adams, 1793
i have written this a few times now but the reason JD Vance spends all day posting is that they barely tolerate his presence in the white house and have locked him out of every decision of consequence. he is basically unemployed
Shouldn't you be doing government shit?
January 10, 2026 at 6:03 PM
"My country has in its wisdom contrived for me the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived...." --John Adams, 1793
I think it's arguable that integrating the revolutionary triad (liberté, égalité, fraternité) is a (maybe even the) central problem of modernity.
It's always a little unfair to overbake a quickly tossed-off skeet, but this is a distillation of an idea I see circulating a *lot* in lefty spaces. The context of what Mamdani was saying is in the alt-text; he's obviously being much more nuanced than saying "individualism must end."
But must it?
But must it?
![Anonymised skeet of a clip of Mayor Mamdani's inauguration, saying "they're going to want to kill him for this but he's so right, individualism as an ideology needs to end."
The video is paused over a line in the speech that goes "[replace] rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism," after a lengthy discussion about how New York's myriad communities and neighbourhoods are often divided from one another.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3hpkklsnpkv65xf46q7mnibn/bafkreid6hdqjtwuiuqvcbj3ye23wace42k3dmfzprmpnj4qejw6zxhuywu@jpeg)
January 2, 2026 at 1:51 PM
I think it's arguable that integrating the revolutionary triad (liberté, égalité, fraternité) is a (maybe even the) central problem of modernity.
Reposted by Snarky Yeti
The 60 Minutes piece on the Trump Administration’s torture prison that Bari Weiss doesn’t want you to see has leaked.
December 22, 2025 at 10:09 PM
The 60 Minutes piece on the Trump Administration’s torture prison that Bari Weiss doesn’t want you to see has leaked.
Heartily co-signed.
If you’ve never listened to the Bundyville podcast by Leah Sotille, one of our best chroniclers of the far right in the west, now is as good a time as any to remedy that. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
Episode 1: The Battle
Podcast Episode · Bundyville: The Remnant · 05/15/2018 · 43m
podcasts.apple.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Heartily co-signed.
I'm as angry and apalled as anyone, but I don't scream into this void about everything going on. I hope that silence gives this simple declarative statement the gravity it deserves.
An unprovoked attack on Venezuela simply cannot be allowed to happen.
An unprovoked attack on Venezuela simply cannot be allowed to happen.
Trump: "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled ... It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the USA all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us."
December 17, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I'm as angry and apalled as anyone, but I don't scream into this void about everything going on. I hope that silence gives this simple declarative statement the gravity it deserves.
An unprovoked attack on Venezuela simply cannot be allowed to happen.
An unprovoked attack on Venezuela simply cannot be allowed to happen.
The BlueSky motto: "Puisqu'il faut s'ennuyer, ennuyons nous." (Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau)
December 15, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The BlueSky motto: "Puisqu'il faut s'ennuyer, ennuyons nous." (Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau)
Reposted by Snarky Yeti
Fascinating new research in AJPS (flagship poli sci journal) on Christian nationalism & SCOTUS
"An ecclesiastical court: Christian nationalism and perceptions of the US Supreme Court"
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
"We find that CN is related to Court attitudes in three ways:"
"An ecclesiastical court: Christian nationalism and perceptions of the US Supreme Court"
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
"We find that CN is related to Court attitudes in three ways:"
December 15, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Fascinating new research in AJPS (flagship poli sci journal) on Christian nationalism & SCOTUS
"An ecclesiastical court: Christian nationalism and perceptions of the US Supreme Court"
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
"We find that CN is related to Court attitudes in three ways:"
"An ecclesiastical court: Christian nationalism and perceptions of the US Supreme Court"
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
"We find that CN is related to Court attitudes in three ways:"
"You'll be visited by three spirits."
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
November 26, 2025 at 3:54 AM
"You'll be visited by three spirits."
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
November 14, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Describe your cat's personality with one photo
November 9, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Describe your cat's personality with one photo
Reading historians of 18th century France, you often come across references to gaps in the archives due to the Paris fires of 1871.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fires_i...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fires_i...
Fires in the Paris Commune - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 8, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Reading historians of 18th century France, you often come across references to gaps in the archives due to the Paris fires of 1871.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fires_i...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fires_i...
In 1750 Paris there were riots triggered by the kidnapping of children off the streets by the police. A policeman was beaten to death by an angry crowd.
aspectsofhistory.com/the-vanishin...
aspectsofhistory.com/the-vanishin...
The Vanishing Children of Paris - Aspects of History
The Vanishing Children of Paris
aspectsofhistory.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:55 AM
In 1750 Paris there were riots triggered by the kidnapping of children off the streets by the police. A policeman was beaten to death by an angry crowd.
aspectsofhistory.com/the-vanishin...
aspectsofhistory.com/the-vanishin...
Reposted by Snarky Yeti
Republicans don’t need to know how to govern for the same reason the 9/11 hijackers didn’t need to know how to land.
November 3, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Republicans don’t need to know how to govern for the same reason the 9/11 hijackers didn’t need to know how to land.
Y'all...it is stuffy in those inflatable suits!
October 18, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Y'all...it is stuffy in those inflatable suits!