Maria Snyder
@bibliomaria.bsky.social
Academic editing, translation [DE and FR>EN], book history in early modern Germany & France, media history, art & art history. Once I had tenure, now I walk the trails of southern Maine.
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📣Booking is now open for the London International Palaeography School 2026 📣
We are running five 5-day courses, from practical hands-on 'making medieval manuscripts' to an introduction to Arabic manuscripts - don't miss out!
10% discount if you book before 23 Jan!
ies.sas.ac.uk/study-traini...
We are running five 5-day courses, from practical hands-on 'making medieval manuscripts' to an introduction to Arabic manuscripts - don't miss out!
10% discount if you book before 23 Jan!
ies.sas.ac.uk/study-traini...
London International Palaeography School
The London International Palaeography School is a series of intensive courses in Palaeography and Manuscript Studies.
ies.sas.ac.uk
December 3, 2025 at 10:13 AM
📣Booking is now open for the London International Palaeography School 2026 📣
We are running five 5-day courses, from practical hands-on 'making medieval manuscripts' to an introduction to Arabic manuscripts - don't miss out!
10% discount if you book before 23 Jan!
ies.sas.ac.uk/study-traini...
We are running five 5-day courses, from practical hands-on 'making medieval manuscripts' to an introduction to Arabic manuscripts - don't miss out!
10% discount if you book before 23 Jan!
ies.sas.ac.uk/study-traini...
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I work in radio, so this is obligatory. Happy....Thannnnks...giving!
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WKRP in Cincinnati Turkey Drop
YouTube video by Carla Johnson
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November 27, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I work in radio, so this is obligatory. Happy....Thannnnks...giving!
youtu.be/HiSkjcl9yW4?...
youtu.be/HiSkjcl9yW4?...
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I wrote an essay for @bostonreview.bsky.social about what I learned about close reading when I taught at West Virginia University
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
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The Claims of Close Reading - Boston Review
Literary studies have been starved by austerity, but their core methodology remains radical.
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November 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I wrote an essay for @bostonreview.bsky.social about what I learned about close reading when I taught at West Virginia University
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
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Great example of why text analysis is still a topic that should be taught in school. The earlier, the better. And be fresher in adult life.
Thanks @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social Great post.
(Pls make the image clickable so that one get view the full size easier)
Thanks @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social Great post.
(Pls make the image clickable so that one get view the full size easier)
Zuckerberg farted out some nonsense today, and since most media outlets refuse to report critically any time a tech CEO offers them some a pseudoserious press release, I've decided to do it for them.
sonjadrimmer.com/blog-1/2025/7/30/how-to-read-an-ai-press-release
sonjadrimmer.com/blog-1/2025/7/30/how-to-read-an-ai-press-release
How to Read an "AI" Press Release — Sonja Drimmer
Every so often someone like Mark Zuckerberg or Sam Altman will dribble out some unadorned text in Times New Roman font, announcing with stentorian certitude the advent of a new world that their latest...
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July 31, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Great example of why text analysis is still a topic that should be taught in school. The earlier, the better. And be fresher in adult life.
Thanks @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social Great post.
(Pls make the image clickable so that one get view the full size easier)
Thanks @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social Great post.
(Pls make the image clickable so that one get view the full size easier)
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We saw a SPECTACLED BEAR on day 1 of @maineaudubon.bsky.social’s tour in Ecuador!! I can not express how amazing this was, amongst a day of incredible birding (including Andean Condor sightings) around Antisana Reserve.
November 23, 2025 at 11:53 PM
We saw a SPECTACLED BEAR on day 1 of @maineaudubon.bsky.social’s tour in Ecuador!! I can not express how amazing this was, amongst a day of incredible birding (including Andean Condor sightings) around Antisana Reserve.
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"The T needs to replace a 130-year-old piece of the Green Line tunnels that houses the trains’ overhead wires. Described as a wooden “trough,” it has been there since the line was first constructed in the late 1890s."
www.masslive.com/boston/2025/...
www.masslive.com/boston/2025/...
19th-century pieces of wood are forcing a ‘huge’ train shutdown in Boston. MBTA officials explain why
MBTA leaders shared more details with MassLive about why they are shutting down a broad section of the Green Line through the heart of Downtown Boston for half of December.
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November 23, 2025 at 12:36 AM
"The T needs to replace a 130-year-old piece of the Green Line tunnels that houses the trains’ overhead wires. Described as a wooden “trough,” it has been there since the line was first constructed in the late 1890s."
www.masslive.com/boston/2025/...
www.masslive.com/boston/2025/...
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How have books shaped the way we think? In January Anna Somfai will teach an online short course on books about science and philosophy in the Middle Ages. Book now 👇 #MedievalSky @ies-sas.bsky.social @warburginstitute.bsky.social @sas-news.bsky.social palaeography.uk/study/short-...
Medieval Philosophical and Scientific Manuscripts – an online short course taught by Anna Somfai
This course will run online from 14:00-17:00: Monday 26 January – Thursday 29 January 2026. The course explores medieval Western philosophical and scientific manuscripts produced over the spa…
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November 21, 2025 at 10:39 AM
How have books shaped the way we think? In January Anna Somfai will teach an online short course on books about science and philosophy in the Middle Ages. Book now 👇 #MedievalSky @ies-sas.bsky.social @warburginstitute.bsky.social @sas-news.bsky.social palaeography.uk/study/short-...
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I'm thrilled to be teaching a short course on Arabic Studies in Early Modern England with Prof. Alastair Hamilton at @warburginstitute.bsky.social next month. We'll need to meet a minimum number of bookings to run, so if you're interested, sign up asap! warburg.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Crossing the world without an interpreter: Arabic studies in England 1550-1640
warburg.sas.ac.uk
October 17, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I'm thrilled to be teaching a short course on Arabic Studies in Early Modern England with Prof. Alastair Hamilton at @warburginstitute.bsky.social next month. We'll need to meet a minimum number of bookings to run, so if you're interested, sign up asap! warburg.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
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from a column by another colleague I posted a few days ago.
November 17, 2025 at 9:22 PM
from a column by another colleague I posted a few days ago.
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Check it out! In addition to essays about digital paleography, non-invasive imaging techniques, and tracing the complex provenance of a Middle Eastern family collection, among others, here's my update to the list of scroll manuscripts of the Chronique Anonyme Universelle:
New issue of Manuscript Studies: A Journal of the @sims-mss.bsky.social Vol. 10, No. 2 (2025) muse.jhu.edu/issue/55895 #openaccess @pennpress.bsky.social @projectmuse.bsky.social @lisafdavis.bsky.social @borizzle.bsky.social @teachingcodex.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Check it out! In addition to essays about digital paleography, non-invasive imaging techniques, and tracing the complex provenance of a Middle Eastern family collection, among others, here's my update to the list of scroll manuscripts of the Chronique Anonyme Universelle:
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A small thread starring the glorious ceilings of St. Louis Public Library’s main branch
November 16, 2025 at 1:05 AM
A small thread starring the glorious ceilings of St. Louis Public Library’s main branch
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Big thanks in advance to anyone sharing this. It's my attempt to help get the book back into the world after my ex-publisher collapsed, putting it out of print for many months, and taking away my earnings from it (& six other books) in the process.
Hills, rivers, ghosts, psychedelic music & more.
Hills, rivers, ghosts, psychedelic music & more.
I love maps so I'm giving away TWO signed paperbacks of my psychedelic/folkloric novel Villager each with these fantastic maps my dad illustrated of the fictional village in the book.Just repost this/reply below for a chance to win.
Here's an extract from the book: www.tom-cox.com/the-village-...
Here's an extract from the book: www.tom-cox.com/the-village-...
October 24, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Big thanks in advance to anyone sharing this. It's my attempt to help get the book back into the world after my ex-publisher collapsed, putting it out of print for many months, and taking away my earnings from it (& six other books) in the process.
Hills, rivers, ghosts, psychedelic music & more.
Hills, rivers, ghosts, psychedelic music & more.
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It's fancy duck time here in Michigan with ducks migrating through. These are Gadwalls, with one of the males in front. One of the male calls is a short, deep call referred to as a "burp."
October 21, 2025 at 10:10 PM
It's fancy duck time here in Michigan with ducks migrating through. These are Gadwalls, with one of the males in front. One of the male calls is a short, deep call referred to as a "burp."
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Good lord police you're looking for someone who robbed an art museum the guy is RIGHT THERE
October 20, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Good lord police you're looking for someone who robbed an art museum the guy is RIGHT THERE
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i see you're doing something online that you have effortlessly done 100,000 times. would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? w
October 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
i see you're doing something online that you have effortlessly done 100,000 times. would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? w
I would like to attend a literary festival where the audience contains a row of attentive owls. [The following is from a guide book to St Mary's, Westham]
October 11, 2025 at 10:23 AM
I would like to attend a literary festival where the audience contains a row of attentive owls. [The following is from a guide book to St Mary's, Westham]
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Pas moins de 3 enregistrements de podcast programmés demain 😋
October 8, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Pas moins de 3 enregistrements de podcast programmés demain 😋
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The "Neoliberal singularity" - an observation from @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social that is both astute and terrifying 😬
September 15, 2025 at 4:45 PM
The "Neoliberal singularity" - an observation from @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social that is both astute and terrifying 😬
We interrupt your usual feed for this video of a lamb and a cat on a rock. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiR6...
Little Lamb Chilling With Cat
YouTube video by Lee Walters
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September 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
We interrupt your usual feed for this video of a lamb and a cat on a rock. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiR6...
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These service contracts go to large companies, not small businesses, because the company needs to be an approved vendor in whatever financial management software system your university uses. To be vendorized in Workday requires paperwork, insurance, legal advice that is hard for small businesses. 9/
August 25, 2025 at 2:11 AM
These service contracts go to large companies, not small businesses, because the company needs to be an approved vendor in whatever financial management software system your university uses. To be vendorized in Workday requires paperwork, insurance, legal advice that is hard for small businesses. 9/
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People working in universities know a lot of the work that makes the organization function is outsourced to for-profit companies (catering, landscaping) or runs on platforms requiring payments to such companies: Workday, Canvas, Microsoft, Zoom.
This thread will be for less obvious examples. 1/
This thread will be for less obvious examples. 1/
August 19, 2025 at 1:35 AM
People working in universities know a lot of the work that makes the organization function is outsourced to for-profit companies (catering, landscaping) or runs on platforms requiring payments to such companies: Workday, Canvas, Microsoft, Zoom.
This thread will be for less obvious examples. 1/
This thread will be for less obvious examples. 1/
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Maybe we should do this instead!
He’s getting quite heavily into mindfulness these days. It’s not that I have a problem with it. I just wish he would stop banging on about it all the time.
August 27, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Maybe we should do this instead!
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Modern AI tools emulate the classic con-man tricks of mentalism, tricking people into believing that they’re far more clever - and sapient - than they actually are.
Fantastic piece by @baldurbjarnason.com :
softwarecrisis.dev/letters/llme...
Fantastic piece by @baldurbjarnason.com :
softwarecrisis.dev/letters/llme...
The LLMentalist Effect: how chat-based Large Language Models rep…
The new era of tech seems to be built on superstitious behaviour
softwarecrisis.dev
August 12, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Modern AI tools emulate the classic con-man tricks of mentalism, tricking people into believing that they’re far more clever - and sapient - than they actually are.
Fantastic piece by @baldurbjarnason.com :
softwarecrisis.dev/letters/llme...
Fantastic piece by @baldurbjarnason.com :
softwarecrisis.dev/letters/llme...