Ralph Snyder
@ralphsnyder.bsky.social
I post and repost about books, philosophy, art, history, photography, random observations, and, sometimes, just silly stuff.
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Ralph Snyder
@ralphsnyder.bsky.social
· Aug 20
l make distinction between Poltical and political
The Political is akin to Philosophy and Religion. It is about how we understand our relationship to one another, how we navigate our disagreements, how we make decisions together, how we imagine our relationships within the larger social setting.
The Political is akin to Philosophy and Religion. It is about how we understand our relationship to one another, how we navigate our disagreements, how we make decisions together, how we imagine our relationships within the larger social setting.
Al Franken was shunned for far less
Dump is pointing the finger at Clinton trying to deflect the Epstein spotlight. He thinks Dems will back off if the tables are turned. What he fails to realize is that we don’t protect criminals like Republicans do. Hear me. Anyone from any party who is guilty in this should go down. Period.
November 15, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Al Franken was shunned for far less
Maybe Toynbee was right: cultures arise with wide eyed naivete and collapse under overbearing cynicism
November 15, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Maybe Toynbee was right: cultures arise with wide eyed naivete and collapse under overbearing cynicism
In the 60s the nation was horrified by images of racist abuse: the Freedom Riders, the march from Selma, Emmet Till, Medgar Evers.
Now, it seems, it's just business as usual.
Now, it seems, it's just business as usual.
November 15, 2025 at 4:18 AM
In the 60s the nation was horrified by images of racist abuse: the Freedom Riders, the march from Selma, Emmet Till, Medgar Evers.
Now, it seems, it's just business as usual.
Now, it seems, it's just business as usual.
"Witches Abroad."
I feel like this has been done before (i.e. "Wyrd Sisters")
(And also too, I find the bickering claustrophobic)
I feel like this has been done before (i.e. "Wyrd Sisters")
(And also too, I find the bickering claustrophobic)
November 14, 2025 at 10:31 PM
"Witches Abroad."
I feel like this has been done before (i.e. "Wyrd Sisters")
(And also too, I find the bickering claustrophobic)
I feel like this has been done before (i.e. "Wyrd Sisters")
(And also too, I find the bickering claustrophobic)
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November 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Maybe we have enough tech, maybe more than enough tech.
Maybe what we need is something else
Maybe what we need is something else
November 14, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Maybe we have enough tech, maybe more than enough tech.
Maybe what we need is something else
Maybe what we need is something else
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November 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Carl Heinrich Bloch (1834-1890) Danish painter.
"A Young Baker Cooling Down" c.1888. Oil on panel.
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
"A Young Baker Cooling Down" c.1888. Oil on panel.
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
November 14, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Carl Heinrich Bloch (1834-1890) Danish painter.
"A Young Baker Cooling Down" c.1888. Oil on panel.
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
"A Young Baker Cooling Down" c.1888. Oil on panel.
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
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November 14, 2025 at 3:12 PM
25 December 1914 somewhere in France.
They sang carols. There shared cigarettes. They played soccer.
They almost ended the war.
They sang carols. There shared cigarettes. They played soccer.
They almost ended the war.
November 14, 2025 at 6:59 PM
25 December 1914 somewhere in France.
They sang carols. There shared cigarettes. They played soccer.
They almost ended the war.
They sang carols. There shared cigarettes. They played soccer.
They almost ended the war.
Good news: France has granted us an extension of our visas for another year.
We'd heard horror stories about this process, everything went smooth as silk and took ten days start to finish.
It has become clear that the key to dealing with the French beaurocracy is to find an expert guide.
We'd heard horror stories about this process, everything went smooth as silk and took ten days start to finish.
It has become clear that the key to dealing with the French beaurocracy is to find an expert guide.
November 14, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Good news: France has granted us an extension of our visas for another year.
We'd heard horror stories about this process, everything went smooth as silk and took ten days start to finish.
It has become clear that the key to dealing with the French beaurocracy is to find an expert guide.
We'd heard horror stories about this process, everything went smooth as silk and took ten days start to finish.
It has become clear that the key to dealing with the French beaurocracy is to find an expert guide.
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Neurodivergent conditions don't exist in neat, separate boxes.
They disguise each other, overlap, battle each other, work together to gang up on us, or otherwise create unique presentations that can make understanding and explaining our experiences incredibly difficult
They disguise each other, overlap, battle each other, work together to gang up on us, or otherwise create unique presentations that can make understanding and explaining our experiences incredibly difficult
November 13, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Neurodivergent conditions don't exist in neat, separate boxes.
They disguise each other, overlap, battle each other, work together to gang up on us, or otherwise create unique presentations that can make understanding and explaining our experiences incredibly difficult
They disguise each other, overlap, battle each other, work together to gang up on us, or otherwise create unique presentations that can make understanding and explaining our experiences incredibly difficult
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periodic reminder that animal shelters are full of senior animals in desperate need of a loving home to spend their closing chapters in. you may not get the same amount of years you'd get with a younger pet but the love you'll get from an elder pet who knows you're their forever is incomparable
November 13, 2025 at 6:13 PM
periodic reminder that animal shelters are full of senior animals in desperate need of a loving home to spend their closing chapters in. you may not get the same amount of years you'd get with a younger pet but the love you'll get from an elder pet who knows you're their forever is incomparable
I have nice dreams sometimes.
Problem is they make it even harder to wake up and face the horror.
Problem is they make it even harder to wake up and face the horror.
November 13, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I have nice dreams sometimes.
Problem is they make it even harder to wake up and face the horror.
Problem is they make it even harder to wake up and face the horror.
A subpost
Alyssa shows two signs of autism. Beatrice shows five. Cassandra twenty. They are not the same.
Arthur managed 50 years before burnout. Bernard managed 25. Clarence got to 5. They are not the same.
I get the solidarity of "autism is autism," but ...
Alyssa shows two signs of autism. Beatrice shows five. Cassandra twenty. They are not the same.
Arthur managed 50 years before burnout. Bernard managed 25. Clarence got to 5. They are not the same.
I get the solidarity of "autism is autism," but ...
November 13, 2025 at 8:16 PM
A subpost
Alyssa shows two signs of autism. Beatrice shows five. Cassandra twenty. They are not the same.
Arthur managed 50 years before burnout. Bernard managed 25. Clarence got to 5. They are not the same.
I get the solidarity of "autism is autism," but ...
Alyssa shows two signs of autism. Beatrice shows five. Cassandra twenty. They are not the same.
Arthur managed 50 years before burnout. Bernard managed 25. Clarence got to 5. They are not the same.
I get the solidarity of "autism is autism," but ...
Going through some old photos.
One is a portrait of my sib and me.
My SO's reaction: one is openly hostile. The other is dissociating.
I can't say they're wrong.
One is a portrait of my sib and me.
My SO's reaction: one is openly hostile. The other is dissociating.
I can't say they're wrong.
November 13, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Going through some old photos.
One is a portrait of my sib and me.
My SO's reaction: one is openly hostile. The other is dissociating.
I can't say they're wrong.
One is a portrait of my sib and me.
My SO's reaction: one is openly hostile. The other is dissociating.
I can't say they're wrong.
Realizing that I have abandonment issues.
Not sure where they come from. Perhaps my parents' attitude of, "if we ignore it, maybe it will go away"?
(In any case it's not on any sibling. They did more than they should have had to. [Talk about parentification])
Not sure where they come from. Perhaps my parents' attitude of, "if we ignore it, maybe it will go away"?
(In any case it's not on any sibling. They did more than they should have had to. [Talk about parentification])
November 13, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Realizing that I have abandonment issues.
Not sure where they come from. Perhaps my parents' attitude of, "if we ignore it, maybe it will go away"?
(In any case it's not on any sibling. They did more than they should have had to. [Talk about parentification])
Not sure where they come from. Perhaps my parents' attitude of, "if we ignore it, maybe it will go away"?
(In any case it's not on any sibling. They did more than they should have had to. [Talk about parentification])
Just a reminder. The Bible is not the word of God. Christ is.
"The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth."
(John 1:14, NIV)
"The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth."
(John 1:14, NIV)
November 13, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Just a reminder. The Bible is not the word of God. Christ is.
"The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth."
(John 1:14, NIV)
"The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth."
(John 1:14, NIV)
It's not a story. It's a polemic.
It doesn't understand the core of what it's riffing off.
It's boring.
This is purposefully cryptic.
It doesn't understand the core of what it's riffing off.
It's boring.
This is purposefully cryptic.
November 13, 2025 at 4:58 AM
It's not a story. It's a polemic.
It doesn't understand the core of what it's riffing off.
It's boring.
This is purposefully cryptic.
It doesn't understand the core of what it's riffing off.
It's boring.
This is purposefully cryptic.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Five paths diverged in a dark wood.
One is confidence in God's grace.
One is a struggle with God.
One is an embrace of the void.
One is a step by step spiral toward liberating truth.
One is a confidence that liberation is already present.
And I stood powerless to choose.
One is confidence in God's grace.
One is a struggle with God.
One is an embrace of the void.
One is a step by step spiral toward liberating truth.
One is a confidence that liberation is already present.
And I stood powerless to choose.
November 11, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Five paths diverged in a dark wood.
One is confidence in God's grace.
One is a struggle with God.
One is an embrace of the void.
One is a step by step spiral toward liberating truth.
One is a confidence that liberation is already present.
And I stood powerless to choose.
One is confidence in God's grace.
One is a struggle with God.
One is an embrace of the void.
One is a step by step spiral toward liberating truth.
One is a confidence that liberation is already present.
And I stood powerless to choose.
I stroll in jello
November 11, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I stroll in jello
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Oda Krohg, née Othilia Pauline Christine Lasson (Norwegian painter) 1860 - 1935
Portrait of Christian Krohg, ca. 1903
oil on canvas
236.3 x 191 cm. (93.03 x 75.2 in.)
signed l.l.: Oda Krohg
Oslo Museum, Oslo, Norway
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
Portrait of Christian Krohg, ca. 1903
oil on canvas
236.3 x 191 cm. (93.03 x 75.2 in.)
signed l.l.: Oda Krohg
Oslo Museum, Oslo, Norway
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
November 11, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Oda Krohg, née Othilia Pauline Christine Lasson (Norwegian painter) 1860 - 1935
Portrait of Christian Krohg, ca. 1903
oil on canvas
236.3 x 191 cm. (93.03 x 75.2 in.)
signed l.l.: Oda Krohg
Oslo Museum, Oslo, Norway
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
Portrait of Christian Krohg, ca. 1903
oil on canvas
236.3 x 191 cm. (93.03 x 75.2 in.)
signed l.l.: Oda Krohg
Oslo Museum, Oslo, Norway
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
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Pekka Halonen
( 1865 - 1933 ) Finnish painter
"Log Driver" oil on canvas 78,8 x 67,9 cm, 1930
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
( 1865 - 1933 ) Finnish painter
"Log Driver" oil on canvas 78,8 x 67,9 cm, 1930
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
November 11, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Pekka Halonen
( 1865 - 1933 ) Finnish painter
"Log Driver" oil on canvas 78,8 x 67,9 cm, 1930
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
( 1865 - 1933 ) Finnish painter
"Log Driver" oil on canvas 78,8 x 67,9 cm, 1930
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
Someone, probably from am airline, made a phone call.
November 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Someone, probably from am airline, made a phone call.