Ralph Snyder
@ralphsnyder.bsky.social
I post and repost about books, philosophy, art, history, photography, random observations, and, sometimes, just silly stuff.
Maybe the most succinct illustration of a hand waving argument is this old New Yorker cartoon
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November 8, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Maybe the most succinct illustration of a hand waving argument is this old New Yorker cartoon
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🎵Round round round around
My cat is round
My cat is round
October 5, 2025 at 8:11 PM
🎵Round round round around
My cat is round
My cat is round
Um ... that's hibiscus.
Hyacinth look like
(Unless you're making a joke I missed)
Hyacinth look like
(Unless you're making a joke I missed)
October 1, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Um ... that's hibiscus.
Hyacinth look like
(Unless you're making a joke I missed)
Hyacinth look like
(Unless you're making a joke I missed)
I don't know enough to answer either question. This is really my first introduction to that campaign other than
September 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I don't know enough to answer either question. This is really my first introduction to that campaign other than
Has Thorton considered applying for a professorship in Barfology? Tara has one and she says it's very gratifying.
September 5, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Has Thorton considered applying for a professorship in Barfology? Tara has one and she says it's very gratifying.
I wonder if you would consider doing a review of "More and More and More." It seems important but I'm not informed enough to know.
August 27, 2025 at 9:39 AM
I wonder if you would consider doing a review of "More and More and More." It seems important but I'm not informed enough to know.
David Brion Davis's "Inhuman Bondage" is a terrific (in the sense of terrifying) overview of slavery both its horrifying personal cost but also its incredibly destructive effects as a big, international business.
August 22, 2025 at 6:18 PM
David Brion Davis's "Inhuman Bondage" is a terrific (in the sense of terrifying) overview of slavery both its horrifying personal cost but also its incredibly destructive effects as a big, international business.
Under the category of under appreciated speculative fiction?
Sure
Sure
August 10, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Under the category of under appreciated speculative fiction?
Sure
Sure
How a love of books and the friendship of book lovers can heal a scrambled heart.
August 5, 2025 at 6:46 PM
How a love of books and the friendship of book lovers can heal a scrambled heart.
And craft hits the target that has been hit a thousand times before but in such as to give a deep sense of satisfaction.
July 14, 2025 at 7:18 PM
And craft hits the target that has been hit a thousand times before but in such as to give a deep sense of satisfaction.
Just finishing my second read through of Stefanos Geroulanis's "The Invention of Prehistory."
(I didn't get much from the first)
It's a difficult read. Not because of the writing. The author is lucid, avoids technical language when possible, and is accessible to moderately informed readers
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(I didn't get much from the first)
It's a difficult read. Not because of the writing. The author is lucid, avoids technical language when possible, and is accessible to moderately informed readers
1/10
July 4, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Just finishing my second read through of Stefanos Geroulanis's "The Invention of Prehistory."
(I didn't get much from the first)
It's a difficult read. Not because of the writing. The author is lucid, avoids technical language when possible, and is accessible to moderately informed readers
1/10
(I didn't get much from the first)
It's a difficult read. Not because of the writing. The author is lucid, avoids technical language when possible, and is accessible to moderately informed readers
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And that navigating that side involves communication, honesty, trust and mutuality.
Marshall Sahlins, in fact, wrote about this: both the warm, fuzzy side (where I am now), and the terrifying.
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Marshall Sahlins, in fact, wrote about this: both the warm, fuzzy side (where I am now), and the terrifying.
3/3
June 30, 2025 at 4:55 PM
And that navigating that side involves communication, honesty, trust and mutuality.
Marshall Sahlins, in fact, wrote about this: both the warm, fuzzy side (where I am now), and the terrifying.
3/3
Marshall Sahlins, in fact, wrote about this: both the warm, fuzzy side (where I am now), and the terrifying.
3/3
Bought a cheap (40€) patio set. It's surpringly comfortable and sure as he'll beats sitting on the floor.
June 30, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Bought a cheap (40€) patio set. It's surpringly comfortable and sure as he'll beats sitting on the floor.
I'm enjoying it immensely. Like chocolate fudge cake. A little bit at a time is enough. Too much and I get woozy
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June 15, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I'm enjoying it immensely. Like chocolate fudge cake. A little bit at a time is enough. Too much and I get woozy
💬📚
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Just me enjoying my tartelette de pomme
May 9, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Just me enjoying my tartelette de pomme
The extended adventure continues. Tomorrow we leave the rustic charms of Saint-Franjus for the in-town experience of Aurignac.
May 3, 2025 at 6:39 PM
The extended adventure continues. Tomorrow we leave the rustic charms of Saint-Franjus for the in-town experience of Aurignac.
A random landscape
That shadow along the horizon is neither clouds nor sky. It is mountains.
That shadow along the horizon is neither clouds nor sky. It is mountains.
April 27, 2025 at 2:41 PM
A random landscape
That shadow along the horizon is neither clouds nor sky. It is mountains.
That shadow along the horizon is neither clouds nor sky. It is mountains.
