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it's all gavagaï to me

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"The one who possessed silver,
The one who has possessed lapis,
The one who has possessed oxen,
The one who has possessed sheep --
At the gate of the one who has possessed barley,
Will spend the day there."
- Sumerian proverb

Translation in 2026: you can't eat money.

cdli.earth/artifacts/34...
Photo of a round cuneiform tablet with about 5 lines of text. The identifier "UET 6/263" is written at the bottom in black ink.
January 16, 2026 at 2:24 PM
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shreyassudhakar.com
Fun fact: at one point in the 1800s, ice was America’s second largest export, after cotton

www.rmpbs.org/blogs/scienc...
How ice harvesting thrived — and then disappeared — in southern Colorado | Rocky Mountain PBS
For decades, laborers cut cakes of ice from frozen lakes to store for pre-appliance refrigeration.
www.rmpbs.org
January 28, 2026 at 9:01 AM
climateball.bsky.social
"widespread" is doing too much work
January 28, 2026 at 4:53 AM