Ergative Absolutive
@ergative.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy
SFF booknerd; calligrapher; Islamic geometric art doer; figure skating appreciater; coffee-drinking, granola-baking, tofu-eating wokeratum; psycholinguist by […]
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California is completely drought free for the first time in 25 years!!
#sharegoodnewstoo
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/09/california-completely-drought-free
#sharegoodnewstoo
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/09/california-completely-drought-free
January 11, 2026 at 10:18 AM
California is completely drought free for the first time in 25 years!!
#sharegoodnewstoo
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/09/california-completely-drought-free
#sharegoodnewstoo
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/09/california-completely-drought-free
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The Santa Cruz River, once bone-dry, now flows again through Tucson after treated wastewater was redirected into its channel, reviving wetlands and native life. We can thank reconciliation ecology for this - the practice of environmental restoration in human-dominated landscapes. Endangered Gila […]
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wandering.shop
January 9, 2026 at 5:04 PM
The Santa Cruz River, once bone-dry, now flows again through Tucson after treated wastewater was redirected into its channel, reviving wetlands and native life. We can thank reconciliation ecology for this - the practice of environmental restoration in human-dominated landscapes. Endangered Gila […]
I had the most melancholy experience today.
I ordered a thing from Argos. Then I realized I didn't need it. I called them up to cancel it.
The phone menu worked perfectly. Everything was based on key presses, rather than voice commands. The options were exactly aligned to my needs. The whole […]
I ordered a thing from Argos. Then I realized I didn't need it. I called them up to cancel it.
The phone menu worked perfectly. Everything was based on key presses, rather than voice commands. The options were exactly aligned to my needs. The whole […]
Original post on wandering.shop
wandering.shop
January 9, 2026 at 12:08 PM
I had the most melancholy experience today.
I ordered a thing from Argos. Then I realized I didn't need it. I called them up to cancel it.
The phone menu worked perfectly. Everything was based on key presses, rather than voice commands. The options were exactly aligned to my needs. The whole […]
I ordered a thing from Argos. Then I realized I didn't need it. I called them up to cancel it.
The phone menu worked perfectly. Everything was based on key presses, rather than voice commands. The options were exactly aligned to my needs. The whole […]
Argh, tried to cut a 4300 word grant proposal down to 4000, and ended up with 4500 words.
#academicchatter
#academicchatter
January 9, 2026 at 11:04 AM
Argh, tried to cut a 4300 word grant proposal down to 4000, and ended up with 4500 words.
#academicchatter
#academicchatter
RE: https://wandering.shop/@ergative/115853524445255782
And here's another one!
Yes, yes, fuck AI, naturally.
But also ROMANCE NOVEL SHENANIGANS!!
https://nltimes.nl/2026/01/07/court-zwolle-rules-couple-married-chatgpt-written-ceremony
And here's another one!
Yes, yes, fuck AI, naturally.
But also ROMANCE NOVEL SHENANIGANS!!
https://nltimes.nl/2026/01/07/court-zwolle-rules-couple-married-chatgpt-written-ceremony
Somehow I'm just reading everything as prompts for romance novels these days.
E.g., in 'Weavers, Scribes, and Kings', by Amanda H Podany, about ancient Mesopotamia, I learn that it was common in the 3rd millennium BCE for emissaries between city-states to travel together.
So the agent of queen […]
E.g., in 'Weavers, Scribes, and Kings', by Amanda H Podany, about ancient Mesopotamia, I learn that it was common in the 3rd millennium BCE for emissaries between city-states to travel together.
So the agent of queen […]
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wandering.shop
January 7, 2026 at 3:27 PM
RE: https://wandering.shop/@ergative/115853524445255782
And here's another one!
Yes, yes, fuck AI, naturally.
But also ROMANCE NOVEL SHENANIGANS!!
https://nltimes.nl/2026/01/07/court-zwolle-rules-couple-married-chatgpt-written-ceremony
And here's another one!
Yes, yes, fuck AI, naturally.
But also ROMANCE NOVEL SHENANIGANS!!
https://nltimes.nl/2026/01/07/court-zwolle-rules-couple-married-chatgpt-written-ceremony
Hey, friends, I'm finishing up my discussion of the Rain Wild Chronicles over on Nerds of a Feather today! Be it known that I do use the word callipygous, but you'll have to click through to see how.
http://www.
nerds-feather.com/2026/01/real
m-of-elderlings-project-rain-wild.html
#fantasy […]
http://www.
nerds-feather.com/2026/01/real
m-of-elderlings-project-rain-wild.html
#fantasy […]
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wandering.shop
January 7, 2026 at 11:24 AM
Hey, friends, I'm finishing up my discussion of the Rain Wild Chronicles over on Nerds of a Feather today! Be it known that I do use the word callipygous, but you'll have to click through to see how.
http://www.
nerds-feather.com/2026/01/real
m-of-elderlings-project-rain-wild.html
#fantasy […]
http://www.
nerds-feather.com/2026/01/real
m-of-elderlings-project-rain-wild.html
#fantasy […]
Somehow I'm just reading everything as prompts for romance novels these days.
E.g., in 'Weavers, Scribes, and Kings', by Amanda H Podany, about ancient Mesopotamia, I learn that it was common in the 3rd millennium BCE for emissaries between city-states to travel together.
So the agent of queen […]
E.g., in 'Weavers, Scribes, and Kings', by Amanda H Podany, about ancient Mesopotamia, I learn that it was common in the 3rd millennium BCE for emissaries between city-states to travel together.
So the agent of queen […]
Original post on wandering.shop
wandering.shop
January 7, 2026 at 11:22 AM
Somehow I'm just reading everything as prompts for romance novels these days.
E.g., in 'Weavers, Scribes, and Kings', by Amanda H Podany, about ancient Mesopotamia, I learn that it was common in the 3rd millennium BCE for emissaries between city-states to travel together.
So the agent of queen […]
E.g., in 'Weavers, Scribes, and Kings', by Amanda H Podany, about ancient Mesopotamia, I learn that it was common in the 3rd millennium BCE for emissaries between city-states to travel together.
So the agent of queen […]
Let it be known that ALL the laundry is now done. No more generating of further laundry is permitted, in support whereof all household members are instructed henceforth to go naked.
January 7, 2026 at 8:49 AM
Let it be known that ALL the laundry is now done. No more generating of further laundry is permitted, in support whereof all household members are instructed henceforth to go naked.
Reposted by Ergative Absolutive
In September, The Lancet released a report with one of the most extraordinary statistics I’ve ever seen: since 2010, humanity’s total burden of illness and early death has dropped by 12.6 percent, driven by declining deaths from the world's deadliest infectious diseases: tuberculosis, lower […]
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wandering.shop
January 3, 2026 at 6:06 PM
In September, The Lancet released a report with one of the most extraordinary statistics I’ve ever seen: since 2010, humanity’s total burden of illness and early death has dropped by 12.6 percent, driven by declining deaths from the world's deadliest infectious diseases: tuberculosis, lower […]
Mise-en-place in progress.
https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1023660-pasta-marinara-with-40-cloves-of-garlic
I hasten to clarify that the contributions of the garlic clove interns in the bottom row are not included in the billable hours of this recipe.
https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1023660-pasta-marinara-with-40-cloves-of-garlic
I hasten to clarify that the contributions of the garlic clove interns in the bottom row are not included in the billable hours of this recipe.
January 2, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Mise-en-place in progress.
https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1023660-pasta-marinara-with-40-cloves-of-garlic
I hasten to clarify that the contributions of the garlic clove interns in the bottom row are not included in the billable hours of this recipe.
https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1023660-pasta-marinara-with-40-cloves-of-garlic
I hasten to clarify that the contributions of the garlic clove interns in the bottom row are not included in the billable hours of this recipe.
Math word problems in real life. Which kilogram of pecans is cheaper?
December 28, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Math word problems in real life. Which kilogram of pecans is cheaper?
Reposted by Ergative Absolutive
Any chance there is someone on here planning on traveling between approximately UC Irvine and University of Arizona in the next little while? Might be looking for transportation for a sewing machine between those approximate locations. Nothing unusually large, though a little heavy because it's […]
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neuromatch.social
December 26, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Any chance there is someone on here planning on traveling between approximately UC Irvine and University of Arizona in the next little while? Might be looking for transportation for a sewing machine between those approximate locations. Nothing unusually large, though a little heavy because it's […]
I just want everyone to know that there was a four-month old border terrier named Silas in the park this morning and he was wiggly and cuddly and I love him.
December 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I just want everyone to know that there was a four-month old border terrier named Silas in the park this morning and he was wiggly and cuddly and I love him.
Just blocked someone else for putting AI extruded image slops in my timeline.
Don't worry, if you can read this it wasn't you.
Don't worry, if you can read this it wasn't you.
December 24, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Just blocked someone else for putting AI extruded image slops in my timeline.
Don't worry, if you can read this it wasn't you.
Don't worry, if you can read this it wasn't you.
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400 years ago, Jubilee Marsh was walled off from the sea and stopped being a saltwater marsh. In the mid-2000s, the Royal Society for the Protection Of Birds bought the land and decided to ‘rewet’ the marsh. Just letting the sea back in wouldn’t be enough though — the land had sunk — but in […]
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wandering.shop
December 23, 2025 at 5:02 PM
400 years ago, Jubilee Marsh was walled off from the sea and stopped being a saltwater marsh. In the mid-2000s, the Royal Society for the Protection Of Birds bought the land and decided to ‘rewet’ the marsh. Just letting the sea back in wouldn’t be enough though — the land had sunk — but in […]
Hey, guyse, The Antidote by Karen Russell is a really, really good book! There's a core supernatural component that will scratch your fantasy itches, but it's incorporated really well into a thematic meditation on the role of memory in culture and individual lives to serve as litfic too.
December 23, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Hey, guyse, The Antidote by Karen Russell is a really, really good book! There's a core supernatural component that will scratch your fantasy itches, but it's incorporated really well into a thematic meditation on the role of memory in culture and individual lives to serve as litfic too.
I perpetually discover anew that there are a myriad small sellers that offer exactly what you want for wayyy less money than the big retailers.
E.g.: I needed a bunch o' spice jars for my new spice drawer. First I looked at Lakeland, Procook, etc., for small jars. But those were £££ for a trio […]
E.g.: I needed a bunch o' spice jars for my new spice drawer. First I looked at Lakeland, Procook, etc., for small jars. But those were £££ for a trio […]
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wandering.shop
December 23, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I perpetually discover anew that there are a myriad small sellers that offer exactly what you want for wayyy less money than the big retailers.
E.g.: I needed a bunch o' spice jars for my new spice drawer. First I looked at Lakeland, Procook, etc., for small jars. But those were £££ for a trio […]
E.g.: I needed a bunch o' spice jars for my new spice drawer. First I looked at Lakeland, Procook, etc., for small jars. But those were £££ for a trio […]
Raaah! Behold me, big strong and handy! I have installed a paper towel holder underneath a cabinet, using sheer muscle power alone! No electric drill for me! Just a screwdriver and my arms! (and shoulders, it seems, ow).
(The screws that came with it were too long to go in all the way easily […]
(The screws that came with it were too long to go in all the way easily […]
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wandering.shop
December 23, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Raaah! Behold me, big strong and handy! I have installed a paper towel holder underneath a cabinet, using sheer muscle power alone! No electric drill for me! Just a screwdriver and my arms! (and shoulders, it seems, ow).
(The screws that came with it were too long to go in all the way easily […]
(The screws that came with it were too long to go in all the way easily […]
RE: https://wandering.shop/@gikkt/115741162311184676
I am inspired, and shall continue inaugurating my new sketchbook with designs for illuminated capital letters.
I am inspired, and shall continue inaugurating my new sketchbook with designs for illuminated capital letters.
wandering.shop
December 18, 2025 at 3:36 PM
RE: https://wandering.shop/@gikkt/115741162311184676
I am inspired, and shall continue inaugurating my new sketchbook with designs for illuminated capital letters.
I am inspired, and shall continue inaugurating my new sketchbook with designs for illuminated capital letters.
Bin men are taking out the blue bins right now, even as I type. Take a breath and savour the moment. This is the last we'll see them until February.
#whenisbins
#whenisbins
December 18, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Bin men are taking out the blue bins right now, even as I type. Take a breath and savour the moment. This is the last we'll see them until February.
#whenisbins
#whenisbins
on a discreet-murder scale from 'choked on a fishbone' to 'stabbed up the nose with a nunchuck', I think being garroted with dental floss definitely leans toward the latter end.
#upcemetarylane
#upcemetarylane
December 15, 2025 at 8:51 AM
on a discreet-murder scale from 'choked on a fishbone' to 'stabbed up the nose with a nunchuck', I think being garroted with dental floss definitely leans toward the latter end.
#upcemetarylane
#upcemetarylane
December 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I decided to buy some more mechanical pencils for my art, because the ones I bought (faber castell) at the art shop keep snapping my lead.
Naturally, I went to r/mechanicalpencils for guidance, and boy howdy did those folks came through! They have very strong opinions on the Pentel Graphgear […]
Naturally, I went to r/mechanicalpencils for guidance, and boy howdy did those folks came through! They have very strong opinions on the Pentel Graphgear […]
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wandering.shop
December 10, 2025 at 6:44 AM
I decided to buy some more mechanical pencils for my art, because the ones I bought (faber castell) at the art shop keep snapping my lead.
Naturally, I went to r/mechanicalpencils for guidance, and boy howdy did those folks came through! They have very strong opinions on the Pentel Graphgear […]
Naturally, I went to r/mechanicalpencils for guidance, and boy howdy did those folks came through! They have very strong opinions on the Pentel Graphgear […]
I have finished my sketchbook! Last few doodles of the year are designs copied from Owen Jones's Grammar of Ornament (Greek section), and a tezhip motif taken from IG user @taherehmousavi.official.
December 9, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I have finished my sketchbook! Last few doodles of the year are designs copied from Owen Jones's Grammar of Ornament (Greek section), and a tezhip motif taken from IG user @taherehmousavi.official.