Ergative Absolutive
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@Talia Maybe you're not aiming high enough if you're looking at journals with 8k word limits. Sometimes all the extra words are a signal you have something more significant to say.
I submitted my longest paper (~18k words) to the premier journal in my field solely because they had longer word […]
I submitted my longest paper (~18k words) to the premier journal in my field solely because they had longer word […]
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wandering.shop
January 9, 2026 at 1:21 PM
@Talia Maybe you're not aiming high enough if you're looking at journals with 8k word limits. Sometimes all the extra words are a signal you have something more significant to say.
I submitted my longest paper (~18k words) to the premier journal in my field solely because they had longer word […]
I submitted my longest paper (~18k words) to the premier journal in my field solely because they had longer word […]
This phenomenon was rare enough in the heyday of automatic phone navigation systems, but now that everything's being replaced with bullshit AI that's worse than useless, it felt like interacting with a relic of exquisite craftsmanship from a bygone day.
Well done, Argos. Preserve what you have.
Well done, Argos. Preserve what you have.
January 9, 2026 at 12:09 PM
This phenomenon was rare enough in the heyday of automatic phone navigation systems, but now that everything's being replaced with bullshit AI that's worse than useless, it felt like interacting with a relic of exquisite craftsmanship from a bygone day.
Well done, Argos. Preserve what you have.
Well done, Argos. Preserve what you have.
[grumpy slightly sweary rant about educational technology]
@belehaa Our college is constantly updating the LMS with new default templates, so when courses get rolled over to the next year, all the carefully curated resources and organization is lost -- or worse, scrambled up with all the […]
@belehaa Our college is constantly updating the LMS with new default templates, so when courses get rolled over to the next year, all the carefully curated resources and organization is lost -- or worse, scrambled up with all the […]
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wandering.shop
January 7, 2026 at 10:23 PM
[grumpy slightly sweary rant about educational technology]
@belehaa Our college is constantly updating the LMS with new default templates, so when courses get rolled over to the next year, all the carefully curated resources and organization is lost -- or worse, scrambled up with all the […]
@belehaa Our college is constantly updating the LMS with new default templates, so when courses get rolled over to the next year, all the carefully curated resources and organization is lost -- or worse, scrambled up with all the […]
Only one of the messengers can get away to carry the message. But in leaving his comrade behind, he realizes how important their partnership is. He can't do it alone! But he must! And only the motivation to return for the one he left behind spurs him on to complete his mission . . .
January 7, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Only one of the messengers can get away to carry the message. But in leaving his comrade behind, he realizes how important their partnership is. He can't do it alone! But he must! And only the motivation to return for the one he left behind spurs him on to complete his mission . . .
And then one day, disaster strikes: war threatens, a harvest fails, the fate of the region depends on a trade agreement or other message making it from Lagash to Adab, but the bandits, made desperate themselves from starvation -- or lions! There were LIONS in the area back then! -- attack.
January 7, 2026 at 11:24 AM
And then one day, disaster strikes: war threatens, a harvest fails, the fate of the region depends on a trade agreement or other message making it from Lagash to Adab, but the bandits, made desperate themselves from starvation -- or lions! There were LIONS in the area back then! -- attack.
And can you just IMAGINE what a story that would be? Political tensions play out in microcosm between these diplomatic couriers, each intimately familiar with the other, perpetually at odds when tensions rise between the cities, but better to travel together than face bandits alone.
January 7, 2026 at 11:23 AM
And can you just IMAGINE what a story that would be? Political tensions play out in microcosm between these diplomatic couriers, each intimately familiar with the other, perpetually at odds when tensions rise between the cities, but better to travel together than face bandits alone.
@alarith I've definitely applied for grants where they ask for super-duper simple lay summaries in the application, and then use those lay summaries on their website once they announce the funded projects.
December 28, 2025 at 10:53 AM
@alarith I've definitely applied for grants where they ask for super-duper simple lay summaries in the application, and then use those lay summaries on their website once they announce the funded projects.
@alarith If that's their goal, wouldn't it be easier to just feed the text of the proposal into the AI?
My hypothesis is that the video will be used for promotional stuff in the event they give you the cash. They want to make sure you produce it *before* they give you the money, when you're […]
My hypothesis is that the video will be used for promotional stuff in the event they give you the cash. They want to make sure you produce it *before* they give you the money, when you're […]
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wandering.shop
December 28, 2025 at 10:52 AM
@alarith If that's their goal, wouldn't it be easier to just feed the text of the proposal into the AI?
My hypothesis is that the video will be used for promotional stuff in the event they give you the cash. They want to make sure you produce it *before* they give you the money, when you're […]
My hypothesis is that the video will be used for promotional stuff in the event they give you the cash. They want to make sure you produce it *before* they give you the money, when you're […]
Behold! A spice drawer!
December 24, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Behold! A spice drawer!