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Ergative Absolutive
@ergative-abs.bsky.social
SFF booknerd; calligrapher; Islamic geometric art doer; figure skating appreciater; coffee-drinking, granola-baking, tofu-eating wokeratum; psycholinguist by vocation, fretful porpentine by aspiration.

Contributer at Nerds of A Feather
Looking at you, @merriam-webster.com
February 2, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Do the subjects not hear themselves? Do they have no self-knowledge? Are they genuinely that clueless? Or do they realize -- somewhere around the 'Sure', I imagine -- that they're in one of *those* Chotiner interviews, and have to grit their teeth and wait for it to be over?
February 2, 2026 at 6:45 AM
I have emailed my councilors. Duplicate images to allow for full text to be included in alt text.
January 20, 2026 at 9:32 PM
January 17, 2026 at 9:54 AM
The geometric construction principles of Islamic art, such as the tiles of the Alhambra palace and the Alcazar of Seville. I have a small collection of vintage technical drawing sets -- compasses and dividers -- that I use to create drawings like the below.
January 6, 2026 at 7:01 AM
Mise-en-place in progress.

cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1023...

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 6:38 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.

#humanArt
#noAI
#IslamicArt
#GreekArt
#tezhip
December 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
WELCOME TO THE DRACULA PAPRIKA DISCOURSE!!

(meme from tumblr, not my own, original link seems to be dead now)
December 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Yes! I made exactly the same connection in my review of it
December 3, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Except this bit:
December 1, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Hope y'alls enjoyed your aurora. Here in Scotland it's been raining for a week.
November 14, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Agreed.
October 23, 2025 at 11:27 AM
It's details like these that make me think the journalist has an Opinion on AI in schools.
October 18, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Got a bit inspired.

#Calligraphy
October 17, 2025 at 5:12 AM
The Alexander Pushkin of England, it seems.
October 9, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Post a fictional comedian who definitely would accept an invitation to the Riyadh Comedy Festival.
September 30, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I literally made this YESTERDAY when discussing goodness of biscuits with a colleague. (Note that the colour-coding refers to milk-chocolate vs. dark-chocolate, not plain vs. any-chocolate).

Please note that I have also recently discovered biscoff spread, so this plot may soon be obsolete.
September 18, 2025 at 9:46 AM
QT with your weekend plans
September 13, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Newark Castle, in Fife. I spent a beautiful afternoon there reading Hild, by Nicola Griffith, in the shade of one of the ruined walls, while whales migrated off the coast.

Looking now at the picture, and the ominous lean of that ruined wall, I fear this was a risky action for health and safety.
September 3, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Hah, I finished this just yesterday.
August 21, 2025 at 8:54 AM
I got my Schmitspot a friend! Artist is on IG and facebook as @weelainyglass, and on Etsy as Lainylampwork.

@roseschmits.bsky.social
August 19, 2025 at 9:06 AM
It is not Flat Fuck Friday yet, but given how the loaf of bread I just baked turned out, I feel justified in indulging in a little time-hop.
July 22, 2025 at 9:21 AM
July 15, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Words -- and pictures, too -- are not capable of capturing the ridiculous vividness of this rainbow that greeted us outside the back door of our holiday rental in the Scottish highlands.
June 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Bluesky in Cuomo's inbox right now, it seems:
June 25, 2025 at 5:36 AM