Ergative Absolutive

oh, yes, but I have resigned myself to a world in which Adam Siao Him Fa does not ever skate clean.

The Definition of Menning | Elzyg The Quad God falls, a Mikhail Shaidorov surprise, and a speed-run of the Kübler-Ross grief cycle.

In what might be the wildest and fastest figure skating recap I've ever written: WTF happened in the men's event.

Featuring a stunned Mikhail Shaidorov, a shocked Shun Sato, a post-mortem on how Ilia Malinin's free program fell apart.

#MilanoCortina2026 #figureskating

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Thank you for wandering across my feed! I've just been reading all your old figure skating blog posts, and I'm so glad someone's still writing this kind of dedicated commentary, let alone someone with your writing style!

(woops, I see Kazakhstan got bronze in 2014 now. My bad. Still: they tend not to be way up there.)

Does Malinin's spoken word soup song remind anyone else of Ricken from Severence?

"The you you are... is not nothing"

"Bullies are nothing but bull and lies"

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#malinin #winterolympics #figureskating #severence

Oh, and also: #menning, iykyk.

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I'm delighted for Shaidorov and Kazakhstan, because he seems like a sweet boy, and his country never got big medals before. They deserve a moment of glory, and I'm glad they got it.

But still.

THe future of men's figure skating is going to be a jump-off, and beautifully rounded skaters like Kagiyama are going to be a rarity. And that makes the sport poorer and worse.

The Japanese men have grace and artistry -- and, yes, generally good jumps. They are the full package.

Shaidorov beating them just shows that Malinin is not a fluke in revealing the unbalanced values implicit in how elements are scored.

Ok, I've got to add my bit to the whole Malinin story.

I'm glad he didn't win. But the fact that it was Shaidorov who beat him bodes ill for the future of the sport. Like Malinin, Shaidorov concentrates on jumps and nothing else.
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Amber Glenn is comparable, I grant you, but she does not outstrip other women the way Malinin outstrips other men, and it is frankly surprising that she is still in as good shape as she is at 26.

Jason Brown doesn't do quads, and Evan Bates does dance, which skews much older than figure skating, precisely *because* ice dancers don't fuck up their joints with all the jumps. They are not comparable to what Malinin would need to do to stay in form for another cycle.

The cake is now in the oven. I didn't have the required 9-inch pan, so I'm making an 8-inch cake + 2 mini-ramekins of extra cake batter.

I love work-from-home days, because I can decide on a whim that it is sunny and I want to go out and buy double cream to make a sachertorte.

GOOD MORNING THERE IS SUN IS IT SPRING YET MAYBE IT WILL SOON BE SPRING!!!

This is a vector illustration of a childs nightmare of a boy being... This is a vector illustration of a childs nightmare of a boy being chased by a monster cookie.

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Castell - Wikipedia

Petition to make castell an Olympic sport.

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Just installed this. It works!

Ah, of course -- transitional formant movements into and out of consonants are always the ideal place to look for vowel features!

Hey definitely call your senators about this. Like seriously.

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Oh, buddy, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but:

I did this! It only took about 10 minutes, and it was cathartic to fill out the little free-response portions. It'll be faster if you just tick the boxes.

Audiobook narrators, it's actually ok if you don't pronounce every letter. It's better! If someone 'likes salt' or whatever, you don't need to pause between the two [s]s! You can just say it normally!

Also, while I'm at it, 'supposed to' is supposed to rhyme with 'close to', not 'proposed to'.

Cheap, Easy, Quick Dal This is my basic recipe for dal – it’s the one I cook when I need a fresh pot of dal quickly. Ingredients: 300g split red lentils 900 ml water 1 medium / large white onion diced 6 &#821…

Vegetarians! Vegans! Anyone who enjoys cooking! Here's a thread of recipes for the veggie / vegan dishes I cook regularly and which have helped me massively cut down on the amount of meat I eat these days. First, a cheap, easy., quick dal which *everyone* should be able to cook:

I love this genre of social media.

Brian Jacques Redwall books often have longish poems in them.

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omg everybody go draw a horse this is what the internet was made for

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Age verification?

Tamagotchi, my friends. Trapper keeper.

The media should be PRAISING these athletes who know and understand the importance of public health. These articles should be about how they are setting an example for EVERYONE. And how we should all take their lead.

Instead their positioning is: “look at these fucking weirdos”

My friend, you have perfectly articulated the difference between shit and shinola right here.