Buy physical copies of books, vinyl, movies. Keep notebooks and journals. Keep your phone on silent. Go analog as much as possible.

I finally caught up with #Lexember by putting the prompts with example sentences here. sorenthelanguageadventurer.blogspot.com/2025/12/lexe...

The Hit List – No Contact Isn’t a Trend – It’s a Boundary www.thetarotlady.com/the-hit-list... <-Sometimes no contact is the healthiest thing you can do.

Spain, Ireland, Netherlands and Slovenia all out of #Eurovision within minutes of the EBU fixing things for Israel. I doubt they'll be the only ones, and I'm glad of that. Broadcasters taking a stand where the EBU refuse to is a good look

For those following along with Lexember, here is a list of the first four prompts, provided by @quothalinguist.bsky.social, co-host of LangTime Studio and author of How to Create a Language.

This is a great weekend to donate to shelters, food banks, and the Humane Society.

A 13-year search for one of the world's rarest flowers in Indonesia ends in a 'magical experience' www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

Why are turkeys named after different countries in every language? youtu.be/5SQWEw7TSs4?...

Weekly Tarot, Oracle and Il Vostro Destino Reading for 24-29 November 2025 seidmansmagicalsanctuary.blogspot.com/2025/11/week...

Bringing mother tongues into the classroom www.unicef.org/vietnam/brin... via @unicef.org #Vietnam #minority #languages #langsky

Science PSA: Never abbreviate “analysis” as “anal”. Ever.

Hey folks! I'm working with a bunch of conlanging and worldbuilding creators on some #Lexember prompts! I'm going to be posting short-form videos every day with my words and the prompts that inspired them. Follow along and share your own words! #conlang #linguistics youtu.be/sfHGuRbb1OI

This looks like a pretty cool set. I'll be making my own prompts (with a group of conlanging/worldbuilding YouTubers), but I love to see a diversity of approaches.

I am not a muse. I am a talisman.

Weekly Tarot, Oracle and Sibilla Reading for the 11-18 November 2025. seidmansmagicalsanctuary.blogspot.com/2025/11/week...

(From the archives) The Ugly Truth About Online Translators. sorenthelanguageadventurer.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...

(From the archives) What were your failure in learning language? Please share! #langsky #languagelearning sorenthelanguageadventurer.blogspot.com/2025/11/from...

(From the archives) Learning Swears Words in Other Languages. A Necessary Evil? Discuss #langsky #languagelearning sorenthelanguageadventurer.blogspot.com/2025/11/from...

(From the archives) What are the most essential phrases you MUST learn in any language? sorenthelanguageadventurer.blogspot.com/2025/11/from...

I'm officially available for readings again seidmansmagicalsanctuary.blogspot.com/p/book-readi...

I just staumbled across ELDP, Endangered Languages Documentation Programme, "creating a repository of resources for linguistics, the social science, and language communities." Lots to read here! www.eldp.net #endangered #languages #project #langsky

Invented languages and the science of mind: Linguists use constructed languages to explore how children perceive language www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/lang...

Language shapes how we think, remember, and reason. But does it help us to uncover the fundamental nature of reality? | https://iai.tv/video/how-words-warp-reality Join Nick Enfield, as he explores why language excels at persuasion but falters at faithfully representing reality. #langsky

Sí, oui, ja! You can learn a language late in life buff.ly/2NbCPdP #langsky #xl8

A-Teens potentially being a Eurovision 2026 contestant for Sweden. Vi får se vad som händer. www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/...

Weekly Tarot, Oracle and Sibilla Reading for 04-11 November 2025. seidmansmagicalsanctuary.blogspot.com/2025/11/week...

This, by Jason Okundaye, on the bullying and the hypocrisy of the Right, is a piece I have been waiting some time to read. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Dear Ones, Find free or reduced-cost resources like food, housing, financial assistance, health care, and more. You may wish to share this link: www.findhelp.org

My Halloween Costume: “Where’s Wally/Waldo?”

You are not a parrot. And a chatbot is not a human. And linguist @EmilyMBender.bsky.social is very worried what will happen when we forget this. nymag.com/intelligence...

IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People) and @unesco.org Launch Global Call for Books in Indigenous and Endangered Languages languagemagazine.com/2025/10/02/i... via @langmag.bsky.social #literature #indigenous #languages #langsky

Weekly Tarot, Oracle and Lenormand Reading for 25 October- 01 November 2025 seidmansmagicalsanctuary.blogspot.com/2025/10/week...

Poor English in the Office: Berlin Authority Gets Creative www.morgenpost.de/incoming/art... via morgenpost.de #english #language #germany #langsky

Weekly Tarot, Oracle and Lenormand Reading for the 08-15 October 2025 seidmansmagicalsanctuary.blogspot.com/2025/10/week...

Though the big news is @quothalinguist.bsky.social's new book #TheConlangGuide from @universitypress.cambridge.org is now available, she also created a tremendous resource for designing a #conlang stress system. It’s the #FiatLingua article for 2025 and available for download now! fiatlingua.org

Weekly Tarot, Oracle and Sibilla reading for 30 September- 07 October 2025 seidmansmagicalsanctuary.blogspot.com/2025/09/week...

101 places to get enthusiastic about linguistics In honor of their 100th episodiversary earlier this year, the Lingthusiasm podcast put together an excellent list of 101 places to get enthusiastic about linguistics: lingthusiasm.com/post/7741520...

A drug that provides near-perfect protection against HIV with shots just twice a year will be made available at $40 per patient annually in low- and middle-income countries, offering new hope for ending the HIV epidemic. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/h...

Ryukyuan: the forgotten sister languages of Japanese. Ian Aleshkevich-Suslov on diversity, history, endangerment and revival - Okinawan, Amami, Yaeyama and more. Tickets: PCGlobal2025.eventbrite.com #PolyglotConference #Ryukyuan #Japonic #Japanese #EndangeredLanguages #LangTwt

And fittingly, my Semester of Divination kicks off with Intro to Astrology tomorrow: www.hermitsmirror.com/classes/p/in... The first special-topic workshop is Tarot for Role-playing on Saturday Other www.hermitsmirror.com/semester courses: Signs of Meaning, Working the Spread, Reading by the Book

Weekly Tarot, Oracle and Vera Sibilla reading for 22-29 September 2025. seidmansmagicalsanctuary.blogspot.com/2025/09/week...

Ahoy mateys! Today be Talk Like a Pirate Day! 🏴☠️ Here be the ways to speak like a true buccaneer for all ye landlubbers out there, ye scurvy dogs! blog.rosettastone.com/talk-like-a-...

Language Access Encourages #Integration. languagemagazine.com/2025/09/15/l... Providing information in multiple languages has been criticized as a wasteful policy, but it is the most efficient means to communicate with significant sectors of the population. via @langmag.bsky.social #langsky

Bilder från promenaden i morse.

Weekly Tarot, Oracle and Sibilla Reading for 14-21 September 2025. seidmansmagicalsanctuary.blogspot.com/2025/09/week...

10 activities to celebrate the first #Luxembourgish #Language Day www.luxtimes.lu/yourluxembou... via luxtimes.lu #langsky

Weekly Tarot, Oracle and Sibilla reading for 08-15 September 2025. seidmansmagicalsanctuary.blogspot.com/2025/09/week...

I interviewed short-form linguistics creator @human1011.bsky.social about his "Dragon Language" and doing conlanging and ling communication on shortform video. #conlang #language #linguistics youtu.be/ITCspEnU32c