Today October 27 is the day of Ukrainian language and literature. Ukrainian is available free of charge for anyone at LingQ. Just register and start learning like I did.

And this is just a small sample of the scams and the grift!

Symbolizing the current mood in Canada, my wife and I are visiting Quebec, enjoying a wonderful meal and drinking wine from Quebec and Ontario. We have to appreciate what we have chez nous. www.beclub.ca

Keep asking these questions, Peter Alexander. Bravo.

I found this book in my library from when I was working on Swedish. I didn’t read it then, but enjoying it now, reading & listening to the audiobook, both in Swedish of course . Lots of personal details about Napoleon. Herman Lindquist is one of my favorite historians .

Canada didn't force the integration of much of our economy w/ the US. No one forced US consumers to benefit from inexpensive high quality products from China. Now, suddenly all scrapped by a president whining that the US was "ripped off". We'll see if the new order is better or not.

I am privileged that people in countries all over the world work together by some magic process to bring me everything from food, to electronics, to little plugs for my book shelves. Why allow Trump to break this system?

Some think Trump & arbitrary one man rule is best. Behold the glulam beam. The inherent weak points of individuals are distributed broadly providing superior strength & resilience. One man rule doesn't work. Leads to errors & disasters. Mao, Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini & more.

nightmare rotation

Pussy Riot came to NYC to tell us “ We see the rise of authoritarianism here and we want go call people to not be silent. We want ppl to remember not to give up”.

Irish Gaelic is now available on LingQ as of S. Patrick's day, today.

holy shit this question at the Rep. Chuck Edwards town hall 🔥🔥🔥

The obviously unqualified speaking about the need for high standards in jobs.

Truth matters! We have to fight to restore truth as the foundation of morality, not religion, not party politics, not cult craziness, just truth.

Most of Canada's fentanyl, by far, comes from the US, originating in Mexico. More fentanyl flows north from the US, as opposed to south into the US. There is already lots of cooperation between Canadian and US police agencies on this. What is this fraudster talking about?

Let me get this straight. Petro calls for dignified transit. Trump threatens tariffs. Petro smacks Trump in a post threatening his own higher tariffs. And Trump agrees to what Petro asked for. And yet NYT is calling this *Petro* backing down?

If risky behaviour, thrill seeking and peer pressure are important factors in starting people into fentanyl addiction, how can RFK Jr. be considered for the highest health related position in the US? Rather a bad model to emulate, no?

What makes someone ‘truly’ belong in a country? Views differ on language, birthplace, other factors www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/... via @pewresearch.org #language #culture #identity #langsky

Speaking a foreign language I never know if the right words will come when I need them. Often enough they do. Sometimes they jump the track & I say شما (you) in Persian when I meant to say چی (what) because "what" in Mandarin is 什么, pronounced just like شما.

Just realized that only in writing systems I've written by hand (Latin letters, Chinese characters) can I visualize the written word when I hear it. I could try to write more by hand in Persian/Arabic, Cyrillic, Hangul, Kana, Greek but I prefer to just to read, listen &speak.

Reading in Persian I realize that while I needed the code to get started, now in my reading, I rely more on knowing the word or subconsciously recognizing the pattern. Non Persian words/names, even from a language I know, are harder to decode than new true Persian words.

Canadian MP Charlie Angus: CNN stated, "Oh, he's just teasing." Teasing about taking over other countries? There's no such thing as "teasing" when you're threatening the sovereignty of independent nations.

Agreed. "None of this is serious—especially not Trump. Canada isn’t becoming our 51st state. Greenland not for sale. Panama Canal isn’t going to be taken back from Panama. Period.""All this does is weaken America on the world stage, and it shows Trump to be the clueless, petty bully he is."

Given Trump foolishness, Canada & Denmark plan to form a union, as arctic neighbours, with Inuit, French, Danish and English as official languages. For those who need to work on Danish, try this great online ebook, audio book site. www.saxo.com/dk/

" Piss on the world"

The headline should read, "Trump is off his rocker and aggravating relations with allies and diminishing the reputation of the US in the world, for no benefit."

I probably shouldn't have called a parasitical racket a parasitical racket paulkrugman.substack.com/p/health-ins...

Rand Paul on RFK Jr: "One of the things I plan on talking to him about is the idea that food stamps shouldn't cover unhealthy food. I don't think that food stamps should pay for full sugar Coca-Cola, Pepsi, full sugar anything."

Gradually people in the rest of the world will realize that the President of the United States is a lunatic. Then what will they do?

Does Trump believe that a trade deficit with a trading partner means subsidizing them? What of countries that US has a surplus with? Does he understand trade? Is he that stupid or is there something more sinister here?

I decided to change my avatar. Improving in two languages at the same time.

A system where a few can gobble up so much wealth while the majority struggle, or feel they can't cope, is definitely not sustainable.

This is unsustainable, especially now that billionaires are taking over our government.

Seems the goal of Trump, Musk, RFK jr, Gabbard etc. is to weaken the US & help America's enemies, mainly China & Russia. MAGA is a plot to fool the many, who will suffer, for the benefit of a few, standing democracy on it head,.

One way to keep food costs down, my wife's sourdough bread, sliced as needed, frozen then toasted, eaten every morning with a double cappuccino, almond butter and cheddar, preceded by a bowl of oat flakes, fruit & oat milk.

To lose weight, we need to eat less & eat healthy, and be physically active. To learn languages, we need to read & listen a lot and speak when we have the chance. Many people know this but lack the motivation to stick with it for long enough to see results.

So Mexico president Sheinbaum disagrees with Trump on the substance of their discussion. Is there anyone who believes Trump’s version other than the mega cultists?

Fentanyl is made out of drug components from China. These are combined in labs in Mexico and elsewhere to make Fentanyl. How much Fentanyl is made in labs in the US in this way? Does anyone know?

My first post here. Languages are a major interest. The purpose of grammar review is to help you notice what happens in the language when you listen and read, which is mostly where you acquire the language. Hello all.