Janice
@brunugle.bsky.social
Language lover. Native: 🇺🇸; Very good: 🇳🇴; Good: 🇪🇸; Mediocre: 🇩🇪 ; Poor: 🇯🇵 , 🇹🇷 ; Currently studying: Kurmanji. she/her #langsky (Sometimes political. Gotta save democracy.)
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The goal is not removing one person from the country without cause or due process. The goal is creating a SYSTEM whereby anyone can be removed from the country without cause or due process. This is their test case and they know they'll probably only get one.
JD Vance's arguments on Abrego Garcia are collapsing. His latest absurdity reveals that he knows the admin has the option of returning him and retrying him for removal in a lawful way. So why not do that? He won't say.
New piece responding to Vance here:
newrepublic.com/article/1941...
New piece responding to Vance here:
newrepublic.com/article/1941...
JD Vance Accidentally Wrecks Trump’s Vile Scam on Abrego Garcia Case
Implicit in the vice president's latest malevolent tweets is an admission that President Trump and his administration have so far refused to make.
newrepublic.com
April 19, 2025 at 11:46 AM
The goal is not removing one person from the country without cause or due process. The goal is creating a SYSTEM whereby anyone can be removed from the country without cause or due process. This is their test case and they know they'll probably only get one.
“He’s trying to govern like a king, because he’s too weak to govern like a president.”
youtu.be/K8QLgLfqh6s?...
youtu.be/K8QLgLfqh6s?...
Don't Believe Him | The Ezra Klein Show
YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show
youtu.be
February 8, 2025 at 5:48 PM
“He’s trying to govern like a king, because he’s too weak to govern like a president.”
youtu.be/K8QLgLfqh6s?...
youtu.be/K8QLgLfqh6s?...
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A collection of Starter Packs related to languages, language learning, polyglots, linguistics, multilingualism and everything in between.
If you are passionate about languages or just curious to explore, this is the space for you!
#langsky
👇
If you are passionate about languages or just curious to explore, this is the space for you!
#langsky
👇
November 27, 2024 at 2:07 PM
A collection of Starter Packs related to languages, language learning, polyglots, linguistics, multilingualism and everything in between.
If you are passionate about languages or just curious to explore, this is the space for you!
#langsky
👇
If you are passionate about languages or just curious to explore, this is the space for you!
#langsky
👇
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Trump has deployed active military to help round up migrants and put them into detention camps.
The military forced us out of our homes at gunpoint in 1942 because we were considered possibly disloyal Americans. They sent us to internment camps for four years.
History is repeating. Pay attention.
The military forced us out of our homes at gunpoint in 1942 because we were considered possibly disloyal Americans. They sent us to internment camps for four years.
History is repeating. Pay attention.
January 23, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Trump has deployed active military to help round up migrants and put them into detention camps.
The military forced us out of our homes at gunpoint in 1942 because we were considered possibly disloyal Americans. They sent us to internment camps for four years.
History is repeating. Pay attention.
The military forced us out of our homes at gunpoint in 1942 because we were considered possibly disloyal Americans. They sent us to internment camps for four years.
History is repeating. Pay attention.
I was reading a book in Spanish and came across the term “ratón mexicano” and tried googling it to find out precisely what sort of rodent it was. Google’s answer: Speedy González. — Thanks Google. You’re a big help.
January 22, 2025 at 11:48 AM
I was reading a book in Spanish and came across the term “ratón mexicano” and tried googling it to find out precisely what sort of rodent it was. Google’s answer: Speedy González. — Thanks Google. You’re a big help.
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Discussing salty snacks with @fbisnath.bsky.social, concluding that they can be categorized in two-dimensional bouba–kiki space. #iconicity #linguistics
December 21, 2024 at 12:11 PM
Discussing salty snacks with @fbisnath.bsky.social, concluding that they can be categorized in two-dimensional bouba–kiki space. #iconicity #linguistics
#langsky You can learn all kinds of stuff reading silly novels. Yesterday I learned about German cats only having 7 lives. Today I came across Envy being described as a yellow-faced monster. I looked up the colors for envy in German and apparently it can be either green or yellow.
December 16, 2024 at 9:38 PM
#langsky You can learn all kinds of stuff reading silly novels. Yesterday I learned about German cats only having 7 lives. Today I came across Envy being described as a yellow-faced monster. I looked up the colors for envy in German and apparently it can be either green or yellow.
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One of my immediate thoughts about HBO not renewing Sesame Street is that we live in a moment where being kind is an inherently political act.
December 16, 2024 at 4:32 PM
One of my immediate thoughts about HBO not renewing Sesame Street is that we live in a moment where being kind is an inherently political act.
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With Sesame Street getting canceled, now feels like a good time to share this amazing clip from the show where you had Yiddish, ASL, Spanish, and English all being spoken together in one cozy little shop
December 14, 2024 at 5:06 PM
With Sesame Street getting canceled, now feels like a good time to share this amazing clip from the show where you had Yiddish, ASL, Spanish, and English all being spoken together in one cozy little shop
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Hi #langsky, what do you think are the biggest frustrations of solo language learners? I'm hoping to make some short videos to spread some positive thoughts and useful ideas
December 14, 2024 at 7:57 PM
Hi #langsky, what do you think are the biggest frustrations of solo language learners? I'm hoping to make some short videos to spread some positive thoughts and useful ideas
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“Don’t feed the trolls” also extends to bad opinion pieces in papers of record.
They run them bc people react to them the most.
If we stop linking to bad columns and instead post thinkers we find valuable (& generate convo around it), incentives change.
It’s not easy and takes constant practice!
They run them bc people react to them the most.
If we stop linking to bad columns and instead post thinkers we find valuable (& generate convo around it), incentives change.
It’s not easy and takes constant practice!
December 2, 2024 at 6:19 PM
“Don’t feed the trolls” also extends to bad opinion pieces in papers of record.
They run them bc people react to them the most.
If we stop linking to bad columns and instead post thinkers we find valuable (& generate convo around it), incentives change.
It’s not easy and takes constant practice!
They run them bc people react to them the most.
If we stop linking to bad columns and instead post thinkers we find valuable (& generate convo around it), incentives change.
It’s not easy and takes constant practice!
I’m so famous on Blue Sky that four different Kevin Costners follow me.
November 28, 2024 at 8:25 PM
I’m so famous on Blue Sky that four different Kevin Costners follow me.
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"Mariposa" (butterfly) has been my absolute favourite Spanish word since long before I could speak the language and "maripostear" as a term for posting on Bluesky is simply too cute! 🦋
#langsky
#langsky
🦋 En @elpais.com ya tenemos botoncico para maripostear 🦋
November 27, 2024 at 8:58 PM
"Mariposa" (butterfly) has been my absolute favourite Spanish word since long before I could speak the language and "maripostear" as a term for posting on Bluesky is simply too cute! 🦋
#langsky
#langsky
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James Bond movies never show the part where the supervillain collects government subsidies to build his death tech.
November 27, 2024 at 5:03 PM
James Bond movies never show the part where the supervillain collects government subsidies to build his death tech.
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#Frenchlearning has anyone found a list of grammar points by level (A1-C2)?
I like to tick off points as I learn!
#langsky
I like to tick off points as I learn!
#langsky
November 23, 2024 at 9:04 PM
#Frenchlearning has anyone found a list of grammar points by level (A1-C2)?
I like to tick off points as I learn!
#langsky
I like to tick off points as I learn!
#langsky
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PLEASE REMEMBER:
trump's win percentage is shaping up to be the third SMALLEST in history.
He does NOT have a mandate, no matter what he says.
That means we push back against every single batshit crazy policy he tries to pass.
EVERYTHING.
Mandate my ass.
trump's win percentage is shaping up to be the third SMALLEST in history.
He does NOT have a mandate, no matter what he says.
That means we push back against every single batshit crazy policy he tries to pass.
EVERYTHING.
Mandate my ass.
November 23, 2024 at 5:55 PM
PLEASE REMEMBER:
trump's win percentage is shaping up to be the third SMALLEST in history.
He does NOT have a mandate, no matter what he says.
That means we push back against every single batshit crazy policy he tries to pass.
EVERYTHING.
Mandate my ass.
trump's win percentage is shaping up to be the third SMALLEST in history.
He does NOT have a mandate, no matter what he says.
That means we push back against every single batshit crazy policy he tries to pass.
EVERYTHING.
Mandate my ass.
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#langsky I really need to find someone here who is learning #Slovenian so I can get more motivated to get the concepts down. Anyone, aanyone???😊👍🏾🇸🇮
November 23, 2024 at 5:24 PM
#langsky I really need to find someone here who is learning #Slovenian so I can get more motivated to get the concepts down. Anyone, aanyone???😊👍🏾🇸🇮
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TIL that the CEO of Bluesky is legally named Bluesky
![Lantian Graber was born in 1991 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the daughter of an acupuncturist mother of Chinese descent and a math teacher father of Swiss descent.[1][2] Her mother grew up in China during the Cultural Revolution and emigrated in the 1980s, and named her "Lantian," meaning "blue sky" in Mandarin Chinese, as a wish for her to have "boundless freedom".[1] The similarity between Graber's given name and Bluesky is purely coincidental; Jack Dorsey had chosen the name "Bluesky" for the research initiative before Graber became involved with the project.[3]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:di7epi7naqi3rharpcogc5sf/bafkreib2fcljx3nqljyttkbf6dbvgf4yidz6eoittzgil6xkhulyt6o3du@jpeg)
November 22, 2024 at 10:38 PM
TIL that the CEO of Bluesky is legally named Bluesky