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Linguist Gone Foreign 🌏
@linguistgoneforeign.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
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PhD linguist, serial migrant and curious mind ✨ Currently docked in Andalucía 🍋

I doodle big-headed cartoons in my spare time and toot mostly in EN […]

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linguistgoneforeign.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Там, де глибокі води я вільно пливу 🌊

#ocean
#nature
#photography
Calm ocean waves rolling onto a sandy beach under a clear blue sky with scattered white clouds along the horizon.
January 17, 2026 at 4:18 PM
linguistgoneforeign.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
I went to the fabric store for the usual plain black and left with this unhinged rainbow glitter mesh of joy.

Coming up next: curtains that make my living room look like a unicorn sneezed inside a disco ball. 🥳

#sewing
#rainbow
#diy
A close-up of a hand holding a roll of sheer rainbow-colored mesh fabric, decorated with fine glitter and small star-shaped confetti, with a tiled floor, a beige bag, and people’s shoes visible in the background.
January 16, 2026 at 3:30 PM
linguistgoneforeign.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Qué le pasa a esta señora y por qué está tan afligida. 🙄
Señal azul de calle que dice “Calle Ntra. Sra. de la Mayor Aflicción”, colocada en una estructura metálica frente a un muro cubierto de hiedra verde, junto a una acera adoquinada.
January 16, 2026 at 11:06 AM
linguistgoneforeign.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Fellow EU citizens, join me and use your privilege to demand the full suspension of the EU–Israel Association Agreement over Israel’s human rights violations.

Let's force this onto the EU agenda.

https://eci.ec.europa.eu/055/public/#/screen/home

#europe
#israel
#JusticeforPalestine
January 14, 2026 at 10:37 PM
linguistgoneforeign.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Progress is creeping along, but this puzzle is proving to be incompatible with a full-time job.

Can you guess the famous painting yet? 😁

#puzzles
#jigsaw
A half-finished jigsaw puzzle spread across a dark wooden table. The assembled sections show sweeping blue and white curved lines, like waves or flowing fabric from a classical painting, while dozens of loose pieces are scattered around the gaps. The image feels midway between chaos and order, with just enough of the picture visible to hint at a dramatic, swirling scene still being uncovered.
January 13, 2026 at 11:16 PM
linguistgoneforeign.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Posts from Germans announcing plans to emigrate because they’re unhappy with Germany “letting so many migrants into the country”. The irony does most of the work, peak white privilege does the rest.

#migration
#europe
#worldobservations
January 12, 2026 at 11:02 PM
linguistgoneforeign.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Today in The Paraphrasing Games (describing something because I temporaliry forgot the word):

"It's cold. Where is my stay-at-home coat?"

☺️

#language
#theparaphrasinggames
January 11, 2026 at 7:34 AM
linguistgoneforeign.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Please send help
🥲
A partially assembled jigsaw puzzle on a dark wooden table. The completed section along the bottom shows a Japanese-style landscape with a mountain and a curved bridge, while dozens of loose, light colored puzzle pieces are scattered above it, waiting to be connected.
January 10, 2026 at 12:39 PM
linguistgoneforeign.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Quick plane doodle inspired by recent world events.

#cartoon
#politics
#news
Pencil sketch of a cartoon-style character with very large, round eyes and messy hair, standing upright and holding a bittle with a flame coming out of it. Above the character, handwritten text reads: “Be the light you want to see in the world.” The drawing is on slightly wrinkled white paper.
January 3, 2026 at 1:26 PM
linguistgoneforeign.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Still on the ground, being de-iced. ☃️
January 3, 2026 at 10:48 AM
linguistgoneforeign.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Con que nos dejen despegar y salir de Mordor, me conformo. El resto ya se verá.

#winter
#germany
#snow
Snow falls across an empty airport apron, with a tall light mast centered in the frame, icy tarmac markings in the foreground, and a low-visibility runway fading into a grey, wintry sky.
January 3, 2026 at 8:50 AM
linguistgoneforeign.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
I follow the @EUCommission purely as a societal temperature check. With every post, you can grab popcorn and watch the comment section combust.

They’ll say something like “Happy New Year” and the replies jump to: "You, genocide supporters, colonialist architects of neocapitalist misery, have […]
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January 1, 2026 at 9:32 AM
linguistgoneforeign.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Happy New Year, y'all! 🎉

May your 2026 run as smoothly as a freshly rebooted device, with a touch of intergalactic glitter. ✨

#newyear
#comic
#nye
Illustration of outer space with stars and planets. Earth is shown wearing a party hat, with confetti floating around it and the words “Happy New Year!” next to it. Earth appears startled as it passes a specific point in its orbit around the Sun. A nearby planet asks, “Why does Earth freak out every time she hits that spot?” and Earth replies, “I have no earthly clue…”. The scene is playful and humorous, referencing New Year’s celebrations tied to Earth’s orbit. Watermark: Linguist Gone Foreign
December 31, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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People: Billionaires are the cancer of society and must be stopped.

Also people: Let’s keep buying crap we don’t need from megacorps like Amazon, live inside Google because it’s convenient, and hand over our data to questionable platforms because “I can’t get my friends off WhatsApp.”

Stop […]
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December 30, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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Feierabend and second week in a row that I work Monday and Tuesday, and have 5-day weekend with all these festivities in Germany.

I can get used to this. 🤪
December 30, 2025 at 5:08 PM
linguistgoneforeign.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Mi pareja ha comprado arándanos para Nochevieja porque “las uvas del super eran enormes”.

No soy una persona supersticiosa, pero me está entrando cierta ansiedad de pensar que voy a romper esta tradición de décadas y a alterar algún orden cósmico, atrayendo la mala fortuna en el 2026.

¿Qué […]
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December 30, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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If you are learning a language in #2026, feel free to tell us about it and keep us posted with the hashtag #languagegoals2026.

That way, we can see each other's progress, share learning resources and hold each other accountable.

:owi:

Boosts for visibility are appreciated. The more language […]
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December 30, 2025 at 12:54 AM
linguistgoneforeign.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Time to disclose the language learning goals of 2026!

And the winner is... 🥁

🥖 French: getting from a messy and rusty intermediate level to a solid B1+. This will be my language focus for the year, with daily practice. Also a great excuse to visit the French side of the family.

🧆 Arabic […]
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December 30, 2025 at 12:54 AM
linguistgoneforeign.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
The German in me: Let's lüften.

The Spaniard: The apartment is now a cryogenic chamber, my soul has left my body, and the frost warning feels extremely personal.

#winter
#germany
#TéYMantita
Weather app screen showing current conditions. It is cloudy with a temperature of minus 9 degrees Celsius. The app notes it feels like minus 13 degrees. The daytime and nighttime forecast both show minus 2 degrees. A warning banner at the bottom reads “Official warning of severe frost” with a yellow alert icon, valid from December 25 at 17:00 to December 26 at 10:00.
December 26, 2025 at 5:29 PM
linguistgoneforeign.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
It’s that time of year again when I take a deep breath and face a highly stressful ritual: deciding which language I will actually focus on next year.

#languages
#goals
#newyear
December 26, 2025 at 8:55 AM
linguistgoneforeign.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
[Body image and beauty standards]

On the journey of learning how to make my own clothes, sometimes I turn to the internet for inspiration.

Being thin in the fashion industry isn’t new, but in the past year it’s been taken to another level. It saddens me to see imagery that celebrates extreme […]
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December 25, 2025 at 6:42 PM
linguistgoneforeign.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Happy Merrymas, everyone! ☃️
December 25, 2025 at 8:06 AM
linguistgoneforeign.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Pues se ha quedado buen día, oye.

#winter
#germany
#silentsunday
A foggy residential street lined with leafless trees on both sides, their branches fading into dense mist. A narrow paved road stretches straight ahead, disappearing into the haze, with hedges and fences bordering the sidewalks and a faint light glowing in the distance.
December 21, 2025 at 1:42 PM
linguistgoneforeign.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Heat packs, gloves and scarf go on the front pocket of the suitcase. Ready to land in the German winter. 😶‍🌫️
A hand holding several Japanese heat packs with red and white packaging. A pair of dark gray knit gloves lies on a suitcase, and the floor beneath is blue tile, suggesting an indoor public space like a station or airport.
December 18, 2025 at 9:29 PM
linguistgoneforeign.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
はてなきあお
たいへいようはひくくうなり
ときはしおにながる

🌊

Endless blue
The Pacific hums softly
Time drifts with the tide.
A small, smooth seashell rests on dark, fine sand in the foreground. The beach stretches toward softly blurred waves and a bright, pale blue sky. Sunlight glints off the water, while the shell casts a short shadow, emphasizing the calm, quiet atmosphere of the shoreline
December 15, 2025 at 8:23 AM