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ts 🚉Are comprender and entender not synonyms? Lingvist says no. Why am I paying for another year of this app? 🤦‍♂️ <a href="https://thepit.social/tags/amLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#amLearning</a> <a href="https://thepit.social/tags/Lingvist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Lingvist</a> <a href="https://thepit.social/tags/Spanish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Spanish</a>

ts 🚉Ummm, so apparently conocer and saber are *not* synonyms?<a href="https://www.tellmeinspanish.com/vocab/saber-vs-conocer/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.tellmeinspanish.com/vocab/saber-vs-conocer/</a>High school had me thinking that both mean “to know”, but TIL that conocer and saber are not interchangeable.<a href="https://thepit.social/tags/amLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#amLearning</a> <a href="https://thepit.social/tags/Spanish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Spanish</a>

Russ SharekI've gained a whole new level of respect for printmakers who manage larger consistent editions.I think I've got fifteen for my <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/rescueTransRescue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rescueTransRescue</a> project, and a huge stack of prints which I like, and do not match well enough.<a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/AmLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmLearning</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linocut</a>

NV Access* Do you want to improve your skills with NVDA? * Are you looking to become an NVDA Certified Expert? * Would you like to become familiar with the NVDA add-on store?If you answered "Yes" to any of these, then the latest update to "Basic Training for NVDA" is for you!<a href="https://www.nvaccess.org/product/basic-training-for-nvda-ebook/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nvaccess.org/product/basic-training-for-nvda-ebook/</a>*Initially available in eBook format only! Free update to those who have previously purchased<a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/NVDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NVDA</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/NVDAsr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NVDAsr</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Training" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Training</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/ScreenReader" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ScreenReader</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Accessibility</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/A11y" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#A11y</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/AmLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmLearning</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Learning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Learning</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/AmStudying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmStudying</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Study" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Study</a>

Crone Cold Kate SherrodReading Nick Estes' amazing Our History is The Future, which is nominally about <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NODAPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NODAPL</a> and a history of indigenous resistance in North America, but it's also just packed with citations and references for further reading. Ordering all the Cedric Robinson from the library! <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AmLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmLearning</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AmReading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmReading</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bookstodon</a>

Russ SharekI had to avoid screens for a bit yesterday, and one of my partners helpfully reminded me that <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/gelplate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gelplate</a> printing was a fine way to pass the time.I finally started having some success transferring images, in this case ink brush doodlings on paper made their way to the plate, and then to my paper without it being by accident.<a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/AmLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmLearning</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#printmaking</a>

Russ Sharek<a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/SilentSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SilentSunday</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/GelPrint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GelPrint</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/AmLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmLearning</a>

Ema@TheClarityEditor (she/her)A murder of crows. A parliament of owls. A watch of nightingales. A gaggle of geese. An unkindness of ravens.I'd heard of some of these but didn't know there were many, many more collective nouns ("company terms") for birds...and that they originate largely from a 15th-century book by a nun and author called Juliana Barnes!Here are more company terms for birds. Enjoy! <a href="https://www.themarginalian.org/2024/01/04/brian-wildsmith-birds-company-terms/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.themarginalian.org/2024/01/04/brian-wildsmith-birds-company-terms/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AmLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmLearning</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/EnglishWords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EnglishWords</a>

Ema@TheClarityEditor (she/her)Indigenous Indonesians are using Korean letters to save their dialect from disappearing.Using the foreign script helps preserve the "memories, history, morality, and wisdom of [their] ancestors" and possibly raises the prestige of the language. But does it blur the community's identity?<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AmLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmLearning</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/WordsMatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WordsMatter</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/WeekendRead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WeekendRead</a> <a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/aseanplus/aseanplus-news/2023/12/20/indigenous-indonesians-use-korean-letters-to-save-dialect" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.thestar.com.my/aseanplus/aseanplus-news/2023/12/20/indigenous-indonesians-use-korean-letters-to-save-dialect</a>

raresites<a href="https://mstdn.ca/@uxmark" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@uxmark</a> Thanks, Mark! We’re still getting used to the platform, expanding our social media wings. We’ll definitely be adding more hashtags. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AmLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmLearning</a> ;-)

Erik Buchanan who writes stuffOff the the TD Culture Lab: Breakthrough to Writers' Success workshop in Mississauga. Going to meet new people and learn stuff. Should be fun.And yes, I will <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wearamask" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wearamask</a>. It's covid/flu season out there.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#amwriting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/amlearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#amlearning</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/amgoingforthefreelunch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#amgoingforthefreelunch</a>

Sage TyrtleFree spots available, no questions asked - if there's a Crow Collective workshop you'd like to attend but no free spots and you can really use one, please get in touch using the contact form. I'll provide one, no questions asked.Crow Collective: low cost online writing workshops that work for lots of time zones.<a href="https://crowcollectiveworkshops.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://crowcollectiveworkshops.com/</a><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingWorkshop" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#WritingWorkshop</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Writers</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Writing</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#AmWriting</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#AmLearning</a>

Ema@TheClarityEditor (she/her)"Most people write to sound smart when they should write to be useful.... Writing to be useful means writing what you would want to read." —C.F. BraunBraun's further advice on communicating (from 100+ yrs ago 😮) includes:* assume others' good motives * overtly show your respect for others * when you give assent, do it cheerfully * don't be eager to tell others they're wrongMore in the blog post: <a href="https://fs.blog/carl-braun-communicating/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://fs.blog/carl-braun-communicating/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Communication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Communication</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/PlainLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PlainLanguage</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AmLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmLearning</a>

secretslothA <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/sketch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sketch</a> while meditating on color. I left the upper part plain so I can add a message and send it to someone. I actually like the way the colors turned out on this one. Nothing super special but it has been awhile since I felt up to drawing, so I thought I'd share. :blobCat_blanket: <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MastoArt</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/DigitalArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DigitalArt</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/ClipStudioPaint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClipStudioPaint</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/amLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#amLearning</a>

Ema@TheClarityEditor (she/her)Do you find yourself scrambling to sign up to every other AI app, just to see what it does? Yeah, I do😅 <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AmNotEditing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmNotEditing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AmLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmLearning</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Productivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Productivity</a> (whether it's productive is questionable lol)

Mark McElroyGot serious about <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/Learning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Learning</a> <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/Spanish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Spanish</a> yesterday. Started out making <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/FlashCards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FlashCards</a> using <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/Logseq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Logseq</a>'s built-in capability, but what's up with the "You can run through the cards once a day" limitation? Switched immediately to <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/Anki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Anki</a>. Ah -- many good decks for language learning designed by others, free, easy to use, useful immediately. (Also using podcasts, watching <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/StarTrek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StarTrek</a> and <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/StarWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StarWars</a> in Spanish, and finding a tutor for conversations.)<a href="https://pkm.social/tags/AmLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmLearning</a> <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/OldDogNewTricks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OldDogNewTricks</a>

Ema@TheClarityEditor (she/her)Haven't we all had this kind of learning experience? 😂 Iva Cheung is a genius. <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Editors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Editors</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AmNotEditing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmNotEditing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AmLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmLearning</a> <a href="https://ivacheung.com/2014/11/euphemism/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://ivacheung.com/2014/11/euphemism/</a>

xanna<a href="https://mastodon.ie/@Sliotar" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Sliotar</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/@Homebrewandhacking" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Homebrewandhacking</a> GRMA!Proud to say I read and understood this before I noticed that you'd also tooted it in English for us! <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/AmLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmLearning</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/AgFoghlaim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AgFoghlaim</a> Táim bródúil asam féin!

Kath KirkGeckoEdit.com is 3 years old today! I'm celebrating by curling up with my freshly delivered copy of Amy J Schneider's The Chicago Guide to Copyediting Fiction because I'm a big old nerd, she's awesome, and I've been waiting for it for aaages. This thing is worth its weight in gold. You can get digital copies now from Chicago Press, or preorder the paperback version, which comes out next month: <a href="https://bit.ly/3IeeOq7" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://bit.ly/3IeeOq7</a><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/FreelanceEditor" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#FreelanceEditor</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/EditingTips" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#EditingTips</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/ProfessionalDevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#ProfessionalDevelopment</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmEditing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#AmEditing</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#AmLearning</a>

J.S. PaillyToday I learned that there's an "air archive" where scientists can study air that was bottled up years or decades ago, so they can compare and contrast it with the air we have today.<a href="https://youtu.be/bu5-VERN3XY" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/bu5-VERN3XY</a><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/amlearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#amlearning</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#science</a>

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