Duolingo Sucks, Now What?: A Guide
Now that the quality of Duolingo has fallen (even more) due to AI and people are more willing to make the jump here are just some alternative apps and what languages they have:
Busuu (Languages: Spanish, Japanese, French, English, German, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Polish, Turkish, Russian, Arabic, Korean)
Language Transfer (Languages: French, Swahili, Italian, Greek, German, Turkish, Arabic, Spanish, English for Spanish Speakers)
Pimsleur (Literally so many languages)
Glossika (Also a lot of languages, but minority languages are free)
*anecdote: I borrowed my brother's Japanese Pimsleur CD as a kid and I still remember how to say the weather is nice over a decade later. You can find the CDs at libraries and "other" places I'm sure.
Mango (Languages: So many and all endangered/Indigenous courses are free even if you don't have a library that has a partnership with Mango)
AnkiDroid: (Theoretically all languages, pre-made decks can be found easily)
AnkiApp: It's almost as good as AnkiDroid and free compared to the official Anki app for iphone
lingory
ChineseSkill (You can use their older version of the course for free)
Bunpo: (Languages: Japanese, Spanish, French, German, Korean, and Mandarin)
I think it's very funny how many people on tumblr can't recognise how much they abuse thought-terminating cliches when discussing veganism
i am also vegan because cattle farming is the main cause of amazon deforestation and illegal land seizures fom indeginous brazilians
i am also vegan because the shrimp industry enslaves and abuses migrant fishermen from south-east asia
i am also vegan because animal agriculture is one of the main drivers of climate change, which most affects the poorest on earth
i am also vegan because european fishing vessels are systematically stealing fish from somalian waters
i am also vegan because we could directly feed an additional 1 billion people with some of the food we feed to livestock animals
i am also vegan because animal agriculture is a main driver of antibiotic resistance, which killed 1,27 million people in 2019
i am also vegan because i believe it is wrong to exploit the planet and the most vulnerable populations for the sake of sensory pleasure
stupid i wish i was hot
I am becoming really fond of Kidnapfam 2.0 (Celegorm & Elured & Elurin) Because In my mind, its like the opposite of actual kidnap fam. Maglor and Maedhros kidnap Elrond and Elros and they become a family, while Elured and Elurin force Celegorm to be their dad.
They kidnapped him
Non-vegans who think vegans are annoying have obviously never been vegan because there is nothing more annoying than a non-vegan when they find out you are vegan
was worrying about the future but then i remembered i can just kill myself whenevr it gets too hard 🙏 life is good
i loved one direction with an all-consuming force when i was younger. it hurts deeply to mourn someone you were a massive fan of as teenager, and became a peer of as an adult.
i know people change and grief is unsure or complicated when it’s attached to a fond memory or the feeling a person gave you and not tangibly the person themself. i can see many of you on here are struggling with that right now and i understand.
a few years ago i purchased a home that Liam previously owned. there were rumors the house was haunted. He assured me it was not, and i believed him. because i know the ghosts that haunt us aren’t tethered to buildings. They live in parts of us that are harder to reach and they go wherever we do.
as a parent, a fellow artist, and a fan, i simply cannot fathom this untimely loss. my heart goes out to his family, friends, and the fans. đź’”
btw I’ve found these stretches from the WAK blog very helpful when knitting a lot:
Plus make sure to take breaks regularly - and stop if anything starts to hurt!
especially with gift knitting I know it can be tempting to push through it for a deadline, but it’s really not worth causing long term injury. (And anyone knit-worthy should be understanding of that, imho.) Stay well :)