Duangjai 🌸
@duangjai.bsky.social
Languages, learning, libraries and more stuff not necessarily beginning with L
Aotearoa New Zealand
Aotearoa New Zealand
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Edinburgh airport suspends all flights due to IT problem in air traffic control
Edinburgh airport suspends all flights due to IT problem in air traffic control
Passengers advised to contact airlines for information as airport says it is working to resolve the issue
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Edinburgh airport suspended all flights on Friday morning because of an IT issue in air traffic control.
Passengers were being advised to contact airlines for information on flights as the airport said it was working to resolve the problem. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Edinburgh airport suspends all flights due to IT problem in air traffic control
December 5, 2025 at 5:21 AM
December 4, 2025 at 6:07 AM
December 3, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Living with #Disability at work has often meant, in my experience, not being included or considered for all sorts of opportunities. Not necessarily from a bad place - I realise people sometimes worry about my health and don't want to "overload" me, but it is disempowering. I miss having agency.
December 2, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Living with #Disability at work has often meant, in my experience, not being included or considered for all sorts of opportunities. Not necessarily from a bad place - I realise people sometimes worry about my health and don't want to "overload" me, but it is disempowering. I miss having agency.
December 2, 2025 at 12:38 AM
December 1, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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“Based on the available evidence, the skills that future graduates will most need in the AI era—creative thinking, the capacity to learn new things, flexible modes of analysis—are precisely those that are likely to be eroded by inserting AI into the educational process.”
“When you allow a machine to summarize your reading, to generate the ideas for your essay, and then to write that essay, you’re not learning how to read, think, or write.“
November 30, 2025 at 11:10 AM
“Based on the available evidence, the skills that future graduates will most need in the AI era—creative thinking, the capacity to learn new things, flexible modes of analysis—are precisely those that are likely to be eroded by inserting AI into the educational process.”
I thought we might have a good night tonight: the witching hour between 11pm and midnight came and went and he slept. But it seems that we are just later tonight - huffing and barking now for over an hour. I am so tired. #DoggieDementia #CCD
November 30, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I thought we might have a good night tonight: the witching hour between 11pm and midnight came and went and he slept. But it seems that we are just later tonight - huffing and barking now for over an hour. I am so tired. #DoggieDementia #CCD
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Bloody hell.
This is madness.
All books by Normal People and Conversations with Friends author Sally Rooney set to be withdrawn from sale.
The 34-year-old Irish author says: “The disappearance of my work from bookshops would mark a truly extreme incursion by the state into the realm of artistic expression.”
All books by Normal People and Conversations with Friends author Sally Rooney set to be withdrawn from sale.
The 34-year-old Irish author says: “The disappearance of my work from bookshops would mark a truly extreme incursion by the state into the realm of artistic expression.”
Sally Rooney books may be withdrawn from UK sale over Palestine Action ban, court told
Rooney has said she intended to use royalties from her work "to go on supporting Palestine Action."
www.bbc.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Bloody hell.
Sondaggio importante! Pensavo che il panettone avrebbe vinto, e invece... Io sono Team entrambi 🎄😊
Team Panettone o Pandoro? Gli italiani hanno le idee chiarissime: ecco chi vince la dolce sfida natalizia
Pandoro vs Panettone: la dolce sfida di Natale ha un vincitore! Ecco chi preferiscono gli italiani
Secondo una ricerca, il 52,6% degli italiani sceglie il Pandoro contro il 47,4% del Panettone. Chi preferisci tu per le feste?
www.ilfattoquotidiano.it
November 30, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Sondaggio importante! Pensavo che il panettone avrebbe vinto, e invece... Io sono Team entrambi 🎄😊
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Yajai of Thalufah threw up 3 fingers at his graduation ceremony in 2022, after getting his certificate from Princess Sirindhorn. 3 years later he's been charged with Lèse-majesté.
#FreeOurFriends
#FreeOurFriends
Activist indicted for royal defamation over three-finger salute at graduation
An activist has been indicted on a royal defamation charge for flashing the three-finger salute at a graduation ceremony in December 2022.Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR) said today (28 November) ...
prachataienglish.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Yajai of Thalufah threw up 3 fingers at his graduation ceremony in 2022, after getting his certificate from Princess Sirindhorn. 3 years later he's been charged with Lèse-majesté.
#FreeOurFriends
#FreeOurFriends
November 30, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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“Nearly 2,500 work for Amazon and another 2,300 work for Walmart. Uber and DoorDash each have more than 1,400 workers who rely on food stamps.”
The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
November 29, 2025 at 8:06 PM
“Nearly 2,500 work for Amazon and another 2,300 work for Walmart. Uber and DoorDash each have more than 1,400 workers who rely on food stamps.”
November 29, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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Your Weekend has best books of 2025, as picked by a range of interesting New Zealanders. www.thepost.co.nz/culture/3609... #booksky #pukapuka
The 44 best books of 2025
From local thrillers to international fantasy, essays to photobooks, biographies to romantasy, we asked the experts to choose the best books of 2025.
www.thepost.co.nz
November 28, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Your Weekend has best books of 2025, as picked by a range of interesting New Zealanders. www.thepost.co.nz/culture/3609... #booksky #pukapuka
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When people say the wrong things, it sounds right. It's usually an example of a linguistic phenomenon called eggcorn. Read more here: medium.com/language-lab...
#language #languages #linguistics #writingcommunity #writing #writer #languagelearning #langsky #writesky
#language #languages #linguistics #writingcommunity #writing #writer #languagelearning #langsky #writesky
How Eggcorns Make Wrong Things Sound Right
And other ways we misinterpret words and phrases
medium.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:58 PM
When people say the wrong things, it sounds right. It's usually an example of a linguistic phenomenon called eggcorn. Read more here: medium.com/language-lab...
#language #languages #linguistics #writingcommunity #writing #writer #languagelearning #langsky #writesky
#language #languages #linguistics #writingcommunity #writing #writer #languagelearning #langsky #writesky
November 28, 2025 at 1:02 AM
November 27, 2025 at 12:10 AM
When on doubt, feed. Not really, but nothing in my repertoire is working tonight - so I'm trying food. #DoggieDementia
#CCD
#CCD
November 26, 2025 at 11:17 AM
When on doubt, feed. Not really, but nothing in my repertoire is working tonight - so I'm trying food. #DoggieDementia
#CCD
#CCD
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1. In Tennessee, public libraries have closed for up to a week to facilitate a Trump-inspired book purge.
Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) has ordered most of the state's public librarians to remove children's books with LGBTQ characters or themes.
Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) has ordered most of the state's public librarians to remove children's books with LGBTQ characters or themes.
Tennessee public libraries close for Trump-inspired book purge
One hundred and eighty-one public libraries in Tennessee are reviewing their children’s collections after Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) ordered them to remove books with LGBTQ themes…
popular.info
November 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Calling language lovers! Voting is open for Oxford Word of the Year 2025 🎉 This year's shortlist:
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💚 aura farming
🧡 rage bait
Which will you choose? Cast your vote here: corp.oup.com/word-of-the-...
#OxfordWOTY #UKEd #EduSky #TeamEnglish #LangSky #BookSky @oxunipress.bsky.social
💙 biohack
💚 aura farming
🧡 rage bait
Which will you choose? Cast your vote here: corp.oup.com/word-of-the-...
#OxfordWOTY #UKEd #EduSky #TeamEnglish #LangSky #BookSky @oxunipress.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Calling language lovers! Voting is open for Oxford Word of the Year 2025 🎉 This year's shortlist:
💙 biohack
💚 aura farming
🧡 rage bait
Which will you choose? Cast your vote here: corp.oup.com/word-of-the-...
#OxfordWOTY #UKEd #EduSky #TeamEnglish #LangSky #BookSky @oxunipress.bsky.social
💙 biohack
💚 aura farming
🧡 rage bait
Which will you choose? Cast your vote here: corp.oup.com/word-of-the-...
#OxfordWOTY #UKEd #EduSky #TeamEnglish #LangSky #BookSky @oxunipress.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Looking for stocking stuffers for Christmas?
Have you considered our Bilingual Story Starter Cards ($19 for a pack of 60), or our "Stories come to life at the Library" tote bags ($9). Both available at your local library. ^MT
Have you considered our Bilingual Story Starter Cards ($19 for a pack of 60), or our "Stories come to life at the Library" tote bags ($9). Both available at your local library. ^MT
November 26, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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Giornata contro la violenza sulle donne: perché si celebra il 25 novembre
Giornata contro la violenza sulle donne: perché si celebra il 25 novembre
Le Nazioni Unite hanno ufficializzato la ricorrenza nel 1999, ma la storia inizia molto tempo prima. Tra i simboli più riconoscibili, le scarpe rosse
www.repubblica.it
November 25, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Giornata contro la violenza sulle donne: perché si celebra il 25 novembre