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Duolingo is great if you already have a few of the grammar concepts down. I recommend complementing it with YouTube. Italiano Bello is great early on. Later on Podcast Italiano and Teacher Stefano as well as bunch of other fully Italian intermediate channels.
January 7, 2026 at 9:27 AM
Duolingo is great if you already have a few of the grammar concepts down. I recommend complementing it with YouTube. Italiano Bello is great early on. Later on Podcast Italiano and Teacher Stefano as well as bunch of other fully Italian intermediate channels.
I was disappointed that Sarah Ferguson didn't bring up the idea Jacinta Price was going to be head of DOGE at one stage.
May 4, 2025 at 10:49 AM
I was disappointed that Sarah Ferguson didn't bring up the idea Jacinta Price was going to be head of DOGE at one stage.
Honestly, the beloved part is the worst bit. Every time I enter a coughing fit and have her ask me with concern if I'm ok I have to say "Yes, I'm just really bad at basic stuff like swallowing."
March 27, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Honestly, the beloved part is the worst bit. Every time I enter a coughing fit and have her ask me with concern if I'm ok I have to say "Yes, I'm just really bad at basic stuff like swallowing."
On a related note, if you want to learn a foreign language, learn one from a country near the top of the list.
March 24, 2025 at 11:34 AM
On a related note, if you want to learn a foreign language, learn one from a country near the top of the list.
However, the village name Llareggub is not truly Welsh.
March 21, 2025 at 11:06 AM
However, the village name Llareggub is not truly Welsh.
That is true on a global level, but in Western countries children of people outside the top 10% can expect to be worse off than their parents. The rich have siphoned of ALL the productivity gains of the last forty years.
February 19, 2025 at 1:55 PM
That is true on a global level, but in Western countries children of people outside the top 10% can expect to be worse off than their parents. The rich have siphoned of ALL the productivity gains of the last forty years.
Sounds like the name of a podcast.
February 15, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Sounds like the name of a podcast.
Oh, and apparently I forgot another type of ring. bsky.app/profile/esas...
Our dark Universe detective 🕵️ Euclid has discovered a stunning Einstein ring! 💍
It surrounds galaxy NGC 6505, which is acting as a gravitational lens, bending light from a distant galaxy behind it.
Why is this rare phenomenon so useful for scientists? 👉
www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
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#cosmology
It surrounds galaxy NGC 6505, which is acting as a gravitational lens, bending light from a distant galaxy behind it.
Why is this rare phenomenon so useful for scientists? 👉
www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
🔭🧪
#cosmology
February 11, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Oh, and apparently I forgot another type of ring. bsky.app/profile/esas...
Also earring, but confusingly you don't wear an onion ring on your onion.
February 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Also earring, but confusingly you don't wear an onion ring on your onion.
Option 3: Pimsleur (expensive)
Option 4: Italki lessons (also expensive)
Remember, learning a language requires many hundreds of hours, so don't be discouraged if it takes a while to see results.
Option 4: Italki lessons (also expensive)
Remember, learning a language requires many hundreds of hours, so don't be discouraged if it takes a while to see results.
February 10, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Option 3: Pimsleur (expensive)
Option 4: Italki lessons (also expensive)
Remember, learning a language requires many hundreds of hours, so don't be discouraged if it takes a while to see results.
Option 4: Italki lessons (also expensive)
Remember, learning a language requires many hundreds of hours, so don't be discouraged if it takes a while to see results.
No app alone will teach you a language. There are a few apps that are very useful however and can form the backbone of your language learning.
Option 1: Busuu or Duolingo, supplemented after about a month with YouTube.
Option 2: Language Transfer or Michel Thomas supplemented with Lingq.
Option 1: Busuu or Duolingo, supplemented after about a month with YouTube.
Option 2: Language Transfer or Michel Thomas supplemented with Lingq.
February 10, 2025 at 12:54 AM
No app alone will teach you a language. There are a few apps that are very useful however and can form the backbone of your language learning.
Option 1: Busuu or Duolingo, supplemented after about a month with YouTube.
Option 2: Language Transfer or Michel Thomas supplemented with Lingq.
Option 1: Busuu or Duolingo, supplemented after about a month with YouTube.
Option 2: Language Transfer or Michel Thomas supplemented with Lingq.
Shriek
Bald Santa
Highlander 2
Bald Santa
Highlander 2
February 8, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Shriek
Bald Santa
Highlander 2
Bald Santa
Highlander 2
The Australian habit of shortening a word and then adding a -y at the end (eg calling Christmas "Chrissy") is also common in Scouse (Liverpool English).
January 31, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The Australian habit of shortening a word and then adding a -y at the end (eg calling Christmas "Chrissy") is also common in Scouse (Liverpool English).
I find it really depends on the podcast. The more informal and conversational in general, the harder to understand.
January 29, 2025 at 8:26 AM
I find it really depends on the podcast. The more informal and conversational in general, the harder to understand.
Lingodeer has a better reputation for east Asian languages. If you find yourself enjoying Duolingo though it will help. Just remember that no single app can teach you a language and you'll need to supplement it with other resources.
January 26, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Lingodeer has a better reputation for east Asian languages. If you find yourself enjoying Duolingo though it will help. Just remember that no single app can teach you a language and you'll need to supplement it with other resources.
Although the word island only got its s after English imported the word isle from French.
January 26, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Although the word island only got its s after English imported the word isle from French.
This will play well to a base that considers compassion a sin.
January 26, 2025 at 3:41 AM
This will play well to a base that considers compassion a sin.
I guess you could do that when you reach your hermit age.
January 22, 2025 at 7:51 AM
I guess you could do that when you reach your hermit age.
It's not necessarily domestic politics. I can think of a few countries that would like to see Australia become more dysfunctional and internally belligerent.
BTW Love your profile pic. Very reminiscent of Sydney Nolan's Ned Kelly paintings.
BTW Love your profile pic. Very reminiscent of Sydney Nolan's Ned Kelly paintings.
January 22, 2025 at 3:52 AM
It's not necessarily domestic politics. I can think of a few countries that would like to see Australia become more dysfunctional and internally belligerent.
BTW Love your profile pic. Very reminiscent of Sydney Nolan's Ned Kelly paintings.
BTW Love your profile pic. Very reminiscent of Sydney Nolan's Ned Kelly paintings.
A Nazi got the US to the moon. Maybe one will get them to Mars.
More seriously, Elon Musk has a track record of big ideas in fields that have a money making option even if the big idea doesn't work out. I think he'd like to get to Mars, it's just that this isn't the business plan.
More seriously, Elon Musk has a track record of big ideas in fields that have a money making option even if the big idea doesn't work out. I think he'd like to get to Mars, it's just that this isn't the business plan.
January 22, 2025 at 1:20 AM
A Nazi got the US to the moon. Maybe one will get them to Mars.
More seriously, Elon Musk has a track record of big ideas in fields that have a money making option even if the big idea doesn't work out. I think he'd like to get to Mars, it's just that this isn't the business plan.
More seriously, Elon Musk has a track record of big ideas in fields that have a money making option even if the big idea doesn't work out. I think he'd like to get to Mars, it's just that this isn't the business plan.
"Prestare attenzione" in Italian is also literally lend attention.
January 18, 2025 at 5:45 AM
"Prestare attenzione" in Italian is also literally lend attention.
This is a good observation, but I'll admit I mainly liked it in order to help you get your quota of 30.
January 17, 2025 at 7:07 AM
This is a good observation, but I'll admit I mainly liked it in order to help you get your quota of 30.
I believe that Biden calling out an age of oligarchs will have the same effect as Eisenhower calling out the Military Industrial Complex.
January 16, 2025 at 5:28 AM
I believe that Biden calling out an age of oligarchs will have the same effect as Eisenhower calling out the Military Industrial Complex.
Vaclav (Haval)
January 15, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Vaclav (Haval)