Sacha
@sashyenka.com
📍 Barcelona by way of Lisbon, originally Denver
Portuguese language specialist 🇵🇹🇧🇷
Posts a mix of personal, twitch community dealings, & interests (linguistics, urbanism, etc mostly in replies)
My videos & links: https://linktr.ee/sashyenka
Portuguese language specialist 🇵🇹🇧🇷
Posts a mix of personal, twitch community dealings, & interests (linguistics, urbanism, etc mostly in replies)
My videos & links: https://linktr.ee/sashyenka
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Sacha
@sashyenka.com
· Nov 17
This is an updated pinned post for the HMJ people to have the link to the HMJ chatters list! Reply to this post or DM me if you're not on it already and want to be! Repost so the rest of chat can see etc! bsky.app/profile/sash...
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Some people vocally oppose using ‘data’ and ‘panini’ as singular nouns, saying they come from plural nouns.
That’s true, but that also goes for ‘marvel’ and ‘joy’: they used to be plural too.
And ‘cherries’ and ‘peas’ used to be singular.
Zoom in to learn all about this phenomenon: reanalysis.
That’s true, but that also goes for ‘marvel’ and ‘joy’: they used to be plural too.
And ‘cherries’ and ‘peas’ used to be singular.
Zoom in to learn all about this phenomenon: reanalysis.
December 12, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Some people vocally oppose using ‘data’ and ‘panini’ as singular nouns, saying they come from plural nouns.
That’s true, but that also goes for ‘marvel’ and ‘joy’: they used to be plural too.
And ‘cherries’ and ‘peas’ used to be singular.
Zoom in to learn all about this phenomenon: reanalysis.
That’s true, but that also goes for ‘marvel’ and ‘joy’: they used to be plural too.
And ‘cherries’ and ‘peas’ used to be singular.
Zoom in to learn all about this phenomenon: reanalysis.
make sure you reply or DM me in order to be added to the waitlist! if you're interested and you've only liked the post I can't be sure. let's do some color analysis! also, POC have special priority as before!
also, if you're interested in a color analysis and would like to be put on my list for available spots, please let me know either in a reply or a DM! I will be reaching out to people who have already expressed interest!
December 9, 2025 at 11:38 PM
make sure you reply or DM me in order to be added to the waitlist! if you're interested and you've only liked the post I can't be sure. let's do some color analysis! also, POC have special priority as before!
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also, if you're interested in a color analysis and would like to be put on my list for available spots, please let me know either in a reply or a DM! I will be reaching out to people who have already expressed interest!
December 8, 2025 at 8:19 PM
also, if you're interested in a color analysis and would like to be put on my list for available spots, please let me know either in a reply or a DM! I will be reaching out to people who have already expressed interest!
the Jo Malone collab is generally the best of the Zara fragrances, but this one really hit it out of the park as a fragrance that develops as it dries down and doesn't have the cloying synthetic quality Zara can tend toward. easily the best fragrance I've gotten there
December 9, 2025 at 3:52 PM
the Jo Malone collab is generally the best of the Zara fragrances, but this one really hit it out of the park as a fragrance that develops as it dries down and doesn't have the cloying synthetic quality Zara can tend toward. easily the best fragrance I've gotten there
also, if you're interested in a color analysis and would like to be put on my list for available spots, please let me know either in a reply or a DM! I will be reaching out to people who have already expressed interest!
December 8, 2025 at 8:19 PM
also, if you're interested in a color analysis and would like to be put on my list for available spots, please let me know either in a reply or a DM! I will be reaching out to people who have already expressed interest!
@ hmj people: I have added using alt text to the rules for being on the chatters list. you need to be consistently using alt text in your image posts to be on the list, as it helps moderation filters and is more accessible. bluesky allows you to require alt text in order to post in settings!
December 8, 2025 at 7:40 PM
@ hmj people: I have added using alt text to the rules for being on the chatters list. you need to be consistently using alt text in your image posts to be on the list, as it helps moderation filters and is more accessible. bluesky allows you to require alt text in order to post in settings!
my youtube (not music! youtube itself!) recap said "oh, you like that whorey music!"
(I preview things on youtube to see if I like them enough to actually listen to them on my music app/playlists)
(I preview things on youtube to see if I like them enough to actually listen to them on my music app/playlists)
December 4, 2025 at 2:31 PM
my youtube (not music! youtube itself!) recap said "oh, you like that whorey music!"
(I preview things on youtube to see if I like them enough to actually listen to them on my music app/playlists)
(I preview things on youtube to see if I like them enough to actually listen to them on my music app/playlists)
pantone chosing white as the color of the year is how you know these sort of things are deeply unserious. best of lists are hubris
December 4, 2025 at 2:11 PM
pantone chosing white as the color of the year is how you know these sort of things are deeply unserious. best of lists are hubris
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if you're on the hmj list and you don't want to see spotify wrapped things just mute the term. shaming people for using spotify is not okay and whining about seeing posts without taking action is dumb. feel free to alt text shame tho, everyone should be using it. thank u xx
-hmj mod management
-hmj mod management
December 3, 2025 at 5:28 PM
if you're on the hmj list and you don't want to see spotify wrapped things just mute the term. shaming people for using spotify is not okay and whining about seeing posts without taking action is dumb. feel free to alt text shame tho, everyone should be using it. thank u xx
-hmj mod management
-hmj mod management
How many of you have stopped to consider that young, cool gen Z wearing things seen as different and in style now that maybe you enjoy or don't are still going to be wearing the same things and no longer be cool at ~35, when the cycle will rinse and repeat with the next Youths™
November 29, 2025 at 5:53 PM
How many of you have stopped to consider that young, cool gen Z wearing things seen as different and in style now that maybe you enjoy or don't are still going to be wearing the same things and no longer be cool at ~35, when the cycle will rinse and repeat with the next Youths™
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A influenciadora publica um texto 100% plagiado, o inscreve num prêmio de jornalismo, ganha como melhor matéria escrita e é desmascarada.
Ela perdeu o prêmio e as passagens para a Europa. Vida que segue com diversos publis de Black Friday como se nada tivesse acontecido
vt.tiktok.com/ZSfHEGfe7/
Ela perdeu o prêmio e as passagens para a Europa. Vida que segue com diversos publis de Black Friday como se nada tivesse acontecido
vt.tiktok.com/ZSfHEGfe7/
November 28, 2025 at 9:33 AM
A influenciadora publica um texto 100% plagiado, o inscreve num prêmio de jornalismo, ganha como melhor matéria escrita e é desmascarada.
Ela perdeu o prêmio e as passagens para a Europa. Vida que segue com diversos publis de Black Friday como se nada tivesse acontecido
vt.tiktok.com/ZSfHEGfe7/
Ela perdeu o prêmio e as passagens para a Europa. Vida que segue com diversos publis de Black Friday como se nada tivesse acontecido
vt.tiktok.com/ZSfHEGfe7/
previous quote was in reference to this type of interaction which is frequent online but not IRL
the only time in my life I've ever met someone IRL who was weird about the "I'm just as american as you" was a venezuelan working at an american novelty foods imports shop in barcelona trying to convince random american customers to take the bait and it was just as dumb as it sounds
November 26, 2025 at 10:59 PM
previous quote was in reference to this type of interaction which is frequent online but not IRL
your periodic reminder that some arguments are truly just online-only ragebait fantasylands and 99% of people in the real world approach online linguistic hot topics with this kind of pragmatism
An when I speak in Spanish we’re all one big happy family, and I will use the correct demonym for the language. Continents are the fakest ever geographic system and are entirely a reflection of your culture, not the land masses of the world
November 26, 2025 at 10:52 PM
your periodic reminder that some arguments are truly just online-only ragebait fantasylands and 99% of people in the real world approach online linguistic hot topics with this kind of pragmatism
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sacha every time he would show me yet another color that looks terrible on me:
a blonde woman wearing a pink and white dress and a white hat says you 're green
ALT: a blonde woman wearing a pink and white dress and a white hat says you 're green
media.tenor.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:51 PM
sacha every time he would show me yet another color that looks terrible on me:
Just got done reviewing a really fun and less common palette result with @carmbern.bsky.social (spoiler alert: she's a bright spring) going over practical applications and clarifying a little bit of the overwhelming first impressions it can give. Color analysis is fun!!!!!
November 23, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Just got done reviewing a really fun and less common palette result with @carmbern.bsky.social (spoiler alert: she's a bright spring) going over practical applications and clarifying a little bit of the overwhelming first impressions it can give. Color analysis is fun!!!!!
Reposted by Sacha
There is nothing to learn from large language models about how language works. You can produce it but not analyze it
November 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM
There is nothing to learn from large language models about how language works. You can produce it but not analyze it
The quiet rage when Wise decides to arbitrarily sign you out of your connected bank account AND ask for a random piece of identity verification for the transfer you make to pay your bills every month since the dawn of time (happens yearly)
November 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
The quiet rage when Wise decides to arbitrarily sign you out of your connected bank account AND ask for a random piece of identity verification for the transfer you make to pay your bills every month since the dawn of time (happens yearly)
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I love being in Boomer Facebook groups for posts like this:
1) This is in a completely different city on a completely different street
2) That's not a maple; that's the red lighting from the Wells Fargo
3) It's a Starbucks patio
4) The photo is crooked
1) This is in a completely different city on a completely different street
2) That's not a maple; that's the red lighting from the Wells Fargo
3) It's a Starbucks patio
4) The photo is crooked
November 18, 2025 at 9:32 AM
I love being in Boomer Facebook groups for posts like this:
1) This is in a completely different city on a completely different street
2) That's not a maple; that's the red lighting from the Wells Fargo
3) It's a Starbucks patio
4) The photo is crooked
1) This is in a completely different city on a completely different street
2) That's not a maple; that's the red lighting from the Wells Fargo
3) It's a Starbucks patio
4) The photo is crooked
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"farmar aura" é inerentemente individualista e acumulador, o sujeito está fazendo de tudo pra concentrar em si mesmo toda a aura do ambiente, enquanto "servir cunt" propõe que a cuntness parte do sujeito e pode ser distribuída e compartilhada com todos ao seu redor. Já pensou sobre isso??
November 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM
"farmar aura" é inerentemente individualista e acumulador, o sujeito está fazendo de tudo pra concentrar em si mesmo toda a aura do ambiente, enquanto "servir cunt" propõe que a cuntness parte do sujeito e pode ser distribuída e compartilhada com todos ao seu redor. Já pensou sobre isso??
Begging Portuguese editors to stop cutting up sentences for length and leaving dependent clauses on their own as if they were full sentences. Begging Portuguese authors to stop writing sentences that are paragraph-length to the point this is necessary (impossible)
November 15, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Begging Portuguese editors to stop cutting up sentences for length and leaving dependent clauses on their own as if they were full sentences. Begging Portuguese authors to stop writing sentences that are paragraph-length to the point this is necessary (impossible)
Something about French people coopting tacos and turning it into basically a glorified crunch wrap (which is always tacos with an s for them) doesn't sit right with me
November 13, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Something about French people coopting tacos and turning it into basically a glorified crunch wrap (which is always tacos with an s for them) doesn't sit right with me
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Holy shit, just learned about the typewriter art of Montserrat Alberich Escardívol, a Catalan typist. Using an extra wide typewriter and 180 color ribbons, she built up elaborate images from simple characters like 'm' and '.' and ';'. Here is her typewritten painting of the Cathedral of Barcelona.
November 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Holy shit, just learned about the typewriter art of Montserrat Alberich Escardívol, a Catalan typist. Using an extra wide typewriter and 180 color ribbons, she built up elaborate images from simple characters like 'm' and '.' and ';'. Here is her typewritten painting of the Cathedral of Barcelona.
The biggest difference in being a native speaker vs functionally near native for me is that sometimes a random word will dredge up from the depths of absolutely nowhere and I'm not sure how I know it but it's there in English and that would simply be impossible in Portuguese. Bilingualism is fun!
November 13, 2025 at 12:23 AM
The biggest difference in being a native speaker vs functionally near native for me is that sometimes a random word will dredge up from the depths of absolutely nowhere and I'm not sure how I know it but it's there in English and that would simply be impossible in Portuguese. Bilingualism is fun!