Mightyverse @mightyverse

We have a big dream: Say anything, in any language, anywhere. We want to create THE global community around spoken language. mightyverse.com many places Joined March 2009

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Sarah Allen @[email protected] @ultrasaurus

4 years ago

best video ever for learning Japanese hiragana ねyoutube.com/watch?v=BF6UA1…

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XKCD Comic @xkcdComic

6 years ago

Linguists xkcd.com/2390/ m.xkcd.com/2390/

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Mightyverse @mightyverse

6 years ago

Here's a map of that shows that many groups of native people used to live in the place now called Massachusetts after the name of just one of the tribes greenfutures.org/?content=1dImv…

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"Language is about culture and identity…. It’s about an entire community finding its voice." Remembering the Wampanoag, the native people who lived on some the land we call Massachusetts & Rhode Island youtube.com/watch?v=_5H1B1…

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thelousylinguist @lousylinguist

6 years ago

I swear I thought this was an Onion headline.

Princeton University @Princeton

6 years ago

A #MachineLearning analysis of dozens of languages done by @PrincetonCS postdoc @billdthompson shows that the meaning of words is significantly shaped by culture, history and geography. bit.ly/2Eq3QAf

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World Economic Forum @wef

6 years ago

What is a microaggression? 14 things people think are fine to say — but are actually offensive bit.ly/2ZoIXMY #workplace #language

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John C. Fox @djembe

6 years ago

A software act of love and compassion.

Matt Kubota @mattkubota

6 years ago

please circulate! we've just released a free app for ventilator-dependent patients to communicate with head movements. a thread on covid-19, ventilators, communication: 1/7

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Clint Smith @ClintSmithIII

6 years ago

This is a big deal.

Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth @theCFSY

6 years ago

BREAKING: VA Gov. Northam has signed HB35 into law, granting parole eligibility after 20 years in prison to all people who were under the age of 18 at the time of their offenses. HB35 effectively abolishes life without the possibility of parole for people sentenced as children.

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Mark Forsyth @Inkyfool

6 years ago

There's an Icelandic word for weather that looks pretty, but is actually horrid: gluggavedur blog.inkyfool.com/2020/02/glugga…

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Clint Smith @ClintSmithIII

6 years ago

When people bring up healthcare she speaks about Black home health aid workers, when people bring up the environment she speaks about Black communities on the front lines, when people bring up housing she speaks about the insidiousness of redlining. She does it on every issue.

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Clint Smith @ClintSmithIII

6 years ago

The way Elizabeth Warren speaks about almost every issue - whether it be the environment, healthcare, income inequality - & lifts up the experiences of Black ppl is so important. She doesn't wait for the "race" question bc she recognizes the way racism is entangled in everything.

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Led By Donkeys @ByDonkeys

6 years ago

A message to Europe, this morning on the White Cliffs of Dover. Sound on.

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Mightyverse @mightyverse

7 years ago

fascinating maps that illustrate how the english pronunciation of the word "three" is changing businessinsider.com/maps-english-d…

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Clint Smith @ClintSmithIII

7 years ago

"Isn't this the place where they used to call us slaves?" "Yes sir." "Isn't this the place where they used to call us 3/5ths of a man?" "Yes sir." "Isn't this the place where they used to call us chattel?" "Yes sir."

philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_

7 years ago

"Isn't the place where they used to call us slaves? ... When I think about you being sworn in, now I see what I could have been if I had an opportunity." Elijah Cummings on his father's tears while being sworn into Congress.

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Patrick McKenzie @patio11

7 years ago

The wonderful, terrible thing about having written the canonical article about salary negotiation is that every day people read it and apply its advice. That's a really, really annoying car to be racing against for impact. "What have you done *lately*?" kalzumeus.com/2012/01/23/sal…

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Patrick McKenzie @patio11

7 years ago

“A hundred a week, you’re done in about four years. Worth the work. Been driving a cab for 20 years, got at least another 20. Helps pass the time between fares.”

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Patrick McKenzie @patio11

7 years ago

“Can’t let the number scare you. Start with the stations; everybody can learn stations. Then hotels. There’s more hotels but the big ones come up more often so you get lots of practice. Words are like that, too.”

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Patrick McKenzie @patio11

7 years ago

Cab driver in Tokyo with extremely good English, which is not the market standard: “The way I see it there are only maybe 20,000 words in English, just like there are maybe 20,000 interesting places in Tokyo. So you just get through them gradually, you know.”

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Clint Smith @ClintSmithIII

7 years ago

I’ve said this before but because today is Juneteenth it feels appropriate to say again: interview your older family members while they’re still alive. There’s so much history. My grandmother’s grandfather, who raised her, was born an enslaved person. I didn’t know until I asked.

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Clint Smith @ClintSmithIII

7 years ago

If you accept how contemporary systems of oppression operate as a given, simply because you’ve never seen something different, you would have very likely done the same in any other era.