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Reading the latest news is so jarring right now.

I have to point out a detail on the map: UK Akrotiri is actually located on the island of Cyprus, the two points should appear roughly in the same area

🐉There it is: the book I was talking about is "Kingdom of the Golden Dragon" by Isabel Allende. Enjoy! 📚💖🐌

#booksky #substack #bookblogger #blogger #blog #review

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random thought: brushing your teeth is one of the most underrated forms of self-care, I think

I think I've unlocked the German-speaking side of Substack and I'm so happy about it! I definitely need to do some maintenance with my German and my French.
#langsky #polyglot #substack #german #french #blog #blogger

Yesterday I re-installed Busuu on my phone, this time I'll be using it to integrate some speaking practice in all my target languages (Except Slovene, it's not available there!)
Have you already revamped your study methods this month?
#langsky #polyglot #blog #blogger #languagelearning #busuu

that's amazing!

I'm halfway through my second book of February, which is also the one I'll be reviewing for The Slow Readress. It's a short adventure novel, but it's very interesting and fast-paced. It's a yes so far! 📚💖🐌
What have you been reading?
#booksky #blogger #substack #blog #bookblogger

Yesterday I've been off to meet some friends. I hope you had a good Sunday, too!

For my next article on Vocal, I'll get back to language learning, specifically to something that most of us self-learners experience during our journey. Stay tuned!
#langsky #korean #blogger #blog #vocalmedia #polyglot

a close up of a person 's hand laying on the grass . Alt: a man touching grass

Today I experienced something surreal: I got so caught up in my offline tasks (related to language learning but also other stuff) that I almost forgot to do my online exercises. Uhm... yay???
#langsky #studying #languagelearning #analog #touchsomegrass

Update: I took new ones and, while I still look atrocious, at least now I'm 100% sure that they comply with the guidelines

Today I got some photos taken for my passport, and I kid you not, looking at them felt like an uncanny valley experience, needless to say I'll get them taken again

Why I left Medium Before joining Vocal, I was on Medium. What changed?

New post on Vocal as well! This time I'm sharing with you why I left Medium some years ago. Enjoy!
#writingcommunity #vocalmedia #writersonbluesky #blogger #blogging #medium

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Struggling at work? These books will make you feel seen If you're feeling unmotivated or stuck at your corporate job, I got you! Let's see what we can learn from my two comfort books for burnt-out corporate girlies!

💼😵‍💫My new commentary article for The Slow Readress is out! This time I'm talking about how fiction can help you out when you're struggling at work through a comparison between two amazing novels. Enjoy! 📚💖🐌
#booksky #substack #blog #blogger #writersonbluesky

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New Substack article coming tomorrow! 📚💖🐌
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even without analyzing his motives, it has been so overdone that it got annoying and predictable, I think I've seen at least one for every Olympic since 2018 at least

or stopping for 30 minutes to let one or more mediocre comedian(s) regurgitate the same old sexist/racist/homophobic jokes

eh, not really at the moment, but I'll be working from home until Wednesday so at least I won't get too cold

Good news: I've been to a very stimulating fair for work
Bad news: I now got a flu🤧

a woman with red hair and blue eyes is making a face and saying the sound of capitalism . Alt: a woman with red hair and blue eyes is making a face and saying "the sound of capitalism".

I wish we could jump straight to next weekend #work

It's a common scheme in Italy. Something unfair happens -> people protest -> riot cops show up and beat the shit out of them -> protestors get demonized by the press
(sometimes there are even rumors of people infiltrating the protests just to give a reason for riot cops to go off)

Time for Italians to start caring about curling again! (A few years ago, an Italian couple won an Olympic medal and suddenly everyone became an expert in curling)

You get a notification from ProZ, and it's just another company that wants you to train their AI, this time using photos of YOUR PASSPORT. What in the dystopia😧
#proz #fuckai #scam

next week will be TOUGH, so I'll try to enjoy this weekend as much as I can!

it is!

Why is DiCaprio marked as Brazilian?

Update: there might actually be a correlation between the two as they share the same sentence structure (Subject-Object-Verb): youtu.be/HMg4ZP6nJiw?...
#langsky #turkish #korean #languagelearning

Feeling exhausted + my back hurts, how are you today?

Reminder to actually set the deadlines on all the points of your to-do list for #languagelearning if you're using a digital calendar, if you're like me you'll forget they exist otherwise! 😵‍💫
#langsky