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J.S. PaillyOne of the nicest things anyone's ever said to me was: "You make me want to go learn stuff." When I write, I hope I can inspire other people to want to learn stuff, too.<a href="https://i-love-space.com/2025/07/02/iwsg-just-keep-learning/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://i-love-space.com/2025/07/02/iwsg-just-keep-learning/</a><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#amwriting</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/amlearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#amlearning</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/lifelonglearner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lifelonglearner</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/IWSG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IWSG</a>

Ari "Two Naps" JacksonI switched over to studying <a href="https://beige.party/tags/French" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#French</a> this last week because I'm a sucker for that <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Duolingo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Duolingo</a> friend streak (don't wanna let the BFF down!) and I was getting tired of practicing Spanish. In Spanish, the odious "A (person)" phrasing finally sunk in, though. As in: "A mi, me gusta..." it was a shock when I found myself thinking like that, but I was actually happy that I was thinking in Spanish without first thinking in English. That's progress!I have a serious worry about learning the French language that I hope is not insulting and is simply based in my own complete ignorance: it seems like almost every single vowel/combination is pronounced almost the same, no matter how it's spelled. Sort of a gutteral-nasal grunt and a little "ah" sound. Well, except for when it's "ooh", which is also confusing.Next time I notice this, I'm going to note the vowel combinations that seem to be pronounced the same. I need to be taking notes anyway. I took notes when I was studying Japanese, but I gave up on Japanese quite a while ago in favor of Scots Gaelic (which I've let slide, too).Duolingo isn't that great at teaching languages as far as "I'd like to chat with my pocket friends who use this language" goes, but it's all I've got right now. Earlier today, I commented on somebody's post and then made sure that I also posted a translation of what I wrote in French, because the OP was in French. I hope I didn't insult them! It helped me learn the phrasing of the simple thing that I said. I really do want to learn the language. I find it more fun and challenging than Spanish right now. I am starting to be able to look at something on the screen and translate it to English in my head without looking at the answer, though. That's progress! <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Languages</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/AmLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AmLearning</a>

Fox in the Shell 💜🐾🦊Tkinter is indeed a piece of shit for accessibility. Annoyed because Claude was teaching me to build this file organizer in Tkinter, but repeated attempt after repeated attempt to get it to play nice with NVDA went nowhere.So now I have to convert everything to PyQt6.Bright side? Claude assures me that this is a much better fit for accessibility and also will work with future features I wanna implement down the road as my skills improve.I have this crazy fucking idea to build my own file manager and explorer that I'd actually want to use daily.<a href="https://fwoof.space/tags/AmLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AmLearning</a> <a href="https://fwoof.space/tags/LateNightCoding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LateNightCoding</a> <a href="https://fwoof.space/tags/Programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Programming</a>

Russ SharekI've gained a whole new level of respect for printmakers who manage larger consistent editions.I think I've got fifteen for my <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/rescueTransRescue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rescueTransRescue</a> project, and a huge stack of prints which I like, and do not match well enough.<a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/AmLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AmLearning</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linocut</a>

NV Access* Do you want to improve your skills with NVDA? * Are you looking to become an NVDA Certified Expert? * Would you like to become familiar with the NVDA add-on store?If you answered "Yes" to any of these, then the latest update to "Basic Training for NVDA" is for you!<a href="https://www.nvaccess.org/product/basic-training-for-nvda-ebook/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nvaccess.org/product/basic-training-for-nvda-ebook/</a>*Initially available in eBook format only! Free update to those who have previously purchased<a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/NVDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NVDA</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/NVDAsr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NVDAsr</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Training" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Training</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/ScreenReader" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ScreenReader</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Accessibility</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/A11y" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#A11y</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/AmLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AmLearning</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Learning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Learning</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/AmStudying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AmStudying</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Study" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Study</a>

Crone Cold Kate SherrodReading Nick Estes' amazing Our History is The Future, which is nominally about <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NODAPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NODAPL</a> and a history of indigenous resistance in North America, but it's also just packed with citations and references for further reading. Ordering all the Cedric Robinson from the library! <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AmLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AmLearning</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AmReading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AmReading</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bookstodon</a>

Russ SharekI had to avoid screens for a bit yesterday, and one of my partners helpfully reminded me that <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/gelplate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gelplate</a> printing was a fine way to pass the time.I finally started having some success transferring images, in this case ink brush doodlings on paper made their way to the plate, and then to my paper without it being by accident.<a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/AmLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AmLearning</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#printmaking</a>

Russ Sharek<a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/SilentSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SilentSunday</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/GelPrint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GelPrint</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/AmLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AmLearning</a>

Ema@TheClarityEditor (she/her)A murder of crows. A parliament of owls. A watch of nightingales. A gaggle of geese. An unkindness of ravens.I'd heard of some of these but didn't know there were many, many more collective nouns ("company terms") for birds...and that they originate largely from a 15th-century book by a nun and author called Juliana Barnes!Here are more company terms for birds. Enjoy! <a href="https://www.themarginalian.org/2024/01/04/brian-wildsmith-birds-company-terms/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://www.themarginalian.org/2024/01/04/brian-wildsmith-birds-company-terms/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AmLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#AmLearning</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/EnglishWords" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#EnglishWords</a>

J.S. PaillyI love learning new science vocab, and this is a good one: "blobs."<a href="https://myhubbleabode.com/2024/01/20/blobs-in-space/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://myhubbleabode.com/2024/01/20/blobs-in-space/</a><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#space</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/vocab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vocab</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/amlearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#amlearning</a>

Ema@TheClarityEditor (she/her)Indigenous Indonesians are using Korean letters to save their dialect from disappearing.Using the foreign script helps preserve the "memories, history, morality, and wisdom of [their] ancestors" and possibly raises the prestige of the language. But does it blur the community's identity?<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AmLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#AmLearning</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/WordsMatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#WordsMatter</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/WeekendRead" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#WeekendRead</a> <a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/aseanplus/aseanplus-news/2023/12/20/indigenous-indonesians-use-korean-letters-to-save-dialect" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://www.thestar.com.my/aseanplus/aseanplus-news/2023/12/20/indigenous-indonesians-use-korean-letters-to-save-dialect</a>

J.S. PaillyI feel like this answers a question I always had but never knew I had.<a href="https://xkcd.com/2859/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://xkcd.com/2859/</a><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/amlearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#amlearning</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/oceanography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#oceanography</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/xkcd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#xkcd</a>

raresites<a href="https://mstdn.ca/@uxmark" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@uxmark</a> Thanks, Mark! We’re still getting used to the platform, expanding our social media wings. We’ll definitely be adding more hashtags. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AmLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AmLearning</a> ;-)

J.S. Pailly"There's much more sanity in the world than insanity; it's just the algorithms that would have you think otherwise."Great quote from the latest episode of <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Skeptoid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Skeptoid</a>, along with some useful tips and resources to help sort through all the misinformation pushed on us these days.<a href="https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4910" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4910</a><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/skepticism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#skepticism</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#misinformation</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/amlearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#amlearning</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/amthinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#amthinking</a>

Sage TyrtleFree spots available, no questions asked - if there's a Crow Collective workshop you'd like to attend but no free spots and you can really use one, please get in touch using the contact form. I'll provide one, no questions asked.Crow Collective: low cost online writing workshops that work for lots of time zones.<a href="https://crowcollectiveworkshops.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://crowcollectiveworkshops.com/</a><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingWorkshop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WritingWorkshop</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Writers</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Writing</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AmWriting</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AmLearning</a>

Ema@TheClarityEditor (she/her)"Most people write to sound smart when they should write to be useful.... Writing to be useful means writing what you would want to read." —C.F. BraunBraun's further advice on communicating (from 100+ yrs ago 😮) includes:* assume others' good motives * overtly show your respect for others * when you give assent, do it cheerfully * don't be eager to tell others they're wrongMore in the blog post: <a href="https://fs.blog/carl-braun-communicating/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://fs.blog/carl-braun-communicating/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Communication" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Communication</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/PlainLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#PlainLanguage</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AmLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#AmLearning</a>

secretslothA <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/sketch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sketch</a> while meditating on color. I left the upper part plain so I can add a message and send it to someone. I actually like the way the colors turned out on this one. Nothing super special but it has been awhile since I felt up to drawing, so I thought I'd share. :blobCat_blanket: <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MastoArt</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/DigitalArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DigitalArt</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/ClipStudioPaint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClipStudioPaint</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/amLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#amLearning</a>

Ema@TheClarityEditor (she/her)Do you find yourself scrambling to sign up to every other AI app, just to see what it does? Yeah, I do😅 <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AmNotEditing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#AmNotEditing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AmLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#AmLearning</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Productivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Productivity</a> (whether it's productive is questionable lol)

Mark McElroyGot serious about <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/Learning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Learning</a> <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/Spanish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Spanish</a> yesterday. Started out making <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/FlashCards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FlashCards</a> using <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/Logseq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Logseq</a>'s built-in capability, but what's up with the "You can run through the cards once a day" limitation? Switched immediately to <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/Anki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Anki</a>. Ah -- many good decks for language learning designed by others, free, easy to use, useful immediately. (Also using podcasts, watching <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/StarTrek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StarTrek</a> and <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/StarWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StarWars</a> in Spanish, and finding a tutor for conversations.)<a href="https://pkm.social/tags/AmLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AmLearning</a> <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/OldDogNewTricks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OldDogNewTricks</a>

Ema@TheClarityEditor (she/her)Haven't we all had this kind of learning experience? 😂 Iva Cheung is a genius. <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Editors" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Editors</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AmNotEditing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#AmNotEditing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AmLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#AmLearning</a> <a href="https://ivacheung.com/2014/11/euphemism/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://ivacheung.com/2014/11/euphemism/</a>

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