# language (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1166 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover language. Page: Feed: --- ## [Interesting Links for 23-08-2026](https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/4726590.html) _2026-08-23 · Very cool, if true_ 1. "My doctor told me to lose weight" - the knock-on effects of doctors' focus on weight (tags: weight health doctors ) 2. Wi-Fi 8 is the first wireless upgrade in years that isn't chasing speed, and home networks need it (tags: networking wifi thefuture technology communication GoodNews ) comments ## [Kipppunkte](https://finest.day/posts/kipppunkte) _2026-08-23 · Finest Day_ Ein erstes Ärgernis war, den Kipppunkt mal wieder verpasst zu haben, an dem die Temperaturen draußen die Temperaturen drinnen überstiegen haben. Die Fenster der Wohnung über Nacht auf Kipp gehabt,... ## [Roundabout](https://www.futilitycloset.com/2026/08/23/roundabout-3/) _2026-08-23 · Greg Ross · Futility Closet_ Poet Alastair Reid arranged unusual words into “garlands,” rings that end where they began: What is a Tingle-Airey? A tingle-airey is a hand organ, usually played on the street by the turning of a handle, and often decorated with mother-of-pearl or piddock shells. What are Piddocks? Piddocks are little mollusks which bore holes in rocks and wood, or in the breastsummers of buildings. What is a… ## [Roundabout](https://www.futilitycloset.com/2026/08/23/roundabout-3/) _2026-08-23 · Greg Ross · Futility Closet_ Poet Alastair Reid arranged unusual words into “garlands,” rings that end where they began: What is a Tingle-Airey? A tingle-airey is a hand organ, usually played on the street by the turning of a handle, and often decorated with mother-of-pearl or piddock shells. What are Piddocks? Piddocks are little mollusks which bore holes in rocks and wood, or in the breastsummers of buildings. What is a… ## [Bücher einfach krasseste Technologie](https://finest.day/posts/bucher-einfach-krasseste-technologie) _2026-08-23 · Finest Day_ Ab dem Augenblick, als ich begriff, dass Bücher im Grunde eine Technologie sind, mit deren Hilfe Menschen ihre Ideen in die Zukunft schicken können, war die Sache für mich klar... ## [WAITS: Programming in SAIL](https://timereshared.com/waits-sail-programming/) _2026-08-23 · Time Reshared_ Today we'll look at SAIL, which was derived from Algol 60 and was developed and used on WAITS for both system programs and research projects. There was a compiler named SAIL, Assembled and coded in FAIL. Its authors, they say (one glorious day) Were run out of town on a rail. Comment in the source code for the SAIL compiler, SAIL\[S,AIL\] History SAIL was a combination of work done on two languages.… ## [A poetry month reshare](https://wordflowerpoetry.com/2026/08/23/a-poetry-month-reshare/) _2026-08-22 · Catherin J Pascal Dunk · Wordflower poetry_ 'The poem is blunt because the moment was blunt. The disrespect was blunt. The history being denied is blunt. “Finders keepers” becomes the logic of invasion. A “seat at the table” becomes another conditional invitation. We are welcomed only when we are grateful, quiet and convenient.'---Ziggy Ramo ## [Three Rebus Puzzles](https://puzzleaday.wordpress.com/2026/08/23/three-rebus-puzzles-89/) _2026-08-22 · Puzzling · Puzzle a Day_ Can you solve these three rebus puzzles? The numbers in the brackets indicate how many letters are in each word of the answer. 1. (4, 2, 6) 2. (4, 2, 4) 3. (2, 4, 6) Scroll down for a clue and further down for the answer. \* \* \* \* \* \* \* Clue: The … Continue reading Three Rebus Puzzles ## [Languages of Nusantaria](https://faroutliers.com/2026/08/22/languages-of-nusantaria/) _2026-08-22 · Joel · Far Outliers_ From Empire of the Winds: The Global Role of Asia’s Great Archipelago, by Philip Bowring (I.B. Tauris, 2018), Kindle pp. 29-31: Language is also a divide between maritime and mainland. The island and peninsula people all speak very similar atonal … Continue reading → ## [Eavesdropping on the mandolinists preparing for this evening’s performance.](https://adactio.com/notes/22729) _2026-08-22 · Adactio_ Eavesdropping on the mandolinists preparing for this evening’s performance. ## [Non-Custodial Crypto Gateway (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/lqTIKNHiPxyf) _2026-08-22 · **Sponsored**_ Accept multi-chain crypto, automated fee handling, and trustless escrow with real-time settlement. ## [Photo cross-post](https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/4726339.html) _2026-08-22 · Very cool, if true_ Apparently someone in this house is very very old. Original is here on Pixelfed.scot. comments ## [Slovakia Today, English Language Current Affairs Programme from Slovak Radio (22.8.2026 16:00)](http://radio-arch-pp.stv.livebox.sk/a520/00/0053/005354/00535401-1.mp3) _2026-08-22 · Slovakia Today, English Language Current Affairs Programme from Slovak Radio_ Saturday´s frontpage once again brings you an overview of what made headlines this week in Slovakia. Later in the programme, we´ll hear excerpts from this week´ features produced by our English section. [Listen](http://radio-arch-pp.stv.livebox.sk/a520/00/0053/005354/00535401-1.mp3) ## [Language cafés beat chatbots every time](https://thelanguagecloset.com/2026/08/22/language-cafes-beat-chatbots-every-time/) _2026-08-22 · Zui · The Language Closet_ I cannot believe that I have to state the obvious here, but yes, human connection trumps the illusion of one done through interaction with chatbots. Anyway, I had decided to do a review of Airlearn at the same time I was using this language learning method. Being so disappointed in Airlearn and its slop, I … Continue reading Language cafés beat chatbots every time ## [Interesting Links for 22-08-2026](https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/4726258.html) _2026-08-22 · Very cool, if true_ 1. Making things easier for people who need it makes them easier for everyone (tags: disability children writing tools design ) 2. UK, France, Germany, Italy and Canada condemn Israel's West Bank settlement project (tags: Israel UK Germany France Canada Palestine Italy ) 3. Scientists Release Biggest 2D Map of the Universe (tags: space ) comments ## [Acqui Terme](https://adactio.com/notes/22728) _2026-08-22 · Adactio_ Acqui Terme ## [Cartoon Saturday](https://bilbosrandomthoughts.blogspot.com/2026/08/cartoon-saturday_084622743.html) _2026-08-22 · Bilbo · Bilbo's Random Thought Collection_ Can we please hurry up and get this month over with? Having failed to alienate enough allies, Der Furor this week threatened to "bomb the \[feces\] out of" Oman if it interferes with his plans (such as they are) to open the Strait of Hormuz, and ordered the Department of Defense (not War) to scale back "insulting" (to fellow autocrat Kim Jong-un) military exercises with South Korea ; the national… ## [In the News (#1665)](https://maggiemcneill.com/2026/08/22/in-the-news-1665/) _2026-08-22 · Maggie McNeill · The Honest Courtesan_ Torture, brutality, and abuse \[are\] endemic to New York’s prisons. – Jerome Wright Vulture Watching (#1451) I doubt this will do very much good until the current SCOTUS is neutralized: …a U.S. district court judge in Idaho ruled that women have a constitutional right to abortion to preserve their physical and mental health. Not just to \[…\] ## [I ate much too much food tonight. I was quite hungry, and honestly wasn’t full up when I finished…](https://necarion.tumblr.com/post/825633799487602688) _2026-08-22 · Heroes and Hamiltonians_ I ate much too much food tonight. I was quite hungry, and honestly wasn't full up when I finished eating. But I was also dehydrated. After about 30 minutes after eating, I was feeling reasonably full. Then when I got any water and drank, it felt like the entire meal hit me at once. ## [Things to Come](https://www.futilitycloset.com/2026/08/22/things-to-come-9/) _2026-08-22 · Greg Ross · Futility Closet_ H.G. Wells’ predictions for the “house of the future,” made in 1903: Chimneys will be obsolete, replaced by an electric heater in the center of each apartment. The absence of chimneys will also permit roof gardens. Air will be circulated by an electric fan “and will come in through a proper shaft and filter” communicating with the roof. No longer required for ventilation, windows may take any… ## [Things to Come](https://www.futilitycloset.com/2026/08/22/things-to-come-9/) _2026-08-22 · Greg Ross · Futility Closet_ H.G. Wells’ predictions for the “house of the future,” made in 1903: Chimneys will be obsolete, replaced by an electric heater in the center of each apartment. The absence of chimneys will also permit roof gardens. Air will be circulated by an electric fan “and will come in through a proper shaft and filter” communicating with the roof. No longer required for ventilation, windows may take any… ## [Generate Viral Hot Takes (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/yKwYRVt7J4Qw) _2026-08-22 · **Sponsored**_ Get platform-optimized hot takes and rebuttals to spark debate and engagement ## [Das Wort „Beziehung“ als Bezeichnung für das Zusammenleben...](https://finest.day/posts/2026-08-21-das-wort-beziehung-als) _2026-08-22 · Finest Day_ Das Wort „Beziehung“ als Bezeichnung für das Zusammenleben mit jemandem fand ich schon immer merkwürdig. Man bezieht sich auf den anderen, natürlich. Aber oftmals steckt darin auch eine Bewegungsrichtung: ziehen.... ## [Blessed Are The Young](https://blog.trvth.org/2026/08/blessed-are-young.html) _2026-08-22 · Don Appleman · TRVTH_ Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt. -- Herbert Hoover (1874 - 1964), 31st president of the United States, address to the Nebraska Republican Conference, Lincoln, Nebraska (16 January 1936) ## [Symphony in green, by Tyler Pedersen](https://wordflowerpoetry.com/2026/08/22/symphony-in-green-reblog/) _2026-08-21 · Catherin J Pascal Dunk · Wordflower poetry_ Amid the hum of buzzing bees — the heron’s cry ## [A Puzzle From Mathcounts](https://puzzleaday.wordpress.com/2026/08/22/a-puzzle-from-mathcounts-2/) _2026-08-21 · Puzzling · Puzzle a Day_ Today’s puzzle comes from the Mathcounts mathematical competition. One of the middle school contestants on the show solved it in about two seconds. Two positive integers, neither a multiple of 10, have a product of 10,000. What is the sum of the two integers? Scroll down for a clue and further down for the answer. … Continue reading A Puzzle From Mathcounts ## [Some fun Portuguese words used in Brazil](https://robida.net/entries/2026/08/21/some-fun-portuguese-words-used-in-brazil) _2026-08-21 · Unknown · Beto Dealmeida_ I only noticed how silly and fun these are after I moved to the US: Tomara-que-caia: "I hope it falls" or "I hope it slips" is how everyone calls tube tops . Camisa de Vênus: a "Venus shirt" is the name we give for condoms . Popularly called "little shirts". Vira-lata: a "can turner" is how we call street dogs . ## [O Loving Hate!](https://www.futilitycloset.com/2026/08/21/o-loving-hate/) _2026-08-21 · Greg Ross · Futility Closet_ In 1988, Harvard mathematician Steven Strogatz hit on a new way to teach differential equations. Juliet loves Romeo, but Romeo is fickle: The more she warms to him, the colder he becomes, but when her interest wanes his feelings grow. She, on the other hand, tends to echo his feeling for her, returning love for love and hate for hate: dr/dt = –aj, dj/dt = br, where r(t) = Romeo’s love/hate for… ## [O Loving Hate!](https://www.futilitycloset.com/2026/08/21/o-loving-hate/) _2026-08-21 · Greg Ross · Futility Closet_ In 1988, Harvard mathematician Steven Strogatz hit on a new way to teach differential equations. Juliet loves Romeo, but Romeo is fickle: The more she warms to him, the colder he becomes, but when her interest wanes his feelings grow. She, on the other hand, tends to echo his feeling for her, returning love for love and hate for hate: dr/dt = –aj, dj/dt = br, where r(t) = Romeo’s love/hate for… ## [Now entering Hobbit Mode](https://tadaima.bearblog.dev/now-entering-hobbit-mode/) _2026-08-21 · tadaima · Tadaima._ The other day I asked my husband when he was going on his work trip. He said, "Why?" I told him I just wanted to know, but I could tell he felt suspicious cause I normally never ask him about his work. He said, "Why do you want to know?" So finally I just told him: "Cause when you leave, I want to spend the entire weekend drinking wine and playing video games." Sometimes I get in these moods where… ## [“A woman is any person I’m excited to have sex with” sounds good, until you realize that you could…](https://necarion.tumblr.com/post/825580630981099520) _2026-08-21 · Heroes and Hamiltonians_ "A woman is any person I'm excited to have sex with" sounds good, until you realize that you could change the ontology of half the human race (ie forcefem) with a kidnapping and campaign of bihacking. ## [Naming ‘Maritime Southeast Asia’](https://faroutliers.com/2026/08/21/naming-maritime-southeast-asia/) _2026-08-21 · Joel · Far Outliers_ From Empire of the Winds: The Global Role of Asia’s Great Archipelago, by Philip Bowring (I.B. Tauris, 2018), Kindle pp. 29-31: This region is often referred to as ‘maritime South East Asia’, with the more general term ‘South East Asia’ … Continue reading → ## [Reach prospects with real signals (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/eAlPc2gnhM1J) _2026-08-21 · **Sponsored**_ Find prospects talking about your problem and get context-backed moments to engage ## [Slovakia Today, English Language Current Affairs Programme from Slovak Radio (21.8.2026 16:00)](http://radio-arch-pp.stv.livebox.sk/a520/00/0053/005353/00535392-1.mp3) _2026-08-21 · Slovakia Today, English Language Current Affairs Programme from Slovak Radio_ Summer Reading with RSI is a series spotlighting Slovak literature in translation. Published in 2026, The Book of Bratislava brings together ten stories by contemporary Slovak writers. Today's episode features "A Fee from Britain" by Rudolf Sloboda, translated by David Short. Also this summer, as Pohoda—the longest-running multi-genre festival in Slovakia—celebrates its 30th anniversary, we're… [Listen](http://radio-arch-pp.stv.livebox.sk/a520/00/0053/005353/00535392-1.mp3) ## [Can we restore lawful government?](https://onlys.ky/can-we-restore-lawful-government/) _2026-08-21 · Bruce Ledewitz · OnlySky_ A more blatantly corrupt and cruel administration than any we've seen before—but it's not too late to stop it. ## [Motivated By Belonging and Doing](http://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2026/08/motivated-by-belonging-and-doing.html) _2026-08-21 · Teacher Tom · Teacher Tom_ Not long ago, one of our toilets stopped flushing: the chain that connects the tank lever to the flapper had broken. I cycled to the hardware store and located the replacement part I needed. Back home, I turned off the water to the toilet, flushed the tank dry, removed the old part, installed the new one, and turned the water back on. Then, although I was confident I'd set things to rights, I gave… ## [Motivated By Belonging and Doing](http://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2026/08/motivated-by-belonging-and-doing.html) _2026-08-21 · Teacher Tom · Teacher Tom_ Not long ago, one of our toilets stopped flushing: the chain that connects the tank lever to the flapper had broken. I cycled to the hardware store and located the replacement part I needed. Back home, I turned off the water to the toilet, flushed the tank dry, removed the old part, installed the new one, and turned the water back on. Then, although I was confident I'd set things to rights, I gave… ## [Motivated By Belonging and Doing](http://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2026/08/motivated-by-belonging-and-doing.html) _2026-08-21 · Teacher Tom · Teacher Tom_ Not long ago, one of our toilets stopped flushing: the chain that connects the tank lever to the flapper had broken. I cycled to the hardware store and located the replacement part I needed. Back home, I turned off the water to the toilet, flushed the tank dry, removed the old part, installed the new one, and turned the water back on. Then, although I was confident I'd set things to rights, I gave… ## [Interesting Links for 21-08-2026](https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/4725871.html) _2026-08-21 · Very cool, if true_ 1. Why Liberals Have Fewer Kids Than Conservatives (tags: politics society children parenting usa ) 2. Different countries use wildly different numbers to measure their shoes - this explains why (tags: shoes society history viaSwampers ) 3. I like 'em thick OR: an apology to my English teachers (tags: art literature writing history ai ) 4. Expert reaction to the TV show 'The Great ADHD Myth?… ## [Bluebells](https://maggiemcneill.com/2026/08/21/bluebells/) _2026-08-21 · Maggie McNeill · The Honest Courtesan_ Sex workers have been asking this question for 20 years. — Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2026-07-16T16:58:18.635Z There is a product called "Suddenly Salad" which I've always thought had the most bizarre name. In my imagination, the ways that product works is one opens the box, then at some unknown point in the next 24 hours the \[…\] ## [The Left-Cheek Ass Clown for August, 2026](https://bilbosrandomthoughts.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-left-cheek-ass-clown-for-august-2026.html) _2026-08-21 · Bilbo · Bilbo's Random Thought Collection_ You may want to get something to drink and get comfortable ... this one's a major rant. Ladies and Gentlemen, Dear Readers, we present the award for The Left-Cheek Ass Clown for August, 2026 to The United States Congress, with Special Recognition to the Republican Majority The current session of Congress, the 119th, is the least productive in history. Under the spineless and inept "leadership" of… ## [What Kind of Language Learner Are You?](https://howwelearnlanguages.substack.com/p/what-kind-of-language-learner-are) _2026-08-21 · Viktoria Verde, PhD · How We Learn Languages_ Seven dimensions of successful language learning. What does your profile look like? Take the assessment and find out. ## [Photo cross-post](https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/4725623.html) _2026-08-21 · Very cool, if true_ Children dropped off at school, Jane and I are off to breakfast at Mortonhall garden centre, then a walk in the hills, then later on going to a comedy show at the Fringe. Original is here on Pixelfed.scot. comments ## [AI Turns Bullet Points into a Nice Text - Oh Look, AI Puts This Blob of Text into Bullet Points](https://www.ssp.sh/brain/ai-turns-bullet-points-into-a-nice-text-oh-look-ai-puts-this-blob-of-text-into-bullet-points-meme/) _2026-08-21 · Second Brain: Crafted, Curated, Connected, Compounded on_ AI turns bullet points into a nice text - oh look, AI puts this blob of text into bullet points. It's goes for emails, for slack message, for reading \[\[\[AI Summarization|AI Summary\]\], for all. ## [OneTab: Close Browser Tabs with Peace of Mind](https://www.ssp.sh/brain/onetab/) _2026-08-21 · Second Brain: Crafted, Curated, Connected, Compounded on_ OneTab , a Chrome or Chromium extension that works in the browser to close all tabs. It works for saving up to 95% of the memory (they say), but more importantly for me, it's the mental clutter: my brain doesn't think "I need to keep it open" (important), but instead "ah, I have it saved somewhere", and can go on with life. ## [Checkmate](https://www.futilitycloset.com/2026/08/21/checkmate-2/) _2026-08-21 · Greg Ross · Futility Closet_ A puzzle by A. Savin, from the July-August 1996 issue of Quantum: A mother, her brother, her daughter, and her son take part in a family chess tournament. Two of the four are twins. At the end of the tournament, the winner and the “loser” (the player in last place) are found to be the same age, and the winner is the opposite gender to the loser’s twin. Who won the tournament? ## [Checkmate](https://www.futilitycloset.com/2026/08/21/checkmate-2/) _2026-08-21 · Greg Ross · Futility Closet_ A puzzle by A. Savin, from the July-August 1996 issue of Quantum: A mother, her brother, her daughter, and her son take part in a family chess tournament. Two of the four are twins. At the end of the tournament, the winner and the “loser” (the player in last place) are found to be the same age, and the winner is the opposite gender to the loser’s twin. Who won the tournament? ## [Die Unterhosentage sind vorbei.](https://finest.day/posts/die-unterhosentage-sind-vorbei) _2026-08-21 · Finest Day_ Die Schatten, die die Kieselsteine am Morgen werfen, werden länger. Sie sind langgezogener, als vor ein paar Tagen um dieselbe Uhrzeit. Auf den Straßen sind nun mehr langbehoste und daunenbejackte... ## [Straight In The Eye](https://blog.trvth.org/2026/08/straight-in-eye.html) _2026-08-21 · Don Appleman · TRVTH_ I believe in looking reality straight in the eye and denying it. -- Garrison Keillor (1942 -), American novelist, humorist, and public radio personality, as quoted in Precision Shooting : The Trapshooter's Bible‎ (1998) by James Russell, p. 54 ## [Empire of the Winds Introduction](https://faroutliers.com/2026/08/20/empire-of-the-winds-introduction/) _2026-08-21 · Joel · Far Outliers_ From Empire of the Winds: The Global Role of Asia’s Great Archipelago, by Philip Bowring (I.B. Tauris, 2018), Kindle pp. 27-29: In 1498 the crew of the ships of Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama became the first people known to … Continue reading → ## [AI: When the Bubble Bursts](https://daedeluskite.com/2026/08/21/ai-when-the-bubble-bursts-2/) _2026-08-21 · G · Daedelus Kite_ AI is being embedded into society’s infrastructure and security while the companies, funding and support structures required to maintain it remain commercially, operationally and strategically fragile. ## [Summer fruit life hack:](https://necarion.tumblr.com/post/825512928854851584) _2026-08-21 · Heroes and Hamiltonians_ Summer fruit life hack: Put sugar on your watermelon. The dominant sugar in watermelon is sucrose, or ordinary table sugar. The major difference between unripe and properly ripe watermelon is amount of sucrose. Ergo, by sprinkling sugar on the watermelon (note: do cut the thing open and sprinkle on cubes or wedges, not the rind), and waiting 10 minutes for diffusion, it makes it taste riper.… ## [One card, many places, pay later: the Diners Club, 1950](https://thingshavehistory.com/posts/diners-club-1950/) _2026-08-21 · Things Have History_ The waiter at Major’s Cabin Grill, a midtown Manhattan restaurant in the shadow of the Empire State Building, had no idea what to make of it. February 1950: a man named Frank McNamara had just handed him a small rectangle of cardboard instead of cash. The waiter carried it to the owner, Major Satz,…