Mightyverse

We have a big dream: Say anything, in any language, anywhere. We want to create THE global community around spoken language.

[Sarah Allen @[email protected] @ultrasaurus]

best video ever for learning Japanese hiragana ねhttps://t.co/NbsWuWdv2C

[XKCD Comic @xkcdComic]

Linguists https://t.co/JnhvY29pID https://t.co/rgjKpYXhhm

[Mightyverse @mightyverse]

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 https://t.co/ojORZ9cG5b

[Mightyverse @mightyverse]

"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 https://t.co/AHFxYqZfsk

[thelousylinguist @lousylinguist]

I swear I thought this was an Onion headline.

[World Economic Forum @wef]

What is a microaggression? 14 things people think are fine to say — but are actually offensive https://t.co/hPdzgGjK0C #workplace #language

[John C. Fox @djembe]

A software act of love and compassion.

[Clint Smith @ClintSmithIII]

This is a big deal.

[Mark Forsyth @Inkyfool]

There's an Icelandic word for weather that looks pretty, but is actually horrid: gluggavedur https://t.co/hCjOQIm4qX

[Clint Smith @ClintSmithIII]

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.

[Clint Smith @ClintSmithIII]

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.

[Led By Donkeys @ByDonkeys]

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

[Mightyverse @mightyverse]

fascinating maps that illustrate how the english pronunciation of the word "three" is changing https://t.co/GV1IzCLGlw

[Clint Smith @ClintSmithIII]

"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."

[Patrick McKenzie @patio11]

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*?"

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[Patrick McKenzie @patio11]

“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.”

[Patrick McKenzie @patio11]

“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.”

[Patrick McKenzie @patio11]

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.”

[Clint Smith @ClintSmithIII]

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.

[Clint Smith @ClintSmithIII]

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.