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Translation isn’t simply plugging words into a dictionary and spitting out the “same” word in a different language. It requires knowledge of grammar and context. It’s a skill that AI simply cannot replicate because a good translation drips with humanity.

submitted 15 hours ago • 13 comments

Funniest detail to me re: Thom Yorke's weird relationship to Israel is that it's the first place Creep really took off so Israel kinda launched Radiohead's career. Israeli music fans could not get enough of a song that asks "what the hell am I doing here" and answers with "I don't belong here."

submitted 1 day ago • 12 comments

It is my birthday today! Here is Little Mari with a toast and jam cake to celebrate

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youtu.be/u-g9uvBpF_s?... My report about how, if only young people voted in the presidential election in Poland, it would be the radical right Mentzen vs the radical left Zandberg in the second round, instead of the liberal Trzaskowski vs the conservative nationalist Nawrocki

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

If you ever want to get a feel for how much the average person pays attention to basic information, just check out a railway platform when the benches have been freshly painted.

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“Russia, which is dying out, has not created anything similar,” said Father Yevgeny, head of the Yekaterinburg diocese.

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In Great Wishford yesterday I saw this wall about Bread flour prices from 1800 to 2022. Felt it would be a spot of interest for Little Mari!

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Just to note that: - on Monday, Poland could have a president-elect who hasn’t denied taking part in organised fights between football hooligans; - this is a criminal offence with a potential 8-year sentence; - the current president yesterday said such fights were a “gentleman’s agreement”

submitted 3 days ago • 5 comments

Reading books in French and I'm basically fine, but always confronted with at least a handful of new / non cognate having words. I always wind up feeling like it'll never really feel natural. On a positive note I saw an ad today that said « liker les photos de ton crush » so maybe it doesn't matter

submitted 3 days ago • 6 comments

Łódź, where the walls are better than TV. www.instagram.com/p/DKNIIUuoNx...

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Łódź🛶

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

TIL that an archaic Finnish word for England is Kaalimaa, ‘cabbageland’, owing to a belief that the English ate nothing else

submitted 4 days ago • 11 comments

"I don't know what to say. If you can't afford to run your business while paying for the raw materials from which you make your product, YOU DON'T HAVE A BUSINESS. What you have on your hands is either an imperial project or a crime. Possibly both." @alicefraser.bsky.social on The Bugle, 05.03.2025

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@xkcd.com Greetings from Łódź, Poland 🛶

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