#the Africans

[nyctibiius]

she has been pickled for her crimes

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Duolingo Sucks, Now What?: A Guide

Now that the quality of Duolingo has fallen (even more) due to AI and people are more willing to make the jump here are just some alternative apps and what languages they have:

"I just want an identical experience to DL"

Busuu (Languages: Spanish, Japanese, French, English, German, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Polish, Turkish, Russian, Arabic, Korean)

"I want a good audio-based app"

Language Transfer (Languages: French, Swahili, Italian, Greek, German, Turkish, Arabic, Spanish, English for Spanish Speakers)

"I want a good audio-based app and money's no object"

Pimsleur (Literally so many languages)

Glossika (Also a lot of languages, but minority languages are free)

*anecdote: I borrowed my brother's Japanese Pimsleur CD as a kid and I still remember how to say the weather is nice over a decade later. You can find the CDs at libraries and "other" places I'm sure.

"I have a pretty neat library card"

Mango (Languages: So many and the endangered/Indigenous courses are free even if you don't have a library that has a partnership with Mango)

Transparent Language: (Languages: THE MOST! Also the one that has the widest variety of African languages! Perhaps the most diverse in ESL and learning a foreign language not in English)

"I want SRS flashcards and have an android"

AnkiDroid: (Theoretically all languages, pre-made decks can be found easily)

"I want SRS flashcards and I have an iphone"

AnkiApp: It's almost as good as AnkiDroid and free compared to the official Anki app for iphone

"I don't mind ads and just want to learn Korean"

lingory

"I want an app made for Mandarin that's BETTER than DL and has multiple languages to learn Mandarin in"

ChineseSkill (You can use their older version of the course for free)

"I don't like any of these apps you mentioned already, give me one more"

Bunpo: (Languages: Japanese, Spanish, French, German, Korean, and Mandarin)

[bovineblogger]

trans person: im trans

society: ok

the magnificent african forest buffalo:

[neshamama]

lisa brice, "untitled," 2023-2024, oil on trace

[mapsontheweb]

U.S. Counties where the African American population is 25% or more

[prolibytherium]

I love that I'm can always still find out about cool animals that I never knew existed. Like today I learned that brush-tailed porcupines exist and straight up look like giant rats with spines

[chloeworships]

Japan 🇯🇵

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Sri Lanka 🇱🇰

UPDATE: 👇🏾

Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

👀

Please help me pray for Haiti 🇭🇹 and Sudan 🇸🇩

I was shown

“Africa”

Last night as well. Thank you 🙏🏾

[i-am-aprl]

“No room for genocide.” The African Union expels Israel and removes its observer status at its sessions. Immediately.

[the-vegan-muser]

Words cannot express how much I love this bird.

[lovenostalgia]

[heartnosekid]

african peach moth (egybolis vaillantina) | source

[lost-lycaon]

Lilac breasted roller, a bit disheveled before morning coffee.

[bovineblogger]

[readyforevolution]

Image of a Black Samurai in Japan with his family.

[iambrillyant]

“your gut instinct is not a liar, those initial feelings exist for a reason, sit on them if you need to, process whether your feelings are valid or just projections, but never dismiss your intuition when the signs are staring you in the face and your nervous system is agreeing.”

— iambrillyant