Our partnership with Specsavers is bringing dignity, support and clear vision to vendors
Marc Burrows 04-07-2025
https://www.bigissue.com/life/health/our-partnership-with-specsavers-is-bringing-dignity-support-and-clear-vision-to-vendors/?ref=ActivityPub
--Alamak! Malaysian loanwords ‘mat rempit’, ‘tapau’ and ‘terror’ among new additions to Oxford English Dictionary--
The full list of words:
alamak, int.
fish head curry, n.
half-boiled egg, n.
kaya, n.2
kaya toast, n.
ketupat, n.
mat rempit, n.
nasi lemak, n.
otak-otak, n.
steamboat, n.
tapau, v.
terror, adj.
--
Other Malaysian loanwords already included in the OED are:
atas, adj.
bak kwa, n.
bak kut teh, n.
belukar, n.
changkol, n.
char kway teow, n.
chicken rice, n.
kain songket, n.
kopitiam, n.
laksa, n.
lepak, v.
mamak, n. and adj.
shophouse, n.
sotong, n.
teh tarik, n
There has *got* to be a word for that pause you take before hitting Send, to make sure that #autocorrect isn’t going to change the last word you typed.
Got any suggestions?
Jennifer Coolidge: "I do think it's interesting that I've never been offered the part of a real winner'
Lottie Elton 04-06-2025
https://www.bigissue.com/culture/film/jennifer-coolidge-interview-minecraft-movie/?ref=ActivityPub
Muscle memory: (physiology) The physiological adaptation of the body to a repetition of a specific physical activity, resulting in increased subconscious neuromuscular control when performing that activity again.
Meet the new Big Issue ambassadors helping to end poverty once and for all: "We're in a fight'
Adrian Lobb 04-06-2025
https://www.bigissue.com/news/activism/meet-the-new-big-issue-ambassadors/?ref=ActivityPub
Z #NowPlaying At the top of the hour, the repeat of The Fingertip Show Presented by Jorgen Hansson www.JorgenHansson.com in #English and #Swedish. Good 
music and fun! https://theglobalvoice.info:8443/broadband #TGVRadio #pop #rock #country 
Do all French speakers get triggered the same way as I am when they see an English speaker talk about charcuterie and then post pictures of mostly cheese?
Hey y'all, "charcuterie" is basically a synonym for "pork" (the kind you eat cold).
That's not helping your reputation surrounding food, you know?
#Food #English #French #pork #charcuterie
[LIVE] hatniX plays games
Wuselfaktor: „Widelands“ #1
#streaming #gaming #linux #videogames #english #deutsch #hatclan
I'm going live! Stop by and say hello!
Factorio Space Age: Military and Chemical Science!
Will Extreme Spending and Partisanship Undermine Trust in State Supreme Courts?
Megan O’Matz and Joel Jacobs 04-06-2025
https://www.propublica.org/article/wisconsin-supreme-court-musk-crawford-schimel-partisanship-elections?ref=ActivityPub
#MeganO’MatzandJoelJacobs #ProPublica #StreetPapers VIA #MPAQ #English #Illinois
Elle Cordova is brilliant 
:
“Punctuation Marks Hanging Out” (https://youtube.com/shorts/ky0YOo7_Y0o).
I'm a survivor of modern slavery this is the shocking way I was treated by the UK government
Rosemarie 04-05-2025
https://www.bigissue.com/opinion/migrant-domestic-worker-modern-slavery-detained-home-office/?ref=ActivityPub
Powdered white morning
Crisp red blossoms - Winter plum
First to usher Spring
#DailyHaikuPrompt
Apr 5, 2025 - #crisp #plum
#haiku #poetry #poems #poem #SmallPoems #Writing #WritingPrompt #WritingPrompts #writersofmastodon #poetsofmastodon #english
I'm going live! Stop by and say hello!
Factorio Space Age: Building the Starter Base
I'm now live on Owncast.
[EN/DE] Elite Dangerous - Exploring the Universe
#gaming #linux #lurkerfriendly #safespace #lgbtqia #casual #german #deutsch #videogames #vtuber #english
Hey there!
I'm #newHere at the Localization Café. 
I have been working as a freelancer for some time, translating and localising what mostly ends up being #videoGames. My language pair is #English and #German.
Outside my #freelancing work, I am a #linguistics and #compLing student who is currently finishing up my dual degree.
In the future I would like to work as an in-house localisation worker in the #gaming industry; fingers crossed, since #gamedev is a difficult field to get into! :)
