There is something enthralling about bathroom selfies 🤟🏻
Oh wow! That’s awesome! His translation of the three sutras (heart, diamond, platform) is very dear to me
Thanks! That’s quite nice! Japanese is lovely, it will be a great adventure 🙌🏻
This 2025 is the year of growth. 2024 was the year of progress while 2023 was the year of judgment.
Growth will be everywhere: lov my kids even more and make them better autonomous beings ready for full sovereignty, resilience and autarchy, love my wife and my brother with full will to power and trust, double the income at my agency, build up my body into a decent Mishima-like physique, meet new like-minded people everywhere, make my household more autarchic and self-reliant, attend as many raves as possible, get closer to my god and achieve more spiritual heights, bring my finances to a comfortable place after too much dark/black bohemia, and last but not least create more art through my writing—growing it to a new level after the release of my first novel.
Evoi! 🤟🏻🌞
Native: Catalan, English, French, Spanish, Latin
Working: Italian, Portuguese, Provençal
Reading: German, Hebrew, Greek
Hebrew by far… although koine Greek and German gave me a hard time too. Can read them but not speak tbh
Last year I taught myself decent conversational Italian fairly quickly before a trip to Italy. Inspired by nostr:nprofile1qyxhwumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmvqyv8wumn8ghj7urjv4kkjatd9ec8y6tdv9kzumn9wsq3gamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwv3sk6atn9e5k7qg4waehxw309aex2mrp0yhx6mmnw3ezuur4vgq3vamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwwpexjmtpdshxuet5qqsgydql3q4ka27d9wnlrmus4tvkrnc8ftc4h8h5fgyln54gl0a7dgsyrcvv9 recently sharing Language Transfer, here are a few thoughts on what works and what doesn't.
1. Your goal should be to establish some baseline in the language using apps/tools, and then focus on just getting as much exposure as possible.
2. Spaced repetition is a superpower. It's by far the most effective way to acquire new vocabulary, so you should focus on apps/tools that make use of spaced repetition. It works with your brain to help you introduce new words/phrases and then actually remember them.
3. Studying formal grammar is mostly a waste of time. Your brain will naturally fill in/learn the grammar rules once you have enough exposure. Don't waste time trying to memorize them.
4. Look up Stephen Krashen and his theory of language acquisition via comprehensible input. He believes (correctly, I think) that humans all have a natural ability to acquire language, and it comes via comprehensible input. Meaning we need regular exposure to the language at a level that allows us to decipher meaning as we're exposed to it. If you do this enough, you *will* learn the language. This is how all of us learned our first language, and it's how people most effectively learn second languages.
5. Forget about Duolingo. It's basically a game larping as a language tool. It's not very effective.
Apps that do work:
- Pimsleur (30 minute daily audio lessons that make use of spaced repetition and are good for building a baseline)
- Language Transfer (an amazing free resource that builds on the famous Michel Thomas method with some improvements)
- Lingvist (great for learning tons of new vocab via spaced repetition)
- Memrise (also great for vocab)
- Clozemaster (once you've established some basic knowledge, this is a great gamified way to improve)
Use those regularly for a few months and you'll build up a solid foundation. Once you have that, focus entirely on getting tons of exposure with comprehensible input via books, TV, podcasts, etc. There are even some tools/books that are built around this concept specifically, and they're very effective.
And if you're really committed, go live somewhere that your intended language is spoken and do a full immersion. You'll be astounded at the progress you make.
A grammar, a dictionary, and lots of books. In some cases I add lots of movies too. I’m old fashioned but hit 11 languages.
Or freedom lovers in general
My walls are very poetic lately
What you depart from is not the way—EZRA POVND
Flying free
Have you ever pondered about the vileness of credit score? It’s maxxing social control. But how about state licensing? License to drive, to own a gun, to manage a radio station, license to practice a trade? More social control, more limits to freedom, less individual sovereignty
But how about freedom of speech or assembly? This is even more limited.
Once you start examining the health of your rights and your individual sovereignty, you realize how fucked we all are.
The only way to regain these sovereign, inalienable rights is by action: exercise your rights by doing them regardless of state limits and social control!
With usura…
Tool for liberation and enlightenment
It’s funny because my favorite hoodie doesn’t align much with what I think. But I still wear it and lots of people get very upset—a good sign that I’m on the right path.
I’d love to (once more) post a picture of it, but there are several circulating in abusive manner, so my sovereignty requires restraint.