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[ruhua-langblr]

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)

#EDIT: Added a great resource for ESL and African languages that weren't found elsewhere #I do NOT recommend memrise and will talk about it another day but #langblr #duolingo #duo #language learning #language learning apps #mandarinblr #resource #reference

[taffy-glitch]

it should be illegal to put ads in apps or sites for solitaire or picross or sudoku tbh. playing classic puzzle games uninterrupted needs to be a HUMAN RIGHT

#this is me being silly but #man i hate hate hate when the solitaire app that CAME WITH MY GOD DAMN LAPTOP tries to feed me ads #at least with the sites i got adblocker. but man #jort post

[feathers-silly-rambles]

OH!!! OH!!!

DO YOU SEE THIS??

DO YOU SEE IT??

SHE'S TOUCHING HIS SHOULDER!!

Oh mah gawd. He doesn't let anyone touch him unless they're his friends.

If they aren't his friends, he'll either lean away or wipe off his hand. He hates being touched if he's not the one initiating it, to the point of wiping his sleeve off when Lucifer's hat just BARELY grazed against it.

He didn't wipe his shoulder off when Charlie stopped touching him either.

AND!!!

And!!!

Before You Say 'He did lean away', or 'She wasnt actually touching him, her hand was just near him', Take A Look At This!!

Look closely at how he moves when she splits them up. He doesn't lean away, she SHOVED him. She actively MOVED him. That wasn't an 'oh she's making contact with me, guess I should lean away', it was a 'well she's shoving me now, I'll shut up for a minute'.

Which also proves she WAS touching him. She couldn't have shoved him if she wasn't making contact.

He didn't lean away from it, he didn't retaliate. The ONLY people he lets touch him are people he cares for. And not only did she put her hand on his shoulder, she actively pushed him back, and he showed no sign of discomfort towards it. So why am I screaming about this?

Because he DOES care! It proves he cares for her. Don't get me wrong, I still think saying he's her 'dad' is a bit of a strech, but he does care enough to let her touch him. He doesn't dislike or even have a neutral opinion on her. She's his friend, even if just a little bit.

Just an edit to clarify; I know 'friends' is probably also not the best word to use, but it's just the easiest way for me to describe it.

#hazbin hotel #alastor #hazbin hotel alastor #lucifer #hazbin hotel lucifer #charlie #hazbin hotel charlie #feathers rambling #screenshots #please debate with me if you don't think this is right #the best way to see if my theory is solid is if people try to poke holes in it #spoilers #episode 5 #hazbin hotel spoilers #you have no idea how much trouble gave me about this post #for some reason it wouldn't let me post it from the app if I added the photos #So I had to go on the website and fight with it there #and go back and forth because I could properly position the images on the website #A big pain #:.)

[dayslily]

DAYSLILY DELIVERY 💌 template #40: pocket study.

by clicking the source link, you will be redirected to a psd download of the template shown above (via google drive). i was trying to think of ways to display a little peak into your muse's life and this is what i came up with because what says more about us than our phones <;/3

usage guidelines: click here.

fonts needed: poppins (via google fonts).

if you like my work, consider donating to my dog's surgery.

#templates #template psd #rph #rpt #i thought about adding a notes app .. reminders .. calls .. maybe a pt 2 if u want :p #m*

[sickkonline]

ooooh *clenches fists* i hate them so super much

#killugon #gon freecss #hunter x hunter #killua #killua zoldyck #gonkillu #hxh #gon #wow #shout out to tumblr #for adding the auto tags #that’s super great #like i just put all those in like 5 seconds #super great #love this app #you’re all great #ur all great people #great crowd #i have recieved literally no hate that’s SO RARE FOR ME #i come from tiktok you see #anyways

[inkskinned]

it is all chaos and entropy. the thing is that the chaos and entropy make it beautiful and lovely.

yes, it's true that nature and the universe are uncaring and unspecific, and that is terrifying. i have lived through some of the unfairness - i got born like this, with my body caving into itself, with this ironic love of dance when i sometimes can't stand up for longer than 15 minutes. i am a poet with hands that are slowly shutting down - i can't hold a pen some days. recently i found a dead bird on our front porch. she had no visible injuries. she had just died, the way things die sometimes.

it is also true that nature and the universe are uncaring and unspecific, and that is wonderful. the sheer happenstance that makes rain turn into a rainbow. the impossible coincidence of finding your best friend. i have made so many mistakes and i have let myself down and i have harmed other people by accident. nature moves anyway. on the worst day of my life she delivers me an orange juice sunset, as if she is saying try again tomorrow.

how vast and unknowing the universe! how small we are! isn't that lovely. the universe has given us flowers and harp strings and the shape of clouds. how massive our lives are in comparison to a grasshopper. the world so bright, still undiscovered. even after 30 years of being on this earth, i learned about a new type of animal today: the dhole.

chance echoing in my life like a harmony between two people talking. do you think you and i, living in different worlds but connected through the internet - do you think we've ever seen the same butterfly? they migrate thousands of miles. it's possible, right?

how beautiful the ways we fill the vastness of space. i love that when large amounts of people are applauding in a room, they all start clapping at the same time. i love that the ocean reminds us of our mother's heartbeat. i love that out of all the colors, chlorophyll chose green. i love the coincidences. i love the places where science says i don't know, but it just happens.

"the universe doesn't care about you!" oh, i know. that's okay. i care about the universe. i will put my big stupid heart out into it and watch the universe feast on it. it is not painful. it is strange - the more love you pour into the unfeeling world, the more it feels the world loves you in return. i know it's confirmation bias. i think i'm okay if my proof of kindness is just my own body and my own spirit.

i buried the bird from our porch deep in the woods. that same day, an old friend reaches out to me and says i miss you. wherever you go, no matter how bad it gets - you try to do good.

#writeblr #warm up #i can't write rn but i have SO much words in here bc im reading the chorus of dragons books #(just started book 4) #and this woman's writing is just LIVING in my brain. let me out!!! #(i read roughly like 2-4 books a week usually bc i go on long walks with my dog but when a book is REALLY good like. it eats my life. ) #anyway ...... so like here's a story that idk i've tried to explain to other people as being wild #but maybe im the only one who thinks it is wild??? #so i play pokemon go (i just started in jan) bc i love pokemon and as i have mentioned i walk goblin for like an hour in the morning #and i don't like a lot of fitness trackers due to the fact it makes me .sad. but i also wanted the little digital rewards. enter pokemon go #anyway so they make you make friends to complete quests. so i used a reddit thread. i do not usually use reddit. i don't have an acct #i lurked. i just googled like ''pokemon go reddit '' and randomly added a bunch of numbers #i was on that page for all of 15 minutes. there are THOUSANDS of responses on that page. #here's what's wild: in that group of people. even though i am not on reddit and it was one random event once #it turns out one of those people lives in the town i live in. or at least very close. i only know this because #when we send each other gifts. it's from the same freaking area. #i can't ask them to meet up bc pokemon go doesn't have a messaging app lol but like . what are the fucking chances that #a random person posts in a random reddit thread and HAPPENS to get added by someone ELSE from their SAME TOWN #who by pure fucking CHANCE is ALSO playing pokemon go and looking for friends #i googled it there's only 42000 people in my broad region. the .......... smallness ! of the world!!!

[brainworms-all-night-long]

Y'know what, you can also have this

It was meant to go in tandem with my Prime bros fic but because since I drew this I rewrote the draft of the first chapter so many times it doesn't fit anymore

#sonic prime #this is also that image rhat was over 60MB #i has made the mistake of adding filters to it in the drawing program instead of afterwards in an app on my phone #so it was a fight to compress it but not make it look like absolute ass #also!! concidering I drew the placement of the shatterspaces purely from memory id say i was close enough #no place and boscage should be switched but oh well #miles nine prower #nine the fox #sonic prime season 3 #mah art #me does arts #actually finished doodl #also ignore the reflection looking weird!! i no longer has any power to edit that!!!

[mybigfatgaylife]

The tunglr iOS app has taken to showing me posts out of chronological order. Specifically when I reblog something and then keep scrolling, my reblog will show up even if I’m deep in the past of my watchlist. And then other reposts of my posts will start showing up, like there’s some sort of weird temporal incursion going on.

So: poll time!

#my pet theory is that tumblr is punishing me for closing the app every time they run an auto play video ad with sound on

[why-the-heck-not]

Trying to listen to podcast to calm down to sleep -> loud as fuck ad. Trying to check something quick from a youtube tutorial -> first gotta watch 2x 30 second unskippable ads. Trying to go to a website -> 2 popups and an ad video automatically start to play. Trying to listen to the radio while driving -> 7 minutes of uninterrupted ad time. Every single free app with those shitty game ads with the stupid annoying ass king. I’m tired !!! I never wanna buy anything ever again !!!!!!!

#watched youtube and skipped the ’’this video is sponsores by’’ only to get hit with 2 30sec unskippable ads and I just deleted the youtube #app from my phone with pure rage I’m fucking tired of ads everywhere all the good goddamn time #nYx PLuMpIng GLoss pLumP yOurSeLf Up BabY go fucking die #(also im tired so im unreasonably mad at every minor thing rn but like this has been the sentiment for months) #(should’ve gone for that walk I was thinking abt would’ve been much calmer) #(bc now rage deleted all the ''fun''' apps from my phone it's now just the essentials in there (tho did keep podcasts & Spotify bc those I #refuse to give up) like idk this better stick I want phone screen time of 1-2h per day) #april 2024 #2024

[myfandomrealitea]

AO3 DOES NOT HAVE ANY OFFICIAL APP OR DOWNLOADABLE PLATFORM.

AO3 DOES NOT AND WILL NEVER CHARGE YOU TO VIEW OR ACCESS ANY AO3 CONTENT.

AO3 IS NOT A PAY-TO-USE OR PAY-TO-VIEW APP.

LITERALLY ANY DOWNLOADABLE APP CLAIMING TO BE AO3 AND/OR HOSTING AO3 CONTENT BEHIND A PAYWALL IS NOTHING BUT MINED (STOLEN) CONTENT OFF OF AO3 THAT AN INDEPENDANT PERSON IS PROFITING OFF OF.

#sephiroth speaks #myfandomrealitea #fandom #not discourse #ao3 #fanfiction #fanfic #apps #ao3 app #people keep suggesting ao3 “apps” and “downloadables” without realizing its literally just scraped content being sold off or used for ads #archiveofourown

[ccsnake1]

Holy fucking shit y'all splatoween

#splatoon 3 #splatoon #splatoween #video #i had the pleasure of making this as fast as possible #fun but tedious on a phone dealing with app ads good god

[shummthechumm]

"son, i could move the sky for you"

~

so...midnight and sol in the rewrite... (more info below the cut!)

☆

in the scorched ruins of a long abandoned ravine awaits an elderly badger. for seasons, midnight retraced the ancient claw-marks of those before this time; fading echoes of now forgotten spirits. every night she patrols the worn stone, accompanied only by the distant pelt of stars above her.

the low humming of wind bouncing off the gorge walls was scarcely broken--be it by a passing critter or occasional loner--but tonight, something was different.

she follows the shrill wailing--lumbering after it with more energy than she had showcased in moons--down the ragged cliff edge, and into the hollowed out stone. there lay a scrawny cat--a kitten. midnight's ears itch at it's mewling, and her throat tightens.

she reaches out a clawed paw, and pulls the shivering scrap towards herself. the kit whimpers still, but unscrews it's eyes. brilliant sunburnt irises burn into her own; and a warmth she had long been deprived melted the aches of age away--if only for a moment.

those pools of yellow observed her curiously. after a heartbeat, the child nuzzled deeper into her wiry coat.

how long had it been since held new life? how long had it been since was held by someone?

regardless of the answer, she couldnt let go now.

☆

i love sad old people

Original/Alt. Version here:

#wc #midnight the badger #midnight warrior cats #sol wc #sol warrior cats #wc au #warrior cats #rewrite tag #medibangpaintpro #medibangpaint #medibang #digitalart #ooh i cant wait to get to the sol stuff I CANT WAIT #the pic doesnt necessarily depict midnight first finding sol #it can just be general cuddle time at any point during his kittenhood #i estimate hes no more than 3 months though\ #i also wanted to represent sol bring warmth into her life because lonely old people and also sun. cause...sol #hehe we didnt even get to rock yet #btw i drew this on the android vers of medibang...which is only good if you find a way to block the ads #its crazy how the ads actively destroyed the app bro

[unpretty]

it somehow took me until now to realize that because youtube music has a podcast section, some podcasts upload there without embedded ads because they use youtube ad insertion instead

which means if you have youtube premium you can listen ad-free

which means if you do not have youtube premium and you're on anything but an apple device you can listen ad-free

#original #i just added a bunch of iheart podcasts to a playlist in newpipe lmao #JUST SAW AN EP BE TEN MINUTES SHORTER WITHOUT ADS. FFS. #absolutely the worst ads in the fucking business i swear to god #having multiple apps to handle podcasts feels stupid and annoying #but ads are stupider and annoyinger so here we are #@pocketcasts let me subscribe to youtube rss feeds like a podcast cowards

[mysticaf]

origins - TILL

#alien stage #alien stage till #screenshot redraw #art #my art #traditional art #the wonders of the editing on photos app #digital coloring #thinking of adding more characters around him

[helielune]

people come and people go, but i stay (ghostride)

#infinity train #rymin #happy (slightly early) vday yalls #took me like over 2 hrs (to be fair. it was mostly trying to figure out how the app worked) #my art #trying out this cool new idea called every time i start looping a song ad nauseam i draw something for it #'trying out' actually its just happening to me outside of my control #ok just cus it's a rymin animation i'm gonna say as an aside i did not forget the wicked animatic exists #there are just some circumstances that make working on it slightly inconvenient #(new animation club that my friends founded that i'm not a part of but they kinda use the art rooms during all my free time) #(so i don't want to intrude. with my masterpiece of an animatic wip yknow) #(so im thinking either i get a job and buy my own software subscription to finish it or i sneak in during some rare off hrs) #yeah thats the update i might upload an actual video wip sometime tho idk #animation

[thekidsarentalright]

literally cant stop thinking abt joe taking those pics of pete and patrick, sitting down and Actively choosing to edit them together like that. and then chose to post it with that caption. he is peterick posting just like we do he’s a man of the people fr

#me 🤝 joe < opening up an editing app to create peterick images #he said my friends are never beating the allegations and in fact im adding to them!!!!! #txt