I Cannot Keep Quiet About This Anymore.

i cannot keep quiet about this anymore.

if you're in the US or Canada and interested in learning a language using a free app please get a library card and download MANGO. it's very good and extremely free with a library card (there are many public libraries and universities using the service, so make an account and use the search feature here to find out if there's one near you).

mango currently has 72 available languages and dialects (that's right! different courses for french or canadian french! spanish or latam spanish!). it's set up basically like an audiobook with text. the idea is that the narrator explains the words while you read, and you repeat after them or say the translation out loud when prompted. there's a daily review where you go through flashcards. you can also use the flashcards at your leisure and create your own. at the end of each chapter there's a listening comprehension quiz and a reading comprehension quiz. i cannot emphasize how effective this all is. and it's free with a card.

if you're not in the US or Canada and/or looking for something more like duolingo (don't use duolingo btw tldr they fired translators and replaced them with "ai"), then try BUSUU! it only has 14 languages atm but the lessons are really descriptive and effective. it also has a feature where you can correct other people's open-ended speaking/typing exercises. you set your fluent languages, and exercises by people learning those languages will appear in your feed for you to correct. you can even add others as friends! and, much like duolingo, it has a streak and leaderboard system for you to strive for, minus the guilt-tripping owl.

busuu is free (you watch ads to unlock lessons and they're all skippable after like five seconds), although it also has paid premium/plus versions (i don't use the paid version—the language courses are available for free, and the ad system is Really unobtrusive).

so that's my wisdom for the day. mango and busuu. please check them out :)

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Limit of two to three colors, including eye colors. Mainly just because actual gummy worms usually come in two colors on one worm, sometimes three.

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image is a graphic of a chart, four columns across, three rows down, featuring three Canadian political parties: The New Democratic Party, the Liberal Party, and the Conservative. Chart indicates if each party offers policies that "meaningfully beneficial"; outlined here as defined as: "a collective plan or policy, either proposed or passed as of 2019 or later, that is a net positive for the overall quality of life of impacted individuals or otherwise removes or reduces existing obstacles and barriers".

The second row addresses Healthcare. The parties score as follows:
NDP. Yes: 1. Long-term funding for the Public Health Agency of Canada. 2. Extend healthcare services to include universal dental care; working with provincial partners, health professionals and dentists to develop a roadmap to incorporate universal dental care into Canada’s public health care system, and immediately deliver dental care coverage for people who don’t have any private insurance. 3. Prescription medication for mental health care will now be available free of cost to Canadians. 4. Federal re-investment in our health system to include eye care, hearing care, and Canadians struggling with infertility.
Liberal: Yes: 1. Reduce wait times for healthcare. 2. Increase wages for personal support workers. 3. Ensuring Canadians have access to a family doctor or nurse practitioner. 4. Increase access to mental health services. 5. Modernize the health care system with standardized information.

Conservative: No. 1. Support rights for doctors, nurses, and others to refuse to participate in, or refer their patients for abortion, assisted suicide, or euthanasia. 2. Will not support any legislation to regulate abortion. 3. Will prohibit life altering medicinal or surgical interventions on minors under 18 to treat gender confusion or dysphoria. 4. Will not commit to keeping social programs like pharmacare. 5. There are no specifications on how the Conservative Party will fund or improve healthcare.

The third row addresses Education.
NDP: Yes. 1. Making post-secondary education part of our public education system. 2. Moving away from loans and significantly increasing access to non-repayable Canada Student Grants. 3. Permanently removing interest on all federal student loans. 4. Working towards a future where tuition is free.

Liberal: Yes: 1. Increase the repayment assistance threshold to $50,000 for Canada Student Loan borrowers who are single. 2. Permanently eliminate the federal interest on Canada Student Loans and Canada Apprentice Loans to support young Canadians who choose to invest in post-secondary education. 3. Increase the refundable tax credit to 25% (from 15%).

Conservative: No. 1. Removing post-secondary education funding from the Canada Social Transfer (federal funding distributed to provinces and territories) and creating an independent Canada Education Transfer (burden of funding is placed upon the provinces and territories). 2. Implementing Income Contingent Loans and providing a preferred interest rate on student loans post-graduation.

The bottom text reads: Don't FAFO. Be informed about the policies you’re voting for. For example: These polices are collected from sources dated between 2019 and 2024 and may have been updated since. Be sure to read up on the latest!

Don't Fuck Around and Find Out. Be informed about the policies you're voting for.

Exceedingly summarized positions from three of Canada's parties based on information either readily available on each party's website (NDP, Liberal, Conservative), or otherwise found through articles.

Don't just take this chart at face value. At the time of this post, none of these parties have released their official 2025 election year platforms.

Also as a way to make politics slightly more bearable, take a shot every time Pierre Poilievre says "Trudeau" in a public statement or social media post. Happy holidays 🍻

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