Sitting in a riad in Casablanca, Morocco, reading about Selk'nam (a language and people from Chile / Argentina) on Wikipedia and then following a tangent to this article about language revival:

The New Yorker

Can Dying Languages Be Saved?

Linguists and activists are struggling to preserve endangered languages—and even to resurrect extinct ones.

The American perspective is strong here watch out, but there were some interesting tidbits I hadnt heard before, like "Kōhanga Reo" or language nests. Nor did I know that Hawaiian was banned in schools till 1986.

some aesthetically pleasing doors today in #essaouira #morocco

why does the media keep using this term "the so-called fediverse"

woah wait @npub1x6wg...dn09 is actually their real account? I think last time I listened to them was on my first ipod in highschool

denver food not bombs need bail funds #mutualaid

mandate that every post needs to be visual and then you have to click thru for the text describing it

we all have such wildly different terms for everything. there no such thing as speaking the same language. I have never in my life spoken the same language as another human.

"what is the role of empathy in creating a just society"