andrewducker | Interesting Links for 08-04-2023

1. Cat jumps on imam leading Ramadan prayers in Algeria: (tags:cats religion video music prayer islam viacmcmck )
2. Human memory is hugely unreliable - within seconds: (tags:memory epicfail humans psychology )
3. Extra pregnancy scan could slash number of breech births and risk to babies: (tags:pregnancy healthcare )
4. Suella Braverman and several other Conservatives to address a radical right-wing conference tied to Christian Nationalism and the US radical right.: (tags:religion racism fascism UK conservatives USA OhForFucksSake )
5. Why do refugees come to the UK: (tags:refugee UK video migration )
6. The longest straight line in Great Britain (without crossing a public road): (tags:maps uk roads )
7. Costa Rica regrew its lost forest. Can the world learn from it?: (tags:SouthAmerica forests GoodNews )
8. Asking the EHRC about sex: (tags:rights UK bigotry OhForFucksSake transgender LGBT )
9. LGBT+ Lib Dems are very angry at the EHRC: (tags:LGBT transgender rights bigotry UK libdem )

Speaking the language makes a HUGE positive difference in living in another country, and it's really a huge effort to do as an adult. I think people who have never done it vastly underestimate the task.

It took me a year of 3-4 hrs a day, 3-4 days a week of classroom lessons plus homework on top of a few preceding months of audio couches to learn German well enough to work in it. And I LIKE learning and have a great memory and a great ear. I was, and am, still not perfect even at that.

I lived in Belgium for some years and my French came on no end.

Never really picked up Flemish though, apart from the sort of words it's impolite for a well bred woman to know! :o)

Interesting Links for 08-04-2023

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