Albania’s ION Festival cancels 2025 edition, cites rising costs · News ⟋ RA https://www.byteseu.com/894203/ #Albania #english #FestivalNews

Listen out for the explanation of "tea by sea, cha by land", a phrase that describes how the word for tea varies depending on how it was transported to a region.

https://blog.mikeriversdale.co.nz/2025/04/english-is-open-source-language.html

Texas AG Ken Paxton Won't Face Federal Corruption Charges as He Gains Momentum for Likely Senate Run

Kayla GuoThe Texas Tribune 04-04-2025
https://www.propublica.org/article/ken-paxton-corruption-probe-justice-department-senate-race?ref=ActivityPub

#KaylaGuoTheTexasTribune #ProPublica #StreetPapers VIA #MPAQ #English #Illinois

What’s the matter? Do you have the blues today? #English #Idioms with colors. #esl #efl #inglés #영어 #anglais #英语 #英語 #inglese #अंग्रेज़ी #inglês #angielski. https://thelanguagegarage.com/english-idioms-with-colors/

From "blind photographer' to award-winning journalist

Bianca Weima 04-04-2025
https://megaphonemagazine.com/2025/04/from-blind-photographer-to-award-winning-journalist/?ref=ActivityPub

#BiancaWeima #MegaphoneMagazine #StreetPapers VIA #MPAQ #English #Vancouver #Canada

Going live on Twitch with some "Motor Town: Behind the Wheel".
Click the link to join me: https://www.twitch.tv/danvibes

#Americans. You've added another phrase to #English that makes no sense. What the hell is a "#ReciprocalTariff"? I swear to the hebredes.

We're basically seeing a future where simplified #Chinese might become a new staple.

"Retaliatory tax".. you could call it that. Why let #Trump abuse the language so?

So which is more rude?

A: asking someone in their own language if they speak English.
B: just speaking English to them without ascertaining if they speak English.

Add comments or anecdotes if you'd like! Thanks!

Statue of girl killed by air pollution should be reminder of dangers of toxic air, says mother

Greg Barradale 04-04-2025
https://www.bigissue.com/news/environment/ella-adoo-kissi-debrah-statue-air-pollution-london/?ref=ActivityPub

#GregBarradale #BigIssue #StreetPapers VIA #MPAQ #English

I'm buying fruit and veg for my kids on "buy now, pay later'. The two-child benefit cap needs to go

Rosie 04-04-2025
https://www.bigissue.com/news/social-justice/two-child-benefit-cap-poverty-rachel-reeves/?ref=ActivityPub

#Rosie #BigIssue #StreetPapers VIA #MPAQ #English

The nights are getting shorter and shorter. #spring #English. #esl #efl #inglés #영어 #anglais #英语 #英語 #inglês #EnglishVocabulary #LearnEnglish. Come #learn with us: https://thelanguagegarage.com/spring-in-english/

The subjunctive is used in that clauses after certain verbs that express a request, a suggestion, a preference, or a demand: John’s boss demands that he be on time. #English #EnglishGrammar #Subjunctive. #esl #efl #inglés #영어 #anglais #英语 #英語. #Learn with us: https://thelanguagegarage.com/the-english-subjunctive/

These are the UK regions set to be hit hardest by Trump's tariffs

Lottie Elton 04-04-2025
https://www.bigissue.com/news/politics/uk-regions-hit-hardest-trump-tariffs/?ref=ActivityPub

#LottieElton #BigIssue #StreetPapers VIA #MPAQ #English

In An Era of Big Money, the University of Illinois Shrugs Off Rules on Athletes' NIL Deals

Stacy St. ClairChicago Tribune 04-04-2025
https://www.propublica.org/article/university-illinois-nil-basketball-college-sports-ncaa-endorsements-disclosures?ref=ActivityPub

#StacyStClairChicagoTribune #ProPublica #StreetPapers VIA #MPAQ #English #Illinois

More than half a million young Brits not in work, training or education have never had a paid job

Liam Geraghty 04-04-2025
https://www.bigissue.com/news/employment/young-people-never-had-a-paid-job-learning-work-institute/?ref=ActivityPub

#LiamGeraghty #BigIssue #StreetPapers VIA #MPAQ #English

Unsanitary Practices Persist at Baby Formula Factory Whose Shutdown Led to Mass Shortages, Workers Say

Heather Vogell 04-04-2025
https://www.propublica.org/article/baby-formula-abbot-sturgis-michigan-shortages-unsanitary-conditions-workers-say?ref=ActivityPub

#HeatherVogell #ProPublica #StreetPapers VIA #MPAQ #English #Illinois

The #language of conversing in the #IPL
#Translators #Bodylanguage
Now : Everyone tries to pick up and communicate in #English
Future : Everyone may pick up and communicate in a #local #Indian language

Z #NowPlaying At the top of the hour it's The Fingertip Show Presented by Jorgen Hansson www.JorgenHansson.com in #English and #Swedish. Good musicand fun! https://theglobalvoice.info:8443/broadband #TGVRadio

Every couple of days, my instance suggests me "Who to follow".

Some of the suggestions are actually pretty good, but that's not my point, here.

It's the phrase that irritates me.

I'd rather expect "Whom to follow".

Is it just me, or do other people feel the same (I'm not a native speaker, though)?

Black Country, New Road on "playing the game' and why you won't see them eating lunch on TikTok

Eamonn Forde 04-03-2025
https://www.bigissue.com/culture/music/black-country-new-road-interview-music-tiktok/?ref=ActivityPub

#EamonnForde #BigIssue #StreetPapers VIA #MPAQ #English