Sam/サム 📚
@samtobenkyou.bsky.social
Queer, Disabled, She/Her/Sam 🔞 言語を勉強、いろんな喋り、政治-☆-
En: N, JP: 中級 B2, RU: 初級 A1 (corrections 🆗) #langsky -☆-
Main/Art @sambeawesome.bsky.social -☆-
英語を教えるYTチャネル https://www.youtube.com/@SamToBenkyou
En: N, JP: 中級 B2, RU: 初級 A1 (corrections 🆗) #langsky -☆-
Main/Art @sambeawesome.bsky.social -☆-
英語を教えるYTチャネル https://www.youtube.com/@SamToBenkyou
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@samtobenkyou.bsky.social
· Nov 10
Hello! I'm Sam. I'm new here & would love to join the language learning gang on here :D
☆Natve: English
♡Studying: 日本語 intermediate Русский beginner
♡Someday I'll study: ASL, Mandarin
♡Hobbies: drawing, photography, reading, tarot, languages, learning
Nice to meet y'all❣️ Let's do our best! 😊
☆Natve: English
♡Studying: 日本語 intermediate Русский beginner
♡Someday I'll study: ASL, Mandarin
♡Hobbies: drawing, photography, reading, tarot, languages, learning
Nice to meet y'all❣️ Let's do our best! 😊
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Always thinking of you, ya freaks
November 13, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Always thinking of you, ya freaks
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Someone recently shared how they've been learning a language for a few years, can have decent conversations, but they hesitate to consider themselves "fluent".
And they wondered when the transition from "I'm learning" to "I'm fluent" happens.
This is what I told them:
#langsky
And they wondered when the transition from "I'm learning" to "I'm fluent" happens.
This is what I told them:
#langsky
November 13, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Someone recently shared how they've been learning a language for a few years, can have decent conversations, but they hesitate to consider themselves "fluent".
And they wondered when the transition from "I'm learning" to "I'm fluent" happens.
This is what I told them:
#langsky
And they wondered when the transition from "I'm learning" to "I'm fluent" happens.
This is what I told them:
#langsky
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I have a lot to say, because I talk about this a ton, but if you want to hear more about what I think, you'll definitely want to check out this video:
(Then watch the others in the series to keep the momentum going!)
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
#langsky
(Then watch the others in the series to keep the momentum going!)
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
#langsky
Fluency, Reframed: Real Progress in Language Learning - YouTube
If fluency has ever felt like a moving target, you’re not alone. This series helps you break out of the “I’ll be fluent someday if I just work harder” trap. ...
youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I have a lot to say, because I talk about this a ton, but if you want to hear more about what I think, you'll definitely want to check out this video:
(Then watch the others in the series to keep the momentum going!)
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
#langsky
(Then watch the others in the series to keep the momentum going!)
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
#langsky
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Have I made an annoying post yet today? Yes? Well, here's another one. You should totally back TheLuckyMachine.com It's a novella I wrote. It's about a robot who befriends a cyborg down in a multi-leveled dystopian city & helps him out bc she feels nice doing it. :)
#Booksky #TLM #Scifi #Cozy
#Booksky #TLM #Scifi #Cozy
November 13, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Have I made an annoying post yet today? Yes? Well, here's another one. You should totally back TheLuckyMachine.com It's a novella I wrote. It's about a robot who befriends a cyborg down in a multi-leveled dystopian city & helps him out bc she feels nice doing it. :)
#Booksky #TLM #Scifi #Cozy
#Booksky #TLM #Scifi #Cozy
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I see the “technically it’s ephebophelia” crowd is out today, so just a reminder that A) this is NOT a case where technically correct is the best kind of correct and B) the minute you say this, the gods dump you in the “irredeemable creeper” basket and wash their hands thoroughly after touching you.
November 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I see the “technically it’s ephebophelia” crowd is out today, so just a reminder that A) this is NOT a case where technically correct is the best kind of correct and B) the minute you say this, the gods dump you in the “irredeemable creeper” basket and wash their hands thoroughly after touching you.
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"Can you explain this gap in your resume?"
The gap in my resume:
The gap in my resume:
a blue dumpster is floating in a flooded area near a sign that says narrows ramp
ALT: a blue dumpster is floating in a flooded area near a sign that says narrows ramp
media.tenor.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:14 PM
"Can you explain this gap in your resume?"
The gap in my resume:
The gap in my resume:
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🏳️⚧️ It's Trans Awareness Week (Nov 13 to 19)! 🏳️⚧️
If you're a cis person who has the financial ability and/or in position of power, I recommend you to exercise your privileges and give direct support to trans people and/or hire trans people because awareness isn't enough. Thanks! 😊✨
If you're a cis person who has the financial ability and/or in position of power, I recommend you to exercise your privileges and give direct support to trans people and/or hire trans people because awareness isn't enough. Thanks! 😊✨
November 13, 2025 at 3:34 AM
🏳️⚧️ It's Trans Awareness Week (Nov 13 to 19)! 🏳️⚧️
If you're a cis person who has the financial ability and/or in position of power, I recommend you to exercise your privileges and give direct support to trans people and/or hire trans people because awareness isn't enough. Thanks! 😊✨
If you're a cis person who has the financial ability and/or in position of power, I recommend you to exercise your privileges and give direct support to trans people and/or hire trans people because awareness isn't enough. Thanks! 😊✨
This is a good time to remember, there would be more local options but Starbucks ran them out. Let's do the reverse. Support local, & put Starbucks out of business. Fuck Starbucks.
Local shops also support the community. Like selling local artists' work, food drives, etc. Starbucks would never.
Local shops also support the community. Like selling local artists' work, food drives, etc. Starbucks would never.
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 1:07 PM
This is a good time to remember, there would be more local options but Starbucks ran them out. Let's do the reverse. Support local, & put Starbucks out of business. Fuck Starbucks.
Local shops also support the community. Like selling local artists' work, food drives, etc. Starbucks would never.
Local shops also support the community. Like selling local artists' work, food drives, etc. Starbucks would never.
The frustrating thing is that the 40$ hoodies are obviously fast fashion. Made in abusive settings and meant to fall apart.
We're so brainwashed into thinking we need new clothes every season, every month, every week, we can't fathom spending $$ on quality things meant to last decades or more.
We're so brainwashed into thinking we need new clothes every season, every month, every week, we can't fathom spending $$ on quality things meant to last decades or more.
Let me show you the difference between a $40 hoodie and a ~$100 hoodie. 🧵
November 12, 2025 at 11:42 PM
The frustrating thing is that the 40$ hoodies are obviously fast fashion. Made in abusive settings and meant to fall apart.
We're so brainwashed into thinking we need new clothes every season, every month, every week, we can't fathom spending $$ on quality things meant to last decades or more.
We're so brainwashed into thinking we need new clothes every season, every month, every week, we can't fathom spending $$ on quality things meant to last decades or more.
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@the-book-bazaar.com crowdfunding campaign has launched! From between November 12-December 3, 20+ indie authors are launching campaigns across a variety of SFF books! Check out the list of books and go pledge the ones you like!
www.readindiefantasy.com/the-book-baz...
www.readindiefantasy.com/the-book-baz...
November 12, 2025 at 6:09 PM
@the-book-bazaar.com crowdfunding campaign has launched! From between November 12-December 3, 20+ indie authors are launching campaigns across a variety of SFF books! Check out the list of books and go pledge the ones you like!
www.readindiefantasy.com/the-book-baz...
www.readindiefantasy.com/the-book-baz...
I was feeling so motivated this morning, and now I'm burnt out. It's hard not to feel inadequate with my language journey. I keep feeling just short of my goals. And those goals haven't moved, but it seems like I haven't either. :/ Just frustrating monolingual moment. :( #langsky
November 12, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I was feeling so motivated this morning, and now I'm burnt out. It's hard not to feel inadequate with my language journey. I keep feeling just short of my goals. And those goals haven't moved, but it seems like I haven't either. :/ Just frustrating monolingual moment. :( #langsky
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Important to understand the Epstein stuff and the fascism and the corruption are, in a lot of ways, really all the same story from different angles: powerful men who can and do abuse vulnerable people around them because they can, and because systems of elite accountability catastrophically failed
November 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Important to understand the Epstein stuff and the fascism and the corruption are, in a lot of ways, really all the same story from different angles: powerful men who can and do abuse vulnerable people around them because they can, and because systems of elite accountability catastrophically failed
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republicans: dems are just cherry picking from the epstein files
“ok release the files”
republicans: ah well, you see 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐦𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤. 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮.
“ok release the files”
republicans: ah well, you see 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐦𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤. 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮.
November 12, 2025 at 8:27 PM
republicans: dems are just cherry picking from the epstein files
“ok release the files”
republicans: ah well, you see 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐦𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤. 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮.
“ok release the files”
republicans: ah well, you see 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐦𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤. 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮.
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"Not even in my wildest dreams did I imagine that one day I would paint a picture of hot Bowser for official material, announced by Miyamoto himself. 😭 I laughed so hard in disbelief while painting, you have no idea lol"
November 12, 2025 at 5:22 PM
"Not even in my wildest dreams did I imagine that one day I would paint a picture of hot Bowser for official material, announced by Miyamoto himself. 😭 I laughed so hard in disbelief while painting, you have no idea lol"
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People really need to stop framing it is a question of getting more evidence. I mean, sure, that too. But we know. We all know. The president of the United States raped children. Say that. When they get mad at you for saying it, say it again and treat them like an idiot for pretending they doubt it.
November 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
People really need to stop framing it is a question of getting more evidence. I mean, sure, that too. But we know. We all know. The president of the United States raped children. Say that. When they get mad at you for saying it, say it again and treat them like an idiot for pretending they doubt it.
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People wanted electricity, computers, the internet, web browsing, email, smart phones, stuff like that long before it became mandatory or expected. AI has flipped that process: its elites who are forcing it on everyone else, who dislike and resist it wherever they can. It’s head spinning.
I cannot remember any other technology being so beloved and imposed in a society that vocally and viscerally does not want it.
Like… ARE there historical examples from the last century?
Like… ARE there historical examples from the last century?
Microsoft has been talking about Windows becoming an “agentic OS” and online feedback seems have been universally negative.
I’m personally skeptical that an AI infused Windows desktop does anything that having ChatGPT on my phone and Gemini in my browser doesn’t already do better.
I’m personally skeptical that an AI infused Windows desktop does anything that having ChatGPT on my phone and Gemini in my browser doesn’t already do better.
November 12, 2025 at 1:11 PM
People wanted electricity, computers, the internet, web browsing, email, smart phones, stuff like that long before it became mandatory or expected. AI has flipped that process: its elites who are forcing it on everyone else, who dislike and resist it wherever they can. It’s head spinning.
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credits that include the names of everyone who worked on the game at any point
November 11, 2025 at 4:32 AM
credits that include the names of everyone who worked on the game at any point
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Our open commissioning scheme is back!
Please share this around and pass this to friends and colleagues and share in your closed networks.
Reaching the right people can be very challenging for a nonprofit so we need you to do the advertising for us.
Thank you!
Please share this around and pass this to friends and colleagues and share in your closed networks.
Reaching the right people can be very challenging for a nonprofit so we need you to do the advertising for us.
Thank you!
🏳️⚧️ We’re back with paid opportunities for Trans+ creatives!
Writer? Illustrator? Audio producer? This is for you.
With @transhistoryweek.com we’re investing in 20 Trans+ creatives to make content for Trans+ History Week 2026.
Deadline 2nd Dec 2025, 11:59PM GMT 🗓️
🧵 Details 👇
Writer? Illustrator? Audio producer? This is for you.
With @transhistoryweek.com we’re investing in 20 Trans+ creatives to make content for Trans+ History Week 2026.
Deadline 2nd Dec 2025, 11:59PM GMT 🗓️
🧵 Details 👇
November 11, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Our open commissioning scheme is back!
Please share this around and pass this to friends and colleagues and share in your closed networks.
Reaching the right people can be very challenging for a nonprofit so we need you to do the advertising for us.
Thank you!
Please share this around and pass this to friends and colleagues and share in your closed networks.
Reaching the right people can be very challenging for a nonprofit so we need you to do the advertising for us.
Thank you!
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German court rules that OpenAI violated copyright laws by training ChatGPT on music 🎵
• May set precedent for Europe AI copyright uses
• OpenAI disagrees & can appeal
"The internet is not a self-service store, and human creative achievements are not free templates"
— German Music Rights Society
• May set precedent for Europe AI copyright uses
• OpenAI disagrees & can appeal
"The internet is not a self-service store, and human creative achievements are not free templates"
— German Music Rights Society
November 12, 2025 at 12:26 AM
German court rules that OpenAI violated copyright laws by training ChatGPT on music 🎵
• May set precedent for Europe AI copyright uses
• OpenAI disagrees & can appeal
"The internet is not a self-service store, and human creative achievements are not free templates"
— German Music Rights Society
• May set precedent for Europe AI copyright uses
• OpenAI disagrees & can appeal
"The internet is not a self-service store, and human creative achievements are not free templates"
— German Music Rights Society
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Taxes on high earners are too low bsky.app/profile/popc...
Kim Kardashian shares her frustration in a new TikTok after failing the California bar exam, calling out psychics who told her she’d pass.
November 11, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Taxes on high earners are too low bsky.app/profile/popc...
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I will stand by, this remains the funniest mistranslation in manga localization history
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I will stand by, this remains the funniest mistranslation in manga localization history
Honestly a must-read for everyone, regardless if you have children in your life or not. But also would be interesting for #langsky folks.
Someone posted about this (& ofc it's lost to my feed) but this makes sense why so many adults I know struggle to read text books, why many people jump to visuals to understand things (articles especially), & how some mass media distorts people's understanding via disingenuous imagery
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Honestly a must-read for everyone, regardless if you have children in your life or not. But also would be interesting for #langsky folks.
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Someone posted about this (& ofc it's lost to my feed) but this makes sense why so many adults I know struggle to read text books, why many people jump to visuals to understand things (articles especially), & how some mass media distorts people's understanding via disingenuous imagery
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Someone posted about this (& ofc it's lost to my feed) but this makes sense why so many adults I know struggle to read text books, why many people jump to visuals to understand things (articles especially), & how some mass media distorts people's understanding via disingenuous imagery
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