On pills for learning languages or instruments

Years ago, I saw a question on Facebook that went something like this: You can take a red pill and become fluent in a language of your choice, or you can take a blue pill and become a virtuoso on an instrument of your choice. But you can’t take

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Friday, January 2, 2026

Welcome back to life: Ukraine's HUR faked death of top anti-Putin Russian commander, claimed Kremlin bounty money -- Russia is targeting civilians: Casualties, outages reported following Russian drone strikes on residential buildings in Odesa -- Malanka: Ukraine's winter ritual of masks, mischief, and good fortune -- The Russians took our dead ones away; 5 things we lost in Pokrovsk ... and more

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