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On this day (March 23) the word "OK" first appeared in the Boston Morning Post in 1839, and author Allan Metcalf, who wrote a whole book about "OK," promoted today at "OK Day."

It all started as a funny misspelling: "oll korrekt" (think of it as 19th-century text speak).

Is 'OK' Okay?

"OK" and "okay" are both correct, but "OK" came first, and the story of where it came from is worth reading! - Quick and Dirty Tips.

Quick and Dirty Tips

Suzanne Scala 2d ago

PermaSolarPotter 5d ago

I visited one of my favorite places today and got so inspired that I’m finding it hard to fall asleep. #MidnightPass is an inlet that was closed by humans in 1983 and reopened by the strongest storm ever recorded in the Gulf of Mexico—Hurricane Milton—in October 2024. Since then, the free flow of gulf waters into the bay has greatly improved water quality, and increased vegetation and wildlife. It’s been a wonder to witness. #nature #Florida #Sarasota

Suzanne Scala 2d ago

Old L.A. Photos 5d ago

Pasadena Furniture Company building https://tessa.lapl.org/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/99323

Suzanne Scala 3d ago

Dorothea Lange 5d ago

Woman standing in a barracks doorway at Tanforan Assembly Center

#undefined #photography #DorotheaLange

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Suzanne Scala 3d ago

@dgoldsmith @evanurquhart.bsky.social another exception is Olympia Dukakis in the 2019 version of Tales of the City

Suzanne Scala 4d ago

Emma needs ☕️ and paying work Mar 20

An open source font based on optician's charts. https://optician-sans.com/

I should use this for the name plate of a minimum-diameter rocketry project.

Optician Sans – Free font based on historical optotypes

Optician Sans is a free font based on the historical Snellen and Sloan eye charts and optotypes used by opticians world wide for centuries.

Optician Sans

Suzanne Scala Mar 16

Finn 🔜 #EF30 Mar 11

Endlich!
Die deutsche Alternative von Claude Code ist live!

✅ TÜV geprüft
✅ BSI zertifiziert
✅ Fax ready

klausprogrammieren.com/

Klaus Programmieren™

Digitale Kodierungslösung der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. TÜV-geprüft, BSI-zertifiziert, FAX-ready.

Suzanne Scala Mar 11

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elilla&, autostopowiczka Mar 5

Whenever I discuss how much Duolingo sucks and doesn't work and is in fact counterproductive, and all that was already the case *before* it got rebuilt from slop, people ask the very reasonable question: "If not Duolingo, then what"?

My answer is that literally any other method is better than Duolingo lol

But I've collected some of my more detailed answers about two methods I strongly recommend—comprehensive input and tandem exchange—in these two blog posts:

* https://wordsmith.social/overthinking-the-apocalypse/language-learning-methods-that-actually-work-1-the-binge
* https://wordsmith.social/overthinking-the-apocalypse/language-learning-methods-that-actually-work-2-you-show-me-yours-and-ill

This is cleaned up and edited from the threads of today, so if you want to #like and #share this #content with your friends, please use the links above. Thanks everyone who participated in the comments