Learning a language is not just about translating on an app. It's about the way you use the words & verbs, and of course the cadences.
Google can help you be understood,
but not felt. 💓
I always grew up with Portuguese but my deep dive into it grammatically the past couple months with a private tutor has me feeling all kinds of pride of my heritage and the language. 🇵🇹

China's factory activity returns to growth, expanding at its sharpest pace in a year

I have a new book coming out tomorrow. My 11th. I wish I was excited but I'm tired. Tired of playing this marketing game. Tired of trying to get readers' attention, of blogging, of making social media posts, of running Amazon ads, and a zillion other things we authors do to make a sale. It's exhausting. This is not a pity post; it's a reality check. My book comes out, I've already started the next one, and life goes on. I'll never give up believing in my writing.

How AI is changing everything we do as Advisors...

https://labusinessjournal.com/featured/ai-rewires-wealth-advice/

TW CULTURAL FATNESS
You CANNOT underestimate how deep and normalized fat jokes have been in books up until maybe five seconds ago and I *still* read new books with fat jokes in them. We are talking casual offhand remarks in whimsical fairy tales. Hilarious Mr. Ha-Ha remarks from THE LOVE INTEREST. I never noticed them until I started looking through a body-positive lense as an adult and once you start, you realize how pervasive they are.