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2/ Another tip I find useful: Being mindful of when letters aren’t pronounced—e.g.: – plumber → plummer – bomb → bom – tomb → toom – comb → kowm

1/ Useful pronunciation tip for English! In the video, the presenter uses an audio editor to remove (e.g.) the initial S from words and what remains is surprising. I agree with him that dictionaries get phonetic transcriptions wrong—e.g.: /ɪkˈstensɪv/ should be /ɪkˈsdensɪv/.

Pronunciation tip for English—if we remove 1st consonant, we hear that 2nd consonant is not aspirated: – Speech → beach (not peach) – Screen → green (not “kreen”) – Spanish → banish – Store → door Similar: misTake (d), exTensive (d), exPerience (b) youtube.com/watch?v=U37hX8…

How Chicago is Being Unbuilt: Back to Nature youtube.com/watch?v=Ek9-Ly…

Why cities are banning cars around the world [Nearly 25% of Manhattan is taken up by space for cars (roads and parking).] youtube.com/watch?v=sCSkNi…

How “The Mandalorian” solved the Hollywood helmet problem [Once you see the helmet problem, you can’t unsee it.] youtube.com/watch?v=VWNOyF…

THREAD: I’m going to try this thread to clearly state my perspective on electric vehicles, car dependency and better cities, to those who frequently ask me, including media, elected leaders and many others. Here goes. Please share if you think it helps. 🧵#EVS

People pleasing is unconscious manipulation. It’s not about the other person— it’s about us trying to control perception.

How to fix Europe's railway system? [It works well – unless you have to cross borders] youtube.com/watch?v=9CZ39z…

How these tiny microbes could save our food – and us youtube.com/watch?v=UJyKPT…

The TINY Cheap Electric Car You Actually Want! youtube.com/watch?v=uNp_M7…

“[…] hydrogen cars, which some had predicted would replace gas cars, turned out not to be very viable. But the people who dismiss hydrogen are simply ignorant of all the other things hydrogen can do […]” noahpinion.substack.com/p/i-come-bring…

exciting to see this - allowing wetlands to be wet, and nature to come back as well as carbon stored, but still making a rural living. Future proofing land use #paludiculture

I LOVE this graphic - just shows how useful spiders can be.. free home sanitation services... from nature lovers Support Chris Packham FB group @ChrisGPackham

Interesting look at someone who went all in with electricity for his cars and his house (solar panels, batteries, heating, etc.). There are still a lot of downsides, but this seems to be where things are heading. youtube.com/watch?v=XZZisn…

“Classical music from movies” is a good way to find accessible pieces to listen to.

The Dutch invest €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart govts do the math on investing in better mobility. Let’s be clear — it wastes public money to NOT do it. #CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife

How the Bronx is restoring its ancient river system into urban green oasis @LeafofLifeFilms youtube.com/watch?v=emLBXq…

Why thinking hard makes us feel tired @heidiledford nature.com/articles/d4158…