English_with_Barry

One reason to learn another language is to read—or in this case watch and listen—to people speaking in their own language. https://beige.party/@TheBreadmonkey/117065546073697967

Today on Tandem we'll practice reading this poem: When Larry Made Lasagna When Larry made lasagna all his neighbors stopped and stared. His lasagna was the largest that had ever been prepared. He used ninety yards of pasta and a half a ton of cheese, and the sauce, he spread with spatulas that looked a lot like skis. With a hundred pounds of vegetables and wagon-loads of meat plus a tiny sprig of parsley his lasagna was complete. So he lifted that lasagna with a forklift and a crane and he placed it in an oven that was longer than a train. For a week, while it was baking, its aroma filled the town, till he took it from the oven piping hot and golden brown. All the neighbors came and tasted it but frowned at him, and then they complained, “It needs a bit more salt. You’ll have to start again.”  — Kenn Nesbitt Copyright © 2012. All Rights Reserved.

https://www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/the-graph-that-should-be-front-page-news

Are you a reader? If so, you may be part of a vanishing group. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/08/reading-crisis-postliterate-age/687618/?gift=jDw299G8PAYpd8-JGed7USlFsZODju5QnE8zhyHhleE&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

Desalination: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/solar-tech-makes-desalinating-seawater-cheaper-than-producing-bottled-water/

This link will not improve your English. Seal Island off the the coast of Maine. A puffin cam! It includes the wind, the sound of the Atlantic Ocean, and noisy birds. Enjoy—guaranteed no AI. https://explore.org/livecams/puffins/puffin-loafing-ledge-cam

Our party will start around 11am New York time.

In today's Tandem party we will practice pronouncing the past tense forms of some of these verbs: 1. jog 2. join 3. whirl 4. whisper 5. whistle 6. wink 7. wipe 8. wish 9. wobble 10. wonder 11. fetch 12. file 13. fill 14. film 15. fire 16. fit 17. fix 18. flap 19. knot 20. obtain 21. occur 22. offend 23. jail 24. jam 25. joke 26. judge 27. excite 28. excuse 29. exercise 30. exist 31. expand 32. expect 33. matter 34. measure 35. meddle 36. melt 37. memorise 38. mend 39. mess up 40. deliver 41. depend 42. describe 43. desert 44. deserve 45. destroy 46. detect 47. develop 48. disagree 49. disappear 50. grin

A brave American: https://deanblundell.substack.com/p/breaking-an-active-duty-us-major

Some excellent soccer (football) from Japan: 100 school kids against 3 pro players. 😂 https://retro.pizza/@mighty_orbot/116824761411116256

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/06/europe-air-conditioning/687711/?gift=jDw299G8PAYpd8-JGed7UbotWxXS_aesnnCTQ_yTG5o&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

How we talk about "artificial intelligence" matters. https://buttondown.com/maiht3k/archive/how-to-talk-about-ai-without-adding-to-the/

A German court is not happy with Google's lying, inaccurate, false AI Overview: https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren/116760310025944827

Trust AI? Seriously? https://mastodon.social/@VeroniqueB99/116750797753421809

More info about code switching: https://altalang.com/beyond-words/what-is-code-switching-in-language/

See you at 11am (my time). 17h in western Europe.

At its simplest, code switching can be, for example, speaking one language at home and a different language at work or school or in the local community. Immigrants commonly experience code switching.