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#ThrowbackThursday 2024.
Taking my Mom out on her first #kayaking adventure in #Sooke.

#AsianMastodon #MomAndDaughter #FamilyBonding #FamilyAdventure #kayak

Me & Mom in a double kayak on the water with a wooded island and sailboat in the background under a cloudy sky.
#throwbackthursday #asianmastodon #kayaking #sooke #momanddaughter #familybonding #familyadventure #kayak

For #ThrowbackThursday: Me in Israel, with a Jewish youth group, in 1967. Such a different time, such different feelings about Israel then and now.
A teenage girl in a sleeveless dress, standing next to two basic beds in a cheap hotel room. She has a big smile.
#throwbackthursday

"When we say firefighter instead of fireman, we’re not just tweaking lexical units, (...) we’re challenging the assumption that one identity can stand in for all others. These changes signal something powerful: a willingness to see, to listen, and to evolve."

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#Language
#Communication
#ThrowbackThursday

Illustration featuring four colorful cartoon panels, each depicting a character with a traditional label that has been crossed out and replaced by an inclusive alterantive, written above in green. Top left: A person in orange firefighter gear holding a hose stands on a tiled floor. The word "fireman" is crossed out and replaced with "firefighter." Top right: A smiling snow figure with a green hat and orange scarf stands in a snowy landscape. The word "snowman" is crossed out and replaced with "snowperson." Bottom left: A wide-eyed figure with messy brown hair, wearing a yellow animal-print garment, holds a club and stands on green grass. The word "caveman" is crossed out and replaced with "cavedweller." Bottom right: A person in a green suit with euro signs in their eyes holds a key while standing on a tiled floor. The word "landlord" is crossed out and replaced with "landbastard." The bottom right corner includes the watermark Linguist Gone Foreign.

From Cavedweller to Human

We learn to speak before we learn to think. From the moment we start babbling, we’re handed a full starter pack of linguistic and cultural assumptions, most of which we accept as unquestioningly as…
Linguist Gone Foreign ✨
#communication #language #throwbackthursday

I was looking through my gallery today and this old picture of Mr Minx with Pixie laying on him always makes me smile. He was bigger than her, then it switched.

A lot changes in 5 years.

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Pixie a fawn red bullypit mix and Mr Minx a black and white tuxedo cat sharing a dog bed. Pixie is a puppy laying on Mr Minx.
Pixie a fawn red bullypit mix and Mr Minx a black and white tuxedo cat sharing a dog bed. All grown up.
#catsofmastodon #dogsofmastodon #throwbackthursday

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