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   Muro deGrizeco :toad: (murodegrizeco@toad.social)'s status on Thursday, 06-Jun-2024 21:35:54 JST Muro deGrizeco :toad:

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   It's not pleasant, to see how quickly a corporation will jump to comply when a dictatorship demands they get in line.

   We need good offline language learning tools.

   Open ones. Free ones. Ones less compromised.

   #duolingo

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     RainbowHouse (krisconsaul@toad.social)'s status on Thursday, 06-Jun-2024 21:35:55 JST RainbowHouse

     Duolingo has removed references to queerness on its Russian platform and is therefore complying with fascists. I just cancelled my subscription. Amazing how hard it was to get past the “but I have a 450 day streak!” feeling.
     #DoNotComply #LGBTQ+ #TinyAntiFascistAction

     https://www.advocate.com/news/duolingo-russia-lgbtq-content

     GreenSkyOverMe (Monika) repeated this.