We’ve already received some wonderful calls about Dr. Sacks’ work and impact. Stay tuned to hear for yourself, and if you’d like to contribute, our answering machine is waiting for you! 🧠📚📞

A Singaporean, a German, & a Nigerian are speaking English with each other. Then… an American joins the convo. Enter, misunderstandings galore. Turns out native English speakers are the ones getting in the way of communicating in global English. Listen: npr.org/2021/04/21/989…

- Il Covid non è uno scherzo (Italiano/Italian)- Mio padre è stato ricoverato in ospedale per Covid-19. È vero. È crudele. Sta rubando alle persone la loro dignità in punto di morte. youtube.com/watch?v=4WI7f-…

- Covid ain’t no hoax. - My father was hospitalized for Covid-19. It’s real. It’s cruel. It’s robbing people of their dignity in death. youtube.com/watch?v=l3UHb6…

COVID это не мистификация. Это реально и ужасно. Это лишает людей их достоинства, когда они умирают. youtube.com/watch?v=uF5XtL…

Covid nije prevara. Stvaran je. I okrutan. Virus lišava ljude dostojanstvene smrti. (Bosanski/Bosnian) youtube.com/watch?v=KUIt53…

La Covid n’est pas une fake news. Elle est réelle. Elle est cruelle. La pandémie prive les gens de leur dignité dans la mort. (Video: Français/French) youtube.com/watch?v=qH4fKG…

Esta hazinura de Covid no es una shaká. Es real. Es kruel. Les está arovando a las personas sus dignitá al morir. (Video: Ladino/Djudeo-Espanyol) youtube.com/watch?v=Z3n9NI…

Covid não é brincadeira . É real. É cruel. Está roubando as pessoas de sua dignidade na morte. Video: Português youtube.com/watch?v=Rri-jg…

Covid no es una broma. Es real. Es cruel. Les está robando a las personas su dignidad al morir. Video en español: youtube.com/watch?v=qNOCIT…

For decades, it was nearly impossible to type in Urdu online. Meet the people fighting to digitally preserve its script restofworld.org/2021/bringing-… via Rest of World

"The Neuroscience of Music & Creativity | City Arts & Lectures" Interview with opera singer & neuroscientist & fellow Oliver Sacks Fdn. fan, @indrevis: cityarts.net/event/the-neur…

A #COVID19 public service announcement in #LADINO from Susanna Zaraysky (inactive); also available in 7 other languages! youtube.com/watch?v=Z3n9NI…

"One of the best docs of the year" - Kenneth Turan Don't miss your chance to see the moving, acclaimed documentary Oliver Sacks Fdn.: His Own Life streaming free on American Masters through May 8th! #OliverSacksPBS #OliverSacksDoc Bit.ly/oliversacksPBS

Noto fonts cover 149 scripts, which is 96.8% of Unicode’s coverage. It is imperative that the characters of ‘forgotten’ languages become part of the Unicode standard, because a script can only be added to Noto if it is part of Unicode. #ATypITechTalks2021

Many indigenous languages from around the world haven't been spoken fluently in decades, so they're in danger of disappearing. Woolaroo, a new tool from @GoogleArts, uses machine learning to preserve and teach 10 languages using just your phone. Learn how. goo.gle/2RwiOey

In partnership with risingvoices and UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳, we invite you to take this online survey about under-represented languages and the development of digital resources needed to sustain them. Learn more: rising.globalvoices.org/languagetoolki…

📚#GIVEAWAY How did you first become aware of Oliver Sacks? Quote this tweet with your answer, and in honor of Oliver Sacks: His Own Life streaming on American Masters until tomorrow, we'll pick our favorite & send you his autobiography 'On The Move,' from Maylin Lehmann Hobaica! US residents only.