BANG STRAW. A nick name for a thresher, but applied to all the servants of a farmer.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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Cremlino contro truppe Ue in Ucraina, raid russi lasciano 100mila senza luce
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🚀 Questa non è solo una stampante, è una stampante 3D fatta interamente di Lego! Innovazione e divertimento in un unico prodotto. #TechFun #Lego3Dprinter
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Questa stampante 3D è fatta tutta di Lego
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Ukrainian theatres cancel plays based on Woody Allen scripts
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Sudanese Rapid Support Forces' members seen in Aden streets
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Roseto, 27enne trovato morto: si indaga tra suicidio, malore o sfida social
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Sources: ByteDance plans an employee share buyback at $200.41/share, valuing it at $330B+, up from $315B in March 2025, and its Q2 revenue grew 25% YoY to $48B (Reuters)
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Sources: ByteDance plans an employee share buyback at $200.41/share, valuing it at $330B+, up from $315B in March 2025, and its Q2 revenue grew 25% YoY to $48B
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Migliori Ad Blocker (settembre 2025)
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Gaza, Israeli offensive intensifies. Trump prepares post-war plan
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SpaceX's giant Starship Mars rocket nails critical 10th test flight
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SpaceX's giant Starship Mars rocket nails critical 10th test flight in stunning comeback (video)
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Pakistan Monsoon Floods: 802 Dead, Widespread Destruction | The Daily CPEC
Pakistan Monsoon Floods: 802 Dead, Widespread Destruction as rivers overflow, homes collapse, showcases climate change and poor preparedness.News Desk (The Daily Cpec)
MATINÉE HARDCORE @ COAT28
Domenica 31 agosto, dalle 18:00 alle 21:00, presso COA T28, Via dei Transiti 28, Milano
MALISA BAHAT - screamo da croazia
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ZMAR - blackened hardcore da reppublica ceca
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TORMENTO - crust punkz da Milano/cremona
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NUBIFRAGIO - emoviolence da piacenza city (primo concerto)
LA SOLIDARIETÀ È UN ARMA, SUPPORTA LE OCCUPAZIONI / DIFFONDI AUTOGESTIONE
COA T28 - Via dei Transi
ti 28, mm1 Pasteur.
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Cane trovato morto in una valigia a Messina, il sindaco: “Atto barbaro”
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Sources and docs: a Russia-based Yandex employee maintains open-source tool fast-glob, embedded in 30 US DOD software packages and downloaded 70M times per week (David DiMolfetta/Nextgov/FCW)
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Report: Russia-based Yandex employee oversees open-source software approved for DOD use
The package is listed inside Platform One’s Iron Bank, a vetted Defense Department software repository, people familiar say.David DiMolfetta (Nextgov/FCW)
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AMD & IBM Team Up For Quantum-Centric Supercomputing
AMD and IBM announced a joint collaboration today around quantum-centric supercomputinglxer.com
☕ Nuovi design, prestazioni ottimali! Scopri le migliori macchine da caffè automatiche in grani del Settembre 2025, per una pausa pranzo perfetta. #CoffeeLovers #TechUpgrade2025
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Siete degli amanti del caffè e volete gustarlo senza perdita di aroma? Allora le macchine caffè automatiche in grani fanno per voi!Dario De Vita (Tom's Hardware)
New Strip Found: Ripley's Believe It or Not - 2025-08-27 gocomics.com/ripleysbelieveito…
#ripleysbelieveitornot #comicstrip
Ripley's Believe It or Not by Kieran Castaño & Kieran Castaño for August 27, 2025 | GoComics
Read Ripley's Believe It or Not—a comic strip by creator Kieran Castaño & Kieran Castaño—for today, August 27, 2025, and check out other great comics, too!www.gocomics.com
artist: Mathew B. Brady, born Lake George, NY 1823-died New York City 1896
source: Smithsonian American Art Museum
#Art #Design #Museum #Gallery #MastodonArt #MastoArt #Culture #Random
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Google updates video editing tool Vids to add AI avatars, automatic transcript trimming, and image-to-video tools, and releases a basic version to all users (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
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Google Vids adds AI avatars to its video editor and launches a consumer version | TechCrunch
Google is launching a free consumer version of its video editor Vids that will be available without any AI-powered features.Ivan Mehta (TechCrunch)
The Therac-25 Incident (2021)
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The Therac-25 Incident
A few months ago, someone noted in the comments that they hadn't heard about the Therac-25 incident. I was surprised, and went off to do an informal survey of developers I know, only to discover that only about half of them knew what it was without s…The Daily WTF
F-35 pilot held 50-minute airborne conference call with engineers before crash
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The GitHub website is slow on Safari
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The Github website is extremely slow on Safari · community · Discussion #170758
Select Topic Area Bug Body Over the past few months, Github has been getting slower and slower on Safari. It has now reached a point where it is unusable. Displaying any pull request with more than...GitHub
📸 Scopri le migliori fotocamere istantanee di Settembre 2025: perfette per ogni tuo scatto! 🎞️ #FotografiaIstantanea #Tecnologia2025
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EU defends digital sovereignty after Trump threatens tariffs - China.org.cn
The European Union (EU) reaffirmed on Tuesday that regulating economic activities, including rules affecting major technology firms, is its sovereign right.www.china.org.cn
New Comic Strip found: Ginger Meggs - 2025-08-27 gocomics.com/gingermeggs/2025/…
Ginger Meggs by Jason Chatfield for August 27, 2025 | GoComics
Read Ginger Meggs—a comic strip by creator Jason Chatfield—for today, August 27, 2025, and check out other great comics, too!www.gocomics.com
🔭Sorprese cosmiche: un pianeta grande come Saturno orbita la stella più piccola mai scoperta. L'universo non smette mai di stupirci! #Astronomia #ScoperteSpaziali
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Un pianeta grande come Saturno orbita la stella più piccola mai trovata
Gli astronomi hanno trovato un gigante attorno a TOI-6894, mettendo in crisi i modelli che escludevano mondi simili attorno a stelle così.Patrizio Coccia (Tom's Hardware)
F-35 pilot held 50-minute airborne conference call with engineers before crash
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Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
Jack Gould, American
1955
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Xi and his wife meet Cambodian King, Queen Mother
Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan met with Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni and Queen Mother Norodom Monineath Sihanouk in Beijing on Tuesday.en.qstheory.cn
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Train Travel in Greece
Travel around Greece by train. Athens to the Peloponnese, Meteora, and Thessaloniki. Schedules, tickets, and how to plan your trip.Bob's Pages of Travel, Linux, Cybersecurity, and More
💳 Curioso di sapere quanto costa un POS portatile? Scopri i costi nascosti e le commissioni con la nostra guida semplice! #POS #FinanzeSemplici
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Se volete sapere davvero quanto costa un POS portatile, questa guida vi farà evitare brutte sorprese. Scoprirete tutto su costi fissi e variabili.Dario De Vita (Tom's Hardware)
Patches Posted To Allow Writing USB Rust Drivers For Linux
An initial set of Linux kernel patches were posted this week for allowing USB Rust kernel drivers to be developed for Linux...
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