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Sciopero generale, da Lucca 10 pullman per la manifestazione a Firenze
Il segretario generale della Cgil Lucca, Fabrizio Simonetti: "Una protesta contro la manovra finanziaria di questo governo, che noi giudichiamo ingiusta, dannosa e pericolosa".

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#datocurioso

¿Sabían que la sal en el ring de sumo no es un simple capricho cultural, sino un ritual de purificación sintoísta?

Antes de cada combate de sumo, los luchadores (rikishi) arrojan puñados de sal al dohyō (el ring de arcilla). Esta práctica, que consume alrededor de 45 kilogramos de sal en un solo día de torneo, tiene un origen profundamente arraigado en la religión nativa de Japón, el sintoísmo.

En el sintoísmo, la sal se considera un elemento sagrado con el poder de alejar los malos espíritus, las energías negativas y las impurezas. El dohyō es tratado como un espacio sagrado, y cada combate se considera una ofrenda a los dioses (kami).

Al esparcir la sal, los luchadores purifican simbólicamente el área de combate, pidiendo la bendición de los dioses, asegurando la seguridad del lugar y, según la creencia popular, previniendo lesiones durante el enfrentamiento.

#Historia #Japón #Sumo #Tradiciones #Sintoísmo #Deporte

in reply to Aetherius Eldritch ⛤🧙‍♂️🎙️📻

Un luchador de sumo está en medio de un ritual en un ring circular. El luchador es un hombre corpulento con el pelo peinado en un moño superior. Lleva un taparrabos azul y calcetines blancos. Está de pie sobre un montículo de arena, con las manos extendidas y arrojando arena al aire. Al fondo, una gran multitud de personas está sentada observando en un ambiente interior. La arena arrojada por el luchador es visible en forma de una nube brillante que se extiende hacia la derecha de la imagen.

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The English word ‘sad’ is related to ‘to satisfy’, ‘to satiate’, ‘saturation’ and ‘asset’, a group of words that English borrowed from French and Latin.

They all derive from a Proto-Indo-European root meaning “to satiate”.

‘Sæd’, the Old English ancestor of ‘sad’, meant “sated; full; weary; having had your fill”. Only in Middle English did it come to mean “sorrowful”.

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Quel piatto di ful nella foto era tra i migliori di #Damasco: ero a Bab Touma, alle porte della Città Vecchia.
Il ful è un piatto siriano semplice e gustoso: fave cotte con aglio, cipolla, prezzemolo e un po' di olio e limone.
Oggi quel posto non esiste più, spazzato via dalla guerra.
Sono passati 14 anni, il regime di Assad è crollato ma la situazione è la stessa.
Ho raccontato la mia storia in #Siria nel mio #podcast Ponti Invisibili: se non lo hai ascoltato, è il momento giusto per farlo.
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Die Spannung steigt .....❗😷

Zu einer öffentlichen Anhörung wird der ehemalige Bundesgesundheitsminister Jens Spahn (CDU) erwartet.....

Befragt werden kann auch die im vergangenen Jahr vom Ministerium eingesetzte Sonderermittlerin Margaretha Sudhof.

Rechnungshof bemängelt Aufarbeitung von Maskenkäufen wegen Corona | tagesschau.de
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Seems Nicky NoBoats is under pressure from the hard right for not doing austerity ruthlessly enough. Although the debate itself is not ruthless since the Taxdodgers Onion are planning to wheel out Ruthenasia Richardson to debate NoBoats;

rnz.co.nz/podcast/mediawatch?s…

A clash of the neoclassical titans. Like a debate between 19th century orphanageers, over whether the current one is beating the orphans enthusiastically enough to get them adopted.

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#podcasts #RNZ #MediaWatch #TaxpayersUnion

in reply to Strypey

Hopefully people will see this debate, grok the horror these corporatist vampires have in store for us all, and vote for those campaigning on a politics of universal wellbeing in 2026.

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”The problem with generative AI has always been that … it’s statistics without comprehension.”
—Gary Marcus
garymarcus.substack.com/p/new-…
#ai #generativeai #llm #llms
in reply to janhoglund

”There is no way…that we are ever going to be able to patch what is likely to be an endless list of vulnerabilities. … Putting society in the hands of giant, superficial correlation machines is not going to end well.”
—Gary Marcus, “New Ways to Corrupt LLMs”
#ai #llm #llms
#ai #LLM #LLMs
in reply to janhoglund

a few years ago, researchers at Google documented a similar list of leakages in their then-new image generator model enriched with linguistic semantics (see Section 6.3). I like it a lot, because it demonstrates similar issues visually.
arxiv.org/abs/2206.10789


Have just checked in on our broad bean crop and we have all the broad beans. So many broad beans.



Motorová lokomotiva T478.1006 ve stanici Praha Hl.N

📸 Honza Ch.

#photography



Grok gets the facts wrong about Bondi Beach shooting
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/14/grok-gets-the-facts-wrong-about-bondi-beach-shooting/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Artificial Intelligence in 2023: News and Updates @artificial-intelligence-in-2023-news-and-updates-Techcrunch







The wonder material powering a medical 'revolution'

Cadmium zinc telluride is advancing medical scans, airport security and space telescopes - but few firms can make it.

bbc.com/news/articles/c24l223d…

#technology



MeerKreativZeit: Türchen 15 Kreative Routinen, die guttun meerkreativzeit.de/tuerchen-15…

#Blog

#blog


Sono stata in un posto dove le lucine ai balconi erano tutt’altro che trash e nemmeno così tante. A Roma che cazzo è successo santo cielo? 😱😱 ogni anno sempre peggio



Oroscopo del giorno // Lunedì 15 dicembre: determinazione
https://www.cosmopolitan.com/it/oroscopo/giornaliero/a69718203/oroscopo-15-dicembre-2025/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Pubblicato su Oroscopo @oroscopo-CosmopolitanIta



L’uso dei #Social è dannoso per i più piccoli.

Uno studio svedese ha dimostrato che i bambini che trascorrono molto tempo sui #SocialMedia tendono a sperimentare un graduale declino della loro capacità di concentrazione.
Una ricerca che ha coinvolto oltre 100.000 giovani tra i 18 e i 24 anni ha rilevato che chi ha ricevuto il primo smartphone prima dei 13 anni riporta tassi più alti di pensieri suicidi, aggressività, ansia, bassa autostima e disturbi dell’umore.

greenme.it/lifestyle/bambini/s…

#ADHD

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Immediately after the 2024 US election there was a naive knee jerk reaction where pundits would claim the country as a whole had shifted right, and that to win vulnerable groups like trans people need to be thrown under the bus.

A new analysis challenges that view, suggesting that what really happened was fewer left-leaning voters came to the polls in 2024.

They note one of the largest problems was lack of a strong economic message from Democrats.

newrepublic.com/article/204271…

#uspol



The U.S. Military almost collided with a JetBlue passenger headed to the U.S. earlier today at 34,000 feet.

Why? They had their transponder turned off, as part of the war against Venezuela.

youtu.be/bUcs1LCjhcs?si=ddq0Dk…

#aviation #Usa



a 2020 commission-like drawing for someone at that time called heathenheanow showing Ms. Fortune from the video game "toonstruck" with a variation in wardrobe that would be unusual if someone else had drawn it

#respelia #robision #mastoart #toonstuck #msfortune #anthrocat #catanthro #catgirl #anthropomorphic #furry

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Somebody describes their taste in music as "folk-ish", they're probably chill. Less so if somebody describes their tastes as "volkish"


I'm still not entirely sure whether Dwarf Fortress is real or merely a long con on the part of a bunch of nerds.


Elezioni in #Cile, #Kast è il presidente eletto - America Latina - Ansa.it

La candidata di #sinistra Jeannette #Jara ha ammesso la sconfitta
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An ugly "stealth correction" at @tandfresearch.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy's Hum Vaccin Immunother of a paper from authors at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda. They just removed the overlapping image panels 😱#ThisImageIsFine #ImageForensicspubpeer.com/publications...


Manifestazione regionale piemontese per la Palestina e la liberazione di Mohamed Shahin
pressenza.com/it/2025/12/manif…
Sabato 13 dicembre 2025 si è svolta la manifestazione regionale piemontese per la Palestina a Torino, un corteo partito da largo Marconi a cui hanno partecipato alcune migliaia di persone provenienti da tutto il Piemonte. Il corteo è stato convocato…
Giorgio Mancuso



From a big redistricting defeat for Trump in Indiana to Democratic victories across Florida, Georgia, and Iowa, it’s been a big week for Democrats. Add Trump’s falling approval and another failed attempt to re-indict NY AG Tish James, and we’ve all got reasons to celebrate. thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p…
in reply to George Takei 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽

this worries me. Trump is such a small minded person, that he will feel personally offended and lash out. Giving his mental decline, I fear there will soon be a tipping point at which he declares a national emergency and begins attacking everyone.


My matzo brings all the balls to the soup.

And they’re like
it’s better than,
wait what?

#Food posting

#food


♫ Top 5 artists of the Last.week: Joe Bonamassa (22) Judie Tzuke (22) Astrid Noire (14) Motörhead (14) Fleetwood Mac (13). #myweekcounted 465 Scrobbles with Lastfm #music via @lfm_blue


IT'S NEVER SAFE TO TURN OFF YOUR COMPUTER


#SUTOM #1437 4/6 9h40:30

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At the American Military Hospital No. 1 at Neuilly, supported by the ARC it was found neccesary to put up tents on the roofs of the two wings, to accommodate the overflow of wounded. A slight fire was started in the roof of one of these tents. The picture shows patients and members of the personnel watching it being put out. The damage was not serious

#Neuilly #Photography #LewisHine #ChildLabour #ChildLabor

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Readers Respond to Multnomah County #Homeless Spending Success

"Setting aside the housing and emergency shelter components, one thing that seems like a missed opportunity is identifying definable subgroups of #homeless people."
Dec. 14,2025
#Portland #PDX

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Nazisti, violenza verbale, Elon Musk, X

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Sanremo 2026: i titoli dei 30 brani in gara nella categoria Big

Annunciati durante la finale di Sarà Sanremo, i titoli dei brani con cui i 30 Big parteciperanno al Festival di Sanremo 2026.

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📰 Neuer Blogeintrag: Kreismeisterschaft Bogen in der Halle 2026

Beim Bogensport beginnt das neue Sportjahr bereits am 1. Oktober, in etwa mit dem Beginn der Hallensaison, damit die Winter-Meisterschaften zeitlich alle einen Platz im Kalender finden, bevor es im Frühjahr wieder nach draußen geht.

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#Bogensport #Kreismeisterschaft #Wettkampf #Blog



Embellish.


Since mankind first began using tools, there has been an artistic imperative to embellish everyday items.

From pots to weapons to steam engines to handkerchiefs.
From plain sight to hidden detail.
From the mundane to the numinous.
From the simple to the sublime.

Embellish: etymology from around the mid 14th century…. “to render beautiful,” from Old French embelliss-, stem of embellir “make beautiful, ornament,”1

Embellishing brings attention to the mundane, collapsing the ordinary to reveal something deeper than the sum of the parts.

I have two questions.

  1. does the natural world embellish its objects?
  2. how do you embellish your life?



  1. Source. ↩︎

#blackandwhite #creativity #meditation #photography




"Trump & Thune About to Rip Away #Health Care & Whig-ify the #GOP Jan 1 - blueamp.co/p/trump-and-thune-a…

"There are certainly no lack of examples of their glib dishonesty and putrid amorality. But one that perfectly sums up the Jonestown GOP Caucus is their nonchalance at allowing enhanced Obamacare subsidies, the only way millions of Americans can afford healthcare, to just disappear. Like Mike Johnson’s testicles when #Trump enters the room"

#news #politics #donaldtrump #maga #ai #elonmusk #usa #ukraine #unitedstates #tech #eu #us #russia #america #media #press #congress #culture #economy

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Israel’s military assault that began in the aftermath of October 7 has left Gaza unrecognizable. The devastation has been augmented by a system of surveillance: drones, facial-recognition scans, movements followed through phone tracking, Mohammed R. Mhawish reports.

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"If the government is setting trade policy based on national security considerations, as the administration insists it is, there’s indisputably a stronger case for blocking advanced chip sales to China," the Editorial Board writes. wapo.st/3KT2qB3



🚨 FINAL Charlie Kirk Opponent FACES Erika, TELLS ME ABOUT IT. Via @pondering_politics_ #Politics 🇺🇸 🗳️ youtu.be/Ib_U16p7P_4?...

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A Cagliari, la Maratona dei testimoni
pressenza.com/it/2025/12/a-cag…
Venerdì, 12 dicembre 2025, si è svolta a Cagliari, a patire dalle ore 18:30, la manifestazione denominata “La Maratona dei testimoni”. Al presidio giornaliero per la Palestina in piazza Yenne, si sono radunati alcune persone del Movimento “Can’t stay silent”,…
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#SUTOM #1438 3/6 10:50

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#pcknews #nogenocidio

I coloni in Cisgiordania non sono attori devianti ma lo strumento della stessa politica espansionistiche del governo

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#pcknews #noguerra

I russi si preparano all'assedio della fortezza di Kramatorsk, mentre gli ucraini che dovrebbero difenderla si chiedono a che serva farsi ammazzare mentre sono in corso trattative per porre fine alla guerra

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#pcknews #nogenocidio

La famiglia è stata avvertita da una telefonata che Marwan Barghouti è stato di nuovo picchiato violentemente in carcere come risposta israeliana alla campagna per farlo liberare

ilmanifesto.it/avvertimento-a-…



#pcknews #noguerra

Per gli Usa la Cina non è più un nemico ma un partner ricco e prezioso, per i paesi asiatici come il Giappone riserva la stessa politica chs con la Ue: si devono pagare da soli la difesa

ilmanifesto.it/la-cina-non-e-p…