The term “BUTTLOAD” actually comes from a genuine historical unit of measurement......
A butt was a large cask used primarily for storing wine, beer, and other alcoholic drinks, and it equaled about 126 U.S. gallons (roughly 477 liters).
In fact, a butt was considered half of a tun, another old liquid measurement. While today the word is mostly used jokingly to mean “a lot,” in the past it was a precise way of describing just how much drink a massive barrel could hold.
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Schlein, indegno vedere Netanyahu mentire spudoratamente - Notizie - Ansa.it
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Schlein, indegno vedere Netanyahu mentire spudoratamente - Notizie - Ansa.it
"Il riconoscimento dello stato di Palestina è un segnale che dovrebbe dare anche l'Italia, è stato indegno vedere Netanyahu mentire spudoratamente, negare i crimini che sta portando avanti a Gaza come in Cisgiordania e che dobbiamo fermare adesso se …Agenzia ANSA
Il diavolo veste Dolce e Gabbana, la sfilata entra nel film - Cinema - Ansa.it
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Il diavolo veste Dolce e Gabbana, la sfilata entra nel film - Cinema - Ansa.it
Il diavolo non veste più Prada, ma Dolce e Gabbana: la sfilata milanese del duo ha ospitato infatti le riprese del sequel dell'iconico film con al centro il mondo della moda. (ANSA)Agenzia ANSA
Brasile, il ministro del Turismo lascia su ordine del partito - America Latina - Ansa.it
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Brasile, il ministro del Turismo lascia su ordine del partito - America Latina - Ansa.it
Il ministro del Turismo del Brasile, Celso Sabino, ha presentato le dimissioni al presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. (ANSA)Agenzia ANSA
Interview "Did Trump Commit to Preventing West Bank Annexation?"
"One attaches value to Donald Trump's words at their own peril."
"Will his mind perhaps be changed by another conversation that he has..."
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Miriam Adelson paid $100 million to campaign Trump for the West Bank:
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#Trump #USPol #europol #WestBank #IsraeliCrimes #Annexation #ArabStates #Palestine @palestine .
Who’s Miriam Adelson, the 'rabid' Zionist and Trump’s biggest donor
The Tel Aviv-born casino magnate has contributed $100 million to the Trump election campaign this year.Kazim Alam (TRT World)
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Ermanno Scervino, 'la libertà di fare abiti speciali' - Moda - Ansa.it
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Ermanno Scervino, 'la libertà di fare abiti speciali' - Moda - Ansa.it
con lavorazioni speciali" Così lo chiffon, lavorato con la tecnica detta "a petalo d'iris", conserva leggerezza e trasparenza ma acquisisce una struttura inattesa, fino a diventare un tessuto da blazer. (ANSA)Agenzia ANSA
TACO promises to cut drug prices by 1,500% — then doubles them instead
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Trump promises to cut drug prices by 1,500%—then doubles them instead
I swear, the most talented writer in Hollywood couldn’t come up with this script. Start with President Donald Trump making the mathematically impossible promise to cut prices by 1,000%.� “We ...Daily Kos
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Peru's Gen Z are out in force against their government again.
This is from Lima yesterday.
More on the story:
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Pax's big plans for #Caturday?
A bit of daydreaming, a bit of birdwatching...
Oh, and of course, some shenanigans!😉
We wish you the best of #Caturdays! Stay safe and take good care of you and those you love.😘
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Starting October 1st, you’ll be able to explore its elegant, well-crafted features and bring all your ideas to life with the Demo release.
Stack wooden blocks to craft cozy dioramas, from charming outdoor scenes to intricate interior designs.🪵❤️
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Block Block Block on Steam
Design your dream space! In this tiny cozy building game, stack and arrange uniquely shaped wooden blocks to craft charming dioramas.store.steampowered.com
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The current war on science, and who’s behind it
A vaccine developer and a climate scientist walk into a bar write a book.Diana Gitig (Ars Technica)
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Explaining why evidence argues that acetaminophen (tylenol) does not cause asperger's syndrome, but that rather genes that make women more likely to need a painkiller during pregnancy also make asperger's syndrome a little bit more likely - whether they use acetaminophen or not. In any case, the effect is so small mdash; 0.2% of the babies they have - that one
Is Tylenol the same as paracetamol, and should you take it in pregnancy? Here’s why experts say Trump should be ignored
The US president claims the painkiller also known as acetaminophen is linked to autism. Here’s what the science saysHannah Devlin (The Guardian)
Ex-Polizist: „Deutschland taumelt dem Untergang entgegen“ - PI-NEWS
Von MEINRAD MÜLLER | Ein Land befindet sich im Taumel. Deutschland wirkt wie ein Boxer, der schon zu viele Schläge kassiert hat.PI (PI-NEWS)
The power consumption of AI video generators doesn't scale the way you'd think. New research shows that if you double the length of a video (say, from 3 to 6 seconds), the energy required *quadruples*. That's a steep curve. #TechNews
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She was right.. the Democrats otherwise however, rolled over and played dead.
Their behavior is hardly distinguishable from Vichy France
Trump says he’ll send troops to Portland, authorizes ‘full force’
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Trump says he’ll send troops to Portland, authorizes ‘full force’
The president says the feds will provide “all necessary troops” and called Portland “war-ravaged”Fedor Zarkhin | The Oregonian/OregonLive (nj)
Leaked a16z decks: $25B in net returns since its 2009 founding, including $11.2B in 2021, and 56 unicorn investments in the past 10 years, the most of any firm (Eric Newcomer/Newcomer)
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Andreessen Horowitz Has Returned at Least $25 Billion Net to Its Backers Since the Firm's Founding in 2009
The firm has held its $900 million 2012 Fund III at 9.4x net TVPI.Eric Newcomer (Newcomer)
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The moment one of the coffins was opened to reveal a Mummy; under the supervision of Archaeologist Dr Mostafa Waziri (Secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities of Egypt).
Mummy (4300 year old) was discovered in May 2020, from Mummy Workshop, Saqqara, Egypt. The opening of these coffins revealed perfectly preserved mummies inside, offering valuable insights into ancient Egyptian burial practices.
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Albert Camus, Editor of the French Resistance Newspaper Combat, Writes Movingly About Life, Politics & War (1944–47)
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Albert Camus, Editor of the French Resistance Newspaper Combat, Writes Movingly About Life, Politics & War (1944-47)
When totalitarian regimes around the world are in power, writing that tells the truth, whether literary, journalistic, scientific, or legal, effectively serves as counter-propaganda.Josh Jones (Openculture.com)
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#LIndiceDellaPaura
L'idea alla base della storia è interessante.
Purtroppo 4 puntate da 45 minuti sono, secondo me, troppo poche per dipanare tutto il racconto.
Peccato.
📝Voto: 5½ /¹⁰
"The fear index" creato da Matthew Billingsley e Robert Harris, 4 episodi, 2022.
-Il dottor Alex Hoffman, un fisico americano espatriato, crea un sistema basato sull'intelligenza artificiale che sfrutta la paura nei mercati finanziari e opera alla velocità della luce per ottenere grandi guadagni. Ma il giorno del lancio…-
Trump just declared war on #Portland. He's sending troops authorized to use "full force." Well, that's a game two can play and the US government has lost seemingly every guerrilla war they've ever fought.
Portland will be AmeriKKKa's Iraq at home. Troops out now-US out of Portland!
Kraakpand in Leeuwarden aangevallen - doe mee aan de crowdfunding voor nieuw glas | Doorbraak.eu
Elke laatste vrijdag van de maand is er in het Oosterkafee een Voku met eten op donatiebasis en muziek. Gisteren traden Your Local Pirates op. Een geslaagd concert met een gezellige nazit, maar een nare wending aan het eind.Eric (Doorbraak)
The image features a person holding a smartphone with both hands, interacting with the screen. The individual is wearing a dark-colored shirt, and the focus is on their hands and the phone. The background is blurred, showing a city street with cars and lights, suggesting a busy urban environment. Prominently displayed on the left side of the image is the Meta logo, which consists of a blue infinity symbol followed by the word "Meta" in black text. The overall composition emphasizes the connection between the individual and the technology, with the Meta logo suggesting a relationship to the company's products or services.
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It can scarcely be denied that the supreme goal of all theory is to make the irreducible basic elements as simple and as few as possible without having to surrender the adequate representation of a single datum of experience.
Albert Einstein (1879-1955) German-American physicist
Lecture (1933-06-10), “On the Method of Theoretical Physics,” Herbert Spencer Lecture, Oxford
Origin of "Einstein's Law": "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler."
More info about this quote: wist.info/einstein-albert/198/
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Dai manicomi ai Cpr: il ritorno di Marco Cavallo per sensibilizzare sulle vite interrotte dei migranti
Simbolo delle lotte degli anni ‘70, nato dall’amicizia tra il drammaturgo Giuliano Scabia, Franco Basaglia e il cugino pittore e scultore ... Scopri di più!Valerio Cuccaroni (Domani)
"Hand over the child right now!"
All shot using real figures, lighting and miniature sets.
#themandalorian #scifi #photography #toyphotography #practicaleffects #movies #actionfigurephotography #starwars
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I built Foyer: a Rust hybrid cache that slashes S3 latency
Link: medium.com/@yingjunwu/the-case…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
The Case for Hybrid Cache for Object Stores
The Case for Hybrid Cache for Object Stores How RisingWave built Foyer to overcome S3 latency with a unified memory-disk caching layer S3 Is Slow; You Need a Cache In recent years, many modern data …Yingjun Wu (Data Engineer Things)
“Three days of tense protests – which saw demonstrators clash with police, who responded by firing tear gas – ended when MPs agreed to scrap the car purchases and cancel their lifetime pensions if the students ceased their demonstrations.”
demonstrators in East Timor win over that state. it can be done. they are an inspiration to us all. 🫡
#demonstrations #easttimor
aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/26/e…
East Timor MPs bow to protesters, vote to scrap lifetime pensions
Demonstrators were angered by a plan to spend $4.2m on cars for lawmakers in one of Southeast Asia’s poorest countries.Alastair McCready (Al Jazeera)
- yes it’s furry (based) (60%, 9 votes)
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i dont agree with all charicterizations of #SolarPunk but this video highlights how aesthetics and visions of the future can have a deep and rich impact on the way we live!
Intro to Solarpunk: Psychological Guidelines to Creating a Utopia
by Wyeth Sterling
Invidious link:
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Youtube link:
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Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.m.youtube.com
Welcome to Story Seed Library!
A library of Solarpunk art and story seeds helping you imagine a better climate future!Story Seed Library
You have one job:
Vote no until you extract major compromises. That's it. It's really not that hard. You don't even have to come up with a platform until an election year. Just say "whatever they're doing? Not that."
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The shutdown game is all about public perception played out in the media, not reality.
Dems *should* use every means available to block every possible GOP initiative. By and large, though, the public won't know or care that any of that is going on, no matter how many press conferences Dems hold or how many times Dems tweet.
Dems need headlines that say "Republicans Provoke Shutdown" not "Congress Shuts Down Government."
The image features a social media post from "Financian" with a headline stating, "Samsung is putting ads on its $1,800 refrigerators." The post discusses Samsung's Family Hub refrigerators in the US displaying ads on idle screens after a software update. The ads can be dismissed but not fully turned off, and disconnecting from the internet disables smart features. The image shows a Samsung Family Hub refrigerator with a large touchscreen display on the door, showcasing various ads. The refrigerator is in a modern kitchen setting with a window in the background. The text "FINANCIAN" is prominently displayed at the bottom of the image, emphasizing the source of the information.
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Christopher Street Day:
"Pommesgabel" und Liebe - erster CSD in Wacken
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Christopher Street Day: "Pommesgabel" und Liebe - erster CSD in Wacken
Hier finden Sie Informationen zu dem Thema „Christopher Street Day“. Lesen Sie jetzt „"Pommesgabel" und Liebe - erster CSD in Wacken“.dpa (DIE ZEIT)
Well begun is half done; dare to be wise; begin![Dimidium facti qui coepit habet; sapere aude;
incipe!]
Horace (65-8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
Epistles [Epistularum, Letters], Book 1, ep. 2 “To Lollius,” l. 40ff (1.2.40-41) (20 BC) [tr. Fairclough (Loeb) (1926)]
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