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#agency : the faculty of acting or of exerting power

- French: agence

- German: die Agentur

- Italian: agenzia

- Portuguese: agência

- Spanish: agencia

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Today in #Satisfactory I went Hard Drive hunting. On the way back it got dark, so I turned on my headlamp and saw this crazy creature I’d never seen before in the Red Bamboo Forest. It didn’t seem aggressive, so I just went around it and headed back to the HUB. Weird looking thing.

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Trump's tax and immigration bill clears hurdle after late-night vote (Washington Post)

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Vatican releases footage of Zelensky meeting with Pope Leo XIV. 18.05.2025 byteseu.com/1024081/ #Ukraine #UkraineWarVideoReport #UkraineWarVideos #UkraineWarVideoReport


FID OF TOBACCO. A quid, from the small pieces of tow with which the vent or touch hole of a cannon is stopped. SEA TERM.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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Israeli forces begin major ground operations in Gaza byteseu.com/1024079/ #Japan #NHK #NHKNews #NHKWorldNews


Beyond being a repository for his fears about the bomb,
“A Canticle for Leibowitz”
was a means for Miller to work through the trauma and guilt that haunted him from his wartime experiences,
especially the bombing of the abbey at Monte Cassino.

By his own admission, Miller did not become fully aware of the driving force behind his novel until he was working on its third part.

“I was writing the first version of the scene where Zerchi lies half buried in the rubble,” Miller recalled.

“Then a light bulb came on over my head:
‘Good God, is this the abbey at Monte Cassino? . . . What have I been writing?’”

Authors can put themes into a book without even realizing it, and in some cases might even deny the inspiration.

In this case he realized where the ideas were coming from, but that doesn't always happen

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a favorite of mine, what a great book. Finding out about the waste of time of illumination of blueprints by hand...lol



Get in the zone with these code editors.

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UK poised to reset ties with EU as Starmer’s popularity plunges to record lows byteseu.com/1024072/ #Europe #EuropeanUnion #UnitedKingdom



"We are expected to be good Americans and look the other way as Israel prevents food, water, and medicine from reaching the remaining people of Gaza. Israel is literally starving them to death…We must speak out and demand a change in policy. We can’t be complicit in starving kids…"

— Ben Cohen (#YoBenCohen) May 18, 2025

@palestine
#Gaza
#America
#USA
#Israel



Lisp. But Why?

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#clojure #programming



Belgium leads corruption probe against NATO procurement officials byteseu.com/1024067/ #Europe #NATO