cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/22544105

So, my clumsy servant broke the amphora I've had for as long as I can remember. I went to the marketplace looking for a new one, but for some reason almost all the amphorae there were 'wheel thrown'.

What does that even mean?? Take a wheel off some poor farmer's ox-cart and throw at a clump of clay hoping you get a pot?

Are coiled pots suddenly not good enough for people anymore?!

> The band issued only four tracks on two singles on Apple; both A-sides were covers: Gerry Goffin and Carole King's "Road to Nowhere", and Paul McCartney's "Golden Slumbers / Carry That Weight"; although Trash's version was released a week before the Beatles' version on their forthcoming album Abbey Road.[1][2] The single "Golden Slumbers / Carry That Weight" made the top 40, but the band disappeared shortly after. The single was included on the multi-artist compilation Come and Get It: The Best of Apple Records in 2010.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Trash_(Scottish_band)

There have been at least 18 violations, with 13 on Wednesday alone, according to a tally by Anadolu, compiled through Israeli army announcements and news sources, including Lebanon’s National News Agency.

Violations on Wednesday:

• Israeli drone strike hits a car in the town of Markaba, Marjayoun district of Nabatieh governorate, injuring two people. Israeli Army Radio says the car was targeted to “remove it from a prohibited area”;
• Israeli warplanes attack a site in southern Lebanon, which the army claimed belonged to Hezbollah and contained rockets;
• Israeli tank fire hits the towns of Kafr Shuba and Al-Wazzani in Hasbaiyya district of Nabatieh governorate;
• Israeli artillery shells the towns of Taybeh and Khiam, and the Marjayoun plain in Marjayoun district;
• Israeli artillery shells hills of the town of Haltah in Hasbaiyya district, and the Ras Al-Zaher area in the town of Mays Al-Jabal, Marjayoun district;
• Israeli drone flies over towns in the Tyre district of South governorate, and the town of Bint Jbeil in Nabatieh governorate;
• Israeli artillery shells the town of Aita Al-Shaab, and the city of Bint Jbeil in Bint Jbeil district.

Violations on Thursday:

• Israeli army fires at journalists in the town of Khiam, Marjayoun district while they were covering the return of residents and the Israeli withdrawal from the town, injuring two;
• Israeli artillery fires shells near the Fatima Gate in the town of Kafr Kila in Marjayoun district. The towns of Odaisseh and Khiam also targeted;
• Israeli army arrests four people in southern Lebanon, claiming they approached Israeli forces in the area. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says they belonged to Hezbollah and that one of them was a local leader.

Ghosts in Medieval Beliefs

Belief in ghosts was deeply rooted in the medieval imagination. Throughout the Middle Ages, countless references to restless spirits can be found in manuscripts and folklore. These spectres were often thought to have specific reasons for their appearance, most commonly to seek assistance from the living. Unlike the malevolent spirits of modern horror tales, medieval ghosts were often portrayed as suffering souls in need of help to reach peace.

Most languages have a word that that serves as interjection for expressing pain. In Mandarin, it’s “ai-yo.” In French, it’s “aïe.” And in several Indigenous Australian languages, it’s “yakayi.” All have sound elements that seem quite similar—and that’s no coincidence, according to a new study in the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. Researchers found pain interjections are more likely to contain the vowel sound “ah” (written as [a] in the International Phonetic Alphabet, or IPA) and vowel combinations that use it, such as “ow” and “ai.” These findings may point back to the origins of human language itself.

Not their heaviest or hardest by any stretch, but holy fuck is it good. I dunno if the song is really metal other than the guitar, but it's close enough for me :)

Aliens have a "non-interference policy" and want to "avoid humans," an expert has claimed. UFO researcher and historian Richard Dolan made the claim in a video clip posted to his social media pages. The 34-second clip talks about how extraterrestrial beings mainly seem to shy away from directly interacting with humans, as other experts have recently hinted.

Air pollution goes beyond New Delhi

The recently opened clinic has already become a lifeline for those grappling with pollution-induced diseases, including bronchitis and breathing difficulties.

Doctors in this and other hospitals report cases of breathlessness, asthma, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). They say there are more patients than last year.

The elderly and those with heart conditions are particularly susceptible, experiencing heightened symptoms and requiring hospitalization.

I'm listening to Stromae, Pomme - Ma Meilleure Ennemie (from Arcane Season 2) Lyrics w/ translation.

And one line is "Mais comme dit le diction: Plutôt qu'être seul mieux vaut être mal accompagne."

French (sorry for butchering some of the letters, I've a Nordic layout), roughly for "But as the saying goes: Better than alone, is to be in bad company."

Reading that, I remembered a Spanish line from last weeks episode of "The Day of the Jackal": "Mejor solo que mal acompañado."

"It's better to be alone than in bad company."

A difference in views between the French and the Spanish, eh? Anyone here who's got some view on it? I'd be interested to hear a view from someone who intimately understands both cultures.

Understanding Planetary Formation

Planetary formation traditionally follows a gradual process known as core accretion. In this model, dust and gas in a protoplanetary disk surrounding a young star coalesce into planetesimals. Over millions of years, these planetesimals collide and merge, forming larger planetary cores. Once a core reaches a critical mass, it begins to attract a significant envelope of gas, eventually forming a fully-fledged planet.

However, the discovery of fast-forming exoplanets suggests that this timeline may be far more dynamic under certain conditions. Observations of young stellar systems reveal exoplanets forming within tens of thousands to a few hundred thousand years—a fraction of the time previously assumed necessary for planetary development.

Elton John was joined on stage by John Lennon at Elton's Madison Square Garden concert. They performed three numbers together, "Whatever Gets You Through the Night", "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" and "I Saw Her Standing There". Lennon had promised the flamboyant rocker that he would make a stage appearance with him if his "Whatever Gets You Through the Night" became a #1 hit, which it did two weeks earlier. Later that same night, Lennon and his estranged wife Yoko Ono reconciled backstage after being separated for a year.