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Bud Light’s social-media accounts have resumed regular postings after a hiatus that followed the ill-fated marketing tie-up with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney — and they’re drawing brutal comments from critics.

The feel-good posts which feature images of people enjoying Bud Light received negative replies from Twitter users, including one who wrote: “I’d rather drink urine.”

Over the weekend, Bud Light tweeted out images depicting beer-drinkers enjoying themselves.

Sunday’s tweet included a photo of two women walking outdoors — one of which is holding a 24-can case of Bud Light.

“Summer Sunday made easy,” the caption of the tweet read.

The tweet prompted one user of Photoshop to crop an image of a large trash bin — making it seem as if the woman was about to toss the case of Bud Light into the garbage.

Another cropped image made it appear as if the two women were walking through a garbage dump.

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The tweet that was posted on Saturday features an image of a man holding an open bottle of Bud Light.

“It’s Saturday. Let’s have a good day,” the caption of the tweet read.

One snarky responder tweeted: “You havent had a good day in almost four months.”

Each of the tweets were deluged with negative responses from those who have vowed to boycott the brand over its Mulvaney partnership.

“The best ratios are Bud Light ratios,” one Twitter user wrote.

On Twitter, a ratio refers to a tweet that generates more comments than likes or shares — a surefire sign that the post will be met with a largely negative reception.

Another Twitter user joked that whoever is managing Bud Light’s social media accounts has a difficult task in front of them.

“Shout out to the bud light intern who has the difficult job of hiding every reply,” the Twitter user wrote.

Another Twitter user wrote: “You lost your customer base. The only people drinking your beer are those who don’t know about the boycott and think they’re just getting a great deal on beer.”

The Twitter user continued: “You did this, and continue to do this, to yourself. You made drinking beer political.”

The Post has sought comment from Anheuser-Busch.

Last Wednesday, the official Bud Light Twitter account posted an image showing cans of the beer resting in an icy cooler.

“Wednesday night beers,” read the caption of the tweet.

Another beer drinker vowed: “Ah yes. Gonna grab a Blue Moon.”

Bud Light’s efforts to win back hearts and minds have been met with stiff resistance from boycotters who vow to shun the beer at least until its parent company offers up a full-throated apology.

Sales of Bud Light fell by 23.6% over the Fourth of July holiday — continuing a weeks-long trend that has seen a steady decline of the brand’s popularity at checkout counters nationwide.

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Asteroids vs Comets vs Meteors vs Meteorites: What Are They and How Are They Different From Each Other?

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Asteroids, comets, meteoroids, meteors, and meteorites may seem similar, but each plays a unique role in the Solar System. Asteroids are rocky remnants, comets are icy wanderers, meteors are shooting stars, and meteorites are fragments that survive the plunge to Earth.

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Cable snapped in deadly Lisbon funicular crash, report finds

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Cable snapped in deadly Lisbon funicular crash, report finds

A report into the deadly Lisbon Gloria funicular crash has said the cable linking the two carriages snapped.

The carriages of the city’s iconic Gloria funicular had travelled no more than six metres when they “suddenly lost the balancing force of the connecting cable”.

The vehicle’s brake‑guard immediately “activated the pneumatic brake as well as the manual brake”, the Office for the Prevention and Investigation of Aircraft Accidents and Railway Accidents said.

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But the measures “had no effect in reducing the vehicle’s speed”, as it accelerated and crashed at around 60kmh (37mph), and the disaster unfolded in less than 50 seconds.

Questions have been asked about the maintenance of the equipment, but the report said that, based on the evidence seen so far, it was up to date.

A scheduled visual inspection had been carried out on the morning of the accident, but the area where the cable broke “is not visible without dismantling.”

The Gloria funicular is a national monument that dates from 1914 and is very popular with tourists visiting the Portuguese capital.

The Gloria funicular connects Lisbon's Restauradores Square to the Bairro Alto viewpoint
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The Gloria funicular connects Lisbon’s Restauradores Square to the Bairro Alto viewpoint

It operates between Restauradores Square in downtown Lisbon and the Bairro Alto neighbourhood.

The journey is just 276m (905ft) and takes just over a minute, but it operates up a steep hill, with two carriages travelling in opposite directions.

How the disaster unfolded

At around 6pm on Wednesday, Cabin No.2, at the bottom of the funicular, “jerked backward sharply”, the report said.

“After moving roughly 10 metres, its movement stopped as it partially left the tracks and its trolley became buried at the lower end of the cable channel.”

Cabin No.1, at the top, “continued descending and accelerated” before derailing and smashing “sideways into the wall of a building on the left side, destroying the wooden box [from which the carriage is constructed]”.

It crashed into a cast‑iron streetlamp and a support pole, causing “significant damage” before hitting “the corner of another building”.

Cable failed at top

Analysis of the wreckage showed the cable connecting the cabins failed where it was attached inside the upper trolley of cabin No.1 at the top.

The cable’s specified useful life is 600 days and at the time of the accident, it had been used for 337 days, leaving another 263 days before needing to be replaced.

The operating company regards this life expectancy as having “a significant safety margin”.

The exact number of people aboard each cabin when it crashed has not been confirmed.

Britons killed in disaster

Kayleigh Smith, 36, and William Nelson, 44, died alongside 14 others in Wednesday’s incident, including another British victim who has not yet been named.

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Five Portuguese citizens died when the packed carriage plummeted out of control – four of them workers at a charity on the hill – but most victims were foreigners.

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FSU players honor Pritchard with dad on hand

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    • Graduate of the University of Florida.

The father of Florida State linebacker Ethan Pritchard was on the sideline Saturday for the Seminoles’ game against East Texas A&M.

Earl Pritchard and another family member were on the sideline wearing his son’s No. 35 jersey. Ethan Pritchard remains hospitalized in Tallahassee after surviving a gunshot wound to the head last weekend.

Florida State safety Earl Little Jr. brought out a No. 35 jersey to midfield for the coin toss, and Florida State players wore No. 35 wristbands to honor their teammate.

Defensive tackle Darrell Jackson Jr. wore a T-shirt with Pritchard’s face on it during pregame warmups.

According to Earl Pritchard, Ethan Pritchard was driving his aunt home when he was shot in the back of the head in Havana, Florida, 16 miles from Tallahassee, on Sunday night.

The Seminoles routed East Texas A&M 77-3 on Saturday, after which coach Mike Norvell presented Earl Pritchard with the game ball, and asked him to break the rock – a tradition generally given to the player of the game after each Seminoles victory.

Norvell grew emotional as he discussed Pritchard during his postgame media availability.

“The way that he plays the game … he loves it, he absolutely loves it. To know that right now that’s taken away from him in a senseless act, you don’t always know why you have to go through things in life but I do believe God has his hand over Ethan and this football team,” Norvell said.

“To have Earl here today – He’s a wonderful man, and being with him I know it’s so very hard. I know it’s hard for anybody to have to go through, but he told me early in this week, ‘I know where my boy wants to be so I’m going to go stand in his place for him.'”

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