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  1. A quotation from Ellis Peters

    You do what you must do, and pay for it. So in the end all things are simple.

    Ellis Peters (1913-1995) English writer, translator [pseud. of Edith Mary Pargeter]
    Brother Cadfael’s Penance, ch. 16 (1994)

    More about this quote: wist.info/peters-ellis/75756/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #ellispeters #cadfael #brothercadfael #consequences #cost #costbenefit #decision #decisionmaking #must #necessity #riskanalysis #simplicity

  2. A quotation from Terry Pratchett

    And Sergeant Colon once again knew a secret about bravery. It was arguably a kind of enhanced cowardice — the knowledge that while death may await you if you advance it will be a picnic compared to the certain living hell that awaits should you retreat.

    Terry Pratchett (1948-2015) English author
    Discworld No. 21, Jingo (1988)

    More about this quote: wist.info/pratchett-terry/8091…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #terrypratchett #discworld #alternatives #bravery #costbenefit #courage #cowardice #danger #death #informeddecision #punishment #retreat #riskanalysis #riskassessment

  3. A quotation from Ellis Peters

    You do what you must do, and pay for it. So in the end all things are simple.

    Ellis Peters (1913-1995) English writer, translator [pseud. of Edith Mary Pargeter, who also wrote under the names John Redfern, Jolyon Carr, Peter Benedict]
    Brother Cadfael’s Penance, ch. 16 (1994)

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/peters-ellis/75756/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #consequences #costbenefit #decisionmaking #must #necessity #riskanalysis #simplicity #cost #decision

  4. Landsat Next – Satellites Offers Improved Data To Earth
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    doi.org/10.3133/fs20243005 <-- link to USGS fact sheet 2024-3005
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    landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/satellit <-- NASA page
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    usgs.gov/landsat-missions/land <-- USGS page
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    youtu.be/339KeL29tig?si=kr9asL <-- NASA Goddard overview video
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    “With a trio of smaller satellites that can each detect 26 wavelengths of light, the Landsat Next mission is expected to look very different from its predecessors that have been observing Earth for 50 years. This new plan for Landsat Next, a joint mission of NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey, is designed to provide more frequent, and finer resolution, data of the changing surface of Earth…”
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    @USGS @nasa @NASAGoddard @USGSEROS

  5. The "Costs of War" project, based at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, estimates that the total death toll in post-9/11 wars – including Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Syria and Yemen – could be at least 4.5-4.7 million:
    Stephanie Savell (2023) watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/pa

    Blair is one of the Western leaders who shares complicity for this appalling death toll: mondediplo.com/2003/07/01ramon

    State lying has been thrown down the memory hole by media outlets who welcome him with open arms.

    (to be continued)

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