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-- William Shakespeare (Macbeth)
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Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.
-- Albert Einstein
All mortals tend to turn into the things they are pretending to be.
-- C. S. Lewis
Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.
-- Hannah Arendt (The Origins of Totalitarianism)
Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on, or by imbeciles who really mean it!
-- Mark Twain
The Okefenokee Swamp is home to over 600 kinds of carnivorous plants. Three of my favorites: Swollen Bladderwort, Pitcher Plant, and Sundew. These plants each employ different mechanisms for "eating" small bugs or creatures. Each is fascinating in its own right! #SwampSunday #Okefenokee ALT: INFO!
Programming allows you to think about thinking, and while debugging you learn learning.
-- Nicholas Negroponte
#Wisdom #Quotes #NicholasNegroponte #Computers #Learning #Programming
If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.
-- Milton Berle
"I am the sweetness of waters, The light of moon and sun, The perfume of earth, the splendor of fire, I am the soul in all that lives, Time without end am I, And the life of things to be, The spirit celestial & supreme." Shrine of the Water Gods 1935 #SwampSunday #Okefenokee #FolkWitch
No mining near Okefenokee
Mining next to the #Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge would irrevocably damage this natural treasure. Yet #Georgia 's Environmental Protection Division just issued draft permits -- bringing the start of strip mining one step closer.
Imagine: Dump trucks carve deep ruts into once unspoiled #wetlands. Giant excavators rip through matted layers of ground-hugging plants.
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Georgia RecorderGeorgia environmental regulators issue draft permits for strip mine near Okefenokee • Georgia RecorderThis story was updated at 7 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 12, 2024, to reflect EPD’s decision to extend the public comment period. State regulators have issued draft permits for a controversial mining proposal near the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. The state Environmental Protection Division announced late Friday afternoon that it had decided to issue draft […]
This is just crass capitalism run amok...and, even worse, for no justifiable reason at all.
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The New York Times · Opinion | We Can Still Save the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge