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DeVonta Smith is Eagles' undisputed No. 1 WR. He was shaped by perseverance https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/50042344/philadelphia-eagles-devonta-smith-wr1-post-aj-brown-mnf
Re-reading ATM. First read it when I was in my teens, decades later I've been living here for almost 10 years. The minute you drive up to Lao, past Khe Sanh, you know those draftees never stood a chance. And that's not taking the Vietnamese perseverance into account. These Dispatches show you what an utter waste it all was and is. Gotta respect those LURP's and tunnel rats though.
"Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th."
—Julie Andrews
#acting #coaching #inspiration
Stratigraphy Preserved on the Jezero Crater Rim Reveals Repeated Impacts on Early Mars: #Perseverance Rover Reads Record of Ancient #Mars #Impacts: https://www.nasa.gov/solar-system/planets/mars/nasas-perseverance-rover-reads-record-of-ancient-mars-impacts/
And on the encouraging news front, an example of resilience and perseverance:
Afghan cyclist who disguised herself as a man to evade Taliban wins Asian Games silver
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/sep
And on the encouraging news front, an example of resilience and perseverance:
Afghan cyclist who disguised herself as a man to evade Taliban wins Asian Games silver
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/sep
Finished reading "Tokyo These Days Vol. 3" by Taiyo Matsumoto.
This closes out the series with the editor's passion project finally coming together and finding real, if modest, commercial success.
More hopeful than the earlier volumes. Perseverance pays off instead of ending on quiet resignation. A win for art over profitability, even if a small one.
4/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Watching NatGeo show “Built for Mars” on the build of the Perseverance rover.
What is really special about this show is that it deservedly valorizes the technicians. Not the scientists and engineers, those are the cheerleaders in this one, effusively praising the people who do the hyper-careful, ultra clean assembly, test, and launch ops.
As a longtime corporate/MSP sysadmin and former theatrical technician, this show warms my heart. It also makes me feel a bit like I missed my…
"Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th."
—Julie Andrews
#acting #coaching #inspiration
Earth and the Martian moon Phobos dance together in a series of images recently acquired by NASA’s #Perseverance Mars rover: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-perseverance-rover-watches-earth-vanish-behind-martian-moon/?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1-nasajpl&utm_content=media-perseverance-20260805 - Earth appears as a point of light in the Martian sky, disappearing behind the crescent of Phobos, the larger of Mars’ two moons; this is the first time humanity has captured from the surface of another planet an observation of Earth disappearing behind an object.