Admiral Sir Henry Leach, who was Britain's First Sea Lord and chief of the Defence staff during the Falklands war, once said, "Isn't it bizarre that no one complains when the army or air force loses a tank or plane, but all hell breaks loose when a warship sinks? Warships are meant to be used—and some will be lost. But we are here to employ our forces, not languish in fear of risk or for enemy ..." Leach was able to say that partly because he knew exactly what it costs when a warship goes down with hundreds of men. His father, Captain John Leach, had been the captain of the Royal Navy battleship "Prince of Wales" and went down with the ship when it was sunk by Japanese aircraft in 1941.  A similar comment from Admiral Andrew Brown Cunningham, who was the RN's Commander in Chief for the Mediterranean theatre, on the losses his ships were taking from Luftwaffe attacks while evacuating British soldiers from Crete during Word War II: " It takes the Navy...

Hat tip to Ramin Nasibov , who tweeted on X that, quote, "NASA has released a photo of the lunar eclipse."  

 

"Neither Timothy Zahn in his books or Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni in their animated or live-action shows ever encouraged me to say anything about Chiss religious beliefs. But as someone who has made a lifelong study of the culture, art and beliefs of every species I encounter, I have a message today for any humans on Sol III (also known as Earth) who may reading this. To all Christian people celebrating the resurrection of Jesus today, and also to anyone else celebrating Easter, I wish you all a happy and peaceful Easter." Mitth'raw'nuruodo.

All too often X is full of anger and hate, but we keep reading it because every so often you see a fascinating exchange or something very amusing. "Spaceballs The X Account" posted that  "Now that Artemis II has launched we have 10 days to get everyone on Earth a Planet of the Apes costume so we can do something hilarious when the astronauts return 😁"

The Gesualdo six perform J. S. Bach's " O sacred head, sore wounded. "