THOUGHT OF THE DAY:

”To know the mighty works of God, to comprehend His wisdom and majesty and power; to appreciate, in degree, the wonderful workings of His laws, surely all this must be a pleasing and acceptable mode of worship to the Most High, to whom ignorance cannot be more grateful than knowledge.”

― Nicolaus Copernicus

BIRTHDAYS:

1473 Nicolaus Copernicus, Renaissance polymath, active as a mathematician, astronomer, and Catholic canon, who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than Earth at its center.

1671 Charles-Hubert Gervais, French baroque composer. Usquequo Domine

1743 Luigi Boccherini, Italian cellist and composer, Quintet, Op. 30, No. 6 “Passa Calle”, and Minuetto, and “Fandango” from Quintetto in D Major

1863 Emánuel Moór, Hungarian composer, pianist, and inventor of musical instruments. Prelude, Op. 123

1917 Carson McCullers, American novelist (The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter)

MISCELLANY:

THIS IS THE KIND OF FUTURE I ENVISIONED AS A CHILD. SpaceX and US Military Will Need to Mass Produce Hundreds of Mechazilla Launch Towers

FOCUSED PROTECTION: The Great Barrington Declaration

Yes, the following is on the website for the Bulgarian Association for Pathology (BPAP). As near as I can tell, the Canadian website was taken down.

SCIENCE, ETHICS, AND THE NUREMBERG CODE: Declaration of Canadian Physicians for Science and Truth

RELATED. Nuremberg Code