THOUGHT OF THE DAY:

”If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.”

― E.B. White

BIRTHDAYS:

1810 Eugène Simonis, Belgian sculptor.

1811 William Robert Grove, Welsh physicist and inventor of the first fuel cell.

1834 James McNeill Whistler, American-British painter (Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1 aka “Whistler’s Mother”)

1836 Antônio Carlos Gomes, Brazilian opera composer, first from outside of Europe with successful career in Italy, born in Campinas, São Paulo, Empire of Brazil. Fosca Overture, and Em sono plácido… As fagueiras esperanças

1872 Rollin Henry White, American inventor of steam boilers for early automobiles and Cletrac tractors.

1899 E. B. White, American writer (Charlotte’s Web)

1927 Theodore Harold Maiman, American Inventor and engineer (created 1st working laser)

1928 Frank Rosenblatt, American psychologist notable in the field of artificial intelligence. He is sometimes called the father of deep learning[1] for his pioneering work on artificial neural networks.

1934 Giorgio Armani, Italian fashion designer, particularly noted for his menswear.

MISCELLANY:

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READ THESE BEFORE THE NEXT LOCKDOWN IS DECLARED:

SOMETIMES IT REALLY IS WHAT YOU THINK IT IS. A Special Message To Patients: STOP Your Ideological BS (5:59)

IN 2006. Disease Mitigation Measures in the Control of Pandemic Influenza

FOCUSED PROTECTION: The Great Barrington Declaration

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

RELATED. Nuremberg Code.