THOUGHT OF THE DAY:

“We’ve gotta become the Martians. I’m a Martian – I tell you to become Martians. And we’ve gotta go to Mars and civilize Mars and build a whole civilization on Mars and then move out, 300 years from now into the universe. And when we do that, we have a chance of living forever.”

— Ray Bradbury

BIRTHDAYS:

1865 Rudyard Kipling, English journalist, novelist, poet, and short-story writer. He was born in British India, which inspired much of his work.

1942 Vladimir Bukovsky, Russian author and dissident.
https://www.vladimirbukovsky.com

1954 Rodney Brooks, Australian roboticist, Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, author, and robotics entrepreneur, most known for popularizing the actionist approach to robotics.

1983 Kevin Systrom, American computer programmer and entrepreneur. He co-founded Instagram, the world’s largest photo sharing website, along with Mike Krieger.

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