THOUGHT OF THE DAY:

“Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught.”

— Ambrose Bierce

BIRTHDAYS:

1683 Johann Christoph Graupner, German harpsichordist and Baroque composer, born in Hartmannsdorf, Electorate of Saxony. From Cantata “Liebster Gott vergisst du mich!”-Est ist genug, and Triosonate in B Dur GWV 217

1690 Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel, German composer and librettist, born in Grünstädtel, Electorate of Saxony. “Bist du bei mir”

1906 Zhou Youguang, “Chinese economist, linguist, sinologist, and supercentenarian. He has been credited as the father of pinyin, the most popular romanization system for Chinese…”

MISCELLANEOUS:

PUTTING SOME EGGS IN A DIFFERENT BASKET. TSMC’s Arizona Fab 21 is already making 4nm chips — yield and quality reportedly on par with Taiwan fabs

COVID 19 LOCKDOWNS – REQUIRED READING.

PUBLISHED 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

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