THOUGHT OF THE DAY:

“The future is already here — it’s just not very evenly distributed.”

— William Gibson

BIRTHDAYS:

1578 Francesco Albana, Italian painter.

1628 François Girardon, French sculptor.

1665 Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, French harpsichordist, organist, singer, and composer. Violin sonata n.1 d moll, and Prélude&Chaconne “L’Inconstante”

1685 Jean-Marc Nattier, French portrait painter.

1832 Moncure Daniel Conway, American minister, abolitionist and writer (Life of Thomas Paine).

1834 Gottlieb Daimler, German engineer, industrial designer and industrialist.

1948 William Gibson, American sci-fi author who pioneered the subgenre cyberpunk.

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COVID 19 LOCKDOWNS – REQUIRED READING.

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FOCUSED PROTECTION: The Great Barrington Declaration

SCIENCE, ETHICS, AND THE NUREMBERG CODE:

Declaration of Canadian Physicians for Science and Truth

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