THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers & cities; but to know someone who thinks & feels with us, & who, though distant, is close to us in spirit, this makes the earth for us an inhabited garden.”

— Goethe

BIRTHDAYS:

1749 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German polymath who is widely regarded as the most influential writer in the German language.

1754 Peter Winter, German composer, born in Mannhein, Electorate of the Palatinate, Holy Roman Empire. Concertino für Klarinette, Violoncello und Streichorchester 1. Satz

1833 Edward Burne-Jones, English Pre-Raphaelite painter and designer.

1841 Louis Le Prince, French artist and original inventor of the motion picture camera sometimes called “the father of cinematography”.

1919 Godfrey Hounsfield, English electrical engineer and inventor (CT scan, 1979 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine).

1957 Ai Weiwei, Chinese contemporary artist, documentarian, and activist.

MISCELLANEOUS:

MEANWHILE, BACK AT THE RANCH. Aubrey de Grey Larger Mouse Life Extension Project

IN THE FUTURE BEFORE LOCKING THINGS DOWN (INCLUDING FREE SPEECH AND THE FREEDOM TO ASSEMBLE) THE AUTHORITIES MIGHT ALSO WANT TO READ THE FOLLOWING:

Nuremberg Code

Disease Mitigation Measures in the Control of Pandemic Influenza

Great Barrington declaration