THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”

— Christopher Hitchens

BIRTHDAYS:

1515 Lucas Cranach the Younger, German painter.

1528 Francisco Guerrero, Spanish composer. A un niño llorando al hielo, and Los reyes siguen la estrella, and Trahe me post te

1657 Francesco Solimena, Italian painter.

1861 Frederic Remington, American artist and sculptor of American West

MISCELLANEOUS:

I HOPE WE’LL BE ABLE TO SEE IT WITHOUT A TELESCOPE. Astrophotographers capture dazzling new views of Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) as it brightens for October skies

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