THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“There’s an old saying in business: You’re the average of the five people you spend the most time with.”

— Peter H. Diamandis

BIRTHDAYS:

1483 Hans Buchner, German composer, born in the Free Imperial City of Ravensburg, Holy Roman Empire. Fundamentum: Quem terra

1685 Domenico Scarlatti, Italian composer and harpsichordist (La Silvia), born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples, Spanish Empire. Sonata in a, and Sonata in a minor K 61, and Sonata in A minor, K.175, and K.141

1694 Johan Helmich Roman, Swedish violinist, conductor (Swedish Royal Orchestra), and composer. Violin Concerto in D Minor, and Allegro assai in D from “Drottningsholmmusiken”

1843 Vasily Vereshchagin, Russian painter.

MISCELLANEOUS:

I THOUGHT THEY WERE PREPARING FOR CLIMATE CHANGE. Scientists prepare for the next Carrington Event

SCIENTISTS DON’T HAVE A MONOPOLY ON PREPARATION. Space Weather

RELATED (DON’T READ BEFORE GOING TO BED). Electromagnetic Pulse Shielding Mitigations

IN THE FUTURE, BEFORE LOCKING THINGS DOWN AGAIN (INCLUDING FREE SPEECH AND THE FREEDOM TO ASSEMBLE), THE AUTHORITIES MIGHT WANT TO ACQUAINT THEMSELVES WITH THE FOLLOWING:

Nuremberg Code

Disease Mitigation Measures in the Control of Pandemic Influenza

Great Barrington declaration