THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“Human beings are born with different capacities. If they are free, they are not equal. And if they are equal, they are not free.”

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

BIRTHDAYS:

1803 Theodore Dwight Weld, one of the architects of the American abolitionist movement during its formative years from 1830 to 1844, playing a role as writer, editor, speaker, and organizer.

1830 Kaspar von Zumbusch, German-Austria sculptor of public statues in Vienna.

1861 Konstantin Korovin, leading Russian impressionist painter.

1876 Manuel de Falla, Spanish pianist and composer. El amor brujo.

MISCELLANEOUS:

WHO DID THE WEEDING? Scientists put moss on the outside of the International Space Station for 9 months — then kept it growing back on Earth.

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

Nuremberg Code

Disease Mitigation Measures in the Control of Pandemic Influenza

Great Barrington declaration