THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“Make yourself useful: go out and help someone.”

— Kat Timpf

BIRTHDAYS:

1608 John Milton, English poet, polemicist, scholar, and civil servant under the republican Commonwealth of England, whose epic Paradise Lost (1667) recasts the biblical Fall of Man as a profound exploration of human disobedience and divine justice, cementing his status as a towering figure in English literature second only to Shakespeare in influence.

1728 Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi, Italian opera composer, born in Massa, Duchy of Massa and Principality of Carrara. Ouverture da “I viaggiatori ridicoli”

1886 Clarence Birdseye, American inventor, entrepreneur, and naturalist renowned for developing the quick-freezing process in 1924, which preserved the taste, texture, and nutritional value of foods and laid the foundation for the modern frozen food industry.

1906 Grace Hopper, American mathematician, computer scientist, and United States Navy rear admiral renowned for her pioneering contributions to computer programming and software development.

MISCELLANEOUS:

OBVIOUSLY. Study Reveals Surprisingly Obvious Reason Why Exercise Reduces Cancer Risk

TERRAN GRIDS ARE TAPPED OUT. Startup announces ‘Galactic Brain’ project to put AI data centers in orbit

REMINDER:

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