THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“One day you will ask me which is more important? My life or yours? I will say mine and you will walk away not knowing that you are my life.”

— Khalil Gibran

BIRTHDAYS:

1695 Giuseppe Sammartini, Italian oboe virtuoso and late Baroque/early classical composer who served the court of the Prince of Wales, born in Milan, Duchy of Milan. Sonata in si bemolle maggiore (Allegro-Andante-Allegro)

1486 Martin Agricola [Sohr], German Renaissance composer, cantor, and music theorist, born in Świebodzin, Bohemian Silesia. Christum wir sollen loben schon

1745 Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier, French inventor and pioneer balloonist (Montgolfière-style hot air balloon).

1838 Max Bruch, German composer, born in Cologne, Kingdom of Prussia. “Kol Nidrei,” op. 47

1872 Alexander Scriabin, Russian composer. Sonata No. 2 in G-sharp Minor, op. 19 (“Sonata-Fantasy”)

1883 Khalil Gibran, Lebanese-American poet, painter, and philosopher, born in Bsharri, Mount Lebanon, Ottoman Syria.

1905 Eric Frank Russell, British sci-fi author.

MISCELLANEOUS:

WEIRD. Hubble Telescope spies ‘wake’ of supergiant Beutelgeuse’s hidden companion star

INTERESTING. Elon Musk Expects True AGI in 2026-2027 and Superintelligence About 2030 and Believes in Antiaging Now

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