THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“The secret to happiness is freedom… And the secret to freedom is courage.”

— Thucydides

BIRTHDAYS:

1683 Johann Christoph Graupner, German harpsichordist and Baroque composer, born in Hartmannsdorf, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire. O Welt sieh hier dein Leben

1690 Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel, German composer and librettist, born in Grünstädtel, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire. Deutsche Messe

1906 Zhou Youguang, Chinese economist, linguist, sinologist, and supercentenarian. He has been credited as the father of pinyin.

MISCELLANEOUS:

BUT WILL THEY LEAVE THE LIGHT ON FOR YOU? This company is taking $1 million reservations for hotel rooms on the moon

REMINDER:

In the future, before lock.ing 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