THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.”

— Frederich Schiller

BIRTHDAYS:

1696 Johann Melchior Molter, German composer, born in Tiefenort, Thuringia, Duchy of Saxe-Weimar. Clarinet Concerto.

1775 Charles Lamb, British critic/poet/essayist.

1795 Ary Scheffer, Dutch-French Romantic painter, etcher and sculptor.

1890 Boris Pasternak, Russian and Soviet poet, novelist, and literary translator.

MISCELLANEOUS:

ROBERT HEINLEIN, PLEASE CALL YOUR OFFICE. Tens of Thousands of Tons of Payload to the Moon With SpaceX Starship Starting in 2027

In the future, before locking things down again (including free speech and the freedom to assemble), the authorities should become acquainted with the following:

Nuremberg Code

Disease Mitigation Measures in the Control of Pandemic Influenza

Great Barrington declaration