THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“The best way to predict the future is to create it.”

— Alan Kay

BIRTHDAYS:

1515 Caspar Othmayr, German composer and Lutheran pastor, born in Amberg, Duchy of Bavaria. Hüt Du Dich

1672 Richard Steele, Anglo-Irish writer, playwright and politician best known as the co-founder of the magazine The Spectator alongside his close friend Joseph Addison.

1710 Thomas Arne, English composer of the late Baroque and early Classical periods. He is known for his patriotic song “Rule, Britannia!”. Rule Britannia, and God Save the Queen, and God Save the King

MISCELLANEOUS:

WOW. Humanity’s first Dyson swarm orbital solar-powered AI data centers.

BEFORE THE NEXT LOCK DOWN (INCLUDING VIOLATING FREE SPEECH AND THE FREEDOM TO ASSEMBLE), THE AUTHORITIES SHOULD BE OBLIGATED TO READ THE FOLLOWING: