THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“Just as in the sciences we have learned that we are too ignorant to safely pronounce anything impossible, so for the individual, since we cannot know just what are his limitations, we can hardly say with certainty that anything is necessarily within or beyond his grasp. Each must remember that no one can predict to what heights of wealth, fame, or usefulness he may rise until he has honestly endeavored, and he should derive courage from the fact that all sciences have been, at some time, in the same condition as he, and that it has often proved true that the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow.”

— Robert H. Goddard

BIRTHDAYS:

1789 Georg Ohm, German mathematician and physicist.

1799 Anna Atkins, English botanist and photographer best known for creating Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions (1843), the first book illustrated entirely with photographic images and the first major scientific application of photography in botanical documentation.

1823 William Henry Monk, English composer and organist. Abide With Me

MISCELLANEOUS:

PROGRESS. 2 seconds that changed the world: Robert Goddard launched the 1st liquid-fueled rocket 100 years ago today

FOR ANYONE INTERESTED IN WHAT’S GOING ON WITH ‘THE JOB MARKET’ – I DON’T PRETEND TO KNOW. YOU MIGHT WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS, THOUGH: Why Claude Code and OpenClaw Just Triggered a Tech Stock Panic

I DON’T KNOW WHY, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE MOR AND MORE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN I HAVE BEEN

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