Getting stuff done - 25 Nov 2018

Okay, I've downloaded an update for Gaia Sky to my "new"-ish MacBook (not-Pro), along with an expanded star catalogue (2 % downloaded so far as I type these words) because I'm still interested in playing the "mapping our Galaxy" game to whatever degree I can as a science-fiction nerd and non-astronomer. I read and watch too much space opera to be able to not give a damn or a blessing about this stuff at this point in life.

Getting some laundry done because it's Sunday, so why not?

Did some snack shopping too because it's Grey Cup weekend, and since Saskatchewan isn't playing, I get to cheer for Ottawa with as clean a conscience as I can given that chronic traumatic encephalopathy is a real problem for everyone who's going to be on the field. I hope everyone gets away with playing more safely than they used to today.

More later...

Connecting More Election-Meddling Dots

Carole Cadwalladr's latest on some of the investigations in the wake of Brexit Vote I:

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/nov/24/mps-seize-cache-facebook-internal-papers

Quoth the article:

Facebook said: “The materials obtained by the DCMS committee are subject to a protective order of the San Mateo Superior Court restricting their disclosure. We have asked the DCMS committee to refrain from reviewing them and to return them to counsel or to Facebook. We have no further comment.”

It is unclear what, if any, legal moves Facebook can make to prevent publication. UK, Canada, Ireland, Argentina, Brazil, Singapore and Latvia will all have representatives joining what looks set to be a high-stakes encounter between Facebook and politicians.

Brasil, huh? Do they suspect similar tampering being part of how Balsonaro got elected there?

Also, I think Ukraine has a life-and-death need to be represented at this particular multinational gathering, for reasons similar to those of Latvia and the UK (and maybe the States as well)...

Musical Interlude: Alessia Cara's "Where the Wild Things Are"

The best part of today's Grey Cup game. She got a message out.