Weeknotes 2026-10-11

The World RIP Margaret Hamilton, pioneering software engineer for the Apollo Program. She lived long enough to witness the end of software engineering as a viable career. Despite a last-minute campaign by good old DJT, the Nobel Peace Prize to activist Navi Pillay for her efforts to promote peace and international law. She worked with the ICC to charge Netanyahu with war crimes. Shortly after being snubbed, the US government issued sanctions on the ICC and DJT threatened Norway saying he would never forget. Speaking of sanctions, DJT and the US government are also planning to set aside sanctions on Russia so they can buy Russian diesel. Zelensky has called this a weak move that in practice supports the Russian war on Ukraine. Trump says that maybe Ukraine needs a new president. Also, Trump's Secretary of War (a most ridiculous title) announced plans to livestream an execution by firing squad. By firing squad! I didn't even know modern civilized societies still did that sort of thing.…