Weeknotes 2026-11-01 Undas Edition

It is a new month! This weekend is Undas - a time when traditionally, Filipino families go to the cemeteries to visit their departed loved ones. As you can imagine, the cemeteries are very crowded on these days. Lots of people also travel home to the provinces. But for our household I think it has been quite a few years since we observed this tradition on the date. The World RIP Sir Patrick Stewart, a great loss to the world. On Oct. 30, 2026, 10:34 p.m. I wrote: My favorite Picard quote: "It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness, that is life." #rip Sir Patrick Stewart, a great loss The far-right seems to be losing steam in recent elections. Lula won in Brazil and Bolsonaro's son fled to the US claiming he was cheated (typical). The 12-year reign of Serbian authoritarian Vucic was ended by the student movement in their recent elections. In Israel, Netanyahu failed to win a parliamentary majority and now their government is in the air, depending on…