This blog’s goal is to pass along and comment on news that is: significant for the future, based on logic, facts and data, and apolitical. Amidst the turmoil of 2020, however, it is worth noting that the President of the United States has contracted a life-threatening disease within about a month of the election. Whichever side you’re on, whether you’re a US voter or not, planning for the future just became much more uncertain – and people and institutions do not like uncertainty. This event may affect the planet at a time when the pandemic, the climate, the economy, and social justice issues are all fragile and unstable. Stay tuned, wash those hands, wear that mask, and vote (legally.)