Notations From the Grid (Special Friday Edition): On Our World.....

The Financial Times of London had a recent depiction of the State of the Republican Party as the anniversary of President Trump's 1-Year Election:

This is as the Haaretz' Chemi Shalev laid out a "State of the Presidency" Report:

The post-traumatic year since Donald Trump’s inconceivable election as U.S. presidenthttps://t.co/ew7DaSjWwp

— DailyOutsider (@ordinaryfaces) November 2, 2017

Interesting times indeed Especially as the Economist of London declared Social Media to be the key threat to Democracy in the aftermath of information that has come out about how Facebook, Twitter and Google were manipulated by the Russians:

Our cover this week looks at how social media harm democracy. Twitter, Facebook and Google were supposed to improve politics. Instead, from Russian meddling in America’s election to political manipulation in South Africa, they are spreading fake news, partisanship and mistrust. They need to change

Notations From the Grid (Special Thursday Edition): On The Prowl in Our World.....

The Big Five of Tech (Apple; Google; Microsoft; Amazon & Facebook) have been under scrutiny this week epitomized by what happened before Congressional Committees yesterday.     Ads bought by Russian Trolls apparently were watched by an estimated 136 Milllion Americans during the Elections--and some are noting that th estimate is undesrtated.

Please enjoy this interesting and engaging view of the Solar System Thanks to the team at CB Insight:

Notations On Our World (Special Edition): Al Jazeera celebrates its 21st anniversary

We join in wishing Al Jazeera Happy Birthday as we are proud to feature Al Jazeera as our partner of choice for our live Broadcast Pod!!