[Goanet] US Supreme Court Vacancy

[Roland Francis]

The death of the much respected Ruth Bader Ginsberg had made a position 
available on the bench of the US Supreme Court - one among nine.

A favourite of the Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is Amul Thapar a US 
born son of Punjabi Indian parents who is currently serving as Circuit Judge of 
the US Court of Appeals of the Sixth Circuit. If he is nominated and approved 
by Congress, he will be the newest Supreme Court Justice.

Wikipedia has a good description of Amul Thapar if you are interested.

Roland 
Toronto.

[Goanet] The Indian Boss by Steve Correa

[Frederick Noronha]

You are cordially invited to the digital launch of The Indian Boss At Work
by Steve Correa (executive coach) on Friday, 25th September 2020 at 5:00 PM
(IST). This will be followed by a discussion on Discovering Indianness and
Indian Leadership. Will be live on LinkedIn @SAGE Publications India.
-- 
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Re: [Goanet] Condolences to Goanetter Nelson Lopes and family...

[Roland Francis]

Deepest sympathy to Nelson Lopes and family for the nightmare of the loss they 
have to endure following the death of their son Francis.

RIP Francis. 

Roland.
Toronto.


> On Sep 19, 2020, at 2:31 PM, Frederick Noronha  
> wrote:
> 
> On the death of Nelson's son Francis, following a road accident. Been a bit
> out of the loop, but first read the young lad's friends appealing for AB+
> blood. An operation had been scheduled.
> 
> Francis was at ZACL (from what one reads) and had met with an accident a
> short while earlier. Last night (pre-dawn Saturday), Nelson's post came
> through on Facebook, announcing the death of his son. Other members of the
> family mentioned that the young man was due to get married in December!
> 
> This is really sad and really upsetting. Nelson is one of the nicest, most
> helpful and committed to his village (Chinchinim... but not only that)
> persons whom one has come across.
> 
> One of the students I know through another network was praising him for
> helping her with a scholarship -- without any prompting -- when she needed
> it the most. We met accidentally at some event in Panjim quite some time
> back, and I invited him to post to Goanet. He has been regularly doing so.
> 
> The death of a child is tragic, more so when it befalls someone who you
> feel definitely deserves better... But then, life often doesn't have logic
> behind it, or so it seems to us. FN
> -- 
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[Goanet] Condolences to Goanetter Nelson Lopes and family...

[Frederick Noronha]

On the death of Nelson's son Francis, following a road accident. Been a bit
out of the loop, but first read the young lad's friends appealing for AB+
blood. An operation had been scheduled.

Francis was at ZACL (from what one reads) and had met with an accident a
short while earlier. Last night (pre-dawn Saturday), Nelson's post came
through on Facebook, announcing the death of his son. Other members of the
family mentioned that the young man was due to get married in December!

This is really sad and really upsetting. Nelson is one of the nicest, most
helpful and committed to his village (Chinchinim... but not only that)
persons whom one has come across.

One of the students I know through another network was praising him for
helping her with a scholarship -- without any prompting -- when she needed
it the most. We met accidentally at some event in Panjim quite some time
back, and I invited him to post to Goanet. He has been regularly doing so.

The death of a child is tragic, more so when it befalls someone who you
feel definitely deserves better... But then, life often doesn't have logic
behind it, or so it seems to us. FN
-- 
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[Goanet] Schedule for Sunday 20th September 2020

[CCR TV]

CCR TV GOA
Channel of God's love✝

You can also watch CCR TV live on your smart phone via the CCR TV App
Available on Google PlayStore for Android Platform.
Click the link below.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ccr.tv4
Email ID:  ccrgoame...@gmail.com

Schedule for Sunday 20th September 2020

12:00 AM
Rosary - Glorious Mysteries

12:24 AM
Hymn - Deva Mhojea Deva - Fr Ronaldo Fernandes

12:30 AM
Abundant Life - Depression - Causes - Prof Nicholas D'Souza

12:56 AM
Hymn - Mhojea Deva Tum Sorv- Fr Seville Antao OFM(Cap)

12:58 AM
Ixtt - Poem by Sandhya Fernandes

1:00 AM
Mass in Konkani for Saturday

1:50 AM
Konkani Short Film on Self Empowerment - Payar Ubo

2:00 AM
Saibinnichi Ruzai -  Orkache Mister

2:25 AM
Ximpientlim Motiam - Bhag 68 - Gorudd - Fr Pratap Naik sj

2:32 AM
Hymn - Holy Cross HS, Siolim

2:36 AM
Nokhetram - Michael Gracias chats with 3 Tiatrists

3:05 AM
Konknni Bhas - Bhag 4 - Fr Pratap Naik sj

3:30 AM
Mil Mel Nel Show - I

4:00 AM
Catechism for First Holy Communion -6

4:17 AM
Amchea Bapa - 2 - Domnic Rodrigues

4:43 AM
DYC - The Way - Eps 3

5:02 AM
Building faith on the rock of God's Word - Edmund Antao

5:31 AM
Entrepreneurship - Blaise Costabir interviewed by Basil D'Cunha

5:54 AM
The Dangers of an unforgiving heart - Edmund Antao

6:21 AM
Talk  on 2 Itihas 7: 14 by Fr Eusico Pereira

6:48 AM
Hymn - You are my all in all -Saxophone cover - Fr Seville Antao - OFM(Cap)

6:50 AM
Hymn - Sorginchem Raj By Fr. John A Fernandes

6:54 AM
Poem - St Teresa by Sandhya Fernandes

6:57 AM
Sokalchem Magnnem

7:00 AM
Mass in Konkani By Archbishop followed by Jivitacho Prokas

8:00 AM
Feast Mass at Palmar Grande

9:00 AM
Feast Mass - Verna

10:00 AM
Morning Prayer

10:05 AM
Song - Dubhav - Jerson Fernandes

10:10 AM
My Music Videos - Render Mama

10:15 AM
Vocation - Saligao Seminary

11:05 AM
Catechism for Confirmation - 7

11:35 AM
Mass in English from Archbishop's House followed by Daily Flash

12:35 PM
Xapai - Xamaichem Magnnem

12:37 PM
Poem - Holy Land  - Janet Mascarenhas

12:40 PM
Outreaches and Offshoots of the CCR - Bishop Francis Kalist

1:22 PM
Talk on Holiness Adv. F.E. Noronha

1:48 PM
Mother Mary - Talk by Fr Eremito Rebelo

2:00 PM
Hymn - Namo - Fr Glen D'Silva sfx

2:18 PM
Bhokti Lharam - Bhag 12

2:25 PM
Music - Spiritual Music 2  followed by Povitr Atmeak Dispottem Magnnem

2:55 PM
Hymn -Tum ietai,tum ietai - Fr Seville Antao OFM(Cap)

2:58 PM

Music - Carmu Saibinnim - Victor Da Costa

3:00 PM
Catechism for First Holy Communion - 7

3:22 PM
Ximpientlim Motiam - Bhag  107 Gaddum  - Fr Pratap Naik sj

3:30 PM
Deivik Kaklutichi Magnneam

3:40 PM
DYC - The Way Eps 2

3:55 PM
Hymn - Prayer of St.Ignatius of  Loyola sung by Irene Rocha

4:00 PM
Rosary - Glorious Mysteries

4:24 PM
Reflection on the Gospel - Dominicans

4:30 PM
Senior Citizens Exercises - 13

4:56 PM
Apovnnem - Sem Melito D'Costa

5:00 PM
Jivo Ani Amchea Ek Charan - Fr Emidio Pinto

5:30 PM
Talk - Love - SJVRC

5:56 PM
Couples Prayer - English

6:00 PM
Angelus - English

6:02 PM
Shokthi Deva - Thaun Koshi Mellun Geuchim ? - Cassino D'Costa

6:30 PM
Mass in Konkani followed by Jivitacho Prokas

7:30 PM
Saibinnichi Ruzai -  Orkache Mister

7:55 PM
Hymn - You are my all in all -Saxophone cover - Fr Seville Antao - OFM(Cap)

7:57 PM
Bhurgeanlem Angonn - Bhag 9

8:00 PM
Wisdom Reflections -1 - Introduction - Fr Aleixo Menezes

8:25 PM
Psalms  40 - Read by Alfwold Silveira

8:30 PM
Walking in the power of the Holy Spirit - Alfwold Silveira

8:56 PM
Song - Laudato Si -  Fr Ryan Alex

9:00 PM
Adoration - Love - SJVRC

9:25 PM
Our Father - Telegu

9:30 PM
Ratchem Magnem

9:45 PM
Marathi Mass

10:45 PM
Prayer - A lifeline to God - Fr Fernando da Costa

11:45 PM
Sessions  - Pastoral Letter 2020-21 - Fr Bolmax Pereira

Donations may be made to:
Beneficiary name : CCR GOA MEDIA.
Name of Bank : ICICI Bank
Branch Name: Candolim Branch
RTGS/NEFT Code : ICIC0002624
Savings Bank Account No : 262401000183

[Goanet] Online Release of CSE's New report-Managing Plastic Waste in India

[Vikas Khanna]

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MANAGING PLASTIC WASTE IN INDIA 

An agenda for action 

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 24, 2020 | 4.00-5.30 PM INDIA TIME

 

Omnipresent: it is a term which best illustrates plastics and plastic
waste. Almost 79 per cent of all plastics manufactured in the world
ends up as waste in landfills or in the environment, choking our land
and our waterbodies, including oceans and seas, and eventually
entering our bodies with the food that we eat. We had believed that we
had almost tackled the plastic problem — as long as people did not
use single-use products, segregated and recycled it, or destroyed the
waste. But that bubble has
burst. The problem remains. Persistent, nagging, and as damaging as
ever.

CSE's latest publication — Managing plastic waste in India:
Challenges and agenda — is our first comprehensive attempt to
understand and document the problem, and the gaps that need to be
filled. We invite you to a webinar with some of India's key dedicated
bureaucrats and experts for a discussion on this subject. The report
will be officially released during the webinar.

We look forward to seeing you.

Please note: This is a free webinar, and registration is open to all.
All those who register will receive an automatic confirmation.
However, the webinar can accommodate a limited number of attendees on
a first come-first served basis only. Therefore, please try to join 5
minutes before the scheduled time. 

To know more about this webinar

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[Goanet-News] SUNDAY SPECIAL: "The Merv Griffin Show with Special Guest Yvan Silva" on YouTube

[Frederick Noronha]

"The Merv Griffin Show with Special Guest Yvan Silva" on YouTube
https://youtu.be/yos5fwKV_EI

Yvan Silva, a closer look, then and now
https://youtu.be/Q4RHQ538zX4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQHrXgQeLsI

A Damascus wedding
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0_ZyQjXpG4

See more links here
https://www.youtube.com/user/YVANSILVACYBERMEMOIR

Yvan José das Dores Silva
Yvan José das Dores Silva (Dr. Yvan Silva), b.July 8, 1936, died on
08/19/2020. He was baptized in Gloria Church, Bombay, India. His life as an
academic physician and surgeon, author, and in music - as a lyricist,
performer, and recording artist is chronicled in Yvan Silva-A Cybermemoir
and available on www.yvansilva.com.

Survivors are his beloved daughters, Julie Silva of Encinitas, CA and
Jennifer Mitchell of Phoenix, AZ; grandchildren Amy White (Julie and Arnie
White) and Charlie and Katie Mitchell(Jennifer and John Mitchell). Brother
Olaf (Sonia) Silva, Lake Mary, FL, and sister Brenda (Saeed) Silva-Mirza,
Montreal Canada.
https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/freep/obituary.aspx?n=yvan-jos-das-dores-silva=196687169

Thanks a tonne to Mariano Pereira in Germany (!) for sharing this link with
Goanet and me.  Thank you mariano.pere...@gmx.net
-- 
FN* फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا‎ +91-9822122436

[Goanet] SUNDAY SPECIAL: "The Merv Griffin Show with Special Guest Yvan Silva" on YouTube

[Frederick Noronha]

"The Merv Griffin Show with Special Guest Yvan Silva" on YouTube
https://youtu.be/yos5fwKV_EI

Yvan Silva, a closer look, then and now
https://youtu.be/Q4RHQ538zX4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQHrXgQeLsI

A Damascus wedding
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0_ZyQjXpG4

See more links here
https://www.youtube.com/user/YVANSILVACYBERMEMOIR

Yvan José das Dores Silva
Yvan José das Dores Silva (Dr. Yvan Silva), b.July 8, 1936, died on
08/19/2020. He was baptized in Gloria Church, Bombay, India. His life as an
academic physician and surgeon, author, and in music - as a lyricist,
performer, and recording artist is chronicled in Yvan Silva-A Cybermemoir
and available on www.yvansilva.com.

Survivors are his beloved daughters, Julie Silva of Encinitas, CA and
Jennifer Mitchell of Phoenix, AZ; grandchildren Amy White (Julie and Arnie
White) and Charlie and Katie Mitchell(Jennifer and John Mitchell). Brother
Olaf (Sonia) Silva, Lake Mary, FL, and sister Brenda (Saeed) Silva-Mirza,
Montreal Canada.
https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/freep/obituary.aspx?n=yvan-jos-das-dores-silva=196687169

Thanks a tonne to Mariano Pereira in Germany (!) for sharing this link with
Goanet and me.  Thank you mariano.pere...@gmx.net
-- 
FN* फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا‎ +91-9822122436

[Goanet] AIFF REPORT: Brimming with ‘energy & enthusiasm,’ FC Bengaluru United confident ahead of Hero I-League Qualifier 2020

[I-League Media]

Dear Colleagues,

Please find the report below.

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*Brimming with ‘energy & enthusiasm,’ FC Bengaluru United confident ahead
of Hero I-League Qualifier 2020*

*NEW DELHI:* The Hero I-League Qualifier 2020 is set to kick-off in Kolkata
and Kalyani from October 8, 2020 with five teams facing off for the prized
spot in the 2020-21 edition of the Hero I-League. Among them is FC
Bengaluru United and according to Head Coach Richard Hood, the squad is
brimming with “enthusiasm and energy” ahead of the competition. In a candid
chat with www.i-league.org, Richard spoke about the task that lies ahead,
the team’s preparations, the club’s recruitment strategy, the influence of
former India skipper Gouramangi Singh as a coach, and much more.


*READ MORE:*
https://i-league.org/brimming-with-energy-enthusiasm-fc-bengaluru-united-confident-ahead-of-hero-i-league-qualifier-2020/

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*Pictures:*

*Find all Hero I-League, Hero Second Division League, Hero Elite League,
Hero Sub-junior League and Hero Junior League news on **www.i-league.org*


Request you to follow our OFFICIAL accounts:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ILeagueOfficial
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ILeagueOfficial

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Media Department, AIFF.
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Website: www.the-aiff.com

[Goanet] Impact of over tourism on residents....A case study of Goa (a survey)

[Frederick Noronha]

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/XR2263H

[Goanet] O Heraldo goes Portuguese

[Stephen Dias]

Senhor Bernado Colaço

Gostaria que este papel O Heraldo  começa a publicar as notícias e assuntos
de Goa em Português. Mey pai foi grande amigo do senhor Amadeu Praseres de
Costa que naqueles tempos O Heraldo foi uma grande coisa que todos nós
sabiam falar e escrever em Português e depois este papel disapareceu e
nunca consegui publicar nesta amada lingua que até agora ficarìa satisfeito
se este nosso Rahul O filho de Heraldo que não tomou interesso para começar
com esta publication.
Eu passei O sétimo ano do Liceu e gostarìa publicar artigos em Português.
Fiquei a saber os nomes do Casmiro Monteiro a pessoa que acabou com tudo e
PIDE outro grande grupo que foi bem conhecido na nesta terra.

Estevam Dias conhecido agora como Stephen Dias



Message: 1
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2020 11:01:34 + (UTC)
From: Bernado Colaco 
To: "goanet@lists.goanet.org" 
Subject: [Goanet] O Heraldo goes Portuguese
Message-ID: <935810868.1646779.1600426894...@mail.yahoo.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8

 Thanks to Sr. Fonseca for the below link on O Heraldo. now publishing some
articles in Portuguese. Also a big up to Shri Barbosa the current editor of
the newspaper for taking the initiative in its 120 years of publication. O
Heraldo you might know was a Portuguese only daily until the 80's, when the
owners decided to shut down the Portuguese editorial.?
Somewhere in the mid 50's my late old man was an editor of the newspaper
along with one Cabral Sa and under the guidance of Dr. Amadeu Prazeres of
Orlim, Salcete. During that period the newspaper had many blank spaces due
to censorship by the PIDE (Portuguese secret police) and the editors were
lucky to escape the wrath of Casmiro Monteiro.
I wish Shri Barbosa the very best in his endeavour. Kitem zalem murre those
60 years of fotioponn has finished. Now Goans have travelled and lived
around the world with Portuguese citizenship and seen for themselves how
the world exists. That anti Portuguese rhetoric coming from those freedom
fighters atam ghlem dobian.
BC

Mais Antigo Di?rio De Goa Volta A Publicar Cr?nicas Em Portugu?s Para
Celebrar 120 Anos

[Goanet] GOA

[Aires Rodrigues]

*Lokayukta does not spare former CM, then CS and EX ACB SP in Former
Minister Pandurang Madkaikar’s disproportionate assets case*

https://goanewshub.com/lokayukta-does-not-spare-former-cm-then-cs-and-ex-acb-sp-in-former-minister-pandurang-madkaikars-disproportionate-assets-case/

[Goanet] THE POST OF GOA LOKAYUKTA CANNOT REMAIN VACANT

[Aires Rodrigues]

While we are all battling the COVID-19 pandemic which has to be everyone’s
a priority, we cannot ignore the fact that the much needed now vacant post
of the Lokayukta must not remain deserted given the rampant corruption and
mounting cases of rank mal-administration that Goa is witnessing.

The hardcore and very low caliber of our current ruling politicians stands
exposed with the revelation that even during the lockdown, they did not
hesitate to enrich their pockets through even the now infamous labour scam.

Goa cannot remain without a formidable Lokayukta who has to vigilantly
oversee the working of this now faltering government and maintain a check
on its every wrongful act of omission and commission.

The Lokayukta is the single most valuable tool that the common man has at
its disposable to obtain justice. Corruption hurts the public directly and
tragically as it penalizes the honest and rewards the dishonest. A
formidable and upright Lokayukta will investigate cases of corruption,
where substantiated, recommend action even if it emanates from the powerful
government machinery and its maladministration.

It is a legal necessity for every individual as it is a great check on
corruption, brings about transparency in the system, makes administrative
machinery citizen friendly. It is vital that a Lokayukta is in place
urgently with powers to take cognizance of citizens’ grievances promptly,
dexterously and expeditiously through simple informal mechanism devoid of
technicalities.

The Goa Lokayukta Act was enacted in 2011 to provide for the establishment
of the Institution of Lokayukta and to inquire into grievances and
allegations against Public functionaries in the State of Goa. We and this
now comatose government cannot lose sight of.

Any form of justice for the citizen must be welcomed and readily accessible
promptly, especially against the evil of corruption that destroys the
individual and society and which is acknowledged as the main evil that
undermines the values of democracy, morality, social, political and
economic development.

Justice delayed is justice denied. To delay justice is an injustice!



Aires Rodrigues

Advocate High Court

C/G-2, Shopping Complex

Ribandar Retreat,

Ribandar – Goa – 403006

Mobile No: 9822684372

Office Tel  No: (0832) 2444012

Email: airesrodrigu...@gmail.com

 Or

   airesrodrig...@yahoo.com

You can also reach me on

Facebook.com/ AiresRodrigues

Twitter@rodrigues_aires


www.airesrodrigues.com

[Goanet] {Dilip's essays} Deck the clouds with a gas called phosphine

[Dilip D'Souza]

Sep 19 2020

If I remember right, it's in the first episode of "Breaking Bad" that I
first heard of some apparently real-life use of a gas called phosphine. (I
mean, the name had cropped up in school chemistry, but barely registered).
Spoiler alert: in that episode, it is used to poison two men.

So when I ran across news that astronomers had detected phosphine on Venus,
that tickled my fancy no end. Especially because this seriously poisonous
gas was seen as, of all things, a sign of life on Venus.

And I couldn't resist writing about it for my Mint column yesterday
(September 18).
https://www.livemint.com/opinion/online-views/deck-the-clouds-with-the-phosphine-gas-11600389922389.html

Please do let me know what you think -- about phosphine, Venus, life,
intelligent life ... even, if you like, about "Breaking Bad" and, why not,
Venus de Milo.

yours,
dilip

PS: This column, like another I sent out a few weeks ago, might just make
you think of Arlo Guthrie. (In the same way as that previous column, too).
That previous time, only one of you (you know who you are) seemed to have
caught the reference. Let's see if we can beat that record.

---


Deck the clouds with a gas called phosphine


Two scientific pursuits probably excite me a little more than others:
anything to do with ant behaviour, and the search for life elsewhere in
this universe we inhabit. So I was thrilled to read that a team of
astronomers has detected signs of life on another planet. Yes: in this
strange time when lives by the thousands are being snuffed out every day by
a virus, we find there may be life on Venus.

Exciting no doubt, but allow me a few moments to explore some other signs
of possible life beyond our planet that we think we have detected.

In late 2017, there was the strange object ‘Oumuamua, which zoomed in and
out of our solar system. (See my “Cigar from outer space”, 5 Jan 2018,
https://www.livemint.com/Home-Page/936Lf9E2wuDrvj8zgGflkL/Cigar-from-outer-space.html).
Of course there are many objects that zip through space, but this one got
astronomers thinking hard. That was largely because of its shape: it was
about 250m long, but only 35m wide. In a universe filled with spherical or
generally rounded artifacts, this one was like a cigar. Did that mean
something?

Well, more than one astronomer speculated, in all seriousness, that it
might be a spaceship. For if you wanted a vehicle to barrel through space
and explore other worlds, you would probably choose to build it in that
shape. Had some technologically advanced civilization out there come to the
same conclusion and shaped ‘Oumuamua that way? Did it contain a host of
alien beings searching for signs of life as we ourselves are doing?

Enough astronomers thought these were questions at least worth asking. So
as ‘Oumuamua sped away from us, we started listening for radio signals from
it. For you’d expect a craft like that had been built by a technologically
advanced civilization. You’d expect it to emit signals, from its machinery
or for communications or both. After all, our own spacecrafts that have
roamed the solar system — Voyager, Pioneer, Cassini and more — have all
been communicating with Earth as they roam, sending out radio signals.

Only, we found no signals from ‘Oumuamua. The general impression now is
that it was no more than an odd-shaped rock.

Then there’s KIC 8462852, or Tabby’s Star, about 1500 light years away. In
about 2011, its brightness started varying in a bizarre way (See my “Have
we found a structure?”, 23 Oct 2015,
https://www.livemint.com/Opinion/zWZBB9VjKUpV1vgOIlrQgP/Have-we-found-a-structure.html).
Once it dimmed by as much as 22%. Various people offered various
explanations for this strange dimming; in fact, by one account, the
astronomical community went “mildly bananas” over Tabby’s Star. And one
explanation was particularly interesting: a “Dyson sphere” around the star.

Originally conceived by the thinker and mathematician Freeman Dyson, this
is what he called “an artificial biosphere which completely surrounds [a]
star.” He imagined that a civilization might attempt to build such a sphere
in order to gather and use all the energy from its star, rather than just a
tiny fraction of it like we do with our Sun. Imagine what such a project
would entail and you’ll know: this would have to be a civilization in
possession of technology and knowledge far greater than our own.

So was Tabby’s Star dimming because someone was building a Dyson sphere
around it? That is, was this dimming a sign of life there? It’s possible,
but over the last few years, astronomers have offered other, more plausible
explanations. For example, perhaps there’s an “exomoon” that is
disintegrating as it orbits the star. The resulting debris could be
obscuring our view of it. What this and other explanations mean is that it
is unlikely that Tabby’s dimming is a sign of life.

But what do these two have in common? In both cases, the signs we sought to
confirm were of