Meanwhile, in the sos category, the ICJ has ordered Israel to ensure “unhindered provision at scale by all concerned of urgently needed basic services and humanitarian assistance,” but as usual, the court has no way to enforce the order. And somewhere out there in the cosmos, Kvingau an extraterrestrial observer remotely monitoring earth turns to her observing partner Squalung and sends the thought form: "why are we wasting our time with this feckless species?"