djquadratic

Oy… sending love over the internet. A member of my community decided against going to nova the night before, I can only imagine what it’s been like for you.

Actually there are a good number of Arab Israelis who are not of Palestinian origin. It’s a more encompassing term. Plus from what I know Times of Israel is left leaning - so you might be barking up the wrong tree here.

And non Palestinians? What are you on about here

^ this - people keep making this assumption and it’s tiring. None of the groups involved in the conflict have European origin. Having diaspora that migrated to Europe ≠ being European or white

This reminds me of those hitler quotes that people were duped into agreeing with and then being told it was said by hitler.

May her memory be a blessing… I hope that the community she is a part of will find peace in the coming days, months, and years

These kinds of generalizations do not help the cause on either side. It’s only going to help fan the flames. Plenty of Palestinians are just regular citizens who live under the tyrannical rule of Hamas, but would much rather prefer peace. May I ask, do you have personal involvement in this conflict at all? Do you see comments like this helping Israelis, Jews, or Palestinians reaching peace and stability?

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yeah I was talking about leftist extremists. not sure how the term “far leftist” was interpreted as all leftist

Unfortunately this is a very classic far leftist take. Easy to blindly justify a cause you’ve been told to believe in when you simply dehumanize what you’ve been told are the villains

Far too many leftists, like their right wing nut counterparts, are contrarians at heart. This is what happens when political ideology becomes a personality trait; it becomes akin to a religion.

hit the nail on the head with that. I’ve seen so many leftists horseshoe into this perverted self righteousness. and it is even more frustrating when they act like they are directly involved in a conflict they really have nothing to do with.

does quad9 block ads as well? I thought it was only trackers

any advice on using searx? I try to find a usable instance on searx.space but it’s always a struggle for me

Yeah I’ve used it for years and it’s incredibly useful! I use the citation tool on it a lot and then I bought papership on my iPad to read the articles away from my computer

If it’s all articles and documents I’d suggest zotero

I’ve worked in genetics settings, and am considering a career in it – which is partially why I wouldn’t want to send my DNA in. I don’t really see a point in it because you said, its mostly statistical analysis and, buy and large, isn’t very specific.

For lack of better term this privatized genetic screening phenomenon feels like pop science on crack. Spit in a tube, have the cool science company analyze it - find out cool stuff. But when I’m asked about it, I always warn people of the same thing. This is still a relatively new field. Legislation protecting people on the privacy of their genetic code is shaky at best, and the information you get isn’t going to be all that useful.

My parents both come from different ethic minority populations so they wanted to learn more about their roots.

taking these tests for medical reasons, or for adopted people

which in response to that - I’d say that that another case could be for people that do have a curiosity of where they came from given other unique familial backgrounds - which is why I mentioned my family. But I agree it’s hard to draw the line on cost/benefits for each person and where it’s merely novelty versus having legitimate benefit.

for getting a better medical understanding - I really think that it would be better to see a genetic counselor or clinical geneticist. It’s still a growing field in medicine so there aren’t that many - and they typically work in prenatal and pediatric settings. But it’s my hope that as the profession grows, this information will be liaised more by medical professionals - both to guide people in understanding the results of genetic screens and also so that this information is protected under patient privacy laws.

apologies if this was a little scattered. I’m kinda a nerd for genetics and have a lot of thoughts about it - and this was mostly me thinking as I was writing

Homeland, right? I read it too - it was pretty good but that was so many years ago. Only until recently did I realize that he’s a commentator on internet privacy.

I am out to my family but I noticed that the nest display at my parents home would suggest LGBTQ+ related searches when I would talk to them. That would have terrified me when I was in the closet. I could only imagine what it’s like in a household that isn’t accepting

Cory Doctorow’s Little Brother - it was actually a summer reading book in high school. Later, I read Snowden‘s memoir when it came out.

Edit - timing of reading the memoir

Kirby lore goes DEEP - he’s canonically a god