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"Can #African clinics help decode #schizophrenia and #bipolar disorder by collecting #DNA from thousands of patients?"

Sounds like a job for Wojcicki sister #3, Janet, #Fulbright scholar. They were looking for ways to ~diversify~ their biobank! 🙄

wsj.com/articles/globa…
How Anne and Susan Wojcicki's parents raised the founder of 23andMe and the CEO of YouTube cnbc.com/2018/06/18/how…
Janet Wojcicki, Fulbright
Host Institution
University of Swaziland
cies.org/grantee/janet-…
23andMe Wants Its DNA Data to Be Less White theatlantic.com/science/archiv…
How to delete your DNA data from genetics companies like 23andMe and Ancestry
businessinsider.com/how-to-delete-…
DNA tests for IQ are coming, but it might not be smart to take one
technologyreview.com/s/610339/dna-t…"
23andMe’s DNA kit offer for reuniting migrant families raises privacy concerns sfchronicle.com/business/artic…
Why does Google Want Your #DNA?
Privacy Is an Illusion: Watch Before Taking a DNA Test
#23andme
#MyHeritage
#AncestryDNA
Chinese project probes the genetics of genius nature.com/news/chinese-p…

#IQ
#DNA
China Snares Innocent and Guilty Alike to Build World’s Biggest DNA Database
wsj.com/articles/china…
"genetic bombs" could contain anthrax or bubonic plague tailored to activate only when genes indicated the infected person was from a particular group. theguardian.com/science/2004/o…
While DNA testing to remedy some sort of disorder is a great marketing spin, the reality is there are many agendas at work with global DNA collection--the serious implications of which will affect us all.
"Amid growing feelings of isolation, Americans flock to DNA testing services

America’s fascination with DNA testing sites reveals flaws in a hyper-individualistic culture"

salon.com/2018/06/23/ame…

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Aug 10, 2018
As of late, there has been a lot of pressure placed on me to promote or debunk the recent collection of proclaimed “taboo” topics such as “pizzagate” and the events concerning.

I'll address this now.
Let’s go back to fall of 2016:

I followed the events surrounding a certain pizza parlor quite fiercely when the story first emerged. There was a series of evidence through which I sorted: factual, circumstantial, and manipulated evidence.
Being naïve, I had no idea what psychological operations were—mind games of truth meant to entice a target demographic, partnered with manipulated details (as well as total fabrications) which could potentially result in the failure for an individual to make a sound judgment.
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Jun 25, 2018
American cities are so expensive that they could increase the risk of a ‘demographic time bomb’

#birthrates
#economy
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"Jewish birth rate rose three times higher than the British population, new report finds
And births outside strictly Orthodox rise nearly a fifth in recent years"
thejc.com/news/uk-news/j…
Experts are "baffled" as to why #fertility has plummeted in the US.

If You Want a Family One Day, You Need to See This


#health
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