Melinda W
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Melinda W
@mrwstone.bsky.social
PhD, recovering academic, Florida escapee, genealogy/family history researcher, artist, tweeting about ADHD, autism, myasthenia gravis, scleroderma, learning disabilities, and caregiving
de-identified.
April 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM
The data are to be identified. I'm not aware that individuals have been targeted following the breach that mined for Ashkenazi Jew genetics.
April 2, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I thought long & hard about the use of the data, but I'm a rare disease patient #scleroderma. In the interest of aiding research, I DNA tested & learned that I have abt 1.5% Ashkenazi Jew & black genetics. That's ancestry for you. Racial diffs exist in risk & severity w/ SSc. Research is vital.
April 2, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Here's a rundown of 4 contenders to buy the company. The first one concerns me...
fortune.com/2025/04/01/2...
These are the people interested in buying 23andMe
A genomics company, a crypto foundation, and an analytics firm are all eyeing a treasure trove of genetic data.
fortune.com
April 2, 2025 at 12:41 PM
The Dept of Labor posts the data, and there's also this report from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics...
www.bls.gov/news.release...
www.bls.gov
March 30, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Hadn't thought about a stylus. Thanks! Dry and cold fingers, and it takes me forever to operate the Shell gas pump near me.
February 19, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Unfortunately, very true. It's hard not to get discombobulated by all of it, and I definitely don't want to add misinformation in the mix. There are already enough fights to champion.
January 22, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Thank you for catching that!
January 22, 2025 at 3:26 PM