Davi Russo “Blue Valentine”
By now, we all have heard that Facebook’s news feed has an algorithm that filters out many dissenting posts and shows us mostly what it thinks we want to hear. This algorithm favors fake and misleading news that aligns with our belief systems over legitimate news that we maybe didn’t want to hear. There are even accusations that this algorithm may have affected last week’s election results. I almost hope that’s true. The tinfoil-hat rants from both sides of the aisle have been thick on the ground, especially for the last week. Were we always this crazy, or did Facebook make us crazier?
I’ve had to limit myself to a few minutes at a time because it’s all so contentious and distressing.
But today, Facebook delivered me what I can only call a peace offering.
One world. That’s what I dream of. Peace, my lovelies.
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November 14, 2016 at 9:17 am
Thank you. xoxoxo
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November 14, 2016 at 9:38 am
Love you!
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November 14, 2016 at 9:22 am
My half sister and I used the same DNA serivce. We have the same father. My results and her results did not match up at all. We also knew that on her side there was some Native American and it did not show up. I have zero information on my mother’s side and was hoping to find some, but that never happened. I would not use the same service ever again. I also lost a lot of faith in any on-line DNA service. Just for the record it was Ancestry.com. I agree that this is a much smaller world than some think.
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November 14, 2016 at 9:42 am
Yike! That’s so odd. I have heard that people aren’t happy with their Ancestry results, but I understand their database is the most inclusive.
Beloved and I are considering 23 and Me because their results are supposed to be more accurate and go into more depth.
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November 14, 2016 at 10:58 am
I am 98% sure that my DNA and my half sister’s DNA was done by different labs. Ancestry.com is just the middle man. I went with them because I have gotten nothing but really outstanding services from them. At the cost, I am not going to try any one of over ten different web sites offering DNS work. Again, I totally agree this world is not as huge as we used to think before personal DNA became available. If I win a lottery, I would go with National Geographic. Again, just because of their rep. I don’t think there is any standard for personal DNA and I guess there are some labs better than some others.
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November 14, 2016 at 12:17 pm
I’m sure that’s true. Clearly, there needs to be some regulating of the standards for DNA testing. At any rate. I love the idea that each successive generation is a further blending of the races. Certainly, we don’t want to lose individual cultures, but the idea that we’re more similar than different could go a long way to encouraging peace.
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November 14, 2016 at 1:30 pm
Just in my lifetime, I have seen major changes. No longer is a ‘mixed marriage’ looked down on like it was. Gays are open and no longer hiding. I think the one area that I am somewhat disappointed in is Religion. Why are Religions fighting each other all over the globe? This is a beautiful group but we are a minority in the world. I hope we get a US Government that will do their best to stop the senseless violence going in the some cities. At the same time, peaceful protests should also be protected. It took 76 years to get to where we are today and we still have a long way to go. We need a none lethal method to replace the police guns to stop a law breaker. Not sure how we got from DNA to here. So I hope Donna does not think that I am stepping over the line. Will some day in the future will skin color not make a difference? Will our DNA continue to merge?
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November 14, 2016 at 11:36 am
Thanks for a beautiful reminder. One world, one people.
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November 14, 2016 at 12:18 pm
Of course, the people who hear the message as it’s meant are likely not the people who needed reminding in the first place. But at least it’s a message of hope, and that’s certainly something.
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November 14, 2016 at 1:55 pm
I am a family historian so this popped up in my news feed a couple of weeks ago. I enjoyed seeing people’s reactions to learning that their perceptions of their identity differed from what their DNA informed them about their identities. As a family historian, I have been tempted to have my own DNA tested. It won’t tell me anything about the people who populate my tree, of course, or add any flesh to the bones in the way that interesting anecdotes and archival material do but it could be interesting to see what I can learn about my DNA that predates the documented records on my family history. It would be quite a chunk from my budget though and my suspicion is that my pie chart would not be very interesting, just plain old vanilla northern European.
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November 14, 2016 at 3:10 pm
I, on the other hand, am adopted with very few family information. I’ve been calling myself the genetic craps shoot for years. Might be interesting. I agree that it’s expensive, though. Maybe the price will go down eventually.
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November 14, 2016 at 3:21 pm
I can see why you would have an additional motivation to check out your DNA.
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November 14, 2016 at 3:36 pm
Yes, and no. I kind of enjoy the mystery.
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December 10, 2016 at 9:16 pm
Nice peace offering from the Facebook.
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December 10, 2016 at 11:21 pm
True story!
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