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Cake day: June 11th, 2023

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  • I get where they are coming from to a degree - that the Israeli government has not fulfilled it’s obligation to get the hostage home, and that the country on general is becoming increasingly run on religious fervor. But it’s disappointing that the ongoing genocide seems to have little to no part to play in their concerns. There’s millennia of bad blood there and they have been victims of atrocities too, I understand that. But if the murder of innocent people in their name isn’t causing pause for thought, then there’s something seriously wrong. (Same thing goes for every nation or cultural group.)










  • I’m so glad I never sent them my DNA. It was tempting from a genealogy perspective. But my concerns about privacy and them selling on customer information always weighed heavier than that temptation.

    But I feel a lot of sympathy for those who used their services. For a while they incessantly advertised them, including via paid endorsements from many ‘trusted’ podcasters and YouTubers. The company’s failure should bring to the fore a drive for new laws in many countries to protect consumers’ DNA from being monetized and exploited. But sadly we all know it won’t.