Notices by Fits of Pique (fitsofpique@mastodon.social)

@slyborg Honestly, I think of this as a feature. It keeps the kind of people who can't appreciate the complex magic of Chicago - out.

I'm not even from here and at least once a week I say out loud, "I can't believe I get to live here."

@Peternimmo @StillIRise1963 @katmckatniss @BlackAzizAnansi Or it might just be sold to a police department or insurance company...

Commercial DNA tests are a textbook example of data value disparities. For the purchaser (subject) they solve - at best - curiosity. For the owners of the data, they provide a non-fungible, exploitable, profitable data source - for generations of your family. Your progeny don't ever get to consent to have their DNA used against them.