Interesting Links for 18-06-2013

• Want to see a movie about a woman? Tough, there aren't any.
  (tags: movies women )
• An MP with a mind of her own discovers that's not what party leaders want.
  (tags: politics uk )
• China's banking system is out of control
  (tags: banking credit china )
• The genie of unlimited filth is out of the bottle and no law can stop us polishing our lamps
  (tags: politics uk sex censorship media )
• Dame Judi Dench likes to embroider swear-words
  (tags: swearing movies funny )
• House of Lords could swell to 2,000 to balance immovable block of Liberal Democrat peers
  (tags: houseoflords politics uk )
• Which countries are good for healthcare, rule of law, access to the legal system, welfare, and freedom of speech?
  (tags: law freespeech welfare healthcare )
• UK internet providers reject default porn filters
  (tags: uk porn censorship internet )
• What if you had to explain James Joyce to the NSA?
  (tags: spying jamesjoyce encryption funny writing code satire )
• How to draw boobies
  (tags: art breasts )
• There's a missing student in Edinburgh. A lot of my friends are worried. Can you help?
  (tags: edinburgh people )
• When you get stressed, do you forget that people are, well, people?
  (tags: psychology stress emotion )
• A Country of Cities: Building Hyperdensity and Civic Delight
  (tags: cities architecture )
• How would the massive EU/US trade deal affect us?
  (tags: europe trade usa )
• Groupon has a deal for Bonsai Sushi (I don't normally do this, but I _love_ Bonsai. Mmmmm)
  (tags: epicwin groupon food sushi )
• US reveals 46 people it has no evidence to try, but refuses to release.
  (tags: law rights guantanamo epicfail )
• Want to File a Motion in the FISA Court? First You Have to Find Them
  (tags: law spying usa )
• Sesame Street creates first Muppet to have a parent in jail
  (tags: prison children Muppets )
• Voices may not trigger brain's reward centers in children with autism
  (tags: autism children language )
• The 5 Most Incredibly Badass Acts of Nonviolence
  (tags: violence awesome )

I may be in trouble if the Nazis get into power

23AndMe tells me that I am 88.2% Ashkenazi Jew. This is not even slightly shocking.

My maternal line is the H6a1 haplogroup, which originated in Turkey/Syria, and then spread into Europe, largely into the Urals, before extending across Europe.

My paternal line is G2c* - originating in the Caucuses, and then spreading across to Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan, although also across chunks of Europe.

I am also 2.9% Neanderthal. Meaning that only 16% of people are neanderthaler than me.

I am at increased risk of Atrial Fibrillation (34% vs 27%), Prostate Cancer (25% vs 18%) and Chronic Kidney Disease (5% vs 3.5%).

On the other hand, I am at reduced risk of Coronary Heart Disease (37% versus 47%), Type 2 Diabetes (20% vs 26%), Psoriasis (7% vs 11%) and Alzheimer's (5% vs 7%).

I am less sensitive to bitter flavours, have curly hair, and my eyes are probably brown. I am likely intolerant to lactose, and not resistant to malaria or HIV.

My telomeres are the equivalent of someone 4 years older than I am.

I am similar to people from Poland and the Ukraine.

And I am awesome.