Mark Thompson

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Professional Genealogist, Board Member, Photographer, Beachcomber, and ex-IT professional. (He/Him)
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@ghostinthenet the worst injuries are self inflicted.

I maintain that everyone in IT needs to know this •one• Yiddish word and use it often.

Farpotshket: Broken, because someone tried to fix it.

#PSA #WordOfTheDay #X

@AncestryCounts Thanks Stacey! Much appreciated! I haven't seen the paper version yet... looking forward to seeing it in print.
@MarkDThompson Congratulations on your article in the current UGA Crossroads.
@AncestryCounts I was just thinking the other day that I should reread the GPS. It’s a good read, although a little light on character development. :-)
“Sequencing his DNA revealed genetic variants linked to diabetes, heart problems, and kidney disease. The variant that most intrigued Fairbanks was in a gene that has been associated with epilepsy and neurological issues.”
#dna #isogg #internationalsocietyofgeneticgenealogy #geneticgenealogy #genealogy #geneadons
#epigenetics #mendel #gregormendel
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/12/30/1142202365/gregor-mendel-genetics-dna-analyzed
Why scientists dug up the father of genetics, Gregor Mendel, and analyzed his DNA

The year 2022 was the 200th anniversary of the birth of Gregor Mendel. He's known as the father of genetics, so scientists exhumed Mendel's body and examined his DNA.

NPR
@dirkhh and finish my password migration/trim/change/2fa2TheMax.
@dirkhh all that, and test my backups. Rearrange my directory structure so that it works for the way I work today. Colour calibrate my monitors *and* my printers. And a partridge in a pear tree.
@pbump thank you for this and everything you do. Describing large data sets and the complex relationships in them is challenging, so much so that presenters frequently blame the failure to understand on the consumer. Cheers to you for taking on the challenge of helping us understand complex “stuff” through visualization. And for making pretty pictures that matter.
ANNOUNCEMENT: effective January 14, 2023 at 9amET, there will be #genchat on Mastodon! It will take place the Saturday after #genchat on Twitter, which will now be every 2nd & 4th Friday. Both platforms will cover the same topics. Be sure to follow the account @genchat and use the hashtag as well as tagging @[email protected] , which increases each toot's visibility across servers. You can find the schedule at https://www.genchatgenealogy.com/schedule.html. Please boost & spread the word!
Schedule

#genchat will be on the 2nd and 4th Friday on Bluesky, and on the following Saturday on Mastodon. Friday #genchat times (Bluesky​): ​ 10pm ET 9pm CT 8pm MT 7pm PT

#genchat