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\"\"<\/a>Thinking back to The Turks in World History<\/a> the author points out that even the most explicit Islamic of the late Turkic empires, that of the Ottomans, persisted with a customary law similar and cognate to the Mongol yasa<\/i>. Perhaps then the folkway of the nomadic Turk was sublimated and integrated into the Islamic superstructure of the Ottoman ruling ideology?<\/p>\n

I went to a work-related Christmas party thrown by my company’s law firm. There were a lot of VC guys there. Two of them confused me for a blockchain entrepreneur\u00a0(one of them was asking about a conflict with the CFO). I think I better get into blockchain….<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>So the website Everyday Feminism<\/a> has an article<\/a>, 10 Things Every Intersectional Feminist Should Ask On a First Date<\/a>. I only know about this website because of conservative Twitter. It could be that 90% or more of the hits on this website are through viral “hate-clicks”.<\/b><\/p>\n

Second, I feel the image that goes along with the article is problematic<\/strong> as fuck. The woman pictured seems to be geared toward appealing to cishet male norms of “attractiveness.” On the other hand, if intersectional feminists typically look something like Josie Maran<\/a>…well, I won’t go there.<\/p>\n

I will observe also that I find out about a lot of far-right movements and individuals through Left and Centrist Twitter (the two groups are interested for different reasons).<\/p>\n

As noted in the comments, The Irish DNA Atlas: Revealing Fine-Scale Population Structure and History within Ireland<\/a>. At this point, I think I can say this: unless it’s ancient DNA I’m done with the historical genetics of the British Isles.<\/b> We know enough. Period.<\/p>\n

Why the #MeToo Movement Should Be Ready for a Backlash<\/a>. I don’t care too much about Al Franken, but digging a little deeper I think there might be some dirty tricks going on there…. I was rather dim on the prospects for Republicans in 2018, but at this rate, the Dems might “struggle-session” their way into defeat.<\/p>\n

India Warily Eyes AI: Technology outsourcing has been India\u2019s only reliable job creator in the past 30 years. Now artificial intelligence threatens to wipe out those gains<\/a>. When I believed in the End of History and the Last Man<\/a> this would matter to me. Now it’s all a big shrug.<\/p>\n

The ancestral animal genetic toolkit revealed by diverse choanoflagellate transcriptomes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Another reason that helper-AIs can’t come to medicine soon enough:<\/p>\n

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A striking example of doctor’s cognitive bias https:\/\/t.co\/OK68MORKSP<\/a>
\nvia @BacaMotes<\/a> (mis)diagnosis of heart attack in the ER d\/t age partitioning pic.twitter.com\/KCtxOTVmWR<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Eric Topol (@EricTopol) December 10, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n