Ah yes it's been a few weeks since my last chess post. I know the masses have been missing my earth shattering content HA. But seriously, life's been a drag as usual but it goes on.
Crypto getting truly massacred has been pretty devastating. Hive-Engine also doesn't seem to be working so that's lovely. Ugh. Just gotta roll with the punches I guess.
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Recently 23andme updated their ancestry stuff and it offers a lot of new results. It turns out I also have British and French ancestry which is not too nuts but kinda cool since I did not have that in my results for the last seven years. Nearly 80 percent of my ancestry appears to be Greek/German which again is not too shocking since my family has always known this.
My Greek ancestry results show a lot of location detail within Greece that backs up my family's claims but also MANY other regions throughout Greece. It's so cool how this can be pinpointed. As far as my German ancestry is concerned, I suppose I shouldn't even say it's all strictly German ancestry. But 23andme categorizes them as 'German States' so idk. The site says the following regarding my results, apparently it's like three regions?: 'Austrian and Southern German', 'Belgian, Rhinelander & Southern Dutch', and 'Swiss, Southwestern German & Western Austrian'. Pretty fascinating. I guess that's like several countries. Practically all of that is new information for me.
For many years the company said I had a lot of Italian ancestry, but now that's drastically different and it says I have less than a percent LOL. I understand though, over time these databases get sharper and whatnot.
I also have over 10 percent Western Asian/North African ancestry which is pretty cool. Turkey and middle eastern regions. Barely any North African ancestry but still pretty cool.
In addition, apparently according to Genomelink, I have a 0.04% DNA match with with 'Cheddar man'. The site's words! A notable hunter gatherer from Britain. Wild!
Anyway, enough of that, on to my relatively unimpressive chess matches along with random tracks I enjoy. I think I chose a cool trio of songs!
1nonly - MINE (prod. dustin) Now THIS is impressive and it gives me hope for the future of hip-hop. Solid solid track!
This was a quick, lucky victory!
Skrilla - Doot Doot (6 7) (Official Music Video) A lot of people hate this song and I won't argue with you it is a bit strange but it's sorta fun in a way too. I think it helps to just not consider it an actual rap song.
Lil Uzi Vert - 20 Min This song I often find myself going back to. Works for any mood.
My random video of the day is this intersting video from the channel 'Predictive History'. His name is Jiang Xueqin. He's an educator that talks about theories regarding society and just how the world functions. He offers a very unique perspective and has an interesting way of explaining things. He's got what some may consider intense ideas but, it's hard to say he's wrong. He's growing on me. The unfairness of life is impossible not to notice if you don't live under a rock and everyone telling everyone to calm down, be grateful and shut up is rather insufferable for the most part.
I'll try not to re-share music I've already posted in this series but if I do this series over years, which I very well could, I'll likely forget if I shared a song over time.
Images created with ChatGPT assistance.
