New DNA analysis of over 3,000 Japanese indicate three separate genetic origins: 1) the indigenous Jomon Hunter-gatherers found more frequently in Okinawa; 2) the Hun Chinese, found in western Japan; and 3) the Emeshi people from northeast Asia:

https://scitechdaily.com/who-are-the-japanese-new-dna-study-shocks-scientists/

Classic movies which bombed at the box office. Some of my favorite movies make the list: Office Space, Dazed and Confused and Fight Club:

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/12-classic-movies-bombed-box-172000182.html

Fascinating Pro Publica article on how climate change is going to create a new American migration:

https://www.propublica.org/article/climate-change-will-force-a-new-american-migration

Happy Wednesday CoSo - I think I might have some breathing room today (*knock on wood*)

A car in my neighborhood with a Harris/Walz sticker!! Most of my neighbors are country club republicans:

A new detailed, infrared map of the Milky Way shows our galaxy has over 1.5 billion objects. The mapping took over 10 years to complete:

https://www.space.com/milky-way-detailed-map-vista-survey

Woo-Hoo!

I just got approved for a two week vacation from Christmas through New Years. 😁

RIP Kris Kristofferson who died at the age of 88 in Maui. A long life and storied career.

Fun fact: E-Man worked with his son at the Hawaii Commission for Civil Rights.

I did not know he was a Rhodes scholar who obtained his masters in English Literature at Oxford.

https://pitchfork.com/news/kris-kristofferson-outlaw-country-singer-and-hollywood-star-dies-at-88/

Solsafir - Fjara

Cause apparently I have a thing for Icelandic music

https://youtu.be/XmGdSOhBx8E

#CoSoArt

Artist - Evgeni Gordiets (Ukrainian artist)