• Ashkenazi Jews descend from 350 people, study finds (The Times of Israel) Not a surprise. The historical record backs this up.
• The mystery of the lost Roman herb (BBC) Silphium.  It had numerous medicinal uses, including as an effective method of birth control.
• How Bullwinkle Taught Kids Sophisticated Political Satire (Smithsonian) I’ve always been amazed that it made it past the censors.
• Revenge of the PUMAs (The Progressive Army) The Hillary dead enders in 2008 were about twice as likely to vote for VP Sarah Palin as Bernie supporters were to vote for Trump.
• SoFi Scandal Turning Quickly From “Nothing Was Sexual” To “Everybody Is Having Sex With Everybody” (Dealbreaker) Another Dot Com sex scandal.  In this case, managers would literally f%$# an employee in the parking lot, and promote them when they got back in the office.
• Boss’ Going-Away Party A Little Too Jubilant (The Onion) A classic from 2004.

Cockney Star Trek, or as I like to think of it, the USS Chav: