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Jun 16, 2022 • 14 tweets • 3 min read
The Mitochondrial #Eve is the most recent woman from whom all living humans descend. 🧵🔽 Painting of Eve, the first ... The mitochondrial haplogroup mt-MRCA was split at around 155,000 years ago, which is later than the speciation of Homo sapiens.
Jun 15, 2022 • 17 tweets • 3 min read
The pronunciation of GIF has been disputed since the 1990s. Steve Wilhite argues that the soft g pronunciation is correct, while others point to the term's origin from the word graphics. 🧵⬇️ Image The pronunciation of the acronym varies by region, and linguistic analyses show no clear advantage for either pronunciation.
Jun 14, 2022 • 16 tweets • 3 min read
🧵On #Hitchhiking

(As seen on Wikipedia)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitchhiki… Hitchhikers use physical gestures or displays to indicate they need a ride. In some countries, the hitchhiker's hand is held with the palm facing upwards ✋, while in others, the index finger is used ☝️.
Jun 2, 2022 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
🧵 on #Pride

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_pride… Gay pride or LGBT pride is the promotion of the self-affirmation, dignity, equality, and increased visibility of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people as a social group.
Jun 2, 2022 • 7 tweets • 1 min read
🧵 On Terminology origins of #Pride

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_pride… The term "Gay Pride" was crafted by Thom Higgins, a gay rights activist in Minnesota (1969+).
Jun 2, 2022 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
🧵 on #Pride's historical background

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_pride… 📁 Annual Reminders

The 1950s and 1960s in the United States was an extremely repressive legal and social period for LGBT people.
Jun 2, 2022 • 22 tweets • 4 min read
🧵 On Christopher Street Liberation Day

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_pride… Early on the morning of Saturday, June 28, 1969, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons rioted following a police raid on the #Stonewall Inn, a gay bar at 43 Christopher Street in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York City.
Jun 2, 2022 • 15 tweets • 3 min read
🧵 On the spread of #Pride

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_pride… On Saturday, June 27, 1970, Chicago Gay Liberation organized a march from Washington Square Park ("Bughouse Square") to the Water Tower at the intersection of Michigan and Chicago avenues, which was the route originally planned.
Jun 2, 2022 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
🧵 On #Pride in the 1980s and 1990s

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_pride… In the 1980s there was a major cultural shift in the #Stonewall Riot commemorations.

The previous more loosely organized, grassroots marches and parades were taken over by more organized and less radical elements of the gay community.
Jun 2, 2022 • 13 tweets • 4 min read
🧵 On LGBT #PrideMonth

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_pride… LGBT Pride Month occurs in the United States to commemorate the #Stonewall riots, which occurred at the end of June 1969.

As a result, many pride events are held during this month to recognize the impact LGBT people have had in the world.
Jun 1, 2022 • 13 tweets • 2 min read
🧵 A thread on research limitation arround gun violence in the United States.

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_viole… In the United States, research into firearms and violent crime is fraught with difficulties, associated with limited data on gun ownership and use, firearms markets, and aggregation of crime data.
Jun 1, 2022 • 12 tweets • 2 min read
🧵 A thread on reporting crimes related to gun violence in the United States

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_viole… The National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) is used by law enforcement agencies in the United States for collecting and reporting data on crimes.

The NIBRS is one of four subsets of the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) program: 👇
Jun 1, 2022 • 33 tweets • 4 min read
🧵 A thread on intervention programs for gun violence in the United States

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_viole… Sociologist James D. Wright suggests that to convince inner-city youths not to carry guns: 👇
Jun 1, 2022 • 34 tweets • 5 min read
🧵 A Thread on Gun Violence Prevention Programs as seen on Wikipedia's entry on Gun violence in the United States:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_viole… Violence prevention and educational programs have been established in many schools and communities across the United States.
Jun 1, 2022 • 274 tweets • >60 min read
🧵 Gun violence in the United States

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_viole… Gun violence in the United States results in tens of thousands of deaths and injuries annually.

Guns were the leading cause of death for children in 2020. Graphs of gun-related assault (homicide) and suicide deaths