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25 years ago the govt gave us a stamp for #worldaidsday - today people are still newly infected and people are still dying. HIV in the US South is worse than in some developing countries. As the National HIV/AIDS Strategy is updated by @HIVgov we need to push for better coordination between govt agencies to eliminate barriers to programs that could help stem the epidemic - the lines between HIV prevention and treatment aren’t what they used to be - @HRSAgov and @CDCgov , @CDC_HIVAIDS need to breakdown walls and silos

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never. ever. forget.

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World AIDS Day Poster from 20 years ago. This was 10 years since the first World AIDS Day observance in 1988. Sentiment still applies as much today as in 1998.

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Remember today when you see 100+ articles about how ‘civil’ and ‘noble’ H.W. Bush was that today is World AIDS Day. That 100,000 people, many LGBT+ individuals, especially gay men, died under his and Reagan’s watch. That he banned HIV+ people from entering the US, reduced research funding, and prevented educators from speaking about safe sex in favor of abstinence only education.

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Community response to Xenophobia in London

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run in here and come get yall juice

[terfs dont interact, also: dehyrdate]

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y’all hear about this Payless shoestore prank ???

fucking wild levels of hilarious

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I’m so goddamn mad that oil companies have known climate change is real for decades and did everything to stop people from acting on it. I want to burn their offices down. I want to throw their CEOs into a fucking pit. The world is being destroyed because some filthy rich fucks saw the end coming and figured making money off it was better than saving it. That’s pure evil, plain and simple.

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Twitter

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Help Needed

Hi all! Sorry to do this again. My friend asked if I can reactivate the original donation post. But due to it’s length, I decided to post a new one instead.

(Original post: https://risentigre.tumblr.com/post/177853223482/help-our-legally-blind-friend-get-her-brain-mri)

They need $215.

Her father was hospitalized due to hypertension and he’s been in since Sunday (about a week now). They found that his arteries are blocked and causing him to have difficulty breathing. He’s a farmer and apparently had been feeling poorly for a while but stubbornly refused to see a doctor. The daily injection alone to help with the clog costs around $32. He can pay for his hospital bills and meds but the family’s other needs like electricity and utility bills as well as food are things they’re struggling to pay for this month since my friend herself is still recovering from her own medical issues and is on disability benefits.

Once again, we humbly ask for your help. Any amount no matter how small is greatly appreciated. A reblog also goes a long way.

Thank you all so much for your kindness and generosity.

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Traces of indigenous 'Taíno' in present-day Caribbean populations

Researchers have produced the first clear genetic evidence that the indigenous people whom Columbus first encountered in the New World still have living descendants today

A thousand-year-old tooth has provided genetic evidence that the so-called “Taíno,” the first indigenous Americans to feel the full impact of European colonisation after Columbus arrived in the New World, still have living descendants in the Caribbean today.

Researchers were able to use the tooth of a woman found in a cave on the island of Eleuthera in the Bahamas to sequence the first complete ancient human genome from the Caribbean. The woman lived at some point between the 8th and 10th centuries, at least 500 years before Columbus made landfall in the Bahamas.

The results provide unprecedented insights into the genetic makeup of the Taíno – a label commonly used to describe the indigenous people of that region. This includes the first clear evidence that there has been some degree of continuity between the indigenous peoples of the Caribbean and contemporary communities living in the region today.

Such a link had previously been suggested by other studies based on modern DNA. None of these, however, was able to draw on an ancient genome. The new research finally provides concrete proof that indigenous ancestry in the region has survived to the present day.

Comparing the ancient Bahamian genome to those of contemporary Puerto Ricans, the researchers found that they were more closely related to the ancient Taíno than any other indigenous group in the Americas. However, they argue that this characteristic is unlikely to be exclusive to Puerto Ricans alone and are convinced that future studies will reveal similar genetic legacies in other Caribbean communities.

The findings are likely to be especially significant for people in the Caribbean and elsewhere who have long claimed indigenous Taíno heritage, despite some historical narratives that inaccurately brand them “extinct.” Such misrepresentations have been heavily criticised by historians and archaeologists, as well as by descendant communities themselves, but until now they lacked clear genetic evidence to support their case.

The study was carried out by an international team of researchers led by Dr Hannes Schroeder and Professor Eske Willerslev within the framework of the ERC Synergy project NEXUS1492. The findings are published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

Lead author Schroeder, from the University of Copenhagen who carried out the research as part of the NEXUS1492 project, said: “It’s a fascinating finding. Many history books will tell you that the indigenous population of the Caribbean was all but wiped out, but people who self-identify as Taíno have always argued for continuity. Now we know they were right all along: there has been some form of genetic continuity in the Caribbean.”

Willerslev, who has dual posts at St John’s College, University of Cambridge, and the University of Copenhagen, said: “It has always been clear that people in the Caribbean have Native American ancestry, but because the region has such a complex history of migration, it was difficult to prove whether this was specifically indigenous to the Caribbean, until now.”

The researchers were also able to trace the genetic origins of the indigenous Caribbean islanders, showing that they were most closely related to Arawakan-speaking groups who live in parts of northern South America today. This suggests that the origins of at least some the people who migrated to the Caribbean can be traced back to the Amazon and Orinoco Basins, where the Arawakan languages developed.

The Caribbean was one of the last parts of the Americas to be populated by humans starting around 8,000 years ago. By the time of European colonization, the islands were a complex patchwork of different societies and cultures. The “Taíno” culture was dominant in the Greater, and parts of the Lesser Antilles, as well as the Bahamas, where the people were known as Lucayans.

To trace the genetic origins of the Lucayans the researchers compared the ancient Bahamian genome with previously published genome-wide datasets for over 40 present-day indigenous groups from the Americas. In addition, they looked for traces of indigenous Caribbean ancestry in present-day populations by comparing the ancient genome with those of 104 contemporary Puerto Ricans included in the 1000 Genomes Project. The 10-15% of Native American ancestry in this group was shown to be closely related to the ancient Bahamian genome.

Jorge Estevez, a Taíno descendant who works at the National Museum of the American Indian in New York and assisted the project team, said that as a boy growing up in the United States, he was told stories about his Taíno ancestors at home, but at school was taught that the same ancestors had died out. “I wish my grandmother were alive today so that I could confirm to her what she already knew,” he added. “It shows that the true story is one of assimilation, certainly, but not total extinction. I am genuinely grateful to the researchers. Although this may have been a matter of scientific inquiry for them, to us, the descendants, it is truly liberating and uplifting.”…….

Continued:- https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/02/180219155009.htm

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