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Researchers from Johns Hopkins University and the University of Michigan conducted a survey between April and August 2020 across the LGBTQ+ social networking and dating apps Hornet and Her. They surveyed 964 individuals from 76 countries, including Turkey and Thailand. “We saw this in the U.S. with the disproportionate impact COVID-19 had on racialized minorities and economically marginalized people,” senior study author S. Wilson Beckham, PhD, an assistant scientist at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, tells Verywell....

While it’s easy to argue that Bungie doesn’t tell Destiny’s story in an easily found or digestible fashion, one can’t deny that the storytelling over the past few seasons has been phenomenal. For those willing to seek it out, this storytelling has improved by leaps and bounds with each consecutive season. Now, players find themselves in the last season leading up to the next major expansion, and Destiny 2 could be in the best state it’s ever been....

Can any body assist me in converting this? The VBK is rather annoying.

From the Finder, click System Preferences in the dock, or select System Preferences from the Apple menu. Select Internet Accounts (or Mail, Contacts & Calendars in older OS X versions). When the Internet Accounts preference pane opens, click Facebook on the right side of the pane. Enter your Facebook username and password, and click Next. An information sheet drops down, explaining what happens when you sign in to Facebook from your Mac....

title: “How Do You Spell Relief " ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-16” author: “Manuel Chernosky” The United Nations’ difficulties weren’t restricted to the Horn of Africa: fierce fighting over Somali aid has taken place at U.N. headquarters in New York, where posturing has sometimes replaced real work. That is nowhere better illustrated than in the cashiering of Mohamed Sahnoun, who in late October lost his post as U.N. special representative to Somalia....

Premiering on Hulu this week, the all-new How I Met Your Father stars Lizzie McGuire icon Hilary Duff as Sophie, a hopeless romantic looking for love. Sex and the City’s Kim Cattrall also voices future Sophie. There are 10 episodes in total, with the first two dropping on Tuesday, January 18 and the remaining eight airing weekly on the platform. But how connected to the original show is the new series?...

The technology behind the HUD isn’t a recent innovation. It was first used on fighter jets 70 years ago for faster and safer flights during the night. So, unless you are a jet pilot, there’s a fair chance you haven’t encountered this technology outside video games, as mainstream cars usually don’t come with HUD. At least, not yet. How Does a Car HUD Work? A HUD uses a simple physics phenomenon to show data on your windshield: reflection....

So how does Mastodon make money? Let’s explore. How Mastodon Works Mastodon is an open-source, decentralized social networking platform that works similarly to Twitter. It allows users to post messages of up to 1500 characters and also follow other users. Unlike Twitter, however, Mastodon has no central server, so anyone can set up their own instance on Mastodon or join any existing one. The platform is built on a distributed model, meaning digital messages are sent out through the network of servers instead of being stored centrally in one place....

So, what is Tether, where did it originate, and why is it a major concern in the crypto market? What Is USDT, or Tether? Formerly known as Realcoin, Tether, trading as USDT, is a cryptocurrency that was launched by Tether Operations Limited in 2014. Tether Operations Limited is a company owned by Bitfinex, a cryptocurrency exchange based in Hong Kong. Tether is designed as a stablecoin — cryptos that are pegged to real-life assets or commodities to ensure stability in value and lower volatility in the market....

Then, the trumpets come in. They blare through the stadium speakers, their flowery rhythm capturing the hearts and minds of the thousands who made the trek to Flushing to watch their beloved Mets play. With just three outs left in the game, New York is on the precipice of victory. So why not greet their opponent with a requiem of defeat? It is Mets closer Edwin Diaz’s entrance song. And it is glorious....

Between a cacophony of expletives and exclamations is a person who believes in the radical power of authenticity. The audience of over 60,000 adoring fans across Twitch and Tiktok model themselves after their dear leader, who leads them on crusades through popular role-playing titles, most notably their branded Bad Girls Club-themed Grand Theft Auto adventures. “This has been my dream for years. I can only see myself doing this,” Porter said in an interview with Lifewire....

Fallout 5’s location should have a big impact on its genre as well. While Fallout: New Vegas leaned in to its backdrop of a revived Wild West, Fallout 3 and Fallout 4 didn’t take as much advantage of the opportunity to explore how their settings could influence the game’s genre as well. That’s something Fallout 5 could experiment with by investing in the location and genre which could come with them....

Queen’s Elizabeth II’s second son is not accused of involvement in any of the charges on the indictment in the British socialite’s court case, due for trial in July. He has been asked to give evidence to the FBI’s Epstein investigation but his legal team have been keen to stress the D.O.J. treated him as a witness not a target. Previously Maxwell’s charges ran from 1994 to 1997 but the new victim’s allegations span from 2001 to 2004....

But have you ever thought how Google Maps gets to know the altering status of traffic? How it gives you a real-time analysis of traffic around the world? If you are curious enough to know so, read on! How Does It Work? Google uses crowdsourcing to give accurate traffic predictions. All Android with location services on and all iPhones with Google Maps open, send bits of data back to Google anonymously....

Hackers know how to hack your Wi-Fi password. Here’s how someone may attack your Wi-Fi, how they can steal your password, and what they can do with it. Why Hackers Want Your Wi-Fi Password If a hacker gets a hold of the password to your Wi-Fi network, they can use your internet connection to do whatever they want. This can range from using your data to stream videos and download files, to performing illegal activity....