Andréa
@akaniuka.bsky.social
Clinical Assistant Professor, Tulane SPHTM
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Hey all, it's a work in progress but I'm trying to centralize all the action steps people can take to get involved, plug in, and understand just what the hell is happening while we get ready to fight like hell for our siblings in Ohio.
jessk.org/blog/things-...
jessk.org/blog/things-...
Things you can do right now for Ohio — Jessica Kant, LICSW, MPH
For trans people in Ohio, the last several days have been, to be blunt,
terrifying. On December 29th, after concerted public pressure, Ohio
Governor Mike DeWine vetoed HB 68, a combination gender-af...
jessk.org
January 7, 2024 at 8:35 AM
Hey all, it's a work in progress but I'm trying to centralize all the action steps people can take to get involved, plug in, and understand just what the hell is happening while we get ready to fight like hell for our siblings in Ohio.
jessk.org/blog/things-...
jessk.org/blog/things-...
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Check out this phenomenal paper outlining the artifice of framing anti-queer and anti-abortion conservatism under the language of "parental rights" (Ziegler et al, 2023).
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
January 10, 2024 at 12:15 AM
Check out this phenomenal paper outlining the artifice of framing anti-queer and anti-abortion conservatism under the language of "parental rights" (Ziegler et al, 2023).
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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SEATTLE (AP) — Alaska Airlines is grounding all Boeing 737-9 aircraft after midair window blowout on flight from Portland, Oregon.
January 6, 2024 at 12:31 PM
SEATTLE (AP) — Alaska Airlines is grounding all Boeing 737-9 aircraft after midair window blowout on flight from Portland, Oregon.
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Think you can run the many, many social media accounts for an award-winning investigative journalism outlet?
Well then it's a good thing we're hiring for that job at @propublica.bsky.social
Details, including salary range, and application at the link 👇
Well then it's a good thing we're hiring for that job at @propublica.bsky.social
Details, including salary range, and application at the link 👇
Audience Editor, Social Media
Remote
boards.greenhouse.io
January 4, 2024 at 8:01 PM
Think you can run the many, many social media accounts for an award-winning investigative journalism outlet?
Well then it's a good thing we're hiring for that job at @propublica.bsky.social
Details, including salary range, and application at the link 👇
Well then it's a good thing we're hiring for that job at @propublica.bsky.social
Details, including salary range, and application at the link 👇
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This company is polluting a predominantly Black town with pig manure. And the government is making it easier for them to do it
This Company Is Polluting A Predominantly Black Town With Pig Manure. And The Government Is Making I...
New documentary, The Smell of Money, exposes the grievous environmental injustices occurring in eastern North Carolina.
www.essence.com
December 20, 2023 at 5:02 PM
This company is polluting a predominantly Black town with pig manure. And the government is making it easier for them to do it
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ah, another day of not changing the language settings on this keyboard and getting the é for my own name by googling beyoncé
December 18, 2023 at 9:49 AM
ah, another day of not changing the language settings on this keyboard and getting the é for my own name by googling beyoncé
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WASHINGTON (AP) — US homelessness, tied to soaring rents and loss of pandemic aid, up 12% to highest level since reporting began in 2007.
December 15, 2023 at 6:02 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — US homelessness, tied to soaring rents and loss of pandemic aid, up 12% to highest level since reporting began in 2007.
Being @docrobphd23.bsky.social former mentee (lifelong mentee really) is the best because I still get to call him and ask him to fight my battles for me 🤣
December 1, 2023 at 1:59 AM
Being @docrobphd23.bsky.social former mentee (lifelong mentee really) is the best because I still get to call him and ask him to fight my battles for me 🤣
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Airbnb’s silent killer: 19 people have reportedly died due to carbon monoxide poisoning in the last 10 years, but the company still doesn’t require detectors at its rentals
The company said it would require them by the “end of 2014” in a now-deleted post
The company said it would require them by the “end of 2014” in a now-deleted post
Airbnb’s silent killer: 19 carbon monoxide deaths in the last 10 years, but the company still does...
Family members and representatives of people who died said the company has not done enough and called for it to mandate that carbon monoxide detectors be installed in every rental.
www.nbcnews.com
November 30, 2023 at 11:43 PM
Airbnb’s silent killer: 19 people have reportedly died due to carbon monoxide poisoning in the last 10 years, but the company still doesn’t require detectors at its rentals
The company said it would require them by the “end of 2014” in a now-deleted post
The company said it would require them by the “end of 2014” in a now-deleted post
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I know we all know this but just a reminder, get ALL the free tests your household is owed, every time, even if you still have a stockpile because it’s one of the few direct tools we have to communicate to the government that WE STILL NEED FREE TESTS and there’s still high demand for COVID resources
More free COVID tests are now available from the US government. apnews.com/article/free...
More free COVID-19 tests from the government are available for home delivery through the mail
The U.S. government is offering to send another round of at-home virus tests ahead of the typical surge in cases during the winter holiday season.
apnews.com
November 20, 2023 at 11:25 PM
I know we all know this but just a reminder, get ALL the free tests your household is owed, every time, even if you still have a stockpile because it’s one of the few direct tools we have to communicate to the government that WE STILL NEED FREE TESTS and there’s still high demand for COVID resources
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So, uh, this is REALLY BAD and if you have ANY connection to the University of Michigan, you need to take steps NOW to protect your identity. (Contra the headline, it's not just employees and students; it's also alumni, donors, and possibly some research participants.)
University of Michigan employee, student data stolen in cyberattack
The University of Michigan says in a statement today that they suffered a data breach after hackers broke into its network in August and accessed systems with information belonging to students, applic...
www.bleepingcomputer.com
October 23, 2023 at 10:32 PM
So, uh, this is REALLY BAD and if you have ANY connection to the University of Michigan, you need to take steps NOW to protect your identity. (Contra the headline, it's not just employees and students; it's also alumni, donors, and possibly some research participants.)
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NEWS: Morehouse College—an HBCU in Georgia—took every dime of debt they had in collections and transferred it to us.
Today, we're announced that we've canceled all of it.
Now, nearly 3,000 people—mostly Black men—can access transcripts and move on with their lives.
www.reckon.news/news/2023/10...
Today, we're announced that we've canceled all of it.
Now, nearly 3,000 people—mostly Black men—can access transcripts and move on with their lives.
www.reckon.news/news/2023/10...
Morehouse students get $10M of student debt wiped out, thanks to the Debt Collective
Today, the Debt Collective, the nation’s first debtor’s union, canceled close to $10 million in student debt for Morehouse College students, a private men’s HBCU in Atlanta.
www.reckon.news
October 23, 2023 at 8:58 PM
NEWS: Morehouse College—an HBCU in Georgia—took every dime of debt they had in collections and transferred it to us.
Today, we're announced that we've canceled all of it.
Now, nearly 3,000 people—mostly Black men—can access transcripts and move on with their lives.
www.reckon.news/news/2023/10...
Today, we're announced that we've canceled all of it.
Now, nearly 3,000 people—mostly Black men—can access transcripts and move on with their lives.
www.reckon.news/news/2023/10...
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Attention anyone concerned about the destruction of West Virginia University. This is the same playbook, in the UNC system.
October 19, 2023 at 11:11 AM
Attention anyone concerned about the destruction of West Virginia University. This is the same playbook, in the UNC system.
I see @docrobphd23.bsky.social is back with his away messages. This one might be the best yet…
October 17, 2023 at 9:19 PM
I see @docrobphd23.bsky.social is back with his away messages. This one might be the best yet…
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My little podcast is opening our grant program again!
We are awarding several grants of up to $1000 for community/art/organizing projects created by trans people of color. Not restricted by age or location!
We've got a list of past winners and a lot more info at genderpodcast.com/grant.
We are awarding several grants of up to $1000 for community/art/organizing projects created by trans people of color. Not restricted by age or location!
We've got a list of past winners and a lot more info at genderpodcast.com/grant.
October 12, 2023 at 1:41 PM
My little podcast is opening our grant program again!
We are awarding several grants of up to $1000 for community/art/organizing projects created by trans people of color. Not restricted by age or location!
We've got a list of past winners and a lot more info at genderpodcast.com/grant.
We are awarding several grants of up to $1000 for community/art/organizing projects created by trans people of color. Not restricted by age or location!
We've got a list of past winners and a lot more info at genderpodcast.com/grant.
Anyone have an accessible CV format? Something that is set up using headers, doesn’t use tables, that is compatible with screen readers when exported to PDF?
October 12, 2023 at 4:57 PM
Anyone have an accessible CV format? Something that is set up using headers, doesn’t use tables, that is compatible with screen readers when exported to PDF?
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Here's a recording of my recent conversation with @edufuturist.bsky.social and the Future Trends Forum community. #FTTE
We talked about my recent book, #ungrading, equitable assessment, and lots more. www.youtube.com/watch?v=O87T...
We talked about my recent book, #ungrading, equitable assessment, and lots more. www.youtube.com/watch?v=O87T...
What is ungrading?
How can we rethink grading?This week the Forum is delighted to host the University of Denver's Jesse Stommel, author of the new book Undoing the Grade: Why W...
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October 1, 2023 at 1:26 AM
Here's a recording of my recent conversation with @edufuturist.bsky.social and the Future Trends Forum community. #FTTE
We talked about my recent book, #ungrading, equitable assessment, and lots more. www.youtube.com/watch?v=O87T...
We talked about my recent book, #ungrading, equitable assessment, and lots more. www.youtube.com/watch?v=O87T...
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If you have bsky invites and want to give them to scientists/academics, this form by @pkpd-babe.bsky.social has worked well for me. 🧪
I always request that my codes go to folks with marginalized identities and it seems like they try to honor that.
I always request that my codes go to folks with marginalized identities and it seems like they try to honor that.
BlueSky Invites
Please fill out this form if (1) you’d like to donate invite codes to scientists, clinicians, academics, other researchers or scholars or (2) you’re a member of one of these communities and would ...
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September 29, 2023 at 3:57 PM
If you have bsky invites and want to give them to scientists/academics, this form by @pkpd-babe.bsky.social has worked well for me. 🧪
I always request that my codes go to folks with marginalized identities and it seems like they try to honor that.
I always request that my codes go to folks with marginalized identities and it seems like they try to honor that.
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I'm in an Office of Equity and Diversity Implicit Bias training and really appreciated this Grounding Awareness slide. I haven't seen this before in any trainings or spaces I've been in and I really valued the explicit acknowledgement of not wanting to "recreate these dynamics within this space."
September 28, 2023 at 6:52 PM
I'm in an Office of Equity and Diversity Implicit Bias training and really appreciated this Grounding Awareness slide. I haven't seen this before in any trainings or spaces I've been in and I really valued the explicit acknowledgement of not wanting to "recreate these dynamics within this space."
Tell me why I’m listening to a podcast about Joe Jonas and texting my high school besties about T Swift at 31 years old in the year of our lord 2023. Time is truly a circle.
September 28, 2023 at 6:58 PM
Tell me why I’m listening to a podcast about Joe Jonas and texting my high school besties about T Swift at 31 years old in the year of our lord 2023. Time is truly a circle.
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What is ungrading? Why and how might academics use it?
Join us this Thursday as the Future Trends Forum hosts Jesse Stommel to explore:
shindig.com/login/event/...
@jessifer.bsky.social
#FTTE
Join us this Thursday as the Future Trends Forum hosts Jesse Stommel to explore:
shindig.com/login/event/...
@jessifer.bsky.social
#FTTE
September 25, 2023 at 5:51 PM
What is ungrading? Why and how might academics use it?
Join us this Thursday as the Future Trends Forum hosts Jesse Stommel to explore:
shindig.com/login/event/...
@jessifer.bsky.social
#FTTE
Join us this Thursday as the Future Trends Forum hosts Jesse Stommel to explore:
shindig.com/login/event/...
@jessifer.bsky.social
#FTTE