Davia Downey
@downeydavia.bsky.social
I study federalism, local politics & policy in cities post-disaster. I also helped end gerrymandering in MI. I do a lot of yoga. 1st gen Ph.D. RT≠ endorsements. Read my work (gratuitous plug): https://tinyurl.com/ms7b9r6a. Send ur best memes. ✊🏿✊🏽✊🏼
So today was not a day for checking the news apperently.
January 7, 2026 at 9:20 PM
So today was not a day for checking the news apperently.
I’m going to need someone to explain whether these people decided to make a taxidermy out of their favorite maid before I consider an offer. 🫣
December 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I’m going to need someone to explain whether these people decided to make a taxidermy out of their favorite maid before I consider an offer. 🫣
Whenever I see the words “American Values” I always correct to “White American Values” let’s just call these appeals what they actually are, m’kay?
November 20, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Whenever I see the words “American Values” I always correct to “White American Values” let’s just call these appeals what they actually are, m’kay?
More examples of why Dems will continue to lose unless they grow a pair and actually stand for something.
November 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
More examples of why Dems will continue to lose unless they grow a pair and actually stand for something.
Some of these people have never set foot in a public policy course, and it shows.
October 27, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Some of these people have never set foot in a public policy course, and it shows.
So…ICE is just going to setup shop at Mar-a-Lago then?
September 10, 2025 at 3:48 PM
So…ICE is just going to setup shop at Mar-a-Lago then?
Everyone please join me for a primal scream.
September 10, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Everyone please join me for a primal scream.
Twenty years ago, this event changed my direction as a scholar. I fear for what will transpire here during this hurricane season now that FEMA, state, and local disaster response have been catastrophically decimated by Donald Trump.
August 2, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Twenty years ago, this event changed my direction as a scholar. I fear for what will transpire here during this hurricane season now that FEMA, state, and local disaster response have been catastrophically decimated by Donald Trump.
What did y’all do to the weather?
July 28, 2025 at 2:50 AM
What did y’all do to the weather?
These Zohran posts on IG are really giving me life today. Keep it up and carry on. 🤣
June 25, 2025 at 5:23 PM
These Zohran posts on IG are really giving me life today. Keep it up and carry on. 🤣
This poll would be more useful if it showed respondent partisan identification. I want to know how the Republican self-identified voter class is shrinking. If it’s not, this is likely not a poll that will mean much given the composition in Congress and might even be amplified by gerrymandering.
April 27, 2025 at 11:50 AM
This poll would be more useful if it showed respondent partisan identification. I want to know how the Republican self-identified voter class is shrinking. If it’s not, this is likely not a poll that will mean much given the composition in Congress and might even be amplified by gerrymandering.
I’m just a girl, sitting in front of her computer willing it to login to my university’s VPN so I can actually work.
April 22, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I’m just a girl, sitting in front of her computer willing it to login to my university’s VPN so I can actually work.
I don’t think I picked the right day to watch this.
April 2, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I don’t think I picked the right day to watch this.
I quite literally have been screaming on my couch for the last twenty minutes.
April 2, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I quite literally have been screaming on my couch for the last twenty minutes.
To quote Brian Cox (Logan) in Succession, “I Love You But You Are Not Serious People.” And you know what unserious people do? Everything that we see happening in the country today. 🤷🏾♀️
But we’ll get all the freedom fries we want so…
But we’ll get all the freedom fries we want so…
March 31, 2025 at 1:44 PM
To quote Brian Cox (Logan) in Succession, “I Love You But You Are Not Serious People.” And you know what unserious people do? Everything that we see happening in the country today. 🤷🏾♀️
But we’ll get all the freedom fries we want so…
But we’ll get all the freedom fries we want so…
Excuse the mess in my dressing area but I love these jeans and, of course, GO GREEN!
March 28, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Excuse the mess in my dressing area but I love these jeans and, of course, GO GREEN!
This meme had me howling.
March 25, 2025 at 3:29 AM
This meme had me howling.
Gosh, I’d really hate for this to happen to poor Elon. 😉 www.msn.com/en-us/money/...
March 16, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Gosh, I’d really hate for this to happen to poor Elon. 😉 www.msn.com/en-us/money/...
I added two new asanas in my yoga practice and spent the week practicing with some really lovely yogis.
March 16, 2025 at 1:16 AM
I added two new asanas in my yoga practice and spent the week practicing with some really lovely yogis.
You can take the girl outta Michigan, but…
February 22, 2025 at 1:25 AM
You can take the girl outta Michigan, but…
Look, I like Germany, but I don’t want to live in the 1933 version of Germany. You feel me? Heading to Five Calls and Resistbot right now. This cannot stand. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
February 19, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Look, I like Germany, but I don’t want to live in the 1933 version of Germany. You feel me? Heading to Five Calls and Resistbot right now. This cannot stand. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
This post from Instagram touched my heart. I am not Jewish, but if you are and feel called to add your name, head to: www.saynotoethniccleansing.org
February 13, 2025 at 11:34 PM
This post from Instagram touched my heart. I am not Jewish, but if you are and feel called to add your name, head to: www.saynotoethniccleansing.org
I don’t know how many propsective students to the Urban Affairs PhD program are following me “on here” but if you’ve applied, intend to apply, or are a current student, check out our 2025-2026 Critical Urban Research Fellowship placement opportunities. More info can be found on our website!
February 7, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I don’t know how many propsective students to the Urban Affairs PhD program are following me “on here” but if you’ve applied, intend to apply, or are a current student, check out our 2025-2026 Critical Urban Research Fellowship placement opportunities. More info can be found on our website!
"Make a career of humanity. Commit yourself to the noble struggle for equal rights. You will make a better person of yourself, a greater nation of your country, and a finer world to live in."-Martin Luther King, Jr.
January 20, 2025 at 2:29 PM
"Make a career of humanity. Commit yourself to the noble struggle for equal rights. You will make a better person of yourself, a greater nation of your country, and a finer world to live in."-Martin Luther King, Jr.
The last time I was in Washington D.C. it was during the pandemic. We traveled to D.C. to protest for the hate crime committed against George Floyd.
January 20, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The last time I was in Washington D.C. it was during the pandemic. We traveled to D.C. to protest for the hate crime committed against George Floyd.