Kiana Wilkins
@kianakiana.bsky.social
Wasco. Sociologist who studies Indigeneity, intersectionality, and health. Standard poodle apologist. Some people call me keeks.
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The entire permanent staff of the Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice was laid off. This division addresses issues such as asthma and air pollution, climate change and health, childhood lead poisoning, and cancer clusters.
April 4, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The entire permanent staff of the Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice was laid off. This division addresses issues such as asthma and air pollution, climate change and health, childhood lead poisoning, and cancer clusters.
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They are arresting people on the streets, terminating their visas, and disappearing them for writing things they disagree with. This is where we are. Two months in. Right now. If you think they won’t begin coming after citizens soon, you are mistaken.
March 27, 2025 at 12:03 PM
They are arresting people on the streets, terminating their visas, and disappearing them for writing things they disagree with. This is where we are. Two months in. Right now. If you think they won’t begin coming after citizens soon, you are mistaken.
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The 66-year-old woman kicking this guy’s ass is a retired professor of medicine with 16,000 citations on Google Scholar
Goals
Goals
March 25, 2025 at 3:19 AM
The 66-year-old woman kicking this guy’s ass is a retired professor of medicine with 16,000 citations on Google Scholar
Goals
Goals
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It's not just that just about everything I've ever published is in this particular database and used without my permission. It's that everything I've ever published was used without my permission to develop such a shitty, flawed and fundamentally useless tool. I deserve compensation for THAT itself.
NEW: LibGen contains millions of pirated books and research papers, built over nearly two decades. From court documents, we know that Meta torrented a version of it to build its AI. Today, @theatlantic.com presents an analysis of the data set by @alexreisner.bsky.social. Search through it yourself:
The Unbelievable Scale of AI’s Pirated-Books Problem
Meta pirated millions of books to train its AI. Search through them here.
www.theatlantic.com
March 20, 2025 at 2:01 PM
It's not just that just about everything I've ever published is in this particular database and used without my permission. It's that everything I've ever published was used without my permission to develop such a shitty, flawed and fundamentally useless tool. I deserve compensation for THAT itself.
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As Congress mulls significant cuts to Medicaid, Native American tribes are bracing for potentially devastating financial fallout. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Tribal Health Leaders Say Medicaid Cuts Would Decimate Health Programs - KFF Health News
As Congress mulls significant cuts to Medicaid, Native American tribes are bracing for potentially devastating financial fallout. That’s because Medicaid is the largest third-party payer for Native Am...
kffhealthnews.org
March 19, 2025 at 1:53 PM
As Congress mulls significant cuts to Medicaid, Native American tribes are bracing for potentially devastating financial fallout. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
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A group of Native American tribes and students is suing the Trump administration to reverse its recent firing of federal workers at Native schools that they said has severely lowered their quality of education.
Tribes and Students Sue Trump Administration Over Firings at Native Schools
More than one quarter of the staff members at the only two federally run colleges for Native students were cut in February.
www.nytimes.com
March 9, 2025 at 10:35 PM
A group of Native American tribes and students is suing the Trump administration to reverse its recent firing of federal workers at Native schools that they said has severely lowered their quality of education.
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Yes. If DHS can barge in, say your visa was revoked, be told you have a green card, say it's revoked too, and then disappear you so that neither your lawyer nor your family can find you, then all the guardrails are gone. There is no policy, practice, or law protecting anyone.
re the previous repost: if they can disappear permanent residents they can disappear citizens
March 9, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Yes. If DHS can barge in, say your visa was revoked, be told you have a green card, say it's revoked too, and then disappear you so that neither your lawyer nor your family can find you, then all the guardrails are gone. There is no policy, practice, or law protecting anyone.
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TLDR: The paper I'm teaching tomorrow finds that the shadow of enslavement is SO LONG that there's NO level of saving, education, capital gains, wealth tax, or income redistribution that closes the racial wealth gap.
Only one thing closes the gap: REPARATIONS.
academic.oup.com/qje/article-...
Only one thing closes the gap: REPARATIONS.
academic.oup.com/qje/article-...
March 2, 2025 at 11:06 PM
TLDR: The paper I'm teaching tomorrow finds that the shadow of enslavement is SO LONG that there's NO level of saving, education, capital gains, wealth tax, or income redistribution that closes the racial wealth gap.
Only one thing closes the gap: REPARATIONS.
academic.oup.com/qje/article-...
Only one thing closes the gap: REPARATIONS.
academic.oup.com/qje/article-...
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A 1st year in my PhD program is going through a difficult time. Her father is on hospice care, and we want to make sure they can focus on their time together without financial worries. We're raising funds for her family, and I'd be deeply grateful for help sharing this GoFundMe.
gofund.me/201612e9
gofund.me/201612e9
Donate to Strength for Francisco: Your Support Matters, organised by Amarah Gray
Dear friends, family, and kind-hearted supporters,
I am reaching ou… Amarah Gray needs your support for Strength for Francisco: Your Support Matters
gofund.me
February 20, 2025 at 7:07 PM
A 1st year in my PhD program is going through a difficult time. Her father is on hospice care, and we want to make sure they can focus on their time together without financial worries. We're raising funds for her family, and I'd be deeply grateful for help sharing this GoFundMe.
gofund.me/201612e9
gofund.me/201612e9
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Trump's DOJ has erased a report from its website that lays out its own recommendations for tackling violence against Indigenous women www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
Trump’s DOJ Erases Report On Violence Against Native American Women
www.huffpost.com
February 18, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Trump's DOJ has erased a report from its website that lays out its own recommendations for tackling violence against Indigenous women www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
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I love making a significant scientific discovery and running blindly through the crowded halls of my early twentieth century university with a bundle of loose papers in my outstretched arms
February 18, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I love making a significant scientific discovery and running blindly through the crowded halls of my early twentieth century university with a bundle of loose papers in my outstretched arms
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ICYMI: a post about why the firings at NIH this weekend devastated cancer research. And other biomedical research too.
Building a science lab is like building a new company: it takes years to put together the right team. Many lab groups are now broken.
altnih4science.subst...
Building a science lab is like building a new company: it takes years to put together the right team. Many lab groups are now broken.
altnih4science.subst...
February 18, 2025 at 1:05 PM
ICYMI: a post about why the firings at NIH this weekend devastated cancer research. And other biomedical research too.
Building a science lab is like building a new company: it takes years to put together the right team. Many lab groups are now broken.
altnih4science.subst...
Building a science lab is like building a new company: it takes years to put together the right team. Many lab groups are now broken.
altnih4science.subst...
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Even the most disturbing RFK Jr. headline always manages to have a detail inside creepier than you could have imagined. I’m sorry, did you just say Black kids should have a chance to get “re-parented”???? Gift link wapo.st/4hW2xGI
February 17, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Even the most disturbing RFK Jr. headline always manages to have a detail inside creepier than you could have imagined. I’m sorry, did you just say Black kids should have a chance to get “re-parented”???? Gift link wapo.st/4hW2xGI
I don’t think I’d ever be able to fully do it justice to convey how severely IHS is underfunded. 850 people let go is going to be a travesty for reservations and tribal communities. Communities like mine. Blood is on this administration’s hands. A treaty violation and manufactured crisis.
The termination of 850 Indian Health Service physicians, nurses, and dentists will have a grave impact on access to care for millions of Native Americans.
Upholding our treaty obligations is not optional.
Upholding our treaty obligations is not optional.
February 15, 2025 at 1:19 AM
I don’t think I’d ever be able to fully do it justice to convey how severely IHS is underfunded. 850 people let go is going to be a travesty for reservations and tribal communities. Communities like mine. Blood is on this administration’s hands. A treaty violation and manufactured crisis.
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If you are one of the #CDC #HHS #FDA #NIH employees who have learned today that your employment is being abruptly ended, we want to hear from you. @altcdc.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/f...
Are you affected by firings at federal health agencies?
Have you been affected by firings at federal health agencies? @statnews would like to hear from you.
www.statnews.com
February 14, 2025 at 6:50 PM
If you are one of the #CDC #HHS #FDA #NIH employees who have learned today that your employment is being abruptly ended, we want to hear from you. @altcdc.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/f...
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Our two papers on abortion bans and fertility/infant mortality are now out.
In 14 states w/ abortion bans, fertility increased 1.7% and infant mortality increased 6%.
Key takeaway is that these impacts were disproportionately felt among those w/ greatest structural disadvantages.
Links below.
In 14 states w/ abortion bans, fertility increased 1.7% and infant mortality increased 6%.
Key takeaway is that these impacts were disproportionately felt among those w/ greatest structural disadvantages.
Links below.
🧵 US states that implemented abortion bans saw higher than expected infant mortality rates, with larger increases among Black infants and those in southern states, according to this analysis of US national vital statistics data from 2012–2023.
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#MedSky
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#MedSky
February 13, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Our two papers on abortion bans and fertility/infant mortality are now out.
In 14 states w/ abortion bans, fertility increased 1.7% and infant mortality increased 6%.
Key takeaway is that these impacts were disproportionately felt among those w/ greatest structural disadvantages.
Links below.
In 14 states w/ abortion bans, fertility increased 1.7% and infant mortality increased 6%.
Key takeaway is that these impacts were disproportionately felt among those w/ greatest structural disadvantages.
Links below.
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Together with more than 45 other organizations, ASA signed a public statement reaffirming our commitment to academic freedom, stable research funding, and policies grounded in scientific evidence. unitedsciencealliance.org
February 13, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Together with more than 45 other organizations, ASA signed a public statement reaffirming our commitment to academic freedom, stable research funding, and policies grounded in scientific evidence. unitedsciencealliance.org
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Happy International Day of Women in Science. The National Science Foundation’s list of flagged words includes both “Women” and “Female.”
February 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Happy International Day of Women in Science. The National Science Foundation’s list of flagged words includes both “Women” and “Female.”
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Grateful to the @americanbar.bsky.social for this strong and important statement. Lawyers must stand firm for the rule of law and democracy.
www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
The ABA supports the rule of law
It has been three weeks since Inauguration Day. Most Americans recognize that newly elected leaders bring change. That is expected. But most Americans also expect that changes will take place in accor...
www.americanbar.org
February 11, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Grateful to the @americanbar.bsky.social for this strong and important statement. Lawyers must stand firm for the rule of law and democracy.
www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
Despite the roots of this holiday, l always appreciate the spirit of being thankful. Gratitude is good medicine.
With that, I'm thrilled to share I accepted an assistant professor of sociology position at University of Illinois! I'm so fortunate to join an amazing dept. My cup runs over.
#sociology
With that, I'm thrilled to share I accepted an assistant professor of sociology position at University of Illinois! I'm so fortunate to join an amazing dept. My cup runs over.
#sociology
November 28, 2024 at 6:05 PM
Despite the roots of this holiday, l always appreciate the spirit of being thankful. Gratitude is good medicine.
With that, I'm thrilled to share I accepted an assistant professor of sociology position at University of Illinois! I'm so fortunate to join an amazing dept. My cup runs over.
#sociology
With that, I'm thrilled to share I accepted an assistant professor of sociology position at University of Illinois! I'm so fortunate to join an amazing dept. My cup runs over.
#sociology
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@maggieecjones.bsky.social, in “The Intergenerational Legacy of Indian Residential Schools,” uses the Aboriginal Peoples Survey to “explore the colonial roots of educational disparities” & the transmission of human capital among the Indigenous peoples in Canada. read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...
November 27, 2024 at 3:09 PM
@maggieecjones.bsky.social, in “The Intergenerational Legacy of Indian Residential Schools,” uses the Aboriginal Peoples Survey to “explore the colonial roots of educational disparities” & the transmission of human capital among the Indigenous peoples in Canada. read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...
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Follow my bestie Kiana Wilkins for Indigenous healthcare research (and dog pics)
the other place started to scare me. Anyways, here’s a photo of my dog Disco to start my feed 🪩🤍🐩
November 16, 2024 at 1:08 AM
Follow my bestie Kiana Wilkins for Indigenous healthcare research (and dog pics)
the other place started to scare me. Anyways, here’s a photo of my dog Disco to start my feed 🪩🤍🐩
November 16, 2024 at 1:01 AM
the other place started to scare me. Anyways, here’s a photo of my dog Disco to start my feed 🪩🤍🐩