Dr. Ley Cole Davis
@drleydavis.bsky.social
She/Her/Hers
Texan 🤠, Southern Black culture enthusiast 👒, nature lover 🌲, womanist 🫶🏽, Longhorn🤘🏽, and women’s sports enthusiast 🏀.
Areas of interest: Racial justice, health equity, social justice, human rights, and public health 😷
DrPH, MPH
Texan 🤠, Southern Black culture enthusiast 👒, nature lover 🌲, womanist 🫶🏽, Longhorn🤘🏽, and women’s sports enthusiast 🏀.
Areas of interest: Racial justice, health equity, social justice, human rights, and public health 😷
DrPH, MPH
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Idc about people being motivated by spite as long as they can also be motivated by love. It doesn’t have to be the fuel you use every time you hit the gas. I don’t really care what gets you there, I just want you to have a full set of tools. Dependence on one kind of motivation is self-destructive.
March 7, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Idc about people being motivated by spite as long as they can also be motivated by love. It doesn’t have to be the fuel you use every time you hit the gas. I don’t really care what gets you there, I just want you to have a full set of tools. Dependence on one kind of motivation is self-destructive.
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With funding from the Initiative, Michele Decker, Bloomberg Fellow Janice Miller, and House of Ruth Maryland, set out to quantify the "undercount” of intimate partner violence survivors experiencing homelessness in publicly available survey data. Read more: americanhealth.jhu.edu/news/underco...
Undercounted: Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence Who Are Experiencing Homelessness
americanhealth.jhu.edu
March 6, 2025 at 2:39 PM
With funding from the Initiative, Michele Decker, Bloomberg Fellow Janice Miller, and House of Ruth Maryland, set out to quantify the "undercount” of intimate partner violence survivors experiencing homelessness in publicly available survey data. Read more: americanhealth.jhu.edu/news/underco...
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I'm not teaching my grad course 'Civil Resistance: How It Works' this semester. But here is an abridged version of the course schedule, readings, and films I used the last time I taught it (in 2022). Just in case it's useful. drive.google.com/file/d/14RRJ...
Readings - Civil Resistance How It Works Fall 2022.pdf
drive.google.com
January 26, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I'm not teaching my grad course 'Civil Resistance: How It Works' this semester. But here is an abridged version of the course schedule, readings, and films I used the last time I taught it (in 2022). Just in case it's useful. drive.google.com/file/d/14RRJ...
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Dear Democratic Party: why are you not screaming this from every rooftop? Why are you not holding press conferences with these poor fired people - putting a face on what the richest man is destroying?
“The thing that I can’t get over is that the actual richest man in the world directed my fucking firing. I make $50k a year and work to keep drinking water safe. The richest man in the world decided that was an expense too great for the American taxpayer.”
Yesterday many thousands of federal employees were terminated. This is a Reddit thread for federal employees that got laid off.
February 16, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Dear Democratic Party: why are you not screaming this from every rooftop? Why are you not holding press conferences with these poor fired people - putting a face on what the richest man is destroying?
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Couldn't be clearer that Democrats aren't a party in the way that Republicans are a party. The GOP has an ideological project. They build power to accomplish specific things. The project of the Democratic Party is getting Democrats reelected. 80-90+% of Congress is, so it doesn't take much effort.
Dear Democratic Party: why are you not screaming this from every rooftop? Why are you not holding press conferences with these poor fired people - putting a face on what the richest man is destroying?
“The thing that I can’t get over is that the actual richest man in the world directed my fucking firing. I make $50k a year and work to keep drinking water safe. The richest man in the world decided that was an expense too great for the American taxpayer.”
February 16, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Couldn't be clearer that Democrats aren't a party in the way that Republicans are a party. The GOP has an ideological project. They build power to accomplish specific things. The project of the Democratic Party is getting Democrats reelected. 80-90+% of Congress is, so it doesn't take much effort.
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Giving infectious disease research a break, as promised by the MAHA agenda.
Let's break down what exactly this Executive Order is *really* saying.
Fortunately, I speak fluent anti-vax grifterese & can translate.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Let's break down what exactly this Executive Order is *really* saying.
Fortunately, I speak fluent anti-vax grifterese & can translate.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Establishing the President's Make America Healthy Again Commission
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.
www.whitehouse.gov
February 14, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Giving infectious disease research a break, as promised by the MAHA agenda.
Let's break down what exactly this Executive Order is *really* saying.
Fortunately, I speak fluent anti-vax grifterese & can translate.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Let's break down what exactly this Executive Order is *really* saying.
Fortunately, I speak fluent anti-vax grifterese & can translate.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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soon enough, the mere presence of black and latino students on campus will be illegal racial discrimination against white students www.insidehighered.com/news/diversi...
Trump admin threatens to rescind federal funds over DEI
In a sweeping and unprecedented letter issued over the weekend, the Office for Civil Rights declared race-based scholarships, cultural centers and even graduation ceremonies illegal.
www.insidehighered.com
February 16, 2025 at 2:02 PM
soon enough, the mere presence of black and latino students on campus will be illegal racial discrimination against white students www.insidehighered.com/news/diversi...
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The entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here.
HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻
archive.org/details/2025...
HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻
archive.org/details/2025...
February 1, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here.
HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻
archive.org/details/2025...
HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻
archive.org/details/2025...
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Happy Black History Month, MORE Black starterpacks to follow #BHM #BlackHistoryMonth:
Black gardeners/farmers: go.bsky.app/VJwu7qc
Black docs: go.bsky.app/3wc2Q3G
Black feminists/women studies: go.bsky.app/UdMxCfu
Black Authors: go.bsky.app/Thz8U7e
Black businesses: go.bsky.app/27regbf
Black gardeners/farmers: go.bsky.app/VJwu7qc
Black docs: go.bsky.app/3wc2Q3G
Black feminists/women studies: go.bsky.app/UdMxCfu
Black Authors: go.bsky.app/Thz8U7e
Black businesses: go.bsky.app/27regbf
February 1, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Happy Black History Month, MORE Black starterpacks to follow #BHM #BlackHistoryMonth:
Black gardeners/farmers: go.bsky.app/VJwu7qc
Black docs: go.bsky.app/3wc2Q3G
Black feminists/women studies: go.bsky.app/UdMxCfu
Black Authors: go.bsky.app/Thz8U7e
Black businesses: go.bsky.app/27regbf
Black gardeners/farmers: go.bsky.app/VJwu7qc
Black docs: go.bsky.app/3wc2Q3G
Black feminists/women studies: go.bsky.app/UdMxCfu
Black Authors: go.bsky.app/Thz8U7e
Black businesses: go.bsky.app/27regbf
“The Black community never has our backs.” Meanwhile, Black and Indigenous people have the highest disability rates. Who is our? Maybe learn to be intersectional and stop letting your whiteness fuel your desire to disrupt conversations by centering your own experiences. That’s why we are here now!
January 31, 2025 at 11:24 AM
“The Black community never has our backs.” Meanwhile, Black and Indigenous people have the highest disability rates. Who is our? Maybe learn to be intersectional and stop letting your whiteness fuel your desire to disrupt conversations by centering your own experiences. That’s why we are here now!
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I’m sad to learn that my law school classmate, Kiah Duggins, died in the DC plane crash last night.
Kiah was an exceptionally talented civil rights lawyer and aspiring legal scholar.
I hope you’ll read about her work and the causes she cared about, some of which I’ll 🧵 below.
What an immense loss
Kiah was an exceptionally talented civil rights lawyer and aspiring legal scholar.
I hope you’ll read about her work and the causes she cared about, some of which I’ll 🧵 below.
What an immense loss
January 31, 2025 at 4:12 AM
I’m sad to learn that my law school classmate, Kiah Duggins, died in the DC plane crash last night.
Kiah was an exceptionally talented civil rights lawyer and aspiring legal scholar.
I hope you’ll read about her work and the causes she cared about, some of which I’ll 🧵 below.
What an immense loss
Kiah was an exceptionally talented civil rights lawyer and aspiring legal scholar.
I hope you’ll read about her work and the causes she cared about, some of which I’ll 🧵 below.
What an immense loss
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DEI programs and people with disabilities did not cause the midair collision in DC. Trump gutting the FAA did that.
But the DEI program Trump is trying to blame was started in 2019 — by Trump.
But the DEI program Trump is trying to blame was started in 2019 — by Trump.
January 31, 2025 at 5:02 AM
DEI programs and people with disabilities did not cause the midair collision in DC. Trump gutting the FAA did that.
But the DEI program Trump is trying to blame was started in 2019 — by Trump.
But the DEI program Trump is trying to blame was started in 2019 — by Trump.
Working on a grant application and mid-draft, I’m notified by a colleague that the CDC’s social vulnerability index tool has been removed from their site. For a party who claims they want a small government, they are taking big efforts to suppress essential training, documents, and resources.
January 31, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Working on a grant application and mid-draft, I’m notified by a colleague that the CDC’s social vulnerability index tool has been removed from their site. For a party who claims they want a small government, they are taking big efforts to suppress essential training, documents, and resources.
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i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country
January 30, 2025 at 9:09 PM
i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country
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this is mutual aid:
* seed libraries
* tool lending libraries
* book/toy recycling
* meal distro
* bail funds
* disaster response
* cmty health clinics
* reciprocal childcare
* senior outreach
* direct $ asst
* translation svcs
* job training
* repair cafes
* wifi share
* seed libraries
* tool lending libraries
* book/toy recycling
* meal distro
* bail funds
* disaster response
* cmty health clinics
* reciprocal childcare
* senior outreach
* direct $ asst
* translation svcs
* job training
* repair cafes
* wifi share
January 25, 2025 at 9:59 PM
this is mutual aid:
* seed libraries
* tool lending libraries
* book/toy recycling
* meal distro
* bail funds
* disaster response
* cmty health clinics
* reciprocal childcare
* senior outreach
* direct $ asst
* translation svcs
* job training
* repair cafes
* wifi share
* seed libraries
* tool lending libraries
* book/toy recycling
* meal distro
* bail funds
* disaster response
* cmty health clinics
* reciprocal childcare
* senior outreach
* direct $ asst
* translation svcs
* job training
* repair cafes
* wifi share
1. Wow, the bios! Such amazing people on here, so happy to be connected.
2. Outside of social justice and human rights, how and where do I find the sports dolls and those with questionable taste in television shows like myself? Love & Marriage Huntsville, Traitors, RHOP, M2M, etc?
2. Outside of social justice and human rights, how and where do I find the sports dolls and those with questionable taste in television shows like myself? Love & Marriage Huntsville, Traitors, RHOP, M2M, etc?
January 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
1. Wow, the bios! Such amazing people on here, so happy to be connected.
2. Outside of social justice and human rights, how and where do I find the sports dolls and those with questionable taste in television shows like myself? Love & Marriage Huntsville, Traitors, RHOP, M2M, etc?
2. Outside of social justice and human rights, how and where do I find the sports dolls and those with questionable taste in television shows like myself? Love & Marriage Huntsville, Traitors, RHOP, M2M, etc?
Well hello again Blue Sky 🌌
January 25, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Well hello again Blue Sky 🌌
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I have cool friends we do cool things w @ashnic917.bsky.social and Joe
August 27, 2023 at 1:14 PM
I have cool friends we do cool things w @ashnic917.bsky.social and Joe
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The movement to make phone calls free for incarcerated people is soaring — zero states had done this until 2021, and now four have. Massachusetts is on the cusp of becoming the fifth. https://boltsmag.org/massachusetts-prison-jail-phone-calls/
Massachusetts Is Set to Make Communications Free for Incarcerated People
The reform would eliminate the exorbitant charges people face to keep in touch with loved ones in jail and prison, removing a heavy financial burden for thousands.
boltsmag.org
August 4, 2023 at 5:34 PM
The movement to make phone calls free for incarcerated people is soaring — zero states had done this until 2021, and now four have. Massachusetts is on the cusp of becoming the fifth. https://boltsmag.org/massachusetts-prison-jail-phone-calls/
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Y'all not talking about Tina Turner enough for me!
May 24, 2023 at 11:06 PM
Y'all not talking about Tina Turner enough for me!
I appreciate Blue Sky on days like this. No arguments over what teens deserve for prom. No hate towards The Color Purple. Thank you again @chadstanton.bsky.social . The outrage has purpose here 😂
May 24, 2023 at 3:57 PM
I appreciate Blue Sky on days like this. No arguments over what teens deserve for prom. No hate towards The Color Purple. Thank you again @chadstanton.bsky.social . The outrage has purpose here 😂
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For all y’all “surprised” by Target leaders deciding to remove some Pride merchandise…you shouldn’t be
Folx have been sounding the alarm for LITERALLY years, with increasing volume since 2020
White supremacy’s ONLY role is CHAOS & DESTRUCTION
THIS ISN’T HARD TO UNDERSTAND
Folx have been sounding the alarm for LITERALLY years, with increasing volume since 2020
White supremacy’s ONLY role is CHAOS & DESTRUCTION
THIS ISN’T HARD TO UNDERSTAND
May 24, 2023 at 1:14 PM
For all y’all “surprised” by Target leaders deciding to remove some Pride merchandise…you shouldn’t be
Folx have been sounding the alarm for LITERALLY years, with increasing volume since 2020
White supremacy’s ONLY role is CHAOS & DESTRUCTION
THIS ISN’T HARD TO UNDERSTAND
Folx have been sounding the alarm for LITERALLY years, with increasing volume since 2020
White supremacy’s ONLY role is CHAOS & DESTRUCTION
THIS ISN’T HARD TO UNDERSTAND
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A year after Uvalde, most of the senior and supervising cops who failed to stop the gunman from killing children still have jobs.
Policing, the entire institution, is irredeemable.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/05/24/uvalde-school-shooting-police-response/
Policing, the entire institution, is irredeemable.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/05/24/uvalde-school-shooting-police-response/
www.washingtonpost.com
May 24, 2023 at 4:20 PM
A year after Uvalde, most of the senior and supervising cops who failed to stop the gunman from killing children still have jobs.
Policing, the entire institution, is irredeemable.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/05/24/uvalde-school-shooting-police-response/
Policing, the entire institution, is irredeemable.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/05/24/uvalde-school-shooting-police-response/
The Texas legislature is so chaotic 🫠. At this point, when is the federal government stepping in? We actually don’t need states’ rights, that has literally never worked out. Governors should be like mid-level managers at best, they acting like Executive Directors all across the South.
A bill to require the Ten Commandments in Texas classrooms is dead after missing a key deadline on Tuesday. https://www.texastribune.org/2023/05/24/texas-legislature-senate-priorities/
Senate priorities on bail, Ten Commandments in schools stall out in T…
The two chambers have been at odds over property tax relief and school choice, but on Tuesday night, those divisions spilled over into priorities the bodies had previously agreed upon.
www.texastribune.org
May 24, 2023 at 2:12 PM
The Texas legislature is so chaotic 🫠. At this point, when is the federal government stepping in? We actually don’t need states’ rights, that has literally never worked out. Governors should be like mid-level managers at best, they acting like Executive Directors all across the South.