Kevin Lujan Lee
@kevinlujanlee.bsky.social
taotao mariånas (chamoru) | asst prof @ ubuffalo | Indigenous politics, social movements, race, migration, organizations
https://www.kevinlujanlee.com/
https://www.kevinlujanlee.com/
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Remembering Dr. Dwanna McKay, Mvskoke (Creek) Nation scholar and leader. Her work reshaped Indigenous sociology and challenged injustice with brilliance, integrity, and heart.
A special panel at ASA 2026 will honor her memory.
@asanews.bsky.social
A special panel at ASA 2026 will honor her memory.
@asanews.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Remembering Dr. Dwanna McKay, Mvskoke (Creek) Nation scholar and leader. Her work reshaped Indigenous sociology and challenged injustice with brilliance, integrity, and heart.
A special panel at ASA 2026 will honor her memory.
@asanews.bsky.social
A special panel at ASA 2026 will honor her memory.
@asanews.bsky.social
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“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”
U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations
Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students
www.science.org
November 14, 2025 at 1:03 AM
“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”
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November 5, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.
November 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.
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Over 300,000 Black women have lost jobs or left the workforce in recent months. Shana Pinnock Glover has applied to 800 jobs while battling two forms of breast cancer. This is the toll of a system failing Black women. We must demand equity and opportunity!
"Part of that statistic": Black women face rising unemployment and vanishing job opportunities
After surviving breast cancer and sending out nearly 800 job applications, Fairburn resident Shana Pinnock Glover is still searching for work — a struggle shared by thousands of Black women amid a gro...
www.cbsnews.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Over 300,000 Black women have lost jobs or left the workforce in recent months. Shana Pinnock Glover has applied to 800 jobs while battling two forms of breast cancer. This is the toll of a system failing Black women. We must demand equity and opportunity!
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Congratulations, Andrew Cuomo!
I know how hard you worked for this.
I know how hard you worked for this.
![Red Trump-style graphic with images of Donald Trump and Andrew Cuomo.
At the top it says, "I'm going to pick [Cuomo]." - Donald Trump, 60 Minutes Interview, 11-2-25
Then beneath it
TRUMP ENDORSES CUOMO](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:j5hrotody26iqi24hcusufxu/bafkreib7wnor7hl45ryvmifde4sov74rrnexa3iecbyu7zxjx6brrslsiy@jpeg)
November 3, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Congratulations, Andrew Cuomo!
I know how hard you worked for this.
I know how hard you worked for this.
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Zohran Mamdani caught lying that he understood Plato’s allegory of the cave, yet when asked to explain it, he seemed to instead explain Baudrillard’s theory of Simulacra and Simulation where reality has been replaced by symbols and signs, which seems similar to Plato’s theory but is not the same
October 29, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Zohran Mamdani caught lying that he understood Plato’s allegory of the cave, yet when asked to explain it, he seemed to instead explain Baudrillard’s theory of Simulacra and Simulation where reality has been replaced by symbols and signs, which seems similar to Plato’s theory but is not the same
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I can't believe this is real.
But it is.
But it is.
Here is Gregory Bovino, the man in charge of ICE agents in Chicago.
October 28, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I can't believe this is real.
But it is.
But it is.
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Should the New York Times be sold to Pennysaver and its editors sent to work in Amazon warehouses? It depends on who you ask.
October 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Should the New York Times be sold to Pennysaver and its editors sent to work in Amazon warehouses? It depends on who you ask.
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Naoise's brother is asking Irish people to please contact the government #Speirgorm
October 10, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Naoise's brother is asking Irish people to please contact the government #Speirgorm
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UFW mourns the passing of our brother Kent Wong. Please watch Kent speak in beautiful short video connecting his time with UFW to his view of the importance of solidary across labor and race and cultural backgrounds.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODkU...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODkU...
Kent Wong on Solidarity: action
YouTube video by W.K. Kellogg Foundation
www.youtube.com
October 8, 2025 at 11:45 PM
UFW mourns the passing of our brother Kent Wong. Please watch Kent speak in beautiful short video connecting his time with UFW to his view of the importance of solidary across labor and race and cultural backgrounds.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODkU...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODkU...
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seven-year-old: “who’s voice is that”
me: “Bob Dylan”
7yo: “is that yr friend”
me: “no a singer”
7yo: “not a very good singer”
me: “Bob Dylan”
7yo: “is that yr friend”
me: “no a singer”
7yo: “not a very good singer”
October 3, 2025 at 12:29 PM
seven-year-old: “who’s voice is that”
me: “Bob Dylan”
7yo: “is that yr friend”
me: “no a singer”
7yo: “not a very good singer”
me: “Bob Dylan”
7yo: “is that yr friend”
me: “no a singer”
7yo: “not a very good singer”
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Hollywood unions AFM, DGA, IATSE and SAG-AFTRA issued this joint statement in response to ABC's indefinite suspension of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!"
September 19, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Hollywood unions AFM, DGA, IATSE and SAG-AFTRA issued this joint statement in response to ABC's indefinite suspension of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!"
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Israel’s far-right finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, called on Wednesday for the country to annex most of the occupied West Bank, where about three million Palestinians live, a move that the international community has long sought to prevent.
Far-right Israeli Minister Calls for West Bank Annexation
Bezalel Smotrich said Israel should take over most of the territory, partly in response to growing international moves to recognize a Palestinian state.
nyti.ms
September 3, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Israel’s far-right finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, called on Wednesday for the country to annex most of the occupied West Bank, where about three million Palestinians live, a move that the international community has long sought to prevent.
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Indigenomicon is set to release in November but you can now read the introduction online at Duke University Press: www.dukeupress.edu/indigenomicon
Indigenomicon
www.dukeupress.edu
August 21, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Indigenomicon is set to release in November but you can now read the introduction online at Duke University Press: www.dukeupress.edu/indigenomicon
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Under the Obama administration, federal rules pushed universities to build new bureaucracies to address sexual misconduct. President Trump is doubling down on that tactic for antisemitism claims.
Trump Amps Up an Obama Strategy to Crack Down on Colleges
Under Obama, federal rules pushed universities to build new bureaucracies to address sexual misconduct. Trump is doubling down on that tactic for antisemitism claims.
nyti.ms
August 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Under the Obama administration, federal rules pushed universities to build new bureaucracies to address sexual misconduct. President Trump is doubling down on that tactic for antisemitism claims.
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Elected officials from both parties must demand that Trump use US leverage to end the intentional starvation of Gaza. Tell your Members of Congress to push Trump to actually deliver on his offer to increase humanitarian aid and ensure it’s delivered safely by trusted third parties.
Tell Congress: Gaza aid must flow freely and safely
The intentional starvation of Palestinians in Gaza is so cruel and dire that even Donald Trump has said it must stop, but words are meaningless without action. The Trump administration has the power t...
act.indivisible.org
August 3, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Elected officials from both parties must demand that Trump use US leverage to end the intentional starvation of Gaza. Tell your Members of Congress to push Trump to actually deliver on his offer to increase humanitarian aid and ensure it’s delivered safely by trusted third parties.
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I don’t see many people talking about this, but Christopher Smalls, Amazon labor organizer, was on a freedom flotilla that was captured and is now being physically assaulted in custody. newrepublic.com/post/198550/...
Israel Detains and Beats Up Amazon Union Leader Chris Smalls
Meanwhile, there’s not a peep from mainstream media in the U.S.
newrepublic.com
July 29, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I don’t see many people talking about this, but Christopher Smalls, Amazon labor organizer, was on a freedom flotilla that was captured and is now being physically assaulted in custody. newrepublic.com/post/198550/...
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New: Wicazo Sa Review Vol. 38, 1&2
🌌 Special issue: Indigenous Futurisms
🖊️ Guest edited by Joshua Whitehead and Madeline Rose Mendoza
🔗 Read at: muse.jhu.edu/issue/55163
🔗 Article by @kevinlujanlee.bsky.social is free for a limited time via @projectmuse.bsky.social - muse.jhu.edu/pub/23/artic...
🌌 Special issue: Indigenous Futurisms
🖊️ Guest edited by Joshua Whitehead and Madeline Rose Mendoza
🔗 Read at: muse.jhu.edu/issue/55163
🔗 Article by @kevinlujanlee.bsky.social is free for a limited time via @projectmuse.bsky.social - muse.jhu.edu/pub/23/artic...
July 21, 2025 at 7:06 PM
New: Wicazo Sa Review Vol. 38, 1&2
🌌 Special issue: Indigenous Futurisms
🖊️ Guest edited by Joshua Whitehead and Madeline Rose Mendoza
🔗 Read at: muse.jhu.edu/issue/55163
🔗 Article by @kevinlujanlee.bsky.social is free for a limited time via @projectmuse.bsky.social - muse.jhu.edu/pub/23/artic...
🌌 Special issue: Indigenous Futurisms
🖊️ Guest edited by Joshua Whitehead and Madeline Rose Mendoza
🔗 Read at: muse.jhu.edu/issue/55163
🔗 Article by @kevinlujanlee.bsky.social is free for a limited time via @projectmuse.bsky.social - muse.jhu.edu/pub/23/artic...
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Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA), home to the largest dedicated clinic that treats transgender youth in the country, is ending access to transgender healthcare for nearly 3,000 patients.
Full story: lataco.com/transgender-...
By @marinamasako.bsky.social
Full story: lataco.com/transgender-...
By @marinamasako.bsky.social
July 19, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA), home to the largest dedicated clinic that treats transgender youth in the country, is ending access to transgender healthcare for nearly 3,000 patients.
Full story: lataco.com/transgender-...
By @marinamasako.bsky.social
Full story: lataco.com/transgender-...
By @marinamasako.bsky.social
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Congress eliminated public media funding. At a time of deep division, public media brings us together.
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July 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Congress eliminated public media funding. At a time of deep division, public media brings us together.
Help keep it strong. Join our monthly donors today: n.pr/458sOhq
Help keep it strong. Join our monthly donors today: n.pr/458sOhq
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"Victory"––this is how the NYTimes characterizes a genocide. The "foes overpowered" here are tens of thousands of now-dismembered, dead children.
This newspaper is utterly grotesque.
This newspaper is utterly grotesque.
July 5, 2025 at 6:32 PM
"Victory"––this is how the NYTimes characterizes a genocide. The "foes overpowered" here are tens of thousands of now-dismembered, dead children.
This newspaper is utterly grotesque.
This newspaper is utterly grotesque.
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Sometimes it’s permissible to hate.
July 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Sometimes it’s permissible to hate.
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Black voters are incredibly polarized by age within the Democratic Party. This happens in every Dem primary since 2016.
You might not know this because the punditry does such a bad job on Black politics, either ignorant or treating Black people as a monolith in service of some other narrative
You might not know this because the punditry does such a bad job on Black politics, either ignorant or treating Black people as a monolith in service of some other narrative
June 25, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Black voters are incredibly polarized by age within the Democratic Party. This happens in every Dem primary since 2016.
You might not know this because the punditry does such a bad job on Black politics, either ignorant or treating Black people as a monolith in service of some other narrative
You might not know this because the punditry does such a bad job on Black politics, either ignorant or treating Black people as a monolith in service of some other narrative