Amanda Lanzillo
@amandazillo.bsky.social
Historian of labor, technology & Islam in South Asia | Asst. Prof UChicago SALC | she/her | 📕Pious Labor now out from UC Press: https://www.ucpress.edu/books/pious-labor/epub-pdf
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Amanda Lanzillo
@amandazillo.bsky.social
· Nov 10
Pious Labor by Amanda Lanzillo - Paper
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I’ve just realized it’s possible to pin posts on Bluesky, so here’s my book! It’s open access, in case you like free things 😊
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Israel is still bombing Gaza.
They have received all their prisoners of war, but they keep bombing.
They have received all their prisoners of war, but they keep bombing.
Video of today’s Israeli ceasefire in Gaza
February 7, 2026 at 5:19 AM
Israel is still bombing Gaza.
They have received all their prisoners of war, but they keep bombing.
They have received all their prisoners of war, but they keep bombing.
Absolutely stunned by Sadequain’s final (unfinished) mural, on the ceiling of the Frere Hall library in Karachi. My poor photography skills can’t do the scale or detail justice.
February 6, 2026 at 1:52 AM
Absolutely stunned by Sadequain’s final (unfinished) mural, on the ceiling of the Frere Hall library in Karachi. My poor photography skills can’t do the scale or detail justice.
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Key quote from the judge's order releasing Liam Ramos & his father: "Observing human behavior confirms that for some among us, the perfidious lust for unbridled power and the imposition of cruelty in its quest know no bounds and are bereft of human decency. And the rule of law be damned."
Federal judge has ordered the release of Liam Ramos (the bunny hat boy) and his father. A brief and rather remarkable order. Clearly written to be shared widely, so please do. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 31, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Key quote from the judge's order releasing Liam Ramos & his father: "Observing human behavior confirms that for some among us, the perfidious lust for unbridled power and the imposition of cruelty in its quest know no bounds and are bereft of human decency. And the rule of law be damned."
Will be in Karachi next week and will give a couple of talks on both previous and on-going work! First up will be a book talk on my first book, Pious Labor, at IBA on 3 February.
January 28, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Will be in Karachi next week and will give a couple of talks on both previous and on-going work! First up will be a book talk on my first book, Pious Labor, at IBA on 3 February.
It really is that easy.
Bucking a Global Trend, Spain Offers Undocumented Migrants a Legal Way to Stay
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2026 at 10:45 PM
It really is that easy.
May this tiny fleck of Nazi scum who terrorized our streets never return and never know peace. And may we not let him be used as a scapegoat for a system that is rotten to its core. Abolish ICE. Abolish DHS.
BREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Gregory Bovino Gets Demoted
The Border Patrol chief was the public face of a traveling immigration crackdown on cities governed by Democrats.
www.theatlantic.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:54 PM
May this tiny fleck of Nazi scum who terrorized our streets never return and never know peace. And may we not let him be used as a scapegoat for a system that is rotten to its core. Abolish ICE. Abolish DHS.
If you have some extra money, this is where we’ve been directing our donations for the past couple of months. They free people from ICE:
www.mibfc.org
www.mibfc.org
Midwest Immigration Bond Fund
www.mibfc.org
January 24, 2026 at 8:25 PM
If you have some extra money, this is where we’ve been directing our donations for the past couple of months. They free people from ICE:
www.mibfc.org
www.mibfc.org
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I'm very pleased to share this project I've been a part of about rare historical photographs of the Pakistan movement and the 1947 partition of South Asia. The images were taken by Lahore-based photographer Muhammad Bakhsh Bhatti and generously made available by his grandson, Shahzeb Bhatti. 1/3
Toward Partition and Beyond
dpul.princeton.edu
January 22, 2026 at 6:31 PM
I'm very pleased to share this project I've been a part of about rare historical photographs of the Pakistan movement and the 1947 partition of South Asia. The images were taken by Lahore-based photographer Muhammad Bakhsh Bhatti and generously made available by his grandson, Shahzeb Bhatti. 1/3
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Columbia Heights Minnesota school district reports a least 4 children have been ripped from their parents, kidnapped by ICE, and sent, alone, thousands of miles away to a Texas concentration camp.
Can you imagine 5-year-old Liam Ramos' fear?
ENOUGH
Can you imagine 5-year-old Liam Ramos' fear?
ENOUGH
January 21, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Columbia Heights Minnesota school district reports a least 4 children have been ripped from their parents, kidnapped by ICE, and sent, alone, thousands of miles away to a Texas concentration camp.
Can you imagine 5-year-old Liam Ramos' fear?
ENOUGH
Can you imagine 5-year-old Liam Ramos' fear?
ENOUGH
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From Palestine to Minneapolis, ICE and Israel use the same violent playbook
Cartoon by Carlos Latuff.
Cartoon by Carlos Latuff.
January 19, 2026 at 11:10 PM
From Palestine to Minneapolis, ICE and Israel use the same violent playbook
Cartoon by Carlos Latuff.
Cartoon by Carlos Latuff.
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We are shocked, shocked (no we aren’t)
January 17, 2026 at 2:30 PM
We are shocked, shocked (no we aren’t)
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The good folks at India's The Wire have recruited me to write a regular column on history. In this inaugural essay, I talk about the myths around the history of plastic surgery and the Sushruta-samhita, & about the semi-famous Cowasjee who got a "nose job" in 1794.
thewire.in/history/the-...
thewire.in/history/the-...
The History of Sushruta and the Famous 'Indian Nose Job'
The famous Cowasji’s unknown “plastic surgeon” was not an elite Ayurvedist, but was nevertheless a skilled practitioner, and belonged to the larger traditions and knowledge-systems of medicine in the ...
thewire.in
January 17, 2026 at 2:18 AM
The good folks at India's The Wire have recruited me to write a regular column on history. In this inaugural essay, I talk about the myths around the history of plastic surgery and the Sushruta-samhita, & about the semi-famous Cowasjee who got a "nose job" in 1794.
thewire.in/history/the-...
thewire.in/history/the-...
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I am begging Democratic leadership to recognize that funding and legitimizing your authoritarian opponent’s secret police is a bad idea.
This should not be a difficult concept.
This should not be a difficult concept.
Top Democrats decline to say if they would rein in ICE after Minnesota shooting
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries denounce the killing but offer no concrete pledges
www.independent.co.uk
January 9, 2026 at 2:24 AM
I am begging Democratic leadership to recognize that funding and legitimizing your authoritarian opponent’s secret police is a bad idea.
This should not be a difficult concept.
This should not be a difficult concept.
You can’t MENTION race/class/sexuality? So they have to teach that in the US some random people just up and enslaved other random people? Suffragettes protested people being inexplicably excluded from the vote based on vibes? Stonewall prompted by police raid against just a bar?
Texas A&M University System serves 175,000 students annually across 12 institutions. Across all of them, core courses will no longer mention race, gender or LGBTQ content starting this semester.
www.statesman.com/news/educati...
www.statesman.com/news/educati...
Free speech concerns as A&M drops race, gender modules from core classes
Texas A&M University System serves 175,000 students annually across 12 institutions. Across all of them, core courses will no longer mention race, gender or LGBTQ content starting this semester.
www.statesman.com
January 11, 2026 at 3:30 PM
You can’t MENTION race/class/sexuality? So they have to teach that in the US some random people just up and enslaved other random people? Suffragettes protested people being inexplicably excluded from the vote based on vibes? Stonewall prompted by police raid against just a bar?
Watching on Zoom as we’re still stuck home with the flu 🤒
Hundreds of people have packed into Chicago's Thalia Hall tonight for a community listening session on CPD collaboration with ICE/CBP.
Police district councillors who gathered petition signatures required to hold tonight's hearing are opening by thanking the community for showing out.
Police district councillors who gathered petition signatures required to hold tonight's hearing are opening by thanking the community for showing out.
January 9, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Watching on Zoom as we’re still stuck home with the flu 🤒
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a major american city is being forced to close schools because armed government agents are raiding and pepper spraying and terrorizing children and teachers for social media content
Minneapolis public schools canceled classes officials after Roosevelt High School said armed Border Patrol officers came on school property during dismissal Wednesday and began tackling people, handcuffed two staff members and released chemical weapons on bystanders
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Minneapolis schools cancel classes after Border Patrol clash disrupts dismissal at Roosevelt
Minneapolis schools closed for the week citing safety concerns after an encounter involving armed Border Patrol agents near Roosevelt High School.
www.mprnews.org
January 8, 2026 at 1:53 PM
a major american city is being forced to close schools because armed government agents are raiding and pepper spraying and terrorizing children and teachers for social media content
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You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.
This could be you.
This could be you.
January 8, 2026 at 12:15 AM
You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.
This could be you.
This could be you.
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NEWS: In a heartbreaking video, after ICE shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis, a woman who was in the same SUV cries out: “They killed my wife. I don’t know what to do."
“We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs.
www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
“We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs.
www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
Distraught woman says ICE killed her wife in video after deadly Minneapolis shooting
“They killed my wife,” the distraught woman says, adding, “They shot her in the head.”
www.advocate.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:55 PM
NEWS: In a heartbreaking video, after ICE shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis, a woman who was in the same SUV cries out: “They killed my wife. I don’t know what to do."
“We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs.
www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
“We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs.
www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
Abolish ICE.
It is now confirmed from multiple sources that ICE shot a legal observer dead on Portland in Minneapolis between 34th and 33rd street. The victim is dead
January 7, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Abolish ICE.
Was looking forward to get back to Chicago, writing, and running this new year. Instead have been knocked out by awful flu (yes, was vaxxed 😢). Read one novel but the text is hurting my eyes, any good (light!) tv show, audiobook or podcast recs?
January 7, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Was looking forward to get back to Chicago, writing, and running this new year. Instead have been knocked out by awful flu (yes, was vaxxed 😢). Read one novel but the text is hurting my eyes, any good (light!) tv show, audiobook or podcast recs?
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Read the statement by Birzeit, if its the only thing you read today.
January 7, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Read the statement by Birzeit, if its the only thing you read today.
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Send this to anyone in your life who pretends this is about defending Venezuelan democracy or whatever
In November, I sat with two Venezuelans who fled the country after protesting Maduro.
Trump's masked ICE agents had just taken their son.
The boy's mother told me, "In Venezuela, if they take you, you don’t come back. This left me with the same impression.”
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/how-a-h...
Trump's masked ICE agents had just taken their son.
The boy's mother told me, "In Venezuela, if they take you, you don’t come back. This left me with the same impression.”
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/how-a-h...
How a ‘Habeas Machine’ Reunited One Family That Was Pulled Apart by ICE
The agents were on the hunt, but as they staked out the...
talkingpointsmemo.com
January 3, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Send this to anyone in your life who pretends this is about defending Venezuelan democracy or whatever
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I will not use it at the beach
I will not use it when I teach
I do not want it in a church
I do not want it for research
I see no reason to concede
I will not use it when I read
Although its hype should have no end
Upon it I will not depend
I will not use it when I teach
I do not want it in a church
I do not want it for research
I see no reason to concede
I will not use it when I read
Although its hype should have no end
Upon it I will not depend
I do not like your AI slop
I do not like it, make it stop
I do not want an AI house
I do not want an AI mouse
No AI box. No AI fox—
That AI slop can go kick rocks
I would not AI here or there
I would not AI anywhere
No AI car, no AI czar
Your AI slop is killing trees
I do not like it, let me be!
I do not like it, make it stop
I do not want an AI house
I do not want an AI mouse
No AI box. No AI fox—
That AI slop can go kick rocks
I would not AI here or there
I would not AI anywhere
No AI car, no AI czar
Your AI slop is killing trees
I do not like it, let me be!
December 30, 2025 at 5:10 AM
I will not use it at the beach
I will not use it when I teach
I do not want it in a church
I do not want it for research
I see no reason to concede
I will not use it when I read
Although its hype should have no end
Upon it I will not depend
I will not use it when I teach
I do not want it in a church
I do not want it for research
I see no reason to concede
I will not use it when I read
Although its hype should have no end
Upon it I will not depend
2025 was a dumpster fire but I…
1.) Moved internationally w/doggo to Chicago
2.) Saw the Indian edition of my first book published with Three Essay Collective
3.) Finished a draft of book 2 and signed a contract with UNC Press.
4.) Started teaching brilliant students who read books at UofC…
1.) Moved internationally w/doggo to Chicago
2.) Saw the Indian edition of my first book published with Three Essay Collective
3.) Finished a draft of book 2 and signed a contract with UNC Press.
4.) Started teaching brilliant students who read books at UofC…
December 31, 2025 at 11:43 PM
2025 was a dumpster fire but I…
1.) Moved internationally w/doggo to Chicago
2.) Saw the Indian edition of my first book published with Three Essay Collective
3.) Finished a draft of book 2 and signed a contract with UNC Press.
4.) Started teaching brilliant students who read books at UofC…
1.) Moved internationally w/doggo to Chicago
2.) Saw the Indian edition of my first book published with Three Essay Collective
3.) Finished a draft of book 2 and signed a contract with UNC Press.
4.) Started teaching brilliant students who read books at UofC…
“Federal agents arrested thousands during an unprecedented immigration mission in Chicago. They also killed a man, shot a woman five times, tear-gassed a 1-year-old, separated families and brutalized people across the city.”
Chicago Under Siege: How Operation Midway Blitz Changed Our City
Federal agents arrested thousands during an unprecedented immigration mission in Chicago. They also killed a man, shot a woman five times, tear-gassed a 1-year-old, separated families and brutalized p...
blockclubchicago.org
December 30, 2025 at 6:33 PM
“Federal agents arrested thousands during an unprecedented immigration mission in Chicago. They also killed a man, shot a woman five times, tear-gassed a 1-year-old, separated families and brutalized people across the city.”