Regina Mills
@guategamerphd.bsky.social
🇬🇹 🇺🇸 Professor
Love to teach and learn about Latina/o/x and AfroLatina/o/x studies and pop culture (esp. video games!)
Author of INVISIBILITY AND INFLUENCE (U of Texas Press,
2024)
Love to teach and learn about Latina/o/x and AfroLatina/o/x studies and pop culture (esp. video games!)
Author of INVISIBILITY AND INFLUENCE (U of Texas Press,
2024)
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Regina Mills
@guategamerphd.bsky.social
· Oct 13
‘Across the Spider-Verse’ and the Latino legacy of Spider-Man
Latino characters have traditionally been underrepresented in mainstream comics. But Spider-Man’s backstory makes him the perfect superhero to be recast as a minority.
theconversation.com
Hello world! I'm a professor (currently in Texas but moving to Michigan) of Latine studies who publishes and teaches in AfroLatina/o/x studies, US-Central American lit, & video games and pop culture. One publication I'm proud of is this @theconversation.com piece: theconversation.com/across-the-s...
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NYTimes was also aware a staff writer was a close friend of Epstein - who had been offered incriminating photos of a Presidential candidate - and chose instead to spend the next decade on totally unjustified, frankly delusional, propagandized coverage of trans people and their doctors as “predators”
I'm sorry, I'm still having a hard time getting over that the owner of the NY Times is in the Epstein files thing and they haven't even acknowledged this in any reporting.
November 16, 2025 at 4:30 AM
NYTimes was also aware a staff writer was a close friend of Epstein - who had been offered incriminating photos of a Presidential candidate - and chose instead to spend the next decade on totally unjustified, frankly delusional, propagandized coverage of trans people and their doctors as “predators”
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A middle school boy created deepfake AI CSAM of his fellow classmate, a 13 year old girl. The girl pleaded with the school but they did nothing and instead put her on a bus with the perpetrator. She ended up hitting him and was expelled but nothing happened to the boy.
www.wsaw.com/2025/11/12/g...
www.wsaw.com/2025/11/12/g...
Girl, 13, expelled for hitting classmate who made a deepfake porn image of her, lawyers say
A 13-year-old student was expelled from a Louisiana middle school after hitting a male classmate who she said created and shared a deepfake pornographic image of her, according to her family’s lawyers...
www.wsaw.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:03 PM
A middle school boy created deepfake AI CSAM of his fellow classmate, a 13 year old girl. The girl pleaded with the school but they did nothing and instead put her on a bus with the perpetrator. She ended up hitting him and was expelled but nothing happened to the boy.
www.wsaw.com/2025/11/12/g...
www.wsaw.com/2025/11/12/g...
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"Federal policy has jumped the gun: We don’t yet know if AI will transform the economy or even be profitable. Yet Washington is insulating the industry from all sorts of risk. If a bubble does pop, we’ll all be left holding the bag." [Gift Link] www.wsj.com/opinion/you-...
November 12, 2025 at 11:09 PM
"Federal policy has jumped the gun: We don’t yet know if AI will transform the economy or even be profitable. Yet Washington is insulating the industry from all sorts of risk. If a bubble does pop, we’ll all be left holding the bag." [Gift Link] www.wsj.com/opinion/you-...
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The Trump admin yesterday began the final push to have Kilmar Abrego Garcia deported to Liberia, in yet another effort to punish him for making them look bad after they illegally and mistakenly deported him to El Salvador. abcnews.go.com/US/trump-adm...
Trump administration moves to dissolve ban on Abrego Garcia's removal to deport him to Liberia
The Trump administration has moved to dissolve the ban on Kilmar Abrego Garcia's removal so that it can proceed with his deportation to Liberia.
abcnews.go.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:38 PM
The Trump admin yesterday began the final push to have Kilmar Abrego Garcia deported to Liberia, in yet another effort to punish him for making them look bad after they illegally and mistakenly deported him to El Salvador. abcnews.go.com/US/trump-adm...
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The fact that this, and every other Trump pardonee who has subsequently broken the law, has not ended Trump's political career, that it barely even registers on the national discourse, underlines just how far we are from a functioning democracy that values accountability.
A man pardoned by Donald Trump for his role in January 6th - he assaulted Capitol Police officers with bear spray & a metal whip - has avoided prison for child sex crimes because of the president’s sweeping pardon, despite pleading guilty to soliciting what he believed was a 15-year-old girl for sex
Trump Pardon Lets Convicted Child Sex Predator Walk Free
Andrew Taake walked free because of Trump’s pardons, despite being convicted of a child sex crime.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:29 AM
The fact that this, and every other Trump pardonee who has subsequently broken the law, has not ended Trump's political career, that it barely even registers on the national discourse, underlines just how far we are from a functioning democracy that values accountability.
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Communicating why a 50 year mortgage costs more, overall, than a 30 year mortgage should not be a hard task.
The problem is the average American is both functionally illiterate and innumerate, as a deliberate result of decades of the policies made by the very people pushing for 50 year mortgages.
The problem is the average American is both functionally illiterate and innumerate, as a deliberate result of decades of the policies made by the very people pushing for 50 year mortgages.
November 11, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Communicating why a 50 year mortgage costs more, overall, than a 30 year mortgage should not be a hard task.
The problem is the average American is both functionally illiterate and innumerate, as a deliberate result of decades of the policies made by the very people pushing for 50 year mortgages.
The problem is the average American is both functionally illiterate and innumerate, as a deliberate result of decades of the policies made by the very people pushing for 50 year mortgages.
More coverage - our Deans and department heads at Texas A&M have been blindsided by this:
thebatt.com/news/regents...
thebatt.com/news/regents...
Regents to vote on revised race, gender classroom discussion policy – The Battalion
The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents will vote on revisions to A&M’s Civil Rights Protection and Compliance and Academic Freedom, Responsibi
thebatt.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:52 AM
More coverage - our Deans and department heads at Texas A&M have been blindsided by this:
thebatt.com/news/regents...
thebatt.com/news/regents...
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Please read the proposed changes and recognize the danger. Texas A&M will require approval of any course teaching race and gender by the President or other designated person. The section on prohibited discrimination has changed to add prohibited instruction as well. 1/3
🚨🚨 Texas A&M Board of Regents is meeting next week and set to approve a new policy requiring pre-approval of courses on race and gender. This is a blatant violation of academic freedom.
November 9, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Please read the proposed changes and recognize the danger. Texas A&M will require approval of any course teaching race and gender by the President or other designated person. The section on prohibited discrimination has changed to add prohibited instruction as well. 1/3
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Here it is, my 249th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below in comments, please share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
#ScholarSunday Thread 249 (11/9/25) – Black and White and Read All Over
Here it is, my 249th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below in comments, please share as widely as...
blackwhiteandread.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Here it is, my 249th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below in comments, please share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
Please read the proposed changes and recognize the danger. Texas A&M will require approval of any course teaching race and gender by the President or other designated person. The section on prohibited discrimination has changed to add prohibited instruction as well. 1/3
🚨🚨 Texas A&M Board of Regents is meeting next week and set to approve a new policy requiring pre-approval of courses on race and gender. This is a blatant violation of academic freedom.
November 9, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Please read the proposed changes and recognize the danger. Texas A&M will require approval of any course teaching race and gender by the President or other designated person. The section on prohibited discrimination has changed to add prohibited instruction as well. 1/3
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TL;DR: Even the most advanced language models crumble on first-person false beliefs, showing sharp accuracy drops and revealing that their “understanding” of others’ minds is still shallow pattern mimicry, not genuine epistemic reasoning.
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Language models cannot reliably distinguish belief from knowledge and fact - Nature Machine Intelligence
Suzgun et al. find that current large language models cannot reliably distinguish between belief, knowledge and fact, raising concerns for their use in healthcare, law and journalism, where such disti...
www.nature.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:19 PM
TL;DR: Even the most advanced language models crumble on first-person false beliefs, showing sharp accuracy drops and revealing that their “understanding” of others’ minds is still shallow pattern mimicry, not genuine epistemic reasoning.
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
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No it’s important to listen to this. Because then you understand that many of them will do ANYTHING to keep power. Remember Musk got involved in the 2024 election after saying to Tucker “if she wins” I am definitely going to prison.
So we need to move knowing that nothing is off the table for them.
So we need to move knowing that nothing is off the table for them.
Steve Bannon: If we lose the midterms and we lose 2028, some in this room are going to prison, myself included.
November 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
No it’s important to listen to this. Because then you understand that many of them will do ANYTHING to keep power. Remember Musk got involved in the 2024 election after saying to Tucker “if she wins” I am definitely going to prison.
So we need to move knowing that nothing is off the table for them.
So we need to move knowing that nothing is off the table for them.
"TCU is a private institution. The Texas Legislature didn’t force this decision. No law required the school to close these departments. They did it willingly.
That should terrify anyone who cares about academic freedom."
www.texasobserver.org/tcu-eliminat...
That should terrify anyone who cares about academic freedom."
www.texasobserver.org/tcu-eliminat...
My University Just Taught Extremists How to Eliminate Academic Programs They Don't Like
Texas Christian University handed its power to the people working hardest to dismantle learning itself.
www.texasobserver.org
November 6, 2025 at 11:24 PM
"TCU is a private institution. The Texas Legislature didn’t force this decision. No law required the school to close these departments. They did it willingly.
That should terrify anyone who cares about academic freedom."
www.texasobserver.org/tcu-eliminat...
That should terrify anyone who cares about academic freedom."
www.texasobserver.org/tcu-eliminat...
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Every single county in Virginia shifted Blue.
November 5, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Every single county in Virginia shifted Blue.
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I’m still shocked that stories like this which come out daily still get largely ignored. The most corrupt person to ever hold any public office in US history. I will keep posting them every day and try to amplify them, even when most media doesn’t care. www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
October 30, 2025 at 12:50 PM
I’m still shocked that stories like this which come out daily still get largely ignored. The most corrupt person to ever hold any public office in US history. I will keep posting them every day and try to amplify them, even when most media doesn’t care. www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
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“AI will be good for science” my ass
arXiv will no longer accept review articles and position papers unless they have been accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
Attention Authors: Updated Practice for Review Articles and Position Papers in arXiv CS Category – arXiv blog
blog.arxiv.org
November 2, 2025 at 6:56 PM
“AI will be good for science” my ass
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a huge part of the gen ai project is to create the mythic past that is central to the fascist narrative: the non-existent golden age that needs to be restored and the supposed fallen present that must be overturned. if these things are lies then reality itself must be altered to make them true
Again, this precise use case is why these systems exist-to proliferate people’s racist (transphobic, misogynistic…) imaginary at scale. This should not be seen as a “misuse” but rather the product being used exactly as intended.
Racist Influencers Using OpenAI's Sora to Make it Look Like Poor People Are Selling Food Stamps for Cash
Folks looking for evidence of SNAP recipients as welfare queens have no shortage of AI generated schlock to use as justification.
futurism.com
November 2, 2025 at 7:19 PM
a huge part of the gen ai project is to create the mythic past that is central to the fascist narrative: the non-existent golden age that needs to be restored and the supposed fallen present that must be overturned. if these things are lies then reality itself must be altered to make them true
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November 2, 2025 at 1:00 PM
A reminder that these threads are now featured on my wife Vaughn Joy & my Black & White & Read All Over public scholarly website. We’re trying to model an independent space for our work & all of yours too, so make sure to subscribe (for free) to support us, thanks!
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It’s November, and like Mariah it’s time for my 248th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week to be defrosted. Add more below, share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
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#ScholarSunday Thread 248 (11/2/25) – Black and White and Read All Over
It’s November, and like Mariah it’s time for my 248th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week to be defrosted. Add ...
blackwhiteandread.com
November 2, 2025 at 1:00 PM
It’s November, and like Mariah it’s time for my 248th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week to be defrosted. Add more below, share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
So excited to do a guest post for @americanstudier.bsky.social! It's been 40 years since Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? This post draws from my research at The Strong Museum of Play.
So I'm proud to share the first Guest Post at the new site, the awesome @guategamerphd.bsky.social on Carmen Sandiego & Latinx representation in video games! @scholars.org 🗃️
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Regina Mills' Guest Post on Carmen Sandiego & Latinx Representation in Video Games – Black and White and Read All Over
[Regina Mills is an incoming Associate Professor of American Culture at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. Her first book, Invisibility and Influence: A Literary History of AfroLatinidades, was pub...
blackwhiteandread.com
November 1, 2025 at 5:13 PM
So excited to do a guest post for @americanstudier.bsky.social! It's been 40 years since Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? This post draws from my research at The Strong Museum of Play.
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I was part of the internal Trump administration team trying to convince the president to end the shutdown in 2018 - 2019 — for 35 days — before people went hungry, workers lost pay, and government services collapsed.
Here’s what I learned: he doesn’t give a shit.
Here’s what I learned: he doesn’t give a shit.
October 29, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I was part of the internal Trump administration team trying to convince the president to end the shutdown in 2018 - 2019 — for 35 days — before people went hungry, workers lost pay, and government services collapsed.
Here’s what I learned: he doesn’t give a shit.
Here’s what I learned: he doesn’t give a shit.
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“.. The vote serves as a symbolic rebuke of Trump's trade policies. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) will not hold a vote on the measure (nor would Trump sign it into law).”
@axios.com
www.axios.com/2025/10/28/t...
@axios.com
www.axios.com/2025/10/28/t...
October 28, 2025 at 11:11 PM
“.. The vote serves as a symbolic rebuke of Trump's trade policies. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) will not hold a vote on the measure (nor would Trump sign it into law).”
@axios.com
www.axios.com/2025/10/28/t...
@axios.com
www.axios.com/2025/10/28/t...
Great thread. As a former public school teacher in AZ when charters were just starting to destroy that state's education system (and budget), school choice is a sham. It's bad for students. Punto. (Also, this happening in Brownsville... Very interesting)
There is so much to unpack here, I don't know where to begin.
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Parents Fell in Love With Alpha School’s Promise. Then They Wanted Out
In Brownsville, Texas, some families found a buzzy new school’s methods—surveillance of kids, software in lieu of teachers—to be an education in and of itself.
www.wired.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Great thread. As a former public school teacher in AZ when charters were just starting to destroy that state's education system (and budget), school choice is a sham. It's bad for students. Punto. (Also, this happening in Brownsville... Very interesting)
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New article on CogPGT, "the world’s most powerful genetic predictor of IQ," plus other examples of how influential eugenics has become in recent years. I also explain why I think "IQ" is an utterly meaningless measure of "intelligence." (Ever heard of the "BITCH" test? Lol.) What do you think?
From Trump to TESCREAL, Eugenics Is Everywhere
Most people think eugenics largely vanished after the Nazis' atrocities. But that's not true: eugenics is alive and well, and probably more influential today than ever. (2,200 words.)
www.realtimetechpocalypse.com
October 26, 2025 at 4:24 PM
New article on CogPGT, "the world’s most powerful genetic predictor of IQ," plus other examples of how influential eugenics has become in recent years. I also explain why I think "IQ" is an utterly meaningless measure of "intelligence." (Ever heard of the "BITCH" test? Lol.) What do you think?
Seeing the WaPo editorial that is so clearly Jeff Bezos defending his monetary support for the ballroom... I don't think legacy media is up to today's challenges. I see a lot of people saying that this is why we should support "independent" journalists, but to me, they also have issues. 1/3
October 26, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Seeing the WaPo editorial that is so clearly Jeff Bezos defending his monetary support for the ballroom... I don't think legacy media is up to today's challenges. I see a lot of people saying that this is why we should support "independent" journalists, but to me, they also have issues. 1/3