profmattdecarlo
@profmattdecarlo.bsky.social
Social work teacher & administrator, open educator, oaf, )'(, pirate. I also co-run opensocialwork.org. he/him
My personal page. Does not represent my employer.
My personal page. Does not represent my employer.
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Two new preprints out today (under review at Advances). #SocialWork + #OpenPedagogy = #ZeroInternshipPoverty
A Participatory Action Research study with #Payment4Placements
The first national study on the impact of unpaid placements on student wellbeing and basic needs.
A Participatory Action Research study with #Payment4Placements
The first national study on the impact of unpaid placements on student wellbeing and basic needs.
This is, no shit, half of Mittens' basic income plan except his went through social security, not the tax system.
The best idea a Democrat could run on is throwing Matt Yglesias into a volcano.
January 22, 2026 at 2:36 PM
This is, no shit, half of Mittens' basic income plan except his went through social security, not the tax system.
I have forever regretted not letting the door to a DC office building shut in John Bolton's dipshit face
I refused to shake Giuliani's hand in 2022, and boy, did that feel satisfying for the rest of my life.
I was rude to Newt Gingrich in person when I was 8 and I believe everyone should be chasing a high like that
January 21, 2026 at 2:13 PM
I have forever regretted not letting the door to a DC office building shut in John Bolton's dipshit face
Finishing my 3rd year tenure review packet and initial accreditation self study in the same weekend seems like I deserve a day of straight sleep
January 20, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Finishing my 3rd year tenure review packet and initial accreditation self study in the same weekend seems like I deserve a day of straight sleep
How should Democrats talk about ICE? ft. Matt Yglesias episode of the New Liberal Podcast
Is something I could not be paid enough to listen to. Godspeed to anyone who clips it
My kid asked from the back seat of the car why I snort laughed
Is something I could not be paid enough to listen to. Godspeed to anyone who clips it
My kid asked from the back seat of the car why I snort laughed
January 16, 2026 at 6:33 PM
How should Democrats talk about ICE? ft. Matt Yglesias episode of the New Liberal Podcast
Is something I could not be paid enough to listen to. Godspeed to anyone who clips it
My kid asked from the back seat of the car why I snort laughed
Is something I could not be paid enough to listen to. Godspeed to anyone who clips it
My kid asked from the back seat of the car why I snort laughed
Reposted by profmattdecarlo
At one point today, there were 283 Minnesota attorneys doing a training on how to file emergency habeas petitions to keep our neighbors from being shipped out of state and held indefinitely.
That would be the second largest law firm in the state. And that training was just put together this week.
That would be the second largest law firm in the state. And that training was just put together this week.
January 15, 2026 at 11:48 PM
At one point today, there were 283 Minnesota attorneys doing a training on how to file emergency habeas petitions to keep our neighbors from being shipped out of state and held indefinitely.
That would be the second largest law firm in the state. And that training was just put together this week.
That would be the second largest law firm in the state. And that training was just put together this week.
Reposted by profmattdecarlo
This decision from the 3d Circuit is a travesty for Mahmoud and his family. If it sticks (which there are ways to challenge and delay), it will lead to ICE re-detaining him. And they may try to re-detain him now, even though that'd be illegal.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/70611...
But more broadly:
www.courtlistener.com/docket/70611...
But more broadly:
#132 in Mahmoud Khalil v. President United States of America (3rd Cir., 25-2162) – CourtListener.com
PRECEDENTIAL PER CURIAM OPINION Coram: HARDIMAN, BIBAS and FREEMAN, Circuit Judges. Total Pages: 70. [25-2162, 25-2357] (TMM) [Entered: 01/15/2026 08:19 AM]
www.courtlistener.com
January 15, 2026 at 5:20 PM
This decision from the 3d Circuit is a travesty for Mahmoud and his family. If it sticks (which there are ways to challenge and delay), it will lead to ICE re-detaining him. And they may try to re-detain him now, even though that'd be illegal.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/70611...
But more broadly:
www.courtlistener.com/docket/70611...
But more broadly:
Called @repdean.bsky.social 's office to try to understand her vote. They usually have someone answering but not today.
Nothing on the website either.
Easily to look up the talking points from the appropriations chair on everything Republicans got in the bill.
Nothing on the website either.
Easily to look up the talking points from the appropriations chair on everything Republicans got in the bill.
The House voted 341 to 79 to fund Trump's war-mongering foreign policy agenda.
Only 57 Democrats voted NO.
clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/rol...
Only 57 Democrats voted NO.
clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/rol...
January 15, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Called @repdean.bsky.social 's office to try to understand her vote. They usually have someone answering but not today.
Nothing on the website either.
Easily to look up the talking points from the appropriations chair on everything Republicans got in the bill.
Nothing on the website either.
Easily to look up the talking points from the appropriations chair on everything Republicans got in the bill.
What is the unit name? Wrong answers only.
How does one measure frequency of Western Psychology?
KiloFreuds? MicroBecks? MilliSkinners?
How does one measure frequency of Western Psychology?
KiloFreuds? MicroBecks? MilliSkinners?
“Psychologically Western.” In the Gilded Age, America’s elite embraced the pseudoscience of eugenics to justify their own sense of superiority and provide backing for racist and anti-immigrant policies. Pretty rich for Musk and his internet-broken brain to be judging the psyches of others.
January 15, 2026 at 3:33 PM
What is the unit name? Wrong answers only.
How does one measure frequency of Western Psychology?
KiloFreuds? MicroBecks? MilliSkinners?
How does one measure frequency of Western Psychology?
KiloFreuds? MicroBecks? MilliSkinners?
Third Way now writes for the onion
January 15, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Third Way now writes for the onion
And they don't even follow the bloody appropriations anyway!
He kidnapped a foreign leader! Funded!
He kidnapped a foreign leader! Funded!
The House voted 341 to 79 to fund Trump's war-mongering foreign policy agenda.
Only 57 Democrats voted NO.
clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/rol...
Only 57 Democrats voted NO.
clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/rol...
January 15, 2026 at 3:23 AM
And they don't even follow the bloody appropriations anyway!
He kidnapped a foreign leader! Funded!
He kidnapped a foreign leader! Funded!
Anyone want to join the Princess Blanding wing of the libertarian party with me?
January 13, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Anyone want to join the Princess Blanding wing of the libertarian party with me?
Scott Adams' deserved hate notwithstanding, I really loved the Dilbert cartoon growing up and its humor shaped a lot of my own, particularly his collaboration with larry charles on the animated series. That stuff is so old I FTP'd RealPlayer rips in high school.
January 13, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Scott Adams' deserved hate notwithstanding, I really loved the Dilbert cartoon growing up and its humor shaped a lot of my own, particularly his collaboration with larry charles on the animated series. That stuff is so old I FTP'd RealPlayer rips in high school.
Immigrant Rights side of Cato publishing welfare program analysis that doesn't make me want to claw my eyes out is a nice start to the day.
New research: Noncitizens Were Underrepresented in Welfare Fraud Convictions in 2024. Noncitizens were 8% less likely to be convicted of welfare fraud in 2024, and they were 28% less likely to be convicted of fraud that imposed monetary losses to the government.
January 13, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Immigrant Rights side of Cato publishing welfare program analysis that doesn't make me want to claw my eyes out is a nice start to the day.
With a handful of important exceptions, no national Democrats or state governors are promising this.
I will be a part of any political coalition who will
I will be a part of any political coalition who will
These aren't normal times for politics, but even if they were, it's so clear that Democrats either don't know how to do politics or don't want to. Their position on the board is "the president is hated and his goon forces are despised" and they seem at wit's end how to message from that position.
January 13, 2026 at 1:06 PM
With a handful of important exceptions, no national Democrats or state governors are promising this.
I will be a part of any political coalition who will
I will be a part of any political coalition who will
Speed garage should continue to slay into 2026. youtu.be/jefBh7OvvDg?...
rwubby speed garage pop vibes
YouTube video by lotion
youtu.be
January 12, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Speed garage should continue to slay into 2026. youtu.be/jefBh7OvvDg?...
Reposted by profmattdecarlo
Everybody should watch this and see this woman, who has a baby in her arms and is thrust into basically a standoff, develop courage in real time.
From the minnesota community on Reddit: ST. PAUL, MN: A sobbing resident calls 911 as federal agents force their way into her home to chase down a DoorDash driver who was just trying to deliver food.
Explore this post and more from the minnesota community
www.reddit.com
January 10, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Everybody should watch this and see this woman, who has a baby in her arms and is thrust into basically a standoff, develop courage in real time.
In no way a dunk (just despair) but I do not believe Democrats will do this.
I have been waiting my entire adult life for them to learn a lesson and it's never gonna happen.
I have been waiting my entire adult life for them to learn a lesson and it's never gonna happen.
Democrats who want to abolish ice should start introducing legislation to roll back the creation of DHS. It was a specific post 9/11 law that combined previously extant functions into a single new department. Let’s start getting that model legislation out there. (Is it already?)
January 10, 2026 at 3:32 PM
In no way a dunk (just despair) but I do not believe Democrats will do this.
I have been waiting my entire adult life for them to learn a lesson and it's never gonna happen.
I have been waiting my entire adult life for them to learn a lesson and it's never gonna happen.
I have a rule that if I'm scrolling and this video comes up, I have to choose it and refocus on work.
Best track of Fred's last EP, imo
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZ9r...
Best track of Fred's last EP, imo
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZ9r...
Fred again.. x Duskus x Four Tet x Skrillex x Joy Anonymous - glow
YouTube video by Fred again . .
www.youtube.com
January 9, 2026 at 2:28 PM
I have a rule that if I'm scrolling and this video comes up, I have to choose it and refocus on work.
Best track of Fred's last EP, imo
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZ9r...
Best track of Fred's last EP, imo
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZ9r...
didn't realize i was sharing my sound while screen recording and sent over a canvas tutorial to a colleague with some banger UK garage girlie pop remixes
January 8, 2026 at 8:25 PM
didn't realize i was sharing my sound while screen recording and sent over a canvas tutorial to a colleague with some banger UK garage girlie pop remixes
While there are certainly better arguments for their civil rights...
Statehood for all territories gets us part of the way to packing the union.
harvardlawreview.org/print/vol-13...
Lower bound of 24 new states needed to overcome the 2/3rds decision rules and reinstate constitutional order.
Statehood for all territories gets us part of the way to packing the union.
harvardlawreview.org/print/vol-13...
Lower bound of 24 new states needed to overcome the 2/3rds decision rules and reinstate constitutional order.
January 8, 2026 at 8:18 PM
While there are certainly better arguments for their civil rights...
Statehood for all territories gets us part of the way to packing the union.
harvardlawreview.org/print/vol-13...
Lower bound of 24 new states needed to overcome the 2/3rds decision rules and reinstate constitutional order.
Statehood for all territories gets us part of the way to packing the union.
harvardlawreview.org/print/vol-13...
Lower bound of 24 new states needed to overcome the 2/3rds decision rules and reinstate constitutional order.
Smooth criminal stole my chair
January 8, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Smooth criminal stole my chair
I mean it. Like @pearlmania500.bsky.social said to the Pope, my soul is up for grabs.
I will commit to political organizing as an LP member if we're serious.
I will commit to political organizing as an LP member if we're serious.
I need whoever wrote this and @davidjbier.bsky.social to run the LP
chat.
January 8, 2026 at 4:54 PM
I mean it. Like @pearlmania500.bsky.social said to the Pope, my soul is up for grabs.
I will commit to political organizing as an LP member if we're serious.
I will commit to political organizing as an LP member if we're serious.
My blood has become Zero Sugar Dr. Pepper Cream Soda. This is too powerful a beverage flavor. It is everything I wanted when mixing all the flavors at the soda fountain as a kid.
January 8, 2026 at 3:10 PM
My blood has become Zero Sugar Dr. Pepper Cream Soda. This is too powerful a beverage flavor. It is everything I wanted when mixing all the flavors at the soda fountain as a kid.
Day 2 of asking why the Governor's AG is holding up millions in Americorps grants because PA refuses to review and sign the contracts their programs submitted at the beginning of the school year.
After frantic calls, the best they'll maybe do is payment in March. If everything goes right.
Jfc
After frantic calls, the best they'll maybe do is payment in March. If everything goes right.
Jfc
Hey @governor.pa.gov, why is your administration holding up Americorps contracts worth millions of dollars so nonprofit workers have to get furloughed?
January 8, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Day 2 of asking why the Governor's AG is holding up millions in Americorps grants because PA refuses to review and sign the contracts their programs submitted at the beginning of the school year.
After frantic calls, the best they'll maybe do is payment in March. If everything goes right.
Jfc
After frantic calls, the best they'll maybe do is payment in March. If everything goes right.
Jfc