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Demystifying Visiting Scholar Positions

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Jeffrey Ian Ross @jeffreyianross.bsky.social · 9d

My latest blog post, “Demystifying Visiting Scholar Positions” jeffreyianross.com/demystifying... #academia #academicaffiliation #academiclife #PhDLife #Professor #Sabbatical #VisitingScholar

Periodically, academics seek and are given the title of visiting scholar. The designation sounds formal and flattering, and for many people it carries a great deal of symbolic weight. But there is con...

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Nathan Pino @nwpino.bsky.social · 13d

Eight people have died in dealings with ICE so far in 2026. These are their stories www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Eight people have died in dealings with ICE so far in 2026. These are their stories

The high-profile killings of Minneapolis residents Alex Pretti and Renee Nicole Good are only two among many

How ICE is using facial recognition in Minnesota

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Tom Chodor @tomchodor.bsky.social · 13d

Very happy that “Unraveling the Crime-Development Nexus” w/ @jarrettblaustein.bsky.social & @nwpino.bsky.social on the history & evolution of the UN crime program got a Special Mention for the @acuns.bsky.social Book Award. If you’re interested, check your uni library or DM me

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Nathan Pino @nwpino.bsky.social · 13d

ICE is using facial recognition in Minnesota: Mobile Fortify app being used to scan faces of citizens and immigrants – but its use has prompted a severe backlash www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Mobile Fortify tech being used to scan faces of citizens and immigrants – but its use has prompted a severe backlash

Five-year-old deported to Honduras despite being US citizen is latest child victim of Trump crackdown

Nathan Pino @nwpino.bsky.social · 13d

Five-year-old deported to Honduras despite being US citizen is latest child victim of immigration crackdown: Mother whose visa application was pending says she will send girl back to US soon accompanied by another relative

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Mother whose visa application was pending says she will send girl back to US soon accompanied by another relative

Uvalde Trial Raises Question of Whether Police Stop School Shootings

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Nathan Pino @nwpino.bsky.social · 15d

Uvalde Trial Raises Question of Whether Police Stop School Shootings www.texasobserver.org/uvalde-trial... - via @TexasObserver

Since Columbine, expectations for cops have been clear. But reality often hasn’t measured up.

New York Women’s Prison Forces People to Go Without Showers or Recreation

Nathan Pino @nwpino.bsky.social · 16d

New York Women’s Prison Forces People to Go Without Showers or Recreation
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The conditions at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility are akin to solitary confinement, local experts say — an apparent violation of state law.

Whitewashing a Myth about Graffiti Abatement

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Jeffrey Ian Ross @jeffreyianross.bsky.social · 16d

My latest blog post, "Whitewashing a Myth about Graffiti Abatement.” jeffreyianross.com/whitewashing... #graffiti #graffitiabatement #myth #TheTroubles

This past weekend, I saw The Honey Trap. The play centers on a former British soldier who lost a close friend during the Troubles in Northern Ireland. Years later, while participating in an oral histo...

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Erin Maye Quade @erinmayequade.bsky.social · 16d

We are observers, not protestors. We show up to document and film the atrocities ICE is committing. Using 5 year olds as bait. Kidnapping senior citizens. Breaking down doors without warrants. Murdering poets and nurses. Media has all of that information because *observers* were there to document it

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Nathan Pino @nwpino.bsky.social · 19d

ICE Memo Claims Agents Can Forcibly Enter Homes Without Judicial Warrants: Skewering the 4th Amendment Further www.commondreams.org/news/ice-sea...

'The Fourth Amendment Literally Exists to Prevent This': Memo Claims ICE Can Forcibly Enter Homes Without Judicial Warrants | Common Dreams

Lawyers, journalists, and others are alarmed by an internal US Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo claiming that ICE agents can forcibly enter a private residence without a judicial warrant, cons...

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Nathan Pino @nwpino.bsky.social · 19d

In Texas State Jails, a Rising Death Toll and a Broken Promise www.texasobserver.org/state-jails-... - via @TexasObserver

In Texas State Jails, a Rising Death Toll and a Broken Promise

Once billed as rehabilitative alternatives to prisons, these facilities are the sites of fatal overdoses—like that which ended the life of a Texan named Jackie Wiley.

Minneapolis leaders call the ICE surge a ‘siege’. My reporting from there concurs

Nathan Pino @nwpino.bsky.social · 19d

The ICE surge is an authoritarian siege
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

After covering Trump’s immigration policies from Chicago and LA, the Twin Cities operation feels like a marked escalation

“Abolish ICE” Is More Popular Than Ever. How Will Democrats Drop the Ball This Time?

Nathan Pino @nwpino.bsky.social · 23d

“Abolish ICE” Is More Popular Than Ever. How Will Democrats Drop the Ball This Time?: Establishment Democrats are rejecting the increasingly popular position and some want to fund ICE more. theintercept.com/2026/01/18/a...

Establishment Democrats are refusing to take a bold stance by accpeting the increasingly popular position of "Abolish ICE."

Inside the Somali-Led Resistance to Trump’s Assault on Minneapolis

Nathan Pino @nwpino.bsky.social · 23d

Inside the Somali-Led Resistance to Trump’s Assault on Minneapolis
theintercept.com/2026/01/17/s...

Somali Minneapolis residents are fighting back with foot patrols on the lookout for ICE and homemade sambusas for protesters.

ICE Agents Are Even Worse At Being Cops Than You Think

Nathan Pino @nwpino.bsky.social · 24d

ICE Agents Are Even Worse At Being Cops Than You Think: Videos of agents falling down and dropping their guns feel beyond parody. But under-trained law enforcement officers are a real danger to the public. theintercept.com/2026/01/16/i...

Videos of agents falling down and dropping their guns feel beyond parody. But under-trained law enforcement officers are a real danger to the public.

ICE Prosecutor Who Runs Racist X Account Returns to Dallas Immigration Court

Nathan Pino @nwpino.bsky.social · 25d

ICE Prosecutor Who Runs Racist X Account Returns to Dallas Immigration Court www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecut... - via @TexasObserver

James Rodden, identified by the Observer last year as the operator of an account that routinely posted hateful statements, appeared to be back at work Tuesday.

Texas Taxpayers Will Fund Dozens of Private Schools that Openly Discriminate

Nathan Pino @nwpino.bsky.social · 25d

Texas Taxpayers Will Fund Dozens of Private Schools that Openly Discriminate www.texasobserver.org/texas-vouche... - via @TexasObserver

The state has signed off on voucher funds for schools that exclude non-Christian and LGBTQ+ kids.

Revealed: Four Businesses with Ties to Patriot Front Operating in North Texas

Nathan Pino @nwpino.bsky.social · 25d

Four Businesses with Ties to Patriot Front: The neo-Nazi group is engaged in a strategy to establish an independent economic ecosystem. www.texasobserver.org/revealed-fou... - via @TexasObserver

The neo-Nazi group is engaged in a strategy to establish an independent economic ecosystem. Through publicly available information, interviews, and in-person observation, the Observer has identified c...

How Many People Have Been Shot in ICE Raids?

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Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 29d

Excited Delirium
Race, Police Violence, and the Invention of a Disease www.dukeupress.edu/excited-deli...

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · Jan 8

Number of people shot by Trump's secret police so far: 43. www.thetrace.org/2025/12/immi...

The Trace is tracking gun incidents connected to Trump’s immigration crackdown. Know of one? Please be in touch.

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Nathan Pino @nwpino.bsky.social · Jan 8

US immigration agents linked to spike in shootings under Trump administration crackdown: At least 14 people have been shot by immigration agents since the start of Trump’s second term www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

US immigration agents linked to spike in shootings under Trump administration crackdown

Data compiled by news non-profit the Trace shows 14 firearm incidents and more uses of force cases

Blackwater Successor Hunts Immigrants for ICE

Nathan Pino @nwpino.bsky.social · Jan 4

Blackwater Successor Hunts Immigrants for ICE by @sambiddle.com. Constellis Holdings, which traces its roots to Erik Prince’s mercenary firm Blackwater, landed an ICE contract as a bounty hunter. theintercept.com/2026/01/03/b...

Constellis Holdings, which traces its roots to Erik Prince’s mercenary firm Blackwater, landed an ICE contract as a bounty hunter.

ICE Drives Unmarked Cars. This Public Database Tracks Their License Plates.

Nathan Pino @nwpino.bsky.social · Jan 2

ICE Drives Unmarked Cars. This Public Database Tracks Their License Plates. by @noahhurowitz.bsky.social
theintercept.com/2026/01/02/i...

ICE is terrorizing communities in unmarked cars. These Pacific Northwest activists built a public database that tracks their license plates.

The Feds Keep Prosecuting Protesters Against ICE — and Losing

Nathan Pino @nwpino.bsky.social · Dec 31

The Feds Keep Prosecuting Protesters Against ICE — and Losing theintercept.com/2025/12/31/t...

Prosecutors for the Trump administration have been quick to bring charges against ICE protesters. They've also been quick to lose the cases.