Chris Graziul
@graziul.bsky.social
(former) research assistant professor, Department of Comparative Human Development, University of Chicago | computational social scientist | defender of qualitative methods | occassional audiophile
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I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?
November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?
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Video of a daycare raid in Chicago went viral last week, showing armed federal agents dragging a teacher from Rayito de Sol Spanish Immersion Early Learning Center as children watched in terror.
To the families at the daycare, the scene was a show of force that shattered their sense of safety.
To the families at the daycare, the scene was a show of force that shattered their sense of safety.
“They dragged her out in front of the kids”: Inside Chicago’s ICE raid at a bilingual daycare
When armed agents stormed Rayito de Sol, a Spanish-immersion daycare, parents like Maria Guzman say their children witnessed terror—not justice.
www.motherjones.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Video of a daycare raid in Chicago went viral last week, showing armed federal agents dragging a teacher from Rayito de Sol Spanish Immersion Early Learning Center as children watched in terror.
To the families at the daycare, the scene was a show of force that shattered their sense of safety.
To the families at the daycare, the scene was a show of force that shattered their sense of safety.
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Ellis says she will certify a class for the case including now and future peaceful protestors and observers, with subclasses for press and religious practitioners.
November 6, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Ellis says she will certify a class for the case including now and future peaceful protestors and observers, with subclasses for press and religious practitioners.
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Greetings from the Dirksen federal courthouse, where U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis has just taken the bench to rule on federal agents actions' during a series of increasingly aggressive raids across Chicago and the suburbs.
Background, for @wttw.bsky.social from @bymattmasterson.bsky.social
Background, for @wttw.bsky.social from @bymattmasterson.bsky.social
Judge Set to Rule Thursday in Case Centering on Federal Immigration Agents’ Use of Force: ‘I Could See Inside the Barrel’
Protesters, clergy members and others who say they’ve been directly impacted by a series of increasingly aggressive raids across Chicago and the suburbs will testify before a federal judge weighing wh...
news.wttw.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Greetings from the Dirksen federal courthouse, where U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis has just taken the bench to rule on federal agents actions' during a series of increasingly aggressive raids across Chicago and the suburbs.
Background, for @wttw.bsky.social from @bymattmasterson.bsky.social
Background, for @wttw.bsky.social from @bymattmasterson.bsky.social
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Ellis is concluding, with John Adams words to his wife in 1775 about the need to fight for the nascent American democracy.
"Liberty once lost is lost forever."
"Liberty once lost is lost forever."
November 6, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Ellis is concluding, with John Adams words to his wife in 1775 about the need to fight for the nascent American democracy.
"Liberty once lost is lost forever."
"Liberty once lost is lost forever."
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Ellis:
"It is difficult to see how an injunction ordering the government to comply with the Constitution can be harmful."
"It is difficult to see how an injunction ordering the government to comply with the Constitution can be harmful."
November 6, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Ellis:
"It is difficult to see how an injunction ordering the government to comply with the Constitution can be harmful."
"It is difficult to see how an injunction ordering the government to comply with the Constitution can be harmful."
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"Americans have never been so thoroughly dissected and judged by data... Political scores, assembled from a variety of voting and personal data, are the rating that many Americans don’t even know they have."
The ‘Political Score’ You Might Not Even Know You Have
www.nytimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:10 PM
"Americans have never been so thoroughly dissected and judged by data... Political scores, assembled from a variety of voting and personal data, are the rating that many Americans don’t even know they have."
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"The AI Con reminds us that the fight over AI is not only about technology. It’s also about language, labor, and the stories we choose to tell about the future, which we can humanize rather than surrender to the myriad ways mass automation dehumanizes."
lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-...
lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-...
The Return of the Luddites | Los Angeles Review of Books
Erik J. Larson considers “The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want” by Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna.
lareviewofbooks.org
October 31, 2025 at 4:07 PM
"The AI Con reminds us that the fight over AI is not only about technology. It’s also about language, labor, and the stories we choose to tell about the future, which we can humanize rather than surrender to the myriad ways mass automation dehumanizes."
lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-...
lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-...
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Really appreciate this review of our book (w/ @alexhanna.bsky.social)
"By insisting on the term “automation,” Bender and Hanna reveal that what’s sold as innovation is often just labor displacement with better branding."
"…a demystifying, often hilarious lexicon that cuts through the fog of hype."
"By insisting on the term “automation,” Bender and Hanna reveal that what’s sold as innovation is often just labor displacement with better branding."
"…a demystifying, often hilarious lexicon that cuts through the fog of hype."
"The new Luddites aren’t afraid of AI. They’re afraid of the people who profit from pretending it’s intelligent." Erik J. Larson reviews "The AI Con" by Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna: https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-return-of-the-luddites/
October 31, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Really appreciate this review of our book (w/ @alexhanna.bsky.social)
"By insisting on the term “automation,” Bender and Hanna reveal that what’s sold as innovation is often just labor displacement with better branding."
"…a demystifying, often hilarious lexicon that cuts through the fog of hype."
"By insisting on the term “automation,” Bender and Hanna reveal that what’s sold as innovation is often just labor displacement with better branding."
"…a demystifying, often hilarious lexicon that cuts through the fog of hype."
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This will over index on the people most likely to be picked up
And it’s a way of verifying biases
It’s not “ripe for disaster”’it is a disaster that’s basically taking racism and pushing it through a verification
And it’s a way of verifying biases
It’s not “ripe for disaster”’it is a disaster that’s basically taking racism and pushing it through a verification
This is an especially worrying statement when facial recognition can be inaccurate, biased, and generally make mistakes. Basing whether someone should be in the US or not, and ignoring physical media like a birth certificate, is ripe for disaster bsky.app/profile/jose...
New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
October 29, 2025 at 6:59 PM
This will over index on the people most likely to be picked up
And it’s a way of verifying biases
It’s not “ripe for disaster”’it is a disaster that’s basically taking racism and pushing it through a verification
And it’s a way of verifying biases
It’s not “ripe for disaster”’it is a disaster that’s basically taking racism and pushing it through a verification
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New: Videos show ICE/CBP agents are scanning peoples' faces on the street to verify citizenship. ICE has tool to instantly look up unprecedented number of databases with just a photo
“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”
“Alright, we just got to verify that”
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”
“Alright, we just got to verify that”
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
ICE and CBP Agents Are Scanning Peoples’ Faces on the Street To Verify Citizenship
Videos on social media show officers from ICE and CBP using facial recognition technology on people in the field. One expert described the practice as “pure dystopian creep.”
www.404media.co
October 29, 2025 at 2:42 PM
New: Videos show ICE/CBP agents are scanning peoples' faces on the street to verify citizenship. ICE has tool to instantly look up unprecedented number of databases with just a photo
“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”
“Alright, we just got to verify that”
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”
“Alright, we just got to verify that”
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
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New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
October 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
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I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
October 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
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Per @chicagotribune.com, the pajama-pants-guy is a former county prosecutor.
And he had some things to say. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/25/c...
And he had some things to say. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/25/c...
October 25, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Per @chicagotribune.com, the pajama-pants-guy is a former county prosecutor.
And he had some things to say. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/25/c...
And he had some things to say. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/25/c...
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Video from today's first gas attack.
Saturday morning in Chicago.
Saturday morning in Chicago.
October 25, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Video from today's first gas attack.
Saturday morning in Chicago.
Saturday morning in Chicago.
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October 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
A step in the right direction!
I don't agree with all their reasoning, but I'm glad to see concerns about societal impact being centered now, too.
theconversation.com/ai-heavyweig...
I don't agree with all their reasoning, but I'm glad to see concerns about societal impact being centered now, too.
theconversation.com/ai-heavyweig...
AI heavyweights call for end to ‘superintelligence’ research
We are not ready for AI more intelligent than ourselves. Here’s why.
theconversation.com
October 23, 2025 at 12:42 AM
A step in the right direction!
I don't agree with all their reasoning, but I'm glad to see concerns about societal impact being centered now, too.
theconversation.com/ai-heavyweig...
I don't agree with all their reasoning, but I'm glad to see concerns about societal impact being centered now, too.
theconversation.com/ai-heavyweig...
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It looks even worse by video 😢
October 21, 2025 at 3:21 AM
It looks even worse by video 😢
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Helicopter view of Chicago #NoKings in Grant Park via @cbschicago.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Helicopter view of Chicago #NoKings in Grant Park via @cbschicago.bsky.social
Compared to the last one: More people, more signs, more high effort signs, more upside down US flags, and safe to say inflatable costumes are a hit among yound and old alike.
The No Kings March in Chicago is one of the largest gatherings I’ve seen here. Looking down from by the river, the crowd stretches for blocks down Michigan Ave and wraps around Wacker Dr. This video is from a few minutes ago and the end of the protest is nowhere in sight.
@blockclubchi.bsky.social
@blockclubchi.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Compared to the last one: More people, more signs, more high effort signs, more upside down US flags, and safe to say inflatable costumes are a hit among yound and old alike.
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Thousands of protesters are gathering in downtown Chicago Saturday and at sites across the suburbs as the national “No Kings” protest movement kicks off. @wttw.bsky.social
Protesters Gather in Downtown Chicago as Part of National ‘No Kings’ Day of Action
The gatherings are part of a mass mobilization across the U.S. and globe positioned as a denouncement of President Donald Trump and his administration’s policies. In Chicago, they come amid sustained ...
news.wttw.com
October 18, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Thousands of protesters are gathering in downtown Chicago Saturday and at sites across the suburbs as the national “No Kings” protest movement kicks off. @wttw.bsky.social
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The snake is growing.
✊🏽✊🏻✊🏿✊🏾✊🏼
Vanderbilt, Texas, AZ…now’s the time.
The world is watching.
The resistance is here.
#NoLoyaltyOaths
#NoKings
#DefendHigherEd
✊🏽✊🏻✊🏿✊🏾✊🏼
Vanderbilt, Texas, AZ…now’s the time.
The world is watching.
The resistance is here.
#NoLoyaltyOaths
#NoKings
#DefendHigherEd
October 18, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The snake is growing.
✊🏽✊🏻✊🏿✊🏾✊🏼
Vanderbilt, Texas, AZ…now’s the time.
The world is watching.
The resistance is here.
#NoLoyaltyOaths
#NoKings
#DefendHigherEd
✊🏽✊🏻✊🏿✊🏾✊🏼
Vanderbilt, Texas, AZ…now’s the time.
The world is watching.
The resistance is here.
#NoLoyaltyOaths
#NoKings
#DefendHigherEd
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@geraldo-cadava.bsky.social with an amazing piece on what it's like to be in Chicago in the age of ICE www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
The Conflict on the Streets of Chicago
Federal agents have violently arrested hundreds of undocumented immigrants in the city. Pastors, activists, and lawyers are considering how aggressive the response should be.
www.newyorker.com
October 16, 2025 at 11:51 AM
@geraldo-cadava.bsky.social with an amazing piece on what it's like to be in Chicago in the age of ICE www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
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Based on the video shared by Univision (they've paired it with overhead from ABC), today's attack might be the most chemical gas we've seen feds launch into a neighborhood so far. The clouds are enormous/that's a lot of canisters. Completely engulfing cars and homes.
instagram.com/reel/DPzWnGCklvl
instagram.com/reel/DPzWnGCklvl
unichicago on Instagram: "Operativo federal termina con gases lacrimógenos en Chicago. Esto es parte de lo que se vivió en la escena. Tienes más información …"
Operativo federal termina con gases lacrimógenos en Chicago. Esto es parte de lo que se vivió en la escena. Tienes más información en nuestra biografía.
www.instagram.com
October 14, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Based on the video shared by Univision (they've paired it with overhead from ABC), today's attack might be the most chemical gas we've seen feds launch into a neighborhood so far. The clouds are enormous/that's a lot of canisters. Completely engulfing cars and homes.
instagram.com/reel/DPzWnGCklvl
instagram.com/reel/DPzWnGCklvl
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i don't have the words to emphasise how seriously bad things are gonna get
October 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
i don't have the words to emphasise how seriously bad things are gonna get