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Nathan Pino
@nwpino.bsky.social
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Academic (Sociology, Criminology, Globalization and Development), Audiophile, Cyclist. All opinions mine. He/Him.

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Nathan Pino @nwpino.bsky.social · 22d
My forthcoming book”Police Reform: An Obituary” is now listed on the Routledge website and will be released on March 31st!! Please have your university library order a copy.

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Police Reform: An Obituary
The fight against police brutality and impunity is a global struggle. This book argues that police reform efforts around the world should be extirpated and replaced with locally developed and led non-...
www.routledge.com

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Jeffrey Ian Ross @jeffreyianross.bsky.social · 2d
My latest blog post, “This Month’s Song on Heavy Rotation,” jeffreyianross.com/this-months-... #activism #hophop #jazz #mauricemobettabrown #music #song #standup
This Month’s Song on Heavy Rotation
For the past month, and even longer, Maurice “Mobetta” Brown’s “Stand Up,” released on his 2017 album, THE MOOD, has dominated my playlist. The song, much like his title track “The Mood,” is an infect...
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Jeffrey Ian Ross @jeffreyianross.bsky.social · 10d
My latest blog post, "How a Monthly Meet-Up of Scholars of Graffiti and Street Art Builds Community.” jeffreyianross.com/how-a-monthl... #art #graffiti #scholarship #mentorshi[
How a Monthly Meet-Up of Scholars of Graffiti and Street Art Builds Community
The academic study of graffiti and street art is interdisciplinary. Although two scholarly journals (i.e., Nuart Journal and Street Art & Urban Creativity) specialize in this subject, university-level...
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Nathan Pino @nwpino.bsky.social · 10d
Had a wonderful ASC in DC and met great people doing great research and activism
Images of Ben’s Chili Bowl, Busboys and Poets, Fall tree colors, and the Capitol Building

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Nathan Pino @nwpino.bsky.social · 12d
Not Sure How They Deal With Criminals In Your Town, But ’Round Here We Use A Restorative Justice Process theonion.com/not-sure-how...
Not Sure How They Deal With Criminals In Your Town, But ’Round Here We Use A Restorative Justice Process
Well, well, well. What have we got here? Another city slicker who thinks he can waltz into my town and start causin’ all sorts of trouble. I’d be careful if I was you, fella. Because however they do t...
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Nathan Pino @nwpino.bsky.social · 14d
Headed off to the American Society of Criminology conference! Will be presenting 12:30pm Thursday at the session Laura Lesue organized: "Rethinking U.S.-Global South Crime and Criminal Justice Partnerships in an Era of Disengagement."

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Nathan Pino @nwpino.bsky.social · 14d
I will be there, and looking forward to it

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AAUP @aaup.org · 14d
The AAUP condemns proposals before the Texas A&M Board of Regents that require the college president to approve “course content & materials” for courses that cover topics on “race, gender ideology, or gender identity.”

Full statement:

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National AAUP Demands End to Texas A&M Censorship
JOIN: Join Texas AAUP and here are several reasons to join
aaup-texas.org

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alec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social · 15d
THREAD. One important chapter in my Copaganda book describes how a small group of pro-police professors corrupted the field of criminology. Somehow, I've been invited to speak at the 2025 American Society of Criminology annual conference this week. Should be interesting...

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Jeffrey Ian Ross @jeffreyianross.bsky.social · 15d
Excited to announce the forthcoming publication of my new book, LETTERS TO A YOUNG CRIMINOLOGIST. To be released in the spring of 2026. Link to 20 % discount for advance purchase jeffreyianross.com/wp-content/u... #criminaljustice #criminologist #instruction #mentoring #pedagogy

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Jeffrey Ian Ross @jeffreyianross.bsky.social · 16d
My latest blog post, "Fear and Kindness on the Road to Calgary,” jeffreyianross.com/fear-and-kin... #AmericanIndians #FirstNations #Indigenous #NativeAmericans #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth
Fear and Kindness on the Road to Calgary
I can’t remember what month it was, only that snow had begun to fall as we drove from Lethbridge to Calgary. The road wasn’t a highway, just a patchwork of farm grids: a few miles straight, a turn lef...
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Nathan Pino @nwpino.bsky.social · 22d
ICE's 'Frightening' Facial Recognition App is Scanning US Citizens Without Their Consent www.commondreams.org/news/ice-fac...
ICE's 'Frightening' Facial Recognition App is Scanning US Citizens Without Their Consent | Common Dreams
ICE is using facial recognition tech on US citizens without their consent, according to DHS documents obtained by 404 Media. Despite such software's unreliability, agents may ignore a citizen's birth ...
www.commondreams.org

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Cristina Temenos @ctemenos.bsky.social · 27d
As an alumni of Syracuse University, it's appalling that they are capitulating against a right-wing campaign against Professor Farhana Sultana for exercising her first amendment rights. Do consider signing this letter calling on Syracuse University to reinstate her docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Letter of Support for Professor Farhana Sultana
As scholars within and beyond academia, we write in solidarity with academic freedom of expression with our colleague, Dr. Farhana Sultana, an internationally recognized scholar and tenured Full Profe...
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pdx law grrrl @pdxlawgrrrl.bsky.social · Oct 26
Federal prosecutors charged 2 protesters with terrorism for constitutionally protected activity. Shots were fired at an ICE protest, but neither is accused of firing the gun. The Trump administration is making good on its threat to treat anti-fascist activity as terrorism.
“Antifa” Protesters Charged With Terrorism for Constitutionally Protected Activity
After a protest against ICE, federal prosecutors pursued guilt-by-association charges against two “antifa” protesters.
theintercept.com

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Truthout @truthout.org · Oct 26
From private prisons to health care scams, the attack on unhoused people is about exploitation, not safety.
The US Is Criminalizing Homelessness and Expanding Incarceration. Who Profits?
From private prisons to health care scams, the attack on unhoused people is about exploitation, not safety.
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Nathan Pino @nwpino.bsky.social · Oct 26
I think the inflatable costumes play a helpful role for the reasons you state, but the larger problem is not that they take away from the message, but that the message lacked concrete policy demands that could be used to build and sustain a movement. "We don't like authoritarianism" is not enough.

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Jeffrey Ian Ross @jeffreyianross.bsky.social · Oct 26
My latest blog post, "Are Inflatable Costumes Helping or Hurting the Protest Message?” #activism #crimesofthepowerful #protest #politicalparticipation #semiotics jeffreyianross.com/are-inflatab...
Are Inflatable Costumes Helping or Hurting the Protest Message?
Over the past few weeks, considerable media attention has been given to protestors wearing inflatable or oversized novelty suits at anti-Trump demonstrations, including the recent No Kings protests. A...
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pdx law grrrl @pdxlawgrrrl.bsky.social · Oct 19
No physical evidence connected Anthony Boyd to a murder. But a co-defendant testified against him under the threat of capital punishment. He was sentenced to death by a 10-2 jury vote. Only two states allow death sentences even when all jurors don’t agree. Alabama plans to execute him next week.
He Was Convicted Entirely On Clashing Eyewitness Testimony. Alabama Plans to Execute Him Next Week. - Bolts
No physical evidence connected Anthony Boyd to a 1993 murder. He was sent to death row on the word of a co-defendant who testified under the threat of capital punishment.
boltsmag.org

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Nathan Pino @nwpino.bsky.social · Oct 13
They expect it to be sometime in April 2026. Production just started.

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Nathan Pino @nwpino.bsky.social · Oct 13
Cover for my forthcoming book “Police Reform: An Obituary”

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Jeffrey Ian Ross @jeffreyianross.bsky.social · Oct 13
My latest blog post, “The Used Car Lot Next Door” jeffreyianross.com/the-used-car... #car #noise #publicspace #urban #urbanincivilities #urbanpublicspace #usedcar
The Used Car Lot Next Door
Living beside a used car lot can teach you about noise, boundaries, and the limits of goodwill. Years ago, I lived in a low-rise apartment in Toronto’s Little Portugal, right next to a small lot that ...
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Matthew Guariglia @mguariglia.bsky.social · Sep 26
I spent the week at the police surveillance convention and let me tell you my biggest observation: The name of the game now is consolidating as much information as humanely possible from surveillance devices, the internet, other governmental data, and literally a million other places. 🧵

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Nathan Pino @nwpino.bsky.social · Sep 24
Texas History Offers Warnings amid Rash of Faculty Firings www.texasobserver.org/texas-facult... - via @TexasObserver
Texas History Offers Warnings amid Rash of Faculty Firings
Lessons to learn from the politically motivated firing of a UT president in the 1940s
www.texasobserver.org

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Jeffrey Ian Ross @jeffreyianross.bsky.social · Sep 22
My latest blog post, “What’s the Role of Belonging in Urban Environments?" jeffreyianross.com/whats-the-ro... #belonging #politicalparticipation #street #streetculture #urban #urbanenvironments #urbansemiotics
What’s the Role of Belonging in Urban Environments?
In most urban settings, a sense of belonging is an important foundation for political participation. Political participation (also referred to as political engagement/mobilization) includes actions th...
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Nathan Pino @nwpino.bsky.social · Sep 18
Jury finds LA protester not guilty of assaulting border patrol agent

Brayan Ramos-Brito acquitted after US immigration officials were accused in court of lying about the incident

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Jury finds LA protester not guilty of assaulting border patrol agent
Brayan Ramos-Brito acquitted after US immigration officials were accused in court of lying about the incident
www.theguardian.com

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Jeffrey Ian Ross @jeffreyianross.bsky.social · Sep 14
My latest blog post, "Parking as a Microcosm of Broader Urban Struggles" jeffreyianross.com/parking-as-a... #parking #urban #street #streetculture
Parking as a Microcosm of Broader Urban Struggles
Parking, often treated as a mundane logistical concern, is an important site of contestation in urban life. At its core, it reflects the struggle over public space in cities, where demand routinely ex...
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Nathan Pino @nwpino.bsky.social · Sep 13
Great News! Prosecutors’ ‘Cop City’ case collapses as judge tosses Rico conspiracy charges. Two-year attempt to prosecute opponents of police training center on criminal conspiracy charges ends in failure
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Prosecutors’ ‘Cop City’ case collapses as judge tosses Rico conspiracy charges
Two-year attempt to prosecute opponents of police training center on criminal conspiracy charges ends in failure
www.theguardian.com

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Texas Conference of the AAUP @texasaaup.bsky.social · Sep 12
⭐️ TODAY: Texas State Employees Union press release condemns the firing of Texas State University professor for statements he made as a private citizen. ✊👇

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Images show text of press release in black and blue ink on white pages. Full text here: https://texasaflcio.org/sites/default/files/2025-09/09-11_release_tseu_firing.pdf Images show text of press release in black and blue ink on white pages. Full text here: https://texasaflcio.org/sites/default/files/2025-09/09-11_release_tseu_firing.pdf

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Jeffrey Ian Ross @jeffreyianross.bsky.social · Sep 10
Reposting from my Sept. 3, 2022 blog post, “Blog posts I share with my incoming undergraduate criminology/criminal justice students"
jeffreyianross.com/blog-posts-i... #universitypedagogy #universityinstruction #teaching #universities #college
Blog posts I share with my incoming undergraduate criminology/criminal justice students
As the new semester begins, I often struggle with selecting content that I want my undergraduate criminology/criminal justice students to read. In addition to a core textbook and a handful of articles...
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Tom Sutton @crimepublisher.bsky.social · Sep 5
To those who steal from publishers at conferences, please image that you are an author, looking for your book on display. How would you feel if one of your peers had nicked it, denying other delegates the chance to see your work? The books are for sale, usually with a discount. Don’t steal books.