Erin Lockwood
@erinkaylockwood.bsky.social
Assistant professor of Political Science at the University of California, Irvine | researching and teaching IPE, financial politics, global inequality | fan of plants, birds, snacks, sci-fi, quilting | she/her
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Hello! I'm a political scientist at the University of California Irvine researching + teaching IR/IPE and interested in the politics of risk and uncertainty as they relate to financial regulation, AI, and climate intervention. I also work on the politics of global economic inequality.
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This is the only good reoccurring internet thing. Please donate to UFW so they can hire a photographer and I can sleep more!!!
As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
November 26, 2025 at 9:18 PM
This is the only good reoccurring internet thing. Please donate to UFW so they can hire a photographer and I can sleep more!!!
Hell yeah
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Hell yeah
The anti-ICE immigration court watch group I'm part of counted faculty and students from a very conservative Christian university among its most dedicated members.
They told me they were in the minority on campus, in their immigration advocacy, but they found each other and were there every week.
They told me they were in the minority on campus, in their immigration advocacy, but they found each other and were there every week.
NEW: Earlier this month, I spent the day with the Luhmanns — a family rooted in theologically conservative Christianity.
In the morning, the homeschooled teenage sons tracked ICE.
In the afternoon, the mother aided an immigrant mother whose partner was deported. religionnews.com/2025/11/25/h...
In the morning, the homeschooled teenage sons tracked ICE.
In the afternoon, the mother aided an immigrant mother whose partner was deported. religionnews.com/2025/11/25/h...
How one conservative Christian family is pushing back against ICE
A coalition of activists, everyday citizens and people of faith — including theologically conservative Christians — who have pooled resources and learned new technologies to mount an effort they say i...
religionnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:48 PM
The anti-ICE immigration court watch group I'm part of counted faculty and students from a very conservative Christian university among its most dedicated members.
They told me they were in the minority on campus, in their immigration advocacy, but they found each other and were there every week.
They told me they were in the minority on campus, in their immigration advocacy, but they found each other and were there every week.
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You'll be visited by three spirits.
The three spirits
The three spirits
November 26, 2025 at 12:12 AM
You'll be visited by three spirits.
The three spirits
The three spirits
This is horrific, and every American should have to read about how our country sent hundreds of men, most of whom had no criminal record, at least some of whom had open asylum cases to El Salvador with no due process to be physically, psychologically, and sexually tortured for months.
‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:38 AM
This is horrific, and every American should have to read about how our country sent hundreds of men, most of whom had no criminal record, at least some of whom had open asylum cases to El Salvador with no due process to be physically, psychologically, and sexually tortured for months.
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Call for PhD Student!
I'm recruiting a PhD student to work with me on a project related to my Future Fellowship at Monash University on the political economy of insurance, risk technology, climate governance, and the crisis of uninsurability. Here's the overview of my fellowship.
I'm recruiting a PhD student to work with me on a project related to my Future Fellowship at Monash University on the political economy of insurance, risk technology, climate governance, and the crisis of uninsurability. Here's the overview of my fellowship.
November 25, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Call for PhD Student!
I'm recruiting a PhD student to work with me on a project related to my Future Fellowship at Monash University on the political economy of insurance, risk technology, climate governance, and the crisis of uninsurability. Here's the overview of my fellowship.
I'm recruiting a PhD student to work with me on a project related to my Future Fellowship at Monash University on the political economy of insurance, risk technology, climate governance, and the crisis of uninsurability. Here's the overview of my fellowship.
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This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.
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Because when even the non-financial press is asking whether we're on the brink of a financial crisis (triggered by AI or crypto, pick your poison), it is DEFINITELY the right time to let banks do more leverage
The Fed, FDIC, and OCC have finalized a rule weakening a key post-financial crisis leverage capital rule applicable to the 8 largest US banks.
Barr's dissent (correctly) notes the rule won't achieve its stated purpose of helping Treasury markets. Instead, it will make big banks less resilient.
Barr's dissent (correctly) notes the rule won't achieve its stated purpose of helping Treasury markets. Instead, it will make big banks less resilient.
November 25, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Because when even the non-financial press is asking whether we're on the brink of a financial crisis (triggered by AI or crypto, pick your poison), it is DEFINITELY the right time to let banks do more leverage
Vance converted to a religion where an authority figure can and does routinely tell him he's wrong bc he was so convinced The Church would approve of his oppressive beliefs when any fundamentalist Protestant sect could have gotten him the same politics without the repeated corrections from On High.
In leaked audio recordings, Peter Thiel reveals he told JD Vance to ignore Pope Leo XIV on moral issues, including the development of ethical AI. He also suggested the American pope was a tool of the Antichrist.
NEW: JD Vance’s Top Donor Suggests Pope Leo XIV is Antichrist
In a leaked lecture, Peter Thiel says he’s urged Vance to ignore the pope on moral questions — and simply pray for him.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Vance converted to a religion where an authority figure can and does routinely tell him he's wrong bc he was so convinced The Church would approve of his oppressive beliefs when any fundamentalist Protestant sect could have gotten him the same politics without the repeated corrections from On High.
Sounds like we better find a more sustainable and productive source of GDP growth.
Half of GDP *growth* is a lot but ultimately less than 1% of GDP. "We" can certainly afford to go backwards, especially with a solid commitment to let the AI industry bear its own losses rather than bailing it out.
Half of GDP *growth* is a lot but ultimately less than 1% of GDP. "We" can certainly afford to go backwards, especially with a solid commitment to let the AI industry bear its own losses rather than bailing it out.
November 25, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Sounds like we better find a more sustainable and productive source of GDP growth.
Half of GDP *growth* is a lot but ultimately less than 1% of GDP. "We" can certainly afford to go backwards, especially with a solid commitment to let the AI industry bear its own losses rather than bailing it out.
Half of GDP *growth* is a lot but ultimately less than 1% of GDP. "We" can certainly afford to go backwards, especially with a solid commitment to let the AI industry bear its own losses rather than bailing it out.
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when its definitely not a hostage situation
November 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
when its definitely not a hostage situation
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The Gaza protests not only “provoked intense political conflict.” Liberal and Dem leaders are still calling them antisemites for caring about liberal principles like human rights and international law…and they expect these same kids to come defend liberal democracy!
November 25, 2025 at 3:43 AM
The Gaza protests not only “provoked intense political conflict.” Liberal and Dem leaders are still calling them antisemites for caring about liberal principles like human rights and international law…and they expect these same kids to come defend liberal democracy!
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The boom in sports gambling and prediction markets is creating “emerging credit risks,” per Bank of America sherwood.news/markets/the-...
November 24, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The boom in sports gambling and prediction markets is creating “emerging credit risks,” per Bank of America sherwood.news/markets/the-...
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Houston police said that because Emmanuel told officers his name was “Manuel,” they didn’t connect him to the missing person’s case — despite the similarity in his description and location. His mom was allowed to visit three times. Once after emergency surgery.
November 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Houston police said that because Emmanuel told officers his name was “Manuel,” they didn’t connect him to the missing person’s case — despite the similarity in his description and location. His mom was allowed to visit three times. Once after emergency surgery.
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Emmanuel, a 15-year-old with intellectual disabilities, wandered away from his mom’s fruit stand in October.
She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
A Disabled Child’s Mom Reported Him Missing. He Was Locked Away by Federal Immigration Authorities for 48 Days.
Emmanuel, a 15-year-old who has an intellectual disability, walked away from his mom’s fruit stand in October. Houston Police called ICE.
thebarbedwire.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Emmanuel, a 15-year-old with intellectual disabilities, wandered away from his mom’s fruit stand in October.
She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
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I don't think this is right. These kind of metacognitive tasks require that students *already* have the cognitive skills to critically evaluate a piece of text both for empirical accuracy and strength of argument. In an AI-saturated world, I'm not convinced first-year students do.
Two years ago I had lunch with the dean of a department at one of Toronto’s major universities and she told me she had instructed all her profs teaching first-year classes to do exactly this. It sounded sensible and I wonder if it’s now more widely applied
November 24, 2025 at 4:34 AM
I don't think this is right. These kind of metacognitive tasks require that students *already* have the cognitive skills to critically evaluate a piece of text both for empirical accuracy and strength of argument. In an AI-saturated world, I'm not convinced first-year students do.
I don't think this is right. These kind of metacognitive tasks require that students *already* have the cognitive skills to critically evaluate a piece of text both for empirical accuracy and strength of argument. In an AI-saturated world, I'm not convinced first-year students do.
Two years ago I had lunch with the dean of a department at one of Toronto’s major universities and she told me she had instructed all her profs teaching first-year classes to do exactly this. It sounded sensible and I wonder if it’s now more widely applied
November 24, 2025 at 4:34 AM
I don't think this is right. These kind of metacognitive tasks require that students *already* have the cognitive skills to critically evaluate a piece of text both for empirical accuracy and strength of argument. In an AI-saturated world, I'm not convinced first-year students do.
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In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
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Congress wrote into the law that someone who overstays a visa while applying for asylum is not considered to be accruing “unlawful presence,” but it didn’t explicitly say those people couldn’t be arrested and detained — because it was presumed that they wouldn’t be. Well, Trump is doing it.
We came to LA as refugees from the USSR in 1991. Life wasn’t easy, but we persevered and, I dare say, came to contribute something of worth to this nation.
Had I experienced the following when I was a boy, I don’t know what would have become of me.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Had I experienced the following when I was a boy, I don’t know what would have become of me.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
November 23, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Congress wrote into the law that someone who overstays a visa while applying for asylum is not considered to be accruing “unlawful presence,” but it didn’t explicitly say those people couldn’t be arrested and detained — because it was presumed that they wouldn’t be. Well, Trump is doing it.
Me, having just finished watching Charlotte's Web with my kids, slightly weepily: "That was a story of true friendship."
5 year old: "That was a true story? That actually happened? How could a spider learn to do that?"
5 year old: "That was a true story? That actually happened? How could a spider learn to do that?"
November 22, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Me, having just finished watching Charlotte's Web with my kids, slightly weepily: "That was a story of true friendship."
5 year old: "That was a true story? That actually happened? How could a spider learn to do that?"
5 year old: "That was a true story? That actually happened? How could a spider learn to do that?"
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We joined Rep. @daveminca.bsky.social , Rep. @chu.house.gov, & 43 Members of Congress in calling for answers after a record 25 deaths in ICE custody this year - more than any year on record.
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November 22, 2025 at 12:11 AM
We joined Rep. @daveminca.bsky.social , Rep. @chu.house.gov, & 43 Members of Congress in calling for answers after a record 25 deaths in ICE custody this year - more than any year on record.
min.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
min.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
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Consensus slop is more prevalent, more often accepted as equivalent to actual thinking, and likelier to curtail opportunities for actual, consequential human work and thought. Economically, politically and intellectually it seems far more damaging than any increase in crank email production values.
November 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Consensus slop is more prevalent, more often accepted as equivalent to actual thinking, and likelier to curtail opportunities for actual, consequential human work and thought. Economically, politically and intellectually it seems far more damaging than any increase in crank email production values.
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The surveillance apparatus in this country is such that you can bet with with a reasonable degree of certainty that your group chats will be infiltrated (successfully or unsuccessfully) at some point or another, and that they will make a mountain out of a molehill re: what you say
WHOA. The FBI was/is spying on a Signal chat for a New York immigration court watch group, claiming they were “anarchist violent extremist actors.”
Your reminder that the government is watching and don’t say anything in a big group chat you wouldn’t say on TV.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Your reminder that the government is watching and don’t say anything in a big group chat you wouldn’t say on TV.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The surveillance apparatus in this country is such that you can bet with with a reasonable degree of certainty that your group chats will be infiltrated (successfully or unsuccessfully) at some point or another, and that they will make a mountain out of a molehill re: what you say
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El-Erian argues the costs of the AI bubble bursting will be dwarfed by the (always future ...) productivity gains of an AI revolution.
What this argument fundamentally misunderstands is that one possible reason why the bubble bursts is precisely because investors realize those gains are fictions.
What this argument fundamentally misunderstands is that one possible reason why the bubble bursts is precisely because investors realize those gains are fictions.
Opinion | A.I. Is a Bubble. Maybe That’s OK.
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:43 AM
El-Erian argues the costs of the AI bubble bursting will be dwarfed by the (always future ...) productivity gains of an AI revolution.
What this argument fundamentally misunderstands is that one possible reason why the bubble bursts is precisely because investors realize those gains are fictions.
What this argument fundamentally misunderstands is that one possible reason why the bubble bursts is precisely because investors realize those gains are fictions.
El-Erian argues the costs of the AI bubble bursting will be dwarfed by the (always future ...) productivity gains of an AI revolution.
What this argument fundamentally misunderstands is that one possible reason why the bubble bursts is precisely because investors realize those gains are fictions.
What this argument fundamentally misunderstands is that one possible reason why the bubble bursts is precisely because investors realize those gains are fictions.
Opinion | A.I. Is a Bubble. Maybe That’s OK.
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:43 AM
El-Erian argues the costs of the AI bubble bursting will be dwarfed by the (always future ...) productivity gains of an AI revolution.
What this argument fundamentally misunderstands is that one possible reason why the bubble bursts is precisely because investors realize those gains are fictions.
What this argument fundamentally misunderstands is that one possible reason why the bubble bursts is precisely because investors realize those gains are fictions.