Ian Carrillo
@iansociologo.bsky.social
Sociologist studying race, class, & environment. Author of The Business of Racism: Labor and Environment in Brazil's Racial Capitalism (Duke University Press). PhD from UW-Madison. Former NSF SPRF Postdoc at UCSB. He/Him/His.
https://www.iancarrillo.com/
https://www.iancarrillo.com/
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A brief 🧵 about my research. I'm a sociologist studying the intersection of structural racism, class exploitation & the environment, focusing on Brazil & the US. My forthcoming book (with @dukepress.bsky.social ) is The Business of Racism: Revaluation & Reaction in Brazil's Racial Capitalism. 1/n
"One agent is seen wildly swinging a baton to keep protesters at bay before apparently getting hit by a colleague’s pepper spray."
Hennepin County dispatch got a panicked call from a Department of Homeland Security supervisor in Minneapolis requesting assistance because “we only have a few officers but we have 60-70 agitators fighting them.” Hennepin deputies didn’t witness any attacks on agents.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
ICE agents call for backup during Minneapolis traffic stop, bystanders hurl insults and snowballs
Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a call for help from an agent who said 60 to 70 “agitators” were “fighting them.”
www.mprnews.org
December 16, 2025 at 4:03 AM
"One agent is seen wildly swinging a baton to keep protesters at bay before apparently getting hit by a colleague’s pepper spray."
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Thank you timeline gods and @luduvicu.bsky.social
December 16, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Thank you timeline gods and @luduvicu.bsky.social
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I mean yes students should learn *about* AI (just as they do about any “transformative” tech, ideology, movement), including info on it’s history & hype, who’s pushing it & why, ethical & environmental issues, effects on cognition, mental health, society, etc. But obv that’s not what this is about.
It’s been fun while it lasted: “Purdue University will begin requiring that all of its undergraduate students demonstrate basic competency in artificial intelligence starting with freshmen who enter the university in 2026.”
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
Purdue University Approves New AI Requirement For All Undergrads
Purdue University will begin requiring that all of its undergraduate students meet an AI competency requirement starting with freshmen who enter the university in 2026.
www.forbes.com
December 14, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I mean yes students should learn *about* AI (just as they do about any “transformative” tech, ideology, movement), including info on it’s history & hype, who’s pushing it & why, ethical & environmental issues, effects on cognition, mental health, society, etc. But obv that’s not what this is about.
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How people perceive their colleagues who produce workslop.
October 21, 2025 at 10:04 AM
How people perceive their colleagues who produce workslop.
Thank you timeline gods and @luduvicu.bsky.social
December 16, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Thank you timeline gods and @luduvicu.bsky.social
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I know some people outside Brazil follow me, so please: can anyone recommend a good lawyer in Mexico City?
Sé que hay extranjeros que me siguen. ¿Alguien conoce a un buen abogado en la Ciudad de México?
Sé que hay extranjeros que me siguen. ¿Alguien conoce a un buen abogado en la Ciudad de México?
Gente, alguém conhece algum bom advogado na cidade do México?
Um querido professor foi internado la. Como nao tem SUS e o seguro médico é limitado, o hospital está fazendo vários absurdos de erros médicos a dívidas sem consentimento da familia.
Ajuda eu.
Um querido professor foi internado la. Como nao tem SUS e o seguro médico é limitado, o hospital está fazendo vários absurdos de erros médicos a dívidas sem consentimento da familia.
Ajuda eu.
December 16, 2025 at 12:45 AM
I know some people outside Brazil follow me, so please: can anyone recommend a good lawyer in Mexico City?
Sé que hay extranjeros que me siguen. ¿Alguien conoce a un buen abogado en la Ciudad de México?
Sé que hay extranjeros que me siguen. ¿Alguien conoce a un buen abogado en la Ciudad de México?
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GenAI truly is the asbestos poisoning our collectively shared resources and infrastructure.
Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things
December 15, 2025 at 9:41 PM
GenAI truly is the asbestos poisoning our collectively shared resources and infrastructure.
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The purpose of a system is what it does.
GenAI truly is the asbestos poisoning our collectively shared resources and infrastructure.
Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things
December 15, 2025 at 9:46 PM
The purpose of a system is what it does.
GenAI truly is the asbestos poisoning our collectively shared resources and infrastructure.
Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things
December 15, 2025 at 9:41 PM
GenAI truly is the asbestos poisoning our collectively shared resources and infrastructure.
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Excellent analytical work from @restofworld.org @hazelgandhi.bsky.social @rinachandran.bsky.social here - on the construction of data centres in extremely hot parts of the world
restofworld.org/2025/data-ce...
restofworld.org/2025/data-ce...
December 15, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Excellent analytical work from @restofworld.org @hazelgandhi.bsky.social @rinachandran.bsky.social here - on the construction of data centres in extremely hot parts of the world
restofworld.org/2025/data-ce...
restofworld.org/2025/data-ce...
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Article on the new book Disabled Power by environmental sociologist @angelafrederick.bsky.social
What a crumbling power grid means for disabled Americans
What a crumbling power grid means for disabled Americans
Angela Frederick's new book calls to put disability at the center of disaster planning.
www.motherjones.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Article on the new book Disabled Power by environmental sociologist @angelafrederick.bsky.social
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I sent this link to colleagues yesterday who are on a committee deciding whether my institution will switch from Moodle to Canvas. I'm like, "Please do what you can to speak against it." Moodle ain't perfect, but why on earth would we switch to this product of a monstrous surveillance conglomerate?
Instructure and OpenAI Announce Global Partnership to Embed AI Learning Experiences within Canvas
www.instructure.com
December 13, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I sent this link to colleagues yesterday who are on a committee deciding whether my institution will switch from Moodle to Canvas. I'm like, "Please do what you can to speak against it." Moodle ain't perfect, but why on earth would we switch to this product of a monstrous surveillance conglomerate?
Article on the new book Disabled Power by environmental sociologist @angelafrederick.bsky.social
What a crumbling power grid means for disabled Americans
What a crumbling power grid means for disabled Americans
Angela Frederick's new book calls to put disability at the center of disaster planning.
www.motherjones.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Article on the new book Disabled Power by environmental sociologist @angelafrederick.bsky.social
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Thought of this 🧵 today when I saw a driver make an erratic and excessively fast left turn and in the process nearly hit a blind pedestrian who was crossing and had the right of way.
My least popular (and most correct) view is that cars should be automatically limited to the local speed limit. Put the pedal to the floor and you still can't go over 25mph in a residential area.
(15 in Manhattan btw)
(15 in Manhattan btw)
There is no possible justification for limiting e-bikes to 15mph but not cars.
December 15, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Thought of this 🧵 today when I saw a driver make an erratic and excessively fast left turn and in the process nearly hit a blind pedestrian who was crossing and had the right of way.
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Me duele muchísimo que una plataforma feminista y antirracista use a diario IAgen en sus publicaciones, pero esto ya ha sido la puñalada definitiva.
Nos asfixian con neoliberalismo y pedimos postre.
Nos asfixian con neoliberalismo y pedimos postre.
December 15, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Me duele muchísimo que una plataforma feminista y antirracista use a diario IAgen en sus publicaciones, pero esto ya ha sido la puñalada definitiva.
Nos asfixian con neoliberalismo y pedimos postre.
Nos asfixian con neoliberalismo y pedimos postre.
Learned recently that Reiner got authentic laughs from Christopher Guest and Michael McKean, and decided to use the take anyway.
December 15, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Learned recently that Reiner got authentic laughs from Christopher Guest and Michael McKean, and decided to use the take anyway.
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Rob Reiner was one of the key people behind the effort to go to court to overturn California's anti-marriage equality Proposition 8 when it passed in 2008.
Working with Chad Griffin, they founded the American Foundation for Equal Rights and got Ted Olson and David Boies to team up to fight Prop 8.
Working with Chad Griffin, they founded the American Foundation for Equal Rights and got Ted Olson and David Boies to team up to fight Prop 8.
December 15, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Rob Reiner was one of the key people behind the effort to go to court to overturn California's anti-marriage equality Proposition 8 when it passed in 2008.
Working with Chad Griffin, they founded the American Foundation for Equal Rights and got Ted Olson and David Boies to team up to fight Prop 8.
Working with Chad Griffin, they founded the American Foundation for Equal Rights and got Ted Olson and David Boies to team up to fight Prop 8.
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He's also responsible for raising all the money that paid for bringing Hollingsworth v. Perry & even more importantly Bostic v. Schaefer, which created the circuit split that forced SCOTUS to take on Obergefell v. Hodges. The role he played in American marriage equality cannot be overstated.
The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.
December 15, 2025 at 3:59 AM
He's also responsible for raising all the money that paid for bringing Hollingsworth v. Perry & even more importantly Bostic v. Schaefer, which created the circuit split that forced SCOTUS to take on Obergefell v. Hodges. The role he played in American marriage equality cannot be overstated.
Unimaginably sad
“Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were killed by their son, Nick, multiple sources confirm to PEOPLE.”
Rob Reiner and His Wife Michele Were Killed by Their Son: Sources (Exclusive)
Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were found after first responders were called to the couple's Brentwood home at 3:30 p.m.
people.com
December 15, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Unimaginably sad
Thought of this 🧵 today when I saw a driver make an erratic and excessively fast left turn and in the process nearly hit a blind pedestrian who was crossing and had the right of way.
My least popular (and most correct) view is that cars should be automatically limited to the local speed limit. Put the pedal to the floor and you still can't go over 25mph in a residential area.
(15 in Manhattan btw)
(15 in Manhattan btw)
There is no possible justification for limiting e-bikes to 15mph but not cars.
December 15, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Thought of this 🧵 today when I saw a driver make an erratic and excessively fast left turn and in the process nearly hit a blind pedestrian who was crossing and had the right of way.
Reposted by Ian Carrillo
Interesting schematic showing various discourses of delay, from a new paper "Countering the Climate Change Counter Movement: Six lessons from Canada's climate delays" by Samuel Lloyd and Ekaterina Rhodes (link in next bleet).
December 15, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Interesting schematic showing various discourses of delay, from a new paper "Countering the Climate Change Counter Movement: Six lessons from Canada's climate delays" by Samuel Lloyd and Ekaterina Rhodes (link in next bleet).
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He says it's ppl like him that make CDMX a global city.
Turns out he also has views on gentrification in CDMX, and unsurprisingly his view is that local folks should just accept it.
December 15, 2025 at 1:00 AM
He says it's ppl like him that make CDMX a global city.