Paulina Ochoa Espejo
@pochoaespejo.bsky.social
Political Theorist. University of Virginia.
Mexicana de acá de este lado, como dice el corrido.
All opinions here are only mine
Mexicana de acá de este lado, como dice el corrido.
All opinions here are only mine
“I had to take the baby from my crying wife’s arms.“ It hasn’t even been a year, and this is not a scandal anymore? What is wrong with us?
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:54 PM
“I had to take the baby from my crying wife’s arms.“ It hasn’t even been a year, and this is not a scandal anymore? What is wrong with us?
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Book launch next week for Disjunctures: Indigenous Redirections in Political Theory (OUP 2025) by Yann Allard-Tremblay. Wednesday December 3, 5-7 pm, Paragraphe
November 26, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Book launch next week for Disjunctures: Indigenous Redirections in Political Theory (OUP 2025) by Yann Allard-Tremblay. Wednesday December 3, 5-7 pm, Paragraphe
And if a law is by definition a command issued by the sovereign, and the sovereign is the president, and if outside the law there’s no justice and injustice…
(Somebody took “Modern Political Theory” and never read anything after the third week of classes…)
(Somebody took “Modern Political Theory” and never read anything after the third week of classes…)
November 23, 2025 at 9:43 PM
And if a law is by definition a command issued by the sovereign, and the sovereign is the president, and if outside the law there’s no justice and injustice…
(Somebody took “Modern Political Theory” and never read anything after the third week of classes…)
(Somebody took “Modern Political Theory” and never read anything after the third week of classes…)
Every time I hear that this is “unskilled” labor…
Your Thanksgiving gravy tastes better when you use union mushrooms. Let's give a huge thanks to workers like "Adan" who harvest mushrooms for Monterey Mushrooms under a UFW contract. On an average day, he picks 240-280 of the blue baskets you see in this vid. #WeFeedYou
November 22, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Every time I hear that this is “unskilled” labor…
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People keep talking about this happening to Mexico City within a couple of decades and it’s the sort of thing that you hear and think, no, that won’t happen, people will take action before it does. But what if they don’t?
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:57 PM
People keep talking about this happening to Mexico City within a couple of decades and it’s the sort of thing that you hear and think, no, that won’t happen, people will take action before it does. But what if they don’t?
Note to self: “navigate messy dynamics” means “hanging out with other people is hard.” “Community” requires close relationships, and if you want the joy of being together, you cannot run away and hide from people’s quirks, fears, jealousy, envy, and resentment.
Our ability to critique the system & to identify all that is failing around us only the tip of the iceberg.
Developing the skills to bypass the system, build community infrastructure & navigate messy dynamics/contentious relationships is the bulk of the work.
Developing the skills to bypass the system, build community infrastructure & navigate messy dynamics/contentious relationships is the bulk of the work.
November 21, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Note to self: “navigate messy dynamics” means “hanging out with other people is hard.” “Community” requires close relationships, and if you want the joy of being together, you cannot run away and hide from people’s quirks, fears, jealousy, envy, and resentment.
Water
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Water
Now, what are the best explanations for what *all this* has 40 and some percent approval rate?
November 20, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Now, what are the best explanations for what *all this* has 40 and some percent approval rate?
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asfalto intenseando
![Foto de un grafiti sobre una barra blanca de paso peatonal sobre el asfalto, dice “lo que me falta por llorar”, y abajo se alcanza a leer “grupo pro [ilegible]”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:z3qcarbmcmnly3fdfkhaqxpz/bafkreicckf72ev2fkbuszp3qhgw2zwzc4jxg6hqdkunmncve2gf6lthduu@jpeg)
November 17, 2025 at 3:23 PM
asfalto intenseando
I just opened the app, read for 3 minutes, and this came to my mind.
Old people may get the reference…
Old people may get the reference…
November 16, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I just opened the app, read for 3 minutes, and this came to my mind.
Old people may get the reference…
Old people may get the reference…
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My latest cartoon for @theguardian.com books pages.
November 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
My latest cartoon for @theguardian.com books pages.
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Tonight, over 240,000 Venezuelans will lose Temporary Protected Status.
The Trump administration is dismantling our core humanitarian protections, leaving hundreds of thousands at risk of detention, deportation, and harm.
Congress must protect TPS holders and pass a pathway to citizenship now.
The Trump administration is dismantling our core humanitarian protections, leaving hundreds of thousands at risk of detention, deportation, and harm.
Congress must protect TPS holders and pass a pathway to citizenship now.
November 7, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Tonight, over 240,000 Venezuelans will lose Temporary Protected Status.
The Trump administration is dismantling our core humanitarian protections, leaving hundreds of thousands at risk of detention, deportation, and harm.
Congress must protect TPS holders and pass a pathway to citizenship now.
The Trump administration is dismantling our core humanitarian protections, leaving hundreds of thousands at risk of detention, deportation, and harm.
Congress must protect TPS holders and pass a pathway to citizenship now.
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The only actual law in political science is that when a candidate running on economic justice wins an election, the rich go to Miami…
Mamdani Won. South Florida Expects a Real Estate Bump.
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:08 AM
The only actual law in political science is that when a candidate running on economic justice wins an election, the rich go to Miami…
The only actual law in political science is that when a candidate running on economic justice wins an election, the rich go to Miami…
Mamdani Won. South Florida Expects a Real Estate Bump.
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:08 AM
The only actual law in political science is that when a candidate running on economic justice wins an election, the rich go to Miami…
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Exactly a year ago, Ellen Wohl, @parriblue.bsky.social and I spent two days in Providence thinking about #rivers and how we conceptualize them & live with them. Here’s the result of history and fluvial geomorphology teaming up. #envhist
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Rivers are messy: Beyond the water bias in research and management
This article reviews current trends in interdisciplinary river research to argue that a “water bias” or tendency consider rivers as synonymous with water can hinder our understanding of rivers and con...
doi.org
November 6, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Exactly a year ago, Ellen Wohl, @parriblue.bsky.social and I spent two days in Providence thinking about #rivers and how we conceptualize them & live with them. Here’s the result of history and fluvial geomorphology teaming up. #envhist
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
One of the things that I’ve learned about life in the United States is that if you say pretty much anything (no matter how dumb) with flair, confidence and at a sufficient volume, people will think you are right.
November 6, 2025 at 12:58 AM
One of the things that I’ve learned about life in the United States is that if you say pretty much anything (no matter how dumb) with flair, confidence and at a sufficient volume, people will think you are right.
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"¿Tiene usted flores y libros? Esos consuelos para el dolor".
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson
November 5, 2025 at 11:27 AM
"¿Tiene usted flores y libros? Esos consuelos para el dolor".
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson
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The riverscape: Physical zones in streams and smaller rivers. From my forthcoming book from Yale University Press: STREAMS: An Illustrated Guide, 2026.
🧪🌿🌎🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #geology #illustration #scientificillustration #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #streams #rivers #Freshwater
🧪🌿🌎🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #geology #illustration #scientificillustration #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #streams #rivers #Freshwater
November 5, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The riverscape: Physical zones in streams and smaller rivers. From my forthcoming book from Yale University Press: STREAMS: An Illustrated Guide, 2026.
🧪🌿🌎🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #geology #illustration #scientificillustration #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #streams #rivers #Freshwater
🧪🌿🌎🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #geology #illustration #scientificillustration #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #streams #rivers #Freshwater
Hey territorial rights theorists! Did you know how exciting territories are? (Thank you for the post and the images @geomprphdan!)
It's a buckle down, turn on some Chappell Roan, and measure some rivers kind of morning. This looks like a normal meander cutoff, right? Wrong! The channel that lost flow (left side of image) is expanding again, just a few years after what I thought was a full avulsion. What's the culprit? Wood?
November 5, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Hey territorial rights theorists! Did you know how exciting territories are? (Thank you for the post and the images @geomprphdan!)
Less meat, fewer nuts.
But most importantly: only buy the food you will eat. Don’t throw away food!
But most importantly: only buy the food you will eat. Don’t throw away food!
Producing a pound of beef requires roughly 1,800 gallons of water compared with 500 gallons for chicken. Even modest shifts in your diet could significantly reduce the water needed to grow your food.
2 ways you can conserve the water used to make your food
Consumer choices about what to eat and how much of it can affect how much water farmers need to use.
buff.ly
November 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Less meat, fewer nuts.
But most importantly: only buy the food you will eat. Don’t throw away food!
But most importantly: only buy the food you will eat. Don’t throw away food!
Cuando sea grande, yo quiero ser como Alexandra
PHILLIP: Republicans are saying that Chuck Schumer is afraid of you. Is he?
AOC: I don't think so. Sen. Schumer and I have worked together. I think Republicans are afraid of me and they project their fear onto him. So they're just telling on themselves when they say that.
AOC: I don't think so. Sen. Schumer and I have worked together. I think Republicans are afraid of me and they project their fear onto him. So they're just telling on themselves when they say that.
November 5, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Cuando sea grande, yo quiero ser como Alexandra
After 25 years living in the US of A
November 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
After 25 years living in the US of A
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We are looking for reviews of the following:
John Schwarzmantel & Helen Beetham: Deformations of Democracy: David Beetham in Contemporary Politics
Leigh Jenco, Paulina Ochoa Espejo, Murad Idris: Political Theory: A Global and Comparative Introduction
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
John Schwarzmantel & Helen Beetham: Deformations of Democracy: David Beetham in Contemporary Politics
Leigh Jenco, Paulina Ochoa Espejo, Murad Idris: Political Theory: A Global and Comparative Introduction
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 8:57 AM
We are looking for reviews of the following:
John Schwarzmantel & Helen Beetham: Deformations of Democracy: David Beetham in Contemporary Politics
Leigh Jenco, Paulina Ochoa Espejo, Murad Idris: Political Theory: A Global and Comparative Introduction
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
John Schwarzmantel & Helen Beetham: Deformations of Democracy: David Beetham in Contemporary Politics
Leigh Jenco, Paulina Ochoa Espejo, Murad Idris: Political Theory: A Global and Comparative Introduction
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
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Being stripped of parental rights while in prison, even for minor crimes, is “the family separation crisis that no one knows about,” an advocate says.
How Incarcerated Parents Are Losing Their Children Forever
Being stripped of parental rights while in prison, even for minor crimes, is “the family separation crisis that no one knows about,” one advocate said.
www.themarshallproject.org
October 31, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Being stripped of parental rights while in prison, even for minor crimes, is “the family separation crisis that no one knows about,” an advocate says.
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Happy Halloween from the people who harvest your #Halloween pumpkins. 🎃
¡Feliz Halloween de parte de quienes cosechan tus calabazas de Halloween! 🎃
#WeFeedYou
¡Feliz Halloween de parte de quienes cosechan tus calabazas de Halloween! 🎃
#WeFeedYou
October 31, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Happy Halloween from the people who harvest your #Halloween pumpkins. 🎃
¡Feliz Halloween de parte de quienes cosechan tus calabazas de Halloween! 🎃
#WeFeedYou
¡Feliz Halloween de parte de quienes cosechan tus calabazas de Halloween! 🎃
#WeFeedYou