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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 · Nov 3

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-...

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Nathan Pino @nwpino.bsky.social · 5h

Smoked ribs for xmas dinner on father’s run down all-wood smoker

Smoking pork ribs in a wood fired smoker

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Jeffrey Ian Ross @jeffreyianross.bsky.social · 4d

My latest blog post, “How AI Has Negatively Affected Asynchronous Learning” jeffreyianross.com/how-ai-has-n... #asynchronouslearning #pedagogy #teaching #teachingmodality

How AI Has Negatively Affected Asynchronous Learning

The COVID pandemic accelerated the adoption of different classroom modalities. One of the most popular was the rise of asynchronous classes. They offered flexibility, reduced commuting, and made it ea...

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Nathan Pino @nwpino.bsky.social · 6d

FBI opened domestic terrorism investigations into anti-ICE activity across US www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Revealed: FBI opened domestic terrorism investigations into anti-ICE activity across US

Internal report shared with Guardian shows FBI has launched cases in 23 regions, some linked to Trump memo on thwarting ‘terroristic activities’

www.theguardian.com

Nathan Pino @nwpino.bsky.social · 6d

ICE Hires Immigrant Bounty Hunters From Private Prison Company GEO Group: BI Incorporated, a subsidiary of for-profit prison company GEO Group, will help ICE pinpoint the locations of immigrants theintercept.com/2025/12/19/i...

ICE Hires Immigrant Bounty Hunters From Private Prison Company GEO Group

BI Incorporated, a subsidiary of for-profit prison company GEO Group, will help ICE pinpoint the locations of immigrants.

theintercept.com

Nathan Pino @nwpino.bsky.social · 6d

Under Operation Lone Star, Texas State Police More than Doubled Their Drone Fleet www.texasobserver.org/texas-dps-dr...

Under Operation Lone Star, Texas State Police More than Doubled Their Drone Fleet

The Department of Public Safety has acquired an army of unmanned aerial vehicles—nearly as large as the U.S. Border Patrol's.

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Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 9d

Police Officer Domestic Violence Is A Crisis. It’s Time for States to Take Action.

Elevated rates of intimate partner violence in police families, paired with weak oversight and harmful policies, make officer-abusers a uniquely urgent public safety threat. msmagazine.com/2025/12/11/p...

Police Officer Domestic Violence Is A Crisis. It’s Time for States to Take Action.

Intimate partner and domestic violence in police families, paired with oversight and policies, make officer-abusers a public safety threat.

msmagazine.com

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Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 9d

A sex worker-led organization is calling on Florida lawmakers to decriminalize sex work, arguing that criminal penalties increase violence and limit access to basic protections. www.wlrn.org/law-justice/...

Miami-Dade activists march to end violence against sex workers

Community supporters joined members of Decrim 305 to call on the state of Florida to eliminate criminal penalties tied to sex work. It was held in advance of the International Day to End Violence Agai...

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ACLU @aclu.org · 9d

BREAKING: The House of Representatives just passed a bill that would subject immigrant children to invasive bodily searches and keep them in detention instead of releasing them to their families.

The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.

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Jeffrey Ian Ross @jeffreyianross.bsky.social · 9d

Reposting my op-ed "Arming Our Campuses Is Not the Answer,"
that appeared in the October 11, 2015 issue of INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION www.insidehighered.com/views/2015/1... #guns #gunviolence #gunsoncampus

Colleges need to install security systems to prevent mass shootings (essay)

If we can't rid campuses of guns, we must create security checks throughout them, argues Jeffrey Ian Ross.

www.insidehighered.com

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Nathan Pino @nwpino.bsky.social · 14d

Women jailed in Texas allege rampant sexual abuse www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘Human trafficking behind prison walls’: women jailed in Texas allege rampant sexual abuse

Women at FMC Carswell – long a focus of sexual abuse investigations – say prison officials have turned a blind eye

www.theguardian.com

Nathan Pino @nwpino.bsky.social · 15d

The top .001% wealthiest people in the world, comprising fewer than 60,000 people, hold three times the wealth of the poorest half of humanity
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...

Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds

Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%

www.theguardian.com

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Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 17d

Break the System
Criminalized Black Mothers and the Reproductive Politics of Abolition press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

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Jeffrey Ian Ross @jeffreyianross.bsky.social · 18d

My latest blog post, What Kind of Scaffolding Should University Instructors Provide? jeffreyianross.com?p=7817 #instruction #undergraduate #pedagogy #universityinstruction

What Kind of Scaffolding Should University Instructors Provide?

Determining what additional support promotes learning versus what substitutes for skills university students need to develop remains an open question. The issue isn’t really about the amount of scaffo...

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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 19d

From leading abolitionist organizers, How To End Family Policing is a much-needed intervention arguing that the systems that purport to protect children make them—and our communities—less safe. www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2609-h...

Nathan Pino @nwpino.bsky.social · 24d

Newly Unveiled Photos of MLK Jr. Show Depth of NYPD’s Surveillance
theintercept.com/2025/11/29/m...

Newly Unveiled Photos of MLK Jr. Show Depth of NYPD’s Surveillance

After J. Edgar Hoover cast civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. as a “liar,” the New York City Police Department’s spy unit heeded the call.

theintercept.com

Nathan Pino @nwpino.bsky.social · 24d

Its a good look!

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Jeffrey Ian Ross @jeffreyianross.bsky.social · 25d

My latest blog post, "Not All Black Longshoremen's Hats Are the Same" jeffreyianross.com/not-all-blac... #clothing #hats #semiotics #style

Not All Black Knitted Longshoreman's Hats Are the Same

For as long as I can remember, when the winter months arrive, I wear a black leather jacket and a black knitted longshoreman’s hat. It’s a ritual that anchors me, something that feels right. The hat ...

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Nathan Pino @nwpino.bsky.social · 25d

New Report Highlights the ‘Fatal Flaws’ Behind Wrongful Capital Convictions: The ACLU found official misconduct, perjury, and predominantly white juries were contributing factors in at least 200 death sentences www.texasobserver.org/aclu-report-... - via @TexasObserver

New Report Highlights the 'Fatal Flaws' Behind Wrongful Capital Convictions

The ACLU found official misconduct, perjury, and predominantly white juries to be leading contributors to exonerated death sentences.

www.texasobserver.org

Nathan Pino @nwpino.bsky.social · 25d

Legalizing Cocaine Is the Only Way to End the Drug War
theintercept.com/2025/11/30/l...

Legalizing Cocaine Is the Only Way to End the Drug War

The war on drugs has failed, and Trump’s deadly boat strikes are only doubling down on decades of failed policy.

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alec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social · 26d

THREAD. There are almost no instances in corporate media where there is a debate about the role of police, prosecutors, and prisons that includes a person critical of those institutions. One result? Many liberals and Democrats are wildly uninformed and misinformed. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZCl...

DEBATE: Do People Take "DEFUND" Seriously? (w/ Matt Stoller & Alec Karatkatsanis)

YouTube video by Bad Faith

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 26d

This absurd pardon shows the murderous boat bombings were never about stopping drugs

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Jeffrey Ian Ross @jeffreyianross.bsky.social · Nov 24

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 · Nov 16

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 · Nov 15

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

Nathan Pino @nwpino.bsky.social · Nov 13

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 · Nov 11

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."

Nathan Pino @nwpino.bsky.social · Nov 11

I will be there, and looking forward to it

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AAUP @aaup.org · Nov 11

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:

aaup-texas.org/blog/f/natio...

@texasaaup.bsky.social

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 · Nov 10

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 · Nov 10

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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