Cover of the business of racism: labor and environment in Brazil's racial Capitalism by Ian Carrillo

The Introduction of my book is currently free to read.

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Introduction Abstract. Constitutional arrangements of governmental power can become entrenched to determine who gets fundamental rights. Americans hold as an article of

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Thank you for the tip on the discount, Anna. Nice markdown.

The EU Court of Justice has ruled today that Hungary's anti-LGBTI propaganda law infringes EU law. The court found a standalone violation of Article 2 of TEU for systemically undermining the rights of a minority group, dehumanising LGBTI people. This marks a historic victory for European democracy.

“This bill forces homeless people charged with a crime to make the false choice between jail or at least one year of forced treatment. Louisiana has a long history—and present—of chain gangs, prison labor, and entrenched white supremacy" says @homelesslaw.bsky.social

The PhD doesn’t end with the thesis.

It opens a new question: what next?

A reflection on the postdoc path:

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#postdoc #phdlife #lifeafterthephd

Why do Public Debates Escalate? Trigger Points and the Moral Dynamics of “Hot Politics” Escalating, emotionally charged, and moralized forms of controversy are a central feature of contemporary politics. Our study develops a framework for understanding how political debates between ordi...

Knife crime! Pronouns! Meat bans! Some political issues lead to "hotter", more emotional and polarizing debates than others. We show how these "trigger points" reveal a contested structure of moral expectations and how they get weaponized by polarization entrepreneurs. OA @bjsociology.bsky.social 🧵

Nice spot by @symbolicstorage.bsky.social writes (below)! This is the response to commentaries on the article "How Linguistics Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Language Models" 🐦🐦

Exposing a global ‘online rape academy’ that is teaching men how to abuse women and evade detection CNN exposes an online network of men encouraging each other to drug and assault their partners, and swap tips on how to get away with it.

I guess I missed this story when it first came out. Why isn’t it still news? share.google/LBFyTpbGcUUV...

NEW LINCOLN PROJECT AD: Trump for Pope YouTube video by The Lincoln Project

Trump for Pope 2026. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfV4...

An eye opening blog post from @benpatrickwill.bsky.social about ghost references - we can blame AI, Google Scholar is a culprit, too, but their origin predates these he discovered.

Truly excellent and should be mandatory listening for anyone in higher education

Legal advisers help migrants pose as gay to get asylum, undercover BBC investigation finds The BBC exposes a shadow industry charging migrants thousands of pounds to help them cheat the asylum system.

Disgusting reporting by BBC using a tiny number of cases to suggest widespread abuse of a system which routinely denies LGBTQIA+ individuals asylum and forces them back into environments of persecution. This article massively distorts the reality of the situation. 1/
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Looking forward to this getting the same level of coverage as the BBC's original report

2 Qs that arise from BBC "lying migrants" stuff are (1) if the asylum system is unjust, is it wrong for applicants to lie? & (2) is system set up so people genuinely deserving of protection are forced to lie to get it? Raising such Qs is a political non-starter, but they still matter morally.

Daniel Trilling: How centrists made the far right respectable The journalist and author on how the establishment mainstreamed Reform UK

It's @prospectmagazine.co.uk pod day, and this week @ellenhalliday.bsky.social and I spoke with
@trillingual.bsky.social about his excellent new book, which is all about how the British establishment made the far right respectable www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/podcasts/pro...

Next week - online seminar - researcher trauma in qualitative research - use QR code to register

Massive Attack / Tom Waits - Boots on the Ground YouTube video by Massive Attack

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It’s my pleasure 🥰

#PhDSky

'Being isolated is not easy': Migrants anxious after Germany cuts access to integration courses For many newcomers in Germany, learning German is the first step toward building a new life. But Germany has now frozen access to free integration courses for many asylum seekers and refugees, leaving...

'Being isolated is not easy': Migrants anxious after Germany cuts access to integration courses
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via @infomigrants.net
#Germany #immigration #langsky

Thank you, Charlene. Yes, that link worked out for me.

Our Latest Podcast Features Our Very Own @ashkingdon.bsky.social Who is Discussing Her Doctoral Work and Book 'The World White Web' Join Us to Hear About How #Memes are Used as a Weapon and how Technology and Imagery are Accelerating #Radicalisation 👇👇
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Hi Charlene. This is a really thoughtful blog post, so personal, and a terrific read. I really was touched. I am having an issue with your blog and I left you a chat message.

administration and government

New blog post: administration v government.

They're used in reference to US and UK political powers (respectively) for good reason—but are they swapping places at all?

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🌈 Very excited to share my new article with @barrieshannon.com in the Australian Journal of Political Science

‘Mainstreaming LGBTQIA+ hate: the far right’s anti-gender countermovement in Australia’

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✨Call for Papers✨

Acta Sociologica is happy to publish the call for papers for a new special issue on moral elites which will be guest-edited by Anders Sevelsted and Milka Ivanovska Hadjievska!

Deadline for submissions is 30 June 2026.

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🤦‍♀️ Oh no. Murphy's Law.