Raúl Carrillo
@raulcarrillo.bsky.social
law prof @ BC. focused on the future 💸 ⚖️ 🛰️ formerly Deputy Director @lpeproject.bsky.social Board of Directors, @a-lpe.bsky.social https://www.bc.edu/content/bc-web/schools/law/academics-faculty/faculty-directory/raul-carrillo.html
the euphemisms that come out of industry crack me up "Bankers describe the guarantees as 'balance-sheet efficient'." www.ft.com/content/7f11...
Big Tech uses guarantees to keep $300bn of AI exposure off balance sheets
Wall Street finds new way to turn tech giants’ credit strength into cheaper funding for AI build-out
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mapping the wild financial interrelationships within AI tech & finance is fascinating & also changing every day: great set of visuals ⬇️⬇️ their risk is our risk: not pictured is the next layers out, workers' money-pension funds, retirement accts, anyone w/ an index fund 💰 www.ft.com/content/8475...
Joining the dots between big AI
In the loop?
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and this is before the insane gas power plant buildout for data centers that we're about to see
Private Equity Stakeholder Project@pestakeholder.bsky.social · 2w ago😷 In the U.S., air pollution from PE-backed extraction, coal plants, and LNG infrastructure is linked to an estimated 584,000 instances of asthma symptoms and at least 1,000 premature deaths each year. Learn more: peclimaterisks.org/2026-scorecard
great to see union leaders standing up against extractive data center construction: "Should we not dream of something more for ourselves? Of safe & sustainable union jobs that build infrastructure serving the many, not the few?" & hey I used to be a member of OPEIU! right @blmckean.bsky.social ?
John Kostyack@kostyack.bsky.social · 2w agoOffice & Professional Employees Int'l Union's Turner calls for a data center moratorium & guardrails: "Workers must get their fair share of whatever benefits AI produces, and lawmakers must ensure the data centers powering it are built sustainably, with community consent and a well-paid workforce."
Alligator Alcatraz’ confined detained immigrants in cages the size of phone booths, according to a new report by the DHS inspector general.
DHS watchdog: Immigrants held in outdoor cages the size of phone booths at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
The cages, called “calming areas,” were used for detainees to “reflect on their behavior choices, manage their emotions, reduce stress and practice self-directed behavior,” according to the inspector general’s report.
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My paper on Musk, SpaceX, X Money, and the gap between communications and financial regulation is in the cycle! 🚀 ⚖️
Raúl Carrillo@raulcarrillo.bsky.social · 2mo agoX Money completed beta testing and fully launched today X is the 1st social media platform in the US to embed FDIC-insured accounts In a few days, I'll be submitting an article to law reviews re: SpaceX, X Money, and the regulation of communications conglomerates in finance money.x.com/en
New draft paper from me up on ssrn: ‘THE LEGAL REALISM OF W.E.B. DU BOIS’ - tracing Du Bois’s underexamined legal thought, from his 1896 dissertation on the slave trade through to his and the NAACP’s 1947 Appeal to the World papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
The Legal Realism of W.E.B. Du Bois
The great writer, activist, and scholar W.E.B. Du Bois saw his career unfold alongside the development of Legal Realism, an intellectual movement whose rapid ri
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My paper on Musk, SpaceX, X Money, and the gap between communications and financial regulation is in the cycle! 🚀 ⚖️
Raúl Carrillo@raulcarrillo.bsky.social · 2mo agoX Money completed beta testing and fully launched today X is the 1st social media platform in the US to embed FDIC-insured accounts In a few days, I'll be submitting an article to law reviews re: SpaceX, X Money, and the regulation of communications conglomerates in finance money.x.com/en
i'm writing about the risks of data centers for public pension funds, so silver lining but not great from a eggs in one basket view "The arrangement will intensify concerns about circular financing, as the chip group underwrites more of the market for its chips" giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
Nvidia revealed as tenant for $50bn data centre that will use its chips
CEO Jensen Huang deploys balance sheet to backstop growth of AI computing market
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X Money completed beta testing and fully launched today X is the 1st social media platform in the US to embed FDIC-insured accounts In a few days, I'll be submitting an article to law reviews re: SpaceX, X Money, and the regulation of communications conglomerates in finance money.x.com/en
X Money — Every dollar works harder on X
One app. Everything money can do.
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Now on SSRN: my Article showing how the $250 billion video game industry, (the largest entertainment industry in the world) has rapidly developed unregulated monetary systems ✍️ ⚖️ 🎮 🤑
Raúl Carrillo@raulcarrillo.bsky.social · 3mo agoAt long last, my article, "Gaming Money," is out in the Columbia Law Review. Thanks so much to the many, many folks who helped along the way!! @columlrev.bsky.social columbialawreview.org/content/gami...
X Money completed beta testing and fully launched today X is the 1st social media platform in the US to embed FDIC-insured accounts In a few days, I'll be submitting an article to law reviews re: SpaceX, X Money, and the regulation of communications conglomerates in finance money.x.com/en
X Money — Every dollar works harder on X
One app. Everything money can do.
money.x.com
At long last, my article, "Gaming Money," is out in the Columbia Law Review. Thanks so much to the many, many folks who helped along the way!! @columlrev.bsky.social columbialawreview.org/content/gami...
GAMING MONEY - Columbia Law Review
Introduction Video games have never been more serious. The gaming industry generated approximately $224 billion in global revenue in 2024. Some experts project that figure will reach $300 billion by 2...
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What is LPE? Is it a reaction to law and economics? Does it have a method? What is its normative north star? Amy Kapczynski, Corinne Blalock, Aslı Bâli, Sabeel Rahman, Angela Harris, and Yochai Benkler offer their best answers to these questions in two sentences or less.
What is LPE? An ALPE Lightning Round
What is LPE? Is it a reaction to law and economics? Does it have a method? What is its normative north star? At this year's ALPE conference, Amy Kapczynski, Corinne Blalock, Aslı Bâli, Sabeel Rahman…
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what a *great* time to open up 401(k)s to "private" financial assets! at my talk against this yesterday at an industry event, many ppl came up to us after & whispered sotto voce "I agree with you" even got one business card w/ "thank u for speaking truth to power" on the back 🤣
Jim Kane@kanejim.bsky.social · 4mo ago
i'm all anxious. but stepping back, i can't believe we're even here. way ahead of schedule. #GoSpursGo #PorVida #RaceForSeis 👽🦊🏰🏀
One more LSA post: anyone wanna find a good sports bar with me tomorrow night to watch the Spurs-Thunder game? ( @corinneblalock.bsky.social this is not NOT directed at you 😉)
Really looking forward to our joint AMR at @lawandsociety.bsky.social ociety.bsky.social tomorrow with so many amazing scholars. Please come! @jiseonsong.bsky.social @libbyadler.bsky.social Jamelia Morgan @darrenrosenblum.bsky.social @swethaa.bsky.social and Kathy Abrams #LSA2026
I just can’t believe Hartenstein pulled Castle’s hair. No foul called.
the final deadline to vote for me for the MA public pension board is coming up Friday! any MA state employee who is in the pension system can get their election code & pin by emailing Help+PRIM@yeselections.com & vote online also ⬇️☺️
Raúl Carrillo@raulcarrillo.bsky.social · 4mo agoIf you're in Mass state govt, you have until Fri. @ 11:59 PM to vote for Lenore for the Pension Reserves Investment Management Board! Lenore is a 3rd-generation union member, attorney, AND professor of econ & public policy who is an EXPERT on PENSION FUNDS! Doesn't get any better. PRIMvotes.com
If you're in Mass state govt, you have until Fri. @ 11:59 PM to vote for Lenore for the Pension Reserves Investment Management Board! Lenore is a 3rd-generation union member, attorney, AND professor of econ & public policy who is an EXPERT on PENSION FUNDS! Doesn't get any better. PRIMvotes.com
Vote now
I voted and so can you
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Lenore Palladino@lenorepalladino.bsky.social · 5mo agoI'm writing something about public pension funds & data centers & risk -- this total mess strengthens my goal to get elected to the MA PRIM Board! have a friend who works for MA state government? Pls send them to my website so that they can vote before May 22nd!! lenorepalladino.me
Today, @ntinatzouvala.bsky.social and @azohra.bsky.social kick off a series on international law under the second Trump administration. The embrace of naked coercion, they argue, represents both a genuine departure from, and the culmination of the internal contradictions of, the post-WWII order.
Something Old and Something New: International Law Under Trump 2.0
The United States’ turn toward naked coercion and transactional deal-making represents both a genuine departure from its commitment to the liberal international legal order and the culmination of that...
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I'm writing something about public pension funds & data centers & risk -- this total mess strengthens my goal to get elected to the MA PRIM Board! have a friend who works for MA state government? Pls send them to my website so that they can vote before May 22nd!! lenorepalladino.me
Lenore Palladino, Ph.D.
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ICE agents are walking around with a list of 20 million people to detain in their pockets because of this Palantir database: www.404media.co/ice-agents-h...
ICE Agents Have List of 20 Million People on Their iPhones Thanks to Palantir
The comments made by a senior ICE official at a trade show highlight how Palantir is increasing the speed at which ICE operates. Most people detained by ICE have no criminal conviction.
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