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Janelle Lamoreaux @janellel.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

After a year as interim department chair, I’m now on research leave. Excited to jump back into writing. If you’ve read anything inspiring in the fields of STS, anthropology of science and medicine, environmental, reproductive or disability studies, please recommend! Bonus points for great writing.

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Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Coming up on Monday, 7 September 2026, at 4pm Central European time / 3pm in UK / 10am Eastern: Greenhouse online #envhum book talk with Christos Lynteris @visualplague.bsky.social on How Plague Got Rats: Mastering a Zoonotic Pandemic. All are welcome! newnatures.org/greenhouse/e...

Greenhouse Environmental Humanities Book Talks #201. Cover of book How Plague Got Rars

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Tullio da Silva Maia (he/him) @tddsmaia.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Sobre os casos de #FebredoNiloOcidental no Brasil, @lentevermelha.bsky.social fez alguns apontamentos importantes (os melhores, na minha opinião). Mas duas partes do vídeo me chamam a atenção 1- Não são os primeiros casos da doença no Brasil; 2- O vetor não é o Aedes aegypti Segue o fio:

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BRASIL TEM M0RT3 POR FEBRE DO NILO OCIDENTAL; DEVEMOS NOS PREOCUPAR? | ABDUÇÃO

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Adia Benton @ethnography911.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I’ve gone on at length about this, and am working with the many, many others behind the scenes, but if you are alumnae (yes I fempluralized) or simply an admirer of the program, and you care about the future of the program, you might send your notes to the provost’s office. The general idea is that

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Annia Ciezadlo @anniaciezadlo.com · 15/08/2026

"Universities now have more adjuncts than tenured and tenure-track professors combined. Many adjuncts make around $4,000 a course, and a quarter of adjuncts make less than $25,000 a year. In no city in the United States is this enough money to live off comfortably."

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beth semel @bethmsemel.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

excited to see my article on "talking lures" in mental healthcare AI officially out in print in this issue!

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Erika Milam @emilam.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Please circulate: www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/news/call-ap... Seeking 10 Early Career Fellows to participate in 2 summer academies to be held in Berlin June 14–18, 2027 & June 26–30, 2028: SCIENCE IMAGINES ITS FUTURE. How have scholars deliberated about investing scarce resources in an uncertain future?

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Call for Applications: Summer Academy on "Science Imagines Its Future" | MPIWG

Call for Applications: Summer Academy on "Science Imagines Its Future" (Deadline November 1)

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Christos Lynteris @visualplague.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

A great new article by Luísa Reis Castro: "Can the Mosquito Bite? The Multispecies Transmutation of Wolbachia Mosquitoes as Biotechnologies of Epidemic Control in Rio de Janeiro" estsjournal.org/index.php/es...

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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

An aircraft passenger oxygen mask: a drop down passenger mask with air bag and yellow plastic mouth and nose cover, oxygen tube has been cut; Demonstration model used by flight attendant crew for passenger instruction. Has text on the side indicating that it's non-functional.

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Luísa Reis Castro @anthrobite.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Oh, here is the abstract @amanthro.bsky.social When I have more time, I'll do a thread about the works I discuss in the essay. I should also add that there is so much great multispecies/more-than-human scholarship that choosing what to teach/what to include in this review was quite a challenge.

Political Animals: To Live & Die in More-Than-Human Worlds
Luísa Reis-Castro

ABSTRACT

What does it mean to live—and therefore die—in a more-than-human world? This review essay explores that question through reflections on teaching Political Animals: Species, Class, Race, and Gender, an undergraduate course that introduces students to scholarship on human-nonhuman relations. Organized around four questions—What are the politics of connections in more-than-human worlds? What is health or well-being when some multispecies relations can cause harm and death? Who counts as human? And how might the human-animal “divide” be reimagined?—the course investigated how encounters and entanglements between diverse beings, as well as the boundaries between humanity and animality, are shaped by power, hierarchy, and enduring inequalities. Tracing how these debates unfolded in the classroom, I argue that multispecies scholarship, despite critiques that it sidelines social inequalities by supposedly bypassing the human, can instead offer new ways of thinking through race, class, gender, colonialism, and the contested meanings of being human. In doing so, I show how the classroom offers a distinctive vantage point from which to examine how anthropological ideas travel beyond academic debates. Teaching more-than-human relations becomes a way of preparing students to grapple with the political and ethical stakes of living—and dying—in a shared world.

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Luísa Reis Castro @anthrobite.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

This review essay was quite fun to write! It's based on a course I have been teaching @usc.edu for the past few years. My main argument is that examining the relationship between humans & nonhumans/animals offers a productive way to investigate power structures. OA here: doi.org/10.1111/aman...

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<em>American Anthropologist</em> | AAA Anthropology Journal | Wiley Online Library

What does it mean to live—and therefore die—in a more-than-human world? This review essay explores that question through reflections on teaching Political Animals: Species, Class, Race, and Gender, a...

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Luísa Reis Castro @anthrobite.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Shakira has more world cups than her ex-husband. Las mujeres ya no lloran...

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

When journalists asked me "where we will see the effects of DOGE on outcomes?" one of my responses was "during crises...as long as media connect the dots." Well, dots connected: www.wired.com/story/cdc-cy...

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The CDC Has a Cyclospora Lab. DOGE Downsized It Last Year

“Based on simple math, these outbreak responses—which require rapid, timely responses—are going to be greatly diminished,” the former CDC lab director tells WIRED.

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Luísa Reis Castro @anthrobite.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

I am deeply saddened to share the passing of Andrew Lakoff. Andy was a dear colleague, mentor, and friend. He left us far too soon and will be so deeply missed. I'm at a loss for words...

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Lola Aronovich @lolaescreva.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

É revoltante demais! A gente tá falando de meninas de 10, 12 anos, que são estupradas, engravidam, não tem nem corpo pra aguentar uma gestação e um parto. E o Congresso defensor de estuprador decide q essas meninas devem parir, nem q morram no caminho www.brasildefato.com.br/2026/06/02/n...

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Na calada, Senado aprova projeto que dificulta aborto legal em crianças estupradas

Em votação simbólica que durou menos de cinco minutos, o plenário do Senado Federal aprovou, nesta terça-feira (2), um projeto de decreto legislativo (PDL) que revoga uma resolução do Conselho…

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Luísa Reis Castro @anthrobite.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

I’m excited to be a visiting scholar at @carsoncenter.bsky.social in Munich from June to August & then spend my sabbatical year at the HWK Institute for Advanced Study in Delmerhorst (near Bremen). Ich freue mich auf das kommende Jahr und wenn du in der Nähe bist, lass uns connecten!

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Kermit The Frog Typing

ALT: Kermit The Frog Typing

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Luísa Reis Castro @anthrobite.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Very much looking forward to this!

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UCL Science and Technology Studies (STS) @stsucl.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

We’re hiring! We are recruiting for a Lectureship in Global History of Science to join our Department from September 2026. For more info and to apply, please visit: bit.ly/3R94V58 Closing Date: 9th June 2026 #WeAreSTS #Science #Historyofscience #Globalscience

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

73% of mothers with kids under 18 are in the workforce. More than flowers or brunch, working moms need: -Paid family leave -Equal pay -Universal childcare -Universal healthcare (But get your mom flowers, too)

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Kai Kupferschmidt @kakape.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

I've spent yesterday and today talking to researchers across the globe trying to understand the hantavirus outbreak aboard the cruise ship MV Hondius. My story in @science.org is here (and some threaded thoughts coming): www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪 #IDsky

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Cruise ship’s hantavirus outbreak puts researchers in uncharted territory

Questions about the culprit virus and its route of spread remain as health officials make plans for stranded passengers

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Luísa Reis Castro @anthrobite.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Honored to be part of the @ucpress.bsky.social Atelier series with such a stellar group of anthropologists. #AnthroSky For those somehow trying to write a book amidst ALL that is going on & interested in the series, I’m happy to share my experience so far (spoiler alert: it has been great!).

This book series in anthropology takes a ground-up approach to the acquisition and publication of new ethnographic works. The aim is to set the conditions for collaboration at each stage of a book’s development, from the earliest draft through publication. Rather than considering those manuscripts in their finished state, this series sets out to curate a cohort of scholars committed to the idea that ethnographic writing is itself a form of intellectual work.
An Atelier book sets itself apart in at least two ways. The first is by addressing the problems and possibilities of ethnographic inquiry in the twenty-first century. These include the matters of evidence, conceptual reach, and thematic urgency, as well as narrative voice and analytical innovation. Atelier is defined by neither a particular region nor any of anthropology’s four fields, but rather by a commitment to the art of ethnography. The second is by participating in a sociality of sustained, critical reflection. The aim of this series is to generate a group of scholars from all career stages working together toward the completion of each author’s respective book project.
SUBMISSION INFORMATION
Those interested in submitting to the series should email a CV, 2-3 page synopsis, annotated Table of Contents, draft introduction, and a sample chapter to the series editor Kevin O’Neill no later than June 1, 2026 at kevin.oneill@utoronto.ca. The synopsis should describe the book project in no more than 2,000 words and must include: a statement about the intended audience for the book; the total anticipated word count of the full manuscript, including the main text, footnotes, bibliography, and any appendices; a description of the art program and total number of images; and an estimated deadline for completing the full manuscript. Please let the editor know if portions of the book have been or will be previously published.

Covers of books from the Atelier series.
More info here: https://www.ucpress.edu/series/atelier-ethnographic-inquiry-in-the-twenty-first-century

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Cecília Olliveira @cecillia.com.br · 06/03/2026

O delegado do caso do estupro coletivo em Copacabana explicando o que é estupro, de tanto receber comentário de que "foi consensual"

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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 09/02/2026

Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous

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Caleb Scoville @calebscoville.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

I'm chairing this year's Student Paper Award and Environmental Sociology Outstanding Publication Award committees for ASA's Environmental Sociology section. Please check out the calls and submit your best eligible work and/or that of your colleagues, students, etc. www.asanet.org/communities-...

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable. Biden himself said they were fabricated! www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

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IDF accepts Gaza Health Ministry death toll of over 71,000 Palestinians killed in the war

Although Many International Experts Have Accepted the Health Ministry's Data as Reliable, and Even Conservative Relative to the True Death Toll, Israel Had Refused to Accept the Health Ministry's Coun...

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Kim Lane Scheppele @kimlanelaw.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

NATURE has done a terrific (if depressing) job of summarizing the devastating cuts to science during Trump's first year. At this point, only the willingness of the House and Senate to restore research budgets prevents scientific extinction. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

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US science after a year of Trump: what has been lost and what remains

A series of graphics reveals how the Trump administration has sought historic cuts to science and the research workforce.

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IPEAT - Institut pour les Etudes sur les Amériques à Toulouse @ipeat-ut2j.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

📢 Appel à candidatures – Chaire Amérique Latine (ChAL) La ChAL accueille des enseignants-chercheurs de toute nationalité, spécialistes de l’étude des sociétés latino-américaines. 📄 Le dossier de candidature est à télécharger ici : ipeat.univ-tlse2.fr/.../chaire..... #Chaire #Amérique #Latine

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/01/2026

Q: China, Russia, and Iran have interests in Venezuela. How does this operation affect your relationships with them? TRUMP: In terms of other countries that want oil, we're in the oil business. We're gonna sell it to them. We'll be selling oil.

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 05/11/2025

I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.

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Tom Phillips @tomphillips.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

“It’s so sad to see what’s happening in our communities. It’s terrible what the people who live there are going through … Those who live in war zones will understand this pain, this despair and this revolt.”

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Thousands join protests in Rio favela after deadliest ever police raid

Demonstrators demand inquiry after operation on Tuesday in which at least 121 people were killed

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Cecília Olliveira @cecillia.com.br · 29/09/2025

ICE deteve a diretora brasileira durante entrevista para obtenção do green card: "Ao final do que nos disseram ter sido uma reunião bem-sucedida, o policial usou a desculpa de uma copiadora quebrada para enganá-la e fazê-la se afastar do nosso advogado. Uma vez separada de seu adv, ela foi presa."

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EHN. @envhnow.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Can you keep us sustainable? EHN is volunteer-run, but we need to cover our costs for hosting the website. If you value what we do, chip in $6 or whatever you can below ko-fi.com/envhistnow

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ERIKA HILTON @erikahilton.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

🚨 URGENTE A Câmara pode votar hoje a PEC DA BLINDAGEM, uma proposta que serve pra impedir que políticos corruptos sejam presos. 👉🏽 Também chamada de PEC DA BANDIDAGEM, ela determina que deputados só poderão ser investigados pela Polícia com autorização dos PRÓPRIOS DEPUTADOS em VOTAÇÃO SECRETA. +👇🏽

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Beatriz GUARANI KAIOWÁ @beatrizdiniz.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Abertura do Jornal Nacional pra colecionar "A história do Brasil tem a primeira condenação de um ex-presidente da república por tentativa de golpe de Estado"

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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 08/09/2025

Justice Sotomayor, once again, get to the heart of the matter here: "We should not have to live in a country where the Government can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and appears to work a low wage job."

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Luísa Reis Castro @anthrobite.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Lecturer in Nature, Environment and Society #STSsky

About the role
The postholder will be expected to develop a research programme in areas relevant to Science and Technology Studies, with a particular focus on nature- and environment-related subjects. For the purposes of this position, nature and environment may be construed liberally to include, but not be limited to, natural resources, human and more-than-human relationship, humans and other animals, the built environment, environmental history, environmental knowledge, climate change, environmental degradation, biodiversity loss, sustainability, all approached from an STS perspective. Applications from scholars with a focus on the Global South are especially welcome. This is a 100% FTE appointment starting in January 2026 until 31 July 2028.

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The Economist @economist.com · 28/08/2025

Brazil offers a lesson in democracy to an America that is becoming more corrupt, protectionist and authoritarian econ.st/4peBqLR

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

So many adults have to fail a child before he ends up 10 years old telling CNN about the mass shooting he lived through this morning

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Jesse Hession Grayman @kopyor.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

We had a lot of fun writing this! It’s a nice distillation of what we’ve learned over the past three years editing American Ethnologist, and how we have applied our vision for it. Link in 🧵below. #Anthropology #AnthroSky #publishing #PeerReview #academia

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 07/08/2025

18,500 children have been killed by the Israeli military in Gaza. Despite these war crimes, the US has provided more than $22 BILLION for the war. Our taxpayer dollars are being used to starve children, bomb schools & gun down hungry people as they wait for aid.

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