Luísa Reis Castro
@anthrobite.bsky.social
Anthropologist of science, health & the environment in an unequal 🌍 | thinks a lot about Brasil & bugs 🦟 🦠
Assistant Prof at the University of Southern California; before MIT, Maastricht Univ, UFMG
In a love-hate relationship with Los Angeles – ela/she
Assistant Prof at the University of Southern California; before MIT, Maastricht Univ, UFMG
In a love-hate relationship with Los Angeles – ela/she
Pinned
🦟 Can the Mosquito Bite? 🦟
The Multispecies Transmutation of Wolbachia Mosquitoes as Biotechnologies of Epidemic Control in Rio de Janeiro
How does the use of a bacterium in vector control reconfigure biopolitical relations?
New article at @estsjournal.bsky.social! #STSsky #AnthroSky
The Multispecies Transmutation of Wolbachia Mosquitoes as Biotechnologies of Epidemic Control in Rio de Janeiro
How does the use of a bacterium in vector control reconfigure biopolitical relations?
New article at @estsjournal.bsky.social! #STSsky #AnthroSky
Reposted by Luísa Reis Castro
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
November 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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
Reposted by Luísa Reis Castro
I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.
November 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.
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“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.”
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
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 10:30 AM
“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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One of the most important things I teach when I teach about the history of the FDA is how supplements are not monitored and tested like drugs are. They rely on self or 3rd party regulation, which often fails in so many ways.
my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements
we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)
www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)
www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports
CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.
www.consumerreports.org
October 14, 2025 at 8:58 PM
One of the most important things I teach when I teach about the history of the FDA is how supplements are not monitored and tested like drugs are. They rely on self or 3rd party regulation, which often fails in so many ways.
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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."
Finally Barbara’s story is getting national attention. New update from her gofundme: she is now in a Louisiana ICE processing center after three days of travel in shackles. She’s sleeping on the floor and has been denied care for her medical condition.
September 29, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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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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
September 17, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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
If you’re on academia dot edu, let me suggest that you strongly consider deleting your account.
September 17, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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🚨 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. +👇🏽
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. +👇🏽
September 16, 2025 at 6:38 PM
🚨 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. +👇🏽
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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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"
"A história do Brasil tem a primeira condenação de um ex-presidente da república por tentativa de golpe de Estado"
September 11, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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"
"A história do Brasil tem a primeira condenação de um ex-presidente da república por tentativa de golpe de Estado"
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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."
"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."
BREAKING: By an apparent 6–3 vote, the Supreme Court halts an injunction that had prevented immigration agents from racially profiling Latinos in central California.
Sotomayor, dissenting, says the decision is "unconscionably irreconcilable with our nation's constitutional guarantees."
Sotomayor, dissenting, says the decision is "unconscionably irreconcilable with our nation's constitutional guarantees."
September 8, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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."
"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."
Reposted by Luísa Reis Castro
Brazil offers a lesson in democracy to an America that is becoming more corrupt, protectionist and authoritarian econ.st/4peBqLR
August 28, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Brazil offers a lesson in democracy to an America that is becoming more corrupt, protectionist and authoritarian econ.st/4peBqLR
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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
August 27, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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
TT job in critical sociology of science at the University of San Diego: jobs.sandiego.edu/cw/en-us/job...
Details - Assistant Professor, Sociology
jobs.sandiego.edu
August 14, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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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
#Anthropology #AnthroSky #publishing #PeerReview #academia
📢📢📢 New Editorial Alert 📢📢📢
American Ethnologist editors lift the lid on the ‘black box’ of journal submission...
An Editorial Insight: Know your Anthro journals! Read the last few issues to get a sense of AE’s style, how theory and ethnography work together to propel the argument.
American Ethnologist editors lift the lid on the ‘black box’ of journal submission...
An Editorial Insight: Know your Anthro journals! Read the last few issues to get a sense of AE’s style, how theory and ethnography work together to propel the argument.
August 6, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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
#Anthropology #AnthroSky #publishing #PeerReview #academia
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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.
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.
August 7, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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.
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.
I should add that this research was only possible thanks to funding from @ssrc.org's International Diss. Research Fellowship (now defunct), NSF’s Anthro Diss Research Improvement Grant (status: ???) & @wennergrenorg.bsky.social's Diss Fieldwork Grant (the last one standing).
Research needs funding!
Research needs funding!
🦟 Can the Mosquito Bite? 🦟
The Multispecies Transmutation of Wolbachia Mosquitoes as Biotechnologies of Epidemic Control in Rio de Janeiro
How does the use of a bacterium in vector control reconfigure biopolitical relations?
New article at @estsjournal.bsky.social! #STSsky #AnthroSky
The Multispecies Transmutation of Wolbachia Mosquitoes as Biotechnologies of Epidemic Control in Rio de Janeiro
How does the use of a bacterium in vector control reconfigure biopolitical relations?
New article at @estsjournal.bsky.social! #STSsky #AnthroSky
August 7, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I should add that this research was only possible thanks to funding from @ssrc.org's International Diss. Research Fellowship (now defunct), NSF’s Anthro Diss Research Improvement Grant (status: ???) & @wennergrenorg.bsky.social's Diss Fieldwork Grant (the last one standing).
Research needs funding!
Research needs funding!
Reposted by Luísa Reis Castro
Join @sthv.bsky.social next June for the 2026 STS summer school! Esp for early career researchers, it will include seminars, workshops, and keynotes to advance research/professional careers. Asia-Pacific scholars preferred. (I'll be a keynote instructor!) Apply by Dec 10.
Please circulate widely!
Please circulate widely!
Science, Technology, & Human Values STS School
www.sthvschool.org
August 5, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Join @sthv.bsky.social next June for the 2026 STS summer school! Esp for early career researchers, it will include seminars, workshops, and keynotes to advance research/professional careers. Asia-Pacific scholars preferred. (I'll be a keynote instructor!) Apply by Dec 10.
Please circulate widely!
Please circulate widely!
🦟 Can the Mosquito Bite? 🦟
The Multispecies Transmutation of Wolbachia Mosquitoes as Biotechnologies of Epidemic Control in Rio de Janeiro
How does the use of a bacterium in vector control reconfigure biopolitical relations?
New article at @estsjournal.bsky.social! #STSsky #AnthroSky
The Multispecies Transmutation of Wolbachia Mosquitoes as Biotechnologies of Epidemic Control in Rio de Janeiro
How does the use of a bacterium in vector control reconfigure biopolitical relations?
New article at @estsjournal.bsky.social! #STSsky #AnthroSky
August 6, 2025 at 1:17 PM
🦟 Can the Mosquito Bite? 🦟
The Multispecies Transmutation of Wolbachia Mosquitoes as Biotechnologies of Epidemic Control in Rio de Janeiro
How does the use of a bacterium in vector control reconfigure biopolitical relations?
New article at @estsjournal.bsky.social! #STSsky #AnthroSky
The Multispecies Transmutation of Wolbachia Mosquitoes as Biotechnologies of Epidemic Control in Rio de Janeiro
How does the use of a bacterium in vector control reconfigure biopolitical relations?
New article at @estsjournal.bsky.social! #STSsky #AnthroSky
Reposted by Luísa Reis Castro
Out now! With Salla Sariola and Matthäus Rest we argue for a more situated social analysis of microbes in our introduction to a thematic collection @estsjournal.bsky.social with fantastic contributions by @anthrobite.bsky.social @heymayahey.bsky.social A.Butcher, R.Soncco. L.Whiteley, V.Koski-Karell
Situating Microbes Within Complex Ecologies
| Engaging Science, Technology, and Society
estsjournal.org
August 5, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Out now! With Salla Sariola and Matthäus Rest we argue for a more situated social analysis of microbes in our introduction to a thematic collection @estsjournal.bsky.social with fantastic contributions by @anthrobite.bsky.social @heymayahey.bsky.social A.Butcher, R.Soncco. L.Whiteley, V.Koski-Karell
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New from @michaelfakhri.bsky.social
‘Israel has built the most efficient starvation machine you can imagine. So while it’s always shocking to see people being starved, no one should act surprised. All the information has been out in the open since early 2024.’
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
‘Israel has built the most efficient starvation machine you can imagine. So while it’s always shocking to see people being starved, no one should act surprised. All the information has been out in the open since early 2024.’
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
August 4, 2025 at 3:57 PM
New from @michaelfakhri.bsky.social
‘Israel has built the most efficient starvation machine you can imagine. So while it’s always shocking to see people being starved, no one should act surprised. All the information has been out in the open since early 2024.’
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
‘Israel has built the most efficient starvation machine you can imagine. So while it’s always shocking to see people being starved, no one should act surprised. All the information has been out in the open since early 2024.’
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
August 3, 2025 at 12:04 AM
É emoção demais esse jogo...
kermit the frog is looking at a green object
ALT: kermit the frog is looking at a green object
media.tenor.com
August 2, 2025 at 11:50 PM
É emoção demais esse jogo...