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Shakti Castro

@shakticastro.bsky.social

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PhD candidate in history. Wise Latina. Mama. I write and think about Puerto Ricans, drugs, harm reduction, public health, and public history.

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Shakti Castro @shakticastro.bsky.social · Nov 16

One of those about me posts for new followers: I'm a Bronx Boricua, (public) historian, and harm reductionist. Dissertating' at Columbia U on the history of Puerto Rican harm reduction and AIDS activism in NYC. Single mama. Sci-fi nerd.

Shakti Castro @shakticastro.bsky.social · 20h

Exciting to hear as 1. Someone who is fascinated by all the moving parts of nyc governance shaping our lives and 2. As a parent of a public school student myself ##uha2025LA

Shakti Castro @shakticastro.bsky.social · 20h

Ansley's paper explored control of NYC schools and where city and school policy intersected when the city's mayor was in charge of the system

Shakti Castro @shakticastro.bsky.social · 20h

Brian's been working on a massive book project on the over 400 year history of Black folks in NYC, inclusive of Caribbean and African migrants, and how they've shaped the city, the U.S., and each other's cultures.

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Shakti Castro @shakticastro.bsky.social · 21h

Brian Purnell and Ansley Erickson gave great presentations on their panel New Histories of New York #uha2025LA

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Shakti Castro @shakticastro.bsky.social · 21h

#uha2025LA was a wonderful conference. Was so glad to see Latinx history centered in a non-ethnic studies conference setting. Many kudos to @aksandovalstrausz.bsky.social Daniela Sheinin and the programming and local arrangements committees for their amazing work!

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Shakti Castro @shakticastro.bsky.social · Jul 22

The toxic behavior I'm always here for

Shakti Castro @shakticastro.bsky.social · Jul 19

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Shakti Castro @shakticastro.bsky.social · Jul 17

With the solemn acknowledgment that the world is indeed on fire, would anyone have a good spreadsheet template for tracking job and post-doc applications?

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · Jul 18

A Nazi owns Twitter, right wing billionaires own the Wall Street Journal and the LA Times, and CBS is run by a right wing nepo baby who just fired one of the network’s biggest stars for criticizing Donald Trump. Here’s why America has a left-wing media bias problem.

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Shakti Castro @shakticastro.bsky.social · Jul 17

With the solemn acknowledgment that the world is indeed on fire, would anyone have a good spreadsheet template for tracking job and post-doc applications?

Shakti Castro @shakticastro.bsky.social · May 29

We're not free until we're all free. These people are a joke.

Shakti Castro @shakticastro.bsky.social · May 29

I'm so embarrassed to still be a registered Democrat.

Politico @politico.com · May 29

Opinion: The debate over transgender rights is a liability for Democrats. Here’s how to neutralize it, writes @thirdway.bsky.social think tank co-founder Jonathan Cowan.

Opinion | The Debate Over Transgender Rights Is a Liability for Democrats. Here’s How to Neutralize It.

It’s time for real discussion, dissent and debate, without fear of being canceled.

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Ansley Erickson @ansleyerickson.bsky.social · Apr 13

I joked a few weeks ago that Columbia’s initial concessions meant that Trump had acquired a university. I do not want to have been right. But…

Katherine Franke @katherinefranke.bsky.social · Apr 13

Columbia may have signed its own death notice. Word has it that tomorrow Columbia will announce an agreement to formal oversight by Trump. This, if true, will signal the death of Columbia as we knew it - a premier teaching and research institution. I explain it here: youtube.com/shorts/W7Rr7...

Columbia University may have signed its own death notice.

YouTube video by Katherine Franke

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Karl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · Mar 20

Although this letter is not an official statement by the Columbia History Department, it was signed by 41 members of the department.

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Karl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · Mar 20

Letter signed by members of the Columbia History Department urging resistance to the Trump Administration's efforts to dictate university policy.

"Should this control be realized, here or elsewhere, it would make any real historical scholarship, teaching, and intellectual community impossible."

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Marisol LeBrón @marisollebron.bsky.social · Mar 5

Dems stood by and did nothing while a Black man was forcibly ejected from the chamber. What a fucking shock. Pathetic cowards.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Mar 5

Al Green is removed

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Refusing to Forget @refusing2forget.bsky.social · Jan 28

#OTD on January 28, 1918, Texas Rangers massacred fifteen men and boys at the village of Porvenir, Texas, in what is perhaps the single most notorious and consequential event in the history of the Ranger Force. /1

Adobe ruins on Chispa road, near massacre site. Taken by Derrick Perrin, June 23, 2009

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Tamara Oyola Santiago @flordepascua.bsky.social · Jan 22

Follow Bronx Móvil on Bluesky: Harm reduction must be 24 hours a day and 7 days a week, and culturally and linguistically centered.

Siga a Bronx Móvil en Bluesky: La reducción de daños debe realizarse las 24 horas del día y los 7 días de la semana, y centrarse cultural y lingüísticamente.

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Hopkins Press @hopkinspress.bsky.social · Jan 29

“What does it mean to be the one who remembers?” asks Ted Kerr in Feminist Formations

What do we mean when we say ‘archives,’ and how do those archives relate to the future of BIPOC world-making, HIV/AIDS movements, and others?

Read free thru 16 Feb

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Promotional tile featuring the cover art from the latest issue of Feminist Formations accompanied by the text
Urgent Archives:A How-to-Guide
What does it mean to be the one who remembers? How can physical objects from the past help us survive and thrive in the present? What becomes possible when we come together and share our stories?
Read free thru 16 Feb

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Shakti Castro @shakticastro.bsky.social · Jan 14

What I'm doing:

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Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.

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Shakti Castro @shakticastro.bsky.social · Jan 10

Is that the mayonesa McDonald's dude working in the kitchen in the Debí Tirar Mas Fotos short film!?

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Arlene Dávila @arlenedavila.bsky.social · Jan 5

A tourist set fire to four local establishments in Cabo Rojo, PR, and was allowed to fly back home to Missouri as if nothing happened? eldiariony.com/2025/01/04/c...

Concejal de Missouri envía carta a empleadores de turista sospechosa de quemar cuatro negocios en Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico - El Diario NY

Los hechos se reportaron el 2 de enero luego de que los propietarios de uno de los establecimientos negaran servirle más bebidas a la mujer que estaba borracha

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American Historical Association @historians.org · Jan 4

The #AHA25 Exhibit Hall is now open! If your book is on sale here, take a selfie with it, mention the booth where your fellow historians can find it, and we will repost it!

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Shakti Castro @shakticastro.bsky.social · Jan 4

Me on this express bus to #AHA25 because the MTA Might Take Awhile.

a woman wearing a cat ear headband and a purple jacket is saying fancy

ALT: a woman wearing a cat ear headband and a purple jacket is saying fancy

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Shakti Castro @shakticastro.bsky.social · Jan 3

Say hi if you see me at #AHA25 tomorrow!

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Shakti Castro @shakticastro.bsky.social · Dec 19

I need to brainstorm with fellow historians because this dissertation is kicking my butt.