Todd G. Pierce, Ph.D.
@theanthropologist.bsky.social
Anthropologist
Director of the Isla Mujeres Ethnographic Field School
anthrofieldschool.com
Isla Mujeres, Mexico
Medical Anthropologist specializing in Drugs, Violence & Disease control.
Director of the Isla Mujeres Ethnographic Field School
anthrofieldschool.com
Isla Mujeres, Mexico
Medical Anthropologist specializing in Drugs, Violence & Disease control.
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Global Ethnography Program
anthrofieldschool.com
The program is remote in instruction but flexible in application: you may conduct research locally, in the field, or entirely online using remote ethnographic techniques, or a mix of both.
anthrofieldschool.com
The program is remote in instruction but flexible in application: you may conduct research locally, in the field, or entirely online using remote ethnographic techniques, or a mix of both.
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"I think the exact language is that it is 'not scientifically accurate' to say that vaccines do not cause autism. It’s a very strange formulation. That is like saying, 'I have no evidence that umbrellas do not cause kittens.'" lnk.thebulwark.com/3Xt957M
RFK’s Anti-Vax Team Readies Its Next Moves
“Their game is, let’s really destabilize trust in the vaccine, and make people really anxious about it.”
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:00 PM
"I think the exact language is that it is 'not scientifically accurate' to say that vaccines do not cause autism. It’s a very strange formulation. That is like saying, 'I have no evidence that umbrellas do not cause kittens.'" lnk.thebulwark.com/3Xt957M
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"For most, this tragedy will be a headline that soon fades. But for those in her unit, it will divide their service, and likely their lives, into 'before' and 'after.' Soldiers know that feeling. I certainly do."
@markhertling.bsky.social on Spc. Sarah Beckstrom: lnk.thebulwark.com/3M8Bb5O
@markhertling.bsky.social on Spc. Sarah Beckstrom: lnk.thebulwark.com/3M8Bb5O
Remembering Spc. Sarah Beckstrom and Honoring Her Service
A soldier lost in Washington, and what her death means for those who served beside her.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:34 PM
"For most, this tragedy will be a headline that soon fades. But for those in her unit, it will divide their service, and likely their lives, into 'before' and 'after.' Soldiers know that feeling. I certainly do."
@markhertling.bsky.social on Spc. Sarah Beckstrom: lnk.thebulwark.com/3M8Bb5O
@markhertling.bsky.social on Spc. Sarah Beckstrom: lnk.thebulwark.com/3M8Bb5O
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Today is World AIDS Day.
“An awareness day is not a strategy” is the US government's rationale for not publicly acknowledging World AIDS Day for the first time since the inaugural WAD in 1988.
#WAD2025
“An awareness day is not a strategy” is the US government's rationale for not publicly acknowledging World AIDS Day for the first time since the inaugural WAD in 1988.
#WAD2025
December 1, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Today is World AIDS Day.
“An awareness day is not a strategy” is the US government's rationale for not publicly acknowledging World AIDS Day for the first time since the inaugural WAD in 1988.
#WAD2025
“An awareness day is not a strategy” is the US government's rationale for not publicly acknowledging World AIDS Day for the first time since the inaugural WAD in 1988.
#WAD2025
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
I'll be presenting next week at the American Anthropological Association annual meetings in New Orleans! Say hi if you see me!
#americananthropolocalassociatio #anthropology
#SFAA #AAA
#americananthropolocalassociatio #anthropology
#SFAA #AAA
November 16, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I'll be presenting next week at the American Anthropological Association annual meetings in New Orleans! Say hi if you see me!
#americananthropolocalassociatio #anthropology
#SFAA #AAA
#americananthropolocalassociatio #anthropology
#SFAA #AAA
I'll be presenting next week at the American Anthropological Association annual meetings in New Orleans! Say hi if you see me!
November 13, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I'll be presenting next week at the American Anthropological Association annual meetings in New Orleans! Say hi if you see me!
One of my students from The Isla Mujeres Ethnographic Field School (I.F.S. anthrofieldschool.com) won an award for her Poster session for The Society for Applied Anthropology annual conference, March 2025, Portland, OR anthrofieldschool.com #Anthropology #SFAA #AppliedAnthropology
June 23, 2025 at 2:19 AM
One of my students from The Isla Mujeres Ethnographic Field School (I.F.S. anthrofieldschool.com) won an award for her Poster session for The Society for Applied Anthropology annual conference, March 2025, Portland, OR anthrofieldschool.com #Anthropology #SFAA #AppliedAnthropology
The roundtable presentation I participated in, discussing AI in education and beyond, for The Society for Applied Anthropology annual conference, March 2025, Portland, OR anthrofieldschool.com #Anthropology #SFAA #AppliedAnthropology #ArtificialIntelligence #AI anthrofieldschool dotcom
May 13, 2025 at 5:34 AM
The roundtable presentation I participated in, discussing AI in education and beyond, for The Society for Applied Anthropology annual conference, March 2025, Portland, OR anthrofieldschool.com #Anthropology #SFAA #AppliedAnthropology #ArtificialIntelligence #AI anthrofieldschool dotcom
My paper presentation about AI, from a Postmodernist critique, for The Society for Applied Anthropology annual conference, March 2025, Portland, OR anthrofieldschool.com #Anthropology #SFAA #AppliedAnthropology #ArtificialIntelligence #AI
May 13, 2025 at 5:32 AM
My paper presentation about AI, from a Postmodernist critique, for The Society for Applied Anthropology annual conference, March 2025, Portland, OR anthrofieldschool.com #Anthropology #SFAA #AppliedAnthropology #ArtificialIntelligence #AI
My panel on AI for The Society for Applied Anthropology annual conference, March 2025, Portland, OR #Anthropology #SFAA #AppliedAnthropology #ArtificialIntelligence #AI
May 13, 2025 at 5:30 AM
My panel on AI for The Society for Applied Anthropology annual conference, March 2025, Portland, OR #Anthropology #SFAA #AppliedAnthropology #ArtificialIntelligence #AI
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On May 5, the Los Angeles county public health department declared a Hepatitis A outbreak after an increase in cases (29 to date in 2025, 165 in 2024) and sustained virus detection in wastewater.
What is Hepatitis A and what can you do to protect yourself?
publichealth.lacounty.gov/phcommon/pub...
What is Hepatitis A and what can you do to protect yourself?
publichealth.lacounty.gov/phcommon/pub...
May 13, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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Global Ethnography Program
anthrofieldschool.com
The program is remote in instruction but flexible in application: you may conduct research locally, in the field, or entirely online using remote ethnographic techniques, or a mix of both.
anthrofieldschool.com
The program is remote in instruction but flexible in application: you may conduct research locally, in the field, or entirely online using remote ethnographic techniques, or a mix of both.
May 12, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Global Ethnography Program
anthrofieldschool.com
The program is remote in instruction but flexible in application: you may conduct research locally, in the field, or entirely online using remote ethnographic techniques, or a mix of both.
anthrofieldschool.com
The program is remote in instruction but flexible in application: you may conduct research locally, in the field, or entirely online using remote ethnographic techniques, or a mix of both.
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Because science doesn't mean anything in this idiocracy.
We’ve known for 30 years that this is a waste of money that prevents Americans from being safe
April 1, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Because science doesn't mean anything in this idiocracy.
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Good news is rare these days so here's some: This winter's COVID wave was less than half as deadly as last year's
covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-t...
covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-t...
March 31, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Good news is rare these days so here's some: This winter's COVID wave was less than half as deadly as last year's
covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-t...
covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-t...
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To put it in clearer terms…
March 17, 2025 at 3:13 PM
To put it in clearer terms…
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Crockett: "Down in Alabama, who's broke. Down in Louisiana, who's broke. I can go through pretty much the entire south and tell you that they're broke and rely on a lot of welfare from the government. To be perfectly honest, it is tax dollars from these big blue states...we're in the find out phase"
February 20, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Crockett: "Down in Alabama, who's broke. Down in Louisiana, who's broke. I can go through pretty much the entire south and tell you that they're broke and rely on a lot of welfare from the government. To be perfectly honest, it is tax dollars from these big blue states...we're in the find out phase"
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Community-engaged research is about telling stories that matter 🧪
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLJw...
With @drdanielgillis.bsky.social in Iqaluktuuttiaq
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLJw...
With @drdanielgillis.bsky.social in Iqaluktuuttiaq
Community engaged research and teaching
YouTube video by Shoshanah Jacobs
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February 19, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Community-engaged research is about telling stories that matter 🧪
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLJw...
With @drdanielgillis.bsky.social in Iqaluktuuttiaq
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLJw...
With @drdanielgillis.bsky.social in Iqaluktuuttiaq
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We’ve known for 30 years that this is a waste of money that prevents Americans from being safe
February 20, 2025 at 5:02 AM
We’ve known for 30 years that this is a waste of money that prevents Americans from being safe
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It was an honor to sign the guest book in the home of Anne Frank.
I was here as a younger man and thought about her life as a dark chapter of history.
Today, I can’t help but think of her story as one of caution. Our world is fragile, and it’s incumbent on us not to break it.
I was here as a younger man and thought about her life as a dark chapter of history.
Today, I can’t help but think of her story as one of caution. Our world is fragile, and it’s incumbent on us not to break it.
February 20, 2025 at 12:36 AM
It was an honor to sign the guest book in the home of Anne Frank.
I was here as a younger man and thought about her life as a dark chapter of history.
Today, I can’t help but think of her story as one of caution. Our world is fragile, and it’s incumbent on us not to break it.
I was here as a younger man and thought about her life as a dark chapter of history.
Today, I can’t help but think of her story as one of caution. Our world is fragile, and it’s incumbent on us not to break it.
The students of The Isla Mujeres Ethnographic Field School (IFS) bring professional results to the discipline! I took 2nd author with one of my students, Brandon Fischer, as 1st for a chapter in a collected volume! Learn more about IFS publications here: www.anthrofieldschool.com/publishedpap...
February 19, 2025 at 6:04 AM
The students of The Isla Mujeres Ethnographic Field School (IFS) bring professional results to the discipline! I took 2nd author with one of my students, Brandon Fischer, as 1st for a chapter in a collected volume! Learn more about IFS publications here: www.anthrofieldschool.com/publishedpap...
Ketchikan, AK Totem Heritage Center en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totem_H... Photo by Todd Pierce
January 30, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Ketchikan, AK Totem Heritage Center en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totem_H... Photo by Todd Pierce
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Warren: "He can stand there, smile at you and say, 'anybody can vaccinate their kids who wants to,' but he literally could bankrupt the vaccines manufacturers with the power he will have. And since he's got a financial incentive to do that, we cannot trust him in that job."
January 30, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Warren: "He can stand there, smile at you and say, 'anybody can vaccinate their kids who wants to,' but he literally could bankrupt the vaccines manufacturers with the power he will have. And since he's got a financial incentive to do that, we cannot trust him in that job."
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Yeah, how about not dissolving the air safety advisory commission at the FAA. As your team did last week.
January 30, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Yeah, how about not dissolving the air safety advisory commission at the FAA. As your team did last week.
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Just as bird flu is taking off.
January 28, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Just as bird flu is taking off.