Angela Sutton (she/her)
@drangelasutton.bsky.social
Author: Pirates of the Slave Trade
Professor: Communication of Science & Tech
Director: Fort Negley Descendants Project & Builders and Defenders Database
www.buildersanddefenders.org
www.AngelaSutton.info
My views are my own.
Professor: Communication of Science & Tech
Director: Fort Negley Descendants Project & Builders and Defenders Database
www.buildersanddefenders.org
www.AngelaSutton.info
My views are my own.
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✨ Book Deal Announcement ✨
It's official! @learothawms.bsky.social and I have signed with Vanderbilt University Press to publish Fightin' to Get Free: Fort Negley and the Struggle to (re)Define a City!
It's official! @learothawms.bsky.social and I have signed with Vanderbilt University Press to publish Fightin' to Get Free: Fort Negley and the Struggle to (re)Define a City!
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kinda miss the times when people asked me why the study of colonialism / imperialism was relevant tbh
Uh
*TRUMP SAYS US WILL 'RUN' VENEZUELA UNTIL TRANSITION POSSIBLE
*TRUMP SAYS US WILL 'RUN' VENEZUELA UNTIL TRANSITION POSSIBLE
January 3, 2026 at 5:37 PM
kinda miss the times when people asked me why the study of colonialism / imperialism was relevant tbh
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January 3, 2026 at 2:37 PM
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Trump’s unilateral operation last night was an illegal act of war without Congress’s authorization.
Maduro is a brutal dictator who has oppressed the Venezuelan people, but our constitution does not yield for bad people.
Maduro is a brutal dictator who has oppressed the Venezuelan people, but our constitution does not yield for bad people.
January 3, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Trump’s unilateral operation last night was an illegal act of war without Congress’s authorization.
Maduro is a brutal dictator who has oppressed the Venezuelan people, but our constitution does not yield for bad people.
Maduro is a brutal dictator who has oppressed the Venezuelan people, but our constitution does not yield for bad people.
The US used to do this to other countries in Latin America all the time. Now the government isn't competent enough/doesn't care enough to hide it or leave plausible deniability. In fact, they wanted the world to see US Chinooks fly in and snatch up another country's president & first lady.
January 3, 2026 at 3:13 PM
The US used to do this to other countries in Latin America all the time. Now the government isn't competent enough/doesn't care enough to hide it or leave plausible deniability. In fact, they wanted the world to see US Chinooks fly in and snatch up another country's president & first lady.
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Magic Johnson was the grand marshal of the Rose Parade today, and as someone who remembers his November 1991 HIV announcement: if you had told anybody that day that he would be alive and healthy 34+ years later, I don't think they would have believed you. Medicine and research—they work.
January 1, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Magic Johnson was the grand marshal of the Rose Parade today, and as someone who remembers his November 1991 HIV announcement: if you had told anybody that day that he would be alive and healthy 34+ years later, I don't think they would have believed you. Medicine and research—they work.
Reposted by Angela Sutton (she/her)
The destruction of knowledge and history is haphazard & breathtaking.
NASA’s Largest Library Is Closing Amid Staff and Lab Cuts.
NASA’s Largest Library Is Closing Amid Staff and Lab Cuts.
NASA’s Largest Library Is Closing Amid Staff and Lab Cuts
www.nytimes.com
December 31, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The destruction of knowledge and history is haphazard & breathtaking.
NASA’s Largest Library Is Closing Amid Staff and Lab Cuts.
NASA’s Largest Library Is Closing Amid Staff and Lab Cuts.
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What if, and hear me out, media outlets published articles by the marginalized scholars coerced into early retirement by mistreatment at work instead of the scribblings of this extremely whiny man making six figures while teaching a couple classes a year.
The reason this Harvard history professor decided he was done with one of the best and most privileged jobs in the world was, in his own words, because he was forced to lecture in a mask during peak Covid.
I’m not making this up.
I’m not making this up.
December 31, 2025 at 7:59 PM
What if, and hear me out, media outlets published articles by the marginalized scholars coerced into early retirement by mistreatment at work instead of the scribblings of this extremely whiny man making six figures while teaching a couple classes a year.
Reposted by Angela Sutton (she/her)
He doesn't need to let the door hit him on the behind like this...but apparently we all need to be subjected to his whining about how public health measures cramped his sexist pig style.
The reason this Harvard history professor decided he was done with one of the best and most privileged jobs in the world was, in his own words, because he was forced to lecture in a mask during peak Covid.
I’m not making this up.
I’m not making this up.
December 31, 2025 at 4:08 PM
He doesn't need to let the door hit him on the behind like this...but apparently we all need to be subjected to his whining about how public health measures cramped his sexist pig style.
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How I'm walking out of 2025.
December 29, 2025 at 4:42 AM
How I'm walking out of 2025.
Someone said I did too much Black history and they wished I would do more Tennessee history. (Friends, about 80% of my "Black" history took place in Tennessee. The history of this state is Black, what do you want from me?).
What’s the funniest reason someone got mad at you on Bluesky this year?
December 30, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Someone said I did too much Black history and they wished I would do more Tennessee history. (Friends, about 80% of my "Black" history took place in Tennessee. The history of this state is Black, what do you want from me?).
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Earlier this year, Republicans tried to eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities in their 2026 budget, while proposing a 13% increase in defense spending. The Institute of Museum and Library Services just got their funding back through courts.
Boycotting Constitution Hall because the DAR won’t let Marian Anderson sing has costs. It may end opera. Is that worth it? By Megan McArdle, 1939
December 30, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Earlier this year, Republicans tried to eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities in their 2026 budget, while proposing a 13% increase in defense spending. The Institute of Museum and Library Services just got their funding back through courts.
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New, from me: The NYT reporter who specializes in profiles of beleaguered right-wingers on campus went to New College...and found out that things were going ok!
So let me explain some pretty massive errors of omission: 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nyt-re...
So let me explain some pretty massive errors of omission: 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nyt-re...
The NYT Recruiting Brochure for New College
A failing Ron DeSantis higher ed experiment gets a boost
donmoynihan.substack.com
December 28, 2025 at 7:50 PM
New, from me: The NYT reporter who specializes in profiles of beleaguered right-wingers on campus went to New College...and found out that things were going ok!
So let me explain some pretty massive errors of omission: 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nyt-re...
So let me explain some pretty massive errors of omission: 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nyt-re...
Oh yes.
You don't even want to know the stuff European slave traders wrote.
There's no subtext, it's just text.
You don't even want to know the stuff European slave traders wrote.
There's no subtext, it's just text.
Every time I start reading a collector's archive, I think "this will be a waste of time - no way did they preserve any incriminating details"... and every time I find they left themselves little notes-to-self like "bought this from a thief at [extremely sacred Nepal site]."
December 30, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Oh yes.
You don't even want to know the stuff European slave traders wrote.
There's no subtext, it's just text.
You don't even want to know the stuff European slave traders wrote.
There's no subtext, it's just text.
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Fantastic thread about Nashville history, German influence, the Civil War, Reconstruction, the KKK, and more.
The more I learn about Tennessee legal and constitutional history in the 1800s the more fascinated I become.
The more I learn about Tennessee legal and constitutional history in the 1800s the more fascinated I become.
Did y'all know that Nashville had TWO German-language newspapers there for a while?
Though relatively short-lived, I've found them to be pretty important when it comes to Tennessee's Black history.
Though relatively short-lived, I've found them to be pretty important when it comes to Tennessee's Black history.
December 30, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Fantastic thread about Nashville history, German influence, the Civil War, Reconstruction, the KKK, and more.
The more I learn about Tennessee legal and constitutional history in the 1800s the more fascinated I become.
The more I learn about Tennessee legal and constitutional history in the 1800s the more fascinated I become.
Reposted by Angela Sutton (she/her)
THIS THIS THIS. ALL OF THIS
THIS is why faculty resist technological strategies for teaching. There is no engaging with Edtech without this context
THIS is why faculty resist technological strategies for teaching. There is no engaging with Edtech without this context
December 30, 2025 at 1:50 AM
THIS THIS THIS. ALL OF THIS
THIS is why faculty resist technological strategies for teaching. There is no engaging with Edtech without this context
THIS is why faculty resist technological strategies for teaching. There is no engaging with Edtech without this context
This reminded me why I had stopped watching Stewart years and years ago. When you make fun of maskers, you're saying their life, or the lives of those going through some *REAL SHIT* who they are protecting means nothing to you.
At least it's an obvious red flag.
#oneofthetwo
At least it's an obvious red flag.
#oneofthetwo
December 30, 2025 at 2:18 AM
This reminded me why I had stopped watching Stewart years and years ago. When you make fun of maskers, you're saying their life, or the lives of those going through some *REAL SHIT* who they are protecting means nothing to you.
At least it's an obvious red flag.
#oneofthetwo
At least it's an obvious red flag.
#oneofthetwo
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“You are not entitled to a response from us, or anyone, ever,” is what a US Education Department spokesperson wrote to one of our reporters, @megomatz.bsky.social, after she repeatedly tried to get comment from the department and its officials. My column on the condemnation of good journalism.
Our Reporters Reached Out for Comment. They Were Accused of Stalking and Intimidation.
Our journalists reach out to people they’re writing about to ensure fairness. But in this environment, they’ve found their efforts to do so are more likely to be vilified than appreciated.
www.propublica.org
December 29, 2025 at 2:58 PM
“You are not entitled to a response from us, or anyone, ever,” is what a US Education Department spokesperson wrote to one of our reporters, @megomatz.bsky.social, after she repeatedly tried to get comment from the department and its officials. My column on the condemnation of good journalism.
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“They used [the paintings] . . . as though his work aligned with their values, i.e., promoting this segregationist vision of America,” said Daisy. “And so of course we were upset by this, because Norman Rockwell was really very clearly anti-segregationist.”
"Norman Rockwell was antifa," his granddaughter says. (Fact check: literally true.)
www.thebulwark.com/p/norman-roc...
www.thebulwark.com/p/norman-roc...
The MAGAfication of Norman Rockwell
Trump uses the artist’s work—like other cultural icons—to promote Gestapo tactics and nativist ideas.
www.thebulwark.com
December 29, 2025 at 4:14 AM
“They used [the paintings] . . . as though his work aligned with their values, i.e., promoting this segregationist vision of America,” said Daisy. “And so of course we were upset by this, because Norman Rockwell was really very clearly anti-segregationist.”
How I'm walking out of 2025.
December 29, 2025 at 4:42 AM
How I'm walking out of 2025.
At this point if you are caught citing something you haven't even looked at, because it doesn't exist, you don't need to be published.
I'm not saying you have to read the whole thing, but at least take a look!
I'm not saying you have to read the whole thing, but at least take a look!
I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.
December 28, 2025 at 8:21 PM
At this point if you are caught citing something you haven't even looked at, because it doesn't exist, you don't need to be published.
I'm not saying you have to read the whole thing, but at least take a look!
I'm not saying you have to read the whole thing, but at least take a look!
Reposted by Angela Sutton (she/her)
LOTS of American cities had foreign-language newspapers. Thanks in part to the Library of Congress & National Endowment for the Humanities, US newspapers have been actively collected, preserved, cataloged, & selectively digitized.
Fabulous sources!
Fabulous sources!
Did y'all know that Nashville had TWO German-language newspapers there for a while?
Though relatively short-lived, I've found them to be pretty important when it comes to Tennessee's Black history.
Though relatively short-lived, I've found them to be pretty important when it comes to Tennessee's Black history.
December 28, 2025 at 5:12 PM
LOTS of American cities had foreign-language newspapers. Thanks in part to the Library of Congress & National Endowment for the Humanities, US newspapers have been actively collected, preserved, cataloged, & selectively digitized.
Fabulous sources!
Fabulous sources!
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"They pulled her out of Clinton High and moved to Los Angeles at the urging of an uncle of hers who lived there. After finishing school, she began a long career as a pediatric nurse in California."
Jo Ann Allen Boyce Dies at 84; She was one of the Clinton 12, a group of Black students who faced white mobs when desegregating a Tennessee high school in 1956 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/u...
Jo Ann Allen Boyce Dies at 84; Braved Mobs in Integrating a School
www.nytimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
"They pulled her out of Clinton High and moved to Los Angeles at the urging of an uncle of hers who lived there. After finishing school, she began a long career as a pediatric nurse in California."
You know how we fought the Civil War to end chattel slavery in the 1860s and then OVER A CENTURY LATER there had to be a Civil Rights movement because America still hadn't got her shit together? And then people have the nerve to be like "what more do *they* want?"
It's so disingenuous. Be real.
It's so disingenuous. Be real.
December 28, 2025 at 1:46 AM
You know how we fought the Civil War to end chattel slavery in the 1860s and then OVER A CENTURY LATER there had to be a Civil Rights movement because America still hadn't got her shit together? And then people have the nerve to be like "what more do *they* want?"
It's so disingenuous. Be real.
It's so disingenuous. Be real.
No context needed, but go read the thread they're replying to anyway.
Everything is contaminated by the failure to reckon honestly with the past.
December 27, 2025 at 11:48 PM
No context needed, but go read the thread they're replying to anyway.
Reposted by Angela Sutton (she/her)
Claude (Opus 4.5) has started citing Grokipedia in its results.
December 26, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Claude (Opus 4.5) has started citing Grokipedia in its results.