Victoria Stewart
@hilaryjoy.bsky.social
The folklorist formerly known as Hilary Virtanen. Public-engaged worker at the Humanities Center at Wayne State University. <3 Detroit <3
Here's an interview I gave on an exhibit I created for the Fitz's 50th- WDET's The Metro: The sinking of the #EdmundFitzgerald is a #Detroit story - WDET 101.9 FM share.google/GGUWXAYFOX6L...
The Metro: The sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald is a Detroit story - WDET 101.9 FM
The Edmund Fitzgerald was built in Ecorse and sank en route to Zug Island. Victoria Stewart discusses the ship's Detroit connection on The Metro.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Here's an interview I gave on an exhibit I created for the Fitz's 50th- WDET's The Metro: The sinking of the #EdmundFitzgerald is a #Detroit story - WDET 101.9 FM share.google/GGUWXAYFOX6L...
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Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.
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This poor cargo freighter (the long, red horizontal thing to the left of the skyscrapers) got stuck sideways in the #Detroit River yesterday and is still there now. Probably not the way this poor crew wanted to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the #EdmundFitzgerald in the lost ship's hometown.
November 8, 2025 at 4:50 PM
This poor cargo freighter (the long, red horizontal thing to the left of the skyscrapers) got stuck sideways in the #Detroit River yesterday and is still there now. Probably not the way this poor crew wanted to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the #EdmundFitzgerald in the lost ship's hometown.
humanities.wayne.edu/edmund-fitzg... Tomorrow a pop-up exhibit I created at work about the #EdmundFitzgerald in #Detroit will debut at both the Dossin Great Lakes Museum and the Mariners' Church of Detroit, popping between the 2 sites all weekend. #balladlore #GalesOfNovember #LakeSuperior
Edmund Fitzgerald 50th Anniversary Commemoration
On November 10, 1975, the Great Lakes freight ship, the Edmund Fitzgerald, met its end when a gale on Lake Superior brought the 729-foot-long bulk carrier to its final resting place five hundred feet ...
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November 7, 2025 at 12:19 AM
humanities.wayne.edu/edmund-fitzg... Tomorrow a pop-up exhibit I created at work about the #EdmundFitzgerald in #Detroit will debut at both the Dossin Great Lakes Museum and the Mariners' Church of Detroit, popping between the 2 sites all weekend. #balladlore #GalesOfNovember #LakeSuperior
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Just for the record, in 2020:
- Wray was the FBI director Trump handpicked to replace Comey
- Jack Smith was in the Hague prosecuting Kosovo war crimes
- Garland was an appeals court judge
- Monaco was in private practice in LA
There was no Biden administration yet, crooked or otherwise.
He crazy.
- Wray was the FBI director Trump handpicked to replace Comey
- Jack Smith was in the Hague prosecuting Kosovo war crimes
- Garland was an appeals court judge
- Monaco was in private practice in LA
There was no Biden administration yet, crooked or otherwise.
He crazy.
October 25, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Just for the record, in 2020:
- Wray was the FBI director Trump handpicked to replace Comey
- Jack Smith was in the Hague prosecuting Kosovo war crimes
- Garland was an appeals court judge
- Monaco was in private practice in LA
There was no Biden administration yet, crooked or otherwise.
He crazy.
- Wray was the FBI director Trump handpicked to replace Comey
- Jack Smith was in the Hague prosecuting Kosovo war crimes
- Garland was an appeals court judge
- Monaco was in private practice in LA
There was no Biden administration yet, crooked or otherwise.
He crazy.
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The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.
October 21, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.
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Boiler Up
Purdue to the rescue of IU student newspaper, whose institution was attempting censorship. Details in alt!
October 19, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Boiler Up
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The administration offer is a tempting one though: Big financial gains for any university willing to convert itself from a factory of ideas to a slaughterhouse of democracy.
"It wanted to signal strength. Instead, it’s revealing its weakness. The administration’s need to break the academy is forcing it to make a desperately risky gamble." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...
Opinion | You Beat Trumpism by Banding Together. It’s as Hard and as Simple as That.
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October 8, 2025 at 12:27 PM
The administration offer is a tempting one though: Big financial gains for any university willing to convert itself from a factory of ideas to a slaughterhouse of democracy.
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It’s important to flood social media and news channels with news about how ICE lies, so that potential jurors see it.
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.
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October 6, 2025 at 10:27 PM
It’s important to flood social media and news channels with news about how ICE lies, so that potential jurors see it.
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Newsom: He is a failed president. Who else sends ICE at the same time while having a conversation like this? Someone who is weak, broken. His weakness is masquerading as a strength. The most unpopular president in modern history.
August 14, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Newsom: He is a failed president. Who else sends ICE at the same time while having a conversation like this? Someone who is weak, broken. His weakness is masquerading as a strength. The most unpopular president in modern history.
Vietin Juhannusta kotikylässäni Toivolassa perinteellisen kokon vieressä Superiorin järven rannalla. Oli tosi ihana ilta.
June 22, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Vietin Juhannusta kotikylässäni Toivolassa perinteellisen kokon vieressä Superiorin järven rannalla. Oli tosi ihana ilta.
Today a film that is the culmination of a multi-year history project on the Finnish labor hall in Lanesville, MA was released. I'm proud to have had a teeny role in it. Congrats to the people of the Lanesville Community Center- this js a good film! youtu.be/Fvk1viXcYMM?...
Finn Halls: The Center of Finnish-American Life on Cape Ann ~ ©2025, Cape Ann Media Productions, LCC
YouTube video by Cape Ann Media Productions
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May 19, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Today a film that is the culmination of a multi-year history project on the Finnish labor hall in Lanesville, MA was released. I'm proud to have had a teeny role in it. Congrats to the people of the Lanesville Community Center- this js a good film! youtu.be/Fvk1viXcYMM?...
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30 April 1945 | As Soviet forces neared his command bunker in Berlin Adolf Hitler shot himself.
Hitler's Thousand Year Reich lasted twelve years, four months & eight days.
We need to commemorate all the victims & remember where ideologies of hatred may lead humanity to.
Hitler's Thousand Year Reich lasted twelve years, four months & eight days.
We need to commemorate all the victims & remember where ideologies of hatred may lead humanity to.
April 30, 2025 at 10:01 AM
30 April 1945 | As Soviet forces neared his command bunker in Berlin Adolf Hitler shot himself.
Hitler's Thousand Year Reich lasted twelve years, four months & eight days.
We need to commemorate all the victims & remember where ideologies of hatred may lead humanity to.
Hitler's Thousand Year Reich lasted twelve years, four months & eight days.
We need to commemorate all the victims & remember where ideologies of hatred may lead humanity to.
Went to a play at the Senate Theater last night and was treated to a tour after the show where I got to see the organ that gets used for silent film shows! Detroit has it all.
April 28, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Went to a play at the Senate Theater last night and was treated to a tour after the show where I got to see the organ that gets used for silent film shows! Detroit has it all.
www.scandinaviahouse.org/exhibitions/... I am thrilled to be going to New York soon for the opening of this exhibit, which will showcase Nordic American traditional arts from the Upper Midwest. It will be at the Scandinavia House in NYC all summer, and then it will come to the Midwest!
NORDIC ECHOES — TRADITION IN CONTEMPORARY ART
The first major traveling exhibition of contemporary Nordic folk art and cultural traditions opens at Scandinavia House in April 2025.
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March 22, 2025 at 9:42 PM
www.scandinaviahouse.org/exhibitions/... I am thrilled to be going to New York soon for the opening of this exhibit, which will showcase Nordic American traditional arts from the Upper Midwest. It will be at the Scandinavia House in NYC all summer, and then it will come to the Midwest!
Went to Bernie Sanders' Fighting Oligarchy rally in Warren yesterday with my sister in law and son where we volunteered, helping nearly 10,000 people into the three venues on a high school campus where he went to each site and spoke. Knowing you're not alone helps. Shared energy and purpose helps.
March 9, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Went to Bernie Sanders' Fighting Oligarchy rally in Warren yesterday with my sister in law and son where we volunteered, helping nearly 10,000 people into the three venues on a high school campus where he went to each site and spoke. Knowing you're not alone helps. Shared energy and purpose helps.
Join me February 28, 8 am-midnight EST for the WSU Humanities Center's Big #Epic Read. We will read #Kalevala with the #Finnish Cultural Center, online and in person. To register, email victorias@wayne.edu or visit this link: events.wayne.edu/2025/02/28/d... #folklore #Finland #Detroit #WayneState
February 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Join me February 28, 8 am-midnight EST for the WSU Humanities Center's Big #Epic Read. We will read #Kalevala with the #Finnish Cultural Center, online and in person. To register, email victorias@wayne.edu or visit this link: events.wayne.edu/2025/02/28/d... #folklore #Finland #Detroit #WayneState
The Black Cat of Sabotage has called an early morning work stoppage. I think I'll snuggle in solidarity.
February 12, 2025 at 12:39 PM
The Black Cat of Sabotage has called an early morning work stoppage. I think I'll snuggle in solidarity.
Tell us you're petty without telling us you're petty, Chump.
The Associated Press says the White House blocked it from covering an official event on Tuesday because it did not refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America. By @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social
White House blocks AP from event for using 'Gulf of Mexico'
The Associated Press says the White House blocked it from covering an official event on Tuesday because it did not refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.
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February 12, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Tell us you're petty without telling us you're petty, Chump.
Hi all- on Saturday, February 15 at noon Eastern time, I'm giving a lecture called "Animals, Humans, and Spirits in #Kalevala" for the Finnish American Society of Cape Cod. To RSVP and get the Zoom link, email mlariv @ icloud .com. #folklore #Finnish #epic #tradition #nature #belief
February 9, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I'm proud to announce my first public program through the Detroit Humanities Hub: the Big Epic Read! This year, we will read Kalevala with our friends at the Finnish Cultural Center here in metro Detroit. Join us in person or over Zoom. Details and RSVP here: events.wayne.edu/2025/02/28/d...
January 31, 2025 at 11:03 PM
I'm proud to announce my first public program through the Detroit Humanities Hub: the Big Epic Read! This year, we will read Kalevala with our friends at the Finnish Cultural Center here in metro Detroit. Join us in person or over Zoom. Details and RSVP here: events.wayne.edu/2025/02/28/d...
In a world of bureaucrats just following the rules, be a Wallenberg.
January 25, 2025 at 2:27 PM
In a world of bureaucrats just following the rules, be a Wallenberg.