Tonia Sutherland
@toniasutherland.bsky.social
thinker. writer. lover. scholar of archives, community, & technology @ ucla. island girl. hoper of hopes.
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So proud of my friends who are rocking it even when they think they aren't. You are all really stellar!
November 14, 2025 at 8:38 PM
So proud of my friends who are rocking it even when they think they aren't. You are all really stellar!
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Rather than trivializing how much toilet paper Ghislaine Maxwell has access to behind bars, remember that most incarcerated people have little to their name.
Toilet paper isn't a luxury – it's a basic necessity.
Toilet paper isn't a luxury – it's a basic necessity.
Apparently, Ghislaine Maxwell is living it up in prison with unlimited toilet paper. Here’s what we know about her alleged special privileges at her new federal prison camp in Texas.
Ghislaine Maxwell Is Living It Up With Unlimited Toilet Paper
What we know about the special privileges Epstein’s accomplice is reportedly receiving at her new federal prison camp in Texas.
nymag.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Rather than trivializing how much toilet paper Ghislaine Maxwell has access to behind bars, remember that most incarcerated people have little to their name.
Toilet paper isn't a luxury – it's a basic necessity.
Toilet paper isn't a luxury – it's a basic necessity.
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personally I think one Bill Clinton oral sex scandal was quite enough thank you
November 14, 2025 at 5:49 PM
personally I think one Bill Clinton oral sex scandal was quite enough thank you
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His closing lines are 🔥: "What I do know is that I was accused more than once by some Board members and the Governor’s office of being stubborn. Perhaps I am. But stubborn and principled often look the same, especially to those who are unprincipled."
Jim Ryan wrote a letter to UVA detailing his "resignation" and I'm gonna get some fresh tea before I read it because I feel pretty certain I'm gonna be filled with righteous anger by the end
I'll do a thread but here's the full letter provided by the chronicle
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
I'll do a thread but here's the full letter provided by the chronicle
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
Jim Ryan letter
www.documentcloud.org
November 14, 2025 at 5:05 PM
His closing lines are 🔥: "What I do know is that I was accused more than once by some Board members and the Governor’s office of being stubborn. Perhaps I am. But stubborn and principled often look the same, especially to those who are unprincipled."
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Livvy help please come get me, it happened again. I saw a flower and now I can't stop crying
November 14, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Livvy help please come get me, it happened again. I saw a flower and now I can't stop crying
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Spare yourself
November 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Spare yourself
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I'd love a fourth estate that didn't think this was a fucking game
November 14, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I'd love a fourth estate that didn't think this was a fucking game
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NEW: Pope Leo XIV will share a meal this Sunday with Alessia Nobile and four fellow transgender Catholic activists, during the Vatican’s Jubilee of the Poor — marking the most significant public encounter shared between a pope and the trans community.
NEW: Transgender Activists to Dine with Pope Leo XIV during Sunday's Jubilee for the Poor
Papal luncheon with trans advocate Alessia Nobile set for Sunday at Vatican’s Jubilee of the Poor, highlighting a legacy of outreach and hopes for continued inclusion.
open.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:05 AM
NEW: Pope Leo XIV will share a meal this Sunday with Alessia Nobile and four fellow transgender Catholic activists, during the Vatican’s Jubilee of the Poor — marking the most significant public encounter shared between a pope and the trans community.
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Infantilizing women until they’re no longer responsible for their choices is also sexist.
November 14, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Infantilizing women until they’re no longer responsible for their choices is also sexist.
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“Teachers and librarians are scared to get fired. So we make sure these books are still accessible. Some of our book smugglers can’t tell you who they are, but they’re out there.” - Tony Diaz, founder of Librotraficantes (Reporting Texas)
@penamerica.bsky.social
@penamerica.bsky.social
As a New Texas Law Clamps Down on School Libraries, 'Librotraficantes' Fight Back - Reporting Texas
Just two months after a new Texas law expanded parents’ power to challenge school library books, authors gathered at the Texas Book Festival’s Banned Book Bash to read from titles that have been banne...
www.reportingtexas.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:31 PM
“Teachers and librarians are scared to get fired. So we make sure these books are still accessible. Some of our book smugglers can’t tell you who they are, but they’re out there.” - Tony Diaz, founder of Librotraficantes (Reporting Texas)
@penamerica.bsky.social
@penamerica.bsky.social
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Last day of #ASCriminology2025! We're here all day for your last chance to drop by our booth and check out our latest books in Criminology.
If you're on the road home, our ASC website where you can save 40% on our displayed books will be up for a few more weeks: www.ucpress.edu/book-lists/a...
If you're on the road home, our ASC website where you can save 40% on our displayed books will be up for a few more weeks: www.ucpress.edu/book-lists/a...
November 14, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Last day of #ASCriminology2025! We're here all day for your last chance to drop by our booth and check out our latest books in Criminology.
If you're on the road home, our ASC website where you can save 40% on our displayed books will be up for a few more weeks: www.ucpress.edu/book-lists/a...
If you're on the road home, our ASC website where you can save 40% on our displayed books will be up for a few more weeks: www.ucpress.edu/book-lists/a...
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This week Open AI walked back a call for the govt to backstop financing for its trillion dollar investments in data centers. This was only the tip of the iceberg; a slow bailout for AI firms is already underway. Read more from @ambakak.bsky.social and I in @wsj.com: www.wsj.com/opinion/you-...
Opinion | You May Already Be Bailing Out the AI Business
Washington is treating the industry as if it’s too big to fail, even as the market sends lukewarm signals.
www.wsj.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:56 PM
This week Open AI walked back a call for the govt to backstop financing for its trillion dollar investments in data centers. This was only the tip of the iceberg; a slow bailout for AI firms is already underway. Read more from @ambakak.bsky.social and I in @wsj.com: www.wsj.com/opinion/you-...
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A lot of people are going to walk away from the Ghislaine Maxwell coverage with the impression that our prison system isn’t punitive enough but I’d say it highlights how most everyone else is treated with *deliberate* cruelty.
November 14, 2025 at 1:27 PM
A lot of people are going to walk away from the Ghislaine Maxwell coverage with the impression that our prison system isn’t punitive enough but I’d say it highlights how most everyone else is treated with *deliberate* cruelty.
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Waymo is hitting the highway. The company said starting Wednesday its robotaxis are expanding their routes to freeways and interstates around San Francisco, Los Angeles and Phoenix.
Waymo is hitting the highway. Here's what to know about the robotaxi's expanded service
Waymo is hitting the highway. The company says starting Wednesday its robotaxis — already a common sight on some city streets — are expanding their routes to freeways and interstates around San Francisco, Los Angeles and Phoenix.
bit.ly
November 14, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Waymo is hitting the highway. The company said starting Wednesday its robotaxis are expanding their routes to freeways and interstates around San Francisco, Los Angeles and Phoenix.
This makes me physically sick.
November 14, 2025 at 1:29 PM
This makes me physically sick.
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This is the same administration that has ordered the return of a Confederate monument to Arlington National Cemetery--one which celebrates the "loyal slave" narrative as represented by the images of the "faithful mammy" and a body servant (slave) in Confederate uniform. 🗃️
www.cnn.com/2025/11/13/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/13/p...
Display about Black soldiers in World War II removed from US military cemetery | CNN Politics
Decades ago, as some of the bloodiest fighting in World War II ramped up in Europe, 19-year-old 1st Lt. Jeffersons Wiggins, along with hundreds of other Black soldiers in, were tasked with burying the...
www.cnn.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:20 PM
This is the same administration that has ordered the return of a Confederate monument to Arlington National Cemetery--one which celebrates the "loyal slave" narrative as represented by the images of the "faithful mammy" and a body servant (slave) in Confederate uniform. 🗃️
www.cnn.com/2025/11/13/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/13/p...
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Please to speak with @the-independent.com about the boat strikes and the law.
“The term for premeditated killing outside of armed conflict is murder. And the Trump administration has not established that these strikes are taking place in an armed conflict.”
DOJ: US forces following orders.
“The term for premeditated killing outside of armed conflict is murder. And the Trump administration has not established that these strikes are taking place in an armed conflict.”
DOJ: US forces following orders.
Experts doubt legal memo shields troops from prosecution over Trump’s boat strikes
Experts doubt legal memo shields troops from prosecution over Trump’s boat strikes
www.independent.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Please to speak with @the-independent.com about the boat strikes and the law.
“The term for premeditated killing outside of armed conflict is murder. And the Trump administration has not established that these strikes are taking place in an armed conflict.”
DOJ: US forces following orders.
“The term for premeditated killing outside of armed conflict is murder. And the Trump administration has not established that these strikes are taking place in an armed conflict.”
DOJ: US forces following orders.
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Choosing a side: "Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable group." www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
www.404media.co
November 14, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Choosing a side: "Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable group." www.404media.co/google-has-c...
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The children’s picture book, “Strega Nona, An OldTale,” celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. Author and illustrator Tomie dePaola penned the book about the Italian “grandmother witch.” (via @mprnews.org)
Strega Nona turns 50 — and her art lives in Minneapolis
The University of Minnesota’s Kerlan Collection is celebrating the 50th anniversary of Tomie dePaola’s beloved picture book “Strega Nona,” showcasing the original illustrations and highlighting Minnesota’s unique role in preserving the warmth, artistry and enduring cultural impact of this classic story.
n.pr
November 12, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The children’s picture book, “Strega Nona, An OldTale,” celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. Author and illustrator Tomie dePaola penned the book about the Italian “grandmother witch.” (via @mprnews.org)
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A family has handed over a 13th century book to the National Library of Norway. Conservator Chiara Palandri says its pages were made of calfskin parchment and that the cover appears to be hairy sealskin. The strap to hold the book together is thought to have been made from reindeer hide.
Eight pages bound in furry seal skin may be Norway's oldest book
The little book is so rare that the National Library of Norway is bringing in experts from around the world to learn more.
www.sciencenorway.no
November 12, 2025 at 6:29 PM
A family has handed over a 13th century book to the National Library of Norway. Conservator Chiara Palandri says its pages were made of calfskin parchment and that the cover appears to be hairy sealskin. The strap to hold the book together is thought to have been made from reindeer hide.
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The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)—aka the “mono” virus—can also trigger Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (MECFS) and is a risk factor for Multiple Sclerosis.
COVID-19 infection is one of the things that can trigger the reactivation of EBV (others include mold or mycotoxin exposure).
COVID-19 infection is one of the things that can trigger the reactivation of EBV (others include mold or mycotoxin exposure).
🦠NEW: Scientists just confirmed that the “Mono” virus can trigger and sustain lupus — something researchers had suspected for decades, but only based on anecdotal evidence.
My story for @sciam.bsky.social 🧪
My story for @sciam.bsky.social 🧪
The Virus That Causes Mono May Also Cause Lupus
Early findings indicate that Epstein-Barr Virus may also cause the autoimmune disease lupus
www.scientificamerican.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)—aka the “mono” virus—can also trigger Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (MECFS) and is a risk factor for Multiple Sclerosis.
COVID-19 infection is one of the things that can trigger the reactivation of EBV (others include mold or mycotoxin exposure).
COVID-19 infection is one of the things that can trigger the reactivation of EBV (others include mold or mycotoxin exposure).
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Today is the publication day for WITHOUT CONSENT, a book I am so proud to share with the world, and that the New York Times Book Review says "is years — decades — overdue."
Read more, and order in your preferred format from your favorite retailer here: www.sarahweinman.com/book/without...
Read more, and order in your preferred format from your favorite retailer here: www.sarahweinman.com/book/without...
November 11, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Today is the publication day for WITHOUT CONSENT, a book I am so proud to share with the world, and that the New York Times Book Review says "is years — decades — overdue."
Read more, and order in your preferred format from your favorite retailer here: www.sarahweinman.com/book/without...
Read more, and order in your preferred format from your favorite retailer here: www.sarahweinman.com/book/without...
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Collections society GEMA has won a copyright suit in Germany against OpenAI over ChatGPT reproducing song lyrics
www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/gema-wins-la...
www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/gema-wins-la...
GEMA wins landmark ruling against OpenAI over ChatGPT’s use of song lyrics - Music Business Worldwide
Court in Germany finds that ChatGPT violates copyright laws through its unauthorized use of song lyrics…
www.musicbusinessworldwide.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Collections society GEMA has won a copyright suit in Germany against OpenAI over ChatGPT reproducing song lyrics
www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/gema-wins-la...
www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/gema-wins-la...