Sussu Laaksonen
@sumfaralla.bsky.social
Writer, body nerd, doctoral researcher at University of the Arts in Helsinki. Part-time Amsterdam resident. Tea snob. Hammock appreciator. Vintage bisexual.
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Jaana Semeri & Leena Virtanen (2023) Neitoperhot ja pahanhautojat: naiset tekevät elokuvia
journal.fi
December 1, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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From "On Love" by Sara Nicholson #smallpoemsunday
August 10, 2025 at 9:26 PM
From "On Love" by Sara Nicholson #smallpoemsunday
I’m doing a five day fast in solidarity with people who are starving in Gaza. I am expressing my frustration and despair in the face of the Israeli government using starvation as a weapon of war while the international community passively watches.
Home - Their Hunger is Ours
We are Palestinians, Israelis and internationals who refuse to stay silent — standing together in nonviolent action, in hunger strike, in solidarity for Gaza.
theirhungerisours.satyamhome.org
August 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I’m doing a five day fast in solidarity with people who are starving in Gaza. I am expressing my frustration and despair in the face of the Israeli government using starvation as a weapon of war while the international community passively watches.
My adorable husband is posting adorable updates from our adorable campervan at an adorable nerd festival on his adorable blog that he hosts on an adorable raspberry PI from our closet. (Closet not adorable, just regular.)
home.jdblair.org/festival/202...
home.jdblair.org/festival/202...
impressions of my first day at WHY2025
arrival
home.jdblair.org
August 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
My adorable husband is posting adorable updates from our adorable campervan at an adorable nerd festival on his adorable blog that he hosts on an adorable raspberry PI from our closet. (Closet not adorable, just regular.)
home.jdblair.org/festival/202...
home.jdblair.org/festival/202...
Love this literature discovery tool 😍😍😍 type in an author and it's shows you a map of like-minded writers. If your favorite is missing, you can suggest.
www.literature-map.com?fbclid=IwY2x...
www.literature-map.com?fbclid=IwY2x...
Literature Map - The Tourist Map of Literature
www.literature-map.com
August 9, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Love this literature discovery tool 😍😍😍 type in an author and it's shows you a map of like-minded writers. If your favorite is missing, you can suggest.
www.literature-map.com?fbclid=IwY2x...
www.literature-map.com?fbclid=IwY2x...
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sometimes i forget i am now microcelebrity monitored by the panopticon and therefore shouldn’t talk about my personal life here in, like, any way
August 6, 2025 at 7:03 PM
sometimes i forget i am now microcelebrity monitored by the panopticon and therefore shouldn’t talk about my personal life here in, like, any way
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Every horrible atrocity the human race has ever committed, every rape, every murder, every mass shooting and poisoning, every dictator and corrupt oligarch, come from the same common clay as you and I. Not enough people actually sit with what that means.
July 23, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Every horrible atrocity the human race has ever committed, every rape, every murder, every mass shooting and poisoning, every dictator and corrupt oligarch, come from the same common clay as you and I. Not enough people actually sit with what that means.
I dreamed that I had excellent flying technique and wanted to teach others. I taught Beyonce to fly. Then I got worried that flying might get too popular and people would end up seeing traumatizing things or doing evil stuff. I decided I would teach only select, trustworthy people. Happy Midsummer!
June 19, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I dreamed that I had excellent flying technique and wanted to teach others. I taught Beyonce to fly. Then I got worried that flying might get too popular and people would end up seeing traumatizing things or doing evil stuff. I decided I would teach only select, trustworthy people. Happy Midsummer!
My terrifically smart friend Monifa thinks about AI for a living.
Teaching AI to Dance: The Polarity Principle That Beats Optimization
www.linkedin.com/pulse/teachi...
Teaching AI to Dance: The Polarity Principle That Beats Optimization
www.linkedin.com/pulse/teachi...
Teaching AI to Dance: The Polarity Principle That Beats Optimization
Monifa Porter is Managing Partner, Venture Building and AI at Mach49. A Stanford GSB alum with patents in NLP and machine learning, she has led products and product teams at PayPal, Opower, and A3Vent...
www.linkedin.com
June 17, 2025 at 5:52 PM
My terrifically smart friend Monifa thinks about AI for a living.
Teaching AI to Dance: The Polarity Principle That Beats Optimization
www.linkedin.com/pulse/teachi...
Teaching AI to Dance: The Polarity Principle That Beats Optimization
www.linkedin.com/pulse/teachi...
"The underlying assumption in the Project Astra hype video is that every instant that we spend with other people without transacting is an instant of unnecessary friction: a transaction cost getting in the way of efficient market exchange."
The very clever Fraser putting his finger on something very specifically dreadful about AI’s promise of a frictionless everything: www.henryfrasertechlaw.com/post/the-nig...
The nightmare of a frictionless world
Big tech businesses like Google and Meta are trying to build a world where their AI products "assist" everyone to do everything. They are eliminating friction from life, letting us all do things by ou...
www.henryfrasertechlaw.com
June 14, 2025 at 8:16 AM
"The underlying assumption in the Project Astra hype video is that every instant that we spend with other people without transacting is an instant of unnecessary friction: a transaction cost getting in the way of efficient market exchange."
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I am officially one of The Ancients, Keeper of Knowledge of the Before Time
June 4, 2025 at 1:43 AM
I am officially one of The Ancients, Keeper of Knowledge of the Before Time
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Philosophers say that science can't obey they value free ideal. Skill issue. I say the scientists should just try harder.
June 4, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Philosophers say that science can't obey they value free ideal. Skill issue. I say the scientists should just try harder.
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okay now that you all have gotten a taste of America's rational and predictable new trade policy, everyone who wants to build your new factories here just form an orderly line
April 9, 2025 at 6:23 PM
okay now that you all have gotten a taste of America's rational and predictable new trade policy, everyone who wants to build your new factories here just form an orderly line
I love this album so much. leamariafries.bandcamp.com/album/cleo
CLEO, by Lea Maria Fries
13 track album
leamariafries.bandcamp.com
April 9, 2025 at 10:32 AM
I love this album so much. leamariafries.bandcamp.com/album/cleo
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“Ventriloquised xenophobia”: Depicting hostility to immigration “not as your own opinion” but as coming from “vulnerable white working-class people” provides it with greater legitimacy. The tactic of using the working class as an alibi for elite prejudices is deeply embedded in British history."
April 6, 2025 at 8:36 AM
“Ventriloquised xenophobia”: Depicting hostility to immigration “not as your own opinion” but as coming from “vulnerable white working-class people” provides it with greater legitimacy. The tactic of using the working class as an alibi for elite prejudices is deeply embedded in British history."
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Mahmoud Khalil's new op-ed from detention—
"Faced with a movement for divestment they couldn't crush, your trustees opted to set fire to the institution they're entrusted with…History will redeem us, while those who were content to wait on the sidelines will be forever remembered for their silence."
"Faced with a movement for divestment they couldn't crush, your trustees opted to set fire to the institution they're entrusted with…History will redeem us, while those who were content to wait on the sidelines will be forever remembered for their silence."
April 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Mahmoud Khalil's new op-ed from detention—
"Faced with a movement for divestment they couldn't crush, your trustees opted to set fire to the institution they're entrusted with…History will redeem us, while those who were content to wait on the sidelines will be forever remembered for their silence."
"Faced with a movement for divestment they couldn't crush, your trustees opted to set fire to the institution they're entrusted with…History will redeem us, while those who were content to wait on the sidelines will be forever remembered for their silence."
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i miss the early internet. people were like “you gotta see this dude. this cat sure is long.” and they were right. it was really long. it never shoulda gotten any more complicated than that.
April 4, 2025 at 9:10 PM
i miss the early internet. people were like “you gotta see this dude. this cat sure is long.” and they were right. it was really long. it never shoulda gotten any more complicated than that.
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Word of the day is ‘erumpent’ (17th century), which describes buds and blossom that are bursting forth with vigour. Can also be used of energetic humans.
March 29, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Word of the day is ‘erumpent’ (17th century), which describes buds and blossom that are bursting forth with vigour. Can also be used of energetic humans.
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I found out today that Karen Kao passed on Sunday the 16th. She was a profound, wonderful writer and human. I so wished I would get to read more from her, and get to know her better.
By the Way, Now That I Think of It, I Do Have One or Two Things I'd Like to Say to You - SmokeLong Quarterly
Don’t forget that Grandma’s birthday is on September 14 and Papa’s is August 30 and that he won’t care if you’re a day or two late but she will; don’t lose the master password for my Bitwarden vault w...
www.smokelong.com
March 20, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I found out today that Karen Kao passed on Sunday the 16th. She was a profound, wonderful writer and human. I so wished I would get to read more from her, and get to know her better.
Here's something nice.
The Secret to Understanding Animal Consciousness May Be Joy
Animal emotions—including joy—may be key markers of conscious beings
www.scientificamerican.com
March 14, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Here's something nice.
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I wrote about the kidnapping and potential deportation of Mahmoud Khalil, the histories of repression this case is built upon, and the new and horrifying moment we are experiencing.
Mahmoud Khalil and the Repression That Was, Is, and Will Be
Do not wait until this violence comes to your doorstep.
organizingmythoughts.org
March 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I wrote about the kidnapping and potential deportation of Mahmoud Khalil, the histories of repression this case is built upon, and the new and horrifying moment we are experiencing.