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
Old man yells at clouds.
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
Old man yells at clouds.
My views are my own.
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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!
Reposted by Angela Sutton (she/her)
The reason these people have been attacking scholars and universities is that they stand in the way of the ahistorical bullshit they need to spew in order to construct white Christian nationalism
The Rubio speech really is appalling, and if you haven’t read it yet, you should.
www.state.gov/releases/off...
www.state.gov/releases/off...
February 15, 2026 at 4:17 PM
The reason these people have been attacking scholars and universities is that they stand in the way of the ahistorical bullshit they need to spew in order to construct white Christian nationalism
Have you seen this?????
It's just as we suspected.
DOGE boys really did just ask ChatGPT to identify NEH grants that "sounded like DEI" to cancel.
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
It's just as we suspected.
DOGE boys really did just ask ChatGPT to identify NEH grants that "sounded like DEI" to cancel.
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
ChatGPT cuts in action
www.politico.com
February 15, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Have you seen this?????
It's just as we suspected.
DOGE boys really did just ask ChatGPT to identify NEH grants that "sounded like DEI" to cancel.
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
It's just as we suspected.
DOGE boys really did just ask ChatGPT to identify NEH grants that "sounded like DEI" to cancel.
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
Reposted by Angela Sutton (she/her)
…That "Generative AI" does not tell you the truth, that it doesn't give you facts, & that when its outputs conform to factual reality, it's by fucking happenstance. These systems are not all-in-1 answer production machines, they are collections of stats & regularities spat out via fucking dice rolls
How many times, in how many contexts, in how many ways am I going to have to say that this is what "AI" does— what it fundamentally *is*— before it sinks in? That all Bullshit engines do is statistically correlate training data & inputs via their weights to produce outputs you are likely to accept…
February 15, 2026 at 4:01 AM
…That "Generative AI" does not tell you the truth, that it doesn't give you facts, & that when its outputs conform to factual reality, it's by fucking happenstance. These systems are not all-in-1 answer production machines, they are collections of stats & regularities spat out via fucking dice rolls
Reposted by Angela Sutton (she/her)
North Carolina lawmakers have voted to remove all college campus voting sites. Specifically at the largest HBCU in the US NC A&T. They now have to walk 30 minutes to their nearest polling place. Students are protesting this - pls share and support.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZThx29BJ9/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZThx29BJ9/
Even without an on-campus voting site, NCAT students still marched to the polls. 💙💛 Students at North Carolina A&T showed that barriers won’t stop their voices. When access isn’t easy, they organize. ...
TikTok video by HBCU Student Action Alliance
www.tiktok.com
February 14, 2026 at 1:55 PM
North Carolina lawmakers have voted to remove all college campus voting sites. Specifically at the largest HBCU in the US NC A&T. They now have to walk 30 minutes to their nearest polling place. Students are protesting this - pls share and support.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZThx29BJ9/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZThx29BJ9/
Reposted by Angela Sutton (she/her)
How does DH travel outside the academy? What impact and what careers do DH skills enable? CFP for our next excellent (and necessary) book in the DDH series, edited by Jeanelle Horcasitas, @lisaironcutter.bsky.social, and @kallewesterling.bsky.social
dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/page/cfp-dh-...
dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/page/cfp-dh-...
CFP: Navigating Digital Humanities Careers Beyond the Ivory Tower | Debates in the Digital Humanities
Transforming scholarly publications into living digital works
dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu
January 15, 2026 at 2:43 PM
How does DH travel outside the academy? What impact and what careers do DH skills enable? CFP for our next excellent (and necessary) book in the DDH series, edited by Jeanelle Horcasitas, @lisaironcutter.bsky.social, and @kallewesterling.bsky.social
dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/page/cfp-dh-...
dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/page/cfp-dh-...
According to my followers, I live in the American Political Journalism corridor, on the Resistance Peninsula. You?
I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself!
bluesky-map.theo.io
I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
bluesky-map.theo.io
I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
Bluesky Map
Interactive map of 3.4 million Bluesky users, visualised by their follower pattern.
bluesky-map.theo.io
February 15, 2026 at 2:54 AM
According to my followers, I live in the American Political Journalism corridor, on the Resistance Peninsula. You?
Reposted by Angela Sutton (she/her)
They keep changing tactics but keep kidnapping my neighbors. Every time they claim they’re drawing down things get a little worse.
ICE observers in Minnesota are skeptical about the White House's claims of a federal drawdown.
But they have noticed in recent weeks a shift from aggressive street sweeps in Minneapolis to instead target people in the suburbs or quietly waiting in unmarked vehicles of residential areas.
But they have noticed in recent weeks a shift from aggressive street sweeps in Minneapolis to instead target people in the suburbs or quietly waiting in unmarked vehicles of residential areas.
From chaos to radio silence: How ICE tactics changed in weeks leading to Homan announcement
In recent days, observers have noticed a shift in methods.
bit.ly
February 14, 2026 at 11:00 PM
They keep changing tactics but keep kidnapping my neighbors. Every time they claim they’re drawing down things get a little worse.
That's some Ted Bundy stuff right there.
CCTV footage appears to show DHS agents posing as people having car trouble in order to lure a target out of his house before arresting them. The target comes out and starts helping them before 3 vehicles surround the scene. The car "experiencing" trouble then drives off with them.
February 15, 2026 at 2:26 AM
That's some Ted Bundy stuff right there.
Reposted by Angela Sutton (she/her)
These documents are wild. They explain that members of DOGE (who will be named and shamed) asked ChatGPT to cull all grants that "sounded like DEI."
👀 A federal judge has ordered the disclosure of a roster of DOGE employees and affiliates, as well as a text message revealing a top NEH official’s views on “woke” and “progressive” grants. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 14, 2026 at 4:04 AM
These documents are wild. They explain that members of DOGE (who will be named and shamed) asked ChatGPT to cull all grants that "sounded like DEI."
Reposted by Angela Sutton (she/her)
In 1854, after watching the federal government deploy 2000 federal troops and spend $40,000 sending Anthony Burns back into slavery, Boston's Amos Adams Lawrence said “we went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, Compromise Union Whigs and waked up stark mad Abolitionists.”
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 5:07 PM
In 1854, after watching the federal government deploy 2000 federal troops and spend $40,000 sending Anthony Burns back into slavery, Boston's Amos Adams Lawrence said “we went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, Compromise Union Whigs and waked up stark mad Abolitionists.”
Reposted by Angela Sutton (she/her)
I would like university chancellors, including my own, to stop granting the premise, as if we are abused spouses or children, that we are to blame for the fascist assault on our institutions & academic freedom. <Nothing> we’ve done justifies or even explains that & we need to stop pretending it does
We can & should disagree about all kinds of things in higher ed, but we can only do this <after> we all agree that the lawless authoritarian attacks are both lawless & authoritarian & must be categorically opposed by our leaders. <Nothing> universities did pre-2025 warranted any of this. Full stop.
February 14, 2026 at 4:43 PM
I would like university chancellors, including my own, to stop granting the premise, as if we are abused spouses or children, that we are to blame for the fascist assault on our institutions & academic freedom. <Nothing> we’ve done justifies or even explains that & we need to stop pretending it does
These documents are wild. They explain that members of DOGE (who will be named and shamed) asked ChatGPT to cull all grants that "sounded like DEI."
👀 A federal judge has ordered the disclosure of a roster of DOGE employees and affiliates, as well as a text message revealing a top NEH official’s views on “woke” and “progressive” grants. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 14, 2026 at 4:04 AM
These documents are wild. They explain that members of DOGE (who will be named and shamed) asked ChatGPT to cull all grants that "sounded like DEI."
Reposted by Angela Sutton (she/her)
I can’t find the extended video so I wanna talk about the kid who got punched.
What he documented was his own genesis a future James O’Keefe & especially guys like Charlie Kirk or Milo.
These people preach and support violence but they operate within what I call The Civility Technicality.
What he documented was his own genesis a future James O’Keefe & especially guys like Charlie Kirk or Milo.
These people preach and support violence but they operate within what I call The Civility Technicality.
February 14, 2026 at 2:43 AM
I can’t find the extended video so I wanna talk about the kid who got punched.
What he documented was his own genesis a future James O’Keefe & especially guys like Charlie Kirk or Milo.
These people preach and support violence but they operate within what I call The Civility Technicality.
What he documented was his own genesis a future James O’Keefe & especially guys like Charlie Kirk or Milo.
These people preach and support violence but they operate within what I call The Civility Technicality.
Reposted by Angela Sutton (she/her)
New: Military officers could soon find dozens of top colleges and universities across the US (list in replies) abruptly off limits for tuition assistance as part of Hegseth’s campaign against schools he describes as being biased against the US military
www.cnn.com/2026/02/13/p...
www.cnn.com/2026/02/13/p...
Pentagon may bar tuition aid for top universities in Hegseth’s crackdown on ‘biased’ schools | CNN Politics
Military officers could soon find dozens of top colleges and universities across the United States abruptly off limits for tuition assistance as part of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s campaign again...
www.cnn.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:31 PM
New: Military officers could soon find dozens of top colleges and universities across the US (list in replies) abruptly off limits for tuition assistance as part of Hegseth’s campaign against schools he describes as being biased against the US military
www.cnn.com/2026/02/13/p...
www.cnn.com/2026/02/13/p...
Sometimes when life gets scary I check the Nashville Reddit and it never fails to make me laugh.
Hard hitting citizen journalism in action.
Hard hitting citizen journalism in action.
![Screenshot from r/Nashville.
Confirmed: Andy Ogles does not like big booty Latinas.
A redditor called the office of Ogles to press him on his statement that Bad Bunny's halftime show was "gay porn" [spoiler: it was not]. The redditor also asked the staffer if Andy Ogles doesn't like big booty Latinas. "The staffer said he does not."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jidtweuyjw6l7caux5tlsdgp/bafkreickqtpo6zlnftrcvguwaz6q6v5nojgyy4spuzcr2wcuhrvqke5kty@jpeg)
February 13, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Sometimes when life gets scary I check the Nashville Reddit and it never fails to make me laugh.
Hard hitting citizen journalism in action.
Hard hitting citizen journalism in action.
Reposted by Angela Sutton (she/her)
In a lawsuit filed Friday in federal court in Massachusetts, the Justice Department said Harvard has “thwarted” efforts to investigate potential discrimination.
Justice Department sues Harvard over access to admissions records
In a lawsuit filed Friday in federal court in Massachusetts, the Justice Department said Harvard has “thwarted” efforts to investigate potential discrimination.
www.wbur.org
February 13, 2026 at 4:49 PM
In a lawsuit filed Friday in federal court in Massachusetts, the Justice Department said Harvard has “thwarted” efforts to investigate potential discrimination.
Reposted by Angela Sutton (she/her)
Andrew Guthrie Ferguson joins the American Campus Podcast to discuss his forthcoming title, "Your Data Will Be Used Against You."
With a focus on higher education, he dives into how colleges harvest and monetize data.
Listen on your favorite podcasting app or directly here:
With a focus on higher education, he dives into how colleges harvest and monetize data.
Listen on your favorite podcasting app or directly here:
Your Data Will Be Used Against You with Andrew Guthrie Ferguson - American Campus Podcast
How colleges collect our data.References and suggested readings:Andrew Guthrie Ferguson. 2026. Your Data Will Be Used Against You: Policing in the Age of Self-Surveillance. New York University…
buff.ly
February 10, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Andrew Guthrie Ferguson joins the American Campus Podcast to discuss his forthcoming title, "Your Data Will Be Used Against You."
With a focus on higher education, he dives into how colleges harvest and monetize data.
Listen on your favorite podcasting app or directly here:
With a focus on higher education, he dives into how colleges harvest and monetize data.
Listen on your favorite podcasting app or directly here:
Reposted by Angela Sutton (she/her)
"I'm not scared of a germ... I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats."
This is a direct quote from the secretary of Health and Human Services. I lack words to describe how unhinged it is to have this person dictating healthcare policy for 350 million people.
news.sky.com/story/robert...
This is a direct quote from the secretary of Health and Human Services. I lack words to describe how unhinged it is to have this person dictating healthcare policy for 350 million people.
news.sky.com/story/robert...
Robert F Kennedy Jr admits he used to 'snort cocaine off toilet seats'
The US health secretary made the confession to podcaster Theo Von during an episode of his show, This Past Weekend, as he opened up about his past drug use.
news.sky.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:56 PM
"I'm not scared of a germ... I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats."
This is a direct quote from the secretary of Health and Human Services. I lack words to describe how unhinged it is to have this person dictating healthcare policy for 350 million people.
news.sky.com/story/robert...
This is a direct quote from the secretary of Health and Human Services. I lack words to describe how unhinged it is to have this person dictating healthcare policy for 350 million people.
news.sky.com/story/robert...
Some might use their white privilige to intervene in corrupt systems and create a more just world. Others...
If a Black man said he'd done cocaine off toilet seats everyone would call him a thug and demand he spend the rest of his life in prison.
If a trans person said they'd done cocaine off toilet seats everyone would say this was proof trans people are unstable and need to be institutionalized.
If a trans person said they'd done cocaine off toilet seats everyone would say this was proof trans people are unstable and need to be institutionalized.
February 13, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Some might use their white privilige to intervene in corrupt systems and create a more just world. Others...
Reposted by Angela Sutton (she/her)
no, it simply isnt.
People are talking about capital using gAI as an excuse to conduct mass lay-offs, about students losing learning because theyre being lied to about gAI in education, about the mass theft of the work of artists and authors to train LLMs, about CSAM and nonconsensual sexual images.
People are talking about capital using gAI as an excuse to conduct mass lay-offs, about students losing learning because theyre being lied to about gAI in education, about the mass theft of the work of artists and authors to train LLMs, about CSAM and nonconsensual sexual images.
The predominent anti-AI position on bsky is that AI is useless, fake, shit and basically the same as NFTs, destined to collapse in months once everyone sees how poor it is. So anyone who suggests that it could improve or be useful to any boss in any situation in the future must be evil.
February 12, 2026 at 1:19 PM
no, it simply isnt.
People are talking about capital using gAI as an excuse to conduct mass lay-offs, about students losing learning because theyre being lied to about gAI in education, about the mass theft of the work of artists and authors to train LLMs, about CSAM and nonconsensual sexual images.
People are talking about capital using gAI as an excuse to conduct mass lay-offs, about students losing learning because theyre being lied to about gAI in education, about the mass theft of the work of artists and authors to train LLMs, about CSAM and nonconsensual sexual images.
Reposted by Angela Sutton (she/her)
Dutch site IDs ICE agents via public data
“ICE aren’t actually fearful of their safety…What they’re fearful of is not being invited to baseball games or not being invited to the pub with their friends. Community exclusion – that’s what they’re fearful of”
wiki.icelist.is/index.php/Category:Agents
“ICE aren’t actually fearful of their safety…What they’re fearful of is not being invited to baseball games or not being invited to the pub with their friends. Community exclusion – that’s what they’re fearful of”
wiki.icelist.is/index.php/Category:Agents
February 10, 2026 at 11:11 AM
Dutch site IDs ICE agents via public data
“ICE aren’t actually fearful of their safety…What they’re fearful of is not being invited to baseball games or not being invited to the pub with their friends. Community exclusion – that’s what they’re fearful of”
wiki.icelist.is/index.php/Category:Agents
“ICE aren’t actually fearful of their safety…What they’re fearful of is not being invited to baseball games or not being invited to the pub with their friends. Community exclusion – that’s what they’re fearful of”
wiki.icelist.is/index.php/Category:Agents
That's painful coming from one of the formerly best AADS departments in the country.
This is AWFUL. Univ of Texas is consolidating 4 depts into 1: African and African Diaspora Studies and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies, American Studies, and Mexican American and Latino Studies will become "a Social and Cultural Analysis department." www.texastribune.org/2026/02/12/t...
UT-Austin to merge race, ethnic and gender study programs
More than 800 students are pursuing degrees in the affected departments, which include African, Latino and gender studies.
www.texastribune.org
February 12, 2026 at 11:51 PM
That's painful coming from one of the formerly best AADS departments in the country.
Reposted by Angela Sutton (she/her)
A historical narrative on the connected history of piracy and slave trade:
Pirates of the Slave Trade: The Battle of Cape Lopez and the Birth of an American Institution, by Angela C. Sutton @drangelasutton.bsky.social (Prometheus, 2023)
#maritimehistory #booksky
Pirates of the Slave Trade: The Battle of Cape Lopez and the Birth of an American Institution, by Angela C. Sutton @drangelasutton.bsky.social (Prometheus, 2023)
#maritimehistory #booksky
February 12, 2026 at 9:03 PM
A historical narrative on the connected history of piracy and slave trade:
Pirates of the Slave Trade: The Battle of Cape Lopez and the Birth of an American Institution, by Angela C. Sutton @drangelasutton.bsky.social (Prometheus, 2023)
#maritimehistory #booksky
Pirates of the Slave Trade: The Battle of Cape Lopez and the Birth of an American Institution, by Angela C. Sutton @drangelasutton.bsky.social (Prometheus, 2023)
#maritimehistory #booksky
Reposted by Angela Sutton (she/her)
Great thread.
Phenomenal students.
Get these colleagues out, and make room for new thinkers who don't engage with people like Epstein.
Phenomenal students.
Get these colleagues out, and make room for new thinkers who don't engage with people like Epstein.
Shout out to the student journalists that have tirelessly covered their professors' ties to Epstein. My job would be much harder without them. See thread for some of my favorite recent student news pieces.
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
#AcademicSky #HigherEd
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
#AcademicSky #HigherEd
Professors in the Epstein Files Begin to Face Consequences
Several faculty members who spoke regularly with Epstein have been stripped of their titles or teaching duties.
www.insidehighered.com
February 12, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Great thread.
Phenomenal students.
Get these colleagues out, and make room for new thinkers who don't engage with people like Epstein.
Phenomenal students.
Get these colleagues out, and make room for new thinkers who don't engage with people like Epstein.