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Sussu Laaksonen

@sumfaralla.bsky.social
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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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Sussu Laaksonen @sumfaralla.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Somatic bypass is the new spiritual bypass.
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Sussu Laaksonen @sumfaralla.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Minusta tästä kirjastamme tuli vallan ihastuttava. taju.uniarts.fi/server/api/c...
taju.uniarts.fi
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Sussu Laaksonen @sumfaralla.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Pääsin kriitikon kriitikoksi. journal.fi/sukupuolentu...
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Jaana Semeri & Leena Virtanen (2023) Neitoperhot ja pahanhautojat: naiset tekevät elokuvia
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Nate of the Living Dead @airbudhockey.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
From "On Love" by Sara Nicholson #smallpoemsunday
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We begin, so they say, by loving one person. But as we climb the ladder of love this focused beam diffuses and scatters, as afternoon light over the sea. This must be what saints feel, an erotic dispersal, wherein love becomes something akin to birdsong, anonymous and freely given away, passionately, lyrically, to all and none.
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Sussu Laaksonen @sumfaralla.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
a space to co-create the world we envision, to embrace our responsibility towards building a future that holds justice, safety, freedom, and dignity for all." theirhungerisours.satyamhome.org
theirhungerisours.satyamhome.org
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.
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Sussu Laaksonen @sumfaralla.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
@theirhunger_isours is organized by @satyamhomeland , "a Palestinian initiative, held by Palestinians, Israelis and internationals. A refuge for sanity, a prayer for life,
theirhungerisours.satyamhome.org
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.
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Sussu Laaksonen @sumfaralla.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
@kaisakaarmemaa brought this campaign to my attention and I'm very grateful for that.
theirhungerisours.satyamhome.org
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.
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Sussu Laaksonen @sumfaralla.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
I'm probably going to hate every minute of this experience. Very soon, it will be over. May it be so for every single hungry child and adult in our lifetimes.
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Sussu Laaksonen @sumfaralla.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
It's a small action I'm doing together with others around the world to show solidarity and raise awareness. I hope you'll join me for any amount of time - and if fasting is not for you, maybe you can write an email, join a protest, or donate some money.
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Sussu Laaksonen @sumfaralla.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
No harm will come to me from doing this. I'm going to be on a fasting-mimicking diet which will protect my body from the damage caused by actual starvation. This is very different from the reality of catastrophic hunger for so many people.
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Sussu Laaksonen @sumfaralla.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
It's up to private individuals like you and me to do what we can to speak our minds, take compassionate action, and convince our governments to change course.
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Sussu Laaksonen @sumfaralla.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
Political decisions by major donor countries influence funding levels for organizations like the World Food Program. Several leading nations are scaling back their contributions. Government programs are being cut and billionaires are getting wealthier.
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Sussu Laaksonen @sumfaralla.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
Starvation tactics have been reported in conflicts in Yemen, Sudan and Syria. In 67 countries, today 319 million people are facing acute hunger. Even in wealthy countries, people living in poverty experience hunger and worry about how to feed themselves and their families.
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Sussu Laaksonen @sumfaralla.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
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.
theirhungerisours.satyamhome.org
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.
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Sussu Laaksonen @sumfaralla.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
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
impressions of my first day at WHY2025
arrival
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Sussu Laaksonen @sumfaralla.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
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...
literature-map.com
Literature Map - The Tourist Map of Literature
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jae holzman @jael.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
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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Sussu Laaksonen @sumfaralla.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Lähettiin kavereiden kanssa autolla festareille. "Joukko ihmisiä pakkautui metalliseen, liikkuvaan esineeseen ja sitten he löysivät itsensä oudosta paikasta."
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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Zohran: Will make it mandatory to source which generation of Tumblr screenshots you got your Bluesky hot take from.
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Sussu Laaksonen @sumfaralla.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
ICE has been doing this since it was founded. My former immigration lawyer has tried to help many such people.
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Sussu Laaksonen @sumfaralla.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
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!
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Sussu Laaksonen @sumfaralla.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
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...
linkedin.com
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...
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Sussu Laaksonen @sumfaralla.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
"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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Paulrus of West Bumblefrick @paulrusof.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
I am officially one of The Ancients, Keeper of Knowledge of the Before Time
Post to the subreddit r/AskHistorians:

What was navigation like for vehicle drivers in the United States before the internet and
GPS?

Before GPS devices and smartphones/cellular internet networks were a thing (Garmin company was founded 1989), millions of Americans were already getting around driving without the use of those inventions. How did they navigate? Did everyone need stacks of maps? Were drivers frequently lost? Did everyone have to understand the interstate system and use intuition to guide them? How burdensome was driving before GPS? Did drivers pay people to calculate an optimal route for them?
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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
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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After Dinner Conversation® @afterdinnerconversation.com · 01/06/2025
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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
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
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Sussu Laaksonen @sumfaralla.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
I love this album so much. leamariafries.bandcamp.com/album/cleo
leamariafries.bandcamp.com
CLEO, by Lea Maria Fries
13 track album
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Rage Against the Miocene @organiccarbon.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
“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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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
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."
Excerpt of Mahmoud Khalil's new op-ed
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soul nate @mnateshyamalan.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
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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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
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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Tom Snarsky @tomsnarsky.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Charles Wright
Charles Wright

HOW I FAILED

I tried to fit the body of light into the body of darkness.
I tried to lengthen the last landscape.
I tried to unhinge and reconstruct
the language I had been given.
I tried to fit the body of darkness into the body of light.
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Sussu Laaksonen @sumfaralla.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
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.
smokelong.com
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...
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Sussu Laaksonen @sumfaralla.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Here's something nice.
scientificamerican.com
The Secret to Understanding Animal Consciousness May Be Joy
Animal emotions—including joy—may be key markers of conscious beings
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
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.
organizingmythoughts.org
Mahmoud Khalil and the Repression That Was, Is, and Will Be
Do not wait until this violence comes to your doorstep.
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Alina Poliakova 🇺🇦 @poliakova.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
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Jenny Croft @jenniferlcroft.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Becky Burke of Book Island (a picture book publisher in the UK founded by my fellow Tokarczuk translator Greet Pauwelijn) was "detained" by ICE at the Canadian border on 2/28. Her father asked that her story be shared in case someone can help her. He writes:
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Sussu Laaksonen @sumfaralla.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Entä siirtyykö Kaj nyt NATOn johtoon?
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Rage Against the Miocene @organiccarbon.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
I cannot wait to dive deeply into this beautiful work, especially during such traumatic times. We are beautiful; the Earth is beautiful; the cosmos is beautiful. All in wonderfuly different but complementary ways. Embrace care in every part of your lives.
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Sussu Laaksonen @sumfaralla.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
I have an article in the inaugural issue of Landing, about my experiments in nonsense/ecstasy
landing.vda.lt
GLOSSOLALIA A SERMON FOR UNWRITING | Landing
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Socialism is what they called public power.  Socialism is what they called social security.    Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.   Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952
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Sussu Laaksonen @sumfaralla.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
I've just ordered ten stethoscopes to teach writing with. I wish I could afford and justify an ultrasound machine.
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Sussu Laaksonen @sumfaralla.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
I fucking knew it.
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Sussu Laaksonen @sumfaralla.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Has anyone tried the ginger beer - coffee - creamer drink? Does anyone want to do it first and then tell me how it was?
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Jeremy Noel-Tod @jntod.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
'They fuck you up, your mum and dad'
Keir Starmer speaks in Washington: 'there's a famous slogan in the United Kingdom'
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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
"A readable, intelligent account, devoid of romantic woolliness and charitable towards both past and present participants in pagan projects." Mattias Gassman on 'Paganism Persisting' in the International Journal of the Classical Tradition @robincdouglas.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Chris Adamson @invalidname.me · 20/02/2025
So basically, Surf Dracula.
Tweet from Topher Florence, posted on October 7, 2021:
back in the day if u did a tv show called surf dracula you'd see that fool surfing every week in new adventures but in the streaming era the entire 1st season gotta be a long ass flashback to how he got the surfboard until you finally get to see him surf for 5 min in the finale
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