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Tatanya D. Valland, Phd, ms.spelling

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Sociology of Law. Professions. Loyalties, professional discretion, public law, legal compensation &victimization, gender&diversity&law& organisation&leadership and most things policing/CJ.

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Tatanya D. Valland, Phd, ms.spelling @tatdv.bsky.social · 11h
Verdt lesetiden 🧵
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
'In response to the era of artificial intelligence, and the questions it raises about culture, copyright and corporate power, the academics behind the Stuart Hall Archive Project have barred AI bots from accessing the data.'
theguardian.com
Thatcherism via the Walkman: Stuart Hall’s British cultural studies preserved online
Project lead says it celebrates ‘incredible contributions’ Jamaica-born sociologist made to Britain’s culture
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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Just yesterday a student told me how interesting she found the evolutionary psychology module a colleague teaches at Brunel. Her enthusiasm won’t survive reading this textbook. Surely it’s a matter of self-interest for the discipline to guard against harbouring this kind of unscientific nonsense
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Tatanya D. Valland, Phd, ms.spelling @tatdv.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Når og hvor kan vi lære mer og Pete Brown?
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Tatanya D. Valland, Phd, ms.spelling @tatdv.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Spennende, og krevende.
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Tatanya D. Valland, Phd, ms.spelling @tatdv.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Fra en kaninhull-farer til en annen: Hvordan havnet du her?
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pissed-off-g.bsky.social @pissed-off-g.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Berit Rekve @beritrekve.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Om vi meiner noko med at Øst-Finnmark er viktig for oss, må sånt som dette fiksast. #beredskap www.nrk.no/tromsogfinnm...
nrk.no
Øst-Finnmark sitt ambulansehelikopter blir nedprioritert, kan føre til at liv går tapt
Øst-Finnmark står delvis uten ambulansehelikopter denne uken, fordi piloten bemanner en annen base. Dette er ikke første gang Kirkenes blir nedprioritert, noe som bekymrer medisinsk leder Thomas Wilso...
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dirt of the looming dawn @upfromsumdirt.blacksky.app · 19/09/2026
being online after 2015....
meme of a bearded kurt russell in the movie, the thing, drinking liquor and talking into a tape recorder saying "nobody trusts anybody now. and we're all very tired."
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Society for the Social History of Medicine (SSHM) @sshmedicine.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
📣New issue now available online 📣 10 articles (7 open access) & 15 book reviews. Article topics include: asylums, T.B., death data, AIDS policy, & public hospitals with research exploring Britain, Denmark, Spain, Turkey and the Mediterranean covering 15-17th, 19th & 20th centuries!
academic.oup.com
Volume 39 Issue 3 | Social History of Medicine | Oxford Academic
The official journal of the Society for the Social History of Medicine. Publishes research concerned with all aspects of health, illness, and medical treatment in the past. Articles treat the social h...
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Dr Carole McCartney 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @ctmccartney.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
irishexaminer.com
Justice system 'increasingly dependent' on DNA database
Oversight committee chairwoman Judge Catherine A Murphy highlights 'challenges' in recruiting and retaining qualified and experienced staff in Forensic Science Ireland
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Luke Berryman @lukeberryman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Excited to be running an AMA on r/AskHistorians next week! 👇
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Samuel Perry @profsamperry.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This is a great book for anyone interested in a cross-national history of thinking & policy regarding population size and specifically birth rates. Scandalously awful pricing on this, sadly (over $60.00 on Amazon and $73.00 at OUP website). I got pdfs via my library. www.amazon.com/dp/019087184...
amazon.com
Nationalizing Sex: Fertility, Fear, and Power
Nationalizing Sex: Fertility, Fear, and Power [Togman, Richard] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Nationalizing Sex: Fertility, Fear, and Power
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Spencer Sunshine @transform6789.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My “A Short History of Nazi-Satanism,” the first comprehensive overview of Nazi-Satanism, is finally out! Runs from the 1970s alliances b/t the Church of Satan & neo-Nazi groups thru today’s Order of Nine Angles and NVE. Link for PDF download. (captcha req) escholarship.org/uc/item/1f57...
image of 6 pentagrams around the text "A Short History of Nazi-Satanism - see link above"
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Tatanya D. Valland, Phd, ms.spelling @tatdv.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Uklart: hvor bestiller jeg?
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Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 03/10/2026
187. Asked to list top five life goals, young adults in Finland (age 20-29, 2022), rank having children 6th (37%), behind romantic relationship, meaningful work, income, health, and friends. ht @jessicanisen.bsky.social www.e2.fi/media/julkai...
What do you want to achieve in your life? (Select the 1–5 most important)	Percent
A romantic relationship and love	61
Meaningful work	58
A stable income	55
Physical and mental well-being	48
Close friendships	45
Children of one's own	37
Financial wealth	27
New experiences	27
Personal growth	25
Home ownership	19
Success	14
An eco-friendly lifestyle	12
Experience living abroad	7
A leadership position in one's career	4
Fame	2
Something else	2
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Olav Elgvin @olavelgvin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Høyner med "googler Fredrik fra Finn før jeg kjøper kaffetrakteren hans fra 2002"
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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Today is the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street so why not explore the story of what did (and didn't) happen on the most famous day in British anti-fascist history in this uncommonly concise episode of Origin Story
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Dr Carole McCartney 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @ctmccartney.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
We've stood up to them before. We can do it again.
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Tatanya D. Valland, Phd, ms.spelling @tatdv.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Oslo, vi trenger slike tilbud
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Kate Manne wrote another brilliant essay about the Cornell case. This time, it's about her own experiences interacting with Cornell's police department.
katemanne.substack.com
Whose Side Are the Cornell University Police On?
Sharing my story of a disturbing encounter with CUPD in 2018
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Torkil @torkil.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Gjorde litt research i anledning komitereiser til tech-gigantene, og fant at ledestjernen for nettbrett i barneskolen var denne karen.
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Todd Wolfson @proftwolf.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
My PhD advisor, Peggy Sanday, published Fraternity Gang Rape (1990). She found gang rape functions as male bonding through domination: men use women to prove masculinity, gain status, & demonstrate loyalty. Group norms normalize coercion, erase consent, & institutional privilege shields perpetrators
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Tatanya D. Valland, Phd, ms.spelling @tatdv.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
TIL it is possible to timetravel by train! (and that time zoning can get very, very messy).
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Axel Klanderud @klanderverdig.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Alle som ønsker å forstå det russiske samfunnets dype dysfunksjon og hvordan det også påfører nabolandene enorm smerte bør lese Politkovskaja sine bøker. Dama var en uredd helt som sto opp mot et fryktregime. Verden må ikke glemme henne.
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Bent Sofus Tranøy @bentsofus.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Klassekampen ba meg skrive om Epstein høringen. Den ble ganske intetsigende. Her er mitt forsøk på å skrive ikke-intetsigende om hvorfor det ble slik klassekampen.no/artikkel/202...
klassekampen.no
KOMMENTAR: Høring uten snøring
Kontroll- og konstitusjonskomiteen «brought a knife to a gunfight», skriver Bent Sofus Tranøy.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
🔎 From the archive: Was Peter Thiel’s controversial data firm – which holds contracts with the UK’s NHS and Ministry of Defence – targeting democratic dissent as well as illegal immigration? WIRED confirms ICE stored information about protestors in a Palantir-built database #PalantirSpyTech
bylinetimes.com
‘Domestic Terrorism’: ICE Contractor Palantir’s Tools for Tracking Dissent
Peter Thiel’s controversial data firm – which holds contracts with the UK’s NHS and Ministry of Defence – researched protest prediction for the US Army before agreeing to build ICE’s data platform to conduct mass deportation. Are its tools now targeting democratic dissent as well as illegal immigration?
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Lisa Röstlund @lisarostlund.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Hans bolag Palantir anklagas för att bidra till brott mot mänskligheten. Han talar om att förbereda sig för ”framtidens krig”. Varför vill AI-miljardären Alex Karp äga ett helt fjäll och skogarna omkring, i Härjedalen? Vi har besökt byn och hans hemliga byggprojekt www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/zO...
aftonbladet.se
”Fullständig sekretess” vid miljardärens byggprojekt
– vi besöker Alex Karps hemliga hus Han pratar om hur man ska förbereda sig för ”framtida krig.” Nu har Alex Karp, AI-miljardären bakom kontroversiella bolaget
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Tatanya D. Valland, Phd, ms.spelling @tatdv.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Beware 🧵
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Rosamunde Van Brakel @rosamundevb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Homicides fall as organised crime grows more profitable – and networked news.un.org/en/story/202...
news.un.org
Homicides fall as organised crime grows more profitable – and networked
Homicide rates are falling across much of the world, but organised crime is on the rise in many regions as criminal networks diversify into trafficking, migrant smuggling, and the exploitation of natu...
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Tatanya D. Valland, Phd, ms.spelling @tatdv.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hadde det vært Grønland ville du sikkert blitt tilbudt hjelp med tunge bæreposer også. Makan!
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Not (A.) I. @aerialeverything.cryptoanarchy.network · 01/10/2026
“Morocco has wholly embraced techno-authoritarian practices,” Amnesty Secretary-General Agnes Callamard said. I've lived & taught in Morocco & second this observation. The World Cup will be a red carpet for increased surveillance that won't be put back in the box. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10...
aljazeera.com
Moroccan intelligence uses surveillance to ‘silence’ journalists: Amnesty
Probe finds spyware, hidden microphones and infected phones used to surveil journalists, activists, rights defenders.
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Tatanya D. Valland, Phd, ms.spelling @tatdv.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Fyi www.stopp-palantir.no
stopp-palantir.no
Palantir ut av Norge
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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Excellent article on British awareness of the Nazi death camps and ambivalence over Jewish refugees. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
theguardian.com
Britain knew about the Holocaust as it happened. A new exhibition reckons with that truth
Research draws upon reporting and witness testimony, while a permanent memorial is planned for London
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404 Media @404media.co · 17/08/2026
SCOOP: 404 Media placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it. What did we find? It ended up at an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. Yes. This is literally the logo outside the Amazon warehouse door. Read now:
404media.co
We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility
We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.
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Lasse Josephsen @blodsephsen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Nå skal man rydde opp i minnene i Faderlandet. Få bort brysomt kludder. Der Tod ist kein Meister aus Deutschland mehr.
bbc.com
German town bans stumbling stone memorials to Nazi victims
Germany's education minister has branded the ban on the small brass memorial plaques a "scandal".
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Peder Østring @pederoe.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Word
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Anders @andersskyrud.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Ingen finnmarkinger i toppledelsen og de som er i toppledelsen flyr skytteltrafikk til andre byer på skattebetalernes regning
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Ola Innset @olainnset.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Liten hyllest til @bentsofus.bsky.social i dagens avis: klassekampen.no/artikkel/202...
klassekampen.no
Markedets makt, 20 år etter
Ryktet om nyliberalismens død er betydelig overdrevet.
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Dr Jaime Ashworth @drjaimeashworth.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I don’t think I’ve seen a more compelling endorsement of the effectiveness of a memorial project than this. Banning Stolpersteine is a deeply sinister move. www.reuters.com/business/med...
reuters.com
East German town bans future Holocaust memorial plaques
An East German town has approved a motion by the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) and ruling centre-right ​Christian Democratic Union (CDU) to reject future installation of brass plaques ‌comme...
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Matt Ashby @mattashby.com · 24/09/2026
This paper (🇨🇱) finds more pedestrians (who are both 'eyes on the street' who might protect against crime, and potential targets of it) doesn't lead to any increase in theft until a critical crowd density is reached, after which theft rises sharply. doi.org/10.21428/cb6...
doi.org
Eyes on the Street, Threshold Dynamics, and Property Crime
Why do crowded streets sometimes deter crime and sometimes attract it? Pedestrian volume can reduce crime through informal surveillance (“eyes on the street”) or raise it by expanding anonymity and…
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Matthew Guariglia @mguariglia.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I can't get over this. It reminds me of Emma Goldman talking about drinking really good wine for the first time and realizing that working class people should be able to access culture and goods usually reserved only for the wealthy. Good art should belong to everyone!
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Unwritten Constitutional Norms and Principles Project @ucnpproject.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
📢 Call for Chapters We are inviting proposals for chapters in the forthcoming Cambridge Handbook on Unwritten Constitutionalism! Possible topics include Indigenous constitutionalisms, writing as a (de)colonial practice and methodological questions around “written” and “unwritten” traditions, 1/2
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Hannah Graham @drhannahgraham.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Racist hate crimes in Glasgow up 34% in one year I don't think Police Scotland's description that racist hate crimes "may be attributed to ongoing community tensions" is precise enough. Be clearer. Don't risk accidentally legitimising hate as "tensions". www.heraldscotland.com/news/2657945...
heraldscotland.com
Racist hate crimes in Glasgow up 34 per cent as police warn of community tensions
Racist hate crimes have risen by 34 per cent as Police Scotland warns of community tensions.
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Laura Münkler @muenkler.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Take a look at the program: www.yumpu.com/en/document/...
yumpu.com
Enabling Democracy_Program
SAFI’s 7th annual Conference Enabling Democracy 30 th September to 2 nd October 2026 at the University of Bonn With keynote speeches by:
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Jesse Felder @jessefelder.com · 24/09/2026
“That’s the danger, where it’s bots fighting bots, agents fighting agents, a horrible dystopic future nobody wants to live in.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/b...
nytimes.com
Battle of Hospital A.I. vs. Insurer A.I. Is Pushing Medical Costs Higher
The use of artificial intelligence by hospitals and health insurers is escalating their longstanding feud over paying for medical care.
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Tatanya D. Valland, Phd, ms.spelling @tatdv.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Oh, would love to see this. My uncle Vin did the same trip in the 90s
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Tatanya D. Valland, Phd, ms.spelling @tatdv.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"the past four years have seen a swath of nasty laws targeting foreign-born people, including the deportation of high-schoolers who have lived in Sweden since they were children"
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Tatanya D. Valland, Phd, ms.spelling @tatdv.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Enig i alt, minus trommemaskin.
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
These guys are protesting about 'groups of fighting age men threatening local areas'. You've got to admire the irony.
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