Signatures:

sorted(iterable, *, key=None, reverse=False)
Return a new sorted list from the items in iterable. (shallow copy)

list.sort(key=None, reverse=False)

random.shuffle(x)
Shuffle the sequence x in place

random.sample(population, k)
Return a k length list of unique elements chosen from the population sequence or set.

Examples:

# Simple
new_list = sorted(my_list)                                          # new shallow copy
my_list.sort()                                                      # in place

# Lambda sort
my_list = [(0, 208), (1, 485), (2, 327), (3, 852), (4, 494)]
list_sorted = sorted(my_list, key=lambda obj: obj[1])

# Suffle lists
import random

new_list = random.sample(my_list, len(my_list))                     # new shallow copy
random.shuffle(my_list)                                             # in place

References:

1. https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#sorted
2. https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/datastructures.html
3. https://docs.python.org/3/library/random.html