Doctora Malka Older
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nerd with narrative disorder • humanitarian • sociopunk • evidence-based creativity • speculative resistance • predictive fictions • INFOMOCRACY • THE MIMICKING OF KNOWN SUCCESSES • …AND OTHER DISASTERS • GlobalVoices.org • ASU-CSI • opinions my own
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This is the trailer of Relooted I'm sharing with all my group chats...
Follow @nyamakop.co.za and buy and play #Relooted.
Tell people about it. I suspect it will be attractive to people who have't played before simply because the premise is AMAZING.
#BlackSky #Gaming #Africanfuturism
Follow @nyamakop.co.za and buy and play #Relooted.
Tell people about it. I suspect it will be attractive to people who have't played before simply because the premise is AMAZING.
#BlackSky #Gaming #Africanfuturism
February 9, 2026 at 11:47 PM
This is the trailer of Relooted I'm sharing with all my group chats...
Follow @nyamakop.co.za and buy and play #Relooted.
Tell people about it. I suspect it will be attractive to people who have't played before simply because the premise is AMAZING.
#BlackSky #Gaming #Africanfuturism
Follow @nyamakop.co.za and buy and play #Relooted.
Tell people about it. I suspect it will be attractive to people who have't played before simply because the premise is AMAZING.
#BlackSky #Gaming #Africanfuturism
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Seconding the Light Brigade rec. And if you're an audiobook fan at all, Cara Gee absolutely _kills_ it.
February 9, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Seconding the Light Brigade rec. And if you're an audiobook fan at all, Cara Gee absolutely _kills_ it.
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Michael Pollan in NYtimes today re "is AI alive". Why? Ton of $ riding on normalizing AI as conscious chatter. Even when answering no, it takes the question seriously which legitimizes it as inquiry. This while dehumanizing violence says this person is not legit. It's 2 pillars building an arch. 🪦
February 9, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Michael Pollan in NYtimes today re "is AI alive". Why? Ton of $ riding on normalizing AI as conscious chatter. Even when answering no, it takes the question seriously which legitimizes it as inquiry. This while dehumanizing violence says this person is not legit. It's 2 pillars building an arch. 🪦
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I'm most of the way through The Punch Escrow by Tal M. Klein. It's a fun novel-length take on "wait, teleporting is just copying + murder".
February 9, 2026 at 11:42 PM
I'm most of the way through The Punch Escrow by Tal M. Klein. It's a fun novel-length take on "wait, teleporting is just copying + murder".
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February 9, 2026 at 11:39 PM
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Gah! I thought I was somewhat literate, but I will be on Bookshop forever looking all these up!
Reading The Black God's Drums by P. Djèli Clark and Star Child by Ibi Zoboi, a biography of Octavia E. Butler.
Reading The Black God's Drums by P. Djèli Clark and Star Child by Ibi Zoboi, a biography of Octavia E. Butler.
February 9, 2026 at 11:37 PM
Gah! I thought I was somewhat literate, but I will be on Bookshop forever looking all these up!
Reading The Black God's Drums by P. Djèli Clark and Star Child by Ibi Zoboi, a biography of Octavia E. Butler.
Reading The Black God's Drums by P. Djèli Clark and Star Child by Ibi Zoboi, a biography of Octavia E. Butler.
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Here are the finalists for the Oregon Book Awards!
This list always largely dictates our spring reading plans, as we fill in what we’ve missed before the ceremony on Monday, April 20.
This list always largely dictates our spring reading plans, as we fill in what we’ve missed before the ceremony on Monday, April 20.
Literary Arts Announces 2026 Oregon Book Award Finalists
Literary Arts announced the finalists for its coveted 2026 Oregon Book Awards this morning, selecting via juries of out-of-state judges just 35 works from 200 submissions. This list always largely dic...
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February 9, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Here are the finalists for the Oregon Book Awards!
This list always largely dictates our spring reading plans, as we fill in what we’ve missed before the ceremony on Monday, April 20.
This list always largely dictates our spring reading plans, as we fill in what we’ve missed before the ceremony on Monday, April 20.
"caderas"
I was told that I should have defined perreo at some point instead of just yelling PERREO!!!! over and over again. Here's the definition from the Spanish dictionary. Translation in alt text
February 9, 2026 at 11:32 PM
"caderas"
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A couple details I missed last night:
-Lady Gaga's light blue dress matched the independence flag
-Young Miko was in the casita! She's an up and coming queer PR rapper
-The 64 on his jersey was either his mom's birth year or his uncle's football jersey number (unconfirmed)
-Lady Gaga's light blue dress matched the independence flag
-Young Miko was in the casita! She's an up and coming queer PR rapper
-The 64 on his jersey was either his mom's birth year or his uncle's football jersey number (unconfirmed)
February 9, 2026 at 6:41 PM
A couple details I missed last night:
-Lady Gaga's light blue dress matched the independence flag
-Young Miko was in the casita! She's an up and coming queer PR rapper
-The 64 on his jersey was either his mom's birth year or his uncle's football jersey number (unconfirmed)
-Lady Gaga's light blue dress matched the independence flag
-Young Miko was in the casita! She's an up and coming queer PR rapper
-The 64 on his jersey was either his mom's birth year or his uncle's football jersey number (unconfirmed)
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6. Finally, my heart is filled with joy that so many people are experiencing this amazing artist for the first time. If this means I might actually have other people to talk to about my obsession with him instead of skeeting into the void, that would be an incredible outcome for me personally
February 9, 2026 at 6:41 PM
6. Finally, my heart is filled with joy that so many people are experiencing this amazing artist for the first time. If this means I might actually have other people to talk to about my obsession with him instead of skeeting into the void, that would be an incredible outcome for me personally
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5. The part when he listed all the countries made a point about "America" but also reminded me of what I like to call the "roll call" at every Latin music concert I've ever attended in the US, where the artist shouts out one country at a time and people cheer for their homelands, it's so fun
February 9, 2026 at 6:40 PM
5. The part when he listed all the countries made a point about "America" but also reminded me of what I like to call the "roll call" at every Latin music concert I've ever attended in the US, where the artist shouts out one country at a time and people cheer for their homelands, it's so fun
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3. It was a perfect overview of who Bad Bunny is as an artist. How he combines the filthiest most sexual lyrics imaginable with beautiful nostalgic sentiment and profoundly political statements. That's Benito in a nutshell. He contains multitudes!!
February 9, 2026 at 6:39 PM
3. It was a perfect overview of who Bad Bunny is as an artist. How he combines the filthiest most sexual lyrics imaginable with beautiful nostalgic sentiment and profoundly political statements. That's Benito in a nutshell. He contains multitudes!!
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1. I thought the structure was brilliant. The first half of the performance focused on celebrating Puerto Rican culture while the second half made pointed statements about the challenges the island & its people face: gentrification, population loss, underinvestment, racism. It flowed thematically
February 9, 2026 at 6:38 PM
1. I thought the structure was brilliant. The first half of the performance focused on celebrating Puerto Rican culture while the second half made pointed statements about the challenges the island & its people face: gentrification, population loss, underinvestment, racism. It flowed thematically
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Part 2, THEE thread on Bad Bunny's Super Bowl half time show.
I typed out a few thoughts while eating lunch now that I've had a chance to sleep* on it and identify the things I loved most about last night's performance. I promise this is shorter than the other thread lol
*I did not sleep last night
*I did not sleep last night
February 9, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Part 2, THEE thread on Bad Bunny's Super Bowl half time show.
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Surya Bonaly was also the template for how tennis treated Venus Williams and Serena Williams when they debuted a few years after Bonaly was on the Olympic scene. The way they described her skating was atrocious and openly racist.
February 9, 2026 at 3:37 AM
Surya Bonaly was also the template for how tennis treated Venus Williams and Serena Williams when they debuted a few years after Bonaly was on the Olympic scene. The way they described her skating was atrocious and openly racist.
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Also, the reason this was unbanned was because another man of color from France (Adam Siao Him Fa), specifically performed it as a form of rebellion and a tribute to Bonaly, knowing that he would be penalized for doing so.
February 9, 2026 at 5:44 AM
Also, the reason this was unbanned was because another man of color from France (Adam Siao Him Fa), specifically performed it as a form of rebellion and a tribute to Bonaly, knowing that he would be penalized for doing so.
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I really can’t watch any of these ice flip videos without thinking about how a white man is being rewarded for accomplishing what a Black woman was punished for doing 30 years ago
Surya Bonaly was an incredible athlete and she was treated like shit for it
Surya Bonaly was an incredible athlete and she was treated like shit for it
February 9, 2026 at 3:01 AM
I really can’t watch any of these ice flip videos without thinking about how a white man is being rewarded for accomplishing what a Black woman was punished for doing 30 years ago
Surya Bonaly was an incredible athlete and she was treated like shit for it
Surya Bonaly was an incredible athlete and she was treated like shit for it
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i extra love this bc you can see how many people are doing it bc as much as they try to make us think ai will replace artists IT WON'T BC WE ALL WANT TO DRAW SILLY LITTLE HORSES
February 9, 2026 at 11:22 PM
i extra love this bc you can see how many people are doing it bc as much as they try to make us think ai will replace artists IT WON'T BC WE ALL WANT TO DRAW SILLY LITTLE HORSES
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As usual, there is a great 99pi episode about this: 99percentinvisible.org/episode/640-...
Ambassador Bridge - 99% Invisible
Detroit, Michigan is home to the Ambassador Bridge, which links Detroit to the Canadian border city of Windsor. The Ambassador is essential. CNN once called it “the most economically important one-and...
99percentinvisible.org
February 9, 2026 at 11:24 PM
As usual, there is a great 99pi episode about this: 99percentinvisible.org/episode/640-...
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Love this book. Also Starter Villain. Very funny.
February 9, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Love this book. Also Starter Villain. Very funny.
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It can be pronounced "US-ian" by people in the U.S., and "YOUS-ian" by everyone else.
February 9, 2026 at 11:24 PM
It can be pronounced "US-ian" by people in the U.S., and "YOUS-ian" by everyone else.
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It helps 1) companies sell you shit you don’t need 2) undermine public health interventions bc it reframes any illness as a lack of purity or discipline
February 9, 2026 at 11:15 PM
It helps 1) companies sell you shit you don’t need 2) undermine public health interventions bc it reframes any illness as a lack of purity or discipline
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it's like our entire sense of morality has been filtered through the act of consumption, and the highest good we can imagine is feeling good and clean and pure as individuals, unpolluted by the obvious evil are around us
meanwhile, real change requires the kind of work you need a drink after
meanwhile, real change requires the kind of work you need a drink after
February 9, 2026 at 5:16 PM
it's like our entire sense of morality has been filtered through the act of consumption, and the highest good we can imagine is feeling good and clean and pure as individuals, unpolluted by the obvious evil are around us
meanwhile, real change requires the kind of work you need a drink after
meanwhile, real change requires the kind of work you need a drink after
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They should invent a United States government which isn’t run by corrupt racist pedophiles.
February 9, 2026 at 11:17 PM
They should invent a United States government which isn’t run by corrupt racist pedophiles.