Doctora Malka Older
@older.bsky.social
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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Hello friends. We've been quietly working away since last spring on a new project: 20+ futurists, strategists and domain experts, coming together independently to map what's actually happening as globalization unravels. The resulting 10 forecasts go live Friday, 13/2. 10fconsortium.org
February 10, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Hello friends. We've been quietly working away since last spring on a new project: 20+ futurists, strategists and domain experts, coming together independently to map what's actually happening as globalization unravels. The resulting 10 forecasts go live Friday, 13/2. 10fconsortium.org
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Malinowski was my congressman for two years until they gerrymandered the district.
I will point out that 1) while my neighbors in NJ11 are incredibly angry, it's probably not at him and 2) After like a week it's basically a tie.
Consider: $500 million from UAE to DJT. More of a story, I think.
I will point out that 1) while my neighbors in NJ11 are incredibly angry, it's probably not at him and 2) After like a week it's basically a tie.
Consider: $500 million from UAE to DJT. More of a story, I think.
February 10, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Malinowski was my congressman for two years until they gerrymandered the district.
I will point out that 1) while my neighbors in NJ11 are incredibly angry, it's probably not at him and 2) After like a week it's basically a tie.
Consider: $500 million from UAE to DJT. More of a story, I think.
I will point out that 1) while my neighbors in NJ11 are incredibly angry, it's probably not at him and 2) After like a week it's basically a tie.
Consider: $500 million from UAE to DJT. More of a story, I think.
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This is actually closely related to the topic of my book project— I’m writing about the rhetoric of transnational animal rescue and luxury pet int’l travel in an era of restricted human migration. Some great work exists on veganism in Israel as well.
February 10, 2026 at 1:53 PM
This is actually closely related to the topic of my book project— I’m writing about the rhetoric of transnational animal rescue and luxury pet int’l travel in an era of restricted human migration. Some great work exists on veganism in Israel as well.
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or indeed afghanistan where boris johnson prioritised <checks notes> airlifting wild dogs ahead of sundry humans and allies.
February 10, 2026 at 1:37 PM
or indeed afghanistan where boris johnson prioritised <checks notes> airlifting wild dogs ahead of sundry humans and allies.
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Great paper on this here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
“For the English to See”: Animal Rescues and Greenwashing during the Brazilian Military Dictatorship’s Dam-Building Boom, 1970s–1980s | Environmental History: Vol 29, No 4
Abstract In the 1970s and 1980s, the Brazilian military dictatorship struggled to reconcile its ambitious dam-building plans with environmentalism, which was then permeating the multinational banks it...
www.journals.uchicago.edu
February 10, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Great paper on this here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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This in turn reminds me of how reservoir constructions - in Rhodesia, Suriname and most notably under the military dictatorship in Brazil - were greenwashed through high-profile, photogenic animal rescue programmes (while displaced human populations were invited to go and fuck themselves).
I remain shocked by how much work was done after Katrina (subj of my diss) on evacuating pets in disasters relative to evacuating people without cars, or with disabilities, or with poverty, or elderly, or, or, or
I tell you what, Ring figured out exactly how to weaponize white people’s empathy in service to a corporately controlled surveillance state.
Tell them it will find your dog.
Tell them it will find your dog.
February 10, 2026 at 1:32 PM
This in turn reminds me of how reservoir constructions - in Rhodesia, Suriname and most notably under the military dictatorship in Brazil - were greenwashed through high-profile, photogenic animal rescue programmes (while displaced human populations were invited to go and fuck themselves).
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Clinton's victory in 1992 is the canonical example that supposedly proves Dems win by moving to the center. There's only one problem: The data disagrees. Voters saw Clinton as more liberal than Dukakis, & simulations show even a solid progressive would have won www.gelliottmorris.com/p/what-the-d...
What Democrats can actually learn from the 1992 election
Bill Clinton's victory is supposed to prove that Democrats win by moving to the center. The data disagrees
www.gelliottmorris.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Clinton's victory in 1992 is the canonical example that supposedly proves Dems win by moving to the center. There's only one problem: The data disagrees. Voters saw Clinton as more liberal than Dukakis, & simulations show even a solid progressive would have won www.gelliottmorris.com/p/what-the-d...
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UNC is close to finalizing its policy which outlines permissible circumstances to *SECRETLY RECORD FACULTY IN THE CLASSROOM.*
UNC-Chapel Hill Preps Policy on Recording Professors
The school aims to clarify guidelines after a secret recording controversy and growing fear of surveillance.
www.theassemblync.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:58 PM
UNC is close to finalizing its policy which outlines permissible circumstances to *SECRETLY RECORD FACULTY IN THE CLASSROOM.*
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AI "writers" don't have access to that. They haven't struggled at the granular level with the work so how do you treat readers like human or with empathy when they are coming to you spontaneously as humans. Chabot doesn't cut it. This isn't just a thing to sell. You're called to stand behind it.
February 10, 2026 at 11:57 AM
AI "writers" don't have access to that. They haven't struggled at the granular level with the work so how do you treat readers like human or with empathy when they are coming to you spontaneously as humans. Chabot doesn't cut it. This isn't just a thing to sell. You're called to stand behind it.
This quote is interesting to me: "New Jersey suburbanites, he argues, didn’t suddenly turn into democratic socialists. But they think the Democratic establishment has been feckless" because it suggests voters haven't changed but ignores the way the Democratic establishment has trended right
This @michellegoldberg.bsky.social piece is a must read on how angry the Democratic electorate is and how badly some moderates are still misreading it
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Opinion | A New Jersey Primary Shows the Depth of Democratic Fury
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:00 PM
This quote is interesting to me: "New Jersey suburbanites, he argues, didn’t suddenly turn into democratic socialists. But they think the Democratic establishment has been feckless" because it suggests voters haven't changed but ignores the way the Democratic establishment has trended right
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Apes Show Ability to Imagine in ‘Tea Party’ Experiments, and Scientists are Very Excited www.goodnewsnetwork.org/apes-show-ab...
Apes Show Ability to Imagine in ‘Tea Party’ Experiments, and Scientists are Very Excited
Apes share the human ability to imagine and pretend, suggests new research that included a series of tea party experiments.
www.goodnewsnetwork.org
February 9, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Apes Show Ability to Imagine in ‘Tea Party’ Experiments, and Scientists are Very Excited www.goodnewsnetwork.org/apes-show-ab...
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We live in a moment when so many people in this country share the moral clarity that ICE endangers us all—only for the heads of the “opposition” party to try to quash this clarity with meaningless reforms, and to give ICE more money and power. 2020 never ended.
February 10, 2026 at 12:48 PM
We live in a moment when so many people in this country share the moral clarity that ICE endangers us all—only for the heads of the “opposition” party to try to quash this clarity with meaningless reforms, and to give ICE more money and power. 2020 never ended.
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always so funny to me when people are like “how am I supposed to explain Gay to my kids?” my kid asks me way harder shit all the time. “why did they build the road this way? why are some people bad?” I don’t know. please ask me about Gay
February 10, 2026 at 2:51 AM
always so funny to me when people are like “how am I supposed to explain Gay to my kids?” my kid asks me way harder shit all the time. “why did they build the road this way? why are some people bad?” I don’t know. please ask me about Gay
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My partner’s current stack is more impressive than mine because I’m homeless. Kindles just don’t hit in the pics like physical copies.
February 10, 2026 at 11:35 AM
My partner’s current stack is more impressive than mine because I’m homeless. Kindles just don’t hit in the pics like physical copies.
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Bridge will have bike lanes so one regret about USA being a no-go country is missing out on riding over to great Detroit after decades of wishing we could. Moot now.
February 10, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Bridge will have bike lanes so one regret about USA being a no-go country is missing out on riding over to great Detroit after decades of wishing we could. Moot now.
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Canada paid for this bridge cuz the US was already broken. Tedious country! Good leave it shut as long as we can walk to the middle and jeer.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Trump threatens to block opening of new bridge between Ontario and Michigan | CBC News
U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening to block the opening of the Gordie Howe Bridge, poised to become the newest border crossing between Windsor, Ont., and Detroit.
www.cbc.ca
February 10, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Canada paid for this bridge cuz the US was already broken. Tedious country! Good leave it shut as long as we can walk to the middle and jeer.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Happy John Franklin Enders Day! Never a bad moment to celebrate "The Father of Modern Vaccines," but some moments are even more important than others.
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February Nominees
February 1: Langston Hughes , one of America’s most talented poets and writers , and the only one equally adept writing about himself , ent...
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February 10, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Happy John Franklin Enders Day! Never a bad moment to celebrate "The Father of Modern Vaccines," but some moments are even more important than others.
memorydaycalendar.blogspot.com/p/february-n...
memorydaycalendar.blogspot.com/p/february-n...
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“Who the fuck are you???”
“Me? Who the fuck are YOU??”
“Me? Who the fuck are YOU??”
February 10, 2026 at 12:37 PM
“Who the fuck are you???”
“Me? Who the fuck are YOU??”
“Me? Who the fuck are YOU??”
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TIME TO REMEMBER WHERE THE PINK TRIANGLE CAME FROM
They have now removed the Pride flag from the Stonewall Inn.
Erasure. Just like the Nazis.
gaycitynews.com/trump-rainbo...
Erasure. Just like the Nazis.
gaycitynews.com/trump-rainbo...
Trump administration removes Rainbow Flag from Stonewall National Monument
The Trump administration removed a large Rainbow Flag from a flagpole at the Stonewall National Monument, the National Park Service confirmed to Gay City News
gaycitynews.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:41 PM
TIME TO REMEMBER WHERE THE PINK TRIANGLE CAME FROM
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Exactly!!! And they're forming community, the very bedrock of activism from which collective action springs:
Wine moms and knitters are getting shit done like women so often do: quietly in the background, making shit happen where men don’t typically see it, or necessarily value it - and they’re not demanding credit or spotlight.
They’re not just day-drinking and knitting. They’re organizing.
They’re not just day-drinking and knitting. They’re organizing.
February 10, 2026 at 1:18 AM
Exactly!!! And they're forming community, the very bedrock of activism from which collective action springs:
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Prepping my genocide course and it's really sad to reflect on the fact that the United States Army was the first in the world to codify the law of war and prohibit crimes against civilians.
It formed the basis for the later Hague and Geneva Conventions.
And it was drafted by a Jewish immigrant.
It formed the basis for the later Hague and Geneva Conventions.
And it was drafted by a Jewish immigrant.
February 10, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Prepping my genocide course and it's really sad to reflect on the fact that the United States Army was the first in the world to codify the law of war and prohibit crimes against civilians.
It formed the basis for the later Hague and Geneva Conventions.
And it was drafted by a Jewish immigrant.
It formed the basis for the later Hague and Geneva Conventions.
And it was drafted by a Jewish immigrant.
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New from @awhf.bsky.social & @alixgouldwerth.bsky.social
at Can We Still Govern?
Did you know that your former employers can contest your unemployment benefits? They have a strong incentive to do so, and private companies like Equifax are helping them. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/why-your-b...
at Can We Still Govern?
Did you know that your former employers can contest your unemployment benefits? They have a strong incentive to do so, and private companies like Equifax are helping them. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/why-your-b...
Why Your Boss Can Block Your Unemployment Benefits
And what it means for worker wellbeing and access to the safety net
donmoynihan.substack.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:43 PM
New from @awhf.bsky.social & @alixgouldwerth.bsky.social
at Can We Still Govern?
Did you know that your former employers can contest your unemployment benefits? They have a strong incentive to do so, and private companies like Equifax are helping them. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/why-your-b...
at Can We Still Govern?
Did you know that your former employers can contest your unemployment benefits? They have a strong incentive to do so, and private companies like Equifax are helping them. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/why-your-b...
incredibly fucking angry
Yup.
Gift link:
A New Jersey Primary Shows the Depth of Democratic Fury
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/o...
Gift link:
A New Jersey Primary Shows the Depth of Democratic Fury
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/o...
Opinion | A New Jersey Primary Shows the Depth of Democratic Fury
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:34 PM
incredibly fucking angry
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Yup.
Gift link:
A New Jersey Primary Shows the Depth of Democratic Fury
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/o...
Gift link:
A New Jersey Primary Shows the Depth of Democratic Fury
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/o...
Opinion | A New Jersey Primary Shows the Depth of Democratic Fury
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Yup.
Gift link:
A New Jersey Primary Shows the Depth of Democratic Fury
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/o...
Gift link:
A New Jersey Primary Shows the Depth of Democratic Fury
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/o...
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This gathering was the first effort of its kind in Sri Lanka to bring together media leaders to examine how newsrooms should govern their use of artificial intelligence.
February 10, 2026 at 12:31 PM
This gathering was the first effort of its kind in Sri Lanka to bring together media leaders to examine how newsrooms should govern their use of artificial intelligence.