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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Lyrics are fine!
I am old enough that when I started watching, they were still doing actual figures! I loved looking at the precision and skill.
I am old enough that when I started watching, they were still doing actual figures! I loved looking at the precision and skill.
February 8, 2026 at 1:08 AM
Lyrics are fine!
I am old enough that when I started watching, they were still doing actual figures! I loved looking at the precision and skill.
I am old enough that when I started watching, they were still doing actual figures! I loved looking at the precision and skill.
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IMHO, the worst thing to have happened to the sport was when they got rid of the 6.0 system. It got rid of a huge part of the suspense, made it very hard for the audience/viewers to make sense of it, and enabled endless point-chasing. Turned the sport into a jumping and contortionist contest.
February 8, 2026 at 12:27 AM
IMHO, the worst thing to have happened to the sport was when they got rid of the 6.0 system. It got rid of a huge part of the suspense, made it very hard for the audience/viewers to make sense of it, and enabled endless point-chasing. Turned the sport into a jumping and contortionist contest.
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Algorithmic surveillance: Minnesota resident who was stopped by immigration enforcement officers said her Global Entry and TSA PreCheck trusted traveler memberships were revoked a few days later
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ICE mobile app scans protester's face, revokes her TSA PreCheck status
If you're protesting ICE, it might be a good idea to wear a mask.
www.sfgate.com
February 8, 2026 at 1:04 AM
Algorithmic surveillance: Minnesota resident who was stopped by immigration enforcement officers said her Global Entry and TSA PreCheck trusted traveler memberships were revoked a few days later
@older.bsky.social
www.sfgate.com/travel/artic...
@older.bsky.social
www.sfgate.com/travel/artic...
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Tracy Wormworth is best known as the bassist for The B52s and The Waitresses but I love this live collaboration in a very different kind of performance.
February 1, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Tracy Wormworth is best known as the bassist for The B52s and The Waitresses but I love this live collaboration in a very different kind of performance.
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Annalee Newitz’s Automatic Noodle is adorable, Becky Chambers’ books (hopepunk!!) are wonderful, Waubgeshig Rice’s Moon duology is chilling and wonderful, literally everything by Premee Mohamed is fantastic, Malka Ann Older’s Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti are great,
February 6, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Annalee Newitz’s Automatic Noodle is adorable, Becky Chambers’ books (hopepunk!!) are wonderful, Waubgeshig Rice’s Moon duology is chilling and wonderful, literally everything by Premee Mohamed is fantastic, Malka Ann Older’s Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti are great,
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Watching the Olympic men’s downhill and it is creepy in the extreme that they put a heart rate monitor on the *WIFE* of one of the racers, I guess to show how nervous/terrified she is? WTF. Not sure if it’s a Milano Cortina thing or an @nbcolympics.bsky.social thing but jesus.
February 7, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Watching the Olympic men’s downhill and it is creepy in the extreme that they put a heart rate monitor on the *WIFE* of one of the racers, I guess to show how nervous/terrified she is? WTF. Not sure if it’s a Milano Cortina thing or an @nbcolympics.bsky.social thing but jesus.
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I wrote a brief little thing about Sarah Weiss's 1903 book, Journeys to the Planet Mars, or: Our Mission to Ento, which is a very weird document from quite a strange individual.
Sara Weiss’ *Journeys to the Planet Mars* (1903)
A forgotten bridge between Spiritualism and UFO encounters.
publicdomainreview.org
February 7, 2026 at 11:21 PM
I wrote a brief little thing about Sarah Weiss's 1903 book, Journeys to the Planet Mars, or: Our Mission to Ento, which is a very weird document from quite a strange individual.
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your second moment of calm
February 7, 2026 at 11:22 PM
your second moment of calm
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This is the guy who nerfed Tumblr’s usage with the porn ban btw.
Will Lewis is resigning as WaPo CEO, former Tumblr CEO Jeff D’Onofrio is the paper’s new acting CEO and publisher, per memos to staff
February 7, 2026 at 10:48 PM
This is the guy who nerfed Tumblr’s usage with the porn ban btw.
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I read the name and I literally thought it was a joke... THE GUY CHANGING THE RULES HIS NAME IS CALVIN BALL.
100% perfect no notes we live in a simulation keep resisting fascism anyway
100% perfect no notes we live in a simulation keep resisting fascism anyway
I stand with County Executive Calvin Ball as he signs emergency legislation today prohibiting privately owned buildings from being used as ICE detention centers.
Howard County chose dignity, accountability, and its people. Tune into our event now:
bit.ly/4a2VtHw
Howard County chose dignity, accountability, and its people. Tune into our event now:
bit.ly/4a2VtHw
Redirecting...
bit.ly
February 7, 2026 at 11:23 PM
I read the name and I literally thought it was a joke... THE GUY CHANGING THE RULES HIS NAME IS CALVIN BALL.
100% perfect no notes we live in a simulation keep resisting fascism anyway
100% perfect no notes we live in a simulation keep resisting fascism anyway
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The backflip was banned in 1977 (long before Surya Bonaly) and unbanned just before the 24-25 season,
February 7, 2026 at 8:07 PM
The backflip was banned in 1977 (long before Surya Bonaly) and unbanned just before the 24-25 season,
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Right? Justice for Surya Bonaly.
February 7, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Right? Justice for Surya Bonaly.
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oh they let white people do back flips now wtf?
February 7, 2026 at 8:01 PM
oh they let white people do back flips now wtf?
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what're y'all reading these days?
my brain has been scattered a bit, but I'd love to get lost in something. bonus points if it's been out awhile and I can get it from my library (a bitch is broke, lmao).
my brain has been scattered a bit, but I'd love to get lost in something. bonus points if it's been out awhile and I can get it from my library (a bitch is broke, lmao).
February 7, 2026 at 7:54 PM
what're y'all reading these days?
my brain has been scattered a bit, but I'd love to get lost in something. bonus points if it's been out awhile and I can get it from my library (a bitch is broke, lmao).
my brain has been scattered a bit, but I'd love to get lost in something. bonus points if it's been out awhile and I can get it from my library (a bitch is broke, lmao).
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It's kind of amazing how we got to have a do-over, a privilege few other countries sliding into authoritarianism get to have, and made the exact same mistake.
February 7, 2026 at 8:02 PM
It's kind of amazing how we got to have a do-over, a privilege few other countries sliding into authoritarianism get to have, and made the exact same mistake.
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What's happening now in the U.S. should be very high up on a list of "Completely Avoidable Shitshows in World History."
February 7, 2026 at 1:26 PM
What's happening now in the U.S. should be very high up on a list of "Completely Avoidable Shitshows in World History."
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Literally all we had to do was mark the oval next to *both* highly-qualified women instead of him. We failed both times.
What's happening now in the U.S. should be very high up on a list of "Completely Avoidable Shitshows in World History."
February 7, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Literally all we had to do was mark the oval next to *both* highly-qualified women instead of him. We failed both times.
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À Milan, des manifestants se mobilisent contre des Jeux olympiques d'hiver jugés "non durables"
À Milan, des manifestants se mobilisent contre des Jeux olympiques d'hiver jugés "non durables"
Une manifestation a eu lieu à Milan le premier jour des Jeux olympiques d'hiver 2026 Milan-Cortina. Les manifestants ont déploré l'impact environnemental et économique des JO sur la région.
fr.euronews.com
February 7, 2026 at 7:25 PM
À Milan, des manifestants se mobilisent contre des Jeux olympiques d'hiver jugés "non durables"
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I’m increasingly of the view that NYC’s campaign finance reform (small donor matching) was key to Mamdani’s victory. Yet popularists and many Dem elites call small donors “extreme” and prefer the large donor dominance that wouldn’t led to Cuomo.
Reporter: Do any of you have a favorite animal?
Child: My favorite one is a gold snake that can move. It has gold eyes, and it has a super-duper tail…
Reporter: Mr. Mamdani, the second question for you.
Mamdani: Yes. It’s also the golden snake.
Child: My favorite one is a gold snake that can move. It has gold eyes, and it has a super-duper tail…
Reporter: Mr. Mamdani, the second question for you.
Mamdani: Yes. It’s also the golden snake.
February 7, 2026 at 7:22 PM
I’m increasingly of the view that NYC’s campaign finance reform (small donor matching) was key to Mamdani’s victory. Yet popularists and many Dem elites call small donors “extreme” and prefer the large donor dominance that wouldn’t led to Cuomo.
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Same here. Rereading Gardens. It’s crazy how good this was - already.
February 6, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Same here. Rereading Gardens. It’s crazy how good this was - already.
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Bend it Like Beckham
aka
Cleated Rivalry
aka
Cleated Rivalry
The two savviest fuel-gatherers in Scotland desperate to warm each other up:
Peated Rivalry
Peated Rivalry
The scions of the two biggest grain producing families in Eastern Washington secretly long for each other:
Wheated Rivalry.
Wheated Rivalry.
February 6, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Bend it Like Beckham
aka
Cleated Rivalry
aka
Cleated Rivalry
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Two Upper Midwest farmers trying to make it in the sugar industry discover something far sweeter to taste:
Beeted Rivalry
Beeted Rivalry
The two savviest fuel-gatherers in Scotland desperate to warm each other up:
Peated Rivalry
Peated Rivalry
The scions of the two biggest grain producing families in Eastern Washington secretly long for each other:
Wheated Rivalry.
Wheated Rivalry.
February 6, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Two Upper Midwest farmers trying to make it in the sugar industry discover something far sweeter to taste:
Beeted Rivalry
Beeted Rivalry
Thread of the translated books available from the @storybundle.bsky.social translation bundle benefiting @globalvoiceslingua.bsky.social !
The full list of books:
From Nigeria: Sin Is a Puppy That Follows You Home by Balaraba Ramat Yakubu, translated from Hausa by Aliyu Kamal
From Zimbabwe: Sunshine City by Pauline Chirata-Mukondiwa, translated from Shona by Zukiswa Wanner
From Nigeria: Sin Is a Puppy That Follows You Home by Balaraba Ramat Yakubu, translated from Hausa by Aliyu Kamal
From Zimbabwe: Sunshine City by Pauline Chirata-Mukondiwa, translated from Shona by Zukiswa Wanner
February 6, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Thread of the translated books available from the @storybundle.bsky.social translation bundle benefiting @globalvoiceslingua.bsky.social !
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A global community of editors, publishers, and writers have come together to offer a 1-month only bundle of books in digital format to raise awareness and money for the translation of storytelling. The bundle will be sold through @storybundle.bsky.social
lingua.globalvoices.org/202...
lingua.globalvoices.org/202...
StoryBundle's In Translation bundle to benefit Global Voices Lingua: Interview
My primary goal was that the bundle be representative of our broader world, without a focus on the regions most already represented in collections of translation.
lingua.globalvoices.org
February 6, 2026 at 11:44 AM
A global community of editors, publishers, and writers have come together to offer a 1-month only bundle of books in digital format to raise awareness and money for the translation of storytelling. The bundle will be sold through @storybundle.bsky.social
lingua.globalvoices.org/202...
lingua.globalvoices.org/202...
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The two best backyard barbecue guys on their block in Kenosha, WI:
Smokin’ Meated Rivalry
Smokin’ Meated Rivalry
February 6, 2026 at 4:24 PM
The two best backyard barbecue guys on their block in Kenosha, WI:
Smokin’ Meated Rivalry
Smokin’ Meated Rivalry