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
...where are the hispanic evangelicals???
% of White evangelicals who are extremely/very confident that Donald Trump acts ethically in office 📉
55% in early 2025
40% in early 2026
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
55% in early 2025
40% in early 2026
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
February 9, 2026 at 9:13 PM
...where are the hispanic evangelicals???
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% of White evangelicals who are extremely/very confident that Donald Trump acts ethically in office 📉
55% in early 2025
40% in early 2026
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
55% in early 2025
40% in early 2026
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
February 9, 2026 at 8:52 PM
% of White evangelicals who are extremely/very confident that Donald Trump acts ethically in office 📉
55% in early 2025
40% in early 2026
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
55% in early 2025
40% in early 2026
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
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Kate Elliott's first Jaran novel, loving it so far
February 9, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Kate Elliott's first Jaran novel, loving it so far
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Bouncing between Nine Goblins by T. Kingfisher and Mirror Empire by Kameron Hurley. Very different vibes.
February 9, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Bouncing between Nine Goblins by T. Kingfisher and Mirror Empire by Kameron Hurley. Very different vibes.
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The Washington Post has excellent media reporters, and the paper has covered its layoffs in the pas. Yet, no coverage whatsoever on the most recent devastating round nor new CEO.
So reading between the lines, seems as if those reporters are getting iced.
So reading between the lines, seems as if those reporters are getting iced.
February 9, 2026 at 9:06 PM
The Washington Post has excellent media reporters, and the paper has covered its layoffs in the pas. Yet, no coverage whatsoever on the most recent devastating round nor new CEO.
So reading between the lines, seems as if those reporters are getting iced.
So reading between the lines, seems as if those reporters are getting iced.
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The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson is fun as hell.
February 9, 2026 at 9:07 PM
The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson is fun as hell.
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Just finished Direct Descendant by @tanyahuff.bsky.social in one day and it was gloriously awesome! (and I want to move to Lake Argen, please)
February 9, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Just finished Direct Descendant by @tanyahuff.bsky.social in one day and it was gloriously awesome! (and I want to move to Lake Argen, please)
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New quote from @zzclaybourne.bsky.social 'sBREATH, WARMTH, AND DREAM:
Khumalo to the kids:
"Resume explorations. And put nothing in your mouths. Including frogs, no matter what they say."
Khumalo to the kids:
"Resume explorations. And put nothing in your mouths. Including frogs, no matter what they say."
February 9, 2026 at 9:05 PM
New quote from @zzclaybourne.bsky.social 'sBREATH, WARMTH, AND DREAM:
Khumalo to the kids:
"Resume explorations. And put nothing in your mouths. Including frogs, no matter what they say."
Khumalo to the kids:
"Resume explorations. And put nothing in your mouths. Including frogs, no matter what they say."
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'Urgent
Mybaby Aser needs treatments٫medication
Myfamily consists 15 people,my parents suffer chronic illnesses freezing cold,we lost our tent due to the heavy rain,wind
Weneed £350 to cover medical, shelter costs
Saveus before it's too late
verified
@mommunism.bsky.social'
Mybaby Aser needs treatments٫medication
Myfamily consists 15 people,my parents suffer chronic illnesses freezing cold,we lost our tent due to the heavy rain,wind
Weneed £350 to cover medical, shelter costs
Saveus before it's too late
verified
@mommunism.bsky.social'
February 9, 2026 at 9:05 PM
'Urgent
Mybaby Aser needs treatments٫medication
Myfamily consists 15 people,my parents suffer chronic illnesses freezing cold,we lost our tent due to the heavy rain,wind
Weneed £350 to cover medical, shelter costs
Saveus before it's too late
verified
@mommunism.bsky.social'
Mybaby Aser needs treatments٫medication
Myfamily consists 15 people,my parents suffer chronic illnesses freezing cold,we lost our tent due to the heavy rain,wind
Weneed £350 to cover medical, shelter costs
Saveus before it's too late
verified
@mommunism.bsky.social'
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Katabasis by RF Kuang. Was totally bowled over by Babel, and this one might be even better
February 9, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Katabasis by RF Kuang. Was totally bowled over by Babel, and this one might be even better
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I've had some bad luck with my reading choices lately (quite a few mehs and DNFs) but I read Henry Hoke's Open Throat on Sunday and it was great. Verse novel from the pov of a mountain lion in LA!
February 9, 2026 at 8:59 PM
I've had some bad luck with my reading choices lately (quite a few mehs and DNFs) but I read Henry Hoke's Open Throat on Sunday and it was great. Verse novel from the pov of a mountain lion in LA!
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I’m listening to the audiobook of A Black Queer History of the United States by C. Riley Snorton and Darius Bost (narrated by Snorton) and it’s excellent. I’m going to get a physical copy so I can reread it and annotate it.
February 9, 2026 at 7:44 PM
I’m listening to the audiobook of A Black Queer History of the United States by C. Riley Snorton and Darius Bost (narrated by Snorton) and it’s excellent. I’m going to get a physical copy so I can reread it and annotate it.
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Not sure where I heard about it, but it's GOOD. I am in the active stage of "what do you mean I have to work, I need to be reading".
February 9, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Not sure where I heard about it, but it's GOOD. I am in the active stage of "what do you mean I have to work, I need to be reading".
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John Scalzi's The Kaiju Preservation Society!
February 9, 2026 at 8:05 PM
John Scalzi's The Kaiju Preservation Society!
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halfway through Naomi Klein's "Doppelganger", and hoping my library holds come in before I finish it
what are we reading???? I just finished Lia Amador's wonderfully Cuban diaspora-inflected rom-com Witch You Would and then somehow fell into a partial Wimsey reread, though I've got Meg Elison's forthcoming Founding Fathers queued up too.
February 9, 2026 at 8:09 PM
halfway through Naomi Klein's "Doppelganger", and hoping my library holds come in before I finish it
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Uhhh. Fire In Every Direction by Tareq Baconi, a gay (displaced) Palestinian memoir. So far beautifully written and brutally poignant.
February 9, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Uhhh. Fire In Every Direction by Tareq Baconi, a gay (displaced) Palestinian memoir. So far beautifully written and brutally poignant.
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Just about to finish Saint Death’s Daughter and then straight into Anti-State by Allen Stroud.
February 9, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Just about to finish Saint Death’s Daughter and then straight into Anti-State by Allen Stroud.
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It’s great! I loved CAHOKIA JAZZ but this one is tighter, a true thriller
February 9, 2026 at 8:40 PM
It’s great! I loved CAHOKIA JAZZ but this one is tighter, a true thriller
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I hadn't heard of Witch You Would but immediately snapped it up!
February 9, 2026 at 8:43 PM
I hadn't heard of Witch You Would but immediately snapped it up!
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Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
February 9, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
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Oooh, which Wimseys?
I'm reading Beyond the Glittering World www.torreyhouse.org/product-page... and it is gorgeous
I'm reading Beyond the Glittering World www.torreyhouse.org/product-page... and it is gorgeous
Beyond the Glittering World | torrey-house-press
Darcie Little Badger, Stacie Shannon Denetsosie, and Kinsale Drake | Beyond the Glittering World: An Anthology of Indigenous Feminisms and Futurisms | Anthology | November 2025 | 9798890920300 | Trade...
www.torreyhouse.org
February 9, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Oooh, which Wimseys?
I'm reading Beyond the Glittering World www.torreyhouse.org/product-page... and it is gorgeous
I'm reading Beyond the Glittering World www.torreyhouse.org/product-page... and it is gorgeous
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Two rereads rn: Pynchon (Gravity's Rainbow) and Jemisin (The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms)
February 9, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Two rereads rn: Pynchon (Gravity's Rainbow) and Jemisin (The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms)
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I’m reading “Colin Gets Promoted and Dooms the World” by Mark Waddell which could be described as an Office Space apocalyptic romp.
February 9, 2026 at 7:42 PM
I’m reading “Colin Gets Promoted and Dooms the World” by Mark Waddell which could be described as an Office Space apocalyptic romp.
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OK you're like the fifth person who's mentioned this book, I should hunt it down
February 9, 2026 at 7:37 PM
OK you're like the fifth person who's mentioned this book, I should hunt it down
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Rereading Laurie Marks's Fire Logic, hurrah
February 9, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Rereading Laurie Marks's Fire Logic, hurrah