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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Some of these people are acting in good faith, and some are not, but we shouldn’t take any of them at face value.
And that is where journalism* comes in.
And that is where journalism* comes in.
November 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Some of these people are acting in good faith, and some are not, but we shouldn’t take any of them at face value.
And that is where journalism* comes in.
And that is where journalism* comes in.
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Public figures of all stripes — from politicians to business owners — have long worked to earn our approval. And now many of us hear from total strangers on social media who are promoting their viewpoints. [I'm doing it right now!]
November 25, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Public figures of all stripes — from politicians to business owners — have long worked to earn our approval. And now many of us hear from total strangers on social media who are promoting their viewpoints. [I'm doing it right now!]
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Let's start with this: getting our facts straight is important.
Separating facts from half-truths (and half-truths from lies) is not a luxury, but a necessity, as we attempt to navigate the world on a daily basis.
Separating facts from half-truths (and half-truths from lies) is not a luxury, but a necessity, as we attempt to navigate the world on a daily basis.
November 25, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Let's start with this: getting our facts straight is important.
Separating facts from half-truths (and half-truths from lies) is not a luxury, but a necessity, as we attempt to navigate the world on a daily basis.
Separating facts from half-truths (and half-truths from lies) is not a luxury, but a necessity, as we attempt to navigate the world on a daily basis.
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I want to talk about why journalism is important. It's an evergreen topic, but seems particularly important right now.
So, buckle up. This thread won't be short, but it will be (I think) good.
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So, buckle up. This thread won't be short, but it will be (I think) good.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I want to talk about why journalism is important. It's an evergreen topic, but seems particularly important right now.
So, buckle up. This thread won't be short, but it will be (I think) good.
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So, buckle up. This thread won't be short, but it will be (I think) good.
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Dismantling the Endangered Species Act will hurt a lot more than just wildlife
Dismantling the Endangered Species Act will hurt a lot more than just wildlife
The Trump administration's proposed rollbacks open the door for more drilling, mining, and logging.
dlvr.it
November 25, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Dismantling the Endangered Species Act will hurt a lot more than just wildlife
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I wrote an entire memoir about alcoholism, but when I was a kid in Mississippi, I had never seen anyone drink because my immediate family were devout Baptists. Because of that, the concept was just alien to me. Just a reminder that not everyone's life is the same!
November 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I wrote an entire memoir about alcoholism, but when I was a kid in Mississippi, I had never seen anyone drink because my immediate family were devout Baptists. Because of that, the concept was just alien to me. Just a reminder that not everyone's life is the same!
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New Gallup poll shows that just 54% of Americans say they drink alcohol—"the lowest Gallup has recorded since first measuring alcohol use in 1939," per a press release. The trend coincides with growing understanding that even moderate drinking is unhealthy.
November 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
New Gallup poll shows that just 54% of Americans say they drink alcohol—"the lowest Gallup has recorded since first measuring alcohol use in 1939," per a press release. The trend coincides with growing understanding that even moderate drinking is unhealthy.
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OH NEAT! A LIVING rotulid sand dollar- little spines and everything! Rotula deciesdigitatus from the African country of Benin on the Atlantic coast! #echinoday www.inaturalist.org/observations...
Rotula deciesdigitatus
Rotula deciesdigitatus from Atlantique Department, Benin on November 1, 2021 at 06:33 PM by Hans Hillewaert
www.inaturalist.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
OH NEAT! A LIVING rotulid sand dollar- little spines and everything! Rotula deciesdigitatus from the African country of Benin on the Atlantic coast! #echinoday www.inaturalist.org/observations...
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I was thinking of examples in modern Sinitic langs of 非常 being used as an adjective ('extraordinary)' rather than adverb ('very'), and one example that came to my mind is a Taiwanese song, hui-siông lú 非常女 ('extraordinary woman'), which is also the name of a character in puppet theatre 😍
November 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I was thinking of examples in modern Sinitic langs of 非常 being used as an adjective ('extraordinary)' rather than adverb ('very'), and one example that came to my mind is a Taiwanese song, hui-siông lú 非常女 ('extraordinary woman'), which is also the name of a character in puppet theatre 😍
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43 points underwater with Latino voters.
Pew Research poll - Latino Voters
Trump approval
Approve 27%
Disapprove 70%
www.pewresearch.org/race-and-eth...
Trump approval
Approve 27%
Disapprove 70%
www.pewresearch.org/race-and-eth...
November 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
43 points underwater with Latino voters.
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And, here is Bovino's third day of depositions, November 4: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The lawyers:
Locke Bowman for the plaintiffs.
Sarmad Khojasteh for the government.
The lawyers:
Locke Bowman for the plaintiffs.
Sarmad Khojasteh for the government.
November 25, 2025 at 3:54 PM
And, here is Bovino's third day of depositions, November 4: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The lawyers:
Locke Bowman for the plaintiffs.
Sarmad Khojasteh for the government.
The lawyers:
Locke Bowman for the plaintiffs.
Sarmad Khojasteh for the government.
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Recipes are another thing ive had to limit myself to pre-2023 or looking up specific ones from specific cooks. I keep hitting AI generated ones, too. I used to love trawling Google for interesting food blogs and slop has ruined that.
November 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Recipes are another thing ive had to limit myself to pre-2023 or looking up specific ones from specific cooks. I keep hitting AI generated ones, too. I used to love trawling Google for interesting food blogs and slop has ruined that.
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ai slop ruining basic searches is so annoying, every time i'm trying to find food info -- safety, recipes, whatever -- i feel like 85% of the sites are just ai generated
November 14, 2025 at 5:59 PM
ai slop ruining basic searches is so annoying, every time i'm trying to find food info -- safety, recipes, whatever -- i feel like 85% of the sites are just ai generated
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I assume you've read @older.bsky.social's Mossa and Pleiti stories...
November 25, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I assume you've read @older.bsky.social's Mossa and Pleiti stories...
As with pretty much any conversation I have with @drkarenlord.bsky.social and @annaleen.bsky.social, this interview was a delight, further enlivened by @arleysorg.bsky.social's excellent interview questions. And you still have a week to pre-order our anthology of speculative fiction about activism!
November 25, 2025 at 3:25 PM
As with pretty much any conversation I have with @drkarenlord.bsky.social and @annaleen.bsky.social, this interview was a delight, further enlivened by @arleysorg.bsky.social's excellent interview questions. And you still have a week to pre-order our anthology of speculative fiction about activism!
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INTERVIEWS continued
Collective Action: A Conversation with @drkarenlord.bsky.social, @annaleen.bsky.social, and @older.bsky.social by @arleysorg.bsky.social
Marked for Destruction: A Conversation with Moniquill Blackgoose by Arley Sorg
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Collective Action: A Conversation with @drkarenlord.bsky.social, @annaleen.bsky.social, and @older.bsky.social by @arleysorg.bsky.social
Marked for Destruction: A Conversation with Moniquill Blackgoose by Arley Sorg
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November 25, 2025 at 2:38 PM
INTERVIEWS continued
Collective Action: A Conversation with @drkarenlord.bsky.social, @annaleen.bsky.social, and @older.bsky.social by @arleysorg.bsky.social
Marked for Destruction: A Conversation with Moniquill Blackgoose by Arley Sorg
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Collective Action: A Conversation with @drkarenlord.bsky.social, @annaleen.bsky.social, and @older.bsky.social by @arleysorg.bsky.social
Marked for Destruction: A Conversation with Moniquill Blackgoose by Arley Sorg
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This would be a good idea for waiting rooms, too.
November 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
This would be a good idea for waiting rooms, too.
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Is it enough to wear a suit, or have a title, to get away with this. They don't even try to justify anything anymore. They are simply betraying humanity to let some organisation win, this is not just a matter of 1 country.
I wonder if Gene Roddenberry saw that as a possibility on 1 of the planets.
I wonder if Gene Roddenberry saw that as a possibility on 1 of the planets.
Australia was in the BELEM DECLARATION ON THE TRANSITION AWAY FROM FOSSIL FUELS for about 24 hours, before its Prime Minister declared that you need to extract more gas to help the transition away from fossil fuels.
Enjoy my latest for @thepointau.bsky.social :)
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Enjoy my latest for @thepointau.bsky.social :)
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
November 25, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Is it enough to wear a suit, or have a title, to get away with this. They don't even try to justify anything anymore. They are simply betraying humanity to let some organisation win, this is not just a matter of 1 country.
I wonder if Gene Roddenberry saw that as a possibility on 1 of the planets.
I wonder if Gene Roddenberry saw that as a possibility on 1 of the planets.
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Replacer les temps de l’enfant au centre de l’éducation
www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...
www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...
Replacer les temps de l’enfant au centre de l’éducation
ÉDITORIAL. Les propositions élaborées en toute indépendance par les 133 membres de la convention citoyenne offrent une rupture bienvenue avec l’organisation actuelle des temps scolaires en France. Il ...
www.lemonde.fr
November 25, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Replacer les temps de l’enfant au centre de l’éducation
www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...
www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...
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"Lessons from Vietnam can illuminate other instances of state-building around the world" www.newmandala.org/coffee-confl...
Coffee, conflict, and inadvertent state-building in Vietnam - New Mandala
How state-building can work from the bottom up
www.newmandala.org
November 25, 2025 at 10:46 AM
"Lessons from Vietnam can illuminate other instances of state-building around the world" www.newmandala.org/coffee-confl...
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There will also be a programme of activities and workshops engaging people with manor maps, online mapping and historic landscapes which will be delivered in partnership with the HER, the World Heritage Site team and Cornwall National Landscape.
November 25, 2025 at 10:35 AM
There will also be a programme of activities and workshops engaging people with manor maps, online mapping and historic landscapes which will be delivered in partnership with the HER, the World Heritage Site team and Cornwall National Landscape.
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Building on the legacy of the Manorial Records project, the funding will allow us to digitise manor maps and work in partnership with Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Historic Environment Record (HER) to add the maps as a georeferenced layer on the Cornwall Council online mapping website.
November 25, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Building on the legacy of the Manorial Records project, the funding will allow us to digitise manor maps and work in partnership with Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Historic Environment Record (HER) to add the maps as a georeferenced layer on the Cornwall Council online mapping website.
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Whoop! Exciting news – we are delighted to share that we have been awarded funding from The National Archives Research and Innovation programme for our Mapping the Past for the Future project, which will start next year.
November 25, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Whoop! Exciting news – we are delighted to share that we have been awarded funding from The National Archives Research and Innovation programme for our Mapping the Past for the Future project, which will start next year.
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Homage to the Square: Apparition by Josef Albers, 1959
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137401
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137401
November 25, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Homage to the Square: Apparition by Josef Albers, 1959
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137401
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137401
anyway there's never any paywall at globalvoices.org, highly recommended for your public transportation news catch-up and browsing!
November 25, 2025 at 10:40 AM
anyway there's never any paywall at globalvoices.org, highly recommended for your public transportation news catch-up and browsing!