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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From the bestskeeting author of the Bluesky-famous six-week Bad Bunny 101 comes this essential close reading of the halftime show! 🧵
First shot: sugarcane
The backbone of Puerto Rico's agricultural economy since colonial times
Still used to make rum of course!
The backbone of Puerto Rico's agricultural economy since colonial times
Still used to make rum of course!
February 9, 2026 at 3:54 AM
From the bestskeeting author of the Bluesky-famous six-week Bad Bunny 101 comes this essential close reading of the halftime show! 🧵
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Marvellous u/LonelyMachines to this @askhistorians.bsky.social question.
Say I am a 20-year-old man in a rich farming household in Central France in 456. Do I get any sense that the (Western) Roman Empire is in the process of "falling"? How different is my day-to-day life ...
www.reddit.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Marvellous u/LonelyMachines to this @askhistorians.bsky.social question.
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The former Dutch territory is the smallest country ever to qualify for a men’s World Cup. It's better-known for producing baseball players, but in recent years has grown on the world soccer stage.
A ‘Blue Wave’ will carry Curaçao’s all-time World Cup underdog story to Philly
www.inquirer.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:15 PM
The former Dutch territory is the smallest country ever to qualify for a men’s World Cup. It's better-known for producing baseball players, but in recent years has grown on the world soccer stage.
Amongst other things, this again highlights the core point about due process. It’s bad enough to be in a “show me your papers” situation, but your precious citizen/non-citizen, “legal”/“illegal” distinctions are meaningless when you can’t prove anything to authorities because they don’t give a shit.
And here is my story: ‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
February 9, 2026 at 1:15 PM
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February 9, 71 CE: A Roman military diploma notes: Liccaius, veteran of the Classis Misenensis (“Fleet of Misenum“) received citizenship, along w/ land, right to marriage, & citizenship for his children & wife.
5% of American troops are foreign born. They’re not guaranteed citizenship (RMD IV 204)
5% of American troops are foreign born. They’re not guaranteed citizenship (RMD IV 204)
![Roman military diploma from Slavonski Brod,ancient Roman town Marsunnia.Issued on February 9th, 71AD. [1080x723]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:byohyhodi6iknxngf3oypcge/bafkreibvwxxa4jezcgfnyti7sh75elegc7rfsllkm5pgls2h5rnsafw5pe@jpeg)
February 9, 2026 at 1:01 PM
February 9, 71 CE: A Roman military diploma notes: Liccaius, veteran of the Classis Misenensis (“Fleet of Misenum“) received citizenship, along w/ land, right to marriage, & citizenship for his children & wife.
5% of American troops are foreign born. They’re not guaranteed citizenship (RMD IV 204)
5% of American troops are foreign born. They’re not guaranteed citizenship (RMD IV 204)
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When mentoring my students I am often surprised at how strong the pull is to find a statistically significant outcome. They seem deflated by null results even though I tell them how important it is in our science to have the full distribution of outcomes
February 9, 2026 at 1:03 PM
When mentoring my students I am often surprised at how strong the pull is to find a statistically significant outcome. They seem deflated by null results even though I tell them how important it is in our science to have the full distribution of outcomes
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🇧🇷Martim-pescador-da-mata
🌎Chloroceryle inda
Conservação: Pouco Preocupante
O martim-pescador-da-mata é uma ave coraciiforme da família Alcedinidae, também chamada ariramba-pintado.
📷 Carlos Goulart
🌎Chloroceryle inda
Conservação: Pouco Preocupante
O martim-pescador-da-mata é uma ave coraciiforme da família Alcedinidae, também chamada ariramba-pintado.
📷 Carlos Goulart
February 9, 2026 at 1:03 PM
🇧🇷Martim-pescador-da-mata
🌎Chloroceryle inda
Conservação: Pouco Preocupante
O martim-pescador-da-mata é uma ave coraciiforme da família Alcedinidae, também chamada ariramba-pintado.
📷 Carlos Goulart
🌎Chloroceryle inda
Conservação: Pouco Preocupante
O martim-pescador-da-mata é uma ave coraciiforme da família Alcedinidae, também chamada ariramba-pintado.
📷 Carlos Goulart
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You’ve seen the halftime show … now read my friend Petra’s new book from @dukepress.bsky.social about how Bad Bunny became the global voice of Puerto Rican resistance! 👏🏽👏🏽
www.dukeupress.edu/p-fkn-r
www.dukeupress.edu/p-fkn-r
February 9, 2026 at 1:53 AM
You’ve seen the halftime show … now read my friend Petra’s new book from @dukepress.bsky.social about how Bad Bunny became the global voice of Puerto Rican resistance! 👏🏽👏🏽
www.dukeupress.edu/p-fkn-r
www.dukeupress.edu/p-fkn-r
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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Black women on the nightmare of seeking healthcare in the US: ‘I have to be my own doctor’
Black women on the nightmare of seeking healthcare in the US: ‘I have to be my own doctor’
Black women on the nightmare of seeking healthcare in the US: ‘I have to be my own doctor’
Many Black women in the US report moving through medical settings strategically as a means of survival
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:04 PM
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Black women on the nightmare of seeking healthcare in the US: ‘I have to be my own doctor’
Black women on the nightmare of seeking healthcare in the US: ‘I have to be my own doctor’
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Spanish has the handy "estadounidense".
February 9, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Spanish has the handy "estadounidense".
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Foundling Fathers is so fucking funny. I’m currently bouncing between The Villa, Once Beloved by Victor Manibo and Temi Oh’s Not With a Bang
February 9, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Foundling Fathers is so fucking funny. I’m currently bouncing between The Villa, Once Beloved by Victor Manibo and Temi Oh’s Not With a Bang
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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 9, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Our In Translation bundle benefits Global Voices Lingua! Check out our curator Emily's interview with them! lingua.globalvoices.org/2026/02/stor...
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 5:20 PM
Our In Translation bundle benefits Global Voices Lingua! Check out our curator Emily's interview with them! lingua.globalvoices.org/2026/02/stor...
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🇰🇬 Despite many mountains, Kyrgyz skiers struggle to train in homeland
Despite Kyrgyzstan being one of the world's most mountainous countries, a lack of infrastructure, poor financing, and tricky snow conditions means few locals have made it into the international skiing scene.
Despite Kyrgyzstan being one of the world's most mountainous countries, a lack of infrastructure, poor financing, and tricky snow conditions means few locals have made it into the international skiing scene.
February 9, 2026 at 12:20 PM
🇰🇬 Despite many mountains, Kyrgyz skiers struggle to train in homeland
Despite Kyrgyzstan being one of the world's most mountainous countries, a lack of infrastructure, poor financing, and tricky snow conditions means few locals have made it into the international skiing scene.
Despite Kyrgyzstan being one of the world's most mountainous countries, a lack of infrastructure, poor financing, and tricky snow conditions means few locals have made it into the international skiing scene.
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This grassroots work has been ongoing, and has always directly called out the colonialism that has killed thousands of people.
It is one of the most important energy justice fights of our time. Read the history behind Bad Bunny's symbolic halftime show: earthjustice.org/feature/puer...
It is one of the most important energy justice fights of our time. Read the history behind Bad Bunny's symbolic halftime show: earthjustice.org/feature/puer...
Island in the Sun
Organizers in Puerto Rico say moving to solar power could break colonial ties.
earthjustice.org
February 9, 2026 at 2:35 AM
This grassroots work has been ongoing, and has always directly called out the colonialism that has killed thousands of people.
It is one of the most important energy justice fights of our time. Read the history behind Bad Bunny's symbolic halftime show: earthjustice.org/feature/puer...
It is one of the most important energy justice fights of our time. Read the history behind Bad Bunny's symbolic halftime show: earthjustice.org/feature/puer...
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*Green card application in process and work permit, married to US citizen
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation
And here is my story: ‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record
www.irishtimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:29 PM
*Green card application in process and work permit, married to US citizen
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation
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Anyway textile arts and feminine-coded arts have a VERY long history of both resistance and also people being really shitty about it and idk I invite you to think about why that may be.
February 9, 2026 at 4:51 AM
Anyway textile arts and feminine-coded arts have a VERY long history of both resistance and also people being really shitty about it and idk I invite you to think about why that may be.
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NB it’s worth reading the article - the family paid a bail bond and he was never bailed, ICE are alleged to have faked his signature on documents, and all the while he’s been held in an overcrowded cell and half starved for the best part of half a year.
February 9, 2026 at 12:26 PM
NB it’s worth reading the article - the family paid a bail bond and he was never bailed, ICE are alleged to have faked his signature on documents, and all the while he’s been held in an overcrowded cell and half starved for the best part of half a year.
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This is what we’re doing to people. We are the bad guys.
February 9, 2026 at 11:48 AM
This is what we’re doing to people. We are the bad guys.
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The USA have kept an Irish guy who has every legal right to be there in a concentration camp for months.
Imagine someone telling you this in like 2015.
Imagine someone telling you this in like 2015.
This is what we’re doing to people. We are the bad guys.
February 9, 2026 at 12:19 PM
The USA have kept an Irish guy who has every legal right to be there in a concentration camp for months.
Imagine someone telling you this in like 2015.
Imagine someone telling you this in like 2015.
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The last fiction I consumed so far today was the excellent Null States by your good self. Mishima is my hero!
February 9, 2026 at 12:23 PM
The last fiction I consumed so far today was the excellent Null States by your good self. Mishima is my hero!
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On a similar note, as Mamdani continues to notch W after W you’re going to start seeing opinion pieces about how this could never work in any city other than New York, etc., etc. Do not engage! It’s just entrenched power bullshit and that’s all! Don’t let them make that a conversation!
February 6, 2026 at 7:04 PM
On a similar note, as Mamdani continues to notch W after W you’re going to start seeing opinion pieces about how this could never work in any city other than New York, etc., etc. Do not engage! It’s just entrenched power bullshit and that’s all! Don’t let them make that a conversation!
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If people are talking about the odious The Cold Equations again, that means I get to post the link to @aimeeogdenwrites.com's most excellent reply story, The Cold Calculations.
The Cold Calculations by Aimee Ogden
Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.
clarkesworldmagazine.com
February 7, 2026 at 10:24 PM
If people are talking about the odious The Cold Equations again, that means I get to post the link to @aimeeogdenwrites.com's most excellent reply story, The Cold Calculations.