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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*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.
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“Renee was not the first person killed, and she was not the last,” Becca Good said. “You know my wife’s name and you know Alex’s name, but there are many others in this city being harmed that you don’t know — their families are hurting just like mine, even if they don’t look like mine.”
Renee Good's partner addresses Minneapolis immigration crackdown one month after killing
Becca Good has seldom spoken out since Renee Good was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis on Jan. 7.
nbcnews.to
February 7, 2026 at 9:00 PM
“Renee was not the first person killed, and she was not the last,” Becca Good said. “You know my wife’s name and you know Alex’s name, but there are many others in this city being harmed that you don’t know — their families are hurting just like mine, even if they don’t look like mine.”
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kind of funny that an olympian said they are here to represent "compassion, respect, and love for others" and some people automatically knew that was a statement against them
February 7, 2026 at 10:25 PM
kind of funny that an olympian said they are here to represent "compassion, respect, and love for others" and some people automatically knew that was a statement against them
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Let's go with this one.
February 9, 2026 at 2:31 AM
Let's go with this one.
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A Stranger in Olondria by Sofia Samatar. If you have missed this one so far, treat yourself. It's a luscious little ghost story and also a love letter to books.
also I had stare at the wall for the rest of the evening after i finished it because wtf was that?!
www.goodreads.com/book/show/12...
also I had stare at the wall for the rest of the evening after i finished it because wtf was that?!
www.goodreads.com/book/show/12...
February 9, 2026 at 3:18 AM
A Stranger in Olondria by Sofia Samatar. If you have missed this one so far, treat yourself. It's a luscious little ghost story and also a love letter to books.
also I had stare at the wall for the rest of the evening after i finished it because wtf was that?!
www.goodreads.com/book/show/12...
also I had stare at the wall for the rest of the evening after i finished it because wtf was that?!
www.goodreads.com/book/show/12...
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If you liked that one , which I’ve read , I would recommend - How to Lose a Democracy by Ece Temelkuran .
My absolute favourite read of the last year was - The Myth of Normal by Gabor Mate . Caused me to rethink my views on a few things .
My absolute favourite read of the last year was - The Myth of Normal by Gabor Mate . Caused me to rethink my views on a few things .
February 9, 2026 at 12:13 PM
If you liked that one , which I’ve read , I would recommend - How to Lose a Democracy by Ece Temelkuran .
My absolute favourite read of the last year was - The Myth of Normal by Gabor Mate . Caused me to rethink my views on a few things .
My absolute favourite read of the last year was - The Myth of Normal by Gabor Mate . Caused me to rethink my views on a few things .
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When we were in graduate school 20 years ago, in Canada, the term that we used was "States-er" and I think I'd have preferred USian, if it had been coined back then.
February 9, 2026 at 12:02 PM
When we were in graduate school 20 years ago, in Canada, the term that we used was "States-er" and I think I'd have preferred USian, if it had been coined back then.
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This is a great piece by my colleague spencer on the bad bunny helftimeshow but of course there’s never been a more divisive idea in American history than all of us being American, we fought a civil war over it and Trump is nothing if not manifest opposition to it www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
‘Together, We Are America’
Bad Bunny’s critics said his Super Bowl halftime show would be divisive. They were totally wrong.
www.theatlantic.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:55 AM
This is a great piece by my colleague spencer on the bad bunny helftimeshow but of course there’s never been a more divisive idea in American history than all of us being American, we fought a civil war over it and Trump is nothing if not manifest opposition to it www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
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Just finished @austinmccoy.bsky.social 's excellent De La Soul book Living In The D.A.I.S.Y. Age, and getting some HEA-filled wistfulness with Adriana Herrera's An Island Princess Starts a Scandal
February 9, 2026 at 11:29 AM
Just finished @austinmccoy.bsky.social 's excellent De La Soul book Living In The D.A.I.S.Y. Age, and getting some HEA-filled wistfulness with Adriana Herrera's An Island Princess Starts a Scandal
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Just finished Omar El Akkad's One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This. A must read!
Also re-reading Stephen King's It and remembering all the things I had forgotten about from when I first read it when it came out. The sexualization of Beverly as an 11 yo (and as an adult)—is v smdh
Also re-reading Stephen King's It and remembering all the things I had forgotten about from when I first read it when it came out. The sexualization of Beverly as an 11 yo (and as an adult)—is v smdh
February 9, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Just finished Omar El Akkad's One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This. A must read!
Also re-reading Stephen King's It and remembering all the things I had forgotten about from when I first read it when it came out. The sexualization of Beverly as an 11 yo (and as an adult)—is v smdh
Also re-reading Stephen King's It and remembering all the things I had forgotten about from when I first read it when it came out. The sexualization of Beverly as an 11 yo (and as an adult)—is v smdh
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“These were not our people.”
motherfu—
motherfu—
gift link. so horrifying www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...
February 9, 2026 at 11:39 AM
“These were not our people.”
motherfu—
motherfu—
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I've been using USAnian, just because it flows better.
February 9, 2026 at 11:49 AM
I've been using USAnian, just because it flows better.
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The campaign celebrates the power of translation: fiction, journalism, and global storytelling that cross borders.
Your support helps fund @globalvoiceslingua.bsky.social, keeping multilingual publishing open, community-driven, and accessible to all.
storybundle.com/translation
Your support helps fund @globalvoiceslingua.bsky.social, keeping multilingual publishing open, community-driven, and accessible to all.
storybundle.com/translation
StoryBundle
Pay what you like and get a bundle of awesome ebooks and more!
storybundle.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:26 AM
The campaign celebrates the power of translation: fiction, journalism, and global storytelling that cross borders.
Your support helps fund @globalvoiceslingua.bsky.social, keeping multilingual publishing open, community-driven, and accessible to all.
storybundle.com/translation
Your support helps fund @globalvoiceslingua.bsky.social, keeping multilingual publishing open, community-driven, and accessible to all.
storybundle.com/translation
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This campaign brings together 12 books from 12 regions: Zimbabwe, Korea, Palestine, Nigeria, South Africa, India, Thailand, Malaysia/Singapore, Brazil, Wiikwemkoong, Canada, and Ukraine.
A global bookshelf—translated into English for the first time (And 10% of the donations goes to GV Lingua!)
A global bookshelf—translated into English for the first time (And 10% of the donations goes to GV Lingua!)
February 9, 2026 at 11:24 AM
This campaign brings together 12 books from 12 regions: Zimbabwe, Korea, Palestine, Nigeria, South Africa, India, Thailand, Malaysia/Singapore, Brazil, Wiikwemkoong, Canada, and Ukraine.
A global bookshelf—translated into English for the first time (And 10% of the donations goes to GV Lingua!)
A global bookshelf—translated into English for the first time (And 10% of the donations goes to GV Lingua!)
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Last week, @storybundle.bsky.social launched a global storytelling bundle focused on translated books which will support @globalvoiceslingua.bsky.social, our network of volunteer translators who bring underreported stories into dozens of languages.
lingua.globalvoices.org/2026/02/stor...
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 9, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Last week, @storybundle.bsky.social launched a global storytelling bundle focused on translated books which will support @globalvoiceslingua.bsky.social, our network of volunteer translators who bring underreported stories into dozens of languages.
lingua.globalvoices.org/2026/02/stor...
lingua.globalvoices.org/2026/02/stor...
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Del amor y otros demonios, by Garcia Marquez (br edition). I read El general en su laberinto for the first time earlier this year and decided to revisit some books of his (let's see how this goes as a plan)
February 9, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Del amor y otros demonios, by Garcia Marquez (br edition). I read El general en su laberinto for the first time earlier this year and decided to revisit some books of his (let's see how this goes as a plan)
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Gift link.
Opinion | This Is Just Who Trump Is
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Gift link.