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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Just finished "The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles" by Malka Older.
Very much enjoyed the vibes, and looking forwards to book 3!
#BookSky
Very much enjoyed the vibes, and looking forwards to book 3!
#BookSky
February 10, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Just finished "The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles" by Malka Older.
Very much enjoyed the vibes, and looking forwards to book 3!
#BookSky
Very much enjoyed the vibes, and looking forwards to book 3!
#BookSky
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Install it for everyone!
Hawaii lawmakers are taking a tough new step to slow down the state's most dangerous speeders. Read more: https://www.khon2.com/top-stories/speed-limiting-devices-could-be-coming-for-hawaii-repeat-offenders/
February 11, 2026 at 9:31 AM
Install it for everyone!
I knew she is a great writer, and when they asked me to blurb it they said it was funny and the concept sounded interesting. I finished it yesterday (it's short) and it's very good!
February 11, 2026 at 9:32 AM
I knew she is a great writer, and when they asked me to blurb it they said it was funny and the concept sounded interesting. I finished it yesterday (it's short) and it's very good!
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Oh man so true! He's a favorite to this day! And I was just relistening to Rokia Traore who I believe I also discovered from you gifting me some of her music! 🎵 🤍
February 11, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Oh man so true! He's a favorite to this day! And I was just relistening to Rokia Traore who I believe I also discovered from you gifting me some of her music! 🎵 🤍
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And also opera fandom.
*stares in Eurovision*
Both these options sound objectively amazing, why do racists keep assuming everyone's racist?
February 11, 2026 at 2:16 AM
And also opera fandom.
sorry you're welcome?
February 11, 2026 at 9:31 AM
sorry you're welcome?
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February 11, 2026 at 1:22 AM
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@annaleen.bsky.social @older.bsky.social in case of interest, the intersection of archiving, maliciousness, and safety
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Archive.today CAPTCHA page executes DDoS; Wikipedia considers banning site
DDoS hit blog that tried to uncover Archive.today founder's identity in 2023.
arstechnica.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:25 AM
@annaleen.bsky.social @older.bsky.social in case of interest, the intersection of archiving, maliciousness, and safety
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
how many sequels have ended up totally unlike the beloved original because they couln't be bothered to hire the same storyteller????
February 11, 2026 at 8:59 AM
how many sequels have ended up totally unlike the beloved original because they couln't be bothered to hire the same storyteller????
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"Abolish ICE"
Seen in NYC
Seen in NYC
February 11, 2026 at 12:09 AM
"Abolish ICE"
Seen in NYC
Seen in NYC
[will the scriptwriter?]
#TheMummy4 will release in theaters on May 19, 2028.
Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz are set to return.
Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz are set to return.
February 11, 2026 at 12:09 AM
[will the scriptwriter?]
I read it as "AND A BETTER BOOK" as in
HARRY POTTER AND A BETTER BOOK
HARRY POTTER AND A BETTER BOOK
February 11, 2026 at 12:08 AM
I read it as "AND A BETTER BOOK" as in
HARRY POTTER AND A BETTER BOOK
HARRY POTTER AND A BETTER BOOK
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There are so many traditions around the world for picking names you want to go by and they’re all wonderful. Everyone should feel entitled to doing so.
Baffled by transphobes insisting that the name on your birth certificate is Your True Name Forever when it was common in my grandparents' generation to just...pick a name you like and use that, nbd. I literally found out both of my grandma's birth certificate first names FROM THEIR OBITUARIES.
February 11, 2026 at 12:03 AM
There are so many traditions around the world for picking names you want to go by and they’re all wonderful. Everyone should feel entitled to doing so.
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Worth watching this in full. The statement is more powerful than this quote alone. Here is is from USA Today, with alt text.
Also! Rich Ruohonen is a personal injury lawyer and the oldest athlete to ever represent the United States in a Winter Games at 54 years old.
Also! Rich Ruohonen is a personal injury lawyer and the oldest athlete to ever represent the United States in a Winter Games at 54 years old.
February 10, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Worth watching this in full. The statement is more powerful than this quote alone. Here is is from USA Today, with alt text.
Also! Rich Ruohonen is a personal injury lawyer and the oldest athlete to ever represent the United States in a Winter Games at 54 years old.
Also! Rich Ruohonen is a personal injury lawyer and the oldest athlete to ever represent the United States in a Winter Games at 54 years old.
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Well one silver lining for when AI collapses is that once that data centers are defunct, they can be repurposed into hydroponic growth centers for vegetables considering they already have access to freshwater, we just gotta collapse this shit before the aquifers dry up since soil is degrading.
February 11, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Well one silver lining for when AI collapses is that once that data centers are defunct, they can be repurposed into hydroponic growth centers for vegetables considering they already have access to freshwater, we just gotta collapse this shit before the aquifers dry up since soil is degrading.
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Scrawl on a utility box at a bus stop in downtown Saint Paul: “ICE took somebody here”
February 10, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Scrawl on a utility box at a bus stop in downtown Saint Paul: “ICE took somebody here”
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seen in my neighborhood in south Minneapolis
February 10, 2026 at 10:28 PM
seen in my neighborhood in south Minneapolis
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at least three here and it rocks www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cJo...
Lautlos
YouTube video by Deladap - Topic
www.youtube.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:48 PM
at least three here and it rocks www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cJo...
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Andrea Flores is such a great writer.
February 10, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Andrea Flores is such a great writer.
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preemptively annoyed that everyone is going to hate the wuthering heights movie for the wrong reasons. it won't be bad bc it's horny :( it'll be bad bc her films uncritically reproduce the paranoias of the entitled, using surface-level deviance to deliver frank conservatism :(
February 10, 2026 at 11:45 PM
preemptively annoyed that everyone is going to hate the wuthering heights movie for the wrong reasons. it won't be bad bc it's horny :( it'll be bad bc her films uncritically reproduce the paranoias of the entitled, using surface-level deviance to deliver frank conservatism :(
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Heated Rivalry should prove that it's not the horniness that's the issue
preemptively annoyed that everyone is going to hate the wuthering heights movie for the wrong reasons. it won't be bad bc it's horny :( it'll be bad bc her films uncritically reproduce the paranoias of the entitled, using surface-level deviance to deliver frank conservatism :(
February 10, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Heated Rivalry should prove that it's not the horniness that's the issue
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I have a whole playlist called “No Entiendo” that’s just awesome songs in languages I don’t understand
Both these options sound objectively amazing, why do racists keep assuming everyone's racist?
February 10, 2026 at 11:51 PM
I have a whole playlist called “No Entiendo” that’s just awesome songs in languages I don’t understand
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A Dark-eyed Junco (slate-colored subspecies) on a snowy day. The amount of brown points to this bird being a female hatch-year bird. I wonder what she thinks of her first winter?
February 10, 2026 at 11:52 PM
A Dark-eyed Junco (slate-colored subspecies) on a snowy day. The amount of brown points to this bird being a female hatch-year bird. I wonder what she thinks of her first winter?
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Since we're re-litigating Ring's sins: How did they grow so fast?
Until 2016, Ring gave out free/discounted cameras to police & giving cops perks if the public (including victims of crimes) used the officer's discount code to buy cameras--all of which meant Ring essentially made cops salespeople.
Until 2016, Ring gave out free/discounted cameras to police & giving cops perks if the public (including victims of crimes) used the officer's discount code to buy cameras--all of which meant Ring essentially made cops salespeople.
Emails from 2016 Show Amazon Ring's Hold on the LAPD Through Camera Giveaways
In March 2016, “smart” doorbell camera maker Ring was a growing company attempting to market its wireless smart security camera when it received an email from an officer in the Los Angeles Police Depa...
www.eff.org
February 10, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Since we're re-litigating Ring's sins: How did they grow so fast?
Until 2016, Ring gave out free/discounted cameras to police & giving cops perks if the public (including victims of crimes) used the officer's discount code to buy cameras--all of which meant Ring essentially made cops salespeople.
Until 2016, Ring gave out free/discounted cameras to police & giving cops perks if the public (including victims of crimes) used the officer's discount code to buy cameras--all of which meant Ring essentially made cops salespeople.