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
Fantastic review here! "A sobering but heartening theme throughout We Will Rise Again is that there’s no final battle, no completed revolution — only the work to build a better tomorrow."
We Will Rise Again in the Winnipeg Free Press: www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
Voices of resistance to dystopian forces coalesce in collection’s stories, essays
www.winnipegfreepress.com
January 4, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Fantastic review here! "A sobering but heartening theme throughout We Will Rise Again is that there’s no final battle, no completed revolution — only the work to build a better tomorrow."
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Everything else aside, the specific criminal allegations against Maduro seem kinda tenuous
The indictment says all alleged offences took place *outside* US jurisdiction and basically boils down to an accusation that Maduro “enabled” a “culture of corruption” that allowed drug cartels to operate
The indictment says all alleged offences took place *outside* US jurisdiction and basically boils down to an accusation that Maduro “enabled” a “culture of corruption” that allowed drug cartels to operate
www.justice.gov
January 4, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Everything else aside, the specific criminal allegations against Maduro seem kinda tenuous
The indictment says all alleged offences took place *outside* US jurisdiction and basically boils down to an accusation that Maduro “enabled” a “culture of corruption” that allowed drug cartels to operate
The indictment says all alleged offences took place *outside* US jurisdiction and basically boils down to an accusation that Maduro “enabled” a “culture of corruption” that allowed drug cartels to operate
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I don’t think the BezosPost intended this, but that headline is a serious condemnation of the American system of government.
Because laws don't matter in our courts anymore, because we are no longer a nation of laws. One dictator kidnapped and jailed another.
U.S. capture of Maduro may be illegal; that probably won’t matter in court www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
U.S. capture of Maduro may be illegal; that probably won’t matter in court www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
U.S. capture of Maduro may be illegal; that probably won’t matter in court
The Venezuelan leader faces a multi-count indictment in New York. Experts in international law question his arrest, but that probably will not affect his trial.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 4, 2026 at 12:57 PM
I don’t think the BezosPost intended this, but that headline is a serious condemnation of the American system of government.
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This was such a fun interview! Talking with Julia is always a pleasure 💖 Getting to read this long poem out loud was also a joy!
A gorgeous fairy tale poem and a discussion about writing in English and Finnish with Sara Norja! www.juliarios.com/in-winter-a-...
In Winter, A Wedding: a poem and an interview with Sara Norja
I invited Sara Norja to read her Worlds of Possibility poem, "In Winter, a Wedding" and to talk to me about her creative process.
www.juliarios.com
January 3, 2026 at 11:21 PM
This was such a fun interview! Talking with Julia is always a pleasure 💖 Getting to read this long poem out loud was also a joy!
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And you have made mine as well, I can't wait! I'm still going to reread 1, 2 and 3 very slowly to enjoy them even more because they're so brilliant, and well written, and 💖 Thank you. Just thank you.
January 4, 2026 at 12:43 PM
And you have made mine as well, I can't wait! I'm still going to reread 1, 2 and 3 very slowly to enjoy them even more because they're so brilliant, and well written, and 💖 Thank you. Just thank you.
This piece, from the great @elevidalbe.bsky.social in 2024, is still and particularly relevant right now: stop telling Venezuelans how to think or feel in this moment globalvoices.org/2024/08/09/d...
January 4, 2026 at 12:39 PM
This piece, from the great @elevidalbe.bsky.social in 2024, is still and particularly relevant right now: stop telling Venezuelans how to think or feel in this moment globalvoices.org/2024/08/09/d...
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If someone truly wants to contribute something useful to an already confusing moment, then keeping people’s suffering at the center of the analysis would be a good place to start. Not as an afterthought.
Not as collateral damage.
As the baseline.
Not as collateral damage.
As the baseline.
January 3, 2026 at 11:04 AM
If someone truly wants to contribute something useful to an already confusing moment, then keeping people’s suffering at the center of the analysis would be a good place to start. Not as an afterthought.
Not as collateral damage.
As the baseline.
Not as collateral damage.
As the baseline.
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I’m exhausted by seeing #Venezuelan pain instrumentalized or minimized in the name of ideological consistency. If we’re going to be outraged—and we should be—then let’s also be outraged by the disaster these people have inflicted, year after year, on millions of lives.
January 3, 2026 at 11:04 AM
I’m exhausted by seeing #Venezuelan pain instrumentalized or minimized in the name of ideological consistency. If we’re going to be outraged—and we should be—then let’s also be outraged by the disaster these people have inflicted, year after year, on millions of lives.
A webinar we hosted with some key voices about the way the Venezuelan regime used digital tools in its authoritarianism globalvoices.org/2024/09/27/l...
January 4, 2026 at 12:35 PM
A webinar we hosted with some key voices about the way the Venezuelan regime used digital tools in its authoritarianism globalvoices.org/2024/09/27/l...
a good place to start to get a sense for the feelings of Venezuelans after the election was stolen and the inauguration went ahead: globalvoices.org/2025/02/09/v...
January 4, 2026 at 12:34 PM
a good place to start to get a sense for the feelings of Venezuelans after the election was stolen and the inauguration went ahead: globalvoices.org/2025/02/09/v...
ahaha by last year I mean 2024 lol. although the coverage extends through the inauguration and other events in 2025
If you're looking for more context on Venezuela, @globalvoices.org has a special coverage on the election and aftermath last year, with info on the opposition, the ways Maduro's regime used digital tools for oppression, and much more, directly from Venezuelan and other regional perspectives.
Venezuela's fight for democracy · Global Voices
Amid significant irregularities in Venezuela's 2024 presidential elections, protestors took to the streets demanding transparency, leading to clashes with security forces. Dozens have been killed and ...
globalvoices.org
January 4, 2026 at 12:32 PM
ahaha by last year I mean 2024 lol. although the coverage extends through the inauguration and other events in 2025
If you're looking for more context on Venezuela, @globalvoices.org has a special coverage on the election and aftermath last year, with info on the opposition, the ways Maduro's regime used digital tools for oppression, and much more, directly from Venezuelan and other regional perspectives.
Venezuela's fight for democracy · Global Voices
Amid significant irregularities in Venezuela's 2024 presidential elections, protestors took to the streets demanding transparency, leading to clashes with security forces. Dozens have been killed and ...
globalvoices.org
January 4, 2026 at 12:24 PM
If you're looking for more context on Venezuela, @globalvoices.org has a special coverage on the election and aftermath last year, with info on the opposition, the ways Maduro's regime used digital tools for oppression, and much more, directly from Venezuelan and other regional perspectives.
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Went to Dahu Park in Taipei today. It's right next to the Neihu elevated rail line. Can you hear a train whiz by near the end of the video? W/ a train every 2 minutes in each dir, several buses every minute, 2 general traffic lanes, & bike/moped lane, corridor moves 405 Sepulveda amounts
January 4, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Went to Dahu Park in Taipei today. It's right next to the Neihu elevated rail line. Can you hear a train whiz by near the end of the video? W/ a train every 2 minutes in each dir, several buses every minute, 2 general traffic lanes, & bike/moped lane, corridor moves 405 Sepulveda amounts
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The most junior copy editor at the nation’s worst college paper could find a way to squeeze “which killed an estimated 40 people” somewhere into these top 6 grafs of the NYTimes story.
It was a conscious decision to bury it in the bottom half.
It was a conscious decision to bury it in the bottom half.
January 4, 2026 at 5:20 AM
The most junior copy editor at the nation’s worst college paper could find a way to squeeze “which killed an estimated 40 people” somewhere into these top 6 grafs of the NYTimes story.
It was a conscious decision to bury it in the bottom half.
It was a conscious decision to bury it in the bottom half.
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Stories built on "U.S. officials," especially ones published just hours after an action, are rarely the actual inside story.
And papers shouldn't be playing like they are.
And papers shouldn't be playing like they are.
January 4, 2026 at 4:31 AM
Stories built on "U.S. officials," especially ones published just hours after an action, are rarely the actual inside story.
And papers shouldn't be playing like they are.
And papers shouldn't be playing like they are.
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I have had both "The Mimicking of Known Success" and "A Study in Scarlet Women" on my Nook for the better part of a year and I finally read (read: absolutely devoured) both of them this past week. I am a SUCKER for a good Sherlock retelling and that means these were my jaaaaaaaam.
July 25, 2025 at 3:29 AM
I have had both "The Mimicking of Known Success" and "A Study in Scarlet Women" on my Nook for the better part of a year and I finally read (read: absolutely devoured) both of them this past week. I am a SUCKER for a good Sherlock retelling and that means these were my jaaaaaaaam.
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"There’s much to enjoy in this collection: a panoply of voices, styles and ideas, with stories tackling different aspects of similar issues...
A sobering but heartening theme [of] We Will Rise Again is that there’s no final battle, no completed revolution—only the work to build a better tomorrow."
A sobering but heartening theme [of] We Will Rise Again is that there’s no final battle, no completed revolution—only the work to build a better tomorrow."
We Will Rise Again in the Winnipeg Free Press: www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
Voices of resistance to dystopian forces coalesce in collection’s stories, essays
www.winnipegfreepress.com
January 4, 2026 at 3:00 AM
"There’s much to enjoy in this collection: a panoply of voices, styles and ideas, with stories tackling different aspects of similar issues...
A sobering but heartening theme [of] We Will Rise Again is that there’s no final battle, no completed revolution—only the work to build a better tomorrow."
A sobering but heartening theme [of] We Will Rise Again is that there’s no final battle, no completed revolution—only the work to build a better tomorrow."
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205. Could Fiji have a space agency?
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Astropolitics of Fiji: An Introduction - Australian Institute of International Affairs
Fiji is an active actor in the international politics of outer space. The present article aims to explain how Fiji´s internal needs and external engagements could potentially lead the country [...]
www.internationalaffairs.org.au
January 4, 2026 at 6:18 AM
205. Could Fiji have a space agency?
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'My urgent appeal🚨
We in Gaza dreamed of having a tent to live in. Our tent was destroyed by the heavy rain & wind. We were flooded & are now homeless without a tent.
📍We appeal to you to donate & support us so we can buy a tent that costs $100.
Plz Give us hope⬇️Help⬇️'
We in Gaza dreamed of having a tent to live in. Our tent was destroyed by the heavy rain & wind. We were flooded & are now homeless without a tent.
📍We appeal to you to donate & support us so we can buy a tent that costs $100.
Plz Give us hope⬇️Help⬇️'
January 4, 2026 at 11:32 AM
'My urgent appeal🚨
We in Gaza dreamed of having a tent to live in. Our tent was destroyed by the heavy rain & wind. We were flooded & are now homeless without a tent.
📍We appeal to you to donate & support us so we can buy a tent that costs $100.
Plz Give us hope⬇️Help⬇️'
We in Gaza dreamed of having a tent to live in. Our tent was destroyed by the heavy rain & wind. We were flooded & are now homeless without a tent.
📍We appeal to you to donate & support us so we can buy a tent that costs $100.
Plz Give us hope⬇️Help⬇️'
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'Much of the political manoeuvring of the new right boils down to people who grew up in the same horrible cultural atmosphere that I did, basing a huge amount of what they say on the belief that the UK was simply a better place back then.' 1/3
In 2026, remember this: Britain is much better than it was in so many ways. Don’t swallow the right’s lies | John Harris
Populists rewrite the history of this nation because they were complicit in much of its ugliness. The progressive fightback must start now, says Guardian columnist John Harris
www.theguardian.com
January 4, 2026 at 11:33 AM
'Much of the political manoeuvring of the new right boils down to people who grew up in the same horrible cultural atmosphere that I did, basing a huge amount of what they say on the belief that the UK was simply a better place back then.' 1/3
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‘We will not be anyone’s colony’: Caracas government seeks to reassert control ft.trib.al/Y7Pzkaz
‘We will not be anyone’s colony’: Caracas government seeks to reassert control
Maduro regime maintains grip on streets of capital after US raid
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January 4, 2026 at 11:35 AM
‘We will not be anyone’s colony’: Caracas government seeks to reassert control ft.trib.al/Y7Pzkaz
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New euphemism for "bottomless corruption and naked abuses of power" just dropped
January 4, 2026 at 11:35 AM
New euphemism for "bottomless corruption and naked abuses of power" just dropped
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Why is the US going to run Venezuela?
Yesterday was the deadline for DOJ to give Congress “written justification for any documents from the Epstein files that the department had redacted or withheld” as required by Epstein Files Transparency Act “approved overwhelmingly” by Congress in Nov. 2025
Yesterday was the deadline for DOJ to give Congress “written justification for any documents from the Epstein files that the department had redacted or withheld” as required by Epstein Files Transparency Act “approved overwhelmingly” by Congress in Nov. 2025
January 3, 2026
Today was the legal deadline for the Department of Justice to submit to Congress a written justification for any documents from the Epstein files that the department had redacted or withheld.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
January 4, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Why is the US going to run Venezuela?
Yesterday was the deadline for DOJ to give Congress “written justification for any documents from the Epstein files that the department had redacted or withheld” as required by Epstein Files Transparency Act “approved overwhelmingly” by Congress in Nov. 2025
Yesterday was the deadline for DOJ to give Congress “written justification for any documents from the Epstein files that the department had redacted or withheld” as required by Epstein Files Transparency Act “approved overwhelmingly” by Congress in Nov. 2025
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Omg yes, my hero!! Just got the first Mossa and Pleitl, just what I was looking for! I love Becky Chambers but have only read the Wayfarers series so have to check those out, and adore Olivia Waite, murder by memory is such a shift from her earlier work but I love both! Thank you so much!!
January 4, 2026 at 8:06 AM
Omg yes, my hero!! Just got the first Mossa and Pleitl, just what I was looking for! I love Becky Chambers but have only read the Wayfarers series so have to check those out, and adore Olivia Waite, murder by memory is such a shift from her earlier work but I love both! Thank you so much!!
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Malka older’s Mossa & Pleiti investigations are cozy SF/F mysteries, Stephen spotswood’s pentecoast & Parker series are cozy mysteries, Becky chambers’ monk and robot roadtrip buddy comedy, Olivia Waite’s murder by mystery (also, Hen Fever)
January 4, 2026 at 7:20 AM
Malka older’s Mossa & Pleiti investigations are cozy SF/F mysteries, Stephen spotswood’s pentecoast & Parker series are cozy mysteries, Becky chambers’ monk and robot roadtrip buddy comedy, Olivia Waite’s murder by mystery (also, Hen Fever)