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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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)
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Incidentally if you want a fiction book that's mildly topical. Can't go wrong with Infomocracy.
January 3, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Incidentally if you want a fiction book that's mildly topical. Can't go wrong with Infomocracy.
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It surprised me to see the @financialtimes.com, for example, using “audacious” in this context, but the FT is the media incarnation of Humphrey Appleby, so I’m prepared to accept the description is intended to be (at least) double-edged.
January 4, 2026 at 11:04 AM
It surprised me to see the @financialtimes.com, for example, using “audacious” in this context, but the FT is the media incarnation of Humphrey Appleby, so I’m prepared to accept the description is intended to be (at least) double-edged.
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“Contemptuous of law”.
I’m forced to concede, therefore, that the word applies on some level.
However, I don't think you could make a case for “intrepidly daring” here, which is the first given meaning.
Intrepid might describe US service personnel, but not the attack itself:
I’m forced to concede, therefore, that the word applies on some level.
However, I don't think you could make a case for “intrepidly daring” here, which is the first given meaning.
Intrepid might describe US service personnel, but not the attack itself:
Definition of INTREPID
characterized by resolute fearlessness, fortitude, and endurance… See the full definition
www.merriam-webster.com
January 4, 2026 at 11:01 AM
“Contemptuous of law”.
I’m forced to concede, therefore, that the word applies on some level.
However, I don't think you could make a case for “intrepidly daring” here, which is the first given meaning.
Intrepid might describe US service personnel, but not the attack itself:
I’m forced to concede, therefore, that the word applies on some level.
However, I don't think you could make a case for “intrepidly daring” here, which is the first given meaning.
Intrepid might describe US service personnel, but not the attack itself:
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We've been focused on childhood vaccination lately due to RFK Jr.'s crusade against them, but vaccines given in adulthood are crucial too. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/h...
Vaccines Are Helping Older People More Than We Knew
www.nytimes.com
January 4, 2026 at 11:03 AM
We've been focused on childhood vaccination lately due to RFK Jr.'s crusade against them, but vaccines given in adulthood are crucial too. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/h...
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🇧🇷Gralha-azul
🌎Cyanocorax caeruleus
Conservação: Quase Ameaçada
A gralha-azul é uma ave passeriforme da família Corvidae.
📷 Frodoaldo Budke
🌎Cyanocorax caeruleus
Conservação: Quase Ameaçada
A gralha-azul é uma ave passeriforme da família Corvidae.
📷 Frodoaldo Budke
January 4, 2026 at 11:13 AM
🇧🇷Gralha-azul
🌎Cyanocorax caeruleus
Conservação: Quase Ameaçada
A gralha-azul é uma ave passeriforme da família Corvidae.
📷 Frodoaldo Budke
🌎Cyanocorax caeruleus
Conservação: Quase Ameaçada
A gralha-azul é uma ave passeriforme da família Corvidae.
📷 Frodoaldo Budke
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Just finished it, and it was SO good! Highly recommend @older.bsky.social’s “Infomocracy” if you have not read it :) 📚 #booksky
Have been in a bit of a fiction reading slump but just started Infomocracy by @older.bsky.social and it is SO GOOD
January 4, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Just finished it, and it was SO good! Highly recommend @older.bsky.social’s “Infomocracy” if you have not read it :) 📚 #booksky
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Picked up the @drkarenlord.bsky.social, @annaleen.bsky.social, & @older.bsky.social edited anthology We Will Rise Again, the other day, and have a feeling that it's exactly something I need, in this moment
January 4, 2026 at 7:17 AM
Picked up the @drkarenlord.bsky.social, @annaleen.bsky.social, & @older.bsky.social edited anthology We Will Rise Again, the other day, and have a feeling that it's exactly something I need, in this moment
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It’s fantastic so far. Each piece is so different but they each offer some sort of hope, even if it’s on the longest timescale possible.
January 4, 2026 at 9:31 AM
It’s fantastic so far. Each piece is so different but they each offer some sort of hope, even if it’s on the longest timescale possible.
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Folks bypass things like the fact that NYPD activated drones and 30 cop cars for a demonstration of 1000 people in freezing weather today. The levels of surveillance and potential repression are taken as regular order in this country.
January 4, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Folks bypass things like the fact that NYPD activated drones and 30 cop cars for a demonstration of 1000 people in freezing weather today. The levels of surveillance and potential repression are taken as regular order in this country.
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Our pathetic manbaby president stating this is explicitly about oil after he's done everything in his power to kill renewable projects that were being built to PROVIDE US ENERGY SECURITY BY FREEING US FROM OIL is truly just the cherry on this flaming dogshit sundae.
January 4, 2026 at 12:27 AM
Our pathetic manbaby president stating this is explicitly about oil after he's done everything in his power to kill renewable projects that were being built to PROVIDE US ENERGY SECURITY BY FREEING US FROM OIL is truly just the cherry on this flaming dogshit sundae.
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Speaker from the Black Alliance for Peace.
January 4, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Speaker from the Black Alliance for Peace.
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Anti-war march in NYC, organized overnight. Happening right now, 8th Ave.
People care.
People care.
January 3, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Anti-war march in NYC, organized overnight. Happening right now, 8th Ave.
People care.
People care.
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This is so true. The more data we get, the more we're important, unanticipated protection
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/h...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/h...
Vaccines Are Helping Older People More Than We Knew
www.nytimes.com
January 4, 2026 at 12:22 AM
This is so true. The more data we get, the more we're important, unanticipated protection
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/h...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/h...
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Happening now: several hundred people are pouring into Chicago's downtown Federal Plaza.
It's 25 degrees outside.
Organizers are leading the crowd in a chant of, "no boots on the ground, no bombs in the air!"
Two protesters hold a large banner reading, "no war for Venezuela oil."
It's 25 degrees outside.
Organizers are leading the crowd in a chant of, "no boots on the ground, no bombs in the air!"
Two protesters hold a large banner reading, "no war for Venezuela oil."
January 3, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Happening now: several hundred people are pouring into Chicago's downtown Federal Plaza.
It's 25 degrees outside.
Organizers are leading the crowd in a chant of, "no boots on the ground, no bombs in the air!"
Two protesters hold a large banner reading, "no war for Venezuela oil."
It's 25 degrees outside.
Organizers are leading the crowd in a chant of, "no boots on the ground, no bombs in the air!"
Two protesters hold a large banner reading, "no war for Venezuela oil."
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President Trump’s unauthorized military action in Venezuela is unconstitutional, dangerous, and an impeachable abuse of power. Congress alone has the authority to declare war and Trump is once again ignoring the law to serve his own interests.
My full statement:
My full statement:
January 3, 2026 at 10:29 PM
President Trump’s unauthorized military action in Venezuela is unconstitutional, dangerous, and an impeachable abuse of power. Congress alone has the authority to declare war and Trump is once again ignoring the law to serve his own interests.
My full statement:
My full statement:
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THE RAVEN SCHOLAR has me in an absolute chokehold, what an incredibly well-paced jewel of a book, I love the feeling of looking at the 400 remaining pages & feeling the anticipatory loss of it coming to an end
January 3, 2026 at 3:31 PM
THE RAVEN SCHOLAR has me in an absolute chokehold, what an incredibly well-paced jewel of a book, I love the feeling of looking at the 400 remaining pages & feeling the anticipatory loss of it coming to an end