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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Also Hoopla:
@older.bsky.social A Mimicking of Known Successes (1 of series)
@catvalente.bsky.social Space Opera & also Radiance
@byzantienne.bsky.social A Memory Called Empire (1 of 2)
A bunch by @jessiemihalik.com
Emily Tesh, Some Desperate Glory
Ryka Aoki, Light from Uncommon Stars
@older.bsky.social A Mimicking of Known Successes (1 of series)
@catvalente.bsky.social Space Opera & also Radiance
@byzantienne.bsky.social A Memory Called Empire (1 of 2)
A bunch by @jessiemihalik.com
Emily Tesh, Some Desperate Glory
Ryka Aoki, Light from Uncommon Stars
November 15, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Also Hoopla:
@older.bsky.social A Mimicking of Known Successes (1 of series)
@catvalente.bsky.social Space Opera & also Radiance
@byzantienne.bsky.social A Memory Called Empire (1 of 2)
A bunch by @jessiemihalik.com
Emily Tesh, Some Desperate Glory
Ryka Aoki, Light from Uncommon Stars
@older.bsky.social A Mimicking of Known Successes (1 of series)
@catvalente.bsky.social Space Opera & also Radiance
@byzantienne.bsky.social A Memory Called Empire (1 of 2)
A bunch by @jessiemihalik.com
Emily Tesh, Some Desperate Glory
Ryka Aoki, Light from Uncommon Stars
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Available at hoopla (via my public library anyway):
@kbwagers.com A Pale Light in the Black (first of series)
@gailcarriger.bsky.social Crudrat (standalone, but there’s a related trilogy not on hoopla)
Available at Libby (ditto):
becky chambers’ A Psalm for the Wild Built (first of two)
@kbwagers.com A Pale Light in the Black (first of series)
@gailcarriger.bsky.social Crudrat (standalone, but there’s a related trilogy not on hoopla)
Available at Libby (ditto):
becky chambers’ A Psalm for the Wild Built (first of two)
November 15, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Available at hoopla (via my public library anyway):
@kbwagers.com A Pale Light in the Black (first of series)
@gailcarriger.bsky.social Crudrat (standalone, but there’s a related trilogy not on hoopla)
Available at Libby (ditto):
becky chambers’ A Psalm for the Wild Built (first of two)
@kbwagers.com A Pale Light in the Black (first of series)
@gailcarriger.bsky.social Crudrat (standalone, but there’s a related trilogy not on hoopla)
Available at Libby (ditto):
becky chambers’ A Psalm for the Wild Built (first of two)
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Specific book rec request:
1) indie
2) sci-fi
3) audiobook
4) preferably available via overdrive or hoopla because I have no monies
1) indie
2) sci-fi
3) audiobook
4) preferably available via overdrive or hoopla because I have no monies
November 15, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Specific book rec request:
1) indie
2) sci-fi
3) audiobook
4) preferably available via overdrive or hoopla because I have no monies
1) indie
2) sci-fi
3) audiobook
4) preferably available via overdrive or hoopla because I have no monies
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During the Revolutionary War, Charlotte became known as a "Hornets' nest of rebellion" for resisting British General Cornwallis' attempts to occupy the city, forcing him to retreat. The NBA's Charlotte Hornets get their nickname from our history. I hope we live up to it against ICE/CBP. #CLT #ncpol
November 15, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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Charlotte is turning into Chicago in the course of a day. My husband went to work earlier this afternoon and was informed Hispanic staff were sent home due to an ICE raid around the block in which all the Hispanic employees were rounded up and arrested. Fuck ICE.
A Charlotte pastor said Border Patrol came into his church and made an arrest in front of children. They cried “a lot,” he said.
“We are trying to clean the property. We didn’t know this is gonna happen.”
#borderpatrol #charlotte #nc
“We are trying to clean the property. We didn’t know this is gonna happen.”
#borderpatrol #charlotte #nc
November 15, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Charlotte is turning into Chicago in the course of a day. My husband went to work earlier this afternoon and was informed Hispanic staff were sent home due to an ICE raid around the block in which all the Hispanic employees were rounded up and arrested. Fuck ICE.
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La Noticia in Charlotte's covering ICE enforcement actions today. It's hard to do journalism when you are not safe. Nationally, there's evidence of citizens and green card holders being caught up. I appreciate journalists doing this risky work.
Check out their work here.
lanoticia.com
Check out their work here.
lanoticia.com
La Noticia | Información y noticias de Carolina del Norte hoy en vivo
Noticias Carolina del Norte hoy. Última hora en Charlotte y Raleigh NC. Clima de 10 días, qué visitar y qué hacer. Agenda, temas y horarios.
lanoticia.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:26 PM
La Noticia in Charlotte's covering ICE enforcement actions today. It's hard to do journalism when you are not safe. Nationally, there's evidence of citizens and green card holders being caught up. I appreciate journalists doing this risky work.
Check out their work here.
lanoticia.com
Check out their work here.
lanoticia.com
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Part 131 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg dnd
Hellenistic Greek Cast Glass Pomegranate Vase, tinted with colloidal gold to achieve the burgundy shade, 2nd Century BCE
Hellenistic Greek Cast Glass Pomegranate Vase, tinted with colloidal gold to achieve the burgundy shade, 2nd Century BCE
November 15, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Part 131 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg dnd
Hellenistic Greek Cast Glass Pomegranate Vase, tinted with colloidal gold to achieve the burgundy shade, 2nd Century BCE
Hellenistic Greek Cast Glass Pomegranate Vase, tinted with colloidal gold to achieve the burgundy shade, 2nd Century BCE
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Long ago on the hell site I made long list of historically interesting things to use in dnd ttrpgs and I'll start dragging them over here starting with
2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia.
2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia.
November 13, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Long ago on the hell site I made long list of historically interesting things to use in dnd ttrpgs and I'll start dragging them over here starting with
2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia.
2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia.
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November 15, 2025 at 8:55 PM
We're so close to getting to the halfway point for our November goal, on this 15th day of November! Donate if you can to support independent community journalism from around the world and help @globalvoices.org keep bringing you important perspectives!
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Oh hey, my complete Harwood Spellbook boxed set usually costs $9.99/£7.99, but right now, you can snap it up in the Leading Ladies @storybundle.bsky.social along with 9 to 11 other books for just $25 in total! Check it out:
storybundle.com/fantasy
#romancelandia
storybundle.com/fantasy
#romancelandia
November 15, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Oh hey, my complete Harwood Spellbook boxed set usually costs $9.99/£7.99, but right now, you can snap it up in the Leading Ladies @storybundle.bsky.social along with 9 to 11 other books for just $25 in total! Check it out:
storybundle.com/fantasy
#romancelandia
storybundle.com/fantasy
#romancelandia
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Marchamos hoje pelas ruas de Belém porque sabemos que a verdadeira solução para a crise climática não virá dos gabinetes mal refrigerados da Blue Zone, mas dos territórios onde nossos povos resistem há séculos. 70 mil pessoas na #COP30 representando os interesses de todo o planeta!
Segue o fio +
Segue o fio +
November 15, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Marchamos hoje pelas ruas de Belém porque sabemos que a verdadeira solução para a crise climática não virá dos gabinetes mal refrigerados da Blue Zone, mas dos territórios onde nossos povos resistem há séculos. 70 mil pessoas na #COP30 representando os interesses de todo o planeta!
Segue o fio +
Segue o fio +
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Romance should evolve, but its so clear when people want the shine and financial benefit of Romance without respecting the genre, its conventions, or the readers. It's disturbing, but not surprising that we've arrived in a place where CRAFT DOESNT MATTER is a thing people believe.
November 14, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Romance should evolve, but its so clear when people want the shine and financial benefit of Romance without respecting the genre, its conventions, or the readers. It's disturbing, but not surprising that we've arrived in a place where CRAFT DOESNT MATTER is a thing people believe.
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Im not in the right area and I don’t have the space but you may be luckier!
Are you located in the DC-Baltimore-Philadelphia-New York corridor?
Have you always wanted to have your very own 11 foot long papier-mâché hammerhead shark?
Now available for free!
Perfect for museums, community centers, or your living room!
Save this lovely creature from imminent destruction!
Have you always wanted to have your very own 11 foot long papier-mâché hammerhead shark?
Now available for free!
Perfect for museums, community centers, or your living room!
Save this lovely creature from imminent destruction!
November 14, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Im not in the right area and I don’t have the space but you may be luckier!
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Dealing up close with how to get any tiny bit of justice for a specific case in my own city while all of this has been going on has been at once clarifying and destabilizing. The filters people run this all through are so dehumanizing.
November 15, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Dealing up close with how to get any tiny bit of justice for a specific case in my own city while all of this has been going on has been at once clarifying and destabilizing. The filters people run this all through are so dehumanizing.
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I’ve been disturbed ongoingly by how many people seem to express glee every time a case of sexual violence or exploitation is in the news, as if it’s a gotcha of the bad guys to feel superior about. We have to be able to face and address this violence not play it for clicks…and I donno…
November 15, 2025 at 12:38 AM
I’ve been disturbed ongoingly by how many people seem to express glee every time a case of sexual violence or exploitation is in the news, as if it’s a gotcha of the bad guys to feel superior about. We have to be able to face and address this violence not play it for clicks…and I donno…
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So many vulnerable people were hurt, harassed and raped by these ghouls and now—I’m worried—it’s gonna become hehe haha lurid internet circus instead of a long overdue moral reckoning. I’m scared of who we all are becoming. That man has brought us ALL low.
November 15, 2025 at 12:02 AM
So many vulnerable people were hurt, harassed and raped by these ghouls and now—I’m worried—it’s gonna become hehe haha lurid internet circus instead of a long overdue moral reckoning. I’m scared of who we all are becoming. That man has brought us ALL low.
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I'm incredibly sorry to hear this. Alice has done so much for all of her communities.
So saddened by the news that we have lost Alice Wong. It was an honor to know her and learn from her. May the lessons she shared continue to guide us for years to come.
November 15, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I'm incredibly sorry to hear this. Alice has done so much for all of her communities.
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I really enjoyed this. If you want a book that does not tell you what to think and very much expects you to draw your own conclusions, voila.
Just publlished, the first of a brand new series by Chaz Brenchley. Read a review by KJ Charles here: www.goodreads.com/re...
And then preorder: wizardstowerpress.co...
And then preorder: wizardstowerpress.co...
November 15, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I really enjoyed this. If you want a book that does not tell you what to think and very much expects you to draw your own conclusions, voila.
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Finished @older.bsky.social 's POTENCY OF UNGOVERNABLE IMPULSES last night. It was very good, changing the rules before the series codifies a formula. I appreciated the clear-eyed portrayal of a 2nd party confronting a partner's "melancholy" with an open heart, as a melancholic myself.
November 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Finished @older.bsky.social 's POTENCY OF UNGOVERNABLE IMPULSES last night. It was very good, changing the rules before the series codifies a formula. I appreciated the clear-eyed portrayal of a 2nd party confronting a partner's "melancholy" with an open heart, as a melancholic myself.
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It's a tough time for non-profit, independent news outlets right now, but @globalvoices.org is nearly to halfway on our November fundraising goal! Help us keep providing free, ad-free, tracker-free, multilingual news and analysis from around the world!
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November 14, 2025 at 1:04 PM
It's a tough time for non-profit, independent news outlets right now, but @globalvoices.org is nearly to halfway on our November fundraising goal! Help us keep providing free, ad-free, tracker-free, multilingual news and analysis from around the world!
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from @globalvoiceslingua.bsky.social and Tarjimly, a webinar on culturally sensitive translation, with the recording available to watch + a tipsheet! lingua.globalvoices.org/2025/11/webi...
It's not just about words, it's about people: Watch a webinar on culturally sensitive translation, hosted by Tarjimly and Lingua
If you were unable to attend, you can watch the recording and check out the tipsheet.
lingua.globalvoices.org
November 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
from @globalvoiceslingua.bsky.social and Tarjimly, a webinar on culturally sensitive translation, with the recording available to watch + a tipsheet! lingua.globalvoices.org/2025/11/webi...
It's a tough time for non-profit, independent news outlets right now, but @globalvoices.org is nearly to halfway on our November fundraising goal! Help us keep providing free, ad-free, tracker-free, multilingual news and analysis from around the world!
globalvoices.org/donate/
globalvoices.org/donate/
November 14, 2025 at 1:04 PM
It's a tough time for non-profit, independent news outlets right now, but @globalvoices.org is nearly to halfway on our November fundraising goal! Help us keep providing free, ad-free, tracker-free, multilingual news and analysis from around the world!
globalvoices.org/donate/
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“Is there such a thing as 'Indian' science fiction? A short history and new anthology of speculative writing from India” —
www.moneycontrol.com/books/is-the...
A new interview with @moneycontrol.bsky.social on the IF Anthology of New Indian SFF and the history of Indian SFF.
www.moneycontrol.com/books/is-the...
A new interview with @moneycontrol.bsky.social on the IF Anthology of New Indian SFF and the history of Indian SFF.
November 14, 2025 at 12:47 PM
“Is there such a thing as 'Indian' science fiction? A short history and new anthology of speculative writing from India” —
www.moneycontrol.com/books/is-the...
A new interview with @moneycontrol.bsky.social on the IF Anthology of New Indian SFF and the history of Indian SFF.
www.moneycontrol.com/books/is-the...
A new interview with @moneycontrol.bsky.social on the IF Anthology of New Indian SFF and the history of Indian SFF.
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"“synergy,” “multipliers,” “mindset,” “vision” (as a verb), “agility,” “impactfulness,” students as “clients,” “entrepreneurship,” “branding,” “future-proofing.”
the vacuousness that would replace the exact—and exacting—values whose erasure they are justifying."
academeblog.org/2025/11/13/t...
the vacuousness that would replace the exact—and exacting—values whose erasure they are justifying."
academeblog.org/2025/11/13/t...
The Eternal Synergy of the Spotless Mind
BY ADAM RZEPKA A large public university is wiping out all of its humanities departments. It isn’t sure why. As I write this, our Interim Dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS…
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November 14, 2025 at 12:43 PM
"“synergy,” “multipliers,” “mindset,” “vision” (as a verb), “agility,” “impactfulness,” students as “clients,” “entrepreneurship,” “branding,” “future-proofing.”
the vacuousness that would replace the exact—and exacting—values whose erasure they are justifying."
academeblog.org/2025/11/13/t...
the vacuousness that would replace the exact—and exacting—values whose erasure they are justifying."
academeblog.org/2025/11/13/t...
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November 14, 1152 BCE: the first recorded workers' strike occurred in ancient Egypt under Pharaoh Ramses III. Artisans and laborers working on the royal tombs at Deir el-Medina stopped working in protest of delayed and insufficient rations, a form of wages. collezioni.museoegizio.it/en-GB/materi...
November 14, 2025 at 12:33 PM
November 14, 1152 BCE: the first recorded workers' strike occurred in ancient Egypt under Pharaoh Ramses III. Artisans and laborers working on the royal tombs at Deir el-Medina stopped working in protest of delayed and insufficient rations, a form of wages. collezioni.museoegizio.it/en-GB/materi...