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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Google's AI, Gemini, is being added to its smart-home products. Our writer tested it for three weeks in her own home and was both creeped out and annoyed.
AI Is Making a Lot of Big Promises, but It Can’t Even Properly Identify My Cat
It also said I have a herd of cats and thinks my husband is a child.
nyti.ms
November 26, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Google's AI, Gemini, is being added to its smart-home products. Our writer tested it for three weeks in her own home and was both creeped out and annoyed.
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St Paul MN crowd shouting “shame shame shame” at ICE officers www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrj5JVxs/
A large crowd gathered in a St. Paul neighborhood Tuesday morning amid a federal law enforcement operation that protesters believed was an ICE raid. The crowd had gathered outside a home in the area o...
TikTok video by FOX 9 | KMSP
www.tiktok.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:06 PM
St Paul MN crowd shouting “shame shame shame” at ICE officers www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrj5JVxs/
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Interesting article on Kei Trucks and their usefulness.
SEE IT! Small Japanese Pickup Truck Shows Bigger is Definitely Not Better - Streetsblog New York City
One Brooklyn business has seen the future of safe streets and heavy lugging — and it's going to be O-KEI!
nyc.streetsblog.org
November 26, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Interesting article on Kei Trucks and their usefulness.
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there's couple here in Anchorage and if you can drive one safely here, honestly there's very little excuse for the rest of the country lol
November 26, 2025 at 6:58 PM
there's couple here in Anchorage and if you can drive one safely here, honestly there's very little excuse for the rest of the country lol
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NINE YEAR FAJITA HEIST
(technically nine year fajita fraud scheme but I'm counting this as a heist because it's funny enough)
(technically nine year fajita fraud scheme but I'm counting this as a heist because it's funny enough)
I remember seeing a story years ago where a prison cook was caught having stolen $1.2 million of fajitas over 9 years.
One week he took off sick, someone else answered the order call and was like "what are you talking about? We don't serve fajitas."
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
One week he took off sick, someone else answered the order call and was like "what are you talking about? We don't serve fajitas."
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Texas man sentenced to 50 years for stealing $1.2 million worth of fajitas
Gilberto Escamilla had stolen more than $1.2 million worth of fajitas over the course of approximately nine years.
www.nbcnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
NINE YEAR FAJITA HEIST
(technically nine year fajita fraud scheme but I'm counting this as a heist because it's funny enough)
(technically nine year fajita fraud scheme but I'm counting this as a heist because it's funny enough)
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Kavitha and I recently had a prof who taught our book, Loving Sports When They Don’t Love You Back, email us comments from her students, all of whom loved the book. I cried. This email will sustain me for weeks, at the least.
If you like a writer's work, tell them! Email, LinkedIn message, DM, even in person at an event. It can make a huge difference in their lives, especially right now with declining freelance budgets, layoffs, stagnant salaries, the threat of AI, and dwindling book advances.
November 26, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Kavitha and I recently had a prof who taught our book, Loving Sports When They Don’t Love You Back, email us comments from her students, all of whom loved the book. I cried. This email will sustain me for weeks, at the least.
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#Consumers value the ability to assess #nutrition & #environment impacts of food via #labels, prioritising nutrition over #sustainability (which includes #animalwelfare). For less affluent consumers, #costs also represent an important determinant of food choices: doi.org/10.1111/ijcs... #health
Consumer Attitudes to Combined Sustainability and Nutrition Labelling of Foods: An Exploratory Study
To transform our food system to ensure that our diets are simultaneously healthy and sustainable, it is important to ensure that consumer demand and preferences support increased production and avail...
doi.org
November 26, 2025 at 6:29 PM
#Consumers value the ability to assess #nutrition & #environment impacts of food via #labels, prioritising nutrition over #sustainability (which includes #animalwelfare). For less affluent consumers, #costs also represent an important determinant of food choices: doi.org/10.1111/ijcs... #health
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A staunch opponent of Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ plan to build a 3,000-bed prison in Franklin County will be on the ballot as an independent candidate for the Senate District 26 special election. #arpx #arleg
✍️: @tessmvrbin.bsky.social
✍️: @tessmvrbin.bsky.social
Independent candidate confirmed to appear on Arkansas Senate District 26 special election ballot | Arkansas Advocate
A staunch opponent of Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ plan to build a 3,000-bed prison in Franklin County will be on the ballot as an independent candidate for the Senate District 26 special…
buff.ly
November 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
A staunch opponent of Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ plan to build a 3,000-bed prison in Franklin County will be on the ballot as an independent candidate for the Senate District 26 special election. #arpx #arleg
✍️: @tessmvrbin.bsky.social
✍️: @tessmvrbin.bsky.social
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A reminder of this AWESOME deal this Black Friday!
AUDIOBOOK BLACK FRIDAY SALE!
This audiobook is beautiful. @audiofilemagazine.bsky.social calls it “immerse and imaginative storytelling.” And I am telling you @marawilson.bsky.social and @lindseydorcus.bsky.social are perfect and a dream team. @torbooks.bsky.social @macmillanaudio.bsky.social
This audiobook is beautiful. @audiofilemagazine.bsky.social calls it “immerse and imaginative storytelling.” And I am telling you @marawilson.bsky.social and @lindseydorcus.bsky.social are perfect and a dream team. @torbooks.bsky.social @macmillanaudio.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
A reminder of this AWESOME deal this Black Friday!
fucked UP
The New Yorker obtained memorandums that revealed that the U.S. had agreed to pay Eswatini more than $5 million, and Rwanda $7.5 million, in exchange for accepting foreign-national deportees. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/P__NVj
Disappeared to a Foreign Prison
The Trump Administration is deporting people to countries they have no ties to, where many are being detained indefinitely or forcibly returned to the places they fled. Sarah Stillman reports.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 26, 2025 at 6:04 PM
fucked UP
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Highly infectious bird flu has been found on three more poultry farms, two in Limburg and one in Overijssel, taking the number of birds killed in an effort to control the spread of the disease to over one million.
Bird flu death toll tops one million as three new farms affected - DutchNews.nl
Highly infectious bird flu has been found on three more poultry farms, two in Limburg and one in Overijssel, taking the number of birds killed in an effort to control the spread of the disease to…
www.dutchnews.nl
November 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Highly infectious bird flu has been found on three more poultry farms, two in Limburg and one in Overijssel, taking the number of birds killed in an effort to control the spread of the disease to over one million.
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The cruelty is the point
DHS has announced the end of temporary immigration protections for Haitians.
The decision, effective Feb. 3, 2026, affects up to more than a half million Haitians. They now face returning to a country plagued by criminal gangs that control all major roads into the capital Port-au-Prince.
The decision, effective Feb. 3, 2026, affects up to more than a half million Haitians. They now face returning to a country plagued by criminal gangs that control all major roads into the capital Port-au-Prince.
Trump says Haiti no longer meets requirements for TPS. Haitians have to leave
The Department of Homeland Security said TPS for Haiti ends Feb. 3, 2026, affecting over half a million people who may face return to gang-controlled Port-au-Prince.
amp.miamiherald.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The cruelty is the point
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I feel no sympathy for them if they don’t acknowledge that this has been happening for years and was used BY THEM to justify abysmal representation
November 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I feel no sympathy for them if they don’t acknowledge that this has been happening for years and was used BY THEM to justify abysmal representation
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…Trump and his allies on the Hill decided to play games with their lives during the holidays.
Merry Xmas and happy Thanksgiving
Merry Xmas and happy Thanksgiving
November 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
…Trump and his allies on the Hill decided to play games with their lives during the holidays.
Merry Xmas and happy Thanksgiving
Merry Xmas and happy Thanksgiving
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…see if the GOP decides to push the “let’s mop up our own mess for a lil while” button. They and their families are living on a razors edge and are now forced to spend time they really don’t have working to figure out how, if they can, pay for basic things they need in the new year, largely b/c…
November 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
…see if the GOP decides to push the “let’s mop up our own mess for a lil while” button. They and their families are living on a razors edge and are now forced to spend time they really don’t have working to figure out how, if they can, pay for basic things they need in the new year, largely b/c…
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The federal govt is reopened and the trump wh is at least pretending like they want to “fix” the Obamacare subsidies cliff that he and the party created but there are millions of people whose lives are already rocked by what the ruling party did/is doing; they don’t have the luxury of waiting to…
November 26, 2025 at 5:59 PM
The federal govt is reopened and the trump wh is at least pretending like they want to “fix” the Obamacare subsidies cliff that he and the party created but there are millions of people whose lives are already rocked by what the ruling party did/is doing; they don’t have the luxury of waiting to…
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26 NOVEMBER 1775, BOSTON: William Howe has received orders to evacuate the redcoat army from Boston, but he writes to the American Department in London to tell them he doesn’t have enough ships, and so must hold the town through the winter.
November 26, 2025 at 5:58 PM
26 NOVEMBER 1775, BOSTON: William Howe has received orders to evacuate the redcoat army from Boston, but he writes to the American Department in London to tell them he doesn’t have enough ships, and so must hold the town through the winter.
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Every year around this time, I ask folks to consider doing something in support of Native people. This year, please join me in supporting the Native Organizers Alliance as they build grassroots power, defend Native voting rights, and equip our people for collective struggle through skill-building.
Donate - Native Organizers Alliance
Supporting organizing and advocacy initiatives for Indigenous justice.
nativeorganizing.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Every year around this time, I ask folks to consider doing something in support of Native people. This year, please join me in supporting the Native Organizers Alliance as they build grassroots power, defend Native voting rights, and equip our people for collective struggle through skill-building.
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I usually create a thread of options for people who would like to donate to a Native cause or struggle, but it has gotten HARDER to fundraise on socials over the past couple of years, so I am zeroing in on one ask this year. Pls support Native organizing infrastructure: nativeorganizing.org/donate/
November 26, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I usually create a thread of options for people who would like to donate to a Native cause or struggle, but it has gotten HARDER to fundraise on socials over the past couple of years, so I am zeroing in on one ask this year. Pls support Native organizing infrastructure: nativeorganizing.org/donate/
Gonna print this out and stick it to my computer
well fed by the steady stream of hyper-competent tired heroines
November 26, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Gonna print this out and stick it to my computer
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well fed by the steady stream of hyper-competent tired heroines
November 26, 2025 at 5:48 PM
well fed by the steady stream of hyper-competent tired heroines
the only hint that this could be BECAUSE OF WHAT INDICTMENTS THE ADMINISTRATION IS BRINGING AND HOW THEY ARE DOING IT is in the last four words of the photo cap and downplayed as "procedural stumbles"
In 2016, the Justice Department brought charges against 130,000 suspects. Grand juries rejected indictments only six times.
During the Trump administration, by contrast, grand jurors have repeatedly rejected prosecutors’ requests for indictments.
During the Trump administration, by contrast, grand jurors have repeatedly rejected prosecutors’ requests for indictments.
Trump administration prosecutions focus new attention on grand juries
The administration has struggled with an unusual level of rejections in some cases and procedural stumbles in others.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:33 PM
the only hint that this could be BECAUSE OF WHAT INDICTMENTS THE ADMINISTRATION IS BRINGING AND HOW THEY ARE DOING IT is in the last four words of the photo cap and downplayed as "procedural stumbles"
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Another automation that I would cheerfully accept would be a tool to PROPERLY copy last year's Canvas module to this year's canvas module (without requiring every single link and image file be hand checked) and update the relevant dates.
As I begin to clear up duplicate files in preparation for backing everything up so I can do a full wipe/reinstall, I submit that one ACTUALLY USEFUL automation that I would cheerfully accept would be a script that auto-files PDFs (and cleans duplicates) at the point of download.
November 26, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Another automation that I would cheerfully accept would be a tool to PROPERLY copy last year's Canvas module to this year's canvas module (without requiring every single link and image file be hand checked) and update the relevant dates.
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Singapore announced that it will open its first embassy in East Africa and its third in Africa in Ethiopia.
November 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Singapore announced that it will open its first embassy in East Africa and its third in Africa in Ethiopia.