N.S. Dolkart
@nsdolkart.bsky.social
Author of cool fantasy stuff. Hebrew school teacher. Dad. Program Chair for Readercon, the Boston-area literary conference for speculative fiction. Now a town meeting rep and local access TV host too. Not a security guard, but I played one in an opera.
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N.S. Dolkart
@nsdolkart.bsky.social
· Aug 7
The Stoughton Writers Group: Fantasy Novels with Noah Beit-Aharon
YouTube video by Stoughton Media Access Corporation
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Oh! By the way! I got interviewed about my fantasy novels! youtu.be/knXgBkMhA2s
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listen
we can all agree it's a misleading name
but for none of the "ooh we're so traditionalist" "oooh we're the only ones correctly interpreting ancient doctrine" Catholics in this administration to know that the Feast of the Immaculate Conception is about MARY being born without sin is banoonies
we can all agree it's a misleading name
but for none of the "ooh we're so traditionalist" "oooh we're the only ones correctly interpreting ancient doctrine" Catholics in this administration to know that the Feast of the Immaculate Conception is about MARY being born without sin is banoonies
ok it’s legitimately funny that they can’t even throw red meat to Catholics without falling into heresy
December 9, 2025 at 4:44 AM
listen
we can all agree it's a misleading name
but for none of the "ooh we're so traditionalist" "oooh we're the only ones correctly interpreting ancient doctrine" Catholics in this administration to know that the Feast of the Immaculate Conception is about MARY being born without sin is banoonies
we can all agree it's a misleading name
but for none of the "ooh we're so traditionalist" "oooh we're the only ones correctly interpreting ancient doctrine" Catholics in this administration to know that the Feast of the Immaculate Conception is about MARY being born without sin is banoonies
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Remember, as Sean Duffy keeps telling us his ideas for air travel -- dress up nice for your flight! do a little workout before you get on too! -- this is an actual Good Thing We Wanted that Democrats secured for us before these assholes took it away
White House Scraps Cash Payments for Delayed or Canceled Flights
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Remember, as Sean Duffy keeps telling us his ideas for air travel -- dress up nice for your flight! do a little workout before you get on too! -- this is an actual Good Thing We Wanted that Democrats secured for us before these assholes took it away
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I feel like younger hispanic kids are going to look at their Trump supporting older relatives the same way post WWII German kids looked at their relatives who supported Hitler.
December 9, 2025 at 6:02 AM
I feel like younger hispanic kids are going to look at their Trump supporting older relatives the same way post WWII German kids looked at their relatives who supported Hitler.
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This is your casual reminder that executive orders are not laws.
EOs are directives meant to manage the operations of the federal government. Not state governments.
The states that even deign to acknowledge this are the ones who actively WANT to. No one's forcing them.
EOs are directives meant to manage the operations of the federal government. Not state governments.
The states that even deign to acknowledge this are the ones who actively WANT to. No one's forcing them.
BREAKING: Trump says he will sign an executive order this week that will limit states’ ability to regulate AI.
December 9, 2025 at 5:12 AM
This is your casual reminder that executive orders are not laws.
EOs are directives meant to manage the operations of the federal government. Not state governments.
The states that even deign to acknowledge this are the ones who actively WANT to. No one's forcing them.
EOs are directives meant to manage the operations of the federal government. Not state governments.
The states that even deign to acknowledge this are the ones who actively WANT to. No one's forcing them.
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Breaking: Masjid Ash-Shura, a Muslim non-profit religious organization in Norfolk, VA was vandalized with dozens of spray-painted crosses last night. The police, according to the non-profit, are investigating this vandalism as a hate crime. More on this soon.
[photos copyrighted Zach D Roberts]
[photos copyrighted Zach D Roberts]
December 8, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Breaking: Masjid Ash-Shura, a Muslim non-profit religious organization in Norfolk, VA was vandalized with dozens of spray-painted crosses last night. The police, according to the non-profit, are investigating this vandalism as a hate crime. More on this soon.
[photos copyrighted Zach D Roberts]
[photos copyrighted Zach D Roberts]
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JUST IN: Famous 9th Cir Judge Jay Bybee (GWBush) pens 64-page opinion on how Constitution's 'domestic violence' clause may block Trump deployment of National Guard in OR. Judge Eric Tung's (Trump) insulting response: 'A great labor producing a mouse.' Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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www.documentcloud.org
December 9, 2025 at 12:56 AM
JUST IN: Famous 9th Cir Judge Jay Bybee (GWBush) pens 64-page opinion on how Constitution's 'domestic violence' clause may block Trump deployment of National Guard in OR. Judge Eric Tung's (Trump) insulting response: 'A great labor producing a mouse.' Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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I get what this post is saying, but it's also smart to moderate your news intake when a lot of "news" is "court intrigue" bullshit about the president playing "favorites" with ghoulish appointees.
Be boring! Pay attention to non-headline issues, ie. housing, unions, renewable energy. 💪❤️
Be boring! Pay attention to non-headline issues, ie. housing, unions, renewable energy. 💪❤️
It’s all so exhausting but stay engaged even when the news feels like a migraine wearing a trench coat. Authoritarianism counts on exhaustion. Democracy depends on very boring persistence.
December 9, 2025 at 1:04 AM
I get what this post is saying, but it's also smart to moderate your news intake when a lot of "news" is "court intrigue" bullshit about the president playing "favorites" with ghoulish appointees.
Be boring! Pay attention to non-headline issues, ie. housing, unions, renewable energy. 💪❤️
Be boring! Pay attention to non-headline issues, ie. housing, unions, renewable energy. 💪❤️
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To recap:
•Rittenhouse killed 2 people at a BLM rally & raised $2M
•Shiloh Hendrix called a Black child the n-word & raised $800K
•Now Crystal Wilsey called a Black customer the n-word & has already raised $100K in 1 day
On thing remains clear—White supremacy remains extremely profitable in America
•Rittenhouse killed 2 people at a BLM rally & raised $2M
•Shiloh Hendrix called a Black child the n-word & raised $800K
•Now Crystal Wilsey called a Black customer the n-word & has already raised $100K in 1 day
On thing remains clear—White supremacy remains extremely profitable in America
December 8, 2025 at 9:13 PM
To recap:
•Rittenhouse killed 2 people at a BLM rally & raised $2M
•Shiloh Hendrix called a Black child the n-word & raised $800K
•Now Crystal Wilsey called a Black customer the n-word & has already raised $100K in 1 day
On thing remains clear—White supremacy remains extremely profitable in America
•Rittenhouse killed 2 people at a BLM rally & raised $2M
•Shiloh Hendrix called a Black child the n-word & raised $800K
•Now Crystal Wilsey called a Black customer the n-word & has already raised $100K in 1 day
On thing remains clear—White supremacy remains extremely profitable in America
My daughter finally got the chance to Yell At The Author today!
She’s near the end of AMONG THE FALLEN, and apparently the scene with Psander and Olimande the elf (IYKYK) was creepy enough that it stuck with her all day.
She’s near the end of AMONG THE FALLEN, and apparently the scene with Psander and Olimande the elf (IYKYK) was creepy enough that it stuck with her all day.
December 9, 2025 at 12:49 AM
My daughter finally got the chance to Yell At The Author today!
She’s near the end of AMONG THE FALLEN, and apparently the scene with Psander and Olimande the elf (IYKYK) was creepy enough that it stuck with her all day.
She’s near the end of AMONG THE FALLEN, and apparently the scene with Psander and Olimande the elf (IYKYK) was creepy enough that it stuck with her all day.
I mean, that's exactly who I would think you were talking about NOW, because it's 2025 and we live in the bad place.
If I told you hey there's a guy at the airport raving about the Nourishment of a Mother's Breast, who would you think it is. Wrong it's the U.S. secretary of health and human services
RFK Jr: "All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is the infant formula in a mother's breast."
December 9, 2025 at 12:18 AM
I mean, that's exactly who I would think you were talking about NOW, because it's 2025 and we live in the bad place.
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This kind of bait and switch evangelism is a time honored and disgusting tradition.
I ordered a copy of Jonathan Sarna’s “American Judaism” several months ago and the seller shipped me two entries from this genre instead. 🙄
I suppose if I had to offer constructive criticism it would be “this vaguely non-secular Jewish guy would find G Wolfe and PK Dick”more compelling evangelists.
I suppose if I had to offer constructive criticism it would be “this vaguely non-secular Jewish guy would find G Wolfe and PK Dick”more compelling evangelists.
December 8, 2025 at 10:32 PM
This kind of bait and switch evangelism is a time honored and disgusting tradition.
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ICEBlock app creator Joshua Aaron is suing the Trump administration, accusing it of abusing government power and infringing on his free speech by pushing Apple to remove ICEBlock from its app store. https://cnn.it/3MnqjkB
December 8, 2025 at 10:28 PM
ICEBlock app creator Joshua Aaron is suing the Trump administration, accusing it of abusing government power and infringing on his free speech by pushing Apple to remove ICEBlock from its app store. https://cnn.it/3MnqjkB
Uh, "countries that have not committed war crimes" how recently?
Not that Israel shouldn't be booted from the competition, but this is a problematic description of these countries!
Not that Israel shouldn't be booted from the competition, but this is a problematic description of these countries!
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Not only is Eurovision welcoming Israel (while banning Russia for the same reasons), but they're willing to let go of pain, Slovenia, Ireland and the Netherland, countries that have not committed war crimes.
Eurovision is willing to self-destruct just to protect Israel.
Boycott Eurovision.
[below, the quoted post from @democracynow.org]
Ireland, Slovenia, Spain and the Netherlands to Boycott Eurovision over Israel's Participation](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qxk7ylxws7krejbn3umztmvp/bafkreiato4wf73mht7jls7x6jvmz7fbbbgqmyz7s2mkuzq75zcoh5r6t4q@jpeg)
December 8, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Uh, "countries that have not committed war crimes" how recently?
Not that Israel shouldn't be booted from the competition, but this is a problematic description of these countries!
Not that Israel shouldn't be booted from the competition, but this is a problematic description of these countries!
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I only occasionally interpret immigration matters, but I can definitively state that whatever you think immigration law looks like, it’s at least 8000 times more complicated and arbitrary than whatever you’re imagining
The average natural born US citizen, even one who is well-educated, has ZERO understanding of the history of immigration and citizenship law or the way that immigration and citizenship law is enforced today.
Having finished a book tracing US migration & citizenship from the colonial period to 1888, the lesson people are missing today from history is: 1) Without legal citizenship, all kinds of discrimination can be done to you & w/ no due process/equal protection. This is the very reason why the 14th 1/
December 8, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I only occasionally interpret immigration matters, but I can definitively state that whatever you think immigration law looks like, it’s at least 8000 times more complicated and arbitrary than whatever you’re imagining
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One thing about the current SCOTUS that they try to retain the intellectual patina for their decisions when in reality they're just the most basal, partisan, power politics decisions imaginable. There is no intellectual foundation there, just post hoc rationalizing--an intellectual dead end.
December 8, 2025 at 6:08 PM
One thing about the current SCOTUS that they try to retain the intellectual patina for their decisions when in reality they're just the most basal, partisan, power politics decisions imaginable. There is no intellectual foundation there, just post hoc rationalizing--an intellectual dead end.
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Bringing a hanukkiah to my gymnasium so I can think about Hanukkah while I work out in the nude with the bros
I get why people do the whole “put a menorah next to the Christmas tree” thing but it is also kind of weird because like… I just think it misunderstands what Chanuka is
December 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Bringing a hanukkiah to my gymnasium so I can think about Hanukkah while I work out in the nude with the bros
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Further evidence that widespread covid vaccination is better for everybody.
A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
Redirecting
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December 8, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Further evidence that widespread covid vaccination is better for everybody.
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New analysis of the Turin Strike Papyrus—a detailed account from 1157 BCE—shows how artisans building the royal tombs at Deir el-Medina staged a coordinated walkout after going 18 days without grain rations. tinyurl.com/29822yb2
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Collection online - The so-called “Strike Papyrus” written by Amunnakht
More than 4.000 of the approximately 40.000 objects in Museo Egizio’s collection are accessible here. All data are constantly updated, thanks to the continuous study and documentation of the objects.…
tinyurl.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:50 PM
New analysis of the Turin Strike Papyrus—a detailed account from 1157 BCE—shows how artisans building the royal tombs at Deir el-Medina staged a coordinated walkout after going 18 days without grain rations. tinyurl.com/29822yb2
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
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“Given Trump’s position on situations like this, he’s going to either need to fire himself or refer himself to the Department of Justice. Trump has deemed that this type of misrepresentation is sufficient to preclude someone from serving the country.”
NEW:
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
w/ @robert-faturechi.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 1:26 PM
“Given Trump’s position on situations like this, he’s going to either need to fire himself or refer himself to the Department of Justice. Trump has deemed that this type of misrepresentation is sufficient to preclude someone from serving the country.”
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"Instead, we should deny the entire framing of the natalism debate."
This is the piece I've been waiting for as legacy media has spent the last couple of years sanewashing far-right pro-natalism.
This is the piece I've been waiting for as legacy media has spent the last couple of years sanewashing far-right pro-natalism.
New from me: In the New Republic @newrepublic.com, I wrote that we should refuse to choose between the easy way and the hard way to boost birth rates.
What If Both Sides in the Birth Rate Debate Are Wrong?
The right wants to steer women away from work and toward motherhood. The left wants to provide them with more state support so it’s easier to have children. We should refuse this choice.
newrepublic.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:19 PM
"Instead, we should deny the entire framing of the natalism debate."
This is the piece I've been waiting for as legacy media has spent the last couple of years sanewashing far-right pro-natalism.
This is the piece I've been waiting for as legacy media has spent the last couple of years sanewashing far-right pro-natalism.
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What’s something you’re proud of that rarely comes up in normal conversation?
For me, it’s baking this cookie Settlers of Catan board for my son’s birthday four years ago:
For me, it’s baking this cookie Settlers of Catan board for my son’s birthday four years ago:
December 8, 2025 at 1:50 AM
What’s something you’re proud of that rarely comes up in normal conversation?
For me, it’s baking this cookie Settlers of Catan board for my son’s birthday four years ago:
For me, it’s baking this cookie Settlers of Catan board for my son’s birthday four years ago:
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Gentiles not get pissy at Jews defining the boundaries of our community challenge, level impossible
December 8, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Gentiles not get pissy at Jews defining the boundaries of our community challenge, level impossible
Also, that Lisa Cook didn’t!
NEW: The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans.
We found that Trump once did the very thing he claimed could be a crime.
We found that Trump once did the very thing he claimed could be a crime.
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing he called “deceitful and potentially criminal.”
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Also, that Lisa Cook didn’t!
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Amazon accused of threatening green energy group with funding withdrawal, after dispute over data centre emissions www.ft.com/content/4bbd...
Climate rift opens between Amazon and rivals in row over data centre power
US tech giant accused of pressuring top European clean energy group over changes to emissions rules
www.ft.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Amazon accused of threatening green energy group with funding withdrawal, after dispute over data centre emissions www.ft.com/content/4bbd...
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Very cool, great work
Chernobyl radiation shield ‘not working after Russian strike’ ⬇️
A drone attack damaged the cover built to contain radioactive material and it is no longer performing its safety function
A drone attack damaged the cover built to contain radioactive material and it is no longer performing its safety function
Chernobyl radiation shield ‘not working after Russian strike’
Chernobyl radiation shield ‘not working after Russian strike’
www.thetimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Very cool, great work