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
youtu.be
Oh! By the way! I got interviewed about my fantasy novels! youtu.be/knXgBkMhA2s
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Ministerial: statements.qld.gov.au/statements/1...
December 7, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Ministerial: statements.qld.gov.au/statements/1...
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This is huge. Biggest and most important new national park in Queensland in a generation, and all ABC Rural can tell us about are the fúcking opal miners.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Outback opal miners allowed to operate as surrounding land becomes national park
The Queensland government's purchase of Vergemont Station last year led to months of uncertainty for miners with tenures inside the former cattle station, which is larger than the Australian Capital T...
www.abc.net.au
December 7, 2025 at 10:11 AM
This is huge. Biggest and most important new national park in Queensland in a generation, and all ABC Rural can tell us about are the fúcking opal miners.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
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An inependent review of medical evidence on trans youth healthcare found substantial evidence of benefit, and no evidence of harm.
This was one of our top stories this year. Legacy news, who extensively covered a review finding the opposite, ignored this.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
This was one of our top stories this year. Legacy news, who extensively covered a review finding the opposite, ignored this.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Plentiful Data, No Regret: What the Utah Review on Youth Trans Care Found — Assigned
A 1,000-page report by the College of Pharmacy at the University of Utah, which found care safe and effective, stands out from others: It’s both independent and an actual review of the evidence.
www.assignedmedia.org
December 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
An inependent review of medical evidence on trans youth healthcare found substantial evidence of benefit, and no evidence of harm.
This was one of our top stories this year. Legacy news, who extensively covered a review finding the opposite, ignored this.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
This was one of our top stories this year. Legacy news, who extensively covered a review finding the opposite, ignored this.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
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We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
December 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
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it's really a deliberate white supremacist choice that "lynching" is now a generic term for any public shaming. 1
December 7, 2025 at 12:46 AM
it's really a deliberate white supremacist choice that "lynching" is now a generic term for any public shaming. 1
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Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara issued a stern warning to his officers on Thursday: Intervene when you see Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents using unlawful force or lose your job.
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.
www.ms.now
December 6, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara issued a stern warning to his officers on Thursday: Intervene when you see Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents using unlawful force or lose your job.
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Elon Musk is worse at hiding it but this is the problem with all billionaires: they are a threat to democratic governance. They have an insatiable need to own and control everything. If you want to be free you have to curb their power, and demand political leaders who understand that
Elon Musk is against the European Union being the European Union —he posted this after X (fka Twitter) was fined for violations of the EU’s Digital Services Act.
December 6, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Elon Musk is worse at hiding it but this is the problem with all billionaires: they are a threat to democratic governance. They have an insatiable need to own and control everything. If you want to be free you have to curb their power, and demand political leaders who understand that
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In a back channeled "offer" to the International Criminal Court, the United States proposed dropping sanctions on ICC officials if the Court
•Dropped charges on Israeli officials and pledged not to indict anymore
•Stopped investigating crimes in Afghanistan
•Amended the ICC treaty
the ICC said: no
•Dropped charges on Israeli officials and pledged not to indict anymore
•Stopped investigating crimes in Afghanistan
•Amended the ICC treaty
the ICC said: no
Exclusive: ICC shuns US demands to drop Israel war crimes probe and amend treaty
Washington also called for end to Afghanistan investigation and change to Rome Statute in return for lifting sanctions
www.middleeasteye.net
December 6, 2025 at 11:26 PM
In a back channeled "offer" to the International Criminal Court, the United States proposed dropping sanctions on ICC officials if the Court
•Dropped charges on Israeli officials and pledged not to indict anymore
•Stopped investigating crimes in Afghanistan
•Amended the ICC treaty
the ICC said: no
•Dropped charges on Israeli officials and pledged not to indict anymore
•Stopped investigating crimes in Afghanistan
•Amended the ICC treaty
the ICC said: no
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This man did a photo opp of himself destroying homeless people's last possessions.
California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Thursday that the Democratic Party needed to be “more culturally normal” and “less judgmental.”
December 7, 2025 at 1:36 AM
This man did a photo opp of himself destroying homeless people's last possessions.
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As an anti-Trump voter, the only critique of the Democratic Party that I am interested in right now is that they are not doing absolutely everything possible to put themselves between this regime and the people harmed by it
Take that “crossover” appeal and shove it where the sun don’t shine
Take that “crossover” appeal and shove it where the sun don’t shine
California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Thursday that the Democratic Party needed to be “more culturally normal” and “less judgmental.”
December 7, 2025 at 1:40 AM
As an anti-Trump voter, the only critique of the Democratic Party that I am interested in right now is that they are not doing absolutely everything possible to put themselves between this regime and the people harmed by it
Take that “crossover” appeal and shove it where the sun don’t shine
Take that “crossover” appeal and shove it where the sun don’t shine
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all those little jokes about how "vance" actually kind of looks like the yiddish word for bedbug (vants, װאַנץ) have now brought us to the weirdest game of telephone
December 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
all those little jokes about how "vance" actually kind of looks like the yiddish word for bedbug (vants, װאַנץ) have now brought us to the weirdest game of telephone
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The whole point of throwing a subordinate under the bus is that you don't jump down there with them
Hegseth says he would have ordered second strike on Caribbean vessel reut.rs/3XBMtCb
Hegseth says he would have ordered second strike on Caribbean vessel
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Saturday that he backs a September 2 decision to launch a second strike on a suspected drug boat in the Caribbean.
reut.rs
December 6, 2025 at 11:52 PM
The whole point of throwing a subordinate under the bus is that you don't jump down there with them
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Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
December 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
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Universities will keep sexual predators on the faculty because their "hands are tied by tenure." Turns out protesting genocide is all it takes to loosen those unshakable chains.
Tenured US professor fired over pro-Palestinian protests contests dismissal
Sang Hea Kil is first tenured faculty member fired from a public university in connection to the protests
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Universities will keep sexual predators on the faculty because their "hands are tied by tenure." Turns out protesting genocide is all it takes to loosen those unshakable chains.
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I cannot imagine the brain that believes their own citizenship is cheapened by the growth of the American citizenry.
That’s a goddamn triumph. That’s us winning.
That’s a goddamn triumph. That’s us winning.
Ezra Klein even like "well we can agree 'birth tourism' is a problem," and no, I cannot. My group texts are about sports and kids.
still poleaxed by the idea that you could oppose birthright citizenship and still think of yourself as a liberal in any sense of the term.
December 7, 2025 at 2:15 AM
I cannot imagine the brain that believes their own citizenship is cheapened by the growth of the American citizenry.
That’s a goddamn triumph. That’s us winning.
That’s a goddamn triumph. That’s us winning.
I do not believe in capital punishment because I don’t think we should be paying people to kill in non-emergency situations, but holy shit these people are trying my resolve.
This story should end on the gallows.
December 7, 2025 at 2:58 AM
I do not believe in capital punishment because I don’t think we should be paying people to kill in non-emergency situations, but holy shit these people are trying my resolve.
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This story should end on the gallows.
December 7, 2025 at 2:31 AM
This story should end on the gallows.
You won’t guess who this is about from the quoted post alone, but when you do find out who it’s about you’ll be like, “well that checks out.”
He is not a nice person. He is not a good person. He has his place in history and sometimes people who have earned thier place in history are fundamentally shitty people at thier very core. He was a rotten ghoul then and he is a rotten ghoul now.
When he does pass, may his memory be an irritant 🙃
When he does pass, may his memory be an irritant 🙃
December 7, 2025 at 2:54 AM
You won’t guess who this is about from the quoted post alone, but when you do find out who it’s about you’ll be like, “well that checks out.”
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Exactly. Newsom translated is “we need to treat a lot of you as abnormal and we need you to be a lot less judgmental about it.”
Which is it man because you can’t say ‘be more normal’ back-to-back with ‘be less judgmental’ without a hint of irony because that’s just positioning yourself as cultural authority & then demanding the type of grace that by virtue of your immediately preceding statement you refuse to extend to us
California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Thursday that the Democratic Party needed to be “more culturally normal” and “less judgmental.”
December 7, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Exactly. Newsom translated is “we need to treat a lot of you as abnormal and we need you to be a lot less judgmental about it.”
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Centrist Democrats want to be Republicans so bad.
December 7, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Centrist Democrats want to be Republicans so bad.
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This is a very judgmental thing to say.
California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Thursday that the Democratic Party needed to be “more culturally normal” and “less judgmental.”
December 7, 2025 at 2:35 AM
This is a very judgmental thing to say.
Except that it still relies on the presumption of shared goals. “Torture doesn’t work” is true if your goal is to extract information. It’s not true if your main goal is just to cause pain and suffering. Torture advocates try to sell it with an effectiveness argument, but that’s not motive.
"you shouldn't torture because it's wrong" is correct and would be sufficient but you don't ever need to get there because "torture doesn't fucking work" is also correct and does not rely on any shared morality
December 7, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Except that it still relies on the presumption of shared goals. “Torture doesn’t work” is true if your goal is to extract information. It’s not true if your main goal is just to cause pain and suffering. Torture advocates try to sell it with an effectiveness argument, but that’s not motive.
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not killing this guy on the installment plan is the single best shot Israel has at peace in our lifetimes but apparently that's an unrealistically high bar
The source said Barghouti's condition was described as “extremely difficult and very dangerous”.
The Palestinian Authority’s Commission of Detainees’ Affairs said it had gathered information that appeared to corroborate the report of a recent attack.
www.middleeasteye.net/news/marwan-...
The Palestinian Authority’s Commission of Detainees’ Affairs said it had gathered information that appeared to corroborate the report of a recent attack.
www.middleeasteye.net/news/marwan-...
Marwan Barghouti brutally assaulted in Israeli prison, family told
Fatah leader reportedly has part of his ear cut off and his teeth and ribs broken in what sources describe as a 'slow, gradual assassination attempt'
www.middleeasteye.net
December 6, 2025 at 9:09 PM
not killing this guy on the installment plan is the single best shot Israel has at peace in our lifetimes but apparently that's an unrealistically high bar
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I will never forget how then-Mayor Michael Nutter "saved" Philly a bunch of money by selling off all our snow plows as an austerity measure one year.
Guess what happens to us now, when it snows?
Epitome of neoliberal "cost saving"
Guess what happens to us now, when it snows?
Epitome of neoliberal "cost saving"
December 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I will never forget how then-Mayor Michael Nutter "saved" Philly a bunch of money by selling off all our snow plows as an austerity measure one year.
Guess what happens to us now, when it snows?
Epitome of neoliberal "cost saving"
Guess what happens to us now, when it snows?
Epitome of neoliberal "cost saving"