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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(TW sexual harassment and violence, drugging)
I’m a few days late finding out about this, but this is one of the strangest and most upsetting things I’ve ever heard of www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
I’m a few days late finding out about this, but this is one of the strangest and most upsetting things I’ve ever heard of www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
‘I didn’t even know this type of attack existed’: more than 200 women allege drugging by senior French civil servant
In a case echoing the Pelicot trial, dozens of women allege they were given hot drinks mixed with a diuretic to make them urinate. Three of them speak out here
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:40 AM
(TW sexual harassment and violence, drugging)
I’m a few days late finding out about this, but this is one of the strangest and most upsetting things I’ve ever heard of www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
I’m a few days late finding out about this, but this is one of the strangest and most upsetting things I’ve ever heard of www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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The administration is extorting universities for billions of dollars and attempting to destroy free speech, academic freedom, and independent thought but the Atlantic talked to a few professors at elite universities who think the problem is that some students need a little extra time on exams
December 2, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The administration is extorting universities for billions of dollars and attempting to destroy free speech, academic freedom, and independent thought but the Atlantic talked to a few professors at elite universities who think the problem is that some students need a little extra time on exams
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Imagine being a goy and standing up and telling Jewish people they don’t know or understand their own fucking history. That Jews are ignorant and too uneducated to have correct opinions about the Jewish issue of our time that has broken families and communities. You absolute piece of trash.
Hillary Clinton blames TikTok and “totally made up” videos for young people’s views on Israel and Palestine.
She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
December 2, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Imagine being a goy and standing up and telling Jewish people they don’t know or understand their own fucking history. That Jews are ignorant and too uneducated to have correct opinions about the Jewish issue of our time that has broken families and communities. You absolute piece of trash.
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NEW: A newly enacted NY state law requires retailers to reveal whether it used "surveillance pricing" to decide how much you pay for goods. Target, for example, shows the alert on a pop-up when you try to buy eggs online. @regret.bsky.social—@wired.com's new investigative data reporter!—reports:
Your Data Might Determine How Much You Pay for Eggs
A newly enacted New York law requires retailers to say whether your data influences the price of basic goods like a dozen eggs or toilet paper, but not how.
www.wired.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:13 PM
NEW: A newly enacted NY state law requires retailers to reveal whether it used "surveillance pricing" to decide how much you pay for goods. Target, for example, shows the alert on a pop-up when you try to buy eggs online. @regret.bsky.social—@wired.com's new investigative data reporter!—reports:
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It’s never going to happen, not even when it gets ten times worse than this filth, but it really is high time that civilised countries started sanctioning GOP officials. These are not the kind of politicians you want to be on the same side as.
Trump on Somalis: "We're gonna go the wrong way if we keep taking in garbage into our country. Ilhan Omar is garbage. She's garbage. Her friends are garbage."
December 2, 2025 at 7:26 PM
It’s never going to happen, not even when it gets ten times worse than this filth, but it really is high time that civilised countries started sanctioning GOP officials. These are not the kind of politicians you want to be on the same side as.
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oh my god someone made it (and kindly tipped their hat to me) bsky.app/profile/harp...
December 2, 2025 at 6:35 PM
oh my god someone made it (and kindly tipped their hat to me) bsky.app/profile/harp...
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This is honestly probably the part of this wretched phenomenon that consistently chills me the most
The evil schmucks are evil schmucks. But then there’s the way every other institution that likes to spin flattering stories about themselves willingly plays along
The evil schmucks are evil schmucks. But then there’s the way every other institution that likes to spin flattering stories about themselves willingly plays along
December 2, 2025 at 6:17 PM
This is honestly probably the part of this wretched phenomenon that consistently chills me the most
The evil schmucks are evil schmucks. But then there’s the way every other institution that likes to spin flattering stories about themselves willingly plays along
The evil schmucks are evil schmucks. But then there’s the way every other institution that likes to spin flattering stories about themselves willingly plays along
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I was diagnosed with #HIV in 1998, when I was 30.
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
December 1, 2025 at 8:46 AM
I was diagnosed with #HIV in 1998, when I was 30.
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
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The Benoit Blanc movies work because they know what you want out of a detective:
Someone who is weird as hell but morally strong and, by the end of the story, we've learned nothing about them except that they're still weird as hell and morally strong.
Someone who is weird as hell but morally strong and, by the end of the story, we've learned nothing about them except that they're still weird as hell and morally strong.
December 1, 2025 at 11:12 PM
The Benoit Blanc movies work because they know what you want out of a detective:
Someone who is weird as hell but morally strong and, by the end of the story, we've learned nothing about them except that they're still weird as hell and morally strong.
Someone who is weird as hell but morally strong and, by the end of the story, we've learned nothing about them except that they're still weird as hell and morally strong.
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“ … Trump’s approval rating in the district is underwater, with just 47% expressing support for the job he’s doing and 49% disapproving. GOP ads have consequently avoided referencing Trump, despite his dominant victory in the district in 2024.”
“The GOP drew Tennessee's 7th to be safely red. Suddenly, it isn’t.”
“‘It shouldn’t even be close. But it is,’ Republican Rep. Tim Burchett, who serves eastern Tennessee’s 2nd District, told Fox News on Sunday.” www.the-downballot.com/p/morning-di...
“‘It shouldn’t even be close. But it is,’ Republican Rep. Tim Burchett, who serves eastern Tennessee’s 2nd District, told Fox News on Sunday.” www.the-downballot.com/p/morning-di...
Morning Digest: Why Republicans are sweating a special election they shouldn't have to worry about
The GOP drew Tennessee's 7th to be safely red. Suddenly, it isn't.
www.the-downballot.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:24 PM
“ … Trump’s approval rating in the district is underwater, with just 47% expressing support for the job he’s doing and 49% disapproving. GOP ads have consequently avoided referencing Trump, despite his dominant victory in the district in 2024.”
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They're small. Muddy knees. Higher voices than adults. Easy.
November 30, 2025 at 1:24 PM
They're small. Muddy knees. Higher voices than adults. Easy.
Everyone involved needs to be held accountable for these murders, from the Defense Secretary to the grunt who pushed the button and everyone in between. No cover for any of them.
Breaking news: Government officials said they are increasingly concerned that the Trump administration intends to scapegoat the military officer who directed U.S. forces to kill survivors of a targeted strike on suspected drug smugglers in Latin America.
Hegseth, with White House help, tries to distance himself from boat strike fallout
As Congress vows accountability, the Trump administration emphasized it was a top military commander — not the defense secretary — who directed the engagement.
wapo.st
December 2, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Everyone involved needs to be held accountable for these murders, from the Defense Secretary to the grunt who pushed the button and everyone in between. No cover for any of them.
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I did not know the warrior ethos meant hiding behind a subordinate
Breaking news: Government officials said they are increasingly concerned that the Trump administration intends to scapegoat the military officer who directed U.S. forces to kill survivors of a targeted strike on suspected drug smugglers in Latin America.
Hegseth, with White House help, tries to distance himself from boat strike fallout
As Congress vows accountability, the Trump administration emphasized it was a top military commander — not the defense secretary — who directed the engagement.
wapo.st
December 2, 2025 at 3:18 AM
I did not know the warrior ethos meant hiding behind a subordinate
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Reposting with Alt text (this one is too good to miss!)
December 2, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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"its not really the neverending story when only people from the 80s know about it"
-my 8 yr old last night
-my 8 yr old last night
November 29, 2025 at 2:37 PM
"its not really the neverending story when only people from the 80s know about it"
-my 8 yr old last night
-my 8 yr old last night
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NEW: Reports of DOGE’s death aren’t highly exaggerated, they’re wrong. Follow @makenakelly.bsky.social and @telliotter.bsky.social on a voyage into the federal agencies where all your favorite young engineers are burrowed in ”like ticks.”
DOGE Isn’t Dead. Here’s What Its Operatives Are Doing Now
Contrary to popular reports, DOGE has “burrowed into the agencies like ticks,” government sources tell WIRED.
www.wired.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:30 AM
NEW: Reports of DOGE’s death aren’t highly exaggerated, they’re wrong. Follow @makenakelly.bsky.social and @telliotter.bsky.social on a voyage into the federal agencies where all your favorite young engineers are burrowed in ”like ticks.”
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Jay Bhattacharya and Matthew Memoli aren't bringing "gold standard science" to the #NIH, they are gutting research slowly but surely. When this time is over, they should be hauled before Congress, and shunned for the rest of their lives. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine (Gift Article)
A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science.
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Jay Bhattacharya and Matthew Memoli aren't bringing "gold standard science" to the #NIH, they are gutting research slowly but surely. When this time is over, they should be hauled before Congress, and shunned for the rest of their lives. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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The Hernández pardon appears to be the work of Roger Stone, who seems to have conviced the president that he was falsely prosecuted by the Biden administration.
www.wsj.com/world/americ...
www.wsj.com/world/americ...
He Was Convicted of Running a Narco State. Now Trump Plans to Pardon Him.
Former President Juan Orlando Hernández was sentenced to 45 years in prison for receiving millions of dollars for protecting drug smugglers.
www.wsj.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:53 AM
The Hernández pardon appears to be the work of Roger Stone, who seems to have conviced the president that he was falsely prosecuted by the Biden administration.
www.wsj.com/world/americ...
www.wsj.com/world/americ...
This is a very interesting article, with lessons for all manner of legislation.
The Karnataka Devadasi Bill, 2025 aims to “conscientize” the public on the issue of getting girls and women dedicated as devadasis by subjecting to liberation from all hues of exploitation.
Karnataka’s 2025 Devadasi Abolition Bill and the struggle for dignity in India
The Karnataka Devadasi Bill, 2025 aims to “conscientize” the public on the issue of getting girls and women dedicated as devadasis by subjecting to liberation from all hues of exploitation.
globalvoices.org
December 2, 2025 at 12:08 PM
This is a very interesting article, with lessons for all manner of legislation.
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Since I haven’t seen anyone mention this: When the U.S. commits war crimes it puts our troops in danger also, as it gives a green light to other countries that they can do the same to us
December 2, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Since I haven’t seen anyone mention this: When the U.S. commits war crimes it puts our troops in danger also, as it gives a green light to other countries that they can do the same to us
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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Just imagining how much better it would be if ALL news stories about vaccine-preventable illnesses were illustrated with pictures of people with the disease, not pictures of needle injections. If you must show something that people will find scary & unpleasant, make it the disease, not the cure.
I'm so tired of measles.
I'm also tired of people using needle shots on stories like this.
Show what measles looks like.
I'm also tired of people using needle shots on stories like this.
Show what measles looks like.
Gallatin Co. reports 2nd measles case, warns of exposure sites nbcmontana.com/news/local/g...
December 2, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Just imagining how much better it would be if ALL news stories about vaccine-preventable illnesses were illustrated with pictures of people with the disease, not pictures of needle injections. If you must show something that people will find scary & unpleasant, make it the disease, not the cure.
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I think straight and cis people really have no idea what things are like out there for the rest of us. I’ve received minimum one paper Like That per year since I started teaching, if not one or more per semester, all of which contained varying degrees of blunt hate speech directed *at me* lmao
December 1, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I think straight and cis people really have no idea what things are like out there for the rest of us. I’ve received minimum one paper Like That per year since I started teaching, if not one or more per semester, all of which contained varying degrees of blunt hate speech directed *at me* lmao
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In other words they made half the freight jobs go away and their solution is to try to make half the workers go away.
By taking away the jobs of the people who train the workers.
Trump economy, baby
By taking away the jobs of the people who train the workers.
Trump economy, baby
December 2, 2025 at 11:38 AM
In other words they made half the freight jobs go away and their solution is to try to make half the workers go away.
By taking away the jobs of the people who train the workers.
Trump economy, baby
By taking away the jobs of the people who train the workers.
Trump economy, baby
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My best understanding here from occasionally reading freight guy Twitter is that freight traffic has dropped precipitously under Trump (tariffs), the white freight guys want remaining jobs for themselves, so: no more schools that license immigrants
The U.S. Transportation Department is threatening to shut down thousands of truck driving schools, part of the Trump administration's widening crackdown on industry.
Thousands of U.S. trucking schools could lose accreditation under DOT crackdown
The U.S. Transportation Department is threatening to shut down thousands of truck driving schools, part of the Trump administration's widening crackdown on industry.
n.pr
December 2, 2025 at 11:36 AM
My best understanding here from occasionally reading freight guy Twitter is that freight traffic has dropped precipitously under Trump (tariffs), the white freight guys want remaining jobs for themselves, so: no more schools that license immigrants