Eric Notaro
@ericnotaro.bsky.social
Occasionally published fiction writer. Avid reader. Long time D&D nerd.
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Eric Notaro
@ericnotaro.bsky.social
· Mar 6
My novel in-progress is centered around the events of upstate New York's Anti-Rent War and its aftermath in the 19th century. In brief, it was the largest tenant strike in American history, comprising 11 largely rural counties. But this description only scratches the surface.
A passage from my novel in progress, cut for length among other reasons.
Background: Caleb Davis was raised by the Shakers of Mt. Lebanon New York. In 1819, he abandons the commune and joins the "World." In this scene, he has taken up work as a furnituremaker's apprentice in Troy.
Background: Caleb Davis was raised by the Shakers of Mt. Lebanon New York. In 1819, he abandons the commune and joins the "World." In this scene, he has taken up work as a furnituremaker's apprentice in Troy.
February 9, 2026 at 11:02 PM
A passage from my novel in progress, cut for length among other reasons.
Background: Caleb Davis was raised by the Shakers of Mt. Lebanon New York. In 1819, he abandons the commune and joins the "World." In this scene, he has taken up work as a furnituremaker's apprentice in Troy.
Background: Caleb Davis was raised by the Shakers of Mt. Lebanon New York. In 1819, he abandons the commune and joins the "World." In this scene, he has taken up work as a furnituremaker's apprentice in Troy.
Been up to a lot of revision and trimming of the novel draft. I am tempted to share excerpts from the parts I am cutting for length...
February 8, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Been up to a lot of revision and trimming of the novel draft. I am tempted to share excerpts from the parts I am cutting for length...
An Occurance at Owl Creek Bank
It is Superb Owl Sunday, so here is my favorite bank note featuring an owl from an aptly named bank. Someone has marked up the bill to add ears to the owl and a little word bubble with "whoo whoo." Owl Creek Bank of Mount Vernon, Mount Vernon, OH, $3, October 10, 1816. 🗃️
February 8, 2026 at 7:21 PM
An Occurance at Owl Creek Bank
If you're in NH 2nd congressional district, please take a moment to fill this out. Chris Pappas in NH-1st has one as well.
@goodlander.house.gov has a form available for constituents to express their thoughts regarding the proposed ICE facility in Merrimack. Please take a moment to share your opposition. Thank you for your time 💙
#ICEOut #NewHampshire #NHPolitics
#ICEOut #NewHampshire #NHPolitics
Share your thoughts on the processed ice facility
iqconnect.house.gov
February 8, 2026 at 12:28 AM
If you're in NH 2nd congressional district, please take a moment to fill this out. Chris Pappas in NH-1st has one as well.
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"While I'm not totally surprised at the outcome, I was pleasantly surprised by the reasoning—that it was not just a national or ideological reason, but it was also a very local, specific, practical reason related to the disruption that would be caused.” www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/l...
Rockingham County shelves ICE detainee jail deal indefinitely: Here's why
Questions over staffing, leadership, and direction lead Rockingham County to table a controversial ICE contract to house detainees in its jail.
www.seacoastonline.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:09 PM
"While I'm not totally surprised at the outcome, I was pleasantly surprised by the reasoning—that it was not just a national or ideological reason, but it was also a very local, specific, practical reason related to the disruption that would be caused.” www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/l...
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Context: this speech is from SIR THOMAS MORE, a history written, as near as scholars can tell, in the early 1600s by 6 or 7 people including Dekker, Heywood, Chettle, Shakespeare, and Munday.
It was never performed, because Jacobean England was a police state and it was banned by the censor.
It was never performed, because Jacobean England was a police state and it was banned by the censor.
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Context: this speech is from SIR THOMAS MORE, a history written, as near as scholars can tell, in the early 1600s by 6 or 7 people including Dekker, Heywood, Chettle, Shakespeare, and Munday.
It was never performed, because Jacobean England was a police state and it was banned by the censor.
It was never performed, because Jacobean England was a police state and it was banned by the censor.
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Read our full press release and the link below. www.aclu-nh.org/press-releas...
ACLU-NH unveils state documents confirming ICE’s detailed site plans for a Merrimack detention facility - ACLU of New Hampshire
Right-to-know request reveals New Hampshire state agency consulted on ICE’s plans in Merrimack
www.aclu-nh.org
February 3, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Read our full press release and the link below. www.aclu-nh.org/press-releas...
A breakfast place we frequent is attached to an operating farm with barn cats. There are signs posted at the entrance to avoid letting the barn cats in. For the first time since we started going, one of them decided to stake out the entrance.
January 31, 2026 at 10:31 PM
A breakfast place we frequent is attached to an operating farm with barn cats. There are signs posted at the entrance to avoid letting the barn cats in. For the first time since we started going, one of them decided to stake out the entrance.
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Includes coverage of the proposed facility in the town of Merrimack, NH (which is also the only dot on the map in all of New England)
#NHPolitics
#NHPolitics
BIG news from @bloomberg.com, which confirms that ICE has gone ahead and *purchased* multiple commercial warehouses with the aim of converting them into mass detention camps.
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
ICE Begins Buying ‘Mega’ Warehouse Detention Centers Across US
Plans for such centers and jails in nearly two dozen communities have sparked protests over suitability, proximity to homes and schools.
www.bloomberg.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Includes coverage of the proposed facility in the town of Merrimack, NH (which is also the only dot on the map in all of New England)
#NHPolitics
#NHPolitics
Ayotte: The buck stops with me... telling you to go ask those other people what they think.
www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2026...
www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2026...
Ayotte tells Trump, DHS that Merrimack should weigh in on potential ICE facility
Ayotte told reporters Wednesday that the federal government has not confirmed a leaked draft plan to convert a warehouse into a 1,500 person immigrant detention facility.
www.nhpr.org
January 28, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Ayotte: The buck stops with me... telling you to go ask those other people what they think.
www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2026...
www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2026...
Appreciating my signed copy of @tomtomorrow.bsky.social's latest compilation arriving in NH so soon after the snowstorm. I really love his depiction of Vance as a bellhop, Stephen Miller as a pallid nosferatu, as well as his other, less accurate, caricatures.
January 28, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Appreciating my signed copy of @tomtomorrow.bsky.social's latest compilation arriving in NH so soon after the snowstorm. I really love his depiction of Vance as a bellhop, Stephen Miller as a pallid nosferatu, as well as his other, less accurate, caricatures.
"The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone."
Stop what you’re doing and read this piece, which is as powerful as you’d expect from @adamserwer.bsky.social witnessing the events of last week on the ground in Minnesota. “The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone.”
Minnesota Proved MAGA Wrong
The pushback against ICE exposed a series of mistaken assumptions.
www.theatlantic.com
January 27, 2026 at 8:46 PM
"The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone."
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Once again, immigration is not even a problem. Immigrants are not more criminal, they don't cost jobs, they don't harm the economy. There is no reason for any of this. It is hurting ourselves to hurt them.
January 24, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Once again, immigration is not even a problem. Immigrants are not more criminal, they don't cost jobs, they don't harm the economy. There is no reason for any of this. It is hurting ourselves to hurt them.
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We are observers, not protestors. We show up to document and film the atrocities ICE is committing. Using 5 year olds as bait. Kidnapping senior citizens. Breaking down doors without warrants. Murdering poets and nurses. Media has all of that information because *observers* were there to document it
January 25, 2026 at 12:20 AM
We are observers, not protestors. We show up to document and film the atrocities ICE is committing. Using 5 year olds as bait. Kidnapping senior citizens. Breaking down doors without warrants. Murdering poets and nurses. Media has all of that information because *observers* were there to document it
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YOUR PHONE CALLS TO THE SENATE ARE WORKING. KEEP CALLING.
202–224-3121
Three Democrats who previously broke with the party and voted with the GOP are now saying they will not vote for the bill. That’s enough for the bill to be unpassable right now.
202–224-3121
Three Democrats who previously broke with the party and voted with the GOP are now saying they will not vote for the bill. That’s enough for the bill to be unpassable right now.
DHS funding bill faces new Senate hurdles after another person killed in Minneapolis
Some Democrats who voted for recent funding bills said they'll vote against any DHS bill without restrictions on enforcement operations. The deadline to avert a shutdown is Friday.
www.nbcnews.com
January 24, 2026 at 11:29 PM
YOUR PHONE CALLS TO THE SENATE ARE WORKING. KEEP CALLING.
202–224-3121
Three Democrats who previously broke with the party and voted with the GOP are now saying they will not vote for the bill. That’s enough for the bill to be unpassable right now.
202–224-3121
Three Democrats who previously broke with the party and voted with the GOP are now saying they will not vote for the bill. That’s enough for the bill to be unpassable right now.
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Does everyone have a warm bed?
Does everyone have enough to eat?
Does everyone have a place to be safe?
Whose getting snatched in the night?
- Junauda Petrus, "Ritual on How to Love Minneapolis Again"
Does everyone have enough to eat?
Does everyone have a place to be safe?
Whose getting snatched in the night?
- Junauda Petrus, "Ritual on How to Love Minneapolis Again"
lims.minneapolismn.gov
January 24, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Does everyone have a warm bed?
Does everyone have enough to eat?
Does everyone have a place to be safe?
Whose getting snatched in the night?
- Junauda Petrus, "Ritual on How to Love Minneapolis Again"
Does everyone have enough to eat?
Does everyone have a place to be safe?
Whose getting snatched in the night?
- Junauda Petrus, "Ritual on How to Love Minneapolis Again"
Just left a voicemail with both my senators demanding they not give murderers one more cent to do murder with, and to shut down the government until it happens. If you'd like to do the same (and you ought to) you can find your senator's contact info here: www.senate.gov/senators/sen...
U.S. Senate: Contacting U.S. Senators
www.senate.gov
January 24, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Just left a voicemail with both my senators demanding they not give murderers one more cent to do murder with, and to shut down the government until it happens. If you'd like to do the same (and you ought to) you can find your senator's contact info here: www.senate.gov/senators/sen...
Saying your against a concentration camp because of budgetary impacts is such a local NH reason but... hey, I'll take it.
www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2026...
www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2026...
Merrimack leaders say they oppose ICE facility in letter to state, federal officials
The town council sent a letter to the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security, Gov. Ayotte and others Friday outlining why they believe a potential ICE facility would negatively affect the town.
www.nhpr.org
January 24, 2026 at 2:25 AM
Saying your against a concentration camp because of budgetary impacts is such a local NH reason but... hey, I'll take it.
www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2026...
www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2026...
I know it's making the rounds already, but I wanted to help spread the word. A great list for helping out people in Minnesota, especially for those of us far away. www.standwithminnesota.com
Stand With Minnesota
A directory of places to give to as Minnesota defends itself from ICE occupation
www.standwithminnesota.com
January 17, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I know it's making the rounds already, but I wanted to help spread the word. A great list for helping out people in Minnesota, especially for those of us far away. www.standwithminnesota.com
The sort of people who griped to no end about "participation trophies" are seal-clapping about this.
María Corina Machado on her meeting with Trump: “I presented the president of the United States with the Nobel Peace Prize”
January 15, 2026 at 11:27 PM
The sort of people who griped to no end about "participation trophies" are seal-clapping about this.
"In mature life, the world overlays and vanishes us, Pierre; the thousand properties and polished fineness and grimaces intervene, Pierre; then, we, as it were, abdicate ourselves, and take unto us another self, Pierre; in youth we are, Pierre, but in age we seem." #sundaysentence
January 11, 2026 at 3:44 PM
"In mature life, the world overlays and vanishes us, Pierre; the thousand properties and polished fineness and grimaces intervene, Pierre; then, we, as it were, abdicate ourselves, and take unto us another self, Pierre; in youth we are, Pierre, but in age we seem." #sundaysentence
Glad to have made it out there myself. Not bad for a Thursday in January!
We had hoped 1000 people would show up for the No ICE in NH demonstration.
The final number is 1200+.
Well done Merrimack and NH.
Photo by Anthony Pelletier.
The final number is 1200+.
Well done Merrimack and NH.
Photo by Anthony Pelletier.
January 9, 2026 at 3:52 AM
Glad to have made it out there myself. Not bad for a Thursday in January!
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"...the more one relies on vice signaling as a style of action and communication, the less relevant and powerful the in-group’s moral compass is as a practical constraint on anyone’s behavior."
latest for @bostonreview.bsky.social
www.bostonreview.net/articles/emp...
latest for @bostonreview.bsky.social
www.bostonreview.net/articles/emp...
Empire of Vice
In a perverse twist on virtue signaling, the Trump administration is training Americans in the politics of raw domination.
www.bostonreview.net
January 8, 2026 at 4:15 PM
"...the more one relies on vice signaling as a style of action and communication, the less relevant and powerful the in-group’s moral compass is as a practical constraint on anyone’s behavior."
latest for @bostonreview.bsky.social
www.bostonreview.net/articles/emp...
latest for @bostonreview.bsky.social
www.bostonreview.net/articles/emp...
Something I am trying out in the new year is keeping a reading journal to organize my thoughts and observations.
January 5, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Something I am trying out in the new year is keeping a reading journal to organize my thoughts and observations.