N.S. Dolkart, fraternal thorn
@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.
In case they block or delete.
![The quoted post, from @pastures.myatproto.social:
Twitter disabled Hebrew machine translation because they didn’t want people to easily see how horribly genocidal Israeli posts are.
[below that text is this screenshot from @grok]
Translation from Hebrew was disabled because it often amplified inflammatory or policy-violating content, like calls for violence, to a global audience via inaccurate or literal renditions. X prioritizes free speech for opinions but limits features that exacerbate harm without suspending originals. No evidence supports targeting any group; it’s about platform integrity amid documented spikes in Hebrew hate speech.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qxk7ylxws7krejbn3umztmvp/bafkreic4k5uv2t6ldupcyyc7vjpcc5f7iozukqoxcjkwuisdrou67jeplu@jpeg)
November 19, 2025 at 3:51 AM
In case they block or delete.
This is an inexcusable paragraph to print in a story about ICE officers shooting a neighbor who asked them to be considerate of children. Suspects and protesters? Jimenez was *neither.*
November 3, 2025 at 2:22 AM
This is an inexcusable paragraph to print in a story about ICE officers shooting a neighbor who asked them to be considerate of children. Suspects and protesters? Jimenez was *neither.*
Hen-of-the-woods season is almost over, but we went for a walk this morning and uh
October 31, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Hen-of-the-woods season is almost over, but we went for a walk this morning and uh
I was wondering why this blew up so much. I think I’ve figured it out.
October 19, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I was wondering why this blew up so much. I think I’ve figured it out.
My sister is married! Yay!
Here are the adorable cake toppers my mom and aunt made:
Here are the adorable cake toppers my mom and aunt made:
October 12, 2025 at 10:21 PM
My sister is married! Yay!
Here are the adorable cake toppers my mom and aunt made:
Here are the adorable cake toppers my mom and aunt made:
It looks like this:
October 12, 2025 at 2:21 PM
It looks like this:
We had all these scraps left over from leveling the tiers of my sister’s wedding cake, so on Friday my mom asked me to shape the scraps into something we could have for dessert. Behold my startled mouse:
October 12, 2025 at 11:38 AM
We had all these scraps left over from leveling the tiers of my sister’s wedding cake, so on Friday my mom asked me to shape the scraps into something we could have for dessert. Behold my startled mouse:
This is from way back in April, in a thread about why I wasn’t going to bother getting worked up over all Trump’s talk of a third term. He’s just not in the kind of physical condition that would make me worry about a third term rather than saying I’ll believe it when I see it.
September 11, 2025 at 9:09 PM
This is from way back in April, in a thread about why I wasn’t going to bother getting worked up over all Trump’s talk of a third term. He’s just not in the kind of physical condition that would make me worry about a third term rather than saying I’ll believe it when I see it.
This is an incredibly gratifying comment from journalist and author Mike Hardman. "Preaching to the choir" gets a bad rap, but there is a lot of room for people who are on your side to become better informed!
August 19, 2025 at 8:08 PM
This is an incredibly gratifying comment from journalist and author Mike Hardman. "Preaching to the choir" gets a bad rap, but there is a lot of room for people who are on your side to become better informed!
Check this out:
August 15, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Check this out:
If you’re going to admit in paragraph six that your subheader and first paragraph/sentence are a lie, what are you even doing?
August 5, 2025 at 12:41 PM
If you’re going to admit in paragraph six that your subheader and first paragraph/sentence are a lie, what are you even doing?
Love taking a moral stance against genocide that actually boils down to “We need a reprise of the 1973 war except this time Israel has less stable leadership and nukes.”
July 20, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Love taking a moral stance against genocide that actually boils down to “We need a reprise of the 1973 war except this time Israel has less stable leadership and nukes.”
In case he deletes.
July 20, 2025 at 12:16 PM
In case he deletes.
“I miss British colonial rule” said no self-respecting leftist ever.
July 11, 2025 at 7:34 PM
“I miss British colonial rule” said no self-respecting leftist ever.
Not this guy, he's not a fascist.
July 8, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Not this guy, he's not a fascist.
Hey if you’ve read this far, do me a favor and block this account. This is an extraordinarily racist and fucked-up thing to say.
July 5, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Hey if you’ve read this far, do me a favor and block this account. This is an extraordinarily racist and fucked-up thing to say.
In case I get blocked for pointing this out:
June 25, 2025 at 2:07 AM
In case I get blocked for pointing this out:
This cheese was delicious. Good enough that I had to take a picture.
June 21, 2025 at 9:26 AM
This cheese was delicious. Good enough that I had to take a picture.
Eldest child took a shower and apparently felt like making a “No Kings” sign on the way out.
June 14, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Eldest child took a shower and apparently felt like making a “No Kings” sign on the way out.
Wrote a,
uh,
let's call it a poem.
uh,
let's call it a poem.
May 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Wrote a,
uh,
let's call it a poem.
uh,
let's call it a poem.