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He/him; writer and stay-at-home dad; author of the Godserfs trilogy of theological epic fantasy. Current work in progress: a madcap potion heist.

Interview with Mike Hardman

I had a great time recently sitting down with Mike Hardman, journalist and author of Heartman: A Memoir, about my trilogy. Moments later, we swapped roles and I interviewed Mike for my show about town politics, episodes of which you can view by searching for "Stoughton Politics with...This Guy" on the Stoughton Media Access Corporation's YouTube page. It's been a great ride hosting a politics show on local access television, but it was also…

https://nsdolkart.wordpress.com/2025/08/08/interview-with-mike-hardman/

Interview with Mike Hardman

I had a great time recently sitting down with Mike Hardman, journalist and author of Heartman: A Memoir, about my trilogy. Moments later, we swapped roles and I interviewed Mike for my show about t…

N.S. Dolkart
Democrats Say Literally Anything About the War on Trans People Challenge

The party is completely ignoring Trump's efforts to wipe trans people off the face of the earth.

Discourse Blog

New: Meta has deleted trans and nonbinary Messenger themes, as well as the blog posts announcing them. Happens the same week that it has changed its rules to allow users to say LGBTQ+ people are "mentally ill"

https://www.404media.co/meta-deletes-trans-and-nonbinary-messenger-themes/

Meta Deletes Trans and Nonbinary Messenger Themes

Amid a series of changes that allows users to target LGBTQ+ people, Meta has deleted product features it initially championed.

404 Media

WIRED article forecasting the generative AI bubble will burst in 2025. This is more optimistic than my own expectations, but if WIRED are printing it, it's the direction sentiment in Silicon Valley is running in.

(Hint: there's gold in AI, but it's in *analytical* AI, aka big data, not stochastic parrot bullshit.)

https://www.wired.com/story/generative-ai-will-need-to-prove-its-usefulness/

Generative AI Still Needs to Prove Its Usefulness

The hype is fading, and people are asking what generative artificial intelligence is really good for. So far, no one has a decent answer.

WIRED
A game-changing HIV drug was the biggest story of 2024
In what Science called the 'breakthrough of the year', researchers revealed in June that a twice-yearly drug called lenacapavir reduced HIV infections in a trial in Africa to zero—an astonishing 100% efficacy, and the closest thing to a vaccine in four decades of research. https://buff.ly/3P2zrt7
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‘Gamechanger’ HIV prevention drug to be made available cheaply in 120 countries

Gilead Sciences announces deal to manufacture generic versions of lenacapavir, but critics say it excludes many countries where incidence is highest

The Guardian

The average age of homebuyers in the US is now 56

The median age of first-time buyers is 38 (up from 34 last year)

The share of first-time buyers dropped from 32 to 24%

The median home price is now $435,000, which is up THIRTY NINE PERCENT since 2020

This is so astoundingly fucked

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/11/04/homebuyer-average-age-rises-to-56-amid-rising-homeownership-costs.html

The average age of U.S. homebuyers jumps to 56—homes are 'wildly unaffordable' for young people, real estate expert says

With home prices up nearly 40% since 2020, buyers are now wealthier and older, making them more likely to outbid younger buyers with all-cash offers.

CNBC
Universities all over Europe are cutting language programs and closing the doors to the world. We want to get a more complete picture: where, when, why? If you know of any such cases, please tell us (and share the link with your language and linguistics contacts)! elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/13...
E-Lomake - Closing and opening doors: Universities restructuring their language training programs

A Shiva for Brian Thompson

My social media feed is at war with itself right now over whether it's okay for people to celebrate the murder of Brian Thompson, a rich and powerful man responsible for the management of a company that has inflicted—and continues to inflict—untold misery on the general populace. While that battle rages, I've been trying to put my finger on my own ambivalence over this question.

https://nsdolkart.wordpress.com/2024/12/11/a-shiva-for-brian-thompson/

A Shiva for Brian Thompson

My social media feed is at war with itself right now over whether it’s okay for people to celebrate the murder of Brian Thompson, a rich and powerful man responsible for the management of a c…

N.S. Dolkart
Two years and millions of polluted minds later…
Which doubtless explains why Musk hates women
https://mastodon.social/@Daojoan/113562458968907273