And that's the most dangerous loneliness epidemic we face today.

People fall for these scams - yes due to, mental illness, illiteracy and a degree of naivety - but the real reason people fall for pig butchering or romance scams is because they desire a real connection, no matter how intangible, they lack in their lives.

Americans about to discover the Advanced Theoretical Racism of the caste system

Worse than that, it's the equivalent of walking into a bagel shop, saying you hate bagels, and then dropping a nickel in the tip jar before storming off

It's like, thanks?

"The problem with Bluesky," we write, posting the link on Bluesky.

Disappointed in McBride, but I can't even begin to imagine the amount of pressure she's under - the majority of her 'colleagues' looking for the vaguest excuse to exile her from congress, the others seeing it as 'identity politics'.

Talk about being in a den of vipers.