Back in the early 2000s, when the web was still somewhat safe, I used to post comments on a news site using my real name ... my reasoning being that if I was posting my opinion on something I should have the balls to use my rn.

Within about a year it started becoming more dangerous tho. I wasn't stalked but the responses became more personal and degrading, and the misogynists began showing up in force.

I get why Greece would want to do this, but as of right now it would be better if they made some hard rules for Meta et al to follow - with massive fines attached for being lax.

It's really in South America tho.

But unlike the Americans, who have gone decades without tracking their gold supplies, the Canadians have known that they were getting it from a country where cocaine trafficking, paramilitary violence and the gold trade are intertwined.

Yet they continued to call it North American gold.

They did so, officials explained, because before the Colombian gold arrives in Canada, a Texas intermediary mixes it with American gold. In the Mint’s eyes, the resulting mix is entirely North American.

This fiction, and the fact that perpetuating it is completely legal, is an example of how even the world’s most credible dealers allow tainted gold into the mainstream market.

Jfc. When did the idea of lying become the government-approved way of things??

Nevermind ... I know.