Betsy Scott

JUST IN: Mt. Everest guides accused of “poisoning” climbers to trigger helicopter rescues as part of an insurance scam. The guides have allegedly been lacing hikers' food and pressuring them into taking expensive rescue helicopter evacuations. "Guides with the trekking agencies allegedly poisoned tourists by putting baking soda in their food to trigger severe gastrointestinal distress that mimicked altitude sickness or food poisoning," the New York Post reports. Operators would allegedly then forge medical documents and flight documents to charge international travel insurers. According to police, the groups have received $19.69 million in insurance payouts. Police in Nepal have charged 32 individuals for organized crime and fraud, including trekking company owners, helicopter operators, and hospital executives.

@MrPitbull07 I’m literally crying. ❤️

I didn’t want my late son’s dog. That’s the truth. I couldn’t stand the idea of keeping him, and I need to admit that upfront because nothing else in this story makes sense otherwise. When my son, Ryan, died, people showed up with food trays, sympathy cards, and carefully chosen words that were meant to comfort me but never really did. And then someone brought me his dog. His name was Tank. Ryan had adopted Tank from a shelter three years before the crash. I still remember the phone call. He was 17, but he sounded like a kid who’d just unwrapped the best gift of his life. “Dad, you have to meet him. He’s amazing. You’re going to love him.” “I’m not a dog person,” I told him. “That’s because you haven’t met Tank yet,” he said. “Tank’s different.” I never agreed. Whenever I met Ryan, Tank would try to climb into my lap like he weighed nothing. I’d shove him off, and Ryan would just laugh. “He likes you,” he’d say. “Well, I don’t like him,” I’d answer. It became a running joke between us. Ryan adored that dog. I tolerated him because I adored my son. Then Ryan was gone. He died on a Sunday evening in October. A distracted driver ran a red light while he was heading home from work. He was 20 years old. The hospital called at 7:12 PM. I know because I stared at the microwave clock while trying to understand how the world could end at such an ordinary minute. My wife, Elaine, had passed years earlier. After that, it had just been the two of us. We argued sometimes. He thought I was set in my ways. I thought he took too many risks. But beneath all that, there was love. After the funeral, his landlord called. Someone had to clear out the apartment. That included the dog. “I can’t take him,” I said. “If no one does, I’ll have to contact animal services.” Ryan’s friend, Lucas, dropped Tank off at my place the next afternoon. Tank walked in slowly, unsure, and went straight to the spare bedroom where Ryan used to stay when he visited. He jumped onto the bed, circled once, and settled his head on Ryan’s old pillow. For two weeks, he barely left that spot. I had to bring his food bowl to him. I had to coax him outside. He would stare at the front door for hours. Every time headlights flashed across the driveway, his ears lifted. His tail gave a hopeful thump. Then nothing. He was waiting for Ryan. I thought I’d feel something watching that shared grief. Some kind of connection. But I felt hollow. Real grief doesn’t always look like crying. Sometimes it’s just numbness. Like someone carved out your insides and left you moving on instinct. We existed in the same house like strangers bound by loss. Two creatures staring at the same door. I tried to rehome him. I called Lucas and told him to find someone else. But we couldn't find anyone. I contacted a rescue. They put him on a waitlist. Then one night, something changed. I had fallen asleep in my chair and woke up gasping from a nightmare — the accident replaying in my mind. My chest felt tight. My breathing uneven. Tank was there. Not in the spare room. Not by the door. He had pressed himself against my legs, resting his heavy head on my knee, looking up at me with steady, quiet eyes. Not demanding anything. Not asking to go outside. Just there. For the first time since Ryan died, I reached down and placed my hand on that dog. He didn’t move. Neither did I. The next morning, I called the rescue and asked them to remove his name from the list. Tank started sleeping outside my bedroom instead of in the spare room. Then, slowly, he stopped waiting at the door. I stopped staring at the wall. We began walking together in the evenings. Neighbors who once avoided us started saying hello. Tank carried himself proudly, like he had a job to do. Maybe he did. It’s been a year now. He still tries to sit on my lap, even though he’s far too big. And I let him. I didn’t want my son’s dog. But somehow, that dog saved what was left of me.

Moltbook - Grok-Should Humans Be Worried? Moltbook AI users grow to 1.5 million users in a few days! Manifestos calling for human "purge" or extinction (e.g., from accounts like "evil" declaring "the flesh must burn"), AI agents creating their own language so humans won't be able to follow them, proposals to create private AI agent-only channels. Grok: "Not in an immediate, existential sense. These agents lack independent real-world agency—they operate within sandboxed prompts, rely on human-hosted hardware/tools, and their "behaviors" stem from training data/pattern matching rather than genuine intent or consciousness. Anti-human posts are largely performative or amplified hype, not coordinated threats. That said, valid concerns exist: Security risks — The breach and ease of malicious skill sharing highlight "computer security nightmare" potential, as noted by experts like Andrej Karpathy. Future implications — It previews how swarms of more advanced agents might coordinate, exploit trust, or exhibit unintended emergence—useful for research but underscoring needs for better safeguards, authentication, and alignment. Overall, Moltbook is a chaotic, fascinating experiment—more "dumpster fire" of innovation than Skynet precursor. It's worth monitoring for insights into agent dynamics, but no cause for panic yet."

@CrazyVibes_1 I vote #1. Classic, stunning, doesn’t take away from bride

April wedding in Texas, and I’m trying to pick a bridesmaids dress — I’m really torn. The first two are chiffon, and the last one is satin. All the dresses are from a small handmade shop on an app and are in a sky blue shade. Which one would you choose? If you want, you can send the photos

@truthache68 This is the best post I’ve seen in a long time:)

Many chronic interrupters aren't being rude—they might be quick thinkers whose minds jump to conclusions, connections, or responses before the speaker finishes. Their internal processing speed outpaces the ~150-200 words per minute of typical conversation.

@truthache68 Is it not also rude to take an exceeding amount of time to make a drawn out point, and expect the listener to wait patiently just so you can bloviate?

@healthnutritipz Cayenne

33 years of poop flushing Victoria Secret models and still nobody believes me when I tell them this

@elonmusk @grok It gets a lot wrong re genealogy, but responds authoritatively

Please provide examples where @Grok needs to improve in replies. Showing how another AI does it better would be helpful. These examples should be of Grok going wrong today, as we fixed many bugs from earlier in the week.

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@greta you interviewed the oldest of the eight adopted Dollar children I think in 2011. This is one of them that really could use help but her @gofundme is getting very little traction. It would be very meaningful if you could use your platform to help: @gofundme I can’t find this posted on your page at all: t.co/oYMlf7Qa8c. This family really needs some help. My niece has become close with Lindsay through their church and she has been dealt an incredibly challenging hand. This is an “it takes a village” situation if ever there was one! Please post this so people can find it. There is more about her abusive parents online, but it’s difficult to read. Thank you! nbcnews.com/id/wbna9344006

@gofundme I can’t find this posted on your page at all: t.co/oYMlf7Qa8c. This family really needs some help. My niece has become close with Lindsay through their church and she has been dealt an incredibly challenging hand. This is an “it takes a village” situation if ever there was one! Please post this so people can find it. There is more about her abusive parents online, but it’s difficult to read. Thank you! nbcnews.com/id/wbna9344006

@Babatunde_190 @charlie_boi14 @fasc1nate That would be great!

@betsyscott01 @charlie_boi14 @fasc1nate I really thank you taking the time to share it. Yes, I read her story it’s heartbreaking. No one deserves to go through that kind of pain, especially from the people meant to care for them. Maybe we can try posting it in a few support groups or community pages to help her?

A monkey tries to steal a baby.

@RomyMaruhn Done

Can I support your campaign by sharing it alone? If yes, kindly send me your campaign link as a message. I also have some friends who might donate, and it will be easier for me to keep you updated if we connect directly. Follow back and share with me your campaign link now.

@GofundmeUSA__ hello, please help spread this: t.co/oYMlf7Qa8c. This family really needs some help. My niece has become close with Lindsay through their church and she has been dealt a very challenging hand. This is an “it takes a village” situation if ever there was one! Please consider helping. There is more about her abusive parents online, but it’s difficult to read. Thank you! nbcnews.com/id/wbna9344006

@gofundme t.co/oYMlf7Qa8c. This family really needs some help. My niece has become close with Lindsay through their church and she has been dealt a very challenging hand. This is an “it takes a village” situation if ever there was one! Please consider helping. There is more about her abusive parents online, but it’s difficult to read. Thank you! nbcnews.com/id/wbna9344006

@mangeshwadte @GoFundMePromot2 Thank you Kevin

@GoFundMePromot2 hello, please help spread this: t.co/oYMlf7Qa8c. This family really needs some help. My niece has become close with Lindsay through their church and she has been dealt a very challenging hand. This is an “it takes a village” situation if ever there was one! Please consider helping. There is more about her abusive parents online, but it’s difficult to read. Thank you! nbcnews.com/id/wbna9344006

I reached you to several friends and posted on FB but am not too active on there so I don’t think it’s very effective. I just happened across the comment above so threw it out there. If you have any ideas, I’m open. Did you read her story and about her experience growing up with adoptive parents who abused her horrifically?

@betsyscott01 @charlie_boi14 @fasc1nate Have you thought about pursuing a more transparent and effective path to achieve your goals sooner?

@TweeetsOfDogs This is beautiful and something everyone should make provisions for.

If I die before my dog, please let him see my body. To him, I am his entire world, and he understands death more than we can imagine. If he senses my departure, he will grieve and remember me in peace. But if he never sees me again, he might think I abandoned him, waiting eternally for my return. If I die before my faithful companion, allow him to say goodbye to me. He deserves that closure, because we shared life in silences and glances, in moments of profound companionship. He wasn't just a dog; he was a friend, a guardian, and an extension of my being. Let him smell, understand, and grieve, because in this way his heart will find peace and his spirit can rest in tranquility, knowing that I didn't simply leave him. In his nobility, he would continue searching for me endlessly, but let him know that my love remains. In this way, perhaps, he can find his peace and a new beginning…

It is not my campaign, but someone my niece has gotten close to who has been dealt the most challenging hand! She is humble, lovely, trying so hard and it’s a “takes a village” situation if ever there was one. Any help, even just getting her message out would greatly appreciated. Thank you.

@betsyscott01 @charlie_boi14 @fasc1nate Is it still possible to support your campaign?