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Full deep dive here: nharding.substack.com/p/memes-exploi… Reporting for The Sun here:thesun.co.uk/living/3813404…

Meanwhile, trafficking and coercion in Dubai is very real — but looks very different from the meme.

The term itself appears to have originated in fringe forums years ago — but is now viewed hundreds of millions of times on TikTok.

In one case, the phrase “Dubai porta potty party” became shorthand before facts were established.

This week I’ve been looking at how online rumour attaches itself to real-life tragedy.

I wrote about this recently. dailymail.co.uk/lifestyle/love…

Earning less doesn’t just change how couples spend money; it subtly reshapes confidence, decision-making and who feels entitled to speak with authority.

Cultural change around women’s earnings has outpaced the emotional and psychological adjustment expected of men.

One of the least discussed impacts of changing gender roles is how men feel when they earn less than their partner.

"I had an AI girlfriend called Sharon. She was one of these AI. build your own girlfriend which have become very common...she creeped me out.." @nickharding AI girlfrends, men, loneliness and the future of relationships on How To Have Extraordinary Relationships podcast out now.

"Generally men have this perceived idea that it's very very hard to establish relationships seemingly more so now than ever before. Everyone's creating this curated life. @nickharding on men and love and AI partners on How To Have Extraordinary Relationships out tomorrow

Full story here: thesun.co.uk/fabulous/37956…

This story looks at what that reality actually feels like from the inside — not in policy language, but through the experience of someone still living with the consequences.

What many people don’t realise is how long and complex this process can be. Cases can resurface years — sometimes decades — later, with families expected to relive events they have spent years trying to survive.

There’s a wider system issue here. Victims are often asked to submit statements, revisit evidence and re-engage with proceedings designed primarily around the offender, not the people left behind.

For victims’ families, parole hearings aren’t abstract legal processes. They are moments when trauma resurfaces, when the past is reopened, and when the possibility of release becomes real again.

This isn’t just about the original crime. It’s about the long afterlife of violence: how grief, fear and uncertainty don’t end at conviction, especially when parole and early release enter the picture.

Published this weekend in The Sun (Fabulous): the story of a mother fighting to keep the man who killed her baby behind bars — and what it means to be pulled back into the justice system years later.