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Don MacLeod

22,000 Wake Ups and Counting

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We Lost the Bars and Bowling Leagues — Then Blamed People for Being Lonely

Posted on February 28, 2026March 1, 2026 By Don MacLeod

The U.S. Surgeon General declared loneliness a public health crisis — associated with depression, cardiovascular disease, even increased mortality risk — and the advice rolled out like clockwork: join a gym, download a friend app, try harder. As though the problem is you. As though fifty years of dismantled civic…

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