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LarryTheMatador, (edited ) in I called everyone in Jeffrey Epstein's little black book.

My takeaway from this is its bizarre that the rich and well connected answer their phone to unknown #'s. Anyone wanna venture a guess as to why that is?

subignition, in I called everyone in Jeffrey Epstein's little black book.
@subignition@kbin.social avatar

Well that'll teach me to not check the community name. An hour or two later, I read it all... Fascinating and horrifying.

Potatos_are_not_friends, (edited ) in I called everyone in Jeffrey Epstein's little black book.

The listings are at times preposterously detailed, often containing additional names and numbers for people’s emergency contacts, their parents, their siblings, their friends, even their children, all alongside hundreds of car phones, yacht phones, guest houses, and private office lines. Some individuals have dozens of numbers and addresses listed, while others list just a single number and first name. Epstein collected people, and if you ever had any interaction with him or Ghislaine Maxwell, his onetime girlfriend and alleged accomplice, you more than likely ended up in this book, and then several years later you received a call from me.

And

The worst call by far was with a woman who told me she’d been groped by Epstein, an incident she said she didn’t report at the time out of fear of retribution from Epstein. (I have been aggressively counseled to remind the readers of Mother Jones that an appearance in the address book is not evidence of any crime, or of complicity in any crime, or of knowledge of any crime.)

Key things to remember about this list.

shiphoster, in China Is Pressing Women to Have More Babies. Many Are Saying No.

For more information look at Jordan Peterson’s Twitter

loki, in China Is Pressing Women to Have More Babies. Many Are Saying No.

They punished a generation who wanted to have more than one kids, and now they want more just becausea. do they think women are factory line machines that you just toggle on some settings?

PP_BOY_, in China Is Pressing Women to Have More Babies. Many Are Saying No.
@PP_BOY_@lemmy.world avatar

People start families when they feel socially and financially secure. Seems like a pretty easy solution then, if you’re not a oligarchical corporatocracy.

CluckN,

Oligarchical Corporatocracy sounds like a Harry Potter spell.

some_guy, (edited ) in How an Academic Uncovered One of the Biggest Museum Heists of All Time

Edit: Sorry, I thought I had a link but I didn’t check it first.

Edit2: Ok, this one worked.

archive.is/d1JQm

Blaze,

Thanks!

rhythmisaprancer, in The Horrifying Epidemic of Teen-Age Fentanyl Deaths in a Texas County
@rhythmisaprancer@kbin.social avatar

This stinks in general. I was a high school student 20+years ago, and I worked at a high school doing non teaching stuff (like spring break trips and after school programming) thru 2019, and the prevalency of drugs didn't change. The only conversation change was vaping. From my view point, having been a rural student, and having worked in rural schools, they're gonna experiment! Kids need safe folks to talk to. This applies to more than drugs but definitely applies to TX.

rhythmisaprancer, in Why is English so weirdly different from other languages? | Aeon Essays
@rhythmisaprancer@kbin.social avatar

What an amazing article. I had to look up the author, what a great background. I daresay I undergrasp and will need to followup.

Thanks for sharing ❤️

Lophostemon, in Why is English so weirdly different from other languages? | Aeon Essays

Because all other langauges are inferior.

Reverendender, in 7 Months Inside an Online Scam Labor Camp
shalafi, in How Inuit Parents Teach Kids To Control Their Anger

This is amazing. Still absorbing it and keeping it bookmarked until I’ve had a chance to put it in practice.

spacecowboy, in How Inuit Parents Teach Kids To Control Their Anger

Sounds a bit like stoicism.

BearOfaTime, in What Really Happened to JFK?

It’s so odd so many people still believe the Warren Commission when another commission about 1973 ruled there were at least two shooters, one in front on the grassy knoll.

The first doctors to treat him documented an entrance wound at his trachea.

LittleLordFauntleroy, in Ghosts on the Glacier

Haunting. Unfortunately I think this is one mystery we will never solve. Mountain climbing tragedies like this are fascinating - the Dyatlov Pass Incident is a particularly good one.

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