Simon James
@jim1132.bsky.social
Happily re-learning the value of expertise, courtesy, and humour after the barking years.
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New data point from Thiel Epstein timeline. That giddy Podesta email from Epstein to Thiel was A DAY AFTER WikiLeaks started releasin the emails. So: Epstein, Thiel and Churkin had a dinner at the same time Podesta leak started.
#EpsteinFiles
#Epstein #Thiel
#Russia #WikiLeaks
#EpsteinFiles
#Epstein #Thiel
#Russia #WikiLeaks
February 3, 2026 at 10:12 PM
New data point from Thiel Epstein timeline. That giddy Podesta email from Epstein to Thiel was A DAY AFTER WikiLeaks started releasin the emails. So: Epstein, Thiel and Churkin had a dinner at the same time Podesta leak started.
#EpsteinFiles
#Epstein #Thiel
#Russia #WikiLeaks
#EpsteinFiles
#Epstein #Thiel
#Russia #WikiLeaks
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The Epstein files reveal what powerful people see in video games: profit, coercion, and control
aftermath.site/jeffrey-epstei...
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February 3, 2026 at 9:22 PM
The Epstein files reveal what powerful people see in video games: profit, coercion, and control
aftermath.site/jeffrey-epstei...
aftermath.site/jeffrey-epstei...
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Chaotic carnival of chancers latest:
- Jenrick and Braverman vote FOR the abolition of the two child limit while the other four Reform MPs vote against
- and of course Farage doesn’t even bother turning up to do his job
- Jenrick and Braverman vote FOR the abolition of the two child limit while the other four Reform MPs vote against
- and of course Farage doesn’t even bother turning up to do his job
Couldn’t make this up. Farage:
- WAS calling for the two child limit to be scrapped.
- NOW calling for the two child limit to be reinstated.
Reform aren’t just importing failed Tory politicians. They’re importing failed Tory policies.
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
- WAS calling for the two child limit to be scrapped.
- NOW calling for the two child limit to be reinstated.
Reform aren’t just importing failed Tory politicians. They’re importing failed Tory policies.
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
Nigel Farage Calls For Lifting Of Two-Child Benefit Cap
Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage has called for the lifting of the two child benefit cap and transferable tax allowance for married couples.
www.politicshome.com
February 3, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Chaotic carnival of chancers latest:
- Jenrick and Braverman vote FOR the abolition of the two child limit while the other four Reform MPs vote against
- and of course Farage doesn’t even bother turning up to do his job
- Jenrick and Braverman vote FOR the abolition of the two child limit while the other four Reform MPs vote against
- and of course Farage doesn’t even bother turning up to do his job
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"Musk was quite lucky that just as his previous recklessness was about to catch up with him, he stumbled into the AI bubble, and another attendant geyser of gullible investor cash. If and when that bubble pops, a true reckoning may be at hand for the first time in his life." — @ryanlcooper.com
Tesla’s Wile E. Coyote Moment Is Here - The American Prospect
But how long can Elon Musk keep running on air? Potentially quite a long time.
prospect.org
February 3, 2026 at 8:19 PM
"Musk was quite lucky that just as his previous recklessness was about to catch up with him, he stumbled into the AI bubble, and another attendant geyser of gullible investor cash. If and when that bubble pops, a true reckoning may be at hand for the first time in his life." — @ryanlcooper.com
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So the Epstein money Steven Bannon used to fund far right activities, money which Farage benefited from, was probably Russian money.
So Farage was indirectly funded by the Kremlin to further the long term political goals of Putin.
Hence Brexit.
Farage needs to be asked how much he knew.
So Farage was indirectly funded by the Kremlin to further the long term political goals of Putin.
Hence Brexit.
Farage needs to be asked how much he knew.
February 3, 2026 at 5:33 PM
So the Epstein money Steven Bannon used to fund far right activities, money which Farage benefited from, was probably Russian money.
So Farage was indirectly funded by the Kremlin to further the long term political goals of Putin.
Hence Brexit.
Farage needs to be asked how much he knew.
So Farage was indirectly funded by the Kremlin to further the long term political goals of Putin.
Hence Brexit.
Farage needs to be asked how much he knew.
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"FB comments are…a homogenized shit hole full of bots, rage, and bile that undermines connection and any effort at real conversation. These sorts of badly run systems are also more easily gamed by bad actors (like…authoritarians using culture war agitprop to confuse the electorate and take power)."
news websites made a mistake when they killed on-site comment sections and outsourced all audience interaction to hyper-scaled, badly-run trash fires like Facebook
Whoops, Websites Realize That Killing Their Comment Sections Was A Mistake
So for years we pointed out how the trend of news websites killing off their comment section (usually because they were too cheap or lazy to creatively manage them) was counterproductive.…
www.techdirt.com
February 3, 2026 at 5:25 PM
"FB comments are…a homogenized shit hole full of bots, rage, and bile that undermines connection and any effort at real conversation. These sorts of badly run systems are also more easily gamed by bad actors (like…authoritarians using culture war agitprop to confuse the electorate and take power)."
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🔴In Putin’s Orbit: The Crypto Politics of Jeffrey Epstein and Peter Thiel
The web of ties between Epstein, Moscow and Silicon Valley leads back to Steve Bannon and Nigel Farage, reports @peterjukes.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2026/02/03/i...
The web of ties between Epstein, Moscow and Silicon Valley leads back to Steve Bannon and Nigel Farage, reports @peterjukes.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2026/02/03/i...
In Putin’s Orbit: The Crypto Politics of Jeffrey Epstein and Peter Thiel
The web of ties between Epstein, Moscow and Silicon Valley leads back to Steve Bannon and Nigel Farage
bylinetimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 1:33 PM
🔴In Putin’s Orbit: The Crypto Politics of Jeffrey Epstein and Peter Thiel
The web of ties between Epstein, Moscow and Silicon Valley leads back to Steve Bannon and Nigel Farage, reports @peterjukes.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2026/02/03/i...
The web of ties between Epstein, Moscow and Silicon Valley leads back to Steve Bannon and Nigel Farage, reports @peterjukes.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2026/02/03/i...
Can you imagine what Mandelson wouldve done if he hadn't got a payoff, knowing his love of £ - especially as it wouldve been decided before the latest evidence came out. This is a ridiculous line of enquiry. #wato
February 3, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Can you imagine what Mandelson wouldve done if he hadn't got a payoff, knowing his love of £ - especially as it wouldve been decided before the latest evidence came out. This is a ridiculous line of enquiry. #wato
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SpaceX buys xAI in $1.25tn «deal» to unite crucial parts of serial con man Elon Musk's ponzi fraudster empire
Rocket company boosts valuation to $1tn & pays $250bn to acquire Al start-up as pretengineer Elon Musk envisions data centres in space (jfc)
#TeslaTakedown
#GoldenAgeOfFraud
#$TSLA
#$TSLAQ
Rocket company boosts valuation to $1tn & pays $250bn to acquire Al start-up as pretengineer Elon Musk envisions data centres in space (jfc)
#TeslaTakedown
#GoldenAgeOfFraud
#$TSLA
#$TSLAQ
SpaceX buys xAI in $1.25tn deal to unite crucial parts of Elon Musk’s empire
Rocket company boosts valuation to $1tn and pays $250bn to acquire AI start-up as Musk envisions data centres in space
www.ft.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:51 AM
SpaceX buys xAI in $1.25tn «deal» to unite crucial parts of serial con man Elon Musk's ponzi fraudster empire
Rocket company boosts valuation to $1tn & pays $250bn to acquire Al start-up as pretengineer Elon Musk envisions data centres in space (jfc)
#TeslaTakedown
#GoldenAgeOfFraud
#$TSLA
#$TSLAQ
Rocket company boosts valuation to $1tn & pays $250bn to acquire Al start-up as pretengineer Elon Musk envisions data centres in space (jfc)
#TeslaTakedown
#GoldenAgeOfFraud
#$TSLA
#$TSLAQ
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I read this, and I almost regret it. What do you even do with the knowledge that Epstein wanted and was trying to engineer societal breakdown via far right populism bc he thought it would benefit his sex trafficking business?
I read thousands of pages of Epstein files this weekend trying to understand what he wanted out of his meeting with 4chan's Christopher Poole. Here's everything we know about Epstein's plans to dismantle the internet and, eventually, democracy.
www.garbageday.email/p/here-s-how...
www.garbageday.email/p/here-s-how...
February 3, 2026 at 10:32 AM
I read this, and I almost regret it. What do you even do with the knowledge that Epstein wanted and was trying to engineer societal breakdown via far right populism bc he thought it would benefit his sex trafficking business?
What about the judgement of Laura Kuennseberg three whole weeks ago, interviewing Mandelson (and having Palantir's Louis Mosley on the same day)? #r4today
February 3, 2026 at 8:17 AM
What about the judgement of Laura Kuennseberg three whole weeks ago, interviewing Mandelson (and having Palantir's Louis Mosley on the same day)? #r4today
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It’s so tawdry, grubby and shameful. I can’t stand the sleaze, greed, corruption. Trump, Epstein, Russia, Bannon, Palantir, Israel, Mandelson, Brexit, discredited royals, aging male hacks, hasbeens, wannabes. Old white men abusing young women, exploiting their status, corrupting our entire system. 🧵
The Peter Mandelson scandal on the front pages of UK papers. For decades Mandelson has briefed, lobbied & spun his views to senior journalists undermining colleagues in his own party & advocating for corporate interests (who were paying him). Finally the dam has burst.
February 3, 2026 at 12:43 AM
It’s so tawdry, grubby and shameful. I can’t stand the sleaze, greed, corruption. Trump, Epstein, Russia, Bannon, Palantir, Israel, Mandelson, Brexit, discredited royals, aging male hacks, hasbeens, wannabes. Old white men abusing young women, exploiting their status, corrupting our entire system. 🧵
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This is very, very good.
Here's how Epstein broke the internet
His meeting with the founder of 4chan and his quest to profit off the end of democracy
www.garbageday.email
February 3, 2026 at 12:54 AM
This is very, very good.
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Peter Thiel has been open about this for a long time. Trump is a way to break the republic, which can then be replaced by “free economic zones” with oligarchs as dictators and tech as a taskmaster for helpless humans without any rights. (1/2)
February 2, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Peter Thiel has been open about this for a long time. Trump is a way to break the republic, which can then be replaced by “free economic zones” with oligarchs as dictators and tech as a taskmaster for helpless humans without any rights. (1/2)
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Reminder that Tulsi Gabbard, running for POTUS as a Dem in the 2020 race, sued Hillary Clinton because she implied Gabbard was being groomed by Moscow as a 3rd-party candidate, then soon dropped the suit because, she said, the focus should be on beating Trump, for whom she now works as a Republican.
February 3, 2026 at 4:40 AM
Reminder that Tulsi Gabbard, running for POTUS as a Dem in the 2020 race, sued Hillary Clinton because she implied Gabbard was being groomed by Moscow as a 3rd-party candidate, then soon dropped the suit because, she said, the focus should be on beating Trump, for whom she now works as a Republican.
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our shitty right wing autocrats are ramping up their attacks on the Netflix Warner Brothers Merger because they want right wing Trump billionaire Larry Ellison to buy it instead
Project Netflix: MAGA’s Plan To Sandbag Warner Bros Deal; Streamer Called “Biggest Political & Ideology Messaging Machine In Human History”
Ted Sarandos' testimony tomorrow in front of the Senate could see MAGA forces try to blow up the streamer's plan to buy Warner Bros
deadline.com
February 2, 2026 at 10:50 PM
our shitty right wing autocrats are ramping up their attacks on the Netflix Warner Brothers Merger because they want right wing Trump billionaire Larry Ellison to buy it instead
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I think the Epstein affair is turning into the defining political scandal of our time. It is bringing into plain sight how informal networks of powerful, entitled, abusive and often sexually violent men operate outside any form of institutional scrutiny or restraint.
I really can’t keep up with this. It’s like every vague suspicion of oligarch, finance and tech power come together - with Russian influence.
Yes, you’re not imagining. Only Mandelson, Lebedev, Milner and Epstein and L’Affaire Russe
Yes, you’re not imagining. Only Mandelson, Lebedev, Milner and Epstein and L’Affaire Russe
February 2, 2026 at 12:53 PM
I think the Epstein affair is turning into the defining political scandal of our time. It is bringing into plain sight how informal networks of powerful, entitled, abusive and often sexually violent men operate outside any form of institutional scrutiny or restraint.
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Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.
February 2, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.
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There are two British nationals mentioned a lot in the Epstein material. One is a man whose career is already over and the other is a fascist who might be Prime Minister in 3 years time. Can you guess which one the UK MSM is obsessed with?
February 2, 2026 at 5:55 PM
There are two British nationals mentioned a lot in the Epstein material. One is a man whose career is already over and the other is a fascist who might be Prime Minister in 3 years time. Can you guess which one the UK MSM is obsessed with?
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I really can’t keep up with this. It’s like every vague suspicion of oligarch, finance and tech power come together - with Russian influence.
Yes, you’re not imagining. Only Mandelson, Lebedev, Milner and Epstein and L’Affaire Russe
Yes, you’re not imagining. Only Mandelson, Lebedev, Milner and Epstein and L’Affaire Russe
February 2, 2026 at 11:18 AM
I really can’t keep up with this. It’s like every vague suspicion of oligarch, finance and tech power come together - with Russian influence.
Yes, you’re not imagining. Only Mandelson, Lebedev, Milner and Epstein and L’Affaire Russe
Yes, you’re not imagining. Only Mandelson, Lebedev, Milner and Epstein and L’Affaire Russe
Montague, great chum of the PM who brought this in, and of the last Tory government that made it even worse, is the last person you'd trust to cover student loans. #wato
February 2, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Montague, great chum of the PM who brought this in, and of the last Tory government that made it even worse, is the last person you'd trust to cover student loans. #wato
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The earlier June one definitely via Mandelson who soon after went hunting for a £4million pa job with Deutsche Bank supported by Epstein.
All pretty close in time to when Epstein funded Mandelson’s boyfriend (now husband’s) osteopathy course.
A quid pro quo?
taxpolicy.org.uk/2026/02/02/m...
All pretty close in time to when Epstein funded Mandelson’s boyfriend (now husband’s) osteopathy course.
A quid pro quo?
taxpolicy.org.uk/2026/02/02/m...
Mandelson leaked No 10 documents to Epstein; sought $4m job
New emails show Peter Mandelson leaked confidential No 10 documents to Jeffrey Epstein, who later helped him pursue a $4m job.
taxpolicy.org.uk
February 2, 2026 at 1:23 PM
The earlier June one definitely via Mandelson who soon after went hunting for a £4million pa job with Deutsche Bank supported by Epstein.
All pretty close in time to when Epstein funded Mandelson’s boyfriend (now husband’s) osteopathy course.
A quid pro quo?
taxpolicy.org.uk/2026/02/02/m...
All pretty close in time to when Epstein funded Mandelson’s boyfriend (now husband’s) osteopathy course.
A quid pro quo?
taxpolicy.org.uk/2026/02/02/m...
I dont know what the #motd pundits made of that disallowed Villa goal but VAR really shouldn't be used for incidents that far from goal - if the ref or lino don't call it, then that's that.
February 2, 2026 at 9:31 AM
I dont know what the #motd pundits made of that disallowed Villa goal but VAR really shouldn't be used for incidents that far from goal - if the ref or lino don't call it, then that's that.