John Sandy
@shand.bsky.social
Duty Editor.
Professional, executive coach.
Trek and telly nerd.
Smartly dressed, nerf herder.
All posts are my personal opinions etc etc.
Professional, executive coach.
Trek and telly nerd.
Smartly dressed, nerf herder.
All posts are my personal opinions etc etc.
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I'll just add, as someone who's been doing investigative reporting for decades, all publications doing real journalism (i.e., not a sockpuppet or Some Guy on the Internet)--they have MANY layers of editorial & legal review. Every major investigation I've done has had EVERY WORD checked many times.
I find the entire genre of "tens of thousands of words minutely refuting every point of an abuse clam" intrinsically unpersuasive. If any of the evidence were actually damning they'd just highlight that instead of doing a tedious Gish Gallop.
I haven't read that massive Substack thing that Gaiman linked to in his whinge, and nor am I going to. If you need tens of thousands of words of rant and innuendo to embed your "shocking evidence" in, you don't have shocking evidence, you have a conspiracy manifesto.
February 3, 2026 at 4:47 AM
I'll just add, as someone who's been doing investigative reporting for decades, all publications doing real journalism (i.e., not a sockpuppet or Some Guy on the Internet)--they have MANY layers of editorial & legal review. Every major investigation I've done has had EVERY WORD checked many times.
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This most recent Onion is my favorite one yet and, despite a million newsier things (Pedotopia, JK Rowling breaking out of an insane asylum), this is my favorite headline in it.
Subscribing to the print edition of The Onion has literally helped keep me sane
February 2, 2026 at 6:10 PM
This most recent Onion is my favorite one yet and, despite a million newsier things (Pedotopia, JK Rowling breaking out of an insane asylum), this is my favorite headline in it.
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I didn't think Goodwin could sink any lower in my estimation.
I was wrong.
I was wrong.
A reminder that Reform's candidate for Gorton and Denton, Matt Goodwin, has still not explained what he meant by this claim that developments in genetic science will make younger generations more right wing as they understand the "inherent differences" between different groups
February 2, 2026 at 1:06 PM
I didn't think Goodwin could sink any lower in my estimation.
I was wrong.
I was wrong.
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last dressing down I got from Monkey Cage execs on day I resigned was for a Bluesky comment on some of the sexual abusers who had been close to Prince Charles - Mountbatten, Van Der Post, Peter Ball - I didn’t do it to be sensational, I did it because it shows how abuse is just ignored by power
February 2, 2026 at 10:38 AM
last dressing down I got from Monkey Cage execs on day I resigned was for a Bluesky comment on some of the sexual abusers who had been close to Prince Charles - Mountbatten, Van Der Post, Peter Ball - I didn’t do it to be sensational, I did it because it shows how abuse is just ignored by power
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It's rare to see how lobbyists operate. But the Epstein-Mandelson correspondence shows us what happens all the time: plutocrats and government ministers conspiring against the public interest. This is why all lobbying should be in the public domain, but despite Labour and Con promises, it's not. 🧵
February 2, 2026 at 8:20 AM
It's rare to see how lobbyists operate. But the Epstein-Mandelson correspondence shows us what happens all the time: plutocrats and government ministers conspiring against the public interest. This is why all lobbying should be in the public domain, but despite Labour and Con promises, it's not. 🧵
I’ve just backed this.
The Least Bad of All Possible Worlds, by Eddie Robson mirlo.space/leadmojo/rel...
The Least Bad of All Possible Worlds, by Eddie Robson mirlo.space/leadmojo/rel...
The Least Bad of All Possible Worlds, by Eddie Robson
An album by Lead Mojo | Smelt
Released 2026-12-18
A boarding house on the Lancashire coast has taken in some unusual residents. Violet is a battle-hardened survivor from a parallel Earth that’s overr...
mirlo.space
February 2, 2026 at 12:16 PM
I’ve just backed this.
The Least Bad of All Possible Worlds, by Eddie Robson mirlo.space/leadmojo/rel...
The Least Bad of All Possible Worlds, by Eddie Robson mirlo.space/leadmojo/rel...
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David Nobbs comedy writing competition opens for a ninth year
David Nobbs comedy writing competition opens for a ninth year
Winner receives £1,000
dlvr.it
February 2, 2026 at 10:13 AM
David Nobbs comedy writing competition opens for a ninth year
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Branson has said he distanced himself from Epstein in 2013.
Here is a invite from 2016
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
Here is a invite from 2016
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
![From: Lesley Groff [redacted]
To: Rich Kahn [redacted]
Subject: Re: Richard Branson - Strive Challenge
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2016 13:22:32 +0000
no...and I left her a message as well...I will send another email back to the person we received the original email
from...it states its from Richard Branson himself but I don't believe it!
On Jun 17, 2016, at 9:20 AM, Richard Kahn [redacted] a wrote:
any update from Helen?
thanks
Richard Kahn
HBRK Associates Inc.
575 Lexington Avenue 4th Floor
New York, NY 10022
tel 212-971-1306
fax 646-350-0954
cell 917-414-7584
On Jun 15, 2016, at 2:46 PM, Lesley Groff < [redacted]
Not yet. Followed up with assistant Helen. Hope to hear soon
Sent from my iPhone
On Jun 15, 2016, at 2:22 PM, Richard Kahn [redacted]
anything back from branson on where to send check?
please advise
thanks
Richard Kahn
HBRK Associates Inc.
575 Lexington Avenue 4th Floor
New York, NY 10022
tel 212-971-1306
fax 646-350-0954
cell 917-414-7584
> wrote:
> wrote:
EFTA00323345 On Jun 14, 2016, at 2:01 PM, Lesley Groff < [redacted]
Sure!
Sent from my iPhone
On Jun 14, 2016, at 1:54 PM, Richard Kahn [redacted]
> wrote:
> wrote:
we do not have a credit card for gratitude america so we will process 50,000 check
can you please inform richard branson of jee donation amount and ask where we should send
thank you
Richard Kahn
HBRK Associates Inc.
575 Lexington Avenue 4th Floor
New York, NY 10022
tel 212-971-1306
fax 646-350-0954
cell 917-414-7584
Begin forwarded message:
From: "Jeffrey E." <jeevacation@gmail.com>
Subject: Fwd: Richard Branson - Strive Challenge
Date: June 10, 2016 at 5:33:53 PM EDT
To: Richard Kahn [redacted]
50k from gratitude
Forwarded message
From: Lesley Groff [redacted]
Date: Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 5:24 PM
Subject: Fwd: Richard Branson - Strive Challenge
To: Jefffrey Epstein <jeevacation@gmail.com>
Sent from my iPhone
Begin forwarded message:
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![I hope this finds you well.
For the month of September, I'll be joining my kids Holly and Sam as a member of the core team of
the Virgin Strive Challenge in which a 25 of us will be travelling from the base of the Matterhom to
the summit of Mt Etna in Sicily, entirely under human power. The trip is broken into 5 legs and I
would absolutely love it if you could join me for a leg or two.
Here's the agenda to whet your appetite:
• Hike (1-8 September): Stunning 5 day hike over mountain col's and alpine valleys. Staying in
mountain refuges along the way.
• Cycle 1 (8-14 September): Cycling at its very best as we cruise through all of Tuscany and then
hit the Liguria coastline.
• Cycle 2 (14-20 September): Cycle around Rome and then spend a night on the Amalfi coast at
the end.
• Cycle 3 (20-26 September): The stage for the more experienced cyclist with some serious
climbs in the mix.
• Triathlon (26-30 September): 3.5km swim to Sicily, 110km mountain bike along a stunning
ridge line and a half marathon to the summit of Etna. A fitting finale to an amazing month.
We are bringing a remarkable group of people together to challenge themselves and raise money for
Big Change. Big Change is the charity Holly and Sam founded in 2012 to shake up the way we are
educating the next generation to thrive in life, not just in exams. It's a wonderful charity with big
ambitions and one I'm very proud to be supporting.
There are 2 things I would love:
I. That you join me for a leg or two. I can promise you will be blown away by the company and
the energy and the route is simply stunning. Please go to strivechallenge.com to find more info
on the different stages and details on how to sign up. If you have any questions, please get in
touch with my nephew Noah [redacted], who is the challenge director. The
deadline to sign up is the end of June so please move as quickly as you can
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February 2, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Branson has said he distanced himself from Epstein in 2013.
Here is a invite from 2016
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
Here is a invite from 2016
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
I said ping pong balls, not King Kong’s balls!
And so on.
And so on.
February 2, 2026 at 9:30 AM
I said ping pong balls, not King Kong’s balls!
And so on.
And so on.
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The man behind donations of £200,000 to Reform is a church warden from Potters Bar, who just happens to work for a billionaire from Kazakhstan. But it's definitely not money laundering or interference in UK politics by a foreign national.
February 2, 2026 at 8:20 AM
The man behind donations of £200,000 to Reform is a church warden from Potters Bar, who just happens to work for a billionaire from Kazakhstan. But it's definitely not money laundering or interference in UK politics by a foreign national.
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Why isn't this a major news story?
February 2, 2026 at 7:53 AM
Why isn't this a major news story?
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BREAKING: Peter Mandelson resigns from Labour to avoid causing "further embarrassment" to party as result of Epstein links.
February 1, 2026 at 10:32 PM
BREAKING: Peter Mandelson resigns from Labour to avoid causing "further embarrassment" to party as result of Epstein links.
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In 20-goddamn-18. She cares SO much about young girls.
JK Rowling's team invited Jeffery Epstein to the deathly hallows play and to a Harry potter dinner.
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov
February 1, 2026 at 6:10 PM
In 20-goddamn-18. She cares SO much about young girls.
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Extraordinary: Mandelson told Epstein that JP Morgan should "threaten" then cabinet colleague and chancellor Alistair Darling over tax on bankers' bonuses. In plain language: "Minister conspired with US bank against own government".
More brilliant FT reporting
www.ft.com/content/91e8...
More brilliant FT reporting
www.ft.com/content/91e8...
Mandelson told Epstein JPMorgan should ‘threaten’ UK government over banker tax
Then business secretary advised sex offender on how Jamie Dimon should lobby chancellor
www.ft.com
February 1, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Extraordinary: Mandelson told Epstein that JP Morgan should "threaten" then cabinet colleague and chancellor Alistair Darling over tax on bankers' bonuses. In plain language: "Minister conspired with US bank against own government".
More brilliant FT reporting
www.ft.com/content/91e8...
More brilliant FT reporting
www.ft.com/content/91e8...
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Oh. My. God. Chomsky talking about the 'hysteria' that has developed about the abuse of women and giving Epstein advice on how to handle the media. In 2019. The Media studies discipline and much of the left should reflect on the power given to this one flawed man to shape generations of thought.
January 31, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Oh. My. God. Chomsky talking about the 'hysteria' that has developed about the abuse of women and giving Epstein advice on how to handle the media. In 2019. The Media studies discipline and much of the left should reflect on the power given to this one flawed man to shape generations of thought.
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20 YEARS AGO TODAY: Tom Baker, who had just become the voice of text messaging, hasn't even sat down and he's already subverting Today With Des & Mel.
Tom Baker - Today with Des and Mel Interview 2006
Today with Des and Mel Interview 2006
www.youtube.com
February 1, 2026 at 1:42 PM
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Cartoon by Andy Marlette | Tribune Content Agency
January 31, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Cartoon by Andy Marlette | Tribune Content Agency
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Fantastic - we can update Matt Goodwin's election publicity to say "As endorsed by a far right criminal thug"
January 30, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Fantastic - we can update Matt Goodwin's election publicity to say "As endorsed by a far right criminal thug"
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Disgusting.
In an email on Sept. 11, 2013, Mr. Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group, wrote to Mr. Epstein, “It was really nice seeing you yesterday.” He added: “Any time you’re in the area would love to see you. As long as you bring your harem!”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
In an email on Sept. 11, 2013, Mr. Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group, wrote to Mr. Epstein, “It was really nice seeing you yesterday.” He added: “Any time you’re in the area would love to see you. As long as you bring your harem!”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Live Updates: Millions of Pages of Epstein Documents Released
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Disgusting.
In an email on Sept. 11, 2013, Mr. Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group, wrote to Mr. Epstein, “It was really nice seeing you yesterday.” He added: “Any time you’re in the area would love to see you. As long as you bring your harem!”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
In an email on Sept. 11, 2013, Mr. Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group, wrote to Mr. Epstein, “It was really nice seeing you yesterday.” He added: “Any time you’re in the area would love to see you. As long as you bring your harem!”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
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Check out the new #AudioPorn too, because there has been some incredible guest stuff lately plus a few new ones from me: www.girlonthenet.com/audio-porn/
February 1, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Check out the new #AudioPorn too, because there has been some incredible guest stuff lately plus a few new ones from me: www.girlonthenet.com/audio-porn/
Cocaine Bear has just started on Channel 4.
January 31, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Cocaine Bear has just started on Channel 4.