Leslie Ann Epperson
@wesee.bsky.social
Artist, doc filmmaker, admire all creatures. Plants too. And rocks. Rivers, big on rivers.
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As you process the Epstein files, remember:
Palantir received early funding from Jeffrey Epstein.
It was also backed by the CIA’s venture arm, In-Q-Tel.
Then came the defense contracts.
Then mass data analytics at scale.
This isn’t separate stories.
It’s one ecosystem: the Epstein network.
Palantir received early funding from Jeffrey Epstein.
It was also backed by the CIA’s venture arm, In-Q-Tel.
Then came the defense contracts.
Then mass data analytics at scale.
This isn’t separate stories.
It’s one ecosystem: the Epstein network.
February 16, 2026 at 5:52 AM
As you process the Epstein files, remember:
Palantir received early funding from Jeffrey Epstein.
It was also backed by the CIA’s venture arm, In-Q-Tel.
Then came the defense contracts.
Then mass data analytics at scale.
This isn’t separate stories.
It’s one ecosystem: the Epstein network.
Palantir received early funding from Jeffrey Epstein.
It was also backed by the CIA’s venture arm, In-Q-Tel.
Then came the defense contracts.
Then mass data analytics at scale.
This isn’t separate stories.
It’s one ecosystem: the Epstein network.
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A Turkish Member of Parliament says the DOJ’s Epstein file release shows young girls from Turkey were taken to one of the network’s islands— unable to speak English, isolated, vulnerable and repeatedly sexually abused.
He called it “a terrible crime against humanity.”
He called it “a terrible crime against humanity.”
February 16, 2026 at 4:46 PM
A Turkish Member of Parliament says the DOJ’s Epstein file release shows young girls from Turkey were taken to one of the network’s islands— unable to speak English, isolated, vulnerable and repeatedly sexually abused.
He called it “a terrible crime against humanity.”
He called it “a terrible crime against humanity.”
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A new study in Florida finds that local pollution and overfishing are undermining coral reefs’ ability to survive climate change, even in areas once considered climate refuges, such as nearshore turbid reefs. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #Coral #Climate #Pollution
February 16, 2026 at 3:02 PM
A new study in Florida finds that local pollution and overfishing are undermining coral reefs’ ability to survive climate change, even in areas once considered climate refuges, such as nearshore turbid reefs. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #Coral #Climate #Pollution
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New in PN: "Just making s**t up" — @volts.wtf sounds off on the EPA
“How the f**k are they going to do that? If you can get the Supreme Court to rule carbon is not a danger to public health, it will mark the point at which they have abandoned all pretense, because that’s just a flat out lie.”
“How the f**k are they going to do that? If you can get the Supreme Court to rule carbon is not a danger to public health, it will mark the point at which they have abandoned all pretense, because that’s just a flat out lie.”
"Just making s**t up" — David Roberts sounds off on the EPA
"To say members of Congress didn’t anticipate a specific pollutant is just f**king comical."
www.publicnotice.co
February 16, 2026 at 3:35 PM
New in PN: "Just making s**t up" — @volts.wtf sounds off on the EPA
“How the f**k are they going to do that? If you can get the Supreme Court to rule carbon is not a danger to public health, it will mark the point at which they have abandoned all pretense, because that’s just a flat out lie.”
“How the f**k are they going to do that? If you can get the Supreme Court to rule carbon is not a danger to public health, it will mark the point at which they have abandoned all pretense, because that’s just a flat out lie.”
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"It is a stunning rebuke": Attorney and former federal prosecutor Ankush Khardori reacts to the DOJ failing to indict Dems in 'illegal orders' video
February 16, 2026 at 4:54 PM
"It is a stunning rebuke": Attorney and former federal prosecutor Ankush Khardori reacts to the DOJ failing to indict Dems in 'illegal orders' video
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REP. @aoc.bsky.social : “It’s important to remember there’s more of us than them — every one of us can be sand in the gears of an injustice.”
February 16, 2026 at 3:42 AM
REP. @aoc.bsky.social : “It’s important to remember there’s more of us than them — every one of us can be sand in the gears of an injustice.”
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"Long Ago And Far Away"
James Taylor & Carole King
Excerpt from a Norwegian TV showRare Video" aired on 11 December 1972:
James Taylor
Carole King
Danny Kortchmar
Ralph Schuckett
Leland Sklar
Russ Kunkel
The follow-up single to “You’ve Got a Friend” on Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon"
James Taylor & Carole King
Excerpt from a Norwegian TV showRare Video" aired on 11 December 1972:
James Taylor
Carole King
Danny Kortchmar
Ralph Schuckett
Leland Sklar
Russ Kunkel
The follow-up single to “You’ve Got a Friend” on Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon"
February 16, 2026 at 3:01 PM
"Long Ago And Far Away"
James Taylor & Carole King
Excerpt from a Norwegian TV showRare Video" aired on 11 December 1972:
James Taylor
Carole King
Danny Kortchmar
Ralph Schuckett
Leland Sklar
Russ Kunkel
The follow-up single to “You’ve Got a Friend” on Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon"
James Taylor & Carole King
Excerpt from a Norwegian TV showRare Video" aired on 11 December 1972:
James Taylor
Carole King
Danny Kortchmar
Ralph Schuckett
Leland Sklar
Russ Kunkel
The follow-up single to “You’ve Got a Friend” on Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon"
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Trump's longtime confidant Thomas Barrack, now serving as U.S. ambassador to Turkey and special envoy to Syria, was in regular, close contact with Jeffrey Epstein for years after Epstein's 2008 conviction for soliciting a minor, a CBS News analysis of over 100 texts and email exchanges shows.
Trump insider Tom Barrack kept in regular contact with Jeffrey Epstein for years, files show
Tom Barrack, a top U.S. diplomat and longtime friend of President Trump, networked and socialized with Epstein for years, CBS News found.
www.cbsnews.com
February 16, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Trump's longtime confidant Thomas Barrack, now serving as U.S. ambassador to Turkey and special envoy to Syria, was in regular, close contact with Jeffrey Epstein for years after Epstein's 2008 conviction for soliciting a minor, a CBS News analysis of over 100 texts and email exchanges shows.
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Ghislaine Maxwell, a convicted child sex trafficker, gets gardening time, sports, therapy dogs, and spa products in prison.
Migrant children in custody are sleeping on concrete floors without enough food or clean water.
Our priorities are so fucked.
Migrant children in custody are sleeping on concrete floors without enough food or clean water.
Our priorities are so fucked.
February 16, 2026 at 5:57 AM
Ghislaine Maxwell, a convicted child sex trafficker, gets gardening time, sports, therapy dogs, and spa products in prison.
Migrant children in custody are sleeping on concrete floors without enough food or clean water.
Our priorities are so fucked.
Migrant children in custody are sleeping on concrete floors without enough food or clean water.
Our priorities are so fucked.
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Hungary holds elections in 2 months. And the US Secretary of State is in Hungary campaigning for Viktor Orban. And as you can see, Russian state media loves it.
February 16, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Hungary holds elections in 2 months. And the US Secretary of State is in Hungary campaigning for Viktor Orban. And as you can see, Russian state media loves it.
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Growing masses of tourists want to see jaguars, and will pay great sums to do so. Will that be enough to save the region’s biggest cat?
The battle to save South America’s skull-crushing big cat
Farmers and villagers realise that jaguars are worth more alive than dead
econ.st
February 16, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Growing masses of tourists want to see jaguars, and will pay great sums to do so. Will that be enough to save the region’s biggest cat?
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And it begins - the #EpsteinFiles Analysis.
February 15, 2026 at 6:05 PM
And it begins - the #EpsteinFiles Analysis.
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February 16, 2026 at 10:49 AM
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from the perspective of someone who might want to be president, the best time to run for the white house is now, not later. so if AOC is thinking about it — if the white house is her ambition — then her best bet is to throw her hat in the ring
You Know What? Maybe the Time Is Right for an AOC Presidential Bid
She’s only 36, and there’s a good argument that she should run for Senate and bide her time. But she also could be a formidable White House candidate.
newrepublic.com
February 16, 2026 at 2:13 PM
from the perspective of someone who might want to be president, the best time to run for the white house is now, not later. so if AOC is thinking about it — if the white house is her ambition — then her best bet is to throw her hat in the ring
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None of this is normal
February 15, 2026 at 8:13 PM
None of this is normal
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Finland Lapland Northern Lights 😍
February 15, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Finland Lapland Northern Lights 😍
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"It is the first time anywhere in the world that an insect species receives this kind of legal status."
www.ecoticias.com/en/for-the-f....
#bees
www.ecoticias.com/en/for-the-f....
#bees
For the first time in global legal history, a country has recognized the legal rights of insects, and it is the stingless bees of the Peruvian Amazon that are taking the first step toward a new model ...
Peru just made history: stingless bees in the Amazon now have legal rights, letting communities sue to defend hives and habitat.
www.ecoticias.com
February 15, 2026 at 1:44 PM
"It is the first time anywhere in the world that an insect species receives this kind of legal status."
www.ecoticias.com/en/for-the-f....
#bees
www.ecoticias.com/en/for-the-f....
#bees
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ABC: Do you still have confidence in Pam Bondi as AG?
MASSIE: I don't think Pam Bondi has confidence in Pam Bondi. She wasn't confident enough to engage in anything but name calling in a hearing. So no, I don't. She was responsible for the document production.
MASSIE: I don't think Pam Bondi has confidence in Pam Bondi. She wasn't confident enough to engage in anything but name calling in a hearing. So no, I don't. She was responsible for the document production.
February 15, 2026 at 2:57 PM
ABC: Do you still have confidence in Pam Bondi as AG?
MASSIE: I don't think Pam Bondi has confidence in Pam Bondi. She wasn't confident enough to engage in anything but name calling in a hearing. So no, I don't. She was responsible for the document production.
MASSIE: I don't think Pam Bondi has confidence in Pam Bondi. She wasn't confident enough to engage in anything but name calling in a hearing. So no, I don't. She was responsible for the document production.
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This case raises an unsettling question: how many other incidents have gone unseen? Given ICE’s recent conduct, it’s reasonable to ask whether accountability would have happened at all absent video evidence.
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
Court rebukes Trump administration for denying immigration detainees access to lawyers
It’s the latest and perhaps most pointed rebuke yet from Minnesota federal judges.
www.politico.com
February 14, 2026 at 5:20 PM
This case raises an unsettling question: how many other incidents have gone unseen? Given ICE’s recent conduct, it’s reasonable to ask whether accountability would have happened at all absent video evidence.
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
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Rep. Angie Craig: "The attacks on Black and brown people in Minnesota have been egregious. At the end of the day, what they wanted out of Minnesota was for us to riot. I think this will go down in American history as one of the greatest examples of peaceful resistance from an entire community."
February 15, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Rep. Angie Craig: "The attacks on Black and brown people in Minnesota have been egregious. At the end of the day, what they wanted out of Minnesota was for us to riot. I think this will go down in American history as one of the greatest examples of peaceful resistance from an entire community."
Jane Godley was right.
February 15, 2026 at 5:03 AM
Jane Godley was right.