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ptarnation

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rarely capitalized. i repost a lot, often about dogs, psychiatry, psychedelics but critical of the hypefest, large event medical, good books, low-key knitting, privacy

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ptarnation

@ptarnation.bsky.social

what’s the evan barr debacle (it’s redacted in some places but not others)

On Sat, Jan 26, 2019 at 6:32 PM Weingarten, Reid <
Cal me if you get a chance…...212 505 3914
• wrote:
From: J [mailto:jeevacation@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2019 7:23 PM
To: Weingarlen, Reid
Subject: Re:
If he wants you to rep him. YES
On Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 10:34 PM Weingarten, Reid -
Rajeev misra....softbank vision fund...any special jeffrey insights here?
• wrote:
Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone.
From: J
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2019 5:51 PM
To: Weingarten, Reid
Subject: Re: Re:
im not sheyl, frankly i havent been involved in this at all except for the ridiculousness. we will resolve it by end of month. .
On Tuc, Tan 22, 2019 at 11:47 PM Weingarten, Reid <
Ok....but give me an idea what follows the but....otherwise I will imagine the worst....
> wrote:
From: J [mailto:jeevacation@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2019 5:43 PM
To: Weingarten, Reid
Subject: Re: Re:
i suggest we wait until face to face yes he fucked up. but .,,
On Tue, Jan 22, 2019 at 11:40 PM Weingarten, Reid 1
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So... remarkably...in the middle of dealing with thiss the Steptoe numbercrunchers advise me Jeffrey has paid about 450 and owes about 300 and seems disinclined to make Steptoe whole.....hhhhhmmmm...first reaction is déjà vu.... How the fuck are we back here after the unspeakably awful evan barr debacle.... More to the point just tell me where you are on this.... did miller fuck up? Something else? As you know I am the 800 pound gorilla here, Steptoe is not going to chase you down for the money but there are 500 lawyers here, processes, etc.......
from:/[malito.jeevacation@gmail.com
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2019 4:04 PM

November 13, 2025 at 8:24 AM

ptarnation

@ptarnation.bsky.social

good news, michael, you have their attention now

Michael Wolff @MichaelWolffNYC 4 Nov 2024
While the Epstein tapes have received wide attention, no major news organization has addressed the evidence that the prospective next president of the United States had a close ten-year friendship with the world's most famous sex predator— in part based around their mutual sexual interests.
Nov 4, 2024 • 3:56 PM UTC

Michael Wolff @MichaelWolffNYC
1 Nov 2024
FYl over the past number of years this material has been offered to most major broadcast outlets. None were interested in pursuing the story.
Jeff (Gutenberg Pa...
@jeffj... 1 Nov 2024
Considerable anger in replies at Wolff sitting on this.
Nov 1, 2024 • 7:45 PM UTC
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Jeff (Gutenberg Parenth... @jeffj... 1 Nov 2024
Replying to @MichaelWolffNYC
That itself is a story. Being the newshound you are, l'd have thought you'd have made it into a story on your own.
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Seth Grahame-Smith
@sethgs
1 Nov 2024
Replying to @MichaelWolffNYC
Respectfully, you're a major literary figure with a huge platform. You don't need a broadcast outlet or publication to make news -- especially with something as incendiary as what you've described. If you'd tweeted "I've seen pictures of Trump with young women at Epstein's house" at any point in the past four years, it would've been a

November 13, 2025 at 7:54 AM

ptarnation

@ptarnation.bsky.social

anas al rasheed?
(i do not know who that would be, but it’s the name in the string)

HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_029113001 Page
From: anasalrasheed
Sent: 12 / 8 / 2017 11:13:41 PM
To: jeffrey E. [jeeyacation@gmail.com]
Subject: Re:
Importance: High
like always .. it was pleasure and fun to visit you. thn for the nice giftc14
Sent from my iPhone
On Dec 8, 2017, at 11:38 PM, jeffrey E. wrote:
no come now !!!
On Fri, Dec 8, 2017 at 9:37 PM, < > wrote:
i m at the door but i will wait for my time.. i dont want to come early to find trump in your house00
Sent from my iPhone
On Dec 8, 2017, at 9:55 PM, jeffrey E. wrote:
Yes
On Fri, Dec 8, 2017 at 2:10 PM < wrote: sorry that is for the gate li
Sent from my iPhone
On Dec 6, 2017, at 5:44 PM, jeffrey E. wrote:
10pm should | bring special cake from

November 13, 2025 at 5:21 AM

ptarnation

@ptarnation.bsky.social

Page
From: anasalrasheed
Sent: 12 / 8 / 2017 11:13:41 PM
To: jeffrey E. [jeeyacation@gmail.com]
Subject: Re:
Importance: High
like always .. it was pleasure and fun to visit you. thn for the nice giftc14
Sent from my iPhone
On Dec 8, 2017, at 11:38 PM, jeffrey E. wrote:
no come now !!!
On Fri, Dec 8, 2017 at 9:37 PM, < > wrote:
i m at the door but i will wait for my time.. i dont want to come early to find trump in your house00
Sent from my iPhone
On Dec 8, 2017, at 9:55 PM, jeffrey E. wrote:
Yes
On Fri, Dec 8, 2017 at 2:10 PM < wrote: sorry that is for the gate li
Sent from my iPhone
On Dec 6, 2017, at 5:44 PM, jeffrey E. wrote:
10pm should | bring special cake from
New York

November 13, 2025 at 5:13 AM

ptarnation

@ptarnation.bsky.social

terry kafka is the most frequent terry in here

terry wrote the birthday letter that started w speculation about epstein’s parents’ sex life

15, 2003
Dallas, Texas
Dearest Jeff:
Fifty years old. You really have had a pretty amazing life. Amazing because of where and when it started.
Paula and Seymour fucking. Who was there to tell him where to stick it? Who told him to spit on her cunt to make it wet? Maybe they had more on the ball then we all give them credit for.
Anyway from that night back in May of 1953, as they lay there intoxicated from their lovemaking, little did they know what they would be bringing into the world early the next year. Lets fast forward to you. I remember summers when Warren would always work some shit ass job (Nathan's) for minimum wage, I would always find something (Male Ego in Brighten Beach) and Frog would 100 (Cabana Boy). But you, Jeff would never work. Yes, you were special. You did things like music camps in Michigan, etc. Which brings me to when you lost your virginity. You may not remember, but I was under the same roof that could new years eve in '66 or '67 (not sure). The first time I ever flew was with you. I went with you to Michigan to visit your friend , the Interlochen girl for new years eve. It was also the first time l bad
ever laid eyes on a bright, attractive, bubbly, blue eyed, mid western female. She was like an alien to me.
She wasn't Jewish or Italian.
Wasn't she your frst? My first was up in Monticello, where 1 spent part of
the summer with Lloyd and Andy working at Playland Arcade in Monticello. It was Lloyd's girlfriend Anyway, back to the Michigan trip, because it was significant. Jeff, you took me with you. It was my first time out of Brooklyn. It was no big deal, but we went. And nobody else ever WENT anywhere back when and where we came from.
And then on to Europe. The second time I ever flew. Sabena Airlines to Brussels. Wasn't it $800 RT. In Europe, I really saw a true transformation in you. You lost all of your chubbiness and I remember noticing that you grew a few inches. We both got absolutely skinny in those weeks abroad. I will always rem…

bring her to your beautiful, civilized, impressive home on Maple Ave. Think back on that now.
That
shows a lot. It really does. You didn't give a shit about what she thought. And she couldn't have been too impressed. You were scriously easy going - never up tight. Never worried, always confident. That aspect of your personality, of course coupled with your brilliance and intellect is what made you who and what you are today. That don't give a shit attitude, your calculated aloofness, your sense of humor and most importantly that confidence came to you carly on. You had to have confidence and an I don't give a shit attitude to bringi into your Sea Gate world. It worked! You began to realize that you could get away
with shit! That chicks and people in general were schmucks! You sensed that you were sharper and more astute than most.
Especially the ones who had women, money, position and power. Yes, your charisma and persuasive ways came very early on. And you didn't learn life's lessons in your house. You learned them from us (me," frog, WE) from Europe, Interlochen, our trips to the city and all the people you met along the way. Maybe you picked up a little from Timmy, too. Remember meeting Phillie? He's 16. He said he'll always remember how you said that Timmy taught you a lot about business. I know you enhanced that a bit, but that was a great thing to say to a kid., and I'll never forget it either. Warren and Phillie are crazy about each other and the kid is obviously enamoured by you and loved meeting you. It meant a lot to him and me. He's really a great kid - has that easy going, confident manner. Good looking kid.
So now you're fifty. No sweat Jeff. You look great, you're probably in the best shape of your life and you're not slowing down one bit. If no one told you how old you were - wouldn't you think you were 36 or something? Just don't get bored and stay healthy.
And then there's Warren. He's as hilarious as ever and exactly the same as he was 35 yrs. ago …

November 13, 2025 at 4:57 AM

ptarnation

@ptarnation.bsky.social

just finding random weird or ominous things

ok
i’ll go to photo 9 —wait. what.

terry why are you sending 2 men a high importance email about this 5yo w precious puberty who had a baby after being raped

From:
Sent: 3/7/2019 4:21:42 PM
To: Jeffery Edwards
[jeeyacation@gmail.com]
Subject: Fwd: DeMilked - 30 Ordinary Photos With Amazing Backstories
Importance: High
Jeff/Warren: Go directly to photo #9.
Terry
Sent from my iPhone
Begin forwarded message:
From: DeMilked
Date: March 7, 2019 at 2:48:52 PM GMT+1
To:
Subject: DeMilked - 30 Ordinary Photos With Amazing Backstories Reply-To:
DeMilked - 30 Ordinary Photos With Amazing Backstories
• 30 Ordinary Photos With Amazing Backstories
• This Chinese Blogger Uses Makeup To

from demilked.com
a b&w picture from the late 1930s showing a nurse in white, holding a swaddled baby, next to a little girl in a hospital bed with blankets up to her neck
no one looks happy to be there

text:
9 The Youngest Mother
Lina Medina, born on 23 September, 1933, was the youngest woman ever to give birth. She did so when she was just 5-years-old. Turns out Lina was born with a rare condition called
'precocious puberty', a condition where sexual development happens at an early age. Lina gave birth on May 14, 1939, via a cesarean section, since her pelvis was too small. The child, named Gerardo, was born completely healthy but the father was never found out.

November 13, 2025 at 4:39 AM

ptarnation

@ptarnation.bsky.social

i am judgmental & i think that a former university president & cabinet official should be able to correctly use “didn’t” rather than “dint”

On Mar 16, 2019, at 3:19 PM, Jeffrey Epstein wrote: shes smart. making you pay for past errors. ignore the daddy im going to go out with the motorcycle guy, you reacted well.. annoyed shows caring., no whining showed strentgh.
On Sat, Mar 16, 2019 at 3:08 PM Larry Summers wrote:
We talked on phone. Then "I can't talk later".
". Dint think
I can talk tomorrow".
I said what are you up to. She said "I'm busy". I said awfully coy u are.
And then I said. Did u really rearrange the weekend we were going to be together because guy number 3 was coming"
She said no his schedule changed after we changed our plans.
I said ok I got to go call me when u feel like it. Tone was not of good feeling.
I dint want to be in a gift giving competition while being the friend without benefits.

November 13, 2025 at 3:14 AM

ptarnation

@ptarnation.bsky.social

“jeff was just a client i was advising. also i shared my disordered eating thoughts with him”

On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 10:18 PM, Kathy Ruemmler I
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Going up to NY Friday morning. Think I am going to drive. I will then stop to pee and get gas at a rest stop on the New Jersey turnpike, will observe all of the people there who arc at least 100 pounds overweight, will have a mild panic attack as a result of the observation, and will then decide that I am not eating another bite of food for the rest of my life out of fear that I will end up like one of these people.

November 13, 2025 at 1:33 AM

ptarnation

@ptarnation.bsky.social

haven’t heard brockman’s name in a while & i’m surprised he’s not showing up more

who is the schumer in this list

Date:
Sunday, June 30 2019 11:41 AM

Subject: list for bannon steve
From:
J <jeevacation@gmail.com>
To:

jeffrey epstein <jeevacation@gmail.com>;
mandelson, barnaby summers watson, axel bottstein. karim terje, pritzker edelman. set lloyd, martin novak minsky, tata susskind, strominger krauss, hopkins. randall, kosslyn, gardner gates, thiel. hoffman, hoie sinofsky, sheldrake, suzlberger, jes staley, joscha bach, joi ito. . HBJ berge, miro, anas raafat, sultan, nathan feigenbaum, ramashandran, goelberg. demasio, shristakas brockman hillis, kaufman, seligman. gould, saks, john kery, george mitchell, mandelbbrot. chomsky, barrack barak, zagat, nathan, brian greene, yau, eo wilson, prince andrews, jagland, clinton pastrana, richardson, leahy, jarecki, schumer, ranieri, waheed, mongolia, gambat ehud, jacque lang woody, churkin, sergey , ruemmler, weingarten, amabani, rochsild, dersh , ken starrk karp, , dubai castro, pople queen, pres king pm, mandelson balir, , mette, , midlefafrt; gergen, melusine margarita ovitz. barrak, mabuto, kashoogi, rockefeller,

November 13, 2025 at 1:29 AM

ptarnation

@ptarnation.bsky.social

“we’re working on getting this ghostwritten article into the hill or politico so that we can all circulate it to our benefit & here’s who we’re calling the author”

this is not, like, unheard of behavior but i don’t usually see it just written out like that

2016-02-26 13:04 GMT+00:00 Vinoda Basnayake 1
Great news, the piece was published in The Hill this morning-
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/international/270878-senegals-democratic-backslide
We can share this w Congress and State.
Sent from my iPhone
On Feb 26, 2016, at 6:06 A.M, elisabeth feliho 1
Excellent!!!
• wrote:
2016-02-24 20:13 GMT+00:00 Vinoda Basnayake <
We are working on getting the following article placed in the Hill or the Politico within the next week. As of now it looks like former Chairman of Armed Services, Congressman Ron Dellums, will be the author. Please keep hignly confidential. Will keep you posted on if, when and where it gets published. Once it is published we can all circulate it highly. We believe that this article sets the tone for the avocacy we will be doing and having someone very prominent like Congressman Dellumwill also be a great way to launch this campaign.
Congressman Ronald Dellums is a thirteen term Member of the U.S. House of Representatives (D-CA) who served from 1971-1998. He also served us the 48th Muyor of Oukland from 2007-2011. Delluns served as the Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee and the House Committee on the District of Columhia. He also served on the F'oreign Affairs Committee, the Post Office and Civii Service Committee, the P'ermanent Select Committec on Intelligence and co-founded the Congressional Black Caucus.
Senegal's Democratic Backslide

November 12, 2025 at 9:21 PM

ptarnation

@ptarnation.bsky.social

hugs, ken

From:
Sent:
To:
Subject:
jeffrey E. [jeevacation@gmail.com)
8/22/2018 7:23:38 PM
Starr, Ken
Re: Jed Rubenfeld
i read turley,s piece on same subject / federalist papers etc. too much in the weeds, average joe, not sure what he concluded
On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 3:17 PM, Starr, Ken Wise counsel. Thx!
WrOIC:
Sent from my iPhone
On Aug 22, 2018, at 1:49 PM, jeffrey E. <jcevacation@ gmail.com> wrote:
I think scholarly but not too much so. no one above the law.. we began leaving a kingdom. . unlikely to give king like powers to a president. on one above the law.
I would like lunch pail joe to come away and
think, this guy is smart. I understood. lets see what he writes about the clintons. someone suggested that trump could shoot someone on fifth avenue and not lose a vote. that is true, but would make little sense for him not to suffer an immediate consequence. the allowed civil depo setting precedent for criminal process, is a lawyers outline I might think of dumbing it down, again, and suggesting that you can sue your neighbor, even if you neighbor is the president. makes little sense that the you can be indicted for assaulting him but he cannot if he assaults you.
low bar for civil higher bar for criminal.
・ at
some point on your book tour I might point out how disappointed you were that the clinton and betty curries' trashcan story, was reopened.
On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 2:08 PM, jeffrey E. <jeevacation(@.gmail.com> wrote:
i vote yes as it makes you relevant to today rather than merely re- reciting an old tale. :)
or tail?
On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 12:07 PM, Starr, Ken Can you talk? Impt.
wrote:
Sent from my iPhone
On Aug 17, 2018, at 9:18 AM, jeffrey E. {jeevacation@gmail.com› wrote:
thx
On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 10:14 AM, Starr, Ken
wrote:
Good morning!
Jed teaches crim law at Yale. Outspokenly strong on the nced for procedural fairness in campus adjudicatory proceedings. Relevant to your friend's unhappy situation? If so, happy to make the connection.
Hugs, Ken
Sent fro…

November 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM

ptarnation

@ptarnation.bsky.social

this is all i can get from any of the links for exemption forms, including on two freshly updated windows machines, one using a vpn so that i appeared to be in texas

the call center person did not have helpful information

perhaps i'll try another call tonight

November 12, 2025 at 4:45 AM

ptarnation

@ptarnation.bsky.social

aurora and i think maybe STEVE?
blue twilight with frosty trees and pink aurora

November 12, 2025 at 3:24 AM

ptarnation

@ptarnation.bsky.social

ah
i see

payerperspectives.substack.com/p/will-broad...

November 10, 2025 at 5:32 AM

ptarnation

@ptarnation.bsky.social

ok, it looks as through catastrophic plans are available in ak but you have to *print & mail a pdf application* to get the code to see rates

do i have adobe reader? yes, it's even adobe reader 9
can i open the form in it? no
can i open it in preview? also no
can i open it on my phone? nope

:)

November 10, 2025 at 4:18 AM

ptarnation

@ptarnation.bsky.social

follow up on this:

scott got his radioactive infusion
i couldn’t take scrolling back all the way for the full arc but this comment suggests that perhaps treatment was appropriately lined up but there was inadequate communication

(which i agree is horrible for anyone in this situation)

The staff were not the problem. I like my doctors.
From a patient's perspective, the thing I needed was some sort of continuous updating system, because it's a life and death situation, and timing matters, both psychologically and physically.
Nov 7, 2025 • 9:27 PM UTC

November 9, 2025 at 4:10 AM

ptarnation

@ptarnation.bsky.social

no, scott, you’re not wrong

Scott Adams
@ScottAdamsSays
This looks like a reasonable compromise.
14h
I don't think the ACA was going to get fixed in less than a year no matter what we planned to do.
Am I wrong?
Fox News
@FoxNews
Nov 7
MINORITY LEADER SCHUMER: "Democrats are ready to clear the way to quickly pass a government funding bill that includes health care affordability. Leader Thune just needs to add a clean one-year extension of the ACA tax credits to the CR so that we can immediately address rising health care costs."

November 9, 2025 at 4:04 AM

ptarnation

@ptarnation.bsky.social

this seems like someone’s very specific beef with either children or union bosses

On schools, Mamdani has done nothing to suggest he'll take the side of children over union bosses when their interests conflict. New York schools make it too difficult to discipline misbehaving kids, which makes classrooms less safe and hurts everyone.

November 9, 2025 at 3:35 AM

ptarnation

@ptarnation.bsky.social

not sure why asking the president is going to expedite scheduling a radioactive infusion

i wonder if he signed a release for the president or if a tweet counts

anyway, he did at least stop the ivermectin

www.respectfulinsolence.com/2025/05/29/s...

November 2, 2025 at 8:37 PM

ptarnation

@ptarnation.bsky.social

also this weirdness with the catastrophic plans
which are also usable w an hsa

www.healthcare.gov/hsa-options/

When to consider Bronze & Catastrophic plans
For 2026, all Bronze and Catastrophic plans now work with Health Savings Accounts. If you're thinking about these plan types, here's what you need to know:
• Bronze plans generally have the lowest monthly premiums but higher
out-of-pocket costs when you need care.
Many cover services while you're paying the deductible. They can be a good choice if you usually use a few medical services and mostly want protection from very high costs if you get seriously sick or injured. Learn more about Bronze plans.
• Catastrophic plans have lower monthly premiums but the highest out-of-pocket costs and cover at least 3 primary care visits per year before you finish paying the deductible. They help protect you if something serious happens, like a major accident or unexpected illness. These plans are available to people under 30 or those over 30 who qualify for hardship or affordability exemptions. Learn more about Catastrophic health plans and what they. cover.
Starting in 2026 a hardshin exemption

November 2, 2025 at 4:34 AM

ptarnation

@ptarnation.bsky.social

i was wrong, it was the same cost share on the hdhp
here are the 2025 plans for comparison, with the tax credit/total cost

the default silver deductible didn’t go up as much as i thought but the total premium actually went down

November 1, 2025 at 10:10 PM

ptarnation

@ptarnation.bsky.social

option 1: high deductible w hsa. the cost share has gone up from 25% iirc
option 2: the default silver plan which… that was not the deductible last year