yung shelob
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Lindsay. Local mom, bedtime storyteller, aspiring grown-up, gamer, strident poster. Patron saint of the itinerant heart. Probably dreaming about motorcycles. Winnipeg, Manitoba, here on Treaty One lands. She/they. 🏳️🌈🇨🇦
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This exact same reporter was ousted from the NY Times for soliciting a $30,000 donation from Epstein— and you're telling me that as an employer, the NY Times never bothered to circle back and review this person's correspondence with a convicted pedophile?
A former New York Times staffer quietly left the paper after revealing he had solicited charitable donations from Jeffrey Epstein
Former New York Times reporter Landon Thomas Jr. told his editors he became friends with Epstein after profiling him in 2008, NPR reported Thursday.
www.businessinsider.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:41 PM
This exact same reporter was ousted from the NY Times for soliciting a $30,000 donation from Epstein— and you're telling me that as an employer, the NY Times never bothered to circle back and review this person's correspondence with a convicted pedophile?
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To recap: Jeffrey Epstein offered a NY Times reporter photos taken in Epstein's kitchen of Donald Trump and girls in bikinis *and* implored the NYT reporter to put this information in the public discourse in 2015
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
“would you like photos of donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen?” -Jeffrey Epstein
November 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
To recap: Jeffrey Epstein offered a NY Times reporter photos taken in Epstein's kitchen of Donald Trump and girls in bikinis *and* implored the NYT reporter to put this information in the public discourse in 2015
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
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on bluesky, you can’t even say “i hope u die” you have to say “enjoy the camps”
November 12, 2025 at 8:24 PM
on bluesky, you can’t even say “i hope u die” you have to say “enjoy the camps”
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But what alarms me in all this is how the girls who were victimized by these men are largely forgotten. I want us to find ways of centering them in the discourse.
November 12, 2025 at 8:13 PM
But what alarms me in all this is how the girls who were victimized by these men are largely forgotten. I want us to find ways of centering them in the discourse.
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Moderation is really hard and mods can make mistakes in both directions…but discerning between jokes and actual threats is definitely part of the job
November 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Moderation is really hard and mods can make mistakes in both directions…but discerning between jokes and actual threats is definitely part of the job