While reporting this, I had something happen that's never happened. A comms rep for one of the co's disputed my reporting and said what I was telling them was untrue because it was not in Grok, xAI's chatbot.
I was looking directly at the files. And this person was using AI to challenge the truth.
Epstein had many known connections to Silicon Valley CEOs, but less known was how he made money from those relationships.
We did a deep dive into how he got dealflow in Silicon Valley, giving him shots to invest in Coinbase, Palantir, SpaceX and other companies.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/b...
Jeffrey Epstein’s Money Mingled With Silicon Valley Start-Ups
Nigel Farage tells GB News that Keir Starmer's decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as US ambassador shows his judgement is "seriously wrong" and he should stand down as Prime Minister.
Here's what Farage said when Mandelson was appointed
As if there wasn't enough wrong in the world, Simon Reynolds has written another book.
Seeing some very concerning references to the malign world of "wellness influencers". For a healthier alternative try
www.discontinuednotes.com
DiscontinuedNotes
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On Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein, and espionage. From my book HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT. Written in 2019, published in 2020.
"The fall of Starmer will be a cry for freedom heard around the world" - The Spectator, probably.
Peter Mandelson's so dodgy he's been approached to work for FIFA
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I know the govt is in meltdown again…
but meanwhile I wrote about how their immigration policies create a subclass of migrant workers exposed to abuse in an increasingly “Dubai-style” rightless immigration model
& I explain what to do about it
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The university funding crisis finally starting to make it into newspaper editorials
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Now heading in to central London. The cockpit of History.
Has anyone set up a "Leaving Drinks for Starmer" group on Facebook yet
When Thatcher resigned, there were a few comments of "why in November, when we can't have street parties."
Similar vibe if Starmer goes during the current weather conditions.
Only 10 cases of Guinea worm disease were recorded *globally* last year.
It may become the second human disease we eradicate, after smallpox.
*This* is the story they don't want you to know. The rest is distraction.
If there's an Alan Beattie out there from Northern Ireland who's reported a loose manhole cover to the NI Department for Infrastructure, they've emailed me to say they receive a high volume of ironwork related enquiries and unfortunately it is not possible to investigate all enquiries immediately.
It's actually a picture of a rabbit
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This is a great opportunity for the UK to be a world leader again, by showing how to sack your leader quickly and efficiently. Now we'll be ahead of the Americans.
Hearing really grim stuff about The Post being decimated tomorrow. Wishing the best to all my former colleagues.
"There are some Wednesdays that go like a week of Tuesdays" - V.I.Lenin
I'd echo this. The mood in the last couple of hours has got *extremely* dark.
Something to consider:
1.
rarehistoricalphotos.com/doctors-smok...
2. Academic Collaborations and Public Health: Lessons from Dutch Universities' Tobacco Industry Partnerships for Fossil Fuel Ties
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
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When Doctors Advised “Healthy” Cigarette Brands: Photos From 1930s to 1950s - Rare Historical Photos
From the 1930s to the 1950s, advertising’s most powerful phrase—“doctors recommend”—was paired with the world’s deadliest consumer product: the cigarette.
As far as I can tell, the 1940 US election was really dodgy, and the UK was the foreign power with a hand in the business, but it suits *absolutely no one* to examine that topic now and so it gets passed over.
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Shockingly (to no one who has been following local government finances), councils are not rife with waste and fraud ...
In Kent, Reform's DOGE "had not found any significant waste to cut"
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Wonder if Reform decide to go all-in with the MAGA emulation, and will claim any loss in G&D is the result of phoney ballots.
