• Destide@feddit.uk
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    4 months ago

    Didn’t read the article because it’s gross and threw subscriptions everywhere. Ghislaine was a mod and seemingly started pol so it’s not surprising if was close to the events.

    • robocall@lemmy.worldOP
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      Business insider can paywall articles so an archive link is included in the bio of this post if you care to read it.

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      Dont know of i remember this right. But didnt the FBI have the statement on his death written the day before or something?

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        The memo reharding his death was dated the day before. Whether that means they wrote it before or it was just misdated, who knows?

  • DylanMc6 [any, any]@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Jeffrey Epstein is singlehandedly responsible for the extreme polarization of this country, and it’s time that we experience a Great Cultural Reset this year.

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      Look, the man is an awful person, but don’t give him THAT much credit. Goldwater, Nixon, Reagan, Lee Atwater and anyone involved in the southern strategy was major parts of it. McConnell, “The Freedom Caucus”, and “Tea Party” were major parts of it. The Koch Brothers with the heritage foundation is a major part.

      And this is the short list. I didn’t go into the evengelicals, AM conservative pundits, Rupert Murdoch and so much more.

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      It makes me wonder, Jepstein set a lot of gears to turn independently, but without the spider at the center of the right-wing web I wonder how completely the propaganda will deteriorate as there’s now one less cohesive force at the center pushing it forward.

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    The newly released Epstein files show that the Justice Department tried to identify the 4Chan user behind the posts — but couldn’t figure it out.

    “Good luck, I’m behind 7 proxies.”

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      classic

      Reminder that the Sarah Palin hacker was caught because they included the web proxy url in their screenshots they shared.

      Edit: it was 16 years ago so here’s the Wikipedia article for additional context.

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        The hacker left behind traces of his activity. His IP address was logged at the proxy he used, CTunnel.com, and he also left his email address while posting to 4chan. Furthermore, the attacker revealed the original web address used by the proxy

        There were at least 3 easy ways to track him. Dude really sucked at covering his tracks

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    And certain accounts in certain places known to be Epstein accounts are mysteriously active…

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      You know, I’m not even sure that’s revenge. I feel like it’s a threat to future agents: you don’t fuck with the elite, or they are going to have to run for president and fuck you over.

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        100%. not just fbi but across the federal government. feel like every 3 months he picks a place to fire folks for not providing the right information or being involved in something that had displeased him.

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    Lol the FBI is worried that people might leak shit they’re doing, so they gotta scare off Anonymous.

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      who DIDN’T have deep ties with epstein? hell, even some palaeontologists got banned from dinocon because of their ties with epstein. Crazy shit.

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      Yeah I don’t think this is necessarily related. At least one of the two sets of claims looks credible, came from a New Jersey IP, and are connected with someone who worked at the facility.

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        Timelines seem to suggest so. But he commented to the verge and denied it.

        Also, fuck 4chan. To be clear.

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    Elon and his cohorts have been involved in 4chan since it was a cultural phenomenon back in the day. Not because he had some skin in the game, but because it probably felt good to know and disseminate information before the rest of the 4channers knew it. That boy is all about clout before anything else.

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      4 months ago

      clout

      Isn’t 4chan’s main claim to fame that everybody is anonymous?

          • Jax@sh.itjust.works
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            Basically, on an online forum like 4chan, using a username or real name instead of just going with the flow like almost everyone else.

            As for why they attach f*g to literally any and every designation besides anon, it’s 4chan. Actually, many dots were connected for me as far as the disgusting nature of 4chan when I realized Epstein was very active on /pol/. He was also very active on /u/ (Yuri) but most people aren’t ready for that conversation, people really don’t like it when you imply porn is bad here.

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                Uh, no, more like making a post and then signing your message with a username/real name.

                Edit: truth be told though, I don’t know if there was a way to actually have a ‘username’ on 4chan — someone else will have to answer that. Didn’t spend a large amount of time on the platform.

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                  Pretty sure it’s just a text field but yeah I was saying Elon is an egomaniac so he would sign his posts on a board that’s known for anonymity

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              tw: slurs I guess but from context I think that should be expected

              I’m pretty sure it started with “newfags” and self-declared “oldfags” and grew from there to be a general suffix. (e.g. “consolefag here. Should I finally try PC?”)

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        It is! Until you tell everyone that you hang out on /b/. Much like a number of people in his DOGE cabinet that were salivating at the chance to undermine the government without understanding how it functioned. Telling people that you browse /b/ is virtue signaling that you’re mentally deficient.

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    whenever there is breaking news, I always pop over to 4chan. They have videos, images, witnesses, and statements before any mainstream media.

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            I’ve managed to avoid going to 4chan for over a decade, but now with how other sites are going, I should probably consider going there regularly to see what’s what

            it’s gotta be better than reddit, right? at least in terms of real people behind the accounts?

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              Not worth it.

              It’s almost the absolute worst of humanity made anonymous and public. “Almost” is only there because they will delete blatantly illegal content like cp, but anything else goes. Overt racism becomes normalized because people engage with it so it keeps getting bumped to the top. Some legitimately mean it, some are just trolling for the lolz, but either way it desensitizes people and normalizes the view.

              Repeat for any other kind of bigotry or harmful view you can imagine.

              In terms of real people behind the accounts

              One of the defining features of 4chan is the lack of accounts. Most posts are anonymous. Even harder to tell if someone is human or bot when you can instantly just roll a new anon ID.

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                yeah I don’t mean browsing I just mean when something happens to go check out there instead of elsewhere that has no info yet

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                  gonna be honest, it’s not usually worth being on the bleeding edge or whatever the kids are calling it of info if you have to go to 4chan. take a nap, let your blood pressure drop, and then go back to your usual reliable sources.

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                  You understand that people on 4chan make stuff up when breaking news happens? It’s a time honored tradition to find a random picture of a trans woman every time a school shooting happens and say it is her. You’re doing the equivalent of going to Stormfront or Alex Jones for breaking news.

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              It’s way worse than reddit. It is trolls trolling the cesspool. It just so happens that thanks to no filters, 4chan breaks news faster than anyone. They had all the Charlie kirk videos before anyone and the news of his shooters capture too. They knew world cup hosts and all about Luigi hehe anyone. Celebrity scandals and political victories too.

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    This obviously has something to do with how long an active wormhole in a Stargate can be maintained