FBI on Epstein Operation: Nothing to See Here. Move Along.
July 7th, 2025Epstein List Timeline… pic.twitter.com/22xDkLbQgM
— cryptogon (@cryptogon) July 7, 2025
Via: ZeroHedge:
Deceased financier Jeffrey Epstein and his colleague, Ghislaine Maxwell, were both charged by the Justice Department with sex trafficking—and Maxwell was convicted. But according to the DOJ, the two apparently didn’t have any clients.
In a bombshell FBI memo leaked to Axios and published Sunday night, officials said they’ve reviewed more than 300 gigabytes of Epstein evidence—and haven’t found any vast human trafficking or sexual blackmail operation.
“This systematic review revealed no incriminating ‘client list.’ There was also no credible evidence found that Epstein blackmailed prominent individuals as part of his actions. We did not uncover evidence that could predicate an investigation against uncharged third parties,” the unsigned memo said.
The FBI also reiterated its previous claim that Epstein did kill himself. In an attempt to demonstrate that Epstein’s cellblock was secure the night he purportedly killed himself, the FBI released footage from the one camera that was recording. However, the camera only showed a tiny sliver of a staircase leading to Epstein’s cell.
More: “I Don’t Think Even the Biden Administration Would Have Written Anything Like This”
Flashback:
Jeffrey Epstein: Jail CCTV Erased by ‘Technical Errors’
Stop Hiding My Controls: Hidden Interface Controls Are Affecting Usability
July 6th, 2025Via: Interactions:
With drop-down menus, people without specific, detailed training, and knowledge could access and use computers effectively and efficiently for a variety of new tasks that became attainable because of the new interface paradigm.
Fast-forward 40 years and we are frequently reverting to a state where significant knowledge in the head is required to perform even rudimentary tasks on a computerized device.
The Force-Feeding of AI on an Unwilling Public
July 6th, 2025I’ve been using Windows 11 for a short time and I was shocked to learn that I was able to simply uninstall Copilot. I was expecting a kludge of reg hacks combined with the group policy editor.
Nope. It just uninstalled. (For now…)
Via: The Honest Broker:
A few months ago, I needed to send an email. But when I opened Microsoft Outlook, something had changed.
Microsoft asked me to use Copilot to write my email. Copilot is my AI companion. (That’s the cute word they use.)
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I get to use my AI companion 60 times per month as part of the deal.
But I don’t want to use it. I want to kill it.
Alberta: Video of Possible Ball Lightning Event
July 5th, 2025Via: Global News:
No injuries were reported after an intense night of stormy weather unfolded in central Alberta on Wednesday night, but once the storms passed, one couple was left with a strange video of something bright and shiny a few hundred metres from their home that they could not make sense of.
Ed Pardy told Global News that he and his wife Melinda stepped onto the back porch of their home near Rich Valley, Alta., just before 7 p.m. to get a closer look at the storm passing through which featured fierce lightning all around, and also at one point triggered tornado watches and warnings in the region.
“After a rather vicious lightning strike, we saw a ball of fire kind of … about 20 feet above the ground,” he recalled. “And it kind of stayed there in a big round ball.”
U.S. Marines Deploying to Florida, Louisiana and Texas to support ICE Deportation Raids
July 4th, 2025Via: New York Post:
The Trump administration is sending 200 Marines to Florida to provide support for ICE deportation raids across the Sunshine State, military officials announced Thursday.
The mobilization of Marines was revealed by US Northern Command and came in response to a May request for military assistance from the Department of Homeland Security.
The Marines will aid the Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s “interior immigration enforcement mission,” according to a statement from US Northern Command.
Other deployments are expected in Louisiana and Texas, officials revealed.
They will be “prohibited from direct contact with individuals in ICE custody or involved in any aspect of the custody chain,” US Northern Command said.
U.S. Dollar Down Over 7% in 2025
July 4th, 2025Via: Semafor:
The US dollar is on track for its worst year in modern history and may not be done falling yet. The greenback is down more than 7% this year and Morgan Stanley predicts it could fall another 10%. A weaker dollar could make US exports more competitive, boosting Trump’s plan to rebalance US trade, but makes imports more expensive, adding to the sting of tariffs.
House Passes Trump’s Budget, Will Create Trillions of Dollars of Additional Debt
July 3rd, 2025Although there were some conservative wins in the budget reconciliation bill (OBBBA), I voted No on final passage because it will significantly increase U.S. budget deficits in the near term, negatively impacting all Americans through sustained inflation and high interest rates. pic.twitter.com/rjcRc8t0ay
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) July 3, 2025
Via: USA Today:
The fight is over: Republicans’ sweeping bill to cut taxes and slash benefit programs like Medicaid has passed out of Congress and is on its way to President Donald Trump’s desk to be signed into law during a July 4 ceremony at the White House.
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It is estimated to increase deficits by around $3.4 trillion over the next ten years.
Shortest Day in History
July 2nd, 2025Via: Daily Mail:
A scientist has warned that Earth’s rotation is unexpectedly accelerating, leading to the shortest day in history in just a few weeks.
Graham Jones, an astrophysicist at the University of London, says Earth’s rotation could speed up noticeably on one of three dates this summer, either July 9, July 22, or August 5.
On those days, time is predicted to drop by 1.30, 1.38, or 1.51 milliseconds, respectively.
Researchers say that although this change will be tiny, it can affect everything from satellite systems and GPS accuracy to how we measure time itself.
Leonid Zotov, a scientist at Moscow State University, said: ‘Nobody expected this, the cause of this acceleration is not explained.’
Since 2020, scientists have noticed that Earth has been spinning slightly faster than usual, but the cause remains a mystery to this day..
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Verdict: Acquitted on Sex Trafficking Charges, Convicted on Prostitution Counts
July 2nd, 2025Some Diddy associates: Donald Trump, Barack Obama, Kamala Harris, Hillary Clinton, Eric Adams.
Via: New York Post:
Hip-hop icon Sean Combs was stunningly acquitted Wednesday on federal charges of forcing his former lovers to live out his degrading sexual fantasies — but found guilty of lesser prostitution raps.
Combs, better known by his stage name Diddy, dodged charges that carried a possible life sentence after a two-month trial that revealed twisted details about the mogul, including his preference for “freak-offs” — watching his girlfriends have grueling, drug-fueled sex romps with male escorts.
Australians to Face Age Checks from Search Engines
July 1st, 2025“Age checks,” means, identity checks.
Via: Information Age:
Australians using search engines while logged in to accounts from the likes of Google and Microsoft will have their age checked by the end of 2025, under a new online safety code co-developed by technology companies and registered by the eSafety Commissioner.
Search engines operating in Australia will need to implement age assurance technologies for logged-in users in “no later than six months”, under new rules published on Monday.
