He/Him

Sneaking all around the fediverse.

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  • It’s not primarily to do with Israel, which is what headlines are about. A headline about Israel invading would be misleading. You’d expect an article about Israel invading and not one about the Lebanese government’s efforts to disentangle itself from Hezbollah.

    Why are you even arguing this? You didn’t read the article. You incorrectly assumed it was about something it isn’t. Like, those amateur NYT editors just haven’t stumbled upon the brilliant headline writing method of making shit up without reading anything? What are you talking about.
























  • The case of the posthumous video games:

    https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/epstein-fortnite/

    The official @FortniteStatus X account, responding to another user, posted (archived) on Feb. 6 that a user changed their name to littlestjeff1 after the name surfaced in the Epstein files, saying in part, “Hey Official Fortnite here - this was a ruse by a Fortnite player. A few days ago, an existing Fortnite account owner changed their username from something totally unrelated to littlestjeff1, following the revelation of littlestjeff1 as a name on YouTube.”

    The post also said none of Epstein’s email addresses listed in the public-facing case files exist in the game’s account system.

    The case of the day-before-email:

    https://www.snopes.com/news/2026/02/10/epstein-press-release-aug-10/

    From a DOJ spokesperson:

    Official statements regarding the death of Jeffrey Epstein were edited and circulated over several email chains within the Southern District of New York beginning August 10, 2019. While initial drafts of the statement list the previous date, this was merely an unfortunate typo that was later updated to reflect the correct date before being publicized. Any suggestion that the Department drafted a statement in advance of Jeffrey Epstein’s death is false.

    Also:

    Searches for the Aug. 10 news release revealed correspondence between FBI staff on Aug. 10 about what appeared to be the finished news release that Biase sent. Searches of the DOJ’s database did not reveal records of DOJ, U.S. attorney’s office or FBI staff discussing the versions of the news release dated Aug. 9, suggesting it wasn’t circulated internally or externally in the DOJ before Epstein’s death.