this post was submitted on 06 May 2026

521 points (99.6% liked)

News

37483 readers

2727 users here now

Welcome to the News community!

Rules:

1. Be civil

Attack the argument, not the person. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Good faith argumentation only. This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban. Do not respond to rule-breaking content; report it and move on.

2. All posts should contain a source (url) that is as reliable and unbiased as possible and must only contain one link.

Obvious biased sources will be removed at the mods’ discretion. Supporting links can be added in comments or posted separately but not to the post body. Sources may be checked for reliability using Wikipedia, MBFC, AdFontes, GroundNews, etc.

3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.

Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.

4. Post titles should be the same as the article used as source. Clickbait titles may be removed.

Posts which titles don’t match the source may be removed. If the site changed their headline, we may ask you to update the post title. Clickbait titles use hyperbolic language and do not accurately describe the article content. When necessary, post titles may be edited, clearly marked with [brackets], but may never be used to editorialize or comment on the content.

5. Only recent news is allowed.

Posts must be news from the most recent 30 days.

6. All posts must be news articles.

No opinion pieces, Listicles, editorials, videos, blogs, press releases, or celebrity gossip will be allowed. All posts will be judged on a case-by-case basis. Mods may use discretion to pre-approve videos or press releases from highly credible sources that provide unique, newsworthy content not available or possible in another format.

7. No duplicate posts.

If an article has already been posted, it will be removed. Different articles reporting on the same subject are permitted. If the post that matches your post is very old, we refer you to rule 5.

8. Misinformation is prohibited.

Misinformation / propaganda is strictly prohibited. Any comment or post containing or linking to misinformation will be removed. If you feel that your post has been removed in error, credible sources must be provided.

9. No link shorteners or news aggregators.

All posts must link to original article sources. You may include archival links in the post description. News aggregators such as Yahoo, Google, Hacker News, etc. should be avoided in favor of the original source link. Newswire services such as AP, Reuters, or AFP, are frequently republished and may be shared from other credible sources.

10. Don't copy entire article in your post body

For copyright reasons, you are not allowed to copy an entire article into your post body. This is an instance wide rule, that is strictly enforced in this community.

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

JonsJava@lemmy.world

gedaliyah@lemmy.world

little_cow@lemmy.world

521

A Library Dedicated Solely to the Epstein Files Is Opening in New York (www.wired.com)

submitted 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) by floofloof@lemmy.ca to c/news@lemmy.world

15 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Video: https://cdn.social.linux.pizza/system/media_attachments/files/116/529/924/543/359/547/original/650a75c4de3e0137.mp4

all 16 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.cafe 9 points 1 hour ago

I once had an argument with a MAGA who told me that NYC has always LOVED Trump, and that he's the "King of New York." He actually said that.

I told him that I guessed he isn't from NYC, because I am a New Yorker-in-law, and can definitively say that New Yorkers despise him, and further they have always despised him, and further, they have always deeply resented that somehow he represents NYC to many in the world. Turns out I was right, he'd never been to NYC. He was just repeating nonsense from the Conservative Propaganda Machine.

Trump is hated more in NYC, than probably anywhere else. His own home town despises him.

[–] rossman@lemmy.zip 10 points 8 hours ago

Make this a pop up all across the country I'll donate

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 35 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

[–] Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world 19 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

I made it through 1.5 emails before I got so disturbed I couldn't continue.

[–] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 15 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Yeah. The bad parts (I mean aside from the general entitled assholery, racism and classism, hooking up other elites, tossing bills at his victims, etc) are really truly fucking bad.

At one point the feds had not adequately culled the visual files like pics and video, and you could append various extensions to files labeled pdf. Body parts are black boxed; context is not. I made that mistake exactly once. Jesus fucking christ there is some evil shit in this world, and a great deal of it exists in Epstein/Trump's world, by deliberate choice.

The feds have since shut that loophole down, which is a bit rich: they don't want to shut the reality of those horrors perpetrated upon children down, just the visual evidence of it. I genuinely hope the afterlife involves all these people getting fucked sideways with a rusty lawnmower blade into eternity.

[–] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 7 points 9 hours ago

Well that's what journalism and similar vocations are for.

I listened to dozens of podcasts, read dozens of articles that analyze these files. Deeply, often disturbingly so. And it still gets worse with every new episode/article.

Of course, it means I have to put some trust in these people, and I don't do that lightly.

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 15 points 11 hours ago

This needs to be replicated or relocated across the street from wherever Trumps fucking con library ends up.

[–] santa@sh.itjust.works 19 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I hope it’s named after them both lol

[–] CubitOom@infosec.pub 34 points 11 hours ago

Its called The Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Reading Room.

I recommend you give the video a watch.

[–] DataCrime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

Uhhhh… I was ready to stand up and clap, but the more you read the lamer it gets! A) It’s an art exhibit that doesn’t sound even remotely permanent. B) Only members of government and law enforcement are permitted access to the files — so, the folks who already did fuck all. C) All of this information was already released publicly and is widely available, albeit not in hard copy… unless, you know, you want to; buy a laser printer, visit a Kinko’s… which feels like the most appropriate place to get something like this printed.

If they were honestly interested in disseminating this information to the public without exposing the identities of people that are unredacted they could’ve done something useful like redact the documents themselves.

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 55 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

Hard disagree. The fact it's an art exhibit is the point, not a defect. The article summarizes it better than I could:

The library—essentially, the Epstein files in analog—is intended to represent the staggering scale of Epstein’s crimes, as well as the impunity with which he carried them out. More than 17,000 pounds [7700 kg] of evidence is on display at the library, says David Garrett, the main organizer of the exhibit at the Institute for Primary Facts, a nonprofit intended to promote transparency and accountability in the US government.

If you went into this expecting it to be about accessibility, that's not the library's fault. The fact that it's giving these a physical form is the point, because it's 1) giving a visceral representation of how immense the scale of these crimes were and 2) showing that this is 100% out in the open despite essentially fuck-all being done about it. It is a monument to injustice.

It's a statement. Art exhibits make statements. And honestly, reading about this one shook me a little, reminding me after half a decade how profoundly abnormal all of this really is. It's a way for the audience to ground themselves, and it achieves that magnificently – I'm sure even better in person.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 14 points 13 hours ago

B) Only members of government and law enforcement are permitted access to the files — so, the folks who already did fuck all.

To be clear, everyone can see the exhibit, it's showing the huge amount of the files and how crazy it is. I'm not sure you looked into it.

[–] redsand@infosec.pub 2 points 14 hours ago

The Franklin Incident ends right before this timeline starts. Dosens dead by the end. Found shot, killed self after recant, CIA director washed up dead, fell out a window, blew up a prop plane with an investigator and his son on board, they even gave Alisha Owens 15 years for perjury as an example.

I like pointing this out because the CIA connections make it seem like a precursor to Epstein and Maxwell's operation if not the same operation

[–] mfed1122@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

"“The evidence in this room is evidence of one of the most horrific crimes in American history,” Garrett says. “When people come through this room, I hope they realize that in America, we have the rule of law, and if they stand up they can take action and demand accountability for the crimes that were committed.”"

Is this "rule of law" in the room with us?

Why are you printing shit out instead of going and getting that there accountability taken care of, bro? Hmmm almost like you know demanding accountability won't do shit so the best you can do is just make sure people don't forget about how we're all getting fucked. But recognizing that I'm getting fucked isn't the same as not getting fucked. It's a good thing he's done, but it's ridiculous and annoying that he said this. Totally normalizing, system-preserving bullshit. We wouldn't need to make cutesy libraries about this if there was ever going to be accountability.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

What a bad take.

Why are you printing shit out instead of going and getting that there accountability taken care of, bro

What power do you think this non-profit has to do anything about it? Riling people up with a public exhibit that shows the physical scale of the files for the first time is more than 99.9% of people.

Including people like you making an anonymous comment on a server in another country about how someone you surely just learned about isn't doing enough.