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Nitish Pahwa
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staff writer for business/tech @slate.com and online media council member @wgaeast.bsky.social

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Link exclaiming "Excuse me, Princess!" in a scene from the original Legend of Zelda animated show
November 17, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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from Giuffre (apologies for the pixelated text)
The next day we went out to lunch at the grand opening of the infamous Nikki Beach Club, where a cheap glass of champagne costs around two hundred dollars and if your not keeping the alcohol consumption flowing like water, you'd be asked to leave to make way for the constant flow of prospectus patrons. That's where I first got to meet Naomi Campbell. She was wearing the typical attire strutting around southern France, a D&G bikini top and a wrap around mini skirt to go over the swimsuits bikini. She was so tall and stunningly beautiful. Her charisma was energetic, funny, and everyone seemed to hang off of her every word and laugh at her every joke. Ghislane and Jeffrey kissed her cheeks and wished her a happy birthday, and then I was introduced and followed in their suit. She was surrounded by a league of assistants, friends and fans, which didn't make it easy for us to all converse but she got enough time in to invite us abroad a yacht of a fellow she was "kind of seeing" at the time for the before party ahead of tonight's event. We went back to the hotel and I gave Jeffrey a massage in his room before we all headed down to the pool to soak in some of the year's first sun's rays.
November 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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"look at your underwear"
Flags: 1085445 Is Read: No Is Invitation: No GUID: 9824BDA7-DDDC-4657-868A-8A12E9C8B3C2 Message: my guy said to tell you that you are missing a great opportunity, look at your underwear. it either says made in china or made in india. possible that you guys don't understand shared goals Sender: e:jeeitunes@gmail.com Time: 05/24/19 03:11:59 AM (580385519) Flags: 1150981 Is Read: No Is Invitation: No GUID: 08D5CA84-CA4C-4EDD-9DD1-08F3B960EB8D Message: modi inauguration on sunday .
November 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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no matter what, it's definitely clear Epstein was trying to broker a lot of diplomacy on behalf on Israel
Message: you were greatly missed. we would both have loved to have you there. re trip I m told it is a part of israel strategy. should know more after i return from paris. -fyi Im told that buy india in reality is limited to a certain category of things . i.e. many can only be truly made in america. (with its inherent risks for back doors. ) IT- yes jet engines no. however very enthusiastic over having private biz involved as it is seen to be much less corrupt than govt; (please keep so I merely transmit things to you in mind my expertise is money not politics that I'm sure you understand though I might not ) Sender: e:jeeitunes@gmail.com Time: 03/29/17 04:12:41 AM (512478761) Flags: 1085445 Is Read: No Is Invitation: No GUID: 48F3F42D-1BF0-4908-A477-B005B5135912 Message: yes I fully understood. what i am told is that discussions re israel strategy were dominating modi dates. however lots and lots of internal conflicts taking priority. Sender: e:jeeitunes@gmail.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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also who was Epstein trying to get to meet Modi around the time of India's federal elections?
GUID: 98A7E553-73D5-49D0-A0A8-8D6A173CF517 Message: his focus wants to be stopping china. Sender: e:jeeitunes@gmail.com Time: 05/23/19 09:21:23 PM (580364483) Flags: 1085445 Is Read: No Is Invitation: No GUID: 7AB1781A-32E7-41D9-90BD-D60D32882AD8 Message: I can set Sender: e:jeeitunes@gmail.com Time: 05/23/19 09:34:53 PM (580365293) Flags: 1085445 Is Read: No Is Invitation: No GUID: D6DFB6E8-3EFA-42A0-976C-265639047D2E Message: you should meet with modi. Source Entry: H\Macintosh HD\root\Users\jee\Library\Messages\Archive \2019-06-01 on 2019-05-29 at 17.13.23.ichat Service: iMessage Start Time: 05/23/19 07:06:17 PM (580356377) End Time: 06/01/19 11:33:21 AM (581106801) Last Message ID: 30040 Chat Room: Participants: jee, Presentity IDs: e:jeeitunes@gmail.com, Messages Sender: Time: 05/23/19 07:06:17 PM (580356377) Flags: 1060865 Is Read: Yes Is Invitation: No GUID: 4F65B863-287C-4498-A5F0-E75DB0769195 Message: I'm doing a one hour show for India on Modi while here-- bringing American Hindu guys with us
November 17, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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from a text exchange between Epstein and Anil Ambani … just what did Bannon sign for the latter, and is "Wolfe" a misspelled reference to Michael??
GUID: BD7E0CEC-8151-45FC-B09E-BAC585C96835 Message: I have your signed dedicated copy Sender: Time: 01/26/18 02:06:40 AM (538654000) Flags: 1060865 Is Read: Yes Is Invitation: No GUID: 30A949A4-94CD-4599-806E-C40B9455DACC Message: By whom Sender: e:jeeitunes@gmail.com Time: 01/26/18 02:07:08 AM (538654028) Flags: 1093637 Is Read: Yes Is Invitation: No GUID: 52EF45DD-48E1-4ED5-900F-CCB73F4421FF Message: To you by both bannon and Wolfe
November 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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so when are we gonna talk about how often Anil Ambani (younger brother and rival of Mukesh Ambani, best known as India's richest man and the guy guy who gets Beyoncé and Hillary Clinton to attend his daughters' weddings) appears in the Epstein docs, sometimes with direct communication
From: jeffrey E. [jeevacation@gmail.com] Sent: 3/30/2017 11:11:37 AM To: anil.ambani Subject: Re: PC - Business standard - Thu. 30 March 2017: After trump phone call, govt weighs if Modi should visit US early India Israel Key -not for email On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 7:02 AM <Anil.Ambani. wrote: Dear Jeffrey, Info. BR, Anil (अनिल)
November 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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perhaps now's a good moment for a reminder of Dersh's appearances in prior Epstein document releases (side note, Chris Cuomo of all people should not sport a mustache like that, for myriad reasons not directly related to his face) slate.com/news-and-pol...
Dershowitz, for his part, is welcoming the disclosures. “I want everything out,” he told NewsNation on Tuesday, casting aspersions on the judiciary for its thus-far “selective” transparency pertaining to the Epstein story. Still, when the hundreds of pages from Giuffre v. Maxwell went live on Wednesday, it quickly became apparent why Dershowitz went into damage-control mode, recording a half-hour episode of his podcast, The Dershow, where he reduced his association with Epstein to “an innocent relationship with a man who I didn’t know—nobody suspected—had done anything wrong.” Among Dershowitz’s appearances in this case: • A 2006 police report from the Palm Beach County charges against Epstein that mentions how Dershowitz, as part of Epstein’s legal team, “provided a package of material on the main victims in this case in which they appear on myspace.com and speak about alcohol use and some marijuana use,” which led the Palm Beach state attorney to delay a grand jury session for several months while reviewing said package. • Mentions of “sworn testimony” from separate Epstein household employees that allege “Dershowitz came ‘pretty often’ to Epstein’s Florida mansion and got massages,” and on other instances was present there “alone … in the presence of young girls.” • Choices by Epstein and some of his associates to plead the Fifth when asked about Dershowitz’s involvement in their activities; • A rehash of the allegations against Dershowitz by Giuffre (identified in some of the documents as “Jane Doe #3”), including the claim that “Dershowitz was an eye-witness to the sexual abuse of many other minors by Epstein and several of Epstein’s co-conspirators.”
November 15, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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WAIT OMFG
Earlier this fall, Nuzzi found out that her book was scheduled to come out within days of “Unscripted,” the new memoir from Kennedy’s wife, Cheryl Hines. Avid Reader pushed back the release of “American Canto” by three weeks with the hope that their book tours would not turn into a she said/she said.
November 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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I see the BJP propaganda chief is already in damage-control mode, not sure how successfully
Two quote-tweets of BJP propaganda chief Amit Malviya, who's attempting to explain Hardeep Singh Puri's inclusion in a 2014 Epstein email. The first, from journalist Anisha Dutta, points out that Puri was not a U.N. ambassador at the time of that message. The other, from "shivambanga," rhetorically asks whether Epstein was indeed referring to Puri.
November 13, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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the YouTube TV–Disney standoff has reached its 13th day, and the vibes are only getting weirder slate.com/business/202...
Two Google News headlines. The first is from USA Today, about "how to watch 'Dancing with the Stars' live without YouTube TV," by Melina Khan. The second is from Sports Business Journal and reads: "Disney CEO Bob Iger doesn't talk YouTube TV, Disney dispute on 'ManningCast.' "
November 11, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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big shouts to the rapbooklets Insta account www.instagram.com/rapbooklets
a @rapbooklets Instagram post of a page from the Digital Underground's booklet for The Body-Hat Syndrome, featuring an illustration of Shock G as a trophy for "The First Annual digital underground Humpty Dance Awards"
November 11, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Dale Cooper, in Twin Peaks: The Return, asking: "What year is this?"
November 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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The Mamdani sign generator edited to read "Dipset" repeated 15 times, and "for Santana's Town"
November 9, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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this is shocking and low even for him, a former childhood SNAP recipient thehill.com/homenews/adm...
The Hill: Vance calls court order to fully fund SNAP ‘absurd ruling’ By Brett Samuels
November 7, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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(in fact, Mamdani surpassed 50% tonight) bsky.app/profile/sage...
NYTimes: Zohran Mamdani has 50.4% of the vote witg 91% of votes in, per the Associated Press
November 5, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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it's funny, I was told for years that this guy was some innovative genius with an earnest desire to improve human livelihood
An Elon Musk tweet: "The New York City ballot form is a scam! - No ID is required - Other mayoral candidates appear twice - Cuomo’s name is last in bottom right."
November 4, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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the likely end of an era (of Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bells) www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The move marks the first significant strategic step under Turner, who took the helm at Yum in October. Alongside the review of Pizza Hut, the company expects to complete the acquisition of 128 franchised Taco Bell locations in the Southeast US in the current quarter. The move could be well received by investors as the pizza brand has been “an anchor on the company’s overall growth rate,” Robert W Baird & Co Inc. analyst David Tarantino wrote in a note to clients. Selling the business could add an estimated 1 percentage point of growth to Yum’s system sales, he said. Earnings Performance While sales are down at Pizza Hut, Yum’s other brands are faring much better. Yum announced third-quarter earnings on Tuesday with its Taco Bell and KFC brands recording comparable sales growth of 7% and 2% in the US, respectively. KFC’s international sales, which make up 86% of the brand’s business, grew 3% on a comparable basis.
November 4, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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even the Discorders are skeptical/tired
A Discord post: "It's like that Polymarket tweet where cuomo's odds went from 6 to 12% and they tweeted that if this trend continued over the next 24 hours, he'd be in the lead. Just utter statstical nonsense that has no relevance to the market. I don't know if these sites are just looking to create clickbait, or if they're like NY Post and feel they need to distort reality for right-wing narratives. But at the end of the day they just look fing regarded for posting this mathematical trash." This is all above a screenshot of a Kalshi tweet reading: "The headline odds make Mamdani (92%) look unstoppable in the NYC Mayoral race - but the Kalshi trading data tells a more complicated story."
November 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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funny enough, Infamous Billa's second-most-streamed track on Spotify (just shy of 4,000 plays) is a collab with Trump supporter Benny the Butcher www.wsj.com/us-news/the-...
The three-minute video, which went live last month, showed Mamdani dancing while the city burned. The Wall Street bull got demolished by a rocket. All this was set to a modified version of Frank Sinatra’s signature song. “Imagine North Korea with a dash of Shariah,” a fake Sinatra sings. “That’s what you got, New York, New York.” Abbott isn’t a political operative, at least not in the traditional sense. Instead, he’s a semiretired entrepreneur who lives in Florida, near Mar-a-Lago, and has a hobby of writing parody songs. “I care about the city, and I care about crime,” Abbott said of his video. The 75-year-old formerly ran a pantyhose and underwear company, and later a food distribution service. He left New York City years ago, but still has family in Manhattan, including his son, a rapper called “Infamous Billa.”
October 31, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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shut up
A Sam Altman tweet: "GPT-6 will be renamed GPT-6-7, you're welcome"
October 31, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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look I know I'm part of the problem and don't really have any grounds to criticize, but goddamn if this isn't the most depressing bait blog-and-headline I've seen in a minute
Popular Today: Ridley Scott's 91% Rotten Tomatoes Sci-Fi Masterpiece Is Surging on Global Streaming Charts
October 30, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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I mean were the artists supposedly being championed asked for any comment here
In a press release, UMG and Udio said the new subscription service would “transform the user engagement experience, creating a licensed and protected environment to customize, stream and share music responsibly.” “This moment brings to life everything we’ve been building toward – uniting AI and the music industry in a way that truly champions artists,” Udio founder and CEO Andrew Sanchez said in a statement. “Together, we’re building the technological and business landscape that will fundamentally expand what’s possible in music creation and engagement.”
October 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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idk maybe it's just me but I don't love the sound of a "new AI music generation and streaming platform" that will "be trained on licensed music" from the single largest Big 3 label www.hollywoodreporter.com/music/music-...
Universal Music Group is settling its copyright infringement lawsuit against AI music generation platform Udio, the companies confirmed late Wednesday night, with the two companies saying they’d now be collaborating to develop new AI music generation and streaming platform. UMG and Udio didn’t provide any financial details of the settlement but said the new platform would come out sometime in 2026 and would be trained on licensed music from UMG’s catalog. UMG is the world’s largest music company, with a roster that includes stars like Ariana Grande, The Weeknd, Billie Eilish and Sabrina Carpenter among others.
October 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Wainwright in particular has had such a fascinating political evolution since the peak of his career
Wainwright identifies as "a complete libertarian" and stated in 2008, "I don't think any government should encroach on what goes on in the bedroom at all." In April 2010, Wainwright came out publicly in favour of legalizing same-sex marriage in the United States because he wanted to marry Weisbrodt. Wainwright stated, "I wasn't a huge gay marriage supporter before I met Jörn because I love the whole old-school promiscuous Oscar Wilde freak show of what 'being gay' once was. But since meeting Jörn, that all changed." In 2014, Wainwright reiterated he was a "complete libertarian", and explained that while he did not initially support President Barack Obama, he said he has "become a very big Obama fan", expressing support for his agenda, including women's healthcare and government-provided health coverage.
October 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM