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SUMMARY:The Epstein Files vs ExtremeBB - Lydia Wilson
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CONTACT:Alexandre Pauwels
DESCRIPTION:Webinar link: https://cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/85064201826?pwd=4jES
 tNta7Ieq6kgaTvx7zRdQGPdmWW.1\n\nApproximately 3.5 million pages of corresp
 ondence between Jeffrey Epstein and his wide network (with notable omissio
 ns and redactions) were released in January 2026. This is far from the man
 y tens of millions of posts collected for the database held at the CCC kno
 wn as ExtremeBB\, but as I started digging into the Epstein files and read
 ing through a wide range of subjects and tones\, I was reminded of my time
  at CCC digging through ExtremeBB. Although the organising principle of th
 e dataset\, my methodology\, and the socio-economic background of the auth
 ors of the material were all very different\, the echoes between the two j
 obs were impossible to ignore. This talk presents the similarities - while
  acknowledging the differences - of the two tranches of data\, and what th
 at tells us about our society. \n\nLydia Wilson is a visiting scholar at t
 he Department of Middle Eastern Studies\, University of Cambridge\, and cu
 lture editor of New Lines magazine\, where "her work on Epstein":https://n
 ewlinesmag.com/argument/the-academic-justification-for-male-supremacy/ was
  published. 
LOCATION:Webinar & FW11\, Computer Laboratory\, William Gates Building.
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