Matthew Fraser
@matthewfraser.bsky.social
University professor in Paris. Ex journalist: columnist, critic, Editor-in-Chief, television presenter. Promeneur du Champ de Mars avec Hector et Djery. Agent: J.P. Marshall
Jeffrey Epstein, the Devil’s Concierge
Opinion | Now We Know What All Those People Got From Epstein
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Jeffrey Epstein, the Devil’s Concierge
The mass market paperback is shuffling toward extinction. Sales have dropped for years, peeled away by e-books, digital audiobooks and even more expensive formats like hardcovers and trade paperbacks.
So Long to Cheap Books You Could Fit in Your Pocket
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 11:13 AM
The mass market paperback is shuffling toward extinction. Sales have dropped for years, peeled away by e-books, digital audiobooks and even more expensive formats like hardcovers and trade paperbacks.
The Olympics can’t stop talking about ‘Penis-Gate’ — speculation about ski jumpers injecting themselves below the belt to enhance their performance. In a sport where a few inches can make a huge difference, size really does matter.
The Olympics Can’t Stop Talking About ‘Penis-Gate’
The Games hadn’t even begun when Milan was plunged into absurdity—by speculation about ski jumpers injecting themselves below the belt to enhance their performance.
www.wsj.com
February 7, 2026 at 10:53 AM
The Olympics can’t stop talking about ‘Penis-Gate’ — speculation about ski jumpers injecting themselves below the belt to enhance their performance. In a sport where a few inches can make a huge difference, size really does matter.
The Russians bombed a Ukrainian pet shelter. www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
February 7, 2026 at 7:45 AM
The Russians bombed a Ukrainian pet shelter. www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
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BREAKING: Peter Mandelson just sent this secret notice to all UK media, demanding they leave him alone.
He uses IPSO clauses designed to support grieving families in a bid to stop scrutiny of his relationship with Epstein
We have published it in full.
www.thenational.scot/news/2583451...
He uses IPSO clauses designed to support grieving families in a bid to stop scrutiny of his relationship with Epstein
We have published it in full.
www.thenational.scot/news/2583451...
Peter Mandelson issues secret notice demanding press leave him alone – read in full
LATE on Friday evening, this notice was circulated from representatives of Peter Mandelson, via press regulator IPSO and the Press Association news…
www.thenational.scot
February 6, 2026 at 7:06 PM
BREAKING: Peter Mandelson just sent this secret notice to all UK media, demanding they leave him alone.
He uses IPSO clauses designed to support grieving families in a bid to stop scrutiny of his relationship with Epstein
We have published it in full.
www.thenational.scot/news/2583451...
He uses IPSO clauses designed to support grieving families in a bid to stop scrutiny of his relationship with Epstein
We have published it in full.
www.thenational.scot/news/2583451...
Reposted by Matthew Fraser
People like Donald get worse if they’re allowed to. His disgusting racism is increasingly blatant and dangerous because the Republicans, with their silence, encourage it. They are complicit in every awful thing they allow their hideous leader to do.
February 6, 2026 at 9:08 PM
People like Donald get worse if they’re allowed to. His disgusting racism is increasingly blatant and dangerous because the Republicans, with their silence, encourage it. They are complicit in every awful thing they allow their hideous leader to do.
As global press freedom dwindles, corrupt politicians rejoice. www.economist.com/leaders/2026...
February 5, 2026 at 9:29 PM
As global press freedom dwindles, corrupt politicians rejoice. www.economist.com/leaders/2026...
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I don't buy the idea that Bezos is intentionally killing the Post. If he wanted to do that he could have just bought it and shut it down. Plenty of rich people have done that. The problem is he hired a Murdoch tabloid team to manage it and it's not a Murdoch tabloid and you can't run it like one.
February 4, 2026 at 3:10 PM
I don't buy the idea that Bezos is intentionally killing the Post. If he wanted to do that he could have just bought it and shut it down. Plenty of rich people have done that. The problem is he hired a Murdoch tabloid team to manage it and it's not a Murdoch tabloid and you can't run it like one.
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TIL that Jeffrey Epstein bought Woody Allen 31 pairs of luxury boxer shorts www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/s...
How Epstein Used Luxury Goods to Curry Favor
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February 5, 2026 at 3:34 PM
TIL that Jeffrey Epstein bought Woody Allen 31 pairs of luxury boxer shorts www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/s...
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The hallmark (the “brand”) of the Washington Post has been accountability journalism. Thus, today’s staff decimation is Bezos’s greatest gift to Trump, so much more valuable than the Melania movie, inauguration money, etc. This disaster began, for real, with the Harris endorsement he killed.
February 4, 2026 at 4:57 PM
The hallmark (the “brand”) of the Washington Post has been accountability journalism. Thus, today’s staff decimation is Bezos’s greatest gift to Trump, so much more valuable than the Melania movie, inauguration money, etc. This disaster began, for real, with the Harris endorsement he killed.
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My take today on Jeff Bezos since I met him at his struggling start up in the 1990s in Seattle: Twice the muscles, half the man.
February 4, 2026 at 7:16 PM
My take today on Jeff Bezos since I met him at his struggling start up in the 1990s in Seattle: Twice the muscles, half the man.
Thieves dropped French empress Eugénie’s crown on a Paris sidewalk after the Louvre heist in October. The museum has now released pictures of the damage.
The Louvre Thieves Dropped This Priceless Crown. Now It Looks Like This.
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Thieves dropped French empress Eugénie’s crown on a Paris sidewalk after the Louvre heist in October. The museum has now released pictures of the damage.
‘It’s an absolute bloodbath’: Washington Post lays off hundreds of workers. www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
‘It’s an absolute bloodbath’: Washington Post lays off hundreds of workers
Former Post executive editor blasts owner Jeff Bezos’s ‘sickening efforts to curry favor’ with Trump
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:17 PM
‘It’s an absolute bloodbath’: Washington Post lays off hundreds of workers. www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
Washington Post begins sweeping layoffs slated to shrink the newsroom by hundreds of journalists.
Washington Post Begins Sweeping Layoffs
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February 4, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Washington Post begins sweeping layoffs slated to shrink the newsroom by hundreds of journalists.
A key feature of Trump's “neoroyalist” approach is that international relations are based on personal, family and business ties rather than national interest. Forget Metternich or Machiavelli, think Henry VIII and Emperor Charles V.
‘Neoroyalism’ and What It Says About Trump
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February 4, 2026 at 8:50 AM
A key feature of Trump's “neoroyalist” approach is that international relations are based on personal, family and business ties rather than national interest. Forget Metternich or Machiavelli, think Henry VIII and Emperor Charles V.
The heirs to a Jewish art collector persecuted by the Nazis are suing the Met over ownership of a Pissarro painting bequeathed to the museum. The suit filed in a French court argues the painting was sold under duress during Germany’s occupation of France.
Jewish Heirs Say Met Museum Pissarro Was Sold Under Nazi-Era Duress
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 5:12 PM
The heirs to a Jewish art collector persecuted by the Nazis are suing the Met over ownership of a Pissarro painting bequeathed to the museum. The suit filed in a French court argues the painting was sold under duress during Germany’s occupation of France.
Trump is shaking down Harvard for $1 billion.
February 3, 2026 at 6:54 AM
Trump is shaking down Harvard for $1 billion.
Trump’s failed businesses.
February 2, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Trump’s failed businesses.
Americans who love K-pop and K-dramas are flocking to Korean language classes.
Fans Are So Obsessed With ‘KPop Demon Hunters,’ They Are Learning Korean
www.nytimes.com
February 1, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Americans who love K-pop and K-dramas are flocking to Korean language classes.