A graph explorer of the Epstein emails • Hacker News Board

Re: A graph explorer of the Epstein emails

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Post by theultdev » Mon, Nov 17, 2025, 9:02 PM UTC

This is the best rendition I've seen so far.

The Bill Clinton entity is interesting.

> 2009: Bill Clinton discontinued association with Jeffrey Epstein

> 2010: Jeffrey Epstein provided flights on jets to Bill Clinton

> 2010-2011: Jeffrey Epstein traveled via private aircraft with Bill Clinton

> 2011: Ghislaine Maxwell piloted helicopter for Bill Clinton

> 2014: Bill Clinton alleged presence at sex parties

> 2015: Bill Clinton distanced relationship from Jeffrey Epstein

Wasn't very good at discontinuing the relationship it seems.

Guess there is precedent for him lying about sexual activities though.

I think a sentiment analysis between the friendliness and social meetups between Epstein and other individuals would be useful.

Who were his friends after 2008 when he was first convicted?

Those who were still friends with him after 2008 were in on it or guilty by association, if not legally, socially.

Friends like Reid Hoffman and Larry Summers...

> From: Reid Hoffman

> Sent: 7/6/2015 5:04:31 PM

> To: jeffrey E. [jeeyacation@gmail.com]

> Subject: RE: ICYMI

> slow progress.

> planning to see you in August.

> Hope you're well.

Larry Summers has too many to list. Doesn't look good though digging through them.

Re: A graph explorer of the Epstein emails

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Post by sva_ » Mon, Nov 17, 2025, 9:10 PM UTC

tony-john12 wrote: post #20

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Re: A graph explorer of the Epstein emails

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Post by pickpuck » Mon, Nov 17, 2025, 9:16 PM UTC

What if we extended this idea beyond one dataset to all discrete news events and entities: people, organizations, places.

Just like here you could get a timeline of key events, a graph of connected entities, links to original documents.

Newsrooms might already do this internally idk.

This code might work as a foundation. I love that it's RDF.

Re: A graph explorer of the Epstein emails

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Post by GuinansEyebrows » Mon, Nov 17, 2025, 9:19 PM UTC

liotier wrote: post #8

"Brad Edwards" and "Bradley Edwards" might be the same individual.

Likewise for instances of "Larry" and "Lawrence" Summers... probably a lot of those.

Re: A graph explorer of the Epstein emails

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Post by tovej » Mon, Nov 17, 2025, 9:21 PM UTC

liotier wrote: post #8

"Brad Edwards" and "Bradley Edwards" might be the same individual.

Yes, the dataset also has three entries for Virginia Giuffre, "Virginia L. Giuffre", "Virginia Roberts Giuffre", and "Jane Doe Number 3 (Virginia Roberts)"

Re: A graph explorer of the Epstein emails

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Post by j-pb » Mon, Nov 17, 2025, 9:25 PM UTC

pickpuck wrote: post #23

What if we extended this idea beyond one dataset to all discrete news events and entities: people, organizations, places. Just like here you could get a timeline of key events, a graph of connected entities, links to original documents. Newsrooms might already do this internally idk. This code might work as a foundation. I love that it's RDF.

If it's RDF it won't work as the foundation.

Re: A graph explorer of the Epstein emails

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Post by DrewADesign » Mon, Nov 17, 2025, 9:30 PM UTC

liotier wrote: post #8

"Brad Edwards" and "Bradley Edwards" might be the same individual.

I’m sure some developer/archivist is working on a name authority as we speak.

Re: A graph explorer of the Epstein emails

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Post by axus » Mon, Nov 17, 2025, 9:38 PM UTC

pickpuck wrote: post #23

What if we extended this idea beyond one dataset to all discrete news events and entities: people, organizations, places. Just like here you could get a timeline of key events, a graph of connected entities, links to original documents. Newsrooms might already do this internally idk. This code might work as a foundation. I love that it's RDF.

One wonders what the US government agencies use.

Re: A graph explorer of the Epstein emails

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Post by tinyplanets » Mon, Nov 17, 2025, 9:40 PM UTC

theultdev wrote: post #21

This is the best rendition I've seen so far. The Bill Clinton entity is interesting. > 2009: Bill Clinton discontinued association with Jeffrey Epstein > 2010: Jeffrey Epstein provided flights on jets to Bill Clinton > 2010-2011: Jeffrey Epstein traveled via private aircraft with Bill Clinton > 2011: Ghislaine Maxwell piloted helicopter for Bill Clinton > 2014: Bill Clinton alleged presence at sex parties > 2015: Bil…

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Re: A graph explorer of the Epstein emails

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Post by abnercoimbre » Mon, Nov 17, 2025, 9:42 PM UTC

axus wrote: post #28

pickpuck wrote: post #23

What if we extended this idea beyond one dataset to all discrete news events and entities: people, organizations, places. Just like here you could get a timeline of key events, a graph of connected entities, links to original documents. Newsrooms might already do this internally idk. This code might work as a foundation. I love that it's RDF.

One wonders what the US government agencies use.

I think you meant one shudders. And yeah, Snowden made it clear there's orders of magnitude more data than this graph explorer for them to sift through.