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8. The explanation is plausible. I had your reaction for a split second,

Tue Feb 10, 2026, 12:56 AM

Feb 10

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then I remembered I had personal experience with this.

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Epstein files: A reference to the nine-year-old [View all] teach1st Feb 9 OP

It is possible that could be an encoding thing jmbar2 Feb 9 #1

... Prairie Gates Feb 9 #2

That's testable if we know what software they're using. harumph Feb 9 #3

Here's the explanation from wikipedia jmbar2 Feb 9 #4

Thanks for your thoughts jmbar2 Feb 10 #7

I'm relieved. Stomach has turned enough. Nt lostnfound Feb 10 #12

Those suggestions do not explain how a '1' turns into an equals sign muriel_volestrangler Feb 10 #13

The way to find out for sure TommyT139 Feb 10 #6

And why scan them? Just screenshot the electronic copy. -eom vanessa_ca Feb 10 #9