A Brief History of Space and Steven Hawking's Time On Epstein Island
Stephen Hawking, who has been named in the Jeffrey Epstein docs, was defended by Epstein after rumors of Hawking engaging in illicit activity spread.
Published 1 year ago in Wow
Though iconic physicist Stephen Hawking has been dead for more than half a decade, he managed to bring a new meaning to the phrase “they see me rolling they hating” on Wednesday, after it was revealed late, disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein offered a reward to disprove claims that the scientist was involved in an “underage orgy” during a visit to his private island.
Semi-related but hadn't seen this before---Steven Hawking at a chill kickback on Epstein's island pic.twitter.com/xwTzRHn7i2
— TrueAnon (@TrueAnonPod) January 4, 2024
Months before Epstein’s first arrest in July 2006, Hawking and several other scientists headed down to the US Virgin Islands for a conference on gravity on the neighboring island of St. Thomas. Partially funded by the billionaire, who (allegedly) died by suicide in 2019 while awaiting his trial, Epstein invited Hawking and others to Little Saint James Island, where they enjoyed a barbeque and even took a trip underwater in a submarine the ex-banker reportedly outfitted to accommodate the scientist’s wheelchair.
I’ll go ahead add to this...maybe the first picture didn’t work...here’s Stephen Hawking on a submarine Ghislaine Maxwell had specially outfitted for him off the shores of Little St. James... pic.twitter.com/BAK9HRlm1O
— TrueAnon (@TrueAnonPod) April 4, 2020
Yet newly-released documents carry some alarming implications surrounding Hawking’s time on the island. In a 2015 email, the financier encouraged Maxwell to offer cash incentives to friends of alleged trafficking victim Virginia Giuffre who could disprove her explosive claims — including one purporting that Hawking got it on with a bunch of young girls.
“You can issue a reward to any of Virginia’s friends, acquaints, family that come forward and help prove her allegations are false,” he wrote in the unearthed message. “The strongest is the Clinton dinner, and the new version in the Virgin Islands that Stephen Hawking participated in an underage orgy.”
It is unclear whether Hawking, who died at age 76 in 2018, likely from complications of ALS, had actually participated in such an event, yet one thing is certain: You know things probably aren’t great if Jeffrey Epstein is trying to defend you.
Stephen Hawking soon as he landed on that Epstein island pic.twitter.com/dxet8Ha4CH
— BASED SAVAGE (@crackcobain__) January 4, 2024
Stanley Girlies Nearly Come to Blows Over Valentine’s Day Stock
Chances are if you’ve spent any time at all on the internet, you’ve come across a specific type of woman who is obsessed with collecting Stanley cups.
Published 1 year ago in Funny
Chances are if you’ve spent any time at all on the internet, you’ve come across a specific type of woman who is obsessed with collecting Stanley cups. For some unknown reason, these cups have exploded in popularity, perhaps because they can withstand extreme temperatures, perhaps because people love a trend. Whatever it is, people take these cups extremely seriously, as we all learned this week after a video of rushing a Target display of Valentine’s Day themed Stanley cups went viral.
@victoria_robino_26 #fyp #fypシ゚viral #target #targetfinds #stanleycup #stanley #stanleytarget #valentinesday #stanleyvalentinesday ♬ original sound - Victoria Robino
The video was originally posted by TikToker Victoria Robino of Phoenix on December 31st, and shows a crowd of people at a Stanley cup display racing to grab a maximum of two Valentine’s Day themed Stanley cups each. At the end of the video, Robino added that the shelves were cleared in just four minutes.
In fact, around the country, Stanley cup enthusiasts are upset that their local Targets have sold out of the cups.
i could watch a 10 episode documentary on the whole stanley thing pic.twitter.com/4noUykrBiq
— oatmeal influencer (@acechhh) January 1, 2024
yes, it’s genuinely a good product but people having shelves full of them when the point is less consumption/environmental factor is what fascinates me
— oatmeal influencer (@acechhh) January 1, 2024
People are equal parts fascinated and concerned by this obsession, with one Twitter user posting that they would watch a 10-episode documentary on the phenomenon. In a follow-up tweet, they explained that part of the fascination was the consumerist aspect considering the entire point of the cups is to cut down on plastic water bottle usage because you presumably care about the environment. Some people just care about having one of each color Stanley, okay!
@mia_lovespink how many stanleys do you have? @Stanley 1913 #stanleycup #stanleycupcollection #blowthisup #viral #fypシ゚viral #fyp ♬ original sound - r & m <3 ⸆⸉
Others were just amused, with one person tweeting, “Imagine cups being your personality,” and someone else pointing out that “everybody buying this cup got the same outfit on.” Over on TikTok, people were also mystified by the Stanley cup craze, with some comparing it to the Rae Dunn craze of the late 2010s and early 2020s.
@nmillz1 IT HAS TO STOP!!!!!
♬ original sound - Hi
A popular TikToker uploaded a rant about videos he’d seen of people fighting over Stanley cups, arguing, “Black Friday was two months ago — if you wanted to fight somebody inside a grocery store, that was the day to do it,” and “the Hydro Flask community would never act like this.” Hydro flasks gained popularity in mid-2019, primarily with Gen Z, becoming part of a meme involving a particular kind of girl, “VSCO girls,” who use the photo-editing app VSCO religiously and carry Hydro Flasks everywhere.
This is the nature of all trends, ultimately: inscrutable to those on the outside looking in, and eventually embarrassing to those who found themselves caught up in the insanity. Hopefully the Stanley cup collectors eventually realize that it is, indeed, just a cup.
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