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Bill Gates cancels keynote speech in India amid questions over Epstein ties
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 19 Feb 2026
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Deceased ?
Funny how as cameras are everywhere and 4K, evidence seems to alway be blurry. Pretty hard at that distance to have that shallow a DOF. Slop.
Resolution has little to do with blurriness.
I can grab a 200MP sensor with the best lens systems and autofocus algorithms, and you'll still take blurry pictures.
Shutter speed, steady hands, and the relative radial movement speed of the object compared to the camera is what matters.
Now, imagine this: you're a tourist, with an average phone. Say, an iPhone 16 Pro Max. You spot a guy that looks like Epstein, from across the road or even a plaza. He's walking away so you have seconds to: pull your phone out, open the camera, zoom in, focus on the face and take photos. How will those photos turn out?
I mean you can literally try this yourself by going out into public and replicating the circumstances. Target must be at least 20-30 meters away, and you're starting from a resting position (not phone in hand, camera open, ready to shoot, that's not life-like). Unless you're a pro photographer... those photos will turn out blurry.
It doesn’t make any sense. Why keep him alive as a liability? Even in the most wild conspiracy scenarios, doesn’t killing him make the most sense?
Why should anyone believe that this, the idea that he’s alive, isn’t a distraction from the actual details which matter?
Not really a liability. A friend. Fake his death, put him away in a different country where he won't be recognised, add some basic plastic surgery, a beard, long hair, and bam you just got away with decades of crime.
Sure, what my eyes see here make absolutely no sense. Should i also believe earth is flat and that the government wants the best for me ?
Because they don't really care. They know a lot of us know, and they know we won't do anything because enough people believe what they're told.
The dead body's ear didn't match the living ear.
His online accounts were active after he supposedly died.
He was literally part of a global conspiracy.
His private plane went on a long flight after he supposedly died.
It's reasonable to believe he's alive. No hard evidence, though.
The online account things were shown to be untrue.
Well, your photos should certainly be hard evidence. What’s the source on those, so they can be vetted a little deeper?
It's 2026, any photos not on film are suspect.
Adding every picture I take on my phone to the blockchain is an enormous invasion of my privacy, and the number of times where having a cryptographically secure hash on the blockchain to prove a photo’s authenticity is minuscule. Especially in a world where people eagerly believe the most ludicrous bullshit because it reinforces their worldview, in spite of a mountain of evidence to contradict it.
The chin looks way wrong for it to be the same guy as does the area between the orbital/cheek bone and the ear. Epstein has a very weird jaw structure and even a beard would be difficult to hide it under. The dudes face would need to be almost a full inch longer.
Could be reconstructive surgery but if that's the case why not go further?
Fun pics though.