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[–] natecox@programming.dev 32 points 1 day ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (9 children)

I’m pretty sure they’re using “survivor” here to mean “was a victim of”… but it’s sad and scary that I’m not positive I didn’t just miss the news that they were murdering people on the island too.

Edit: folks, I am aware that survivor is an appropriate word to use here.

[–] Whostosay@sh.itjust.works 4 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

~~Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell survivor testified she met Donald Trump at age 14~~

Survivor of Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell testified she met Donald Trump at age 14

Journalism/Editing, how hard could it fucking be

[–] dwindling7373@feddit.it 4 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Your wording make it sounds like the survivor name is Ghislaine Maxwell.

[–] Whostosay@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 hours ago

~~Survivor of Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell testified she met Donald Trump at age 14~~

Survivor of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell testified she met Donald Trump at age 14

This is why we have editors, thanks editor

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