eriks site

eriks site is a personal website whose centerpiece is a long-form notebook investigating the leaked AfD email archive, referred to as the hexane archive. Rather than summarizing headlines, the site lays out the dataset itself and works through it question by question, from the top down.

The notebook covers two independent datasets: ten mailboxes from the AfD’s mail servers, and the WordPress databases of afd.de plus around 140 other party websites. The two share only occasional email addresses. Core figures include 421,178 stored messages, 49,554 threads with two or more emails, 93,635 distinct addresses, and a time span from March 2013 to September 2026.

A defining feature is transparency about provenance. Every number is computed on the page from the files unless explicitly marked as coming from the source’s notes, and where two counts of the same thing disagree, the text explains which question each answers. Deduplication by Message-ID is also verified rather than assumed.

It suits journalists, OSINT and data researchers, and technically minded readers who want methodology and reproducible counts instead of commentary. Casual readers looking for a news summary will find it dense.

Use it as a reference: read sections in order, treat the short answers as entry points, and follow the evidence beneath each one. Overall, a careful, evidence-first treatment of a sensitive dataset.