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Active Shooter / Hostile Event ( ASHE ) prevention / response

Looks like the shooter’s online life has been largely identified and dissected. Taking these at face value, there’s an ugly and increasingly familiar picture of a really, really screwed up kid who fell deeper into online nihilistic radicalization.

First, a solid article by the New York Times; I believe this has been gifted, I was able to read it sans paywall: Canada School Shooter’s Online Life Showed Interest in Violent Extremism

Second, a Twitter thread by Becca Spinks, who independently researches and basically hunts down online extremists. She very much knows her shit in this space:
 
Looks like the shooter’s online life has been largely identified and dissected. Taking these at face value, there’s an ugly and increasingly familiar picture of a really, really screwed up kid who fell deeper into online nihilistic radicalization.

First, a solid article by the New York Times; I believe this has been gifted, I was able to read it sans paywall: Canada School Shooter’s Online Life Showed Interest in Violent Extremism

Second, a Twitter thread by Becca Spinks, who independently researches and basically hunts down online extremists. She very much knows her shit in this space:
Good catch on both of these. And for anyone who can't get thru to the NY Times piece, here's someplace else to check: https://archive.is/x9LcN

Here's a few more bits of the public record on the shooter's life via The Canadian Press & CTV News:
Both of those also archived here: CTV News - CP via City News

Sadly (like most of human life, I guess), a complicated-enough stew of factors that will allow the usual suspects of all camps to pick their fave contributing factor, politically meme the shit out of it, and ignore/downplay the whole interplay of more than one issue :(
 
Taking these at face value, there’s an ugly and increasingly familiar picture of a really, really screwed up kid who fell deeper into online nihilistic radicalization.
A lesson learned should be that online radicalization is an equal opportunity employer.

Unfortunately our society is in a place where a tragedy like this immediately has many racing to affirm some kind of proof of their views (see, trans kids are dangerous/see, straight white males are violent/ see, immigrants are violent).

The Alberta separation online crew wasted no time in taking this tragedy and trying to capitalize on it.
 
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