Mozilla has announced
a new CEO, Anthony Enzor-DeMeo. Prior to becoming CEO, Enzor-DeMeo was
general manager of Firefox and led its “vision, strategy, and
business performance“. He has published
a blog post about taking over from interim CEO Laura Chambers, and
his plans for Mozilla and Firefox:
As Mozilla moves forward, we will focus on becoming the trusted
software company. This is not a slogan. It is a direction that guides
how we build and how we grow. It means three things.
First: Every product we build must give people agency in how it works. Privacy, data use, and AI must be clear and understandable. Controls must be simple. AI should always be a choice — something people can easily turn off. People should know why a feature works the way it does and what value they get from it.
Second: our business model must align with trust. We will grow through transparent monetization that people recognize and value.
Third: Firefox will grow from a browser into a broader
ecosystem of trusted software. Firefox will remain our anchor. It
will evolve into a modern AI browser and support a portfolio of
new and trusted software additions.
The final part of the 2025 Maintainers Summit was devoted to the kernel’s
development process itself. There were two sessions, one on continuity and
succession planning, and the traditional discussion, led by Linus Torvalds,
on any pain points that the community is experiencing. There was not a lot
that developers were unhappy about, and there are now more explicit plans in
the works to provide a process should Torvalds abruptly become unable to
fill his role.
China is already the world’s largest exporter of AI powered surveillance technology; new surveillance technologies and platforms developed in China are also not likely to simply stay there. By exposing the full scope of China’s AI driven control apparatus, this report presents clear, evidence based insights for policymakers, civil society, the media and technology companies seeking to counter the rise of AI enabled repression and human rights violations, and China’s growing efforts to project that repression beyond its borders.
The report focuses on four areas where the CCP has expanded its use of advanced AI systems most rapidly between 2023 and 2025: multimodal censorship of politically sensitive images; AI’s integration into the criminal justice pipeline; the industrialisation of online information control; and the use of AI enabled platforms by Chinese companies operating abroad. Examined together, those cases show how new AI capabilities are being embedded across domains that strengthen the CCP’s ability to shape information, behaviour and economic outcomes at home and overseas.
Because China’s AI ecosystem is evolving rapidly and unevenly across sectors, we have focused on domains where significant changes took place between 2023 and 2025, where new evidence became available, or where human rights risks accelerated. Those areas do not represent the full range of AI applications in China but are the most revealing of how the CCP is integrating AI technologies into its political control apparatus.
превод от английски Стела Джелепова, София: изд. „Лист“, 2022
Изграден като писмо на възрастен и нелечимо болен баща до неговия седемгодишен единствен син, романът „Галаад“, отличен с „Пулицър“ за 2005 г., предлага задълбочената саморефлексия на героя си и неговия фин и чувствителен философски поглед върху красотата на Творението в цялата му погрешимост и преходност, върху крехкостта на човешкия жребий, върху греховността, благодатта и смисъла. Привидно семпъл и спокоен, проникнат от мека светлина пред свършека, този плътен текст – дори и в най-битовите си ежедневни истории – излъчва едновременно метафизична лиричност и земна чувственост.
Предвид професията на разказвача Джон Еймс – конгрешански пастор в малко градче в Айова с митичното библейско име Галаад – и религиозната ерудиция на Робинсън някои читатели биха могли да хранят известни резерви или опасения към богословската страна на романа. Напразно. Разбира се, със сигурност прочитът би бил улеснен и задълбочен от познаването на тази деноминация – с корени в пуританско-калвинистката традиция, тя държи на автономията и липсата на духовни йерархии, на предопределението и личното спасение чрез благодат и вяра, на пряката връзка с Бога и т.н. С тънки нюанси Робинсън потвърждава, проблематизира или дори опровергава постулатите ѝ. Въпреки това текстът далеч не звучи богословски, а успява да превърне вечни философско-екзистенциални въпроси в четивна и универсално въздействаща проза. С изповеден тон и редица самоналагащи се библейски препратки разказвачът разгръща пред нас една уж усвоена, но и интуитивно спонтанна теология, която в крайна сметка е слята със смирението пред греховността на блудните синове, с любовта към живота и в най-ефимерните му земни проявления, с хедонистичната сладост от тактилното и признанието за прелестта на убегливото.
Проследявайки три поколения мъже от един род на пастори, Робинсън ни показва и приемствеността, и поколенческите различия у всеки от тях. Дядото, бащата и синът носят свой тип устойчивост и достойнство, при все че се отличават един от друг по базови въпроси – като проявленията на вярата, валидността на виденията и мистиката, свободата, войната, насилието в отстояването на принципите, пацифизма, прагматичността и т.н. В крайна сметка това се превръща в
роман за бащите и синовете – за (смисъла на) бащинството.
В старозаветната традиция именно бащата е този, който предава Книгата, буквата, закона, знанието на сина. В „Галаад“ се проблематизира необходимостта от оставяне на наследство – но не чрез материални завещания (всъщност това е едно от притесненията на Джон Еймс – че оставя много по-младите си жена и син без почти нищо), нито чрез назидателност и строги наставления, а чрез споделяне на цялата уязвимост на личния опит и чрез жестовете на внимание и любов (именно любовта и нежността пропиват с тона си цялото писмо).
В това писмо разказвачът – автор на стотици проповеди през живота си, се опитва да избяга от дидактизма и проповедничеството за сметка на естествените, понякога постигани в самия ход на писането житейски изводи и наблюдения. Вместо деен по мъжки сюжет и суха фактология в излагането на миналото пред момчето, бащата предлага циклично завръщане към крайъгълни събития и грижлива бдителност към мимолетни детайли и непосредствени състояния, често в преки наблюдения на детето, любимата и случващото се тук и сега. Всичко това – насред тъгата по предстоящото, което ще пропусне в израстването на сина си.
Пастор Джон Еймс има смиреното съзнание, че онова, което е прозрял и научил през живота си, може да бъде неприложимо за сина му, тъй както баща му и дядо му някога са имали своите ценностни разломи, довели до скъсването на отношенията им. Пътуването на героя с баща си като дете в търсене на гроба на изчезналия по своите дела и идеали дядо (сравнимо с онова на Аврам с Исак към планината Мория) е един от начините за постигане на (макар и посмъртно) помирение. Такова, каквото самият Джон Еймс ще търси през цялото време със своя блуден „втори“ син – наречения на него кръщелник и възможен претендент за мястото му след смъртта.
По-младият Джон Еймс Баутън се явява не само като ясно въплъщение на идеята за блудния син, но и като герой от типа на Митя Карамазов. Прозорлив за самотата и страданието на този счупен мъж, чийто живот е поредица от простъпки, пастор Еймс ще удържи своето смирение въпреки страховете и резервите. Така, както някога е разпознал яростната тъга в много по-младата си съпруга, той ще признае, че тези двама знаят много повече за непознаваемото от самия него, прекаралия десетилетия в четене. И с един финален акт ще потвърди, че Бог е милост, на която нашата греховност е безкрайно несъразмерна – че няма пречки за любовта и прошката.
Във връзка с горното почитта между родители и деца в частност и изобщо към другия е основен мотив в романа. Еймс разсъждава много за нея и за акта на благославянето (базов и в старозаветната, и в християнската традиции).
Възможно е дадено нещо да ти бъде до болка познато и същевременно да си напълно невеж за него,
признава разказвачът по въпроса за отношенията между бащи и синове, правейки уговорката, че баща му наистина е почитал баща си, въпреки неразбирането помежду им.
Опитвам се да кажа, че великата добрина и промисъл на Бога са дали на всички ни нещо, което да почитаме – на детето – родителя, на родителя – детето.
Почитта е отвъд съгласието и произтичащото от нея послушание „носи големи награди, защото в корените на истинската почит винаги е чувството за светостта на човека, който е неин обект“. А благославянето е дължимо на всичко, дори на най-низшите твари (като светулките или котетата, които някога като дете Джон Еймс е благославял в игрите си). То „може и да не усилва светостта, но я утвърждава“.
„Галаад“ е всъщност силно антропоцентричен роман, отдаващ почит на съществуването на човека тук и сега, отсам.
На онова аз, което е същност и съществително отвъд предикативността, отвъд сказуемите, били те обичам или страхувам се, или искам…
защото прелестта е тъкмо в това присъствие, оформено около „аз“ като пламък около фитил (…)
защото искам твоето скъпо тленно „аз“ да живее дълго и да обича този беден тленен свят, който все пак не мога да си представя, че няма да ми липсва жестоко.
В „Галаад“ Мерилин Робинсън изгражда и една носталгична (наред с цялoто размирие и нищета) картина на Америка между средата на XIX и средата на XX век. Америка на малките градчета, обитавани от добри и набожни хора. Историята на страната се разгръща на фона на този разказ: Американската гражданска война, аболюционисткото движение, локалните битки около въпроса за робството – т.нар. Кървав/Кървящ Канзас, които разделят дядото и бащата, Голямата депресия, сушата, бедността, продоволствената криза, испанския грип, световните войни… В малкото провинциално градче в Айова, вдигнато някога като пристан за борещите се за свобода, се разгръща и пространството на библейския Галаад, който често се споменава в писанията и чиито природни красоти, плодородие и живописност биват изтъквани.
Стараех се да изричам само истинни неща,
казва пастор Джон Еймс. И в глагола стараех се е цялото смирение на този колкото многопластов, толкова и еднозначно добър герой. Робинсън не се е опитвала да противопоставя твърде много черти в характера му – пред себе си имаме един живял дълго в самота и четене човек, чист мъж, изгубил първото си семейство и копнял десетилетия за дом, без да изгуби способността си да обича, да усеща, да вижда, да съпреживява. Да устоява на неверието около себе си дори когато сам има смелостта и интелигентността да го изучава. Да остава невинен и да вижда невинността у всеки.
Вярвам, че съществува придобита невинност, която заслужава същата почит като детската невинност.
Да, „Галаад“ е роман за придобитата невинност, за спасението чрез вярата и търсенето на благодат. И за заедността, защото „нещо, което не съществува в отношение с нещо друго, не може да се каже, че изобщо съществува“. Така, в подготовката към отвъдното, пастор Джон Еймс в крайна сметка ще създаде една апология на отсамния свят, на нашия, тленния, несъвършено съвършения, в чийто мрак се мътят чудеса. Удивителен свят, в който оставаме докрай деца:
Понякога се чувствам като дете, което веднъж отваря очите си за света и зърва удивителни неща, чиито имена никога няма да узнае, а после отново трябва да ги затвори.
Никой от нас не чете единствено най-новите книги. Тогава защо само за тях се пише? „На второ четене“ е рубрика, в която отваряме списъците с книги, публикувани преди поне година, четем ги и препоръчваме любимите си от тях. За нея медията „Тоест“ е отличена с Националната награда „Христо Г. Данов“ (2025) за принос в представянето на българската книга.
Рубриката е част от партньорската програма Читателски клуб „Тоест“, благодарение на която активните дарители на „Тоест“ получават 20% отстъпка от коричната цена на всички книги на включените издателства. Изборът на заглавия обаче е единствено на авторите Стефан Иванов, Севда Семер и Антония Апостолова, които биха ви препоръчали тези книги и ако имаше как да се разходите с тях в книжарницата.
I posted the following on my Fediverse (via Mastodon) account.
I’m reposting the whole seven posts here as written there, but I hope folks
will take a
look at that thread as folks are engaging in conversation over there
that might be worth reading if what I have to say interests you.
(The remainder of the post is the same that can be found in the Fediverse
posts linked throughout.)
I
suppose Fediverse
isn’t the place people are discussing Rob Reiner. But after 36 hours of deliberating whether to say anything, I feel compelled. This thread will be long,but I start w/ most important part:
It’s an “open secret” in the FOSS community that in March 2017 my brother
murdered our mother. About 3k ppl/year in USA have this experience, so it’s
a statistical reality that someone else in FOSS experienced similar. If so,
you’re welcome in my PMs to discuss if you need support… (1/7)
… Traumatic loss due to murder is different than losing your
grandparent/parent of age-related ailments (& is even different than
losing a young person to a disease like cancer). The “a fellow family
member did it” brings permanent surrealism to your daily life. Nothing good
in your life that comes later is ever all that good. I know from direct
experience this is what Rob Reiner’s family now faces. It’s chaos; it
divides families forever: dysfunctional family takes on a new “expert”
level… (2/7)
…as one example: my family was immediately divided about punishment. Some
of my mother’s relatives wanted prosecution to seek death penalty. I knew
that my brother was mentally ill enough that jail or prison *would* get him
killed in a prison dispute eventually,so I met clandestinely w/my brother’s
public defender (during funeral planning!) to get him moved to a criminal
mental health facility instead of a regular prison. If they read this,
it’ll first time my family will find out I did that…(3/7)
…Trump’s political rise (for me) links up: 5 weeks into Trump’s 1ˢᵗ term, my brother murdered my mother.
My (then 33yr-old) brother was severely mentally ill from birth — yet escalated to murder only then. IMO, it wasn’t coincidence. My brother left voicemail approximately 5 hours before the murder stating his intent to murder & described an elaborate political delusion as the impetus.
∃ unintended & dangerous consequences of inflammatory political rhetoric on
the mental ill!…(4/7)
…I’m compelled to speak publicly — for first time ≈10 yrs after the murder —
precisely b/c of Trump’s response.
Trump endorsed the idea that those who oppose him encourage their own
murder from the mentally ill. Indeed, he said that those who oppose him are
*themselves causing* mental illnesses in those around them, & that his
political opponents should *expect* violence from their family members (who
were apparently driven to mental illness from your opposition to
Trump!)… (5/7)
…Trump’s actual words:
Rob Reiner, tortured & struggling,but once…talented movie director &
comedy star, has passed away, together w/ his wife…due to the anger he
caused others through his massive, unyielding, & incurable affliction w/ a
mind crippling disease known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME…He was known to
have driven people CRAZY by his raging obsession of…Trump, w/ his obvious
paranoia reaching new heights as [my] Administration surpassed all goals
and expectations of greatness…
My family became ultra-pro-Trump after my mom’s murder. My mom hated
politics: she was annoyed *both* if I touted my social democratic politics &
if my dad & his family stated their crypto-fascist views.
Every death leaves a hole in a community’s political fabric. 9+ years out,
I’m ostracized from my family b/c I’m anti-Trump.
Trump stated perhaps what my family felt but didn’t say: those who don’t
support Trump are at fault when those who fail to support Trump are
murdered. (7/7)
[ Finally, I want to also quote this one reply I also posted in the same
thread:
I ask everyone, now that I’ve stated this public, that I *know* you’re going to want to search the Internet for it, & you will find a lot. Please, please, keep in mind that the Police Department & others basically lied to the public about some of the facts of the case. I seriously considered suing them for it, but ultimately it wasn’t worth my time. But, please everyone ask me if you are curious about any of the truth of the details of the crime & its aftermath …
I posted the following on my Fediverse (via Mastodon) account.
I’m reposting the whole seven posts here as written there, but I hope folks
will take a
look at that thread as folks are engaging in conversation over there
that might be worth reading if what I have to say interests you.
(The remainder of the post is the same that can be found in the Fediverse
posts linked throughout.)
I
suppose Fediverse
isn’t the place people are discussing Rob Reiner. But after 36 hours of deliberating whether to say anything, I feel compelled. This thread will be long,but I start w/ most important part:
It’s an “open secret” in the FOSS community that in March 2017 my brother
murdered our mother. About 3k ppl/year in USA have this experience, so it’s
a statistical reality that someone else in FOSS experienced similar. If so,
you’re welcome in my PMs to discuss if you need support… (1/7)
… Traumatic loss due to murder is different than losing your
grandparent/parent of age-related ailments (& is even different than
losing a young person to a disease like cancer). The “a fellow family
member did it” brings permanent surrealism to your daily life. Nothing good
in your life that comes later is ever all that good. I know from direct
experience this is what Rob Reiner’s family now faces. It’s chaos; it
divides families forever: dysfunctional family takes on a new “expert”
level… (2/7)
…as one example: my family was immediately divided about punishment. Some
of my mother’s relatives wanted prosecution to seek death penalty. I knew
that my brother was mentally ill enough that jail or prison *would* get him
killed in a prison dispute eventually,so I met clandestinely w/my brother’s
public defender (during funeral planning!) to get him moved to a criminal
mental health facility instead of a regular prison. If they read this,
it’ll first time my family will find out I did that…(3/7)
…Trump’s political rise (for me) links up: 5 weeks into Trump’s 1ˢᵗ term, my brother murdered my mother.
My (then 33yr-old) brother was severely mentally ill from birth — yet escalated to murder only then. IMO, it wasn’t coincidence. My brother left voicemail approximately 5 hours before the murder stating his intent to murder & described an elaborate political delusion as the impetus.
∃ unintended & dangerous consequences of inflammatory political rhetoric on
the mental ill!…(4/7)
…I’m compelled to speak publicly — for first time ≈10 yrs after the murder —
precisely b/c of Trump’s response.
Trump endorsed the idea that those who oppose him encourage their own
murder from the mentally ill. Indeed, he said that those who oppose him are
*themselves causing* mental illnesses in those around them, & that his
political opponents should *expect* violence from their family members (who
were apparently driven to mental illness from your opposition to
Trump!)… (5/7)
…Trump’s actual words:
Rob Reiner, tortured & struggling,but once…talented movie director &
comedy star, has passed away, together w/ his wife…due to the anger he
caused others through his massive, unyielding, & incurable affliction w/ a
mind crippling disease known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME…He was known to
have driven people CRAZY by his raging obsession of…Trump, w/ his obvious
paranoia reaching new heights as [my] Administration surpassed all goals
and expectations of greatness…
My family became ultra-pro-Trump after my mom’s murder. My mom hated
politics: she was annoyed *both* if I touted my social democratic politics &
if my dad & his family stated their crypto-fascist views.
Every death leaves a hole in a community’s political fabric. 9+ years out,
I’m ostracized from my family b/c I’m anti-Trump.
Trump stated perhaps what my family felt but didn’t say: those who don’t
support Trump are at fault when those who fail to support Trump are
murdered. (7/7)
[ Finally, I want to also quote this one reply I also posted in the same
thread:
I ask everyone, now that I’ve stated this public, that I *know* you’re going to want to search the Internet for it, & you will find a lot. Please, please, keep in mind that the Police Department & others basically lied to the public about some of the facts of the case. I seriously considered suing them for it, but ultimately it wasn’t worth my time. But, please everyone ask me if you are curious about any of the truth of the details of the crime & its aftermath …
I posted the following on my Fediverse (via Mastodon) account.
I’m reposting the whole seven posts here as written there, but I hope folks
will take a
look at that thread as folks are engaging in conversation over there
that might be worth reading if what I have to say interests you.
(The remainder of the post is the same that can be found in the Fediverse
posts linked throughout.)
I
suppose Fediverse
isn’t the place people are discussing Rob Reiner. But after 36 hours of deliberating whether to say anything, I feel compelled. This thread will be long,but I start w/ most important part:
It’s an “open secret” in the FOSS community that in March 2017 my brother
murdered our mother. About 3k ppl/year in USA have this experience, so it’s
a statistical reality that someone else in FOSS experienced similar. If so,
you’re welcome in my PMs to discuss if you need support… (1/7)
… Traumatic loss due to murder is different than losing your
grandparent/parent of age-related ailments (& is even different than
losing a young person to a disease like cancer). The “a fellow family
member did it” brings permanent surrealism to your daily life. Nothing good
in your life that comes later is ever all that good. I know from direct
experience this is what Rob Reiner’s family now faces. It’s chaos; it
divides families forever: dysfunctional family takes on a new “expert”
level… (2/7)
…as one example: my family was immediately divided about punishment. Some
of my mother’s relatives wanted prosecution to seek death penalty. I knew
that my brother was mentally ill enough that jail or prison *would* get him
killed in a prison dispute eventually,so I met clandestinely w/my brother’s
public defender (during funeral planning!) to get him moved to a criminal
mental health facility instead of a regular prison. If they read this,
it’ll first time my family will find out I did that…(3/7)
…Trump’s political rise (for me) links up: 5 weeks into Trump’s 1ˢᵗ term, my brother murdered my mother.
My (then 33yr-old) brother was severely mentally ill from birth — yet escalated to murder only then. IMO, it wasn’t coincidence. My brother left voicemail approximately 5 hours before the murder stating his intent to murder & described an elaborate political delusion as the impetus.
∃ unintended & dangerous consequences of inflammatory political rhetoric on
the mental ill!…(4/7)
…I’m compelled to speak publicly — for first time ≈10 yrs after the murder —
precisely b/c of Trump’s response.
Trump endorsed the idea that those who oppose him encourage their own
murder from the mentally ill. Indeed, he said that those who oppose him are
*themselves causing* mental illnesses in those around them, & that his
political opponents should *expect* violence from their family members (who
were apparently driven to mental illness from your opposition to
Trump!)… (5/7)
…Trump’s actual words:
Rob Reiner, tortured & struggling,but once…talented movie director &
comedy star, has passed away, together w/ his wife…due to the anger he
caused others through his massive, unyielding, & incurable affliction w/ a
mind crippling disease known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME…He was known to
have driven people CRAZY by his raging obsession of…Trump, w/ his obvious
paranoia reaching new heights as [my] Administration surpassed all goals
and expectations of greatness…
My family became ultra-pro-Trump after my mom’s murder. My mom hated
politics: she was annoyed *both* if I touted my social democratic politics &
if my dad & his family stated their crypto-fascist views.
Every death leaves a hole in a community’s political fabric. 9+ years out,
I’m ostracized from my family b/c I’m anti-Trump.
Trump stated perhaps what my family felt but didn’t say: those who don’t
support Trump are at fault when those who fail to support Trump are
murdered. (7/7)
[ Finally, I want to also quote this one reply I also posted in the same
thread:
I ask everyone, now that I’ve stated this public, that I *know* you’re going to want to search the Internet for it, & you will find a lot. Please, please, keep in mind that the Police Department & others basically lied to the public about some of the facts of the case. I seriously considered suing them for it, but ultimately it wasn’t worth my time. But, please everyone ask me if you are curious about any of the truth of the details of the crime & its aftermath …
I posted the following on my Fediverse (via Mastodon) account.
I’m reposting the whole seven posts here as written there, but I hope folks
will take a
look at that thread as folks are engaging in conversation over there
that might be worth reading if what I have to say interests you.
(The remainder of the post is the same that can be found in the Fediverse
posts linked throughout.)
I
suppose Fediverse
isn’t the place people are discussing Rob Reiner. But after 36 hours of deliberating whether to say anything, I feel compelled. This thread will be long,but I start w/ most important part:
It’s an “open secret” in the FOSS community that in March 2017 my brother
murdered our mother. About 3k ppl/year in USA have this experience, so it’s
a statistical reality that someone else in FOSS experienced similar. If so,
you’re welcome in my PMs to discuss if you need support… (1/7)
… Traumatic loss due to murder is different than losing your
grandparent/parent of age-related ailments (& is even different than
losing a young person to a disease like cancer). The “a fellow family
member did it” brings permanent surrealism to your daily life. Nothing good
in your life that comes later is ever all that good. I know from direct
experience this is what Rob Reiner’s family now faces. It’s chaos; it
divides families forever: dysfunctional family takes on a new “expert”
level… (2/7)
…as one example: my family was immediately divided about punishment. Some
of my mother’s relatives wanted prosecution to seek death penalty. I knew
that my brother was mentally ill enough that jail or prison *would* get him
killed in a prison dispute eventually,so I met clandestinely w/my brother’s
public defender (during funeral planning!) to get him moved to a criminal
mental health facility instead of a regular prison. If they read this,
it’ll first time my family will find out I did that…(3/7)
…Trump’s political rise (for me) links up: 5 weeks into Trump’s 1ˢᵗ term, my brother murdered my mother.
My (then 33yr-old) brother was severely mentally ill from birth — yet escalated to murder only then. IMO, it wasn’t coincidence. My brother left voicemail approximately 5 hours before the murder stating his intent to murder & described an elaborate political delusion as the impetus.
∃ unintended & dangerous consequences of inflammatory political rhetoric on
the mental ill!…(4/7)
…I’m compelled to speak publicly — for first time ≈10 yrs after the murder —
precisely b/c of Trump’s response.
Trump endorsed the idea that those who oppose him encourage their own
murder from the mentally ill. Indeed, he said that those who oppose him are
*themselves causing* mental illnesses in those around them, & that his
political opponents should *expect* violence from their family members (who
were apparently driven to mental illness from your opposition to
Trump!)… (5/7)
…Trump’s actual words:
Rob Reiner, tortured & struggling,but once…talented movie director &
comedy star, has passed away, together w/ his wife…due to the anger he
caused others through his massive, unyielding, & incurable affliction w/ a
mind crippling disease known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME…He was known to
have driven people CRAZY by his raging obsession of…Trump, w/ his obvious
paranoia reaching new heights as [my] Administration surpassed all goals
and expectations of greatness…
My family became ultra-pro-Trump after my mom’s murder. My mom hated
politics: she was annoyed *both* if I touted my social democratic politics &
if my dad & his family stated their crypto-fascist views.
Every death leaves a hole in a community’s political fabric. 9+ years out,
I’m ostracized from my family b/c I’m anti-Trump.
Trump stated perhaps what my family felt but didn’t say: those who don’t
support Trump are at fault when those who fail to support Trump are
murdered. (7/7)
[ Finally, I want to also quote this one reply I also posted in the same
thread:
I ask everyone, now that I’ve stated this public, that I *know* you’re going to want to search the Internet for it, & you will find a lot. Please, please, keep in mind that the Police Department & others basically lied to the public about some of the facts of the case. I seriously considered suing them for it, but ultimately it wasn’t worth my time. But, please everyone ask me if you are curious about any of the truth of the details of the crime & its aftermath …
I posted the following on my Fediverse (via Mastodon) account.
I’m reposting the whole seven posts here as written there, but I hope folks
will take a
look at that thread as folks are engaging in conversation over there
that might be worth reading if what I have to say interests you.
(The remainder of the post is the same that can be found in the Fediverse
posts linked throughout.)
I
suppose Fediverse
isn’t the place people are discussing Rob Reiner. But after 36 hours of deliberating whether to say anything, I feel compelled. This thread will be long,but I start w/ most important part:
It’s an “open secret” in the FOSS community that in March 2017 my brother
murdered our mother. About 3k ppl/year in USA have this experience, so it’s
a statistical reality that someone else in FOSS experienced similar. If so,
you’re welcome in my PMs to discuss if you need support… (1/7)
… Traumatic loss due to murder is different than losing your
grandparent/parent of age-related ailments (& is even different than
losing a young person to a disease like cancer). The “a fellow family
member did it” brings permanent surrealism to your daily life. Nothing good
in your life that comes later is ever all that good. I know from direct
experience this is what Rob Reiner’s family now faces. It’s chaos; it
divides families forever: dysfunctional family takes on a new “expert”
level… (2/7)
…as one example: my family was immediately divided about punishment. Some
of my mother’s relatives wanted prosecution to seek death penalty. I knew
that my brother was mentally ill enough that jail or prison *would* get him
killed in a prison dispute eventually,so I met clandestinely w/my brother’s
public defender (during funeral planning!) to get him moved to a criminal
mental health facility instead of a regular prison. If they read this,
it’ll first time my family will find out I did that…(3/7)
…Trump’s political rise (for me) links up: 5 weeks into Trump’s 1ˢᵗ term, my brother murdered my mother.
My (then 33yr-old) brother was severely mentally ill from birth — yet escalated to murder only then. IMO, it wasn’t coincidence. My brother left voicemail approximately 5 hours before the murder stating his intent to murder & described an elaborate political delusion as the impetus.
∃ unintended & dangerous consequences of inflammatory political rhetoric on
the mental ill!…(4/7)
…I’m compelled to speak publicly — for first time ≈10 yrs after the murder —
precisely b/c of Trump’s response.
Trump endorsed the idea that those who oppose him encourage their own
murder from the mentally ill. Indeed, he said that those who oppose him are
*themselves causing* mental illnesses in those around them, & that his
political opponents should *expect* violence from their family members (who
were apparently driven to mental illness from your opposition to
Trump!)… (5/7)
…Trump’s actual words:
Rob Reiner, tortured & struggling,but once…talented movie director &
comedy star, has passed away, together w/ his wife…due to the anger he
caused others through his massive, unyielding, & incurable affliction w/ a
mind crippling disease known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME…He was known to
have driven people CRAZY by his raging obsession of…Trump, w/ his obvious
paranoia reaching new heights as [my] Administration surpassed all goals
and expectations of greatness…
My family became ultra-pro-Trump after my mom’s murder. My mom hated
politics: she was annoyed *both* if I touted my social democratic politics &
if my dad & his family stated their crypto-fascist views.
Every death leaves a hole in a community’s political fabric. 9+ years out,
I’m ostracized from my family b/c I’m anti-Trump.
Trump stated perhaps what my family felt but didn’t say: those who don’t
support Trump are at fault when those who fail to support Trump are
murdered. (7/7)
[ Finally, I want to also quote this one reply I also posted in the same
thread:
I ask everyone, now that I’ve stated this public, that I *know* you’re going to want to search the Internet for it, & you will find a lot. Please, please, keep in mind that the Police Department & others basically lied to the public about some of the facts of the case. I seriously considered suing them for it, but ultimately it wasn’t worth my time. But, please everyone ask me if you are curious about any of the truth of the details of the crime & its aftermath …
I posted the following on my Fediverse (via Mastodon) account.
I’m reposting the whole seven posts here as written there, but I hope folks
will take a
look at that thread as folks are engaging in conversation over there
that might be worth reading if what I have to say interests you.
(The remainder of the post is the same that can be found in the Fediverse
posts linked throughout.)
I
suppose Fediverse
isn’t the place people are discussing Rob Reiner. But after 36 hours of deliberating whether to say anything, I feel compelled. This thread will be long,but I start w/ most important part:
It’s an “open secret” in the FOSS community that in March 2017 my brother
murdered our mother. About 3k ppl/year in USA have this experience, so it’s
a statistical reality that someone else in FOSS experienced similar. If so,
you’re welcome in my PMs to discuss if you need support… (1/7)
… Traumatic loss due to murder is different than losing your
grandparent/parent of age-related ailments (& is even different than
losing a young person to a disease like cancer). The “a fellow family
member did it” brings permanent surrealism to your daily life. Nothing good
in your life that comes later is ever all that good. I know from direct
experience this is what Rob Reiner’s family now faces. It’s chaos; it
divides families forever: dysfunctional family takes on a new “expert”
level… (2/7)
…as one example: my family was immediately divided about punishment. Some
of my mother’s relatives wanted prosecution to seek death penalty. I knew
that my brother was mentally ill enough that jail or prison *would* get him
killed in a prison dispute eventually,so I met clandestinely w/my brother’s
public defender (during funeral planning!) to get him moved to a criminal
mental health facility instead of a regular prison. If they read this,
it’ll first time my family will find out I did that…(3/7)
…Trump’s political rise (for me) links up: 5 weeks into Trump’s 1ˢᵗ term, my brother murdered my mother.
My (then 33yr-old) brother was severely mentally ill from birth — yet escalated to murder only then. IMO, it wasn’t coincidence. My brother left voicemail approximately 5 hours before the murder stating his intent to murder & described an elaborate political delusion as the impetus.
∃ unintended & dangerous consequences of inflammatory political rhetoric on
the mental ill!…(4/7)
…I’m compelled to speak publicly — for first time ≈10 yrs after the murder —
precisely b/c of Trump’s response.
Trump endorsed the idea that those who oppose him encourage their own
murder from the mentally ill. Indeed, he said that those who oppose him are
*themselves causing* mental illnesses in those around them, & that his
political opponents should *expect* violence from their family members (who
were apparently driven to mental illness from your opposition to
Trump!)… (5/7)
…Trump’s actual words:
Rob Reiner, tortured & struggling,but once…talented movie director &
comedy star, has passed away, together w/ his wife…due to the anger he
caused others through his massive, unyielding, & incurable affliction w/ a
mind crippling disease known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME…He was known to
have driven people CRAZY by his raging obsession of…Trump, w/ his obvious
paranoia reaching new heights as [my] Administration surpassed all goals
and expectations of greatness…
My family became ultra-pro-Trump after my mom’s murder. My mom hated
politics: she was annoyed *both* if I touted my social democratic politics &
if my dad & his family stated their crypto-fascist views.
Every death leaves a hole in a community’s political fabric. 9+ years out,
I’m ostracized from my family b/c I’m anti-Trump.
Trump stated perhaps what my family felt but didn’t say: those who don’t
support Trump are at fault when those who fail to support Trump are
murdered. (7/7)
[ Finally, I want to also quote this one reply I also posted in the same
thread:
I ask everyone, now that I’ve stated this public, that I *know* you’re going to want to search the Internet for it, & you will find a lot. Please, please, keep in mind that the Police Department & others basically lied to the public about some of the facts of the case. I seriously considered suing them for it, but ultimately it wasn’t worth my time. But, please everyone ask me if you are curious about any of the truth of the details of the crime & its aftermath …
I posted the following on my Fediverse (via Mastodon) account.
I’m reposting the whole seven posts here as written there, but I hope folks
will take a
look at that thread as folks are engaging in conversation over there
that might be worth reading if what I have to say interests you.
(The remainder of the post is the same that can be found in the Fediverse
posts linked throughout.)
I
suppose Fediverse
isn’t the place people are discussing Rob Reiner. But after 36 hours of deliberating whether to say anything, I feel compelled. This thread will be long,but I start w/ most important part:
It’s an “open secret” in the FOSS community that in March 2017 my brother
murdered our mother. About 3k ppl/year in USA have this experience, so it’s
a statistical reality that someone else in FOSS experienced similar. If so,
you’re welcome in my PMs to discuss if you need support… (1/7)
… Traumatic loss due to murder is different than losing your
grandparent/parent of age-related ailments (& is even different than
losing a young person to a disease like cancer). The “a fellow family
member did it” brings permanent surrealism to your daily life. Nothing good
in your life that comes later is ever all that good. I know from direct
experience this is what Rob Reiner’s family now faces. It’s chaos; it
divides families forever: dysfunctional family takes on a new “expert”
level… (2/7)
…as one example: my family was immediately divided about punishment. Some
of my mother’s relatives wanted prosecution to seek death penalty. I knew
that my brother was mentally ill enough that jail or prison *would* get him
killed in a prison dispute eventually,so I met clandestinely w/my brother’s
public defender (during funeral planning!) to get him moved to a criminal
mental health facility instead of a regular prison. If they read this,
it’ll first time my family will find out I did that…(3/7)
…Trump’s political rise (for me) links up: 5 weeks into Trump’s 1ˢᵗ term, my brother murdered my mother.
My (then 33yr-old) brother was severely mentally ill from birth — yet escalated to murder only then. IMO, it wasn’t coincidence. My brother left voicemail approximately 5 hours before the murder stating his intent to murder & described an elaborate political delusion as the impetus.
∃ unintended & dangerous consequences of inflammatory political rhetoric on
the mental ill!…(4/7)
…I’m compelled to speak publicly — for first time ≈10 yrs after the murder —
precisely b/c of Trump’s response.
Trump endorsed the idea that those who oppose him encourage their own
murder from the mentally ill. Indeed, he said that those who oppose him are
*themselves causing* mental illnesses in those around them, & that his
political opponents should *expect* violence from their family members (who
were apparently driven to mental illness from your opposition to
Trump!)… (5/7)
…Trump’s actual words:
Rob Reiner, tortured & struggling,but once…talented movie director &
comedy star, has passed away, together w/ his wife…due to the anger he
caused others through his massive, unyielding, & incurable affliction w/ a
mind crippling disease known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME…He was known to
have driven people CRAZY by his raging obsession of…Trump, w/ his obvious
paranoia reaching new heights as [my] Administration surpassed all goals
and expectations of greatness…
My family became ultra-pro-Trump after my mom’s murder. My mom hated
politics: she was annoyed *both* if I touted my social democratic politics &
if my dad & his family stated their crypto-fascist views.
Every death leaves a hole in a community’s political fabric. 9+ years out,
I’m ostracized from my family b/c I’m anti-Trump.
Trump stated perhaps what my family felt but didn’t say: those who don’t
support Trump are at fault when those who fail to support Trump are
murdered. (7/7)
[ Finally, I want to also quote this one reply I also posted in the same
thread:
I ask everyone, now that I’ve stated this public, that I *know* you’re going to want to search the Internet for it, & you will find a lot. Please, please, keep in mind that the Police Department & others basically lied to the public about some of the facts of the case. I seriously considered suing them for it, but ultimately it wasn’t worth my time. But, please everyone ask me if you are curious about any of the truth of the details of the crime & its aftermath …
I posted the following on my Fediverse (via Mastodon) account.
I’m reposting the whole seven posts here as written there, but I hope folks
will take a
look at that thread as folks are engaging in conversation over there
that might be worth reading if what I have to say interests you.
(The remainder of the post is the same that can be found in the Fediverse
posts linked throughout.)
I
suppose Fediverse
isn’t the place people are discussing Rob Reiner. But after 36 hours of deliberating whether to say anything, I feel compelled. This thread will be long,but I start w/ most important part:
It’s an “open secret” in the FOSS community that in March 2017 my brother
murdered our mother. About 3k ppl/year in USA have this experience, so it’s
a statistical reality that someone else in FOSS experienced similar. If so,
you’re welcome in my PMs to discuss if you need support… (1/7)
… Traumatic loss due to murder is different than losing your
grandparent/parent of age-related ailments (& is even different than
losing a young person to a disease like cancer). The “a fellow family
member did it” brings permanent surrealism to your daily life. Nothing good
in your life that comes later is ever all that good. I know from direct
experience this is what Rob Reiner’s family now faces. It’s chaos; it
divides families forever: dysfunctional family takes on a new “expert”
level… (2/7)
…as one example: my family was immediately divided about punishment. Some
of my mother’s relatives wanted prosecution to seek death penalty. I knew
that my brother was mentally ill enough that jail or prison *would* get him
killed in a prison dispute eventually,so I met clandestinely w/my brother’s
public defender (during funeral planning!) to get him moved to a criminal
mental health facility instead of a regular prison. If they read this,
it’ll first time my family will find out I did that…(3/7)
…Trump’s political rise (for me) links up: 5 weeks into Trump’s 1ˢᵗ term, my brother murdered my mother.
My (then 33yr-old) brother was severely mentally ill from birth — yet escalated to murder only then. IMO, it wasn’t coincidence. My brother left voicemail approximately 5 hours before the murder stating his intent to murder & described an elaborate political delusion as the impetus.
∃ unintended & dangerous consequences of inflammatory political rhetoric on
the mental ill!…(4/7)
…I’m compelled to speak publicly — for first time ≈10 yrs after the murder —
precisely b/c of Trump’s response.
Trump endorsed the idea that those who oppose him encourage their own
murder from the mentally ill. Indeed, he said that those who oppose him are
*themselves causing* mental illnesses in those around them, & that his
political opponents should *expect* violence from their family members (who
were apparently driven to mental illness from your opposition to
Trump!)… (5/7)
…Trump’s actual words:
Rob Reiner, tortured & struggling,but once…talented movie director &
comedy star, has passed away, together w/ his wife…due to the anger he
caused others through his massive, unyielding, & incurable affliction w/ a
mind crippling disease known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME…He was known to
have driven people CRAZY by his raging obsession of…Trump, w/ his obvious
paranoia reaching new heights as [my] Administration surpassed all goals
and expectations of greatness…
My family became ultra-pro-Trump after my mom’s murder. My mom hated
politics: she was annoyed *both* if I touted my social democratic politics &
if my dad & his family stated their crypto-fascist views.
Every death leaves a hole in a community’s political fabric. 9+ years out,
I’m ostracized from my family b/c I’m anti-Trump.
Trump stated perhaps what my family felt but didn’t say: those who don’t
support Trump are at fault when those who fail to support Trump are
murdered. (7/7)
[ Finally, I want to also quote this one reply I also posted in the same
thread:
I ask everyone, now that I’ve stated this public, that I *know* you’re going to want to search the Internet for it, & you will find a lot. Please, please, keep in mind that the Police Department & others basically lied to the public about some of the facts of the case. I seriously considered suing them for it, but ultimately it wasn’t worth my time. But, please everyone ask me if you are curious about any of the truth of the details of the crime & its aftermath …
I posted the following on my Fediverse (via Mastodon) account.
I’m reposting the whole seven posts here as written there, but I hope folks
will take a
look at that thread as folks are engaging in conversation over there
that might be worth reading if what I have to say interests you.
(The remainder of the post is the same that can be found in the Fediverse
posts linked throughout.)
I
suppose Fediverse
isn’t the place people are discussing Rob Reiner. But after 36 hours of deliberating whether to say anything, I feel compelled. This thread will be long,but I start w/ most important part:
It’s an “open secret” in the FOSS community that in March 2017 my brother
murdered our mother. About 3k ppl/year in USA have this experience, so it’s
a statistical reality that someone else in FOSS experienced similar. If so,
you’re welcome in my PMs to discuss if you need support… (1/7)
… Traumatic loss due to murder is different than losing your
grandparent/parent of age-related ailments (& is even different than
losing a young person to a disease like cancer). The “a fellow family
member did it” brings permanent surrealism to your daily life. Nothing good
in your life that comes later is ever all that good. I know from direct
experience this is what Rob Reiner’s family now faces. It’s chaos; it
divides families forever: dysfunctional family takes on a new “expert”
level… (2/7)
…as one example: my family was immediately divided about punishment. Some
of my mother’s relatives wanted prosecution to seek death penalty. I knew
that my brother was mentally ill enough that jail or prison *would* get him
killed in a prison dispute eventually,so I met clandestinely w/my brother’s
public defender (during funeral planning!) to get him moved to a criminal
mental health facility instead of a regular prison. If they read this,
it’ll first time my family will find out I did that…(3/7)
…Trump’s political rise (for me) links up: 5 weeks into Trump’s 1ˢᵗ term, my brother murdered my mother.
My (then 33yr-old) brother was severely mentally ill from birth — yet escalated to murder only then. IMO, it wasn’t coincidence. My brother left voicemail approximately 5 hours before the murder stating his intent to murder & described an elaborate political delusion as the impetus.
∃ unintended & dangerous consequences of inflammatory political rhetoric on
the mental ill!…(4/7)
…I’m compelled to speak publicly — for first time ≈10 yrs after the murder —
precisely b/c of Trump’s response.
Trump endorsed the idea that those who oppose him encourage their own
murder from the mentally ill. Indeed, he said that those who oppose him are
*themselves causing* mental illnesses in those around them, & that his
political opponents should *expect* violence from their family members (who
were apparently driven to mental illness from your opposition to
Trump!)… (5/7)
…Trump’s actual words:
Rob Reiner, tortured & struggling,but once…talented movie director &
comedy star, has passed away, together w/ his wife…due to the anger he
caused others through his massive, unyielding, & incurable affliction w/ a
mind crippling disease known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME…He was known to
have driven people CRAZY by his raging obsession of…Trump, w/ his obvious
paranoia reaching new heights as [my] Administration surpassed all goals
and expectations of greatness…
My family became ultra-pro-Trump after my mom’s murder. My mom hated
politics: she was annoyed *both* if I touted my social democratic politics &
if my dad & his family stated their crypto-fascist views.
Every death leaves a hole in a community’s political fabric. 9+ years out,
I’m ostracized from my family b/c I’m anti-Trump.
Trump stated perhaps what my family felt but didn’t say: those who don’t
support Trump are at fault when those who fail to support Trump are
murdered. (7/7)
[ Finally, I want to also quote this one reply I also posted in the same
thread:
I ask everyone, now that I’ve stated this public, that I *know* you’re going to want to search the Internet for it, & you will find a lot. Please, please, keep in mind that the Police Department & others basically lied to the public about some of the facts of the case. I seriously considered suing them for it, but ultimately it wasn’t worth my time. But, please everyone ask me if you are curious about any of the truth of the details of the crime & its aftermath …
I posted the following on my Fediverse (via Mastodon) account.
I’m reposting the whole seven posts here as written there, but I hope folks
will take a
look at that thread as folks are engaging in conversation over there
that might be worth reading if what I have to say interests you.
(The remainder of the post is the same that can be found in the Fediverse
posts linked throughout.)
I
suppose Fediverse
isn’t the place people are discussing Rob Reiner. But after 36 hours of deliberating whether to say anything, I feel compelled. This thread will be long,but I start w/ most important part:
It’s an “open secret” in the FOSS community that in March 2017 my brother
murdered our mother. About 3k ppl/year in USA have this experience, so it’s
a statistical reality that someone else in FOSS experienced similar. If so,
you’re welcome in my PMs to discuss if you need support… (1/7)
… Traumatic loss due to murder is different than losing your
grandparent/parent of age-related ailments (& is even different than
losing a young person to a disease like cancer). The “a fellow family
member did it” brings permanent surrealism to your daily life. Nothing good
in your life that comes later is ever all that good. I know from direct
experience this is what Rob Reiner’s family now faces. It’s chaos; it
divides families forever: dysfunctional family takes on a new “expert”
level… (2/7)
…as one example: my family was immediately divided about punishment. Some
of my mother’s relatives wanted prosecution to seek death penalty. I knew
that my brother was mentally ill enough that jail or prison *would* get him
killed in a prison dispute eventually,so I met clandestinely w/my brother’s
public defender (during funeral planning!) to get him moved to a criminal
mental health facility instead of a regular prison. If they read this,
it’ll first time my family will find out I did that…(3/7)
…Trump’s political rise (for me) links up: 5 weeks into Trump’s 1ˢᵗ term, my brother murdered my mother.
My (then 33yr-old) brother was severely mentally ill from birth — yet escalated to murder only then. IMO, it wasn’t coincidence. My brother left voicemail approximately 5 hours before the murder stating his intent to murder & described an elaborate political delusion as the impetus.
∃ unintended & dangerous consequences of inflammatory political rhetoric on
the mental ill!…(4/7)
…I’m compelled to speak publicly — for first time ≈10 yrs after the murder —
precisely b/c of Trump’s response.
Trump endorsed the idea that those who oppose him encourage their own
murder from the mentally ill. Indeed, he said that those who oppose him are
*themselves causing* mental illnesses in those around them, & that his
political opponents should *expect* violence from their family members (who
were apparently driven to mental illness from your opposition to
Trump!)… (5/7)
…Trump’s actual words:
Rob Reiner, tortured & struggling,but once…talented movie director &
comedy star, has passed away, together w/ his wife…due to the anger he
caused others through his massive, unyielding, & incurable affliction w/ a
mind crippling disease known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME…He was known to
have driven people CRAZY by his raging obsession of…Trump, w/ his obvious
paranoia reaching new heights as [my] Administration surpassed all goals
and expectations of greatness…
My family became ultra-pro-Trump after my mom’s murder. My mom hated
politics: she was annoyed *both* if I touted my social democratic politics &
if my dad & his family stated their crypto-fascist views.
Every death leaves a hole in a community’s political fabric. 9+ years out,
I’m ostracized from my family b/c I’m anti-Trump.
Trump stated perhaps what my family felt but didn’t say: those who don’t
support Trump are at fault when those who fail to support Trump are
murdered. (7/7)
[ Finally, I want to also quote this one reply I also posted in the same
thread:
I ask everyone, now that I’ve stated this public, that I *know* you’re going to want to search the Internet for it, & you will find a lot. Please, please, keep in mind that the Police Department & others basically lied to the public about some of the facts of the case. I seriously considered suing them for it, but ultimately it wasn’t worth my time. But, please everyone ask me if you are curious about any of the truth of the details of the crime & its aftermath …
I posted the following on my Fediverse (via Mastodon) account.
I’m reposting the whole seven posts here as written there, but I hope folks
will take a
look at that thread as folks are engaging in conversation over there
that might be worth reading if what I have to say interests you.
(The remainder of the post is the same that can be found in the Fediverse
posts linked throughout.)
I
suppose Fediverse
isn’t the place people are discussing Rob Reiner. But after 36 hours of deliberating whether to say anything, I feel compelled. This thread will be long,but I start w/ most important part:
It’s an “open secret” in the FOSS community that in March 2017 my brother
murdered our mother. About 3k ppl/year in USA have this experience, so it’s
a statistical reality that someone else in FOSS experienced similar. If so,
you’re welcome in my PMs to discuss if you need support… (1/7)
… Traumatic loss due to murder is different than losing your
grandparent/parent of age-related ailments (& is even different than
losing a young person to a disease like cancer). The “a fellow family
member did it” brings permanent surrealism to your daily life. Nothing good
in your life that comes later is ever all that good. I know from direct
experience this is what Rob Reiner’s family now faces. It’s chaos; it
divides families forever: dysfunctional family takes on a new “expert”
level… (2/7)
…as one example: my family was immediately divided about punishment. Some
of my mother’s relatives wanted prosecution to seek death penalty. I knew
that my brother was mentally ill enough that jail or prison *would* get him
killed in a prison dispute eventually,so I met clandestinely w/my brother’s
public defender (during funeral planning!) to get him moved to a criminal
mental health facility instead of a regular prison. If they read this,
it’ll first time my family will find out I did that…(3/7)
…Trump’s political rise (for me) links up: 5 weeks into Trump’s 1ˢᵗ term, my brother murdered my mother.
My (then 33yr-old) brother was severely mentally ill from birth — yet escalated to murder only then. IMO, it wasn’t coincidence. My brother left voicemail approximately 5 hours before the murder stating his intent to murder & described an elaborate political delusion as the impetus.
∃ unintended & dangerous consequences of inflammatory political rhetoric on
the mental ill!…(4/7)
…I’m compelled to speak publicly — for first time ≈10 yrs after the murder —
precisely b/c of Trump’s response.
Trump endorsed the idea that those who oppose him encourage their own
murder from the mentally ill. Indeed, he said that those who oppose him are
*themselves causing* mental illnesses in those around them, & that his
political opponents should *expect* violence from their family members (who
were apparently driven to mental illness from your opposition to
Trump!)… (5/7)
…Trump’s actual words:
Rob Reiner, tortured & struggling,but once…talented movie director &
comedy star, has passed away, together w/ his wife…due to the anger he
caused others through his massive, unyielding, & incurable affliction w/ a
mind crippling disease known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME…He was known to
have driven people CRAZY by his raging obsession of…Trump, w/ his obvious
paranoia reaching new heights as [my] Administration surpassed all goals
and expectations of greatness…
My family became ultra-pro-Trump after my mom’s murder. My mom hated
politics: she was annoyed *both* if I touted my social democratic politics &
if my dad & his family stated their crypto-fascist views.
Every death leaves a hole in a community’s political fabric. 9+ years out,
I’m ostracized from my family b/c I’m anti-Trump.
Trump stated perhaps what my family felt but didn’t say: those who don’t
support Trump are at fault when those who fail to support Trump are
murdered. (7/7)
[ Finally, I want to also quote this one reply I also posted in the same
thread:
I ask everyone, now that I’ve stated this public, that I *know* you’re going to want to search the Internet for it, & you will find a lot. Please, please, keep in mind that the Police Department & others basically lied to the public about some of the facts of the case. I seriously considered suing them for it, but ultimately it wasn’t worth my time. But, please everyone ask me if you are curious about any of the truth of the details of the crime & its aftermath …
I posted the following on my Fediverse (via Mastodon) account.
I’m reposting the whole seven posts here as written there, but I hope folks
will take a
look at that thread as folks are engaging in conversation over there
that might be worth reading if what I have to say interests you.
(The remainder of the post is the same that can be found in the Fediverse
posts linked throughout.)
I
suppose Fediverse
isn’t the place people are discussing Rob Reiner. But after 36 hours of deliberating whether to say anything, I feel compelled. This thread will be long,but I start w/ most important part:
It’s an “open secret” in the FOSS community that in March 2017 my brother
murdered our mother. About 3k ppl/year in USA have this experience, so it’s
a statistical reality that someone else in FOSS experienced similar. If so,
you’re welcome in my PMs to discuss if you need support… (1/7)
… Traumatic loss due to murder is different than losing your
grandparent/parent of age-related ailments (& is even different than
losing a young person to a disease like cancer). The “a fellow family
member did it” brings permanent surrealism to your daily life. Nothing good
in your life that comes later is ever all that good. I know from direct
experience this is what Rob Reiner’s family now faces. It’s chaos; it
divides families forever: dysfunctional family takes on a new “expert”
level… (2/7)
…as one example: my family was immediately divided about punishment. Some
of my mother’s relatives wanted prosecution to seek death penalty. I knew
that my brother was mentally ill enough that jail or prison *would* get him
killed in a prison dispute eventually,so I met clandestinely w/my brother’s
public defender (during funeral planning!) to get him moved to a criminal
mental health facility instead of a regular prison. If they read this,
it’ll first time my family will find out I did that…(3/7)
…Trump’s political rise (for me) links up: 5 weeks into Trump’s 1ˢᵗ term, my brother murdered my mother.
My (then 33yr-old) brother was severely mentally ill from birth — yet escalated to murder only then. IMO, it wasn’t coincidence. My brother left voicemail approximately 5 hours before the murder stating his intent to murder & described an elaborate political delusion as the impetus.
∃ unintended & dangerous consequences of inflammatory political rhetoric on
the mental ill!…(4/7)
…I’m compelled to speak publicly — for first time ≈10 yrs after the murder —
precisely b/c of Trump’s response.
Trump endorsed the idea that those who oppose him encourage their own
murder from the mentally ill. Indeed, he said that those who oppose him are
*themselves causing* mental illnesses in those around them, & that his
political opponents should *expect* violence from their family members (who
were apparently driven to mental illness from your opposition to
Trump!)… (5/7)
…Trump’s actual words:
Rob Reiner, tortured & struggling,but once…talented movie director &
comedy star, has passed away, together w/ his wife…due to the anger he
caused others through his massive, unyielding, & incurable affliction w/ a
mind crippling disease known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME…He was known to
have driven people CRAZY by his raging obsession of…Trump, w/ his obvious
paranoia reaching new heights as [my] Administration surpassed all goals
and expectations of greatness…
My family became ultra-pro-Trump after my mom’s murder. My mom hated
politics: she was annoyed *both* if I touted my social democratic politics &
if my dad & his family stated their crypto-fascist views.
Every death leaves a hole in a community’s political fabric. 9+ years out,
I’m ostracized from my family b/c I’m anti-Trump.
Trump stated perhaps what my family felt but didn’t say: those who don’t
support Trump are at fault when those who fail to support Trump are
murdered. (7/7)
[ Finally, I want to also quote this one reply I also posted in the same
thread:
I ask everyone, now that I’ve stated this public, that I *know* you’re going to want to search the Internet for it, & you will find a lot. Please, please, keep in mind that the Police Department & others basically lied to the public about some of the facts of the case. I seriously considered suing them for it, but ultimately it wasn’t worth my time. But, please everyone ask me if you are curious about any of the truth of the details of the crime & its aftermath …
I posted the following on my Fediverse (via Mastodon) account.
I’m reposting the whole seven posts here as written there, but I hope folks
will take a
look at that thread as folks are engaging in conversation over there
that might be worth reading if what I have to say interests you.
(The remainder of the post is the same that can be found in the Fediverse
posts linked throughout.)
I
suppose Fediverse
isn’t the place people are discussing Rob Reiner. But after 36 hours of deliberating whether to say anything, I feel compelled. This thread will be long,but I start w/ most important part:
It’s an “open secret” in the FOSS community that in March 2017 my brother
murdered our mother. About 3k ppl/year in USA have this experience, so it’s
a statistical reality that someone else in FOSS experienced similar. If so,
you’re welcome in my PMs to discuss if you need support… (1/7)
… Traumatic loss due to murder is different than losing your
grandparent/parent of age-related ailments (& is even different than
losing a young person to a disease like cancer). The “a fellow family
member did it” brings permanent surrealism to your daily life. Nothing good
in your life that comes later is ever all that good. I know from direct
experience this is what Rob Reiner’s family now faces. It’s chaos; it
divides families forever: dysfunctional family takes on a new “expert”
level… (2/7)
…as one example: my family was immediately divided about punishment. Some
of my mother’s relatives wanted prosecution to seek death penalty. I knew
that my brother was mentally ill enough that jail or prison *would* get him
killed in a prison dispute eventually,so I met clandestinely w/my brother’s
public defender (during funeral planning!) to get him moved to a criminal
mental health facility instead of a regular prison. If they read this,
it’ll first time my family will find out I did that…(3/7)
…Trump’s political rise (for me) links up: 5 weeks into Trump’s 1ˢᵗ term, my brother murdered my mother.
My (then 33yr-old) brother was severely mentally ill from birth — yet escalated to murder only then. IMO, it wasn’t coincidence. My brother left voicemail approximately 5 hours before the murder stating his intent to murder & described an elaborate political delusion as the impetus.
∃ unintended & dangerous consequences of inflammatory political rhetoric on
the mental ill!…(4/7)
…I’m compelled to speak publicly — for first time ≈10 yrs after the murder —
precisely b/c of Trump’s response.
Trump endorsed the idea that those who oppose him encourage their own
murder from the mentally ill. Indeed, he said that those who oppose him are
*themselves causing* mental illnesses in those around them, & that his
political opponents should *expect* violence from their family members (who
were apparently driven to mental illness from your opposition to
Trump!)… (5/7)
…Trump’s actual words:
Rob Reiner, tortured & struggling,but once…talented movie director &
comedy star, has passed away, together w/ his wife…due to the anger he
caused others through his massive, unyielding, & incurable affliction w/ a
mind crippling disease known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME…He was known to
have driven people CRAZY by his raging obsession of…Trump, w/ his obvious
paranoia reaching new heights as [my] Administration surpassed all goals
and expectations of greatness…
My family became ultra-pro-Trump after my mom’s murder. My mom hated
politics: she was annoyed *both* if I touted my social democratic politics &
if my dad & his family stated their crypto-fascist views.
Every death leaves a hole in a community’s political fabric. 9+ years out,
I’m ostracized from my family b/c I’m anti-Trump.
Trump stated perhaps what my family felt but didn’t say: those who don’t
support Trump are at fault when those who fail to support Trump are
murdered. (7/7)
[ Finally, I want to also quote this one reply I also posted in the same
thread:
I ask everyone, now that I’ve stated this public, that I *know* you’re going to want to search the Internet for it, & you will find a lot. Please, please, keep in mind that the Police Department & others basically lied to the public about some of the facts of the case. I seriously considered suing them for it, but ultimately it wasn’t worth my time. But, please everyone ask me if you are curious about any of the truth of the details of the crime & its aftermath …
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