Show threadᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIESDec 19

#Portugal's #academia is in mourning

A gut wrenching tragedy

#NunoLoureiro was a bright star in #Fusion and #Physics, and his loss is painful

And that it apparently happened at the hands of a former classmate is utter madness

#RIP

😔

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/us/mit-professor-shooting-suspect-portugal-lisbon-physics.html

EDIT: NYT article is paywalled and it's too soon for an archive.org link, so the text is copy pasted below

ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIESDec 19

the resolution to the #massShooting at #brownUniversity in #providence #rhodeIsland is odd

there was a mob mentality of "detectives" on #reddit during the #bostonMarathonBombing in 2013 that led to smearing the wrong person

but this time, it really was reddit that saved the day:

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/us/brown-mit-shooting-investigation-reddit.html?unlocked_article_code=1.908.wEEk.sd-vCyzzPrqq

the alleged perp may also have killed a professor at #MIT, #NunoLoureiro

how was that connected?

they were old classmates together in #Portugal

😬

the reddit hero:

https://www.reddit.com/r/providence/comments/1pphgfz/fyi/

How a Reddit Post Helped the Police Identify a Suspect in the Brown University Shooting

Authorities said a key to identifying a suspect was a Reddit user who provided information about an encounter he had with the gunman, now identified as Claudio Manuel Neves Valente.

The New York Times
Reflections by VersiqDec 17

RE: https://flipboard.com/@mhartley2012/senseless-violence-3meol47cz/-/a-x9ustiUSS6ic4XWHdxA_hA%3Aa%3A9071152-%2F0

🙁 💔 #mit #nunoloureiro

Dewey Ritten Dec 16

This is a thirst trap for conspiracy theorists.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/16/metro/brookline-shooting-gibbs-street/

#boston #brookline #MIT #NunoLoureiro

MIT professor found fatally shot in Brookline

Nuno F.G. Loureiro was pronounced dead Tuesday morning at a hospital, according to the Norfolk District Attorney’s office.

The Boston Globe