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The Colorado gay nightclub shooting suspect boasted during a bomb threat last year about plans to become “the next mass killer,” according to sealed documents verified by the AP.

But authorities dropped all charges and didn’t try to take away any guns.

https://apnews.com/article/colorado-gun-politics-springs-government-and-b50a5145593afe1f7f4c18ac06f70600

‘Next mass killer’: Dropped case foretold Colorado bloodbath

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Anderson Lee Aldrich loaded bullets into a Glock pistol and chugged vodka, ominously warning frightened grandparents not to stand in the way of an elaborate plan to stockpile guns, ammo, body armor and a homemade bomb to become “the next mass killer.”

Associated Press
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F.B.I. asking about videos and racist website in connection with Colorado shooting
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/fb-asking-videos-racist-website-connection-colorado-shooting-rcna60188
FBI asking about videos and racist website in connection with Colorado shooting

A former neighbor of Anderson Aldrich, the alleged suspect in the Club Q LGBTQ bar shooting in Colorado Springs, talked about two websites with the FBI.

NBC News

#MastodonNews Dec 6, 2022

A little better from the Boston Globe, but still...

Boston Globe: We tried Post and Mastodon, two Twitter alternatives. Here’s what we found. >>> https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/12/06/business/after-trying-two-leading-twitter-alternatives-heres-what-we-found/

I’m not getting my full news fix on Mastodon yet. It’s quicker to show me breaking stories than Post, but nowhere near Twitter’s virtually instantaneous feed.

#twittermigration
#News >>> https://medium.com/@mastodonmigration/sharing-advice-and-assisting-with-the-great-mastodon-migration-53c1a286b805#cfd1

We tried Post and Mastodon, two Twitter alternatives. Here’s what we found.

The chaos has prompted many users to look for alternatives, but replacing Twitter’s vast ecosystem of news, jokes, and constant conversation isn’t easy.

The Boston Globe
" ... the steel guitar, an instrument invented by a Hawaiian teenager named Joseph Kekuku, isn’t just notable for being wildly popular, but for how it influenced various genres of American music." https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/how-hawaiian-steel-guitar-changed-american-music-180972028/#.Y4-emtrVrDg.twitter
How the Hawaiian Steel Guitar Changed American Music

The season finale of Sidedoor tells the story of an indigenous Hawaiian instrument with a familiar sound and unexpected influences

Smithsonian Magazine
The FBI thwarted a plot similar to the Moore Co., NC attack 2 years ago. Three pleaded guilty in Feb. "of conspiring to provide material support to terrorists." https://digbysblog.net/2022/12/05/shots-fired-in-north-carolina/
Shots fired in North Carolina - Digby's Hullabaloo

Lights out: An update from the front Electrical substation photo via Wikipedia. Roughly 35,000 homes are still without power in Moore County, North Carolina after domestic terrorists (let's be clear) opened fire on and damaged two electrical substations Saturday evening. A state of emergency was declared. A curfew was in effect Sunday night. Schools in Moore County are closed today. Power

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Chris Christie's Niece Kicked Off Plane for Accusing Latino Family of 'Smuggling Cocaine'

https://jezebel.com/chris-christies-niece-kicked-off-plane-for-accusing-lat-1849851119

Chris Christie's Niece Kicked Off Plane for Accusing Latino Family of 'Smuggling Cocaine'

Shannon Epstein, 25, reportedly kicked, bit, and spit on deputies, injuring six of them, when they tried to arrest her at the New Orleans airport.

Jezebel