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  • Memes Kill

    Memes Kill

    When Meme Lords Blur the Lines

    In the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting, everyone seems to be rushing to slap a political label on the shooter. Is he alt-right? Far-left?

    Or something else entirely?

    There are some theories abounding that could create even more confusion and consternation about the killing..

    We might just be dealing with a “meme lord,” someone who thrives on irony and chaos rather than traditional political lines.

    We took notice to this potential a few days ago when Garbage Day wrote an article that Charlie Kirk was killed by a meme..

    The bullet that struck and killed Kirk had “Notices bulge OwO whats this?” written on its casing. A reference to a longtime internet joke that originally comes from text-based furry roleplay. It is not proof, however, that Robinson was a furry. The meme has long since become part of the extremely online canon.

    The unfired bullet casings had other phrases written on them, including, “Hey fascist! Catch! ⬆️, ➡️, ⬇️⬇️⬇️,” “O bella ciao, bella ciao, ciao, ciao,” and “If you read this you are gay lmao.” The first message is a reference to the satirically fascist video game Helldivers 2, the arrow combination triggering the most powerful bomb attack in the game. The second message is a reference to an Italian antifascist folk song, which has gotten renewed interest online and offline after its use in Netflix’s Money Heist. “Bella Ciao” is also used in the video game Far Cry 6. The third is just boilerplate edgelord speak, given extra layers of irony by the much more online jokes on the other casings.

    Groyping in the Dark

    But let’s add another layer. Commentator Nick Fuentes has been out there insisting that his followers, the Groypers, are being wrongly blamed. Maybe that’s just another part of the meme lord’s game: by dragging Fuentes into the narrative, they stir up even more confusion and keep everyone guessing.

    It’s like we’re living in a world where the old boundaries don’t apply anymore, and reality is as fluid as a social media feed.

    A MEMERS NIGHTMARE WORLD..

    And that brings us to another key player in all of this: 4chan. For decades, 4chan has been at the cutting edge of internet culture. It’s the place where countless memes originate before they ever show up on Facebook or Twitter. People like to talk about Reddit or other platforms, but it’s often 4chan that’s the real brain of the internet, where the old web’s raw energy meets a new generation of digital pranksters and havoc makers. They’ve mastered the craft of shaping online narratives, and in many cases, they become instrumental in investigating who killers are after crimes… They’re the ones who can take a situation, spin it through layers of memes and mockery, and leave us all wondering what’s real and what’s just another internet in-joke.

    In the end, whether or not the shooter is tied to any political group, the meme lord culture—and the platforms like 4chan that fuel it—is its own kind of force.

    It’s about chaos, irony, and a reality that’s as slippery as a meme. And that’s the world we’re trying to understand now.

    Just know this, the rabbit hole is deep. But the arguments you are having online are probably all on the wrong path.. there is a new type of killer among us–ones without the same politics of the old time but a new chaos that we never saw before.

  • New Faces of Death: We are broken

    New Faces of Death: We are broken

    For those who saw the Charlie Kirk video this week, we probably still can’t get over it. It was gruesome and graphic—and honestly, it’s something we probably shouldn’t have seen at all.

    A few days ago, when Charlie Kirk was assassinated at a college in Utah, everything seemed to go to hell in a handbasket. From that moment on, we’ve been fighting, doxing, outing.

    But put all that aside for a second. One of the worst moments of this entire week was not just Kirk’s death, but also the horrifying video of a Ukrainian refugee being stabbed to death on a train. Two separate tragedies, two shocking images, both dropped into our social media feeds.

    Back in the old days, you had to hit “play” before you saw something like that. You had to make a choice—yes or no. Sometimes platforms still blur or black out videos now, but for at least 9 to 12 hours after Kirk’s assassination, the footage wasn’t hidden. It auto-played. It popped up without warning. And for those who saw it—including me, against my own will the second time—it was haunting. The first time I clicked intentionally. The second time it was forced on me.

    What we all saw was someone’s life being ripped away in an instant. I’m not trying to get graphic or indulge in gore porn, but it felt like watching a soul leave the body in real-time. Blood pouring, life slipping.

    The Drudge Report even used an image of Kirk slumped lifeless as its main photo for 24 hours, linked directly to the video. We can debate whether people had the “right” to see it, but even if we do—maybe we shouldn’t have. It’s not something the human psyche is built to take in casually while scrolling before bed.

    And sure enough, the fallout has been real. People online have said they couldn’t sleep for days. Others described feeling sick to their stomachs. All because of a video they didn’t ask to see.

    In the past, disturbing content was something you sought out. Kids traded VHS copies of Faces of Death. Early internet users braved Rotten.com. That was back when the “dark web” was just the web. But the Charlie Kirk video? This was a dark-web moment happening on the mainstream internet. And maybe that’s what feels so different about it.

    We’re not saying this is an Archduke Ferdinand moment, but the assassination feels different because of how it was delivered. We saw it. Together. In real time. On the same platforms where we share our kids’ pictures, joke with friends, and post memes. The very place that connects us also traumatized us.

    I don’t know where we go from here. I’m not calling for bans or laws. I’m not demanding that social media change its rules overnight. What I’m saying is simpler, more gut-level: we weren’t supposed to see that video. Those of us who did probably won’t forget it. And that’s not good for our minds, our hearts, or our national consciousness.

  • American Nosedive: The Charlie Kirk assassination

    American Nosedive: The Charlie Kirk assassination

    A strange wave has come over this country. We can’t quite pinpoint what that something is. Political battles have always taken place. Fighting has always happened. Animosity and violence, from time to time, have occurred. But the assassination of Charlie Kirk yesterday ignited a different kind of wave.

    You had your usual back-and-forth: the “thoughts and prayers” crowd on one side, and then—far more disturbingly—people who weren’t just indifferent, but openly celebrating. Not hiding it. Not whispering it. Celebrating. Memes, mockery, gleeful remarks. We’ve all had family or friends who said ugly things about news events, but those conversations used to happen behind closed doors, around the kitchen table.

    Now, they happen instantly on social media, in the raw hours after blood is still drying. Screenshots of celebrations go viral. Then there are fights about the fights—arguments over whether revenge is needed, whether to dox people, whether to double down. The chatter becomes clatter. The noise eats itself.

    And through it all, the obvious truth: violence is a failure. When you turn to violence, you’re essentially admitting defeat. You’re declaring your ideas weren’t strong enough to win on their own.. so instead, you kill the person holding the ideas you hate. It’s morally bankrupt. It accomplishes nothing but more grief. Yet last night, videos spread of people defending it, saying Kirk’s murder proved that sometimes violence is the answer.

    That’s where we are. The great American nosedive. We’ve talked about pop culture reactions to tragedy before. But this one? This one feels different. This one feels rotten.

    It feels like we’re in a soft Civil War. Not the kind with battle lines and uniforms, but one fought in algorithms, comment sections, and dark private groups. The beginnings of a conflict with no victors.

    We should be pausing, collecting ourselves. But nobody is. We should be thinking deeply. But thoughtfulness has been replaced by taunts and jeers. We cheer when “the other side” takes a violent end, as if that’s a point scored for our cult.

    Sometimes I just want to tap out, let someone else step into the ring, because staying in the ring is exhausting. Where do we go from here? Maybe nowhere.

    Did you ever see a perfectly crisp red apple, shining in the sunlight? It looks beautiful, delicious—until you bite into it and find it’s rotten inside. That’s America right now.

    So who’s going to take the first bite?

  • Erik Menendez denied parole

    Erik Menendez denied parole

    Erik Menendez was denied parole during his first-ever parole hearing on Thursday, 36 years and one day after he and his brother killed their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez.

    Erik Menendez, 54, attended the nearly 10-hour hearing via video from the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego. The board said he can next be eligible for parole in three years.

    The board based its decision on multiple factors, including: his behavior in prison; burglaries he participated in before the murders; and the killing of his mother

    You can read the full story here

    A part of the reason was, because despite what people have said, the judge stated that Menendez was not the model prisoner. And the murder of his mother showed an extra amount of time, lack of compassion and empathy..

    .Facebook support groups are helping Menendez brothers fans other through this dark time… <insert sarcastic voice>

  • Candace scores Harvey!

    Candace scores Harvey!

    Candace Owens was able to get access to Harvey Weinstein from prison..

    The Hollywood mogul, now behind bars, spoke about a number of topics..

    MORE..

    “I learned my lesson the hardest way possible,” he said. “I was a good father throughout. The one thing I can say that people do say about me was that I was a good father. But I would be a better father—a lot better father.”

    “We have a tablet, we get movies, normally six months later,” Weinstein explained. “And my son said to me, ‘Hey dad, I don’t believe that Captain America [Brave New World] is gonna be a good movie.’ And I say, ‘No. no, it looks good, I’ve heard it’s good go see it.’”

    “He went and saw it and he said, ‘Dad, it was terrible,’” Weinstein recalled. “And then I finally saw and I had to call him on the phone and said, ‘You know what, you’re right, it was terrible.’”

     “You don’t get your shirts, you don’t get your socks, you don’t get your underwear. The food is rancid. I mean it is really awful.”

  • Massacre in Midtown; New York rattled by mass shooting

    Massacre in Midtown; New York rattled by mass shooting

    This is still a developing story…

    A tragic scene unfolded Monday in midtown Manhattan, where a shooting at an office building left at least five people dead — among them, an off-duty NYPD officer, according to sources who spoke with the Associated Press and other news organizations. 

    The suspect has been identified as Shane Tamura of Nevada. Authorities say he died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

    News outlets tonight are digging too deep into Tamura’s background.. early reports suggest he may have once aspired to play in the NFL and didn’t make it. Could that have been a breaking point?

    To those who lost their lives today: may you rest in peace. What an awful, senseless story.

    Developing..

  • The Kohberger sentencing: The black heart

    The Kohberger sentencing: The black heart

    Bryan Kohberger has just been sentenced to four life sentences for the horrific 2022 murders of four college students in Idaho.

    In court today, families and friends of the victims emotionally confronted the man responsible for so much grief. One moment in particular stood out: Alivea Goncalves, sister of victim Kaylee Goncalves, delivered a statement that was nothing short of extraordinary.

    Her words were direct. Unapologetically raw. Unforgettable.

    From the very start—when she told Kohberger to “sit up and listen”—to the moment she declared that her sister Kaylee could have “kicked your f—ing ass,” the courtroom was shaken. Her message cut through the silence and struck with force. It was grief and love transformed into power.

    If you hadn’t attacked them in the middle of the night while they were asleep, like a PEDOPHILE, Kaylee would have kicked your fucking ass.”

    All of the families brought strength and dignity to the courtroom, but Alivea’s voice captured something primal—something real. It was a sister standing tall in the shadow of tragedy and speaking truth to evil.

    May God rest the souls of the victims. They were taken far too soon, but their stories—and the love that surrounds them—will never be forgotten.

    Meanwhile, something else, people have noticed involves a piece of paper that was sitting next to the now, convicted murderer.

    Bryan Kohberger had a black heart drawing next to him during his sentencing hearing.

    The eerie symbol was spotted on a piece of paper just in front of Kohberger as he stoically listened to the families of his four victims deliver emotional victim impact statements.

    He stared straight ahead, not glancing down at the heart as parents, siblings, grandparents and friends of the slain college students eviscerated him, one after another, in court.

  • Work begins on exhuming what people believe are 800 babies inside the subject tank

    Work begins on exhuming what people believe are 800 babies inside the subject tank

    Dateline Ireland:

    Crews have begun work to exhume and identify nearly 800 babies that are believed to be inside a hidden septic tank.

    In a small town in the west of Ireland, a dark chapter of history is being unearthed as forensic archaeologists begin the delicate process of exhuming and identifying the remains of hundreds of babies believed to be buried in a mass grave. The site, once a mother and baby home run by nuns, is now a housing estate.

    More..

    Catherine Corless, who began researching the Tuam Baby Home from her kitchen table, made the shocking discovery that 796 babies had died in the home.

    “There was knowledge that something was here,” she said. “Yes, of course, it was just hidden a lot of them,” Corless said when speaking to the network.

    Corless told CNN she was “horrified, absolutely horrified” upon discovering the lack of burial records for the babies. Despite resistance from some in the community and the Irish Catholic Church, she persisted in her research.

    “I felt the resistance. I wasn’t expecting that,” she said when speaking to CNN.

    Cordless was able to convince Ireland to former a commission to investigate..

    The commission found that the remains of 802 children from newborns to three-year-olds were buried in Tuam from 1925 to 1961 as it discovered an “appalling” mortality rate of about 15 percent among children born at all of the so-called Mother and Baby Homes, which operated across Ireland.

    Catholic nuns ran the so-called mother and baby institution from 1925 to 1961, housing women who had become pregnant outside of marriage and were shunned by their families. After giving birth, some children lived in the homes too, but many more were given up for adoption under a system that often saw church and state work in tandem..

    Developing…

  • Victims’ families react to Kohberger pleading agreement

    Victims’ families react to Kohberger pleading agreement

    In a statement on Facebook after news broke of the deal, “The Goncalves Family Page” wrote:

    “It’s true! We are beyond furious at the State of Idaho. They have failed us. Please give us some time. This was very unexpected. We appreciate all your love and support. #heartbroken #kayleejade4ever.”

    A family member of one victim told NewsNation that upon hearing of the plea deal, she felt like “all the power had been given back to Kohberger.”

    Developing ..

  • Bryan Kohberger accepting a plea deal

    Bryan Kohberger accepting a plea deal

    This is a developing story.. there are media reports that a plea deal has been offered to Bryan Kohberger.. he was charged with killing four University of Idaho students in November 2022, and he has accepted.

    Sources confirm to Newsnation among others that the prosecution has proposed dropping the death penalty in exchange for Kohberger pleading guilty to committing the murders and pleading guilty to the burglary charge.

    More..

    Kohberger must also agree to spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole and must waive his right to appeal.

    This is developing..

    The families were consulted –by email!!