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Buffalo shooter let some people see plans just before attack

Shortly before police say he opened fire, the white gunman accused of killing 10 Black people at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket allowed a small group of people to see his long-simmering plans for the attack, which he had been chronicling for months in a private, online diary

The Independent UK

How the Buffalo massacre is part of US tradition: ‘We’ll continue to see killings’

Brandi Collins-Dexter of Harvard’s Shorenstein Center spoke to the Guardian about how the massacre is rooted in America’s long history of white supremacist violence

The Guardian - US

First Thing: Joe Biden says ‘white supremacy is a poison’

President attacks those who promote racist conspiracy theory ‘for power, political gain and for profit’. Plus, first open briefing on UFOs since 1966

The Guardian - UK

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How 4chan’s toxic culture helped radicalize Buffalo shooting suspect

Payton Gendron’s 180-page manifesto borrowed straight from the site’s politics boards, echoing antisemitic and racist myths

The Guardian - US

Accused Buffalo gunman followed familiar radicalization path

The white gunman charged in a racist rampage inside a Buffalo supermarket didn’t need to travel abroad for tactical training, nor did he need to join an organization of like-minded militants who shared his world view

The Independent UK

We Need To Talk About Australia’s Role In Radicalising The Buffalo Shooter Into White Supremacy

The Buffalo shooter was inspired by Christchurch and Australian white supremacy to carry out his racist attack on Black Americans.

Pedestrian.tv

A new generation of white supremacist killer: shedding blood with internet winks, memes and livestreams

ATLANTA — Bored during the early days of the pandemic, Payton Gendron logged on to the 4chan message board website to browse ironic memes and infographics that spread the idea that the white race is going extinct.

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Why we never gave up on Rick Astley’s Never Gonna Give You Up

As the Eighties star prepares to reissue the album that inadvertently spawned the rickroll, we chart the outrageous history of the world’s most endlessly memed song

Evening Standard

‘Cheering section’ for violence: the attacks that show 4chan is still a threat

The Washington DC shooting was the most recent to spawn out of the extremist culture of unregulated ‘chan’ message boards

The Guardian - US

Norse code: are white supremacists reading too much into The Northman?

Robert Eggers’ Viking blockbuster has already been hailed by white nationalists keen to exploit European mythology. Can Hollywood tell historical tales without unwittingly appealing to toxic ideologies?

The Guardian - UK

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