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MIT professor shot at his Massachusetts home dies

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Re: MIT professor shot at his Massachusetts home dies

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Post by firefax »

rany_ wrote: post #13
crazygringo wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why would there be? I feel like I'm missing the context behind your question.

He is a nuclear scientist so he might have been working for some country's nuclear program?

>He is a nuclear scientist so he might have been working for some country's nuclear program?

Or "some country" tried to recruit him and killed him when he said no to maintain the (nonofficial) cover.

Re: MIT professor shot at his Massachusetts home dies

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Post by defrost »

perihelions wrote: post #43
javiramos wrote: post #12

Could this be related to the Brown shooting?

They're only 40 miles apart. Moreover, they're both (apparently) premeditated gun murders targeting academics at famous universities. edit to add: (For those who weren't aware, the Brown University terrorist is still on the loose).

One was a home invasion that may or may not be related to the victims work on fusion plasma. It is very likely unrelated to that work.

The other was a mass shooting style event that targetted an exam preperation review hall populated by econ students and led by a 21-year-old teaching assistant.

It's a stretch to connect an isolated murder of a field advancing physics researcher and a hall full of students just because all the victims are involved in book learning.

Possible connection, sure. At an improbable stretch.

ChatGPT can certainly knock up a Clancy like novel here, no doubt.

Re: MIT professor shot at his Massachusetts home dies

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Post by observationist »

FloorEgg wrote: post #3

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The going story over at X right now is basically that a far-leftist stereotypically shaped reddit mod is killing conservatives and jews, with at least two prominent names being floated without evidence. I'd hold back any judgment until evidence hits the feeds.

I'd assume bsky is blaming Trump death squads being sent after scientists, exclusive reporting on MSNOW at 11.

The only thing that seems true right now, if it's related to the Brown murders, is that the suspect shown on crappy security footage is overweight and walks like they're out of shape.

These murders are being reported, but feel a bit strategically different than murders from even a few months ago, maybe there's a turn for the better. It seems like the whole social media frenzy and fallout is being taken seriously, and they're letting professionals do the investigating instead of conscripting the public and seizing the news cycles.

Re: MIT professor shot at his Massachusetts home dies

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Post by reactordev »

firefax wrote: post #51
rany_ wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He is a nuclear scientist so he might have been working for some country's nuclear program?

>He is a nuclear scientist so he might have been working for some country's nuclear program? Or "some country" tried to recruit him and killed him when he said no to maintain the (nonofficial) cover.

Ya’ll read too many conspiracy theories. What makes you think other countries were interested in recruiting him, specifically? I want to see the logic behind this assumption.
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