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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/34185165

A shooter travels to Manhattan planning to target corporate executives he blames for his health issues. He leaves behind a note that law enforcement won’t release and the news media is happy to quote from selectively but won't publish.

Sound familiar?

The parallels between Shane Tamura, the 27-year-old Nevada man who killed four people in a Midtown Manhattan office one week ago today, and alleged assassin Luigi Mangione are uncanny. Unlike Mangione, however, Tamura’s victims had nothing to do with his reported health issues. As a result, his rampage was framed as a random act of “senseless violence,” as President Trump declared.

But former friends of Tamura’s that I talked to say there’s more to the story: that his suicide note’s reported claim that “football gave me CTE” is plausible, given his many years as a high school football star.

The classmates, while clearly horrified by Tamura’s actions, are also able to appreciate the likelihood that there’s a public health dimension to the shooting. Wouldn’t it be nice if our elected leaders were capable of that kind of nuance? That’s certainly how I feel about it, and why I hope that the media publishes the notes he left behind: not to glorify anything but to understand what happened and how it might be prevented from happening again.

What little we know about the writing Tamura left behind reportedly includes three separate references to

• “You can’t go against the NFL, they’ll squash

• “Study my brain please I’m sorry.”

• “Terry Long football gave me CTE and it caused my to drink a gallon of antifreeze.”

Terry Long, who played as an offensive lineman for the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 80s and 90s, committed suicide in 2005 by drinking antifreeze. An autopsy revealed that Long had been suffering from CTE.

note: Tiny creature has to poop out of the top of the pocket.

edit: OK, I think this blog post that /u/NebLem linked decides it. Hard line at "not a rooming house" but I don't want you to sleep outside tonight.

https://www.colorado-violent-assault-crimes-criminal-lawyer.com/colorado-criminal-law-rights-of-a-house-guest-vs-colorado-trespass-laws

ORIGINAL:

I remember when I was a kid and on hard times I was taken in by a friend and his dad. It saved me from being on the streets. This sort of situation seems to be developing now that I'm middle aged and my young adult children have friends with less than stable home lives. All these kids are LGBTQ or adjacent, some have diagnosed mental illness.

I want to help, but man... what happens if it goes sideways? I would hate to throw someone out if personal problems got too much. We have the space and these kids are over here all the time anyway, they just don't have a room and don't pay anything. Made some pretty kickass food last night though. Money is starting to get pretty tight what with food prices increasing, my insurance just went up, yadda yadda. I was thinking something like $500/mo since I'm already paying for everything, this money would of course help. Seems like two, maybe three kids need shelter.

To be clear, it isn't imminent but probably by October. So let's see what Lemmy thinks I should do:

1: No, we will not run a rooming house.

2: Yes, but. You don't have to pay money and are still a house guest. Please continue to pick up after yourself and buy food when you can.

3: Yes, I will create a few private areas in my basement and you pay me rent. We will be roommates but it's still my and my wife's house.

edit: looks like I would definitely need a formal lease as soon as someone brings a suitcase in for more than a night.

Colorado: Guests become tenants after staying for over 14 days within six months

sounds like I already have a couple tenants.

Kinda music and games. Thought this community might like it.

The group moonbowmusicmovie has done some fantastic covers over the years.

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I used to pour it into a glass jar. But these days I'm just using a paper towel or 3 after it dries and chuckin it in the bin.

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