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[Suliso]

Of course he does and they can BUT... I wonder if he lasts another 3 1/2 years. He certainly won't improve.

[news727]

2 dead, 17 injured (numbers could go up) after shooting at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, MS.

The deaths were children ages 8 and 10. Suspect also died from self-inflicted gunshot wound.

American flags on public buildings have been ordered to fly at half-staff until Sunday sunset.

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ryan fae
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I believe it is of journalistic and public interest to analyze the contents of the probable manifesto of Robin M Westman, the Annunciation Catholic School shooter.

this is a live-thread as I work!

didn't think i'd spend this afternoon transcribing a manifesto written in cyrillic script but here i am

first, to establish a timeline: at 13:27 UTC, Jeff Day of the Star Tribune hears shooting and calls 911, per a Tribune report. Westman's identity is first divulged to the media, as far as I can tell, around 16:30 UTC.

three videos were posted to a YouTube channel with the username "robinw1312" and display name "Robin W" 2 hours prior to that first divulgence.

an archive of the channel on the 18th (web.archive.org/web/20250718...) shows that the name and username were not changed.


‪ryan fae‬
‪@ryan.staticnoi.se‬
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because of this timeline, I (and an increasing amount of non-tabloid media sources) consider the video to very likely be legitimate.

the three videos are entitled "Robin Westman ehehe," "Robin Westman," and "08.27.2025 RMW." they appear to be intended to come up from a YouTube search.

the videos' names and relative times are archived on the Wayback Machine:
web.archive.org/web/20250718...
web.archive.org/web/20250827...

now: what do they show?

the longest video, the 20-minute "Robin Westman," shows two journals, both with entries written in Cyrillic script approximating English. (as I transcribe, I'll be verifying this.)

the first journal spans the dates May 23 to July 19, and the second spans the dates July 19 to August 21, 2025.

the shortest video, the 2-minute "08.27.2025 RMW," shows the second journal again, but the entries continue until today, August 27.

the third 11-minute video "Robin Westman ehehe" shows a Latin-script manifesto, plus an assortment of munitions.

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[Owendonovan]

There's no peace in that today for them, they're likely questioning their faith.

[ponchi101]

The kind of religious based comment that makes me hope there will be a hell for this kind of people.