This sucks. Now the regime will probably be after me for posting this last week.

[pat_k]

4. I sure wish the shooter hadn't written "Bello Ciao" on a cartridge.

I'm vaguely hoping the "officials" cited by the NYTimes are wrong on that bit.

Officials say the cartridges found with the gun contained messages.
The authorities said the cartridges found with the gun that they said the suspect used to kill Mr. Kirk also had written messages on them.

One of those cartridges contained the words “Bella ciao,” Mr. Cox said on Friday. That is an apparent reference to an Italian antifascist song.

Mr. Cox said that an engraving on an unfired cartridge read, “Hey, fascist! Catch!” Another message said, “If you read this, you are gay LMAO,” an abbreviation for “laughing my ass off.”

The messages cited by officials also include apparent references to online culture and gaming. “Up arrow, right arrow, and three down arrow symbols,” as described by Mr. Cox, appears to refer to a sequence of moves on a controller that release a bomb in the video game Helldivers 2. Another engraving, “Notices bulges OWO what’s this?” is a phrase used for trolling in online role-playing communities.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/us/tyler-robinson-charlie-kirk-shooting-suspect.html?unlocked_article_code=1.lU8.F7Gw.4rNYdeE5pTqt&smid=url-share