just three randomish thoughts, in the order they came to me:
the open-source events calendar that we used at Pierce was developed at Virginia Tech. IIRC, I had an email exchange with their then-webmaster. not that that means anything.
I can’t stop myself from a sharp bitter chuckle everytime the NPR people read that tiny fragment of the shooter’s note, talking about the rich kids. the thought of doing something so horrific is totally beyond the pale, but I remember the feeling of bitterness in my college days. what helped? having a life away from school, and being involved in diversity politics.
I just heard a BBC interview with some Texan woman saying that this could have been averted if people were allowed to carry concealed weapons. aside from whatever gun control logic arguments, who the fuck would carry a gun to German class?
that is all.