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cross-posted from: https://biglemmowski.win/post/6224801

Michael Gloss, 21, was the son of CIA Deputy Director for Digital Innovation Julianne Gallina Gloss, and Iraq war veteran Larry Gloss.

Before arriving in Russia on August 13, 2023, Gloss was travelling around Europe. On his Vkontakte page bio, he wrote: "I ran away from home (and) traveled the world. I hate fascism."

On April 4, 2024, he was killed, likely during a Russian offensive near Bakhmut, however, his burial in the U.S. did not take place until December 2024, Important Stories reports.

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[–] flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz 261 points 1 day ago (8 children)

eco-activist, women’s rights supporter, and anti-fascist

fighting for Russia

ummm, something doesn't compute

[–] Takapapatapaka@lemmy.world 117 points 1 day ago (31 children)

From the end of the article

But despite supporting Ukraine at the beginning of the full-scale war, he was at a military recruitment center in Moscow, alongside other foreign nationals, on September 5, 2023, Russian border data shows.

His social media posts show a distinct change in his views — one identified by Important Stories as belonging to Gloss suggest he believed in conspiracy theories involving Ukraine, and claimed NATO was an evolution of Adolf Hitler's Nazi party.

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[–] evergreen@lemmy.world 44 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

It seems they convinced him that NATO and Ukraine are Nazis. Typical stuff from the play book. Dude just went all in on it. Pretty sad, he had his whole life ahead of him.

[–] Snowpix@lemmy.ca 5 points 17 hours ago

Technocrit just likes to stir shit. The reactions are what he wants.

[–] Auntievenim@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Who'd guess the cia deputy director would raise such a gullible piece of shit

[–] Nasan@sopuli.xyz 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I remember times when I rebelled against my parents and did some pretty stupid shit, but kids today are on a different level.

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[–] Cad@lemmy.today 48 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Some people consider Ukraine to be a neonazi stronghold. So fighting Ukraine would be fighting against fascist nazis. That logic is prevalent with conspiracy nuts/scammers like Alex Jones.

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Also very prevalent with tankies.

[–] CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee 19 points 1 day ago

Tankies don't have their own beliefs. They're just mouthpieces for the Russian and Chinese government.

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[–] peregrin5@lemm.ee 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Just look at ML or Hexbear right here on Lemmy. The tankies love Putin and Xi. Horseshoe is a law not a theory.

[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)
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[–] DicJacobus@lemmy.world 33 points 1 day ago

Sounds like a good kill. Chose the wrong side, should have stayed home.

[–] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 100 points 1 day ago (10 children)

I hate fascism.

So he fought for Putin to invade Ukraine? That's some top tier thinking there.

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[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 43 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I certainly don't recommend following the link to his obituary from the article and reading the entries in the traitor's tribute book.

Example of some of those entries:

Edit: Somebody noticed.

Since they took the page down...

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 4 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

The obit got pulled already

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

[Unwarranted snark removed. Technical difficulties, please stand by.]

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 2 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Oh--I can't see an edit or a spoiler, but I appreciate the screenshots.

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

Ended up answering my own question once I remembered the button that sent me to the lemmy.zip version of the thread, seems like that instance is failing to fetch the updates rather than this being a browser/app issue. That's also why I'm double-replying to this comment rather than editing my other one here. Might be worth a message to the .zip instance admin(s) in case something's busted, just going to check around first and see if it's a known issue.

Edit that you might not see for a while: Looks like they've been doing some updates and other maintenance recently, might just take some time for the dust to settle from all of that. Can see the federation status between .world and .zip here.

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Interesting, looks like it's visible from almost all other instances, although I did find a couple where it's not. I can't see any differences due to lemmy version either (most instances are 19.11, where the edit is visible, but midwest.social is also on .11 and it's not visible-- whereas lemmy.nz is on .10 and it's also not there). Maybe I'll shoot a message over to admin like you suggested.

Thx for posting the screenshots

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago

(Possibly invisible edit to prior comment)

Looks like they've been doing some updates and other maintenance recently, might just take some time for the dust to settle from all of that. Can see the federation status between .world and .zip here.

Seems like they're aware of ongoing issues, maybe give it a couple days and see if things improve first. In any event, my pleasure. Gotta preserve art when you find it.

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[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 29 points 1 day ago

That country turns fascists into sunflowers

[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What an hero. They should all an hero themselves.

He doesn't afraid of anything

[–] WFloyd@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Completely aside from what he was doing in Russia, he gives me the same vibe as Ché Cook from The OC.

[–] CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago

Chris Pratt was in the OC?

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