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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    I know too many peace loving hippies that turned to vote far right after covid.

    I blame internal issues but mainly foreign disinformation campaigns.

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      My theory is that people who mix psychedelics with social media end up deep in the far-right propaganda engine.

      Not that Elon was ever a good guy, but we can plainly see what Ketamine + Twitter does to a person.

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        Could just be lack of critical thinking and education, as both of those things have been attacked in order to make the masses more complacent. Made them suseptible to the reactionary thinking in the first place

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        Na that fucker was an apartheid fascist the moment he was born if you look at his family. But that doesn’t diminish your point of drugs and social media making it worse

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          You know that somebody is total shit when I say “he was never good”, and the pushback is that my words weren’t strong enough lol.

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            Very true the shit he did to USAID just because they were investigating him for his meddling in the Ukraine war with starlink is unforgivable. Corruption at its peak.

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          His own kids have shown that you don’t have to be like your shitty family/ancestors. Elon chose to be a fascist.

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        we can plainly see what Ketamine + Twitter does to a person.

        I know someone in this boat. Was trying K as a therapeutic, doctor-monitored, etc. for severe anxiety and depression. As far as I know he never abused it… but he also ended up deeper in the Twitter hole afterwards. The neuroplasticity is a double edged sword, it seems.

        We are no longer on speaking terms after he tripled-down on being a bigot.