Michael Gloss studied Human Ecology at Middlebury College in Vermont and was described by friends as an eco-activist, women’s rights supporter, and anti-fascist.

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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  • iktEnglish
    105•18 days ago

    What a fuckin weird story, it makes it sound like he was a peace loving hippie who wanted to make the world a better place, then smoked one bong hit too hard and ended up doing a complete 180, joining the fascist fuckheads and died making the world worse off

    Unless he visited Russia (stupidly, not the first to do so nor the last), they figured out who his parents were and forced him on the front line somehow? blackmail?

    This definitely the most odd story I’ve read so far

    • @vxx@lemmy.world
      59•18 days ago

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

      I blame internal issues but mainly foreign disinformation campaigns.

      • PennomiEnglish
        19•18 days ago

        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.

        • @lordnikon@lemmy.worldEnglish
          17•18 days ago

          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

          • PennomiEnglish
            13•18 days ago

            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.

            • @lordnikon@lemmy.worldEnglish
              7•18 days ago

              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.

          • @markko@lemmy.world
            3•18 days ago

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

        • @MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net
          6•18 days ago

          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.