c/news · by antonim@lemmy.world · 198d

Death of Fredrick Brennan, creator of 8chan forum where QAnon emerged

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/pixels/article/2026/02/23/death-of-fredrick-brennan-creator-of-8chan-forum-where-qanon-emerged_6750792_13.html

The article is paywalled, available on archive(.)is (which should be avoided, see here), but it doesn't contain any real new info beyond the first, visible paragraphs.

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BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 197d (5 replies)

I watched a documentary or something with him in it talking about his experience with the chan boards and qanon.

I was honestly curious about his take on all that has transpired just the other day.

I feel like I remember him having some horrifying brittle bone disease or something.

antonim@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 197d (3 replies)

Yes, the visible part of the article talks about the disease. Later on also:

He harbored deep resentment toward his parents, who knew there was a high risk their children would inherit osteogenesis imperfecta, which his mother also had. In 2014, he published an op-ed on the Daily Stormer, the main English-language neo-Nazi website, where he expressed support for eugenics and voluntary sterilization of people with disabilities.

BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 197d (2 replies)

Life is a four letter word sometimes.

I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 197d (1 reply)

Pear

CluckN@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 197d

Apple

etherphon@piefed.world · 2 pts · 197d

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one_old_coder@piefed.social · 7 pts · 198d

Another source according to the article: https://shows.acast.com/im-from-the-internet-a-podcast-about-somethingawfulcom/episodes/the-late-great-fredrick-brennan-part-one

RIP Hotwheels.

Trincapinones@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 197d