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Another shooting

What else is there to say? (A lot and I want to hear you say it.)

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I am sick about today’s news out of Nashville, Tennessee. A mass shooting at Covenant School, a pre-school - 6th grade Presbyterian school. So far, three children dead. Three adults dead. And the shooter dead. 

Those three babies had breakfast this morning, drank their cereal milk from the bowl, grabbed their backpack and went to school. And now they’re gone. 

At least one reader of this newsletter attended Covenant School. They reached out and said they’re in college now, but went there as a child. And it’s still their family’s home church. They want to go home. They wrote that they’re “reading over your failure state games essay and just trying to ground myself.” I’m just….undone. I want to hug them. I’ve asked how we can help, as a community.

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Failure State Games
A content warning. This was supposed to be a fun little essay about a girl gaming in the era of the Blueberry Apple iMac. I made cute little graphics and everything. But as I was finalizing the edit, I got a text from my daughter. There’d been a school shooting. And she wasn’t allowed to go outside. I am writing this while she is still in her school, waiting for the all clear from Denver police. And so now, an essay that originally ended with a laugh now ends with a lot of violence. It is where I am. It is where we are.

At least one reader of this newsletter attended Covenant School. They reached out and said they’re in college now, but went there as a child. And it’s still their family’s home church. They want to go home. They wrote that they’re “reading over your failure state games essay and just trying to ground myself.” I’m just….undone. I want to hug them. I’ve asked how we can help as a community.

I know that this newsletter has a lot of readers in Nashville and the surrounding area. I also know that news like this hits everyone, no matter where they are. But especially the parents reading here who have kids in American schools. 

I want you to know that we’re here. I am here. Please use today’s community thread to:

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