Mikayla Raines, the founder of Save A Fox, has died by her own hand, but Redditor bullying was the underlying cause. Like Near a few years ago, this is a murder and itâs being treated as such.
Her death has caused an immediate burst of activity in my chat rooms. A grim ritual has begun in the Kingdom of Shadows.
Attention Conservation Notice:
Mental health, suicide, cyberbullying, zoophilia, the 764 Network ⊠this is going to start disgusting and go downhill from there. If you donât actually need to know this for reasons, I suggest you move along.
Pretty Girl, Curious Cause:
A pretty girl with her own fox-like colors decided that making a safe haven for fur farm escapees was her lifeâs work. I personally like foxes, so much so that the rauhauser.net Bluesky avatar is a fox on a pole. I get placed there when Iâm about to get into trouble - it is, or at least was, the equivalent of timeout corner for me.
So she had a YouTube channel full of cute videos of rescued foxes. There was criticism of how she handled money and keeping animals with health issues that led to poor quality of life. Iâm not close enough to assess that stuff, I just recognize the pattern of abuse heaped on her to the point where itâs time to shoot first/ask questions later.
But one must have a legitimate target, and thatâs going to be a problem.
Wild Hunt:
Pretty girl dies, internet bullying involved, thatâs an immediate wild hunt. This is another Boston Bombing Investigation by Reddit, which was the nexus for this problem. Basically Reddit will engage in American style âdoxwarâ at the drop of a hat. This is an apophenia thing, itâs a bit like conspiracy theories - doesnât have to be CORRECT, just has to CONNECT. Itâs part of the sickness.
Right away I see a problem - a zoophile with a thing for cats criticized Save A Fox/Mikayla, and has been fingered as the source of the bullying. People from that world get really touchy about animal mistreatment, but bullying to death is not part of the culture. This strikes me as being a âpivot trollâ - having killed Mikayla, this Milo person is the designated next victim.
Revenant:
When someone dies like this there will be one or more revenants - itâs not that the dead will rise in vengeance, but patient hunters that will ensure justice is done. I was always inclined to kick Kiwi Farms, and after Nearâs murder, I did so in public. I had no ties to that kid or his community, I just saw behavior from a digital cesspool that was already on my radar, so I openly started doing things about it.
Given Mikaylaâs nature and work, there will be multiple people who will still be around once the wild hunt phase fades. If they were fans they may already have the context and a network of helpers. Some will be like I was with Near - brand new, knowing the source a bit, and done with just being an observer.
This is a little known corner of the Kingdom of Shadows. The people who do these things are not clout chasers and they seldom sign their work. Iâd have never said a word about Near, except that I had something that needed to be more broadly known; the world has the name Vincent Zhen due to my work.
764 Network:
There are Hundreds of 764 Network Investigations, which was overdue given the 764 Criminal Enterprise Child Sextortion that is the underlying motivation. This sort of thing has been a problem since before I returned to the scene in 2010, but 764 is the accelerationist/Boogaloo Bois flavor of it, which is what got it designated a terror group.
The people involved in Mikaylaâs death may or may not be 764, but she has a beautiful face and is extremely high profile. Her death will get formal attention. I already got tapped by a fellow spook this AM - âLaw enforcement is asking about this, do you know anything?â
I didnât have a lot of use for our domestic law enforcement prior to January 20th and I really donât since then, but this is one of those all hands on deck things. Iâve spun my Rolodex, tapping likely folks as they appeared, and maybe there will be a chat room for this problem. I donât have time to pursue it, but I certainly have time to facilitate others doing so - itâs a requirement of the culture.
Conclusion:
I donât see anyone angling for revenant duty yet, not from my limited visibility position, and I likely never will. I just know theyâre coming. First the internet has to get through the wild hunt phase, and those most guilty are going to lean in on the zoo kid who criticized Mikayla. Thereâs a distinct possibility there will be another âmurder by packetâ in the next few days.
None of this will bring Mikayla back. It wonât even deter the worst of the worst who do these things - theyâre psychopaths, and an event like this is extremely exciting for them. Putting more heat on the 764 network is the only positive I see here.
The only systemic change that would matter is legislation against the environments that foster this behavior. Given our 1st Amendment protections, CDA Section 230, and our current administration, there is zero chance there will be any substantive work at the federal level. We might see some improvement in states like California, and that does count, since the media companies all have some sort of nexus here.