Bombs in Boston

[Simple Torture]

FBI is about to have a press conference and will reportedly release some photos. I'm watching the live stream on Boston.com

[shinkdew]

[Chris_H_2]

It can't be them -- those guys aren't brown.

[mastaflatch]

people who wear baseball caps - they're the worst.

[Jorge]

It can't be them -- those guys aren't brown.

I dunno, they look pretty swarthy.

[doug rr]

funny that 20 other people have backpacks in that 10 seconds of video

[Chris_H_2]

It can't be them -- those guys aren't brown.

I dunno, they look pretty swarthy.

Greek?

[Harry Lime]

I'm just happy one of them isn't CHUD. He's from the New England area, right?

If so, I'm only joking, chud.

[broken iris]

It can't be them -- those guys aren't brown.

Brown enough for CNN

[nyquillyn]

Anybody darker than Larry Bird is brown.

[Jorge]

Reports of shootings and grenade explosions in Watertown, possibly connected?

[Wendy Carlos's Twin]

funny that 20 other people have backpacks in that 10 seconds of video

They have actual photos of the second guy planting bomb #2 right next to that little boy that was killed, and walking away. They have another photo of him exiting the area with a big smile on his face while everyone else looks terrified. They've only been showing excerpts of these photos because they're too upsetting.

Right now there is total chaos. Explosions, gunshots...looks like they might have caught them. If not, it's the craziest week ever in Botson.

[simple schoolboy]

I'm just happy one of them isn't CHUD. He's from the New England area, right?

If so, I'm only joking, chud.

He does have a well documented affinity for baseball caps, and is white. His discription is compatible for the one suspect in this recent ugliness still on the loose. Any information on whether or not chud has any unregistered pressure cookers?

[Simple Torture]

Just woke up to this madness. My fiancée works right across the bridge from MIT...I am tying her to the bed this morning.

[MitchCumstein]

This is crazy.

[Jorge]

On one hand, this is very upsetting to me because I know people in Boston. It feels real that way, on a personal level. They say the suspect is hiding out in Waltham, where one of my best friends lives. That terrifies me. Also, innocent people, dead children, all horrible things.

On the other, I can't help thinking-- fuck, this is what people in Pakistan live with every day. More people died from US drone attacks there and in Yemen this week than at the Boston marathon. The US says it's killing dangerous militants but the casualties have been mostly civilians, including women and children. And there's no #PrayforPakistan trending or whatever. It's just really messed up.

[Simple Torture]

Jorge, you're not wrong.

[Jorge]

Suspect in custody. possibly not him

[Norah]

Just woke up. Holy shit what is going on?

[red calzolaio]

Ben Affleck hard at work on the screenplay.