BBC news: Tragic.
“Mason is the first person to die in a cycling incident in London in 2011, according to Transport for London” seems wrong, though, as according to road.cc website 16 cyclists have been killed as of December 2nd 2011.
Tagged: death
- How Doctors Die « Zócalo Public Square
“But doctors still don’t over-treat themselves. They see the consequences of this constantly. Almost anyone can find a way to die in peace at home, and pain can be managed better than ever. Hospice care, which focuses on providing terminally ill patients with comfort and dignity rather than on futile cures, provides most people with much better final days. Amazingly, studies have found that people placed in hospice care often live longer than people with the same disease who are seeking active cures.” c/o danny yee
- Why Spotify can never be profitable: The secret demands of record labels — Tech News and Analysis
“[T]he stark reality that every digital-music subscription service such as Spotify, Rhapsody, MOG, Rdio, and others must confront … are being made public. The specifics are even more onerous than the hot dog example cited above. Together they doom online audio companies to a life of subjugation to the labels” c/o waxy
- Now it’s three-speed Europe. And we’re left on the hard shoulder | Andrew Rawnsley | Comment is free | The Observer
“Even European leaders who can normally be counted as sympathetic to the British agenda weren’t interested… [David Cameron] complete lack of friends in Brussels starkly reveals that he has not nurtured vital relationships… Angela Merkel went so far as to question whether he had even negotiated in good faith… Our capacity to shape the future of the world’s wealthiest economic bloc… has just been dramatically diminished. This will have consequences not just for Britain’s influence in Europe, but its standing in the world. A Britain with reduced clout in the European Union is a Britain of less interest to the United States, China or any other important global power.”
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Pub discussion: Suicide
The death of Gary Speed came up in the pub. Some expected a revelation as an explanation, others hoped there wasn’t a big reveal as without one people might take depression more seriously. Another commented that suicide was “selfish”.
I think suicide is far from selfish. Selfish is taking others with you. A suicide alone is someone driven to an end from which they saw no alternative. An answer they may have been considering for a long time and never felt able to discuss.
We hear friends and family say that if only they had talked to someone then they might have been saved. But it’s that lack of self that has them at that point, and the stigma we attach to suicide and depression makes it hard for people to talk. It’s for us to recognize depression as an illness, diagnose sooner, and dispel the stigma. We shouldn’t call a suicide selfish and potentially stop anyone from opening up.
No one left behind should bear the burden of feeling they weren’t there for someone, but equally we should understand that that person wasn’t turning their back on them. That person was unable to see that those backs weren’t turned.
And if you feel suicidal, know that there are people to talk to. Talk to them.
- Drunk With Blood, God’s killings in the Bible
“Whatever your religious beliefs might be, you’ve probably heard of a few of the stories that are told in Drunk With Blood. Noah’s Flood, Sodom and Gomorrah, David and Goliath, maybe. But there are more than 100 others that are unknown to pretty much everyone, believer and nonbeliever alike. All of these stories have one thing in common: they are about God’s killings in the Bible.
“These stories fill the pages of the Bible, yet they are seldom read in church and are completely ignored by most Bible believers. Drunk with Blood brings them out into the open for all to see. It’s time for us all to take a look.”
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dreamt i died in chicago next weekend (heart attack in my sleep). need to write my will today.
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Mikey Welsh
Did former Weezer bassist predict his death?
“Former Weezer band member turned artist Mikey Welsh’s death Saturday at the age of 40 was a shock to many fans. But People magazine reports the bassist eerily tweeted the time and place of his death two weeks prior.”
Sorry to hear about Amy Winehouse. Can’t say I was a fan, but she was hugely talented and twenty-seven is way too young.
NB: Possible Bible bias: “Average Age at Death of Included Rock Stars 36.9 Years. Average Age at Death of Americans 75.8 Years. NOTE: This is EVERY death of a Rock star we’ve found. This is NOT a “RIGGED” list to produce FALSE numbers, but an HONEST observation.”