"A New Year’s Day stay at a luxury San Francisco hotel ended in tragedy with the sudden death of Victoria Jones, the daughter of acclaimed actor Tommy Lee Jones.
According to the New York Post, Jones, 34, was found unresponsive early Thursday morning at the Fairmont San Francisco, according to multiple reports…"
@chienfou@Kyeh@shahnm Yup, that’s how it works in an unattended death. My brother drowned on a Sunday but wasn’t discovered until Wednesday. Even though every indication that he died 3 days before, date of death was recorded on that Wednesday.
@Kyeh@shahnm@therealjrn
That’s so sad… Sorry for your loss. I’m sure the wait for the discovery was extruciating.
I guess I was going by the report saying she was discovered by bystanders at about 0315. I took that to mean these were probably people in the room with her… but not necessarily her hotel room. At any rate, starting CPR at that point if she actually died before midnight was definitely an exercise in futility.
"Masashi Ozaki, widely considered Japanese’s greatest golfer, has died from cancer. He was 78.
Often referred to as “Jumbo” due to his length off the tee, Ozaki originally played professional baseball in his late teens. However, he eventually transitioned to golf, turning professional at 23 years old and winning the Japan PGA Championship the next season…"
"Auschwitz survivor Eva Schloss, the stepsister of teenage diarist Anne Frank and a tireless educator about the horrors of the Holocaust, has died. She was 96.
The Anne Frank Trust UK, of which Schloss was an honorary president, said she died on Saturday in London, where she had lived…"
@Kyeh oh. I was assuming Q1 FY26, which is October, November, and December of 2025.
If we’re talking calendar year, the first quarter of calendar year 2026 has just started.
@kittykat9180@Kyeh
Sorry for your confusion.
I guess I could have been more explicit and said “first quarter (calendar) year 2026”. But in my defense this IS the format we’ve used for a LONG time
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Google defined it better than me, Organizations choose a fiscal year that best aligns with their business cycles, revenue patterns, or industry norms for clearer financial tracking and tax purposes.
@therealjrn
Hey… It’s not@capnjb 's fault!
Actually, you would think by now the internet would have developed a universally recognized special JK or sarcasm font/emoji/something indicator. Inflection gets totally lost in a post.
@chienfou@Kyeh
I work with a lot of federal agencies and with clients who have federal grants. I tend to see everything through the lens of federal fiscal year.
If I’m understanding correctly now, these threads are per quarter of each calendar year with the intention of posting celebrity deaths as they occur?
For the record, my firearms are all secured. I do have a few axes, tomahawks and mauls… and maybe 15-20 knives. But. I’ve been on the east coast for a bit. I am traveling to Seattle next Friday morning Go Hawks!
@kittycat9180 blurted: “If I’m understanding correctly now, these threads are per quarter of each calendar year with the intention of posting celebrity deaths as they occur?”
Correctomundo cha cha.
We’ll probably let you sit at the adult table next Thanksgiving! Would you like that?
"Washington — Rep. Doug LaMalfa, a California Republican who had been in Congress since 2013, has died, House GOP Whip Tom Emmer announced Tuesday. He was 65.
‘Doug was a loving father and husband, and staunch advocate for his constituents and rural America,’ Emmer said in a post on X. ‘Our prayers are with Doug’s wife, Jill, and their children…’"
Michael Edward Reagan, the eldest son of President Ronald Reagan, passed away on Sunday, January 4, 2026, following a battle with cancer. He was 80 years old.
Hockey legend Glenn Hall passed away Wednesday at the age of 94 years old.
Hall was an original Blue and was the club’s first pick in the 1967 NHL Expansion Draft. He played a critical role in establishing the Blues’ identity in the early years and helped guide an expansion franchise to three consecutive Stanley Cup Final appearances (1968, 1969, 1970).
@tinamarie1974
RIP. I (ahem) recollect those years. Guy was definitely a legend and a class act.
And OMG… Guarding a goal with no mask… That’s crazy ballsy!
Jan 5,2026
Aldrich Ames, a former counterintelligence officer for the CIA who gained notoriety as a double agent for the Soviet Union and later Russia, has died. He was 84.
Follow the link below to view the article.
@phendrick The paucity of actual evidence for their existence seems to indicate that either they were never here or they were so disgusted by us that they carefully made sure that no artifacts were left laying around that might lead us back to them. I favor the former hypothesis.
And then he made public some of his real late life opinions.
From the obit
Over the years, Mr. Adams made remarks about women and Jews that brought him negative attention outside the silo of beloved cartoonist. He used his podcast, “Real Coffee With Scott Adams,” to offer free-flowing commentary on the news, a platform that led to “Dilbert’s” downfall. In February 2023, he was discussing a new Rasmussen Reports poll that found that only 53 percent of Black Americans agreed with the statement, “It’s OK to be white,” a phrase that has been promoted by white supremacists, according to the Anti-Defamation League.
“If nearly half of all Blacks are not OK with white people,” he said on the podcast episode, then they are a “hate group.” He added, “I don’t want to have anything to do with them. And I would say, based on the current way things are going, the best advice I would give to white people is to get the hell away from Black people.”
Scott Adams’ celebration of life is streaming on youtube, X, and possibly other platforms right now (11AM Pacific time).
If you’re one of the people whose only impression of Scott is what the cancellers and the woke, and their sycophants in the mass media had to say, but have an open mind, then come. If Dilbert or one of Scott’s books, or his Coffee with Scott Adams podcasts had a positive impact on your life, please come.
I remember when the word “woke” (in a political sense) was a useful term. But that was a while ago.
Things go wrong in every purist or don’t-wish-to-compromise political groundswell or ideology no matter what part of the political spectrum comes forth.
—
I celebrate his genius, which was astonishing
I regret some of his regrettable attitudes. He had some fiercely nasty things to say about women in some of his conversations as well.
That’s just my take. I’m certainly glad he walked the Earth and shared his amazing comic sensibilities with us.
I regret that he was not what many of us hoped he was, personally speaking. near the end of his life
I own more than 20 of his books taken from the strip. They’re staying.
Personally, I think that most of us are complicated and he was as well
@duodec@f00l I second those comments, especially as to human flaws. Glad he lived, enjoyed his comics (except maybe for the Catbert ones), thought he hammered office nails pretty well.
Christopher Erickson
I feel such grief. Not only did Scott just die, so did Dilbert, Dogbert, Wally, Alice, Ratbert, Mombert, Catbert, PHB, and all the rest.
They weren’t just comic characters, they were my beloved friends all of these years. Unlike all of the rest of comic-land, every single time they spoke, they said wonderful, delicious things and I loved being able to be a part of their world.
Claudette Colvin, civil rights pioneer who refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus months before Rosa Parks, has died.
Follow the link below to view the article.
@chienfou Wow! I’d never heard her story. That’s so impressive. Charged with assault, that’s insane. (But unfortunately sounds very similar to current happenings.)
@Kyeh
Yeah, apparently she feared getting raped by the officers. She missed being the image of the bus challenge case by her bus charge being dropped and the optics of her getting pregnant out of wedlock shortly after her arrest. Community activists opted to wait for a ‘better’ case (Rosa Parks). She did end up as one of the plaintiffs for the Browder case though. She is one of a ton of local folks that got overshadowed by Rosa.
Somehow missed this earlier this month (1/5)
Tom Cherones who directed the first 5 seasons of the show about nothing (aka Seinfeld) among a host of other stuff…
Follow the link below to view the article.
Gladys West went from a one-room schoolhouse in rural Virginia to college and to working on planetary motions and modeling. “I really did like geometry,” she said of her high school years. “I fell in love with that.”
@therealjrn I’m always just a bit jealous and in awe of people who found an affinity for higher math. I tried, and once in a great while felt a little spark of it in an engineering or DiffEQ class, but it never caught. Their brains work in awesome ways.
The 6-foot-7 inch Foege literally stood out in the field of public health. A whip-smart medical doctor with a calm demeanor, he had a canny knack for beating back infectious diseases.
@therealjrn Fingers crossed, but I have this nagging feeling that it (or a new and improved version) will be back, since samples were kept for “research” in labs in many places.
@phendrick@therealjrn
Yep, that’s the crazy part. More of that shit happens than people realize. Like this bust Saturday (2/1) in Las Vegas with ties to an earlier one in California a couple of years back.
Scary!
@chienfou@therealjrn
No worries. It was “an isolated incident” according to the sheriff there. I’m sure he would know. Besides, the CCP are our friends.
Raines had six children. One son died as a toddler — an experience that left her a “very broken woman,” Raines said in 2021 when she was named CNN’s Hero of the Year…“I would rather have him back than anything in the world, but I am a mother without a son, and there are a lot of people in the street that are without a mother,” she said. “And I feel like it’s a fair exchange — I’m here for them.”
@therealjrn
Wasn’t familiar with this person. What a beautiful soul!
Sadly, it appears she died alone. Much like many of the folks she ministered to.
RIP Ms Shirley
@llangley@MrGoodGuy
One of our (frequent) patients in our ER was named Jeremiah. A nurse I worked with would break into that opening line for joy to the world every time she saw him. It was actually pretty funny.
Ed Iskendarian, known as “The Camfather” in hot rod and automotive circles passed away at the age of 104
Isky, as his company and product came to be known was a pioneer in hot rodding and built a huge company starting with a single cam grinding machine he designed.
Unlike many manufacturers in recent years, their products, even the blanks they machine camshafts from, were American products, not outsourced to the cheapest builder. They maintained an excellent reputation for quality while many others lapsed.
"Sonny Jurgensen, the Hall of Fame quarterback whose strong arm led to passing records for the Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Commanders and affable personality made him a beloved figure, has died at the age of 91.
Jurgensen’s family announced his death in a statement released by the Commanders on Friday, saying he died of natural causes in Naples, Florida, after a brief stay in hospice care…"
"Brad Arnold, the lead singer and founding member of the popular rock band 3 Doors Down, has died after a battle with cancer. He was 47.
According to a statement obtained by Fox News Digital, Arnold “passed away peacefully, surrounded by loved ones, in his sleep after his courageous battle with cancer,” Saturday, Feb. 7…"
"Child actor Blake Garrett — best known for his role as Plug in the 2006 film, How to Eat Fried Worms — died suddenly on Sunday at the age of 33.
The actor’s mother, Carol Garrett, told TMZ the family is still waiting for autopsy results from the medical examiner to determine an official cause of death…"
Former Osage Nation Principal Chief Jim Gray passed from this life on Feb. 12, 2026. During his tenure, the Osage Nation achieved self-governance status and affirmed its sovereign right to determine its own citizenry. He led the creation of a tripartite system of governance, replacing the former tribal council structure imposed under the Indian Reorganization Act. He also championed the Nation’s first 25-year strategic plan, built from direct feedback of the Osage citizenry — a model later chiefs would follow.
"Former NFL Pro Bowl guard Tre’ Johnson has died suddenly and unexpectedly at the age of 54 while on a trip with his family, his devastated wife revealed.
Johnson, who played for Washington and the Cleveland Browns during his career, died Sunday, his wife Irene wrote on Facebook.
He had been battling health issues before his death…"
“Dana Eden, the Emmy Award-winning producer behind Apple TV’s espionage thriller “Tehran,” was found dead in an Athens hotel room on Sunday at age 52, just weeks into filming the show’s fourth season. Greek police are investigating the case as a probable suicide based on evidence recovered at the scene, including pills and bruising on her neck. Her production company has moved quickly to deny rumors of foul play, but the circumstances have triggered intense speculation given the show’s subject matter and Iran’s well-documented history of targeting perceived enemies abroad…”
@f00l@MrGoodGuy I liked him in a lot of different movies. Having been reared here in the buckle of the Bible Belt, I especially like The Apostle even tho he was really to old to be married to Farah Fawcett as he was portrayed in the show.
/youtube Divall The Apostle
@f00l It’s a must watch. It is a masterpiece. He wrote, directed and stars. He even rounded up the financing for the film himself. The scenes with him and Miranda Richardson are downright stellar and incredibly vulnerable. There’s really no story arc, it feels almost documentary like, as though it is all playing out in real time . . . The Apostle is film making at its finest. He got an academy award nod, nominated for best actor for his role as the Apostle EF. He lost to Jack Nicholson, he was robbed. The film should have been nominated for best picture.
I used to just see to go see every interesting film I could get to or was aware of (back in the days of repertory movie houses). Long time ago.
Then films went all “infinite sequels” and “expanded fantasy universes” and “summer blockbusters” and the 70’s were so much a very long long long time past … and it was not so much fun to go to theaters anymore anyway
At the same time I went online big time (before html was widely out there, it was a command line universe) and I lost track of all but the most hyped up films. And even those hyped films I often didn’t see.
These days when I look at review lists or “best of year lists” I often haven’t seen any of the films (and don’t even know what the films might be about)
unless maybe it’s an event film like Barbie or Top Gun Maverick … or a Christopher Nolan or similar “big filmmaker” film … and even then more likely than not I haven’t seen it.
I notice one can “feel like” one has seen a film or watched a TV series because of endless YouTube clips.
I’ve met people who’ve never sat thru Star Wars (original) but have “seen the entire thing” in various 2-5 minute clips from YT.
Or they think they’ve seen it.
Aristotle and Voltaire might not approve of these “ultra-processed snack food versions of media literacy”.
And they might have a point.
Esp since even 80 page novellas are now officially too long and tiresome for even literature majors at an Ivy League school to read.
I wonder how these current student generations will ever manage to read math books. (Where it can take hours to work thru a single dense paragraph)
OTOH fuck Aristotle and Voltaire.
Really. Fuck them.
WTF did they ever know about being born into a world of rapidly declining and infinitesimally small human expectations, and into a world of increasing so-called “AI” generativity taking over all?
So let “AI” write the books. And let “AI” make the films.
Ok, so the results are excrement and slop and garbage.
So, a possible solution:
Let “AI” watch the films and read the books
and let “AI” generate the political economy and the “great game” maneuvering and economic and military capacity while we’re at it.
Let “AI” work things out with EU and Five Eyes and China and Russia and NK and middle-east and the rest.
Maybe “AI” and the billionaire who own it already are.
So
Let “AI” do all the work of being a facsimile human.
And let the billionaires and corps take the profits.
The rest of us bio units will likely work in fast food or at WM or Amz and otherwise freely doomscroll our various ways to hell and death.
And so my attention span capacity is prob degenerating in the same way as everyone else’s is.
3 minute YT clip? “It’s so incredibly long. I’m tired. It’s such an effing drag”
What the hell. Soma today is doomscrolling and distraction and online addiction. Huxley just shoulda stuck around a few decades longer.
Or he shoulda let *AI” write his books.
I mean, hey!
“AI” is “eyeless”
See what I mean?
How about a new equivalent of Shakespeare?
Seems like a lotta damn work for a human to generate fine literature that no one but a LLM system is ever gonna read.
Possible best use case for the work of a new true literary genius: an LLM “AI” engine can digest and regurgitate summarized bits of it in a response to a Google enquiry.
Hey there, Voltaire! Best of all possible worlds.
Right? Yeah. You bet.
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But Robert Duvall ….
There are moments when “old school” shines thru.
Had I been aware of The Apostle I hope I would have seen it.
The man never seems to have sold out to self-parody or to dialing it in, just for the bucks or just to have a project (in the way the De Niro did for some later films)
The man never made me consciously aware I was watching “greatness” in the way that some great actors always seem to do.
(So that the viewer is taken away from the story to watch the ‘great performance’.)
And he could be a true chameleon in his roles i guess.
I’m never aware I’m watching an actor when i see him on screen.
I just see the character and the story unfolds and is told.
The actor behind the character seems to disappear.
I wonder if there is any space left for that sort of talent to make a career anymore.
(When all the norms of what we are and do might be melting away but we’re all super self-conscious)
Altho every generation in history has bitched about the oncoming generations being self indulgent, lazy, useless, selfish, incapable of work, and living in fantasy.
(Which they/we were and are.)
And most younger generations have bitched about how the old folks fucked up everything.
(Which they/we did and are still actively at)
—
Best of all possible worlds. Hmmm.
Well … Duvall, as an actor, was.
I hope we’ll have a few more examples of that before the “AI” LLM engines and the billionaires finish eating us.
—-
’Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive,
But to be young was very heaven!’
; )
’I should like to know which is worse: to be ravished a hundred times by pirates, and have a buttock cut off, and run the gauntlet of the Bulgarians, and be flogged and hanged in an auto-da-fe, and be dissected, and have to row in a galley – in short, to undergo all the miseries we have each of us suffered
– or simply to sit here and do nothing?’
‘That is a hard question,’ said Candide.
Answer:
If you’re sitting around doing nothing you can watch YouTube. If you’re being flogged and tortured it’s harder to watch YouTube.
/giphy “best of all possible worlds”
’If this is the best of possible worlds, what then are the others’
(Voltaire)
/giphy “doomscrolling the doomsday clock”
—-
PS. Dunno how I got off on that weird tangent. Apologies.
@kittykat9180@shahnm
Oh my! I’ve enjoyed my travels in Costa Rica and always felt pretty safe… Guess ‘bad people’ are everywhere.
Edit: after reading about thi it sounds more like a targeted attack. Still shocking…
@chienfou@kittykat9180@shahnm they made sure to say he was an ex-pat hotel owner and local entrepreneur, so not a tourist (“come on down”!).
Dude’s now riding the Best Waves Ever…surf’s up!
@kittykat9180 Someone on Reddit said he had sickle cell disease.
I wonder if Eric Dane also died of (assisted) suicide; ALS sounds like such a terrible illness.
@Kyeh people of African descent have a much higher probability of having sickle cell trait. From my understanding he died from a self-inflicted gun shot wound to the head.
@kittykat9180@sassymango Yes, I knew that about sickle cell, and also that it’s incredibly painful. I just wondered if he decided to end it rather than go through it & die slowly. Same with Eric Dane; I imagine I’d opt for assisted suicide if I were facing that kind of decline.
@kittykat9180@Kyeh@sassymango
When I was doing an internship during my college years at a local community hospital (in another life, it seems) I did a paper on euthanasia. I got to interview several interesting people including the hospital’s ethicist. She had a good grasp of the concept, even back then. The medical community has been thinking about this for a long, long time.
I’m a libertarian at heart and generally in favor of it in dire situations. There’s a point, I believe, where palliative care ends and needlessly extending life begins. But each case is so personal creating a blanket policy is impossible. Every now and then, somebody defies the odds and survives some horrible medical condition.
I would hope that Janarious is at peace now and resting in the Lord’s arms. 🕊
We’re barely halfway through the quarter. Is it just me or does it seem like we’ve lost a lot of people this year already? This list is rapidly getting VERY long.
@kittykat9180 Typing in BOLD is pretty EZ! It’s actually a “Heading” font @chienfou used. You just need to highlight your text and use the button shown in the image below:
@kittykat9180@Kyeh@mossygreen
Plus as a side benefit that double asterisk is something you can do it in the portrait position.
BTW single asterisk bracketing the word will get you italics
Like this:
Born Anna Torv in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1944, her family emigrated to Australia when she was 9. Following her parents’ divorce, she herself raised her young siblings, then became a reporter at the Sydney Daily Mirror and later the Sydney Daily Telegraph.
“Bill Mazeroski, the Gold Glove former second baseman of the Pittsburgh Pirates who danced around the bases after his bottom-of-the-ninth, solo home run beat the New York Yankees in Game 7 of the 1960 World Series, died at the age of 89.”
"Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Rondale Moore died on Saturday in southern Indiana, according to The Athletic’s Dianna Russini and Fox 9’s Ahmad Hicks. He was 25 years old.
According to Hicks and WHAS11, New Albany police chief Todd Bailey said Moore was found in a garage with a gunshot wound suspected to be self-inflicted…"
"Robert Carradine – the actor best known for his roles in “Lizzie McGuire,” “Revenge of the Nerds,” and “The Long Riders,” – has died after taking his own life after a nearly two decade battle with Bipolar Disorder.
In a statement to Deadline, Carradine’s family called him a “beacon of light” in a world that can feel dark, and described his struggle with mental illness as “valiant.” They said they hope his journey helps shine a light on the stigma surrounding Bipolar Disorder and asked for privacy as they grieve…"
Katherine Short, 42, daughter of actor Martin Short, died by apparent suicide. It’s especially strange considering her profession.
Short’s daughter graduated from New York University in 2006 and obtained her master’s degree from the University of Southern California School of Social Work in 2010. She was a licensed clinical social worker operating a private practice in Los Angeles and specialized in adoption, anxiety, depression, personality disorders, grief and loss, suicidality, and relationship difficulties.
While not technically a life… 2025 is now officially dead to us.
@chienfou The year is dead. Long live the year!
@chienfou @Kyeh I remember it well. Just like it was yesterday.
@chienfou
2025 is dead not a moment
Too soon.
@f00l
Nope… Right on schedule!
@chienfou I used to say it was one of those daze. Then daze became weeks, weeks became months, and months became years.
Now I just say it’s one of those lifetimes.
Tommy Lee Jones’ Daughter Victoria Found Dead at San Francisco Hotel
https://ijr.com/tommy-lee-jones-daughter-victoria-found-dead-at-san-francisco-hotel/
"A New Year’s Day stay at a luxury San Francisco hotel ended in tragedy with the sudden death of Victoria Jones, the daughter of acclaimed actor Tommy Lee Jones.
According to the New York Post, Jones, 34, was found unresponsive early Thursday morning at the Fairmont San Francisco, according to multiple reports…"
@chienfou Thanks for moving it over. I guess I was clinging to the past…
@shahnm
@chienfou @shahnm
You can checkout anytime you want but you can never leave.
@chienfou @shahnm I thought you’d put it there because she died in 2025 although she was found in 2026.
@chienfou @Kyeh
Umm… Yes. That’s exactly what I did.
@chienfou @shahnm
@Kyeh @shahnm
Guess the article I read didn’t have an estimated time of death. Just the declaration time. Which was on the first.
@chienfou @Kyeh @shahnm Yup, that’s how it works in an unattended death. My brother drowned on a Sunday but wasn’t discovered until Wednesday. Even though every indication that he died 3 days before, date of death was recorded on that Wednesday.
@Kyeh @shahnm @therealjrn
That’s so sad… Sorry for your loss. I’m sure the wait for the discovery was extruciating.
I guess I was going by the report saying she was discovered by bystanders at about 0315. I took that to mean these were probably people in the room with her… but not necessarily her hotel room. At any rate, starting CPR at that point if she actually died before midnight was definitely an exercise in futility.
@chienfou @Kyeh @therealjrn So sorry to hear this about your brother. I can’t imagine…
@chienfou @Kyeh @shahnm Thank you. It was a day for sure. 20 years or so have passed, but I look forward to seeing him again some day.
🕊
Jumbo Ozaki, considered Japan’s greatest golfer, dies of cancer
https://www.golfdigest.com/story/jumbo-ozaki-dies-78-cancer-japan-golfer
"Masashi Ozaki, widely considered Japanese’s greatest golfer, has died from cancer. He was 78.
Often referred to as “Jumbo” due to his length off the tee, Ozaki originally played professional baseball in his late teens. However, he eventually transitioned to golf, turning professional at 23 years old and winning the Japan PGA Championship the next season…"
@shahnm You’re STILL clinging to the past!
@MrGoodGuy @shahnm
Ok, here’s our first 2026 candidate.
Diane Crump, the first female jockey to ride in the Kentucky Derby, dies at 77
Eva Schloss, Holocaust survivor and Anne Frank’s stepsister, dies at 96
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/eva-schloss-dies-holocaust-survivor-anne-frank-stepsister-age-96/
"Auschwitz survivor Eva Schloss, the stepsister of teenage diarist Anne Frank and a tireless educator about the horrors of the Holocaust, has died. She was 96.
The Anne Frank Trust UK, of which Schloss was an honorary president, said she died on Saturday in London, where she had lived…"
How has no one mentioned Rob Reiner and his wife?
@kittykat9180 It’s in the 2025 4th quarter thread.
@kittykat9180 @Kyeh
Rob Reiner??? WHAAAT???
@kittykat9180 @therealjrn
https://meh.com/forum/topics/rip-2025-fourth-quarter-october-december#693f8f7c383c14810260e834
@kittykat9180 Long Live Meathead!
@Kyeh oh. I was assuming Q1 FY26, which is October, November, and December of 2025.
If we’re talking calendar year, the first quarter of calendar year 2026 has just started.
@Kyeh @therealjrn his murder was all over the news.
@kittykat9180 @Kyeh
Sorry for your confusion.
I guess I could have been more explicit and said “first quarter (calendar) year 2026”. But in my defense this IS the format we’ve used for a LONG time
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@chienfou @kittykat9180 @Kyeh and FY is defined differenrly based upon your fiscal schedule.
Google defined it better than me, Organizations choose a fiscal year that best aligns with their business cycles, revenue patterns, or industry norms for clearer financial tracking and tax purposes.
@Kyeh
Yes, I’m aware. I was just joshing. Man, that guy Josh gets me into alot of trouble sometimes!
@therealjrn
Hey… It’s not @capnjb 's fault!
Actually, you would think by now the internet would have developed a universally recognized special JK or sarcasm font/emoji/something indicator. Inflection gets totally lost in a post.
@capnjb @chienfou @therealjrn
“:-)” has been around since (at least) the eighties.
@capnjb @chienfou
I find the addition of an emoji dulls the comedic effect, don’t you?
¯\(ツ)/¯
@capnjb @macromeh @therealjrn
Always just took that to be a ‘happy’ face…
@capnjb @chienfou @macromeh @therealjrn
There is [/s]
Maybe it’s @jouest’s fault! (Another Josh.)
@chienfou @Kyeh
I work with a lot of federal agencies and with clients who have federal grants. I tend to see everything through the lens of federal fiscal year.
If I’m understanding correctly now, these threads are per quarter of each calendar year with the intention of posting celebrity deaths as they occur?
@chienfou @kittykat9180 @Kyeh
For the record, my firearms are all secured. I do have a few axes, tomahawks and mauls… and maybe 15-20 knives. But. I’ve been on the east coast for a bit.
I am traveling to Seattle next Friday morning 
Go Hawks! 
@chienfou @kittykat9180 @Kyeh
Correctomundo cha cha.
We’ll probably let you sit at the adult table next Thanksgiving! Would you like that?
@kittykat9180 @Kyeh @therealjrn
Yes… That’s correct. It’s a way to share memorable or notable deaths that will touch the memory of the meh collective.
@therealjrn no thinks, I don’t celebrate thanksgiving.
@kittykat9180 oh yeah, so sorry, I forgot
@therealjrn I forgive you.
Doug LaMalfa, Republican congressman from California, dies at 65
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/doug-lamalfa-republican-congressman-california-dies-65/
"Washington — Rep. Doug LaMalfa, a California Republican who had been in Congress since 2013, has died, House GOP Whip Tom Emmer announced Tuesday. He was 65.
‘Doug was a loving father and husband, and staunch advocate for his constituents and rural America,’ Emmer said in a post on X. ‘Our prayers are with Doug’s wife, Jill, and their children…’"
Michael Edward Reagan, the eldest son of President Ronald Reagan, passed away on Sunday, January 4, 2026, following a battle with cancer. He was 80 years old.
Renee Nicole Macklin Good, 37.
Hockey legend Glenn Hall passed away Wednesday at the age of 94 years old.
Hall was an original Blue and was the club’s first pick in the 1967 NHL Expansion Draft. He played a critical role in establishing the Blues’ identity in the early years and helped guide an expansion franchise to three consecutive Stanley Cup Final appearances (1968, 1969, 1970).
https://www.nhl.com/blues/news/original-blue-glenn-hall-passes-away-at-94
@tinamarie1974
RIP. I (ahem) recollect those years. Guy was definitely a legend and a class act.
And OMG… Guarding a goal with no mask… That’s crazy ballsy!
@chienfou those older guys were either brave or crazy, maybe a bit of both! But legendary for sure.
Jan 5,2026
Aldrich Ames, a former counterintelligence officer for the CIA who gained notoriety as a double agent for the Soviet Union and later Russia, has died. He was 84.
Follow the link below to view the article.
Double agent who spied for Russia dies
https://montgomeryadvertiser-al.newsmemory.com/?publink=18fce2194_1351f31
Bob Weir, Grateful Dead Guitarist, Dies at 78
https://variety.com/2026/music/news/bob-weir-dead-grateful-dead-1236628170/
@therealjrn
another icon buys the farm. RIP to one of the ‘touch of gray’
@Kyeh What a long, strange trip it’s been…
@Kyeh
This one seems appropriate
@therealjrn
Wow, that’s a name I haven’t thought of in a long time.
@chienfou @therealjrn I don’t believe I’ve seen any of his aliens. Were they all deported?
@phendrick The paucity of actual evidence for their existence seems to indicate that either they were never here or they were so disgusted by us that they carefully made sure that no artifacts were left laying around that might lead us back to them. I favor the former hypothesis.
@werehatrack But I find your second hypothesis completely believable.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/arts/scott-adams-dead.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
@f00l
The comic strip was way brilliant.
And then he made public some of his real late life opinions.
From the obit
Scott Adams’ celebration of life is streaming on youtube, X, and possibly other platforms right now (11AM Pacific time).
If you’re one of the people whose only impression of Scott is what the cancellers and the woke, and their sycophants in the mass media had to say, but have an open mind, then come. If Dilbert or one of Scott’s books, or his Coffee with Scott Adams podcasts had a positive impact on your life, please come.
@duodec
So I don’t do hive mind stuff as far as I know
I remember when the word “woke” (in a political sense) was a useful term. But that was a while ago.
Things go wrong in every purist or don’t-wish-to-compromise political groundswell or ideology no matter what part of the political spectrum comes forth.
—
I celebrate his genius, which was astonishing
I regret some of his regrettable attitudes. He had some fiercely nasty things to say about women in some of his conversations as well.
That’s just my take. I’m certainly glad he walked the Earth and shared his amazing comic sensibilities with us.
I regret that he was not what many of us hoped he was, personally speaking. near the end of his life
I own more than 20 of his books taken from the strip. They’re staying.
Personally, I think that most of us are complicated and he was as well
@duodec @f00l I second those comments, especially as to human flaws. Glad he lived, enjoyed his comics (except maybe for the Catbert ones), thought he hammered office nails pretty well.
Claudette Colvin, civil rights pioneer who refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus months before Rosa Parks, has died.
Follow the link below to view the article.
Colvin, civil rights pioneer, dies at 86
https://montgomeryadvertiser-al.newsmemory.com/?publink=07f41028d_1351f38
@chienfou Wow! I’d never heard her story. That’s so impressive. Charged with assault, that’s insane. (But unfortunately sounds very similar to current happenings.)
@Kyeh
Yeah, apparently she feared getting raped by the officers. She missed being the image of the bus challenge case by her bus charge being dropped and the optics of her getting pregnant out of wedlock shortly after her arrest. Community activists opted to wait for a ‘better’ case (Rosa Parks). She did end up as one of the plaintiffs for the Browder case though. She is one of a ton of local folks that got overshadowed by Rosa.
@chienfou Such courage. I’m glad her story isn’t forgotten even though she didn’t get the recognition that Rosa Parks did.
Somehow missed this earlier this month (1/5)
Tom Cherones who directed the first 5 seasons of the show about nothing (aka Seinfeld) among a host of other stuff…
Follow the link below to view the article.
Remembering Tom Cherones
https://montgomeryadvertiser-al.newsmemory.com/?publink=2884414cb_1351f39
Italian fashion designer Valentino dies aged 93
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdx4rpxxvg7o
ROGER ALLERS co-director of The Lion King has died
https://montgomeryadvertiser-al.newsmemory.com/?publink=278076fbe_1351f3d
Closing the circle of life…
Gladys West, mathematician whose work paved the way for GPS, dies at 95
Gladys West went from a one-room schoolhouse in rural Virginia to college and to working on planetary motions and modeling. “I really did like geometry,” she said of her high school years. “I fell in love with that.”
Definitely pearls of wisdom to live by…
@therealjrn I’m always just a bit jealous and in awe of people who found an affinity for higher math. I tried, and once in a great while felt a little spark of it in an engineering or DiffEQ class, but it never caught. Their brains work in awesome ways.
And she had the same first name as my Mom…
POPSOCKETS! SPROCKETS! DAVY CROCKETT! AWESOME!
@duodec @therealjrn
Sometimes moms are geniuses. Or so I hear.
@duodec @f00l
I’m just amazed they can make a tiny human. Mom’s are pretty special, I agree.
@duodec @therealjrn
I certainly never told my mom that I thought she was a genius once in a while
I didn’t want to give up any negotiating or manipulative ground so I pretended otherwise
Unfortunately, she died young from cancer
Age 49. So our relationship never got to the point where I could admit to her, that, sometimes, she wasn’t clueless.
(But only sometimes.)
{{{@f00l}}}
@therealjrn
Yup.
Dr. William Foege, a leader of one of humanity’s greatest public health victories — the global eradication of smallpox — has died.
The 6-foot-7 inch Foege literally stood out in the field of public health. A whip-smart medical doctor with a calm demeanor, he had a canny knack for beating back infectious diseases.
@therealjrn Fingers crossed, but I have this nagging feeling that it (or a new and improved version) will be back, since samples were kept for “research” in labs in many places.
@phendrick @therealjrn
Yep, that’s the crazy part. More of that shit happens than people realize. Like this bust Saturday (2/1) in Las Vegas with ties to an earlier one in California a couple of years back.
Scary!
@chienfou @therealjrn
No worries. It was “an isolated incident” according to the sheriff there. I’m sure he would know. Besides, the CCP are our friends.
Lowell ‘Sly’ Dunbar, Jamaican Music Icon Dead at 73
https://www.tmz.com/2026/01/26/lowell-sly-dunbar-dead/
"Lowell “Sly” Dunbar, who was one half of legendary Jamaican duo Sly & Robbie, has died, his daughter confirmed to TMZ.
Natasha Dunbar tells us … her father died Monday at his home in Kingston, Jamaica. A cause of death was not disclosed…"
TikTok star Shirley Raines, known for bringing meals and respect to people on Skid Row, dies at 58
Raines had six children. One son died as a toddler — an experience that left her a “very broken woman,” Raines said in 2021 when she was named CNN’s Hero of the Year…“I would rather have him back than anything in the world, but I am a mother without a son, and there are a lot of people in the street that are without a mother,” she said. “And I feel like it’s a fair exchange — I’m here for them.”
@therealjrn
Wasn’t familiar with this person. What a beautiful soul!
Sadly, it appears she died alone. Much like many of the folks she ministered to.
RIP Ms Shirley
Catherine O’Hara – famous for her work in “Schitt’s Creek,” “Home Alone,” and “Best In Show” – is dead … TMZ has learned.
@therealjrn
@therealjrn
Really sad.
@therealjrn
I only just learned that Catherine O’Hara was the voice of Sally in The Nightmare Before Christmas!
Grady Demond Wilson
‘Sanford and Son’ Actor Dead at 79
https://www.tmz.com/2026/01/31/grady-demond-wilson-dead-sanford-and-son/
@MrGoodGuy Aw.
@MrGoodGuy That article didn’t mention that he was also a Vietnam veteran who served in combat and was wounded.
I also saw one reference to him becoming an ordained minister at some point and working to help other veterans.
Former Dallas Cowboys running back Scott Laidlaw, a key member of the team’s 1970s dynasty, passed away at the age of 72 Friday, 1/30/26.
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/articles/prayers-pour-roger-staubach-era-124206950.html
Three Dog Night co-founder Chuck Negron has died at 83
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-15522349/chuck-negron-died-three-dog-night.html
@MrGoodGuy he’s on the road to Shambala
R.I.P. and thanks for the music
@llangley @MrGoodGuy
One of our (frequent) patients in our ER was named Jeremiah. A nurse I worked with would break into that opening line for joy to the world every time she saw him. It was actually pretty funny.
@chienfou @llangley @MrGoodGuy
Need more
/youtube mama told me not to come
/youtube easy to be hard
/youtube three dog night never been to Spain live
Son of late dictator Gadhafi is killed in Libya
Mickey Lolich - Detroit Tigers pitcher
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https://apnews.com/article/mickey-lolich-dead-world-series-detroit-tigers-608ab9aa7037e27306e8f67682aa6b76
Ed Iskendarian, known as “The Camfather” in hot rod and automotive circles passed away at the age of 104
Isky, as his company and product came to be known was a pioneer in hot rodding and built a huge company starting with a single cam grinding machine he designed.
Unlike many manufacturers in recent years, their products, even the blanks they machine camshafts from, were American products, not outsourced to the cheapest builder. They maintained an excellent reputation for quality while many others lapsed.
Hall of Fame quarterback Sonny Jurgensen dies at 91
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47849540/hall-fame-quarterback-sonny-jurgensen-dies-91
"Sonny Jurgensen, the Hall of Fame quarterback whose strong arm led to passing records for the Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Commanders and affable personality made him a beloved figure, has died at the age of 91.
Jurgensen’s family announced his death in a statement released by the Commanders on Friday, saying he died of natural causes in Naples, Florida, after a brief stay in hospice care…"
3 Doors Down frontman Brad Arnold dead at 47
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/3-doors-down-frontman-brad-arnold-dead-47
"Brad Arnold, the lead singer and founding member of the popular rock band 3 Doors Down, has died after a battle with cancer. He was 47.
According to a statement obtained by Fox News Digital, Arnold “passed away peacefully, surrounded by loved ones, in his sleep after his courageous battle with cancer,” Saturday, Feb. 7…"
Now we’re “here without YOU”. Thanks for the music
/youtube Three Doors Down Here Without You
https://www.starrigger.net
R I p Jeffrey Carver
That’s his website, strangely enough nobody’s posted and obit yet probably because of the stupidbowl
Child Actor Blake Garrett Dead at 33
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2026/02/10/child-actor-blake-garrett-dead-at-33/
"Child actor Blake Garrett — best known for his role as Plug in the 2006 film, How to Eat Fried Worms — died suddenly on Sunday at the age of 33.
The actor’s mother, Carol Garrett, told TMZ the family is still waiting for autopsy results from the medical examiner to determine an official cause of death…"
@shahnm
It’s sad how many childhood actors end up either dead young or fucked up for life…
@chienfou Yeah…
@shahnm
They’re treated like a disposable commodity…
James VanDer Beek, 48, died of not yet disclosed cause but was previously diagnosed with colorectal cancer.
Bud Cort, 1948-2026
/image bud cort
/youtube bud cort
@mossygreen
/giphy bud cort actor
@mossygreen Not Edgar!!
Greg Brown co-founder of the band Cake (2/7/26)
Follow the link below to view the article.
Cake co-founder Greg Brown dies
https://montgomeryadvertiser-al.newsmemory.com/?publink=06461823d_1351f98
Former Osage Nation Principal Chief Jim Gray passed from this life on Feb. 12, 2026.
During his tenure, the Osage Nation achieved self-governance status and affirmed its sovereign right to determine its own citizenry. He led the creation of a tripartite system of governance, replacing the former tribal council structure imposed under the Indian Reorganization Act. He also championed the Nation’s first 25-year strategic plan, built from direct feedback of the Osage citizenry — a model later chiefs would follow.
@therealjrn
Sounds like a serious quality Good Guy.
Former Washington star Tre’ Johnson dies ‘suddenly and unexpectedly’ on family trip at age of 54
https://nypost.com/2026/02/16/sports/former-washington-star-tre-johnson-dies-suddenly-and-unexpectedly-on-family-trip-age-54/
"Former NFL Pro Bowl guard Tre’ Johnson has died suddenly and unexpectedly at the age of 54 while on a trip with his family, his devastated wife revealed.
Johnson, who played for Washington and the Cleveland Browns during his career, died Sunday, his wife Irene wrote on Facebook.
He had been battling health issues before his death…"
Dana Eden: Israeli Producer of ‘Tehran’ Found Dead in Athens Hotel as Questions Swirl
https://truthbasedmedia.com/israeli-producer-of-tehran-found-dead-in-athens-hotel-as-questions-swirl/
“Dana Eden, the Emmy Award-winning producer behind Apple TV’s espionage thriller “Tehran,” was found dead in an Athens hotel room on Sunday at age 52, just weeks into filming the show’s fourth season. Greek police are investigating the case as a probable suicide based on evidence recovered at the scene, including pills and bruising on her neck. Her production company has moved quickly to deny rumors of foul play, but the circumstances have triggered intense speculation given the show’s subject matter and Iran’s well-documented history of targeting perceived enemies abroad…”
Robert Duvall, Oscar Winner and Star of The Godfather and Apocalypse Now, Dies at 95
https://deadline.com/2026/02/robert-duvall-dead-1236726076/
@MrGoodGuy loved so many of his films!
@MrGoodGuy I hope he died with his boots on.
@MrGoodGuy
He was always great.
/youtube apocalypse now helicopter attack
@MrGoodGuy
Thinking about him … he was great in so many roles it’s hard to know what was “the finest”.
/youtube godfather duvall
@MrGoodGuy
/youtube “lonesome dove” duvall
@MrGoodGuy
/youtube Santini duvall
@MrGoodGuy
Duvall reportedly believed this was one of his finest films.
From a WM Faulkner story.
Tomorrow
@MrGoodGuy
Tender Mercies
@MrGoodGuy
/youtube boo “to kill a mockingbird”
@MrGoodGuy
A bunch of the various bits are either paywalls or make you agree to not use an ad-blocker.
The NYT put this one out on the public free server and it loads ok for me.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/movies/robert-duvall-dead.html?smid=url-share
According to the article, many considered him to be “the American Olivier”
I know that when I saw him in something I always kinda believed he was “that guy”, almost playing himself.
Then I would see his next film and he would be “that new guy” for me.
What gifts he had.
@f00l @MrGoodGuy I liked him in a lot of different movies. Having been reared here in the buckle of the Bible Belt, I especially like The Apostle even tho he was really to old to be married to Farah Fawcett as he was portrayed in the show.
/youtube Divall The Apostle
@MrGoodGuy @therealjrn
Haven’t seen it. So thx I have that to look forward too
@f00l It’s a must watch. It is a masterpiece. He wrote, directed and stars. He even rounded up the financing for the film himself. The scenes with him and Miranda Richardson are downright stellar and incredibly vulnerable. There’s really no story arc, it feels almost documentary like, as though it is all playing out in real time . . . The Apostle is film making at its finest. He got an academy award nod, nominated for best actor for his role as the Apostle EF. He lost to Jack Nicholson, he was robbed. The film should have been nominated for best picture.
@Pavlov
I used to just see to go see every interesting film I could get to or was aware of (back in the days of repertory movie houses). Long time ago.
Then films went all “infinite sequels” and “expanded fantasy universes” and “summer blockbusters” and the 70’s were so much a very long long long time past … and it was not so much fun to go to theaters anymore anyway
At the same time I went online big time (before html was widely out there, it was a command line universe) and I lost track of all but the most hyped up films. And even those hyped films I often didn’t see.
These days when I look at review lists or “best of year lists” I often haven’t seen any of the films (and don’t even know what the films might be about)
unless maybe it’s an event film like Barbie or Top Gun Maverick … or a Christopher Nolan or similar “big filmmaker” film … and even then more likely than not I haven’t seen it.
I notice one can “feel like” one has seen a film or watched a TV series because of endless YouTube clips.
I’ve met people who’ve never sat thru Star Wars (original) but have “seen the entire thing” in various 2-5 minute clips from YT.
Or they think they’ve seen it.
Aristotle and Voltaire might not approve of these “ultra-processed snack food versions of media literacy”.
And they might have a point.
Esp since even 80 page novellas are now officially too long and tiresome for even literature majors at an Ivy League school to read.
I wonder how these current student generations will ever manage to read math books. (Where it can take hours to work thru a single dense paragraph)
OTOH fuck Aristotle and Voltaire.
Really. Fuck them.
WTF did they ever know about being born into a world of rapidly declining and infinitesimally small human expectations, and into a world of increasing so-called “AI” generativity taking over all?
So let “AI” write the books. And let “AI” make the films.
Ok, so the results are excrement and slop and garbage.
So, a possible solution:
Let “AI” watch the films and read the books
and let “AI” generate the political economy and the “great game” maneuvering and economic and military capacity while we’re at it.
Let “AI” work things out with EU and Five Eyes and China and Russia and NK and middle-east and the rest.
Maybe “AI” and the billionaire who own it already are.
So
Let “AI” do all the work of being a facsimile human.
And let the billionaires and corps take the profits.
The rest of us bio units will likely work in fast food or at WM or Amz and otherwise freely doomscroll our various ways to hell and death.
And so my attention span capacity is prob degenerating in the same way as everyone else’s is.
3 minute YT clip? “It’s so incredibly long. I’m tired. It’s such an effing drag”
What the hell.
Soma today is doomscrolling and distraction and online addiction. Huxley just shoulda stuck around a few decades longer.
Or he shoulda let *AI” write his books.
I mean, hey!
“AI” is “eyeless”
See what I mean?
How about a new equivalent of Shakespeare?
Seems like a lotta damn work for a human to generate fine literature that no one but a LLM system is ever gonna read.
Possible best use case for the work of a new true literary genius: an LLM “AI” engine can digest and regurgitate summarized bits of it in a response to a Google enquiry.
Hey there, Voltaire!
Best of all possible worlds.
Right? Yeah. You bet.
—-
But Robert Duvall ….
There are moments when “old school” shines thru.
Had I been aware of The Apostle I hope I would have seen it.
The man never seems to have sold out to self-parody or to dialing it in, just for the bucks or just to have a project (in the way the De Niro did for some later films)
The man never made me consciously aware I was watching “greatness” in the way that some great actors always seem to do.
(So that the viewer is taken away from the story to watch the ‘great performance’.)
And he could be a true chameleon in his roles i guess.
I’m never aware I’m watching an actor when i see him on screen.
I just see the character and the story unfolds and is told.
The actor behind the character seems to disappear.
I wonder if there is any space left for that sort of talent to make a career anymore.
(When all the norms of what we are and do might be melting away but we’re all super self-conscious)
Altho every generation in history has bitched about the oncoming generations being self indulgent, lazy, useless, selfish, incapable of work, and living in fantasy.
(Which they/we were and are.)
And most younger generations have bitched about how the old folks fucked up everything.
(Which they/we did and are still actively at)
—
Best of all possible worlds. Hmmm.
Well … Duvall, as an actor, was.
I hope we’ll have a few more examples of that before the “AI” LLM engines and the billionaires finish eating us.
—-
; )
Answer:
If you’re sitting around doing nothing you can watch YouTube. If you’re being flogged and tortured it’s harder to watch YouTube.
/giphy “best of all possible worlds”
/giphy “doomscrolling the doomsday clock”
—-
PS. Dunno how I got off on that weird tangent. Apologies.
Longtime civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson dies at 84
https://www.npr.org/2026/02/17/963124454/jesse-jackson-civil-rights-leader-rainbow-coalition-dies
Surfer Kurt Van Dyke, 66, killed by home intruders in Costa Rica.
@kittykat9180
@kittykat9180 @shahnm
Oh my! I’ve enjoyed my travels in Costa Rica and always felt pretty safe… Guess ‘bad people’ are everywhere.
Edit: after reading about thi it sounds more like a targeted attack. Still shocking…
@chienfou @kittykat9180 @shahnm they made sure to say he was an ex-pat hotel owner and local entrepreneur, so not a tourist (“come on down”!).
Dude’s now riding the Best Waves Ever…surf’s up!
@kittykat9180 @llangley @shahnm
Looks like he’s lived there for the last 40 years or so…
A nice write up in the NYT ( not paywalled):
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/world/europe/palmerston-britain-diplomat-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.NFA.1k4l.QT2HNlH-XEBJ&smid=nytcore-ios-share
@Kyeh
Ty : )
@f00l @Kyeh That cat just looks British. Ha.
@f00l @therealjrn That reserved expression …
Rapper Lil Poppa, 25, died by suicide.
@kittykat9180 Someone on Reddit said he had sickle cell disease.
I wonder if Eric Dane also died of (assisted) suicide; ALS sounds like such a terrible illness.
@Kyeh people of African descent have a much higher probability of having sickle cell trait. From my understanding he died from a self-inflicted gun shot wound to the head.
Is assisted suicide legal in the US?
@kittykat9180 @Kyeh it is in several states.
https://deathwithdignity.org/states/
@kittykat9180 @sassymango Yes, I knew that about sickle cell, and also that it’s incredibly painful. I just wondered if he decided to end it rather than go through it & die slowly. Same with Eric Dane; I imagine I’d opt for assisted suicide if I were facing that kind of decline.
@kittykat9180 @Kyeh @sassymango
When I was doing an internship during my college years at a local community hospital (in another life, it seems) I did a paper on euthanasia. I got to interview several interesting people including the hospital’s ethicist. She had a good grasp of the concept, even back then. The medical community has been thinking about this for a long, long time.
I’m a libertarian at heart and generally in favor of it in dire situations. There’s a point, I believe, where palliative care ends and needlessly extending life begins. But each case is so personal creating a blanket policy is impossible. Every now and then, somebody defies the odds and survives some horrible medical condition.
I would hope that Janarious is at peace now and resting in the Lord’s arms. 🕊
@Kyeh @sassymango @therealjrn
It does sometimes seem we give more compassion to dying and suffering pets than to dying and suffering humans.
@Kyeh @sassymango
Precisely @kittykat9180.
Eric Dane, 53, dies after ALS battle.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/obituaries/eric-dane-als-rcna259841
@kittykat9180
One of the worst of all illnesses. How terrible for him and family.
We’re barely halfway through the quarter. Is it just me or does it seem like we’ve lost a lot of people this year already? This list is rapidly getting VERY long.
@chienfou how do you type in bold?
Many on the list were pretty young too.
@chienfou @kittykat9180
I think you just have to hit the keys harder.
@chienfou @macromeh
How about if I yell at the phone when using voice to text?
@kittykat9180 Typing in BOLD is pretty EZ! It’s actually a “Heading” font @chienfou used. You just need to highlight your text and use the button shown in the image below:
@chienfou @kittykat9180 @MrGoodGuy
Huh. I didn’t know that. Thanks. I’ve been typing things in after hitting # (plus a space.)
Like this
On my phone I have to turn it sideways for those options to show.
@chienfou @kittykat9180 @macromeh
That SHOULD be an option!
@Kyeh
@chienfou @kittykat9180 DOUBLE ASTERISK ** **
@chienfou @kittykat9180 @mossygreen Yes, right - I jumped to the EXTRA LOUD with the # sign.
@kittykat9180 @Kyeh @mossygreen
Plus as a side benefit that double asterisk is something you can do it in the portrait position.
BTW single asterisk bracketing the word will get you italics
Like this:
@chienfou @Kyeh @mossygreen
Thanks for the tips.
@kittykat9180 @Kyeh @mossygreen
ISWYDT… Bravo.
(3 asterisks!)
Author and philanthropist Anna Murdoch-Mann dies at 81
Born Anna Torv in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1944, her family emigrated to Australia when she was 9. Following her parents’ divorce, she herself raised her young siblings, then became a reporter at the Sydney Daily Mirror and later the Sydney Daily Telegraph.
Bill Mazeroski, Pirates’ World Series Game 7 walk-off legend, dies at 89
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2026/02/21/bill-mazeroski-dies-pirates-home-run-1960-world-series/88795242007/
“Bill Mazeroski, the Gold Glove former second baseman of the Pittsburgh Pirates who danced around the bases after his bottom-of-the-ninth, solo home run beat the New York Yankees in Game 7 of the 1960 World Series, died at the age of 89.”
Vikings WR Rondale Moore dies at 25: Reports
"Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Rondale Moore died on Saturday in southern Indiana, according to The Athletic’s Dianna Russini and Fox 9’s Ahmad Hicks. He was 25 years old.
According to Hicks and WHAS11, New Albany police chief Todd Bailey said Moore was found in a garage with a gunshot wound suspected to be self-inflicted…"
@shahnm
OMG… So sad to see that be the end of too many people’s brush with fame and money.
(Luckily I’m poor & unknown)
@chienfou @shahnm Also multiple concussions, for football players. Causing that brain injury depression.
Lizzie McGuire’s Robert Carradine Dead at 71
"Robert Carradine – the actor best known for his roles in “Lizzie McGuire,” “Revenge of the Nerds,” and “The Long Riders,” – has died after taking his own life after a nearly two decade battle with Bipolar Disorder.
In a statement to Deadline, Carradine’s family called him a “beacon of light” in a world that can feel dark, and described his struggle with mental illness as “valiant.” They said they hope his journey helps shine a light on the stigma surrounding Bipolar Disorder and asked for privacy as they grieve…"
Katherine Short, 42, daughter of actor Martin Short, died by apparent suicide. It’s especially strange considering her profession.
Short’s daughter graduated from New York University in 2006 and obtained her master’s degree from the University of Southern California School of Social Work in 2010. She was a licensed clinical social worker operating a private practice in Los Angeles and specialized in adoption, anxiety, depression, personality disorders, grief and loss, suicidality, and relationship difficulties.
The last three have been suspected suicides