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[Steve Bullman]

The old ruskies do seem to love a bit of the old poisoning 

 

Head of Putin's state-run TV empire found dead with ex-husband after being 'poisoned' in latest mystery Russian death

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THE chief editor of one of Vladimir Putin’s propaganda TV channels has been found dead from a suspected poisoning, it has...

 

[Steven P]

I forget the Terry Pratchet quote on his definition of suicide, included insulting various fictional characters in his city, the US has suicide by police (or something like that where they can't do it themselves so goad the police on), perhaps this is the Russian version, suicide by Putin ?

[Peter 1955]

On 07/01/2024 at 19:54, Steven P said:

I forget the Terry Pratchet quote on his definition of suicide, included insulting various fictional characters in his city, the US has suicide by police (or something like that where they can't do it themselves so goad the police on), perhaps this is the Russian version, suicide by Putin ?

“Murder was in fact a fairly uncommon event in Ankh-Morpork, but there were a lot of suicides. Walking in the night-time alleyways of The Shades was suicide. Asking for a short in a dwarf bar was suicide. Saying 'Got rocks in your head?' to a troll was suicide. You could commit suicide very easily, if you weren't careful.”

[Conor Wright]

10 hours ago, Peter 1955 said:

“Murder was in fact a fairly uncommon event in Ankh-Morpork, but there were a lot of suicides. Walking in the night-time alleyways of The Shades was suicide. Asking for a short in a dwarf bar was suicide. Saying 'Got rocks in your head?' to a troll was suicide. You could commit suicide very easily, if you weren't careful.”

What a mind he had. I think I've either read or listened to everything he published by now. It makes for great background noise for mundane tasks like log splitting or hedge cutting.

I'm currently on "the science of discworld; the globe" 

The combination of actual scientific research, total fantasy and how he integrated the two with humour and class is unparalleled in my opinion.

(I know he had help with some of them)

Such a shame he went the way he did.

[Steve Bullman]

Why are so many women dying during pregnancy and what can be done?

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Number dying in UK has reached highest level in 20 years but alarming trend going unaddressed worldwide

 

[WirralBoy]

That is terrible news.

 

Ban shagging . . . . . . . . . . immediately!

[Steve Bullman]

Of course we were going to find a way to get involved 

 

Britain and US launch airstrikes on Houthi targets

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Explosions were heard across Yemen late on Thursday night as British and US forces launched strikes on Houthi targets, after...

 

[sime42]

15 hours ago, Steve Bullman said:

Why are so many women dying during pregnancy and what can be done?

APPLE.NEWS

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Number dying in UK has reached highest level in 20 years but alarming trend going unaddressed worldwide

 

 

Maybe we've past Peak Human.

 

UK life expectancy falls to 2010 levels

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ONS figures mark first drop across non-overlapping period since at least 1980

 

[Stere]

Theres a paywall buy im  guessing bad diets no exercise & obesity plus poverty &  poor housing are decreasing lifespans among the less affluent?

 

Goes into the details:

 

Life expectancy declining in many English communities even before pandemic | Imperial News | Imperial College London

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A substantial number of English communities experienced a decline in life expectancy from 2010-2019, Imperial College...

 

 

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“Declines in life expectancy used to be rare in wealthy countries like the UK, and happened when there were major adversities like wars and pandemics. For such declines to be seen in ‘normal times’ before the pandemic is alarming, and signals ongoing policy failures to tackle poverty and provide adequate social support and health care.”

 

[sime42]

29 minutes ago, Stere said:

Theres a paywall buy im  guessing bad diets no exercise & obesity plus poverty &  poor housing are decreasing lifespans among the less affluent?

 

Goes into the details:

 

Life expectancy declining in many English communities even before pandemic | Imperial News | Imperial College London

WWW.IMPERIAL.AC.UK

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A substantial number of English communities experienced a decline in life expectancy from 2010-2019, Imperial College...

 

 

 

That's odd, it let me read that FT article in full the time I looked. It seems to work if you get to it via a Google search, rather than directly from a link.

 

life+expectancy+uk - Recherche Google

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But yeah, the gist of it was as you said; "bad diets no exercise & obesity plus poverty &  poor housing are decreasing lifespans among the less affluent". Plus some Covid effect.