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Noam Chomsky is alive (www.diariodocentrodomundo.com.br)
submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by frogloom@hexbear.net to c/news@hexbear.net
 

edit: sources are unconfirmed - the Brazilian link I had up originally was taken down

edit2: sources now say he is alive

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[–] itappearsthat@hexbear.net 67 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

RIP to him, obviously we all have our criticisms but reading How the World Works in my mid 20s was literally my first real encounter with leftist ideas, the first crack in my worldview that the US was a moral leader marching everyone to a bright future.

edit: actually he's still alive, EAT SHIT YOU TURBOLIB TRAITOR

[–] dannoffs@hexbear.net 42 points 4 months ago

This is just Chomsky manufacturing consent to die

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 31 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I think it's quite nice that Noam gets a chance to hear the nice things people will say about him after his death with all these early obituaries posted.

I think some people might wish that folks had said nice things to them before they died.

[–] ReadFanon@hexbear.net 27 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

A Chomsky croaks a thousand times before his death, but the liberal croaks but once.

It seems to me most strange that men should prematurely publish obituaries, seeing that death, a necessary end, will come when it will come.

—Shakespeare

I'm going to have a drink in honour of Chomsky tonight. Not because he's dead or anything but because he always sounds perpetually thirsty and my throat is getting dry just thinking about the guy.

[–] dannoffs@hexbear.net 27 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Jose Santana who worked with Chomsky is claiming to have talked to his wife and that he's fine.

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 3 points 4 months ago

Translation:

Noam Chomsky is alive!

At 3:41pm EDT today the 18th of June 2024, his spouse, Valeria, confirmed to me that Noam Chomsky is recovering his health. The rumors about his death are false. #NoamChomsky

[–] poppy_apocalypse@hexbear.net 25 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Let me email him. He always replies

[–] ReadFanon@hexbear.net 22 points 4 months ago

Lmao this is true but he recently had a stroke and everyone panicked because he (finally) stopped responding to every email he received while convalescing.

[–] mar_k@hexbear.net 24 points 4 months ago

here's to a real one, i emailed him some stupid shit when i was 15 and he responded very nicely chomsky-yes-honey

[–] MaxOS@hexbear.net 22 points 4 months ago

he has risen

[–] ReadFanon@hexbear.net 18 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

That link working for anyone?

Varoufakis penned an obituary in The New Statesman but that page isn't accessible:

https://www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2024/06/the-noam-chomsky-i-knew

Jacobin dropped one but I'm having trouble getting that to load as well.

Edit: Looks like Jacobin dropped an obituary, possibly too soon and they may have retracted it along with the other publications. It's kinda funny how everyone has their obituaries drafted and ready to publish at a moment's notice when a major figure is getting closer to kicking the bucket, in a dark sort of way.

Yeah, looks like Jacobin might have jumped the gun on this one:

Their website is currently down but this tweet has been deleted since they posted it and the associated obituary.

[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I couldn't find anything on Google news confirming it yet. Just stuff about him recovering in Brazil.

[–] ReadFanon@hexbear.net 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Damn, looks like the internet archive didn't get a capture of either of the obituaries. I wanted to read the spoilers!!

[–] frogloom@hexbear.net 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] ReadFanon@hexbear.net 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Nice catch!

Looks like the Jacobin obituary was re-posted?

https://jacobin.com/2024/06/noam-chomsky-obituary-media-theory-elites

Italian and Spanish-language newspapers are reporting on this yet reports are a bit conflicting, with some news outlets retracting their posts and also this very recent tweet:

[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 16 points 4 months ago
[–] thoro@lemmy.ml 15 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

The Chomsky sub posted tweets from an ABC reporter and MIT research associate saying he is still alive.

Source: his wife.

Twitter source #1 Twitter source #2

[–] axont@hexbear.net 12 points 4 months ago

Who? Is this one of those rappers or streamers you kids are always talking about

[–] coeliacmccarthy@hexbear.net 11 points 4 months ago
[–] NewAcctWhoDis@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago

Everything I've seen says "unconfirmed"

[–] RION@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago

omg chat they removed jebasted

[–] Egon@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)
[–] Findom_DeLuise@hexbear.net 11 points 4 months ago

And reverted back, and then re-edited, and then reverted back again, and now they have a "STOP REPORTING CHOMSKY AS DEAD" message that comes up when you try to view the page source. chomsky-yes-honey

[–] Tiocfaidhcaisarla@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago

Honestly more surprised he's still alive

[–] Diuretic_Materialism@hexbear.net 7 points 4 months ago

The only way to survive, is to not die

[–] Red_Sunshine_Over_Florida@hexbear.net 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm getting conflicting signals. What's going on?

[–] roux@hexbear.net 4 points 4 months ago

It's Schrodinger's Chomsky.

[–] Owl@hexbear.net 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

What if the reason Kissinger finally died is that old Chompers stole his phylacteries.

[–] roux@hexbear.net 1 points 4 months ago

Maybe they swapped seats on the plane. We just gotta wait it out for the sequel.

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 4 points 4 months ago

rip-bozo

Or not WHATEVER

[–] mactan@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 months ago

couldn't even save himself from manufacturing consent, now he's a vote blue no matter who tool of the state

[–] thelastaxolotl@hexbear.net 3 points 4 months ago

Just have to wait for the confirmation to drop the qin-shi-huangdi-fireball

[–] BodyBySisyphus@hexbear.net 3 points 4 months ago

Sadly, Nim Chimpsky is still beyond the veil.

[–] Beetle_O_Rourke@hexbear.net 2 points 4 months ago

chomsky making album of serbia