Facebook is rolling out a new feature for memorialized accounts that will allow people to leave messages in a Tributes section that is separate from the rest of the profile’s timeline. Depending on a memorialized account’s privacy settings, friends can currently still post on its timeline, including in the comments of posts the person made […]
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Donald Glover delivers moving tribute to Mac Miller, says he was the ‘sweetest guy’
Donald Glover paid tribute to Mac Miller, following the 26-year-old rapper’s death from an alleged drug overdose on Saturday.
Known by his performing moniker Childish Gambino, Glover spoke warmly of Miller during his gig at Chicago’s United Center on…
Facebook still needs to work on what to do when users die
What happens to your Facebook account after you die? Well, that largely depends on who reports your death to Facebook first.
In 2015, Facebook announced in a press release that users would be able to name a “legacy contact,” or a person responsible f…
Bird flies through someone’s window, poops on their laptop, then just croaks
It’s a common superstition that bad things come in threes. There’s no scientific evidence that suggests this is true, but one Redditor’s story may make a believer out of you.
Redditor u/JaMollyAdams shared a their very unfortunate run in with a bird …
What happens when an animal influencer dies?
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It’s Viral Market Crash week on Mashable. Join us as we take stock of the viral economy and investigate how the internet morphed from a fun free-for-all to a bleak hellscape we just can’t quit.
Four and a half years ago, Chloe Kardoggian was looking for a new home. She wasn’t what many would consider to be the most adoptable dog — at nine year old, she had heart problems, bug eyes, and only two teeth to her name. But Dorie Herman saw past all that.
Herman says she adopted Chloe from “a friend of a friend of a friend” after seeing a Facebook post announcing Chloe was up for adoption. She started an Instagram account for her new pet as a way to show Chloe’s old owners how she was doing. Read more…
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View More What happens when an animal influencer dies?‘Dead’ woman wakes up in a morgue. Why does this keep happening?
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A woman was taken to the morgue and pronounced dead after a car crash near Johannesburg in South Africa.
The only problem? She wasn’t dead.
According to the BBC, the unnamed woman woke up in a mortuary fridge after a car pile-up on June 24 which reportedly left two others dead.
The woman was discovered by a morgue worker, according to the news service, and she is now recovering in a hospital east of Johannesburg.
The woman’s family declined to comment on the incident to the BBC, but said, “We need answers.”
So, how did this happen? An investigation is reportedly underway. Ambulance company Distress Alert, who mispronounced the woman dead, told news publisher Times Live, “Equipment used to determine life showed no form of life on the woman.” Read more…
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View More ‘Dead’ woman wakes up in a morgue. Why does this keep happening?Fans and celebrities mourn the death of iconic fashion designer Kate Spade
Kate Spade, 55-year-old fashion designer and entrepreneur, reportedly died by suicide on Tuesday.
According to the Associated Press, Spade’s housekeeping staff found her dead in her New York apartment along with a note.
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Facebook gives one woman the notification we’ve all been waiting for
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Finally, Facebook has done something right.
Something that we can fully embrace in the middle of the dumpster fire of 2018.
Behold, the greatest notification one can receive: the notice of sweet, sweet impending death.
this is a public lecture I thought about going to tonight but fuck, what a notification pic.twitter.com/wwmFJdnBrr
— Rachel (@underthenettle) May 29, 2018
Yes, as tweeter Rachel/@underthenettle notes, the alarming notification that appeared on her phone screen was for a specific lecture about death and not the cold embrace of our final breaths. Read more…
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The death count for Hurricane Maria, currently at 64, may be off by thousands
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The Puerto Rican government has a list of 64 dead from Hurricane Maria, the tropical cyclone that hit the island in September 2017.
This number, however, is “highly uncertain” notes the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). A new study published Tuesday in The New England Journal of Medicine puts that number at an estimated 4,645 — 70 times higher than the official estimate.
“Our results indicate that the official death count of 64 is a substantial underestimate of the true burden of mortality after Hurricane Maria,” write the authors, led by researchers from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Read more…
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View More The death count for Hurricane Maria, currently at 64, may be off by thousandsMargot Kidder, famous for playing Lois Lane in ‘Superman,’ has died
Margot Kidder, the actress who made a distinct mark though her portrayal of Lois Lane opposite Christopher Reeve in Superman, has died. Read more…More about Entertainment, Movies, Mashable Video, Actress, and Death
View More Margot Kidder, famous for playing Lois Lane in ‘Superman,’ has diedWondery wants to become Hollywood’s podcast dream factory
When Hernan Lopez, the former chief executive of Fox International, started the podcast network Wondery roughly two years ago with a seed investment from his former bosses at Fox Networks Group, podcasting was still emerging as a media platform. Now, with voice ascendant, and podcasting proving to be a breeding ground for new narratives that […]
View More Wondery wants to become Hollywood’s podcast dream factoryPeople aren’t thrilled with Gal Gadot’s tribute to Stephen Hawking
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Inspiring actress Gal Gadot is seen as a real-life Wonder Woman in Hollywood, but fans aren’t too happy with her recent tribute to Stephen Hawking.
After Hawking — a famous cosmologist, theoretical physicist, and author, regarded as one of the most brilliant minds in the world — died Wednesday morning, the world mourned his loss on social media.
To honor Hawking, Gadot tweeted a photo of him along with the words, “Rest in peace Dr. Hawking. Now you’re free of any physical constraints. Your brilliance and wisdom will be cherished forever.”
Rest in peace Dr. Hawking. Now you’re free of any physical constraints.. Your brilliance and wisdom will be cherished forever ✨ pic.twitter.com/EQzSxqNTuN
— Gal Gadot (@GalGadot) March 14, 2018 Read more…
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