Death Reference Desk
@DeathRef
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A friendly deathwire reference desk from fiendly librarians and a Professor of Death Studies. https://t.co/78zlH9xO4q
Six feet below the tubes.
Joined July 2009
@DeathRef's new book "Technologies of the Human Corpse" is officially out *today* April 28, 2020. You can buy it from all the places. Huge thanks to @mitpress and editor Matt Browne (@HappyFlaneur) for seeing the future of death
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RT @houtyou880719: Always enjoy collaborations! Pleased to see our paper published in @socscimed on "Exploring Good Death in China," co-aut…
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RT @DurhamCDALS: @durham_uni's Centre for Death & Life Studies invites submissions for 10-min papers on the topic of closure. These can be…
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Hi, all, Cookies in the break room! The cookies are white-chocolate macadamia nut, and may provide you temporary solace, if what you seek is an oblivion offered by false chocolates.
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Jimmy Carter, on Death Mr. Carter left behind a compilation of observations about the end. Here is a selection of those writings.
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In 1977, Jimmy Carter attached this POTUS note to the Voyager 1 spacecraft, which is now hurtling somewhere beyond our solar system.
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When you Unfreeze your Cryopreserved Mom: "But, Mom, there’s been so much progress. Now we can teleport, to Paris or London or Australia.” “What about the duty-free shops? What if I want a neck pillow or a jumbo Toblerone?”
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She's a vampire. And he doesn't know it. This fear's got a hold on me.
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Rest in Power, Large Marge...... born 87-years-ago today
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RT @cendeathsociety: ⭐️ The 2025 CDAS Conference call for papers is OPEN!! ⭐️ Theme? Death and transition When? 12-13 June 2025 online F…
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RT @Turi__King: Ooooo, our podcast Head Number 7 has made @thetimes list best podcast of the week! Have so enjoyed working on this with @Ai…
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I mean, like, who amongst us hasn't had a corpse or two slide out of the company hearse while driving around town....... Also, maybe it's time to re-check the body transport checklist. I'm just saying.
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RT @GeorgeGumisiri4: Thank you @poppysfunerals. African diaspora funerals "traditionalize the traditional" in the face of social change. Un…
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@mcsweeneys on point: Help yourself to some M&M’s. Now, for each M&M you took, tell us about a physical flaw you relentlessly obsess over. And I routinely use this one: How old were you when you learned about death? What was your initial reaction?
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