“Der Tod und das Mädchen” (“Death and the Maiden”), etching 1510 by Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) Collection the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Schubert’s ‘Death and the Maiden’ quartet dated 1826, was inspired by the Dürer etching and Matthias Claudius's poem "Der Tod und das Madchen"
Dicken refers to 'Death and the Maiden in chapter 56: “Impassive, as behoves its high breeding, the Dedlock town-house stares at the other houses in the street of dismal grandeur, and gives no outward sign of anything going wrong within. …
[We're nearing the end of Bleak House and Dickens killing off main characters--a real soap opera.. ]
Let's see what amusing reviews we have of Furnace Creek... 😂
"Wind was terrible, dust storm constantly, We had to leave because it was horrible. We lost our pop up shelter to the wind and everything was dirty afterwards. I know it's the fault of nature and clima..."
Mourners can now speak to an #AI version of the dead. But will that help with grief? Selina Sykes reports. FRANCE24's Monte Francis speaks to Tomasz Hollanek, Research Fellow at the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence, University of Cambridge about the benefits, risks and future developments of AI clones. #death#bereavement#mentalhealth#tech
"In the eastern states of Bihar and Odisha, 24 people died on Thursday alone, including three election officials and a police officer who collapsed in the midday sun, the Times of India reported, citing state officials. In the desert state of Rajasthan, 55 heat-related deaths have been reported in the last seven days. Within just a two-hour span on Thursday night, 103 patients complaining of heat stroke were admitted to Sadar Hospital in Aurangabad city, surgeon R. B. Shrivastav told The Post by telephone. Five were dead by morning." #heatwave#death#climatedisaster#climateemergency#disaster#india
*** Sorry for this climber's family, but... this is just adding yet another body to the stack of an ever growing pile of cadavers, on top of air canisters and poop.
Delhi temperature hits 50.5C as India’s capital records hottest day
"Authorities warn of water shortages as temperatures reach nine degrees higher than expected...
At the SMS hospital in Rajasthan’s capital, Jaipur, so many bodies of casualties of the heat have arrived at the mortuary that its capacity has been exceeded. Police in the city say many of the victims are poor labourers, who have no choice but to work outside, and homeless people."