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by tjpnz 1071 days ago
One of those "confirmed" suicides occurred in Japan and the individual was also a US citizen. The US State Department doesn't list any suicides when it was said to have happened (June 2021 - there was one prior to that in May and another in February 2022). Reporting the death of a foreign national to their respective embassy is mandatory in Japan.

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/international-tra...
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kalleboo 1071 days ago
Japanese statistics show 6 US citizen deaths in June 2021 https://cache.treehouse.systems/media_attachments/files/110/...

The state department is just missing data.

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tjpnz 1071 days ago
Do you have an original source for this and is there a breakdown by cause? US State Department data only accounts for non-natural causes - namely suicides and accidents.
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jyrkesh 1071 days ago
I assume you're talking about near (fka byuu)? Heartbreaking...such an unbelievably intelligent and insightful person.

I had the pleasure of getting a couple direct replies from them once on an obscure subreddit under my own realname account. That turned into a few DMs, and despite the fact that I was publicly working on tech completely antithetical to their technical views, they were so gracious and thoughtful and engaged...it was truly humbling.

I have my own thoughts on KF too...I wish the individuals responsible for their targeted and direct harassment had been held accountable. But I'll try to preserve some tact in their memory and leave it at that.

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