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| DATE | 2020-04-11 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] [dinosaur] Jon Tennant (1988-2020) + dinosaur
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEEcwRUgQu8
On 4/11/20 8:49 PM, Ruben Safir wrote:
> On 4/11/20 2:36 PM, Ben Creisler wrote:
>>
>> Ben Creisler
>> bcreisler-at-gmail.com
>>
>> As always, I hope everyone is well and safe, and coping with the
>> situation...
>>
>> ===
>>
>> Some recent items:
>>
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>> Jon Tennant (1988-2020)
>> Tragic news about British paleontologist and open science publishing
>> advocate Jon Tennant. He was also on the DML.
>>
>> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.egu.eu/news/646/obituary-jon-tennant-1988-2020/__;!!LIr3w8kk_Xxm!4vrB7je6yfEvHRKG7_3Es81yhgNuXqyP9KWj6PjQc-uczKhI6AlzL59HIpooaRacR3pnO1MtJQs$
>>
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>> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://medium.com/-at-IGDORE/announcing-the-passing-of-our-dear-colleague-dr-jon-p-tennant-f0f10015b274__;!!LIr3w8kk_Xxm!4vrB7je6yfEvHRKG7_3Es81yhgNuXqyP9KWj6PjQc-uczKhI6AlzL59HIpooaRacR3pnbouagn0$
>>  ÂÂ
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>
>
> This is so fustrating. Jom Tennant was a SAINT of a human being who was
> much more than just a paleontologist. He never spent a minute of his
> life without worrying about the public good and fighting to make real
> change in the world by showing how to democratize real research and
> stimulating the partiicpation in education and research for everyone,
> regardless of race, creed, gender, or economic disadvantage.
>
> He was a personal friend who I spoke to often when I was going my
> research and my Masters Degree. He was warm, plesant and he represented
> the next generation of revolutionary advocates for a Free Society, much
> like Richard Stallman, Aaron Swartz, Lawrense Lesig and others.
>
> He loss is truly profound.
>
> The circumstances of his death is disatisfying, to say the least. This
> is terrible news on what has been a terrible last 3 months.
>
> A great light has been lost for all society. People of this kind of
> vision are few and need to be nutured.
>
> Ruben
>
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