Administered by:
I suspect the editors at Jacobin expected Chomsky to die imminently (not a terrible bet: he was 95) so had an obituary ready and waiting to go at the first hint.
@thegreatgonzo @cstross I thought the use of the word “exaggerated” was obligatory in such circumstances.
@edavies @thegreatgonzo @cstross Steven Pinker delivers: https://x.com/sapinker/status/1803164570112126994
X (formerly Twitter)Steven Pinker (@sapinker) on XReports today of Noam Chomsky's death (in Jacobin and New Statesman, since taken down) were greatly exaggerated. I have confirmation from Valeria, his wife, that he is alive and well.
@thegreatgonzo @cstross Chomsky proceeds to guest on 15 podcasts. Awkwardly, they all want him to talk about deep grammar, the formation of language, and then prove he's real considering his answers to the former two questions