...by natural causes, I certainly hope.
My condolences to their family, either way.
Nóirín Plunkett has died
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#22Tthis is a devastating loss for all involved. Nóirín was active in Open Source, but something lesser known is that she was a founding director of Digital Rights Ireland; who recently succeeded in a legal challenge against European Data retention. Nóirín was also a life-long volunteer Medic with St. John's ambulance in Ireland: http://www.stjohn.ie . I'm certain her family would appreciate any condolences or donations…
A devastating loss indeed. Has cause of death been released? She was so young.
EDIT: Surprised by the downvotes. I'm leaving it, regardless. The question does not imply any lack of respect for the deceased. Those who think it does are wrong.
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#23Tthis is a devastating loss for all involved. Nóirín was active in Open Source, but something lesser known is that she was a founding director of Digital Rights Ireland; who recently succeeded in a legal challenge against European Data retention. Nóirín was also a life-long volunteer Medic with St. John's ambulance in Ireland: http://www.stjohn.ie . I'm certain her family would appreciate any condolences or donations…
Thanks for this and giving a place to donate.
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#24According to their Twitter bio, Nóirín prefers to be referred to in the singular "they". Please respect their identity, HN.
People wouldn't know unless they looked up their twitter page. People here are using "her" because the article uses "her."
https://twitter.com/noirinp
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#25According to their Twitter bio, Nóirín prefers to be referred to in the singular "they". Please respect their identity, HN.
Are you sure that doesn't just refer to a preference for using 'they/them' as opposed to 'him' when it's a generic singular pronoun? People who knew her are using "her":
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#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
That looks like it was a mess. :( For the lazy, the introduction of the complaint (at the bottom of the page): (Jan. 2014) "This is a civil action for damages brought by plaintiff Michael G. Schwern against his exwife, defendant Nóirín Plunkett. Plaintiff and defendant are both nternationally renowned open source computer software experts and ctivists for women’s rights in the open source software development communi…
As of the most recent filings it looks like they were still fighting it out. Not just fighting, but fighting very dirty. Not many cases get to the point of "he anonymously sent me flowers in an attempt to intimidate me" / "I didn't send any flowers, and moreover I have evidence that she sent the flowers to herself in an attempt to fabricate evidence".
Yes. The appeal (Court of Appeals Docket #: 14-35576) and the district court case (Docket #:3:14-cv-00146) are both accurately categorized as huge messes.
The allegation that Plunkett actually sent the "threat" flowers to herself (allegedly backed up by the credit card data and order history from the merchant) is noteworthy for the utter wildness involved.
But it looks like nothing has happened recently in the cases (since June 25th) while waiting on part of the appeal. So GGP's line of inquiry seems to be answered with a probably not?
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#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
As of the most recent filings it looks like they were still fighting it out. Not just fighting, but fighting very dirty. Not many cases get to the point of "he anonymously sent me flowers in an attempt to intimidate me" / "I didn't send any flowers, and moreover I have evidence that she sent the flowers to herself in an attempt to fabricate evidence".
Yes. The appeal (Court of Appeals Docket #: 14-35576) and the district court case (Docket #:3:14-cv-00146) are both accurately categorized as huge messes. The allegation that Plunkett actually sent the "threat" flowers to herself (allegedly backed up by the credit card data and order history from the merchant) is noteworthy for the utter wildness involved. But it looks like nothing has happened recently in the cases…
Credit card data with an ex-spouse means very little. It's possible (if the ex knew their credentials) the ex made them pay for their own threat.
Regardless, this forum is probably the wrong venue to discuss the circumstances of the personal life of the deceased.
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#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
As of the most recent filings it looks like they were still fighting it out. Not just fighting, but fighting very dirty. Not many cases get to the point of "he anonymously sent me flowers in an attempt to intimidate me" / "I didn't send any flowers, and moreover I have evidence that she sent the flowers to herself in an attempt to fabricate evidence".
Yes. The appeal (Court of Appeals Docket #: 14-35576) and the district court case (Docket #:3:14-cv-00146) are both accurately categorized as huge messes. The allegation that Plunkett actually sent the "threat" flowers to herself (allegedly backed up by the credit card data and order history from the merchant) is noteworthy for the utter wildness involved. But it looks like nothing has happened recently in the cases…
It hardly matters now. The details of these cases and the private lives of the people involved are really none of our business, and scrutinizing them will not fix anything for anybody. Let us please mourn the loss of a person beloved by many.
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#29It was requested on Facebook that in lieu of flowers, people consider donating to one of the following organizations in Nóirín's name:
Rape Abuse Incest National Network: https://donate.rainn.org/
Center of Excellence for Transgender Health: http://transhealth.ucsf.edu/trans?page=ab-donate (please follow the additional instructions underneath the “Donate” button)
Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology http://anitaborg.org/donate/
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#30According to their Twitter bio, Nóirín prefers to be referred to in the singular "they". Please respect their identity, HN.
Are you sure that doesn't just refer to a preference for using 'they/them' as opposed to 'him' when it's a generic singular pronoun? People who knew her are using "her": http://drbacchus.com/festina-lente/
It's unlikely that they meant "preferred pronoun" to be about a singular person generally, since it commonly refers to preferences about oneself.
People often use pronouns other than the ones someone prefers for a variety of reasons: sometimes the preferred pronoun is new, sometimes people forget, sometimes people don't respect that person's preferred pronoun.