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Noam Chomsky, 95, ‘no longer able to talk’ as intellectual’s ‘health deteriorates’ (www.independent.co.uk)

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 5 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

It doesn’t sound like there’s necessarily been any recent change in his condition—their ultimate source is a month-old Reddit post from his former assistant, who was relaying information she’d heard from his family a month prior to that.

Edit: This AP story has more info: he hasn’t been able to speak since a stroke last year, but he was able to travel to Brazil with his wife via hospital jet and is still following the news from Gaza.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 months ago (1 children)

A few months is still recent for people not following his health closely.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

True, but even the info from the family member was just confirming that his condition hadn’t improved since the “medical event” he suffered a full year ago.