Don't Be Afraid Don't Be Afraid

In Episode 3, your hosts discuss the suicide epidemic, what that means, and how we can help.

Episode Notes

https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/

https://afsp.org/about-suicide/suicide-statistics/

https://afsp.org/our-work/advocacy/action-center/#/bills

United States: 1-800-784-2433 (1-800-SUICIDE)

United States (en Espanol): 1-800-SUICIDA

United States-veterans 1-800-273-8255, Veterans Press 1

Europe Wide: 116 123 (free from any number)

Australia: 13 11 14 ' 

Belgium: 02 649 95 55

Brasil: 141

Canada: 1-800-273-8255

Deutschland: 0800 1110 111

Denmark: 70 20 12 01, livslinien.dk or Skrivdet.dk

France: 01 40 09 15 22

Greece: 1018 or 801 801 99 99

Iceland: 1717

India: 91-44-2464005 0 or 022-27546669

Ireland: ROI - local rate: 1850 60 90 90 ROI - minicom: 1850 60 90 91

Israel: 1201

Italia: 800 86 00 22

Malta: 179

Japan 03-3264-4343

Netherlands: 0900 1130113

New Zealand: 0800 543 354

Nippon: 3 5286 9090

Norway: 815 33 300

Osterreich: 116 123

Serbia: 0800 300 303 or 021 6623 393; Online chat: http://www.centarsrce.org/index.php/kontakt

South Africa: LifeLine- 0861 322 322; Suicide Crisis Line- 0800 567 567

Sverige: 020 22 00 60

Switzerland: 143 UK: 08457 90 90 90 or text 07725909090 or email jo@samaritans.org

Uruguay: 7pm to 11 pm – Landlines 0800 84 83 (FREE) 2400 84 83 24/7 – Cell phone lines 095 738 483 *8483

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Footnotes

Splinter News: Study Finds an Easy Way to Save Kids' Lives

Business Insider: Lonely, burned out, and depressed: The state of millennials' mental health entering the 2020s]

Wikipedia: Suicide in the United States

Wikipedia: Gender Differences in Suicide

Pew Research: A Growing Number of American Teenagers, Particularly Girls, are Facing Depression

AFSP: Suicide Statistics

CDC: Vital Signs: Trends in Suicide Rates

VeryWellMind: Men and Suicide

VeryWellMind: Suicide Rates Overstated in People With Depression

WHO: Suicide Prevention

In Episode 2, your hosts discuss how much Netflix, streaming, and the internet as a whole contribute to climate change (spoiler alert -- it's a lot). Pat presents how Netflix didn't directly set Australia on fire, but through some motivated reasoning, determines that it certainly probably made the problem a lot worse. We gotta get them sweet clicks, baby! Recorded Jan 26, 2020.

Footnotes

Can the Internet Survive Climate Change?

40 Most Memorable Netflix Statistics Of 2020

Netflix Users Collectively Stream 164.8 Million Hours of Video Per Day

Data Center Cooling Costs | Dataspan

23% of American homes have 2 (or more) fridges

For the first episode of DBA, we take a look at what happened in the lead-up to the new year 2000. Was the y2k problem just overblown hype, or was a potential catastrophe avoided? What lessons can we learn from the actions taken to mitigate the problem? Paige presents. Recorded July 4, 2019.

Footnotes
The facts of the Y2K bug and why it was nothing like Brexit | IT PRO

Y2K: Simply Explained - YouTube

Y2K bug | Definition, Hysteria, & Facts | Britannica.com

https://www.kentucky.com/opinion/op-ed/article44162106.html