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Married To The Eiffel Tower: a documentary about people in love with objects

June 28, 2011 @ 2:37 am

I thought this was a joke at first, but as I kept watching I realized that this was just as serious as any other documentary out there. Married To The Eiffel Tower follows several women who truly are in love … Continue reading →

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Describing a suicide at the Golden Gate Bridge

August 1, 2010 @ 1:22 am

Photo from Jonathan Moreau on Flickr YMFY posted this really intense article from an old issue of Salon that goes quite graphically into what happens when a body leaps from the Golden Gate Bridge. As you can imagine, the things … Continue reading →

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Golden Gate Bridge to get suicide prevention net

July 29, 2010 @ 6:25 pm

The Metropolitan Transportation Commission in San Francisco has approved $5 million to finalize designs for a steel mesh net 20 feet below the deck of the Golden Gate Bridge to prevent suicides. What I find a bit shocking — and … Continue reading →

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The PostSecret postcard that brought together a community

June 6, 2010 @ 3:22 pm

Today, like every Sunday in the past couple of years, PostSecret posted a bunch of secret postcards sent in by readers and fans. But one in particular struck a chord with me and others worldwide. It was a blue postcard … Continue reading →

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Number of suicides on the Golden Gate Bridge

July 12, 2009 @ 12:58 pm

Click on image to see larger version Strange Maps has uncovered this image from the SFGate that shows the number of suicides that have taken place on the Golden Gate Bridge based on the location of the jumper. The Golden … Continue reading →

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