'A Japanese government review in 2010 found that 82% of the people aged over 100 in Japan turned out to be dead. The secret to living to 110 was, don’t register your death.
According to the Greek minister that hands out the pensions, over 9,000 people over the age of 100 are dead and collecting a pension at the same time. In Italy, some 30,000 “living” pension recipients were found to be dead in 1997.'
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ORCID's Director of Engagement @ivow and Associate Director of Engagement @pmarrai
from ORCID will be attending the Paris Conference on Open Research Information, 23 -24 Sept.
They look forward to participating and engaging in the community discussions around the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information.
Conference website: barcelona-declaration.org/conf…
From the genius of Melanie Savoia, here is the first-ever #PostgreSQL #musical, feat. direct answers from the #Postgres community in response to the question: "What's the best thing about the PostgreSQL community? What do you like the most?"
These responses are an early sample of answers from the 2024 State of Postgres survey. Do you use Postgres? Please take a moment to fill this out - your answers will help shape contributions upstream and inform the community!!
The Centre for Culture and Technology is holding its first meeting of our Computer Club this evening (@emenel and I are both running it).
The theme for the club is **computing without "AI"**. I've written about what I'm thinking about, but I'd love to know what others might imagine that means, or could mean. Please comment!
Read at scottrichmond.me/computer-club…
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À la tête du changement à travers le monde avec la lauréate du ORCID Global Participation Fund Université Virtuelle De Côte D’Ivoire
Rejoignez-nous le 1er octobre pour un webinaire spécial présentant ORCID Global Participation Fund, lauréate de l'Université Virtuelle De Côte D'Ivoire. Découvrez leur expérience en matière de demande et de réception de fonds, l'évolution du projet et leurs projets futurs. Cette séance sera présentée en français. Inscrivez-vous maintenant:
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“Our educational future is in the hands of voters on November 5th.”
Last week: Educators are calling for more funding, support, and a system that protects them. Removing the DOE would only perpetuate the problems. texasobserver.org/politics-sch…
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In Memory of Sir Clive Marles Sinclair who left us in year 2021 😞
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Here's everything we know about the apparent assassination attempt on Trump
An agent spotted a rifle barrel poking through a fence; a witness got a photo of the suspect’s license plate as he fled. Now Ryan Wesley Routh is facing federal charges.
#news #npr #publicradio #usa
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A celestial trifecta: What to know about Tuesday’s lunar eclipse.
NPR reports on an event that will be visible in many parts of the world: flip.it/VKcjV5
And yes, why are these disgruntled Trump voters who are insane, able to get guns legally? Because it was illegal before Trump, and yes, the first law Trump signed in 2017 as President made it legal for mentally ill people to get guns
The Republicans are a death cult
MAGA Make Assassins Great Again
At the Ig Nobel Prize ceremony, tradition and humor take center stage" [Science magazine]
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'Liao, who discovered that trout swimming in the wake of an object moved essentially the same if they were alive or dead.'
Unlike the science cited in the Nobel-Nobels, things like this remain in my brain ever after wonderful new knowledge. This year's looked good and fun - nice article!
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in reply to Ciara • • •'Longevity is very likely tied to wealth. Rich people do lots of exercise, have low stress and eat well. I put out a preprint analysing the last 72 years of UN data on mortality.
The places consistently reaching 100 at the highest rates are Thailand, Malawi, Western Sahara (which doesn’t have a government) and Puerto Rico, where birth certificates were cancelled completely as a legal document in 2010 because they were so full of pension fraud. This data is just rotten from the inside out.'
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