Respect.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/20/worlds-oldest-chess-player-104-years-manuel-alvarez

’ The game has also yielded the odd tip that he is happy to share. “You need to learn how to lose,” he said. “You can learn a lot by losing.”

So is the ultimate lesson of a long life spent waging innumerable battles across a field of black and white squares that neither winning, nor losing, is really that important?

“No!” said Álvarez. “I like winning. But if I do lose, it doesn’t bother me too much.” ’

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Britain’s Oldest Identical Twin Kathleen Whitehead Dies at 105

Kathleen Whitehead, Britain’s oldest identical twin, has passed away at the age of 105, three years after the death of her sister Dorothy Sivyer. The two sisters, who were born on August 28, 1920, were widely known as 'the Twinnies.' They attributed their long lives to a balanced lifestyle that comb... [More info]

New battery has life so long you may never have to recharge

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I want to believe this meme, so I will. What can it hurt?

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A quotation from Franklin

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
Poor Richard (1738 ed.)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/franklin-benjamin/75…

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A quotation from Omar Khayyam

Omar Khayyám (1048-1123) Persian poet, mathematician, philosopher, astronomer [عمر خیام]
Rubáiyát [رباعیات], Bod. # 100 [tr. FitzGerald, 3rd ed. (1872), # 35]

Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/omar-khayyam/74604/

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