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el camino medio

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ai as destructive technology

nyt over risico's ai

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Cozy apartment - Apartments for Rent in Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France - Airbnb

Add &amenities[]=21 to end of query in AirBnb for elevators. Confirm with host

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https://www.ssa.gov/OP_Home/cfr20/404/404-1574.htm

SSDI seems to use average when doing SGA, so Wendy should be OK, unless she worked during her re-entitlement period after the work trial and went over SGA. Then they don't average

"We will generally average your earnings for comparison with the earnings guidelines in paragraphs (b)(2) and (3) of this section. See § 404.1574a for our rules on averaging earnings."

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Does the news reflect what we die from? - Our World in Data

Heart disease and cancer accounted for 55% of deaths among these 15 causes, but together they received just 7% of the media coverage. Other chronic issues, such as strokes, respiratory problems, diabetes, and kidney and liver disease, were also very underrepresented in the news.

Rare — but dramatic — events such as homicides and terrorism received more than half of all media coverage, despite being much smaller causes of death in the US. Terrorism, in particular, is a very rare cause of death, with 16 deaths in 2023.

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https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/policybriefs/pb2008-02.html#:~:text=Current%20Computation%20Period%20Is%2035,of%20disability%20or%20death%2C%20respectively.

Current Computation Period Is 35 Years
The primary Social Security benefit is based on average lifetime earnings, adjusted for wage growth, called the average indexed monthly earnings (AIME). The computation period is the number of years of earnings used to calculate the AIME. Under current law, yearly earnings are adjusted for wage growth and the highest 35 years are averaged and divided by 12 to produce the AIME. If workers have fewer than 35 years of earnings, the adjusted earnings (including years with zero earnings) are averaged over 35 years; multiple years with no earnings can substantially reduce the AIME. For disabled workers and those who receive survivor benefits from workers who die prior to age 62, the computation period is shortened to reflect the onset of disability or death, respectively.3

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https://www.ssa.gov/oact/NOTES/pdf_notes/note111.pdf

More evidence - maybe not, may not apply, this may be just when go directly SSDI to retirement. Still, see lawyer previous link. It's fine.

The previous disability benefit guarantee applies in cases where an individual
has had a previous period of disability, during which Social Security benefits
were received. When a new retirement, disability, or survivor PIA is computed,
it must be at least as large as the last disability PIA. Benefit increases
occurring after the last disability benefit but before the current eligibility
may or may not be applied, depending on the time elapsed since final cessation
of disability benefits.

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The Disability Freeze | Geary Disability Law

Disability Freeze - unless Wendy earns more than she was making before disability, she won't lower her retirement

Here’s an example of a Social Security Disability freeze:

A worker develops a disability and has to stop working at age 40.

From the date when they officially qualify for Social Security Disability benefits, Social Security freezes their earnings history.

That means, for the purposes of Social Security’s records, it treats them as though they are earning the same amount of money they made before medical conditions sidelined them from work.

So instead of averaging into their earnings history as a zero, the wage earner’s time away from work gets frozen where it was when they stopped working—as though they are still working and paying into the system.

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Bad News - Play the fake news game!

Simulates running a fake news enterprise.

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