{"id":8838,"date":"2026-06-19T05:19:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T04:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ikuk.arminfonews.ru\/?p=8838"},"modified":"2026-06-19T05:20:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T04:20:00","slug":"today-i-celebrated-my-97th-birthday-no-cards-arrived-no-calls-came-in-no-messages-appeared-on-my-phone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ikuk.arminfonews.ru\/?p=8838","title":{"rendered":"Today, I celebrated my 97th birthday. No cards arrived. No calls came in. No messages appeared on my phone."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just the familiar silence of a small rented room above an old storefront that had been empty for years. 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