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Copyrighted euros

Euro banknotes are marked © ECB:

This is a surprising admission of the truth: central banks are the only ones allowed to counterfeit dilute currency value by increasing its supply.

Remember: when the money isn’t scarce, everything else is.

Manipulated weather forecasts

What if weather forecasts are sometimes manipulated to reduce how many people come to an outdoor gathering?

Volodemort Zelensky’s “Servant of the People” TV show has a scene in which the government suppresses a growing protest by warning citizens about a meteorite heading straight for Kiev.

Buskers with speakers

I have a subconscious and instinctual, but perhaps irrational distrust for buskers with speakers.

2023, the number

2023 = (2 + 0 + 2 + 3) × (2² + 0² + 2² +3²)².

2023 = 7 × 17 × 17. 71717 is a palindrome.

2023 + 2022 + 2021 = 6066.

Playing Wordle

I started playing Wordle a week ago. Fun game!

Wordle 561 3/6

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Just one

Life hack: own just one plate, bowl, mug, glass, tablespoon, and teaspoon to never procrastinate on washing them.

Ghost inflation at the supermarket

How many times in the recent past have you caught the cashier’s price being higher than on the tag?

Me: too many, both in Russia and in Italy.

25

The number 25 has a magical appearance. 2 plus 5 equals 7, my lucky number. And, of course, 25 is 5².

No wonder Christmas is on the 25th.

Candidates for Twitter CEO

Mr. Beast,
Patrick Bet-David,
Snoop Dogg,
Lex Fridman,
Anatoly Karlin,
David Sacks,
Edward Snowden.

This is more exciting than a US primary.

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