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The destination of choice for millionaires and billionaires from Indonesia, China, India, Europe, and the United States during the pandemic, because of the island state’s relative low infection, mortality, and crime rates, compared to the rest of the developed world, where white racism or supremacism, nativism, and xenophobia, often condoned by right-wing inept politicians, are at an all-time high.
More than a tax haven for the filthy rich from both the East and the West, Singapore is now a “corona sanctuary” for the wealthy and the celebrities escaping the ravages of the pandemic sweeping their countries, whose oft-ill-run health systems leave much to be desired.
by MathPlus July 4, 2021
Get the Singaporemug. When the ghosts of atheists, agnostics, or nominal believers who had their lives cut short by the pandemic on earth would still visit their place of worship every week or month to pray for themselves and their loved ones, while they are waiting in transit for the outcome of their eternal home.
Dave’s spirit, who was rekindled by blind faith, would show up on the first and fifteenth days at the temple to pray for the gods and goddesses of good health and prosperity to bless his siblings and schoolmates, and sometimes even for his bosses-turned-bullies.
by MathPlus March 18, 2022
Get the Blind Faithmug. When sharing useful, light-hearted, or creative math stuff to fellow math educators around the globe gives them an opportunity to know you and to recommend you to interested parties that might need someone with your expertise to meet their mathematical needs or wants.
In addition to performance currency (when you deliver upon a product above people’s expectations) and relationship currency (when you take the time to connect, engage, and get to know people in your milieu), you need math currency to make yourself an odd in a sea of evens.
by MathPlus October 28, 2021
Get the Math Currencymug. Short for “Coronavirus Sudoku.” A sudoku that uses nine corona variants represented by the Greek characters (⍺, β, 𝛾, 𝛿, …) rather than numbers 1–9 to make it look devilishly harder to solve.
MathPlus Publishing is releasing “Coronadoku for Gifted Kids” before the Lunar New Year as a reminder of the initial number of people who died of the coronavirus in Wuhan, before the epidemic became a pandemic.
by MathPlus October 18, 2021
Get the Coronadokumug. When Donald J. Trump wished one of his wives were from Burma, who would have reminded him to seek undemocratic advice from her country’s military coup leaders, which could have allowed him to have faux more years at the White House should his numerous lawsuits against alleged fraudulent voting fail.
If Trump had a Burmese wife or mistress, he’d have undemocratically been re-elected, by staging a professionally planned coup à la Birmanie, or by declaring a years-old martial law to prolong his illegal stay at the White House.
by MathPlus January 31, 2021
Get the If Trump Had a Burmese Wifemug. When the number π is suffering from imposter syndrome in spite of its perceived or recognized beauty, ubiquity, and utility in many areas of mathematics and science.
Since the start of the pandemic, there have been few new theorems or breakthroughs on the irrational number π, so mathematicians have started to hypothesize whether the pi self phenomenon isn’t finally being manifested.
by MathPlus July 23, 2021
Get the The Pi Selfmug. When someone knows enough about the number π that they are unlikely to be taken advantage of by mathematical charlatans or cranks.
A premium tuition center is inviting Prof. Pilate to conduct a recreational math lesson on “The Joy (and Pain) of Pi” for its privileged students, so that they’d not only be numerate but also piterate.
by MathPlus September 7, 2021
Get the Piteratemug.