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By logging in #31415PI, North Korean hackers succeeded in transferring millions of dollars from the bank accounts of some US math profs to that of Chairman Kim.
by MathPlus March 14, 2021
Get the #31415PImug. When rogue, inept, or corrupt opportunistic politicians downplay the high number of infections and fatalities plaguing their countries, by giving an oft-innumerate or gullible public a faux sense of security, who often loosely follow the health measures in place.
Fake right-wing “leaders” from the United States, Brazil, and India notoriously share a number of common denominators: use race or religion as a trump card, mask the math, and refuse to make social distancing or mask wearing mandatory.
by MathPlus April 2, 2021
Get the Mask the Mathmug. When authoritarian regimes force millions of anti-vaxxers to get a shot even if their jobs don’t require them to do so, or if they are no longer working or have retired—they have a choice: jab or jail.
Guesstimate how many folks worldwide would rather face vaccine persecution by going to jail than compromising on their religious conviction.
by MathPlus July 11, 2021
Get the Vaccine Persecutionmug. Also known as a “Trump certificate.” A fake Covid-19 vaccine passport that could be purchased on the black market or dark web, or sometimes even downloaded free of charge by clicking a link and filling in one’s personal details.
Guesstimate how many trumpificates are in circulation worldwide as anti-vaxxers play cat and mouse with the authorities, which don’t have the manpower nor the knowhow to expose those digitally savvy criminals.
by MathPlus November 15, 2021
Get the Trumpificatemug. When an oft-autistic person can see the first few hundred or thousand digits of the number π in their mind’s eye.
Don has such a pinographic memory that he can effortlessly recite the first ten thousand digits instantly, as he sees them flowing down a mountain top.
by MathPlus January 20, 2021
Get the Pinographic Memorymug. Unable to sleep because of one’s fear of failing an upcoming algebra test, because of low confidence or poor self-esteem, or an irrational fear working with letters that represent numbers.
Jenny suffered from severe insomgebra and loss of appetite over the weekend before she sat for her math paper on Monday morning.
by MathPlus October 31, 2017
Get the Insomgebramug. When President Trump repealed the “leftish” Common Core Math, approved by President Obama, with zero idea how to replace it with a better “rightish” math curriculum to help millions of US students compete internationally in math—he just wants to pacify opponents of the “left curriculum,” whose children can’t cope with it, in exchange for their votes.
Does the stand-back-stand-by math sound like some curricular or mathematical equivalent of the repeal-and-replace Obamacare? If politics over math could increase the odds of getting the president re-elected, the risks are worth taking.
by MathPlus October 1, 2020
Get the Stand-back-stand-by Mathmug.