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Piccinated

When someone has accidentally been jabbed with a dosage that is almost π times the recommended value.
An 80-year-old immunocompromised patient—who has been in ICU for over a week—was found to have been piccinated by a pro-Trump anti-vax nurse, who apparently misread the figures on the label.
by Fasters January 30, 2022
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Rainbow Math Publishing

When math publishers pretend to be inclusive, by supporting LBGT students, teachers, and parents, when their motive is getting them to buy more of their oft-half-edited pricier titles.
Guesstimate how many gay and trans mathematicians and math educators are being taken for a ride by rainbow math publishing nationwide.
by Fasters January 28, 2022
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Pisomnia

Short for “Pi Insomnia.” When someone struggles to sleep after listening to a math lesson, or reading a geometry book, that repeatedly mentions the irrational number π.
Guesstimate how many folks worldwide suffer even from a mild form of pisomnia, where presently there seems to be no cure for the mathematically induced mental condition.
by Fasters June 26, 2022
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Murder by Pi

When a gifted child’s Xmas wish for Santa Claus is to be rewarded with the last digit of the number π, which prompted the Donor-in-Chief to commit a “mathematical crime,” because he couldn’t fulfill the child’s “Christmaths” wish.
A few billion children worldwide would miss their Christmas gift this year, because Father Christmas had been charged for murder by pi—he’d first be spending the twelve days of Christmas behind bars before being flown to a North Korean or Siberian prison.
by Fasters April 18, 2022
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Piece of Pi

A math question that is considered so easy to solve, or a math paper that turns out to be as easy as pie—a no-brainer even for those who are anxious or petrified about certain brain-unfriendly school or college math topics.
Most of the 2021 grades 1–5 math exam papers in certain US red states were a piece of pi for the a large proportion of students during the Covid-19 pandemic.
by Fasters January 23, 2022
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On Cloud Pi

The latest e-commerce shiny object, where math educators’ memories of Pi Day events are stored in the cloud and can be downloaded for a fee—charges are based on a customer satisfaction index (CSI), which ranks each memory or story in proportion to the degree of pleasure or satisfaction it brings.
With schools unlikely to open for another year, which by then the pandemic is predicted to have subsided, being on cloud pi is the closest experience for math students and teachers to vicariously be on cloud nine on the most important date in the mathematics calendar.
by Fasters March 9, 2022
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!

A “?” that has been straightened out—what awaits those who continue to trust and honor God in spite of the circumstances or events they don’t understand in their lives.
God’s goodness will turn your ?s into !s, be it an anointing, healing, or upgrading, because your problems are often not setbacks but set-ups for your next level of growth.
by Fasters April 7, 2022
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