💬 Quoted… “We pushed the accelerator to the maximum.”

• They say when one door closes, another one opens. And after many Western nations cut off Russia’s energy supplies following the invasion of Ukraine, the door of opportunity was pushed open for countries like Algeria, Norway, Turkey, and Azerbaijan, whom Europe and others are increasingly turning to in order to replace the hole created by a lack of Russian energy supplies.

Go deeper: The unexpected new winners of the global energy war.

🚫🥳 Stat of the Day: Airbnb’s “official party pooper” in charge of enforcing the site’s worldwide ban on hosting parties has overseen a 55% reduction in such activity over the two-year period ending August 2022.

🤔 Did You Know?... The world record for longest period someone has gone without sleep is 11 days and 25 minutes; the record was set as part of a medical experiment in which the 17-year-old patient experienced hallucinations, paranoia, and short-term memory loss (from us to you: pls don’t do this).

📰 Worth a Read: Intelligent vs. Smart → (Collab Fund)