💬 Quoted… “Authentic.”

• Merriam-Webster just announced its 2023 Word of the Year: authentic. Per Webster, the choice was driven by a substantial increase in lookups this year, which were caused “by stories and conversations about AI, celebrity culture, identity, and social media.” Other words in the running: rizz, deepfake, coronation, dystopian, EGOT, X, implode, deadname, and indict.

📈 Stat of the Day: Ready for some inflation data in plain terms? It now requires $119.27 to buy the same goods and services a family could afford with $100 before the pandemic, per a new Bloomberg analysis.

🤔 Did You Know?... The most regular season career losses by an NFL head coach is 165, a title held by both Dan Reeves and Jeff Fisher. But there could soon be a newcomer to this list. Legendary Patriots head coach Bill Belichick currently sits at 161 career losses, four away from tying the record, with six games still left in the current NFL season. (Though to be fair, he’s also closing in on the record for regular season career wins.)

📰 Worth a Read: The Globe-Trotting Scholar Who Unlocked the Secrets of the Aztecs → (Smithsonian Magazine)