💬 Quoted… “He may be at the very top of the list as the worst person I’ve ever seen do a cross examination.”

• David Mills, a Stanford law professor and the behind-the-scenes architect of FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s defense at trial, provided Bloomberg with the above quote in a recent interview. SBF was convicted on seven counts of fraud and conspiracy – a verdict that took the jury four hours to reach – in early November, with his sentencing scheduled for March 2024. He faces up to 115 years in prison.

📝Stat of the Day: November’s Consumer Price Index, published yesterday, showed that overall inflation rose 0.1% on a monthly basis, and 3.1% year-over-year (down from 3.2% in October). Core inflation, which excludes volatile food and energy costs and are considered a better guide to the path of inflation, rose 0.3% month over month – slightly faster than the 0.2% increase in October – and 4% year-over-year. In a sentence: sinking gas prices led inflation to remain mostly unchanged from October, but underlying price pressures – from apartment rents, restaurant meals, auto insurance, and many other services – remain stubbornly high, per the AP.

🤔 Did You Know?... Cats are one of the most wide-ranging predators on Earth, consuming at least 2,083 different species including sea turtles, emus, and domestic cattle, according to a new study published in Nature Communications. So, when your cat wanders home after a long day, it may be best not to ask them where they’ve been.

📰 Worth a Read: How exposure to language in the womb shapes the brain → (Big Think)