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Fact check: Is Mamdani introducing Arabic numerals to New York schools? (www.newsweek.com)

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Another post from betting market company Polymarket read: "BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani to require all New York elementary school students to learn Arabic numerals." The post has almost 14 million views.

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[-] frog_brawler@lemmy.world 60 points 6 days ago

TL;DR - People are stupid

[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 46 points 6 days ago

[-] cabillaud@lemmy.world 17 points 6 days ago

She must be an ICE supervisor by now

[-] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 6 points 6 days ago

Isn't that Linda McMahon, the head of the Department of Education?

[-] wabasso@lemmy.ca 6 points 6 days ago

Oh…I didn’t know that’s the point we were at in all this…

[-] pachrist@lemmy.world 14 points 6 days ago

It's worse than that. We've passed that point already.

[-] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 days ago

and blow Bubbas?

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