Friday, December 26, 2025

Here’s a quick end-of-year Wolmania on what I hope is a quiet Friday for you.

Item 1: a link

You’re playing a game with your lying friends Alice and Bob.

Bob flips a coin and shows it to Alice. Alice tells you what she saw - but she lies 20% of the time. Then you take your best guess on whether the coin is heads or tails.

Your best strategy is to trust whatever Alice says. You’re right 80% of the time.

Now Bob joins in. He makes up his mind independent of Alice, and he also lies 20% of the time.

You were right 80% of the time by trusting Alice.

How much better can you do with Bob’s help?

I guess there’s only one way to find out, which is by clicking on this link.

Item 2: a list

Best Movies I Watched in 2025

1. Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)*
2. Inception (2010) 
3. Sentimental Value (2025)
4. High and Low (1963)
5. Visions of Light (1992)
6. One Battle After Another (2025)
7. Sinners (2025)
8. Inglourious Basterds (2009)*
9. Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)* 
10. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)*
11. The Social Network (2010)*
12. Drive My Car (2021)
13. Top Gun: Maverick (2022)*
14. Interstellar (2014)*
15. The Brutalist (2024)

Worst Movies I Watched in 2025

1. TRON: Ares (2025)
2. Emilia Pérez (2024)
3. Saturday Night (2024)
4. The Substance (2024)
5. Billy Joel: And So It Goes (2025)
6. Jurassic World Rebirth (2025)
7. Carry-On (2024)
8. Frankenstein (2025)
9. Happy Gilmore 2 (2025)
10. Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)*

*Rewatch

Item 3: a media recommendation

Item 4: word of the week

Verdigris

It’s not “hideous rust because I don’t properly care for my possessions”… it’s verdigris.

Item 5: an image

See ya!

Thanks for reading, and I hope the rest of your 2025 is peaceful and rejuvenating. See you in 2026.