blog 2, old joke about electric something

basically the same surface as road signs and hi-vis vests.

It bounces light directly back to the source.

this is meant to send the LED headlights right back to those drivers.

These pictures did very well on discord

Agates carved into orange slices by wutong_crystal_carvings.

📷 Frans Mäyrä

That gesture can almost serve as a source of comfort. The old systems of prestige—the literary inner circles, the top-ranking daily newspapers, the party leadership—are rickety and insecure. Everyone has a publishing platform and no one has a career."

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"A civilization that speaks in smarm is a civilization that has lost its ability to talk about purposes at all. It is a civilization that says "Don't Be Evil," rather than making sure it does not do evil."

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"If you can't say something nice, say something anyway. Make it something nice. In the age of rampant runaway snark, the Newest Media are doing something else entirely. Adam Mordecai, an editor-at-large for Upworthy, explained to Quora readers what his site's headline-writing philosophy is:

Don't depress people so much that they want to give up on humanity. Negative headlines breeds negative shares.

Don't curse in your headlines. Moms hate it (and are the biggest sharers on the internet by a significant margin [...]

Don't make people take positions they might be uncomfortable with. For example, "I Really Hate All White People" is going to not get shared, whereas, "An Open Letter To Pasty People" is far less hostile and more likely to get shared.

Don't use terms that overwhelm, polarize or bore people. I never use Social Security, The Environment, Immigration, Democrats, Republicans, Medicare, Racist, Bigot, etc... You can talk about issues without giving away what they are.