Learn how the use of cliffhangers and sequential storytelling in ads is revolutionizing viewer engagement.

I'm surprised we haven't seen more of this already.

https://pgsignal.com/2024/02/05/narrative-ads-the-future-of-streaming

Please, someone explain to me why this product exists. https://amzn.to/3uInt1a

Overheard: “Baseball proves that life is only 25% fair. The other 270 degrees is foul territory.”

A cache of letters from Charles Dickens’ sister-in-law and housekeeper Georgina Hogarth has recently been acquired by the Charles Dickens Museum. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/feb/07/sister-in-laws-letters-provide-insights-into-charles-dickens-life-and-legacy

A saliva test that screens for breast cancer is showing promising results in experimental testing, according to a new study.
https://www.futurity.org/breast-cancer-test-saliva-3181602/

Our Company Is Doing So Well That You’re All Fired

Humor. Theoretically.
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/our-company-is-doing-so-well-that-youre-all-fired

The ’90s called, they want their phones back.
https://nypost.com/2024/02/16/lifestyle/gen-z-is-bringing-back-the-corded-landline-phone/

Heat map shows visitors to Prado museum in Madrid spent most time looking at right-hand panel of artist’s The Garden of Earthy Delights
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/jun/20/eye-tracking-glasses-show-viewers-of-bosch-triptych-are-drawn-to-hell-prado-spain

What 100 Years of Women’s Suffrage Looks Like Through the Eyes of 100 Women Artists
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/she-votes-how-us-women-won-suffrage-and-what-happened-next-180975541/

If the National Park Service and U.S. Forest Service proposals pass, fixed anchors in wilderness will be considered illegal unless granted special permission
https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/climbing/hours-left-to-stop-the-nps-from-banning-wilderness-climbing/

The FDA has approved an antibody drug called omalizumab (brand name Xolair) as an injection to lessen allergic reactions to foods in people ages 1 and up. The drug works by binding to a class of antibodies called immunoglobulin E, preventing them from triggering an allergic response. https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/02/fda-approves-first-drug-to-lessen-food-allergies-before-accidental-eating/

Mood https://www.reddit.com/r/StartledCats/comments/1aqccye/watch_out_for_that_math_homework_sheet/

We thought we knew how Voyager would end. The power would gradually, inevitably, run down. The instruments would shut off, one by one. The signal would get fainter. Eventually either the last instrument would fail for lack of power, or the signal would be lost.

We didn’t expect that it would go mad.
https://crookedtimber.org/2024/02/19/death-lonely-death/

Truth

Across all industries and geographies, the median total gross compensation, pre-tax, for Developer Relations professionals in 2023 is equivalent to $175,000 USD. https://www.commonroom.io/blog/2023-developer-relations-compensation-and-culture-report-overview/

None of us used this interface... twice. Tapcis forever!

A US-based project arranges for handwork projects uncompleted by people before they died to be finished by fellow crafters. It eases grief, and inspires community and generosity, say the women behind it
https://www.positive.news/society/the-strangers-stepping-up-to-finish-craft-projects-that-loved-ones-leave-behind/

Once grown almost solely by enslaved people, the fish pepper was nearly lost forever until a chance find in a freezer revived the plant and it's now more popular than ever.

This is a cool story!

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20240216-the-us-pepper-that-was-nearly-lost