#brevity — Public Fediverse posts
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The man four stories up
The man four stories up,
shielded by the shadow
of a floor-to-ceiling window,
appears as smooth
as the man in the moon.
He sips something hot
from a white ceramic cup
and peers out at the blackness
as if we’re all coated in the stuff,
while he is light, and goodness.
A cleanliness amidst the putrid
stenches, the barefoot beggars,
and oily street merchants
blurred together in a pit
of city scum.
See, below him, beings
exist in a lower state
of consciousness
and should simply lighten up.
©2026 | K.F. HartlessCover Art: “The Man in the Moon” Maxfield Parrish, 1922
https://youtu.be/Wy45pE0OJm4?si=vabBGj46pwfTDFCg
#brevity #existential #moon #Reflection #socialJustice -
The man four stories up
The man four stories up,
shielded by the shadow
of a floor-to-ceiling window,
appears as smooth
as the man in the moon.
He sips something hot
from a white ceramic cup
and peers out at the blackness
as if we’re all coated in the stuff,
while he is light, and goodness.
A cleanliness amidst the putrid
stenches, the barefoot beggars,
and oily street merchants
blurred together in a pit
of city scum.
See, below him, beings
exist in a lower state
of consciousness
and should simply lighten up.
©2026 | K.F. HartlessCover Art: “The Man in the Moon” Maxfield Parrish, 1922
https://youtu.be/Wy45pE0OJm4?si=vabBGj46pwfTDFCg
#brevity #existential #moon #Reflection #socialJustice -
The man four stories up
The man four stories up,
shielded by the shadow
of a floor-to-ceiling window,
appears as smooth
as the man in the moon.
He sips something hot
from a white ceramic cup
and peers out at the blackness
as if we’re all coated in the stuff,
while he is light, and goodness.
A cleanliness amidst the putrid
stenches, the barefoot beggars,
and oily street merchants
blurred together in a pit
of city scum.
See, below him, beings
exist in a lower state
of consciousness
and should simply lighten up.
©2026 | K.F. HartlessCover Art: “The Man in the Moon” Maxfield Parrish, 1922
https://youtu.be/Wy45pE0OJm4?si=vabBGj46pwfTDFCg
#brevity #existential #moon #Reflection #socialJustice -
The man four stories up
The man four stories up,
shielded by the shadow
of a floor-to-ceiling window,
appears as smooth
as the man in the moon.
He sips something hot
from a white ceramic cup
and peers out at the blackness
as if we’re all coated in the stuff,
while he is light, and goodness.
A cleanliness amidst the putrid
stenches, the barefoot beggars,
and oily street merchants
blurred together in a pit
of city scum.
See, below him, beings
exist in a lower state
of consciousness
and should simply lighten up.
©2026 | K.F. HartlessCover Art: “The Man in the Moon” Maxfield Parrish, 1922
https://youtu.be/Wy45pE0OJm4?si=vabBGj46pwfTDFCg
#brevity #existential #moon #Reflection #socialJustice -
The man four stories up
The man four stories up,
shielded by the shadow
of a floor-to-ceiling window,
appears as smooth
as the man in the moon.
He sips something hot
from a white ceramic cup
and peers out at the blackness
as if we’re all coated in the stuff,
while he is light, and goodness.
A cleanliness amidst the putrid
stenches, the barefoot beggars,
and oily street merchants
blurred together in a pit
of city scum.
See, below him, beings
exist in a lower state
of consciousness
and should simply lighten up.
©2026 | K.F. HartlessCover Art: “The Man in the Moon” Maxfield Parrish, 1922
https://youtu.be/Wy45pE0OJm4?si=vabBGj46pwfTDFCg
#brevity #existential #moon #Reflection #socialJustice -
I have been running a social media account of an organisation in the last years and remember how I felt that I had to post a lot back when the organisation was still on twitter. How AI was such a relieve when I didnt have to think anymore to produce tiny useless posts to shoot into this void.
So good twitter is dead (at least for me).
The Courage to Stop https://zeldman.com/2026/04/15/the-courage-to-stop/ #Brevity, #Communication, #Edit, #Editing, #Essentials, #KillYourDarlings, #LessButBetter, #Usability, #Whitespace
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Memento mori — remember death! These are important words. If we kept in mind that we will soon inevitably die, our lives would be completely different. If a person knows that he will die in a half hour, he certainly will not bother doing trivial, stupid, or, especially, bad things during this half hour. Perhaps you have half a century before you die — what makes this any different from a half hour?
Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) Russian novelist and moral philosopher
Path of Life [Calendar of Wisdom; Круг чтения], ch. 21 “Living in the Present,” sec. 5.12 (1903-1911) [(tr. Cote (2002)]More about this quote: wist.info/tolstoy-leo/83806/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #tolstoy #leotolstoy #pathoflife #brevity #death #goodliving #lifespan #living #mementomori #mortality #prioritization #timelimit
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Memento mori — remember death! These are important words. If we kept in mind that we will soon inevitably die, our lives would be completely different. If a person knows that he will die in a half hour, he certainly will not bother doing trivial, stupid, or, especially, bad things during this half hour. Perhaps you have half a century before you die — what makes this any different from a half hour?
Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) Russian novelist and moral philosopher
Path of Life [Calendar of Wisdom; Круг чтения], ch. 21 “Living in the Present,” sec. 5.12 (1903-1911) [(tr. Cote (2002)]More about this quote: wist.info/tolstoy-leo/83806/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #tolstoy #leotolstoy #pathoflife #brevity #death #goodliving #lifespan #living #mementomori #mortality #prioritization #timelimit
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Memento mori — remember death! These are important words. If we kept in mind that we will soon inevitably die, our lives would be completely different. If a person knows that he will die in a half hour, he certainly will not bother doing trivial, stupid, or, especially, bad things during this half hour. Perhaps you have half a century before you die — what makes this any different from a half hour?
Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) Russian novelist and moral philosopher
Path of Life [Calendar of Wisdom; Круг чтения], ch. 21 “Living in the Present,” sec. 5.12 (1903-1911) [(tr. Cote (2002)]More about this quote: wist.info/tolstoy-leo/83806/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #tolstoy #leotolstoy #pathoflife #brevity #death #goodliving #lifespan #living #mementomori #mortality #prioritization #timelimit
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Memento mori — remember death! These are important words. If we kept in mind that we will soon inevitably die, our lives would be completely different. If a person knows that he will die in a half hour, he certainly will not bother doing trivial, stupid, or, especially, bad things during this half hour. Perhaps you have half a century before you die — what makes this any different from a half hour?
Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) Russian novelist and moral philosopher
Path of Life [Calendar of Wisdom; Круг чтения], ch. 21 “Living in the Present,” sec. 5.12 (1903-1911) [(tr. Cote (2002)]More about this quote: wist.info/tolstoy-leo/83806/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #tolstoy #leotolstoy #pathoflife #brevity #death #goodliving #lifespan #living #mementomori #mortality #prioritization #timelimit
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The Fledglings Sit
The fledgings sit, wings clipped,
waiting on a runway.
What will become of their paper planes
soaring deserted valleys
and migrating vast cities?
Before they took their mouths
from their mother's beak,
they learned to not speak,
sit ,and wait, and fold quitely.
©2026 | K.F. HartlessCover Art: ” Airport Painting” Karolina Zglobicka
https://youtu.be/ewRjZoRtu0Y?si=6C56hTh6VhRetUqM
GloPoWriMo#28 Today, try writing a poem that follows the same beats: three sentences, six lines: statement, question, conclusion.
#brevity #existential #GloPoWrimo #napowrimo #nature -
The Fledglings Sit
The fledgings sit, wings clipped,
waiting on a runway.
What will become of their paper planes
soaring deserted valleys
and migrating vast cities?
Before they took their mouths
from their mother's beak,
they learned to not speak,
sit ,and wait, and fold quitely.
©2026 | K.F. HartlessCover Art: ” Airport Painting” Karolina Zglobicka
https://youtu.be/ewRjZoRtu0Y?si=6C56hTh6VhRetUqM
GloPoWriMo#28 Today, try writing a poem that follows the same beats: three sentences, six lines: statement, question, conclusion.
#brevity #existential #GloPoWrimo #napowrimo #nature -
The Fledglings Sit
The fledgings sit, wings clipped,
waiting on a runway.
What will become of their paper planes
soaring deserted valleys
and migrating vast cities?
Before they took their mouths
from their mother's beak,
they learned to not speak,
sit ,and wait, and fold quitely.
©2026 | K.F. HartlessCover Art: ” Airport Painting” Karolina Zglobicka
https://youtu.be/ewRjZoRtu0Y?si=6C56hTh6VhRetUqM
GloPoWriMo#28 Today, try writing a poem that follows the same beats: three sentences, six lines: statement, question, conclusion.
#brevity #existential #GloPoWrimo #napowrimo #nature -
The Fledglings Sit
The fledgings sit, wings clipped,
waiting on a runway.
What will become of their paper planes
soaring deserted valleys
and migrating vast cities?
Before they took their mouths
from their mother's beak,
they learned to not speak,
sit ,and wait, and fold quitely.
©2026 | K.F. HartlessCover Art: ” Airport Painting” Karolina Zglobicka
https://youtu.be/ewRjZoRtu0Y?si=6C56hTh6VhRetUqM
GloPoWriMo#28 Today, try writing a poem that follows the same beats: three sentences, six lines: statement, question, conclusion.
#brevity #existential #GloPoWrimo #napowrimo #nature -
The Fledglings Sit
The fledgings sit, wings clipped,
waiting on a runway.
What will become of their paper planes
soaring deserted valleys
and migrating vast cities?
Before they took their mouths
from their mother's beak,
they learned to not speak,
sit ,and wait, and fold quitely.
©2026 | K.F. HartlessCover Art: ” Airport Painting” Karolina Zglobicka
https://youtu.be/ewRjZoRtu0Y?si=6C56hTh6VhRetUqM
GloPoWriMo#28 Today, try writing a poem that follows the same beats: three sentences, six lines: statement, question, conclusion.
#brevity #existential #GloPoWrimo #napowrimo #nature -
May I direct your attention to this brilliantly concise post?
The Courage to Stop https://zeldman.com/2026/04/15/the-courage-to-stop/ #Brevity, #Communication, #Edit, #Editing, #Essentials, #KillYourDarlings, #LessButBetter, #Usability, #Whitespace
#AmReading #Writing -
May I direct your attention to this brilliantly concise post?
The Courage to Stop https://zeldman.com/2026/04/15/the-courage-to-stop/ #Brevity, #Communication, #Edit, #Editing, #Essentials, #KillYourDarlings, #LessButBetter, #Usability, #Whitespace
#AmReading #Writing -
May I direct your attention to this brilliantly concise post?
The Courage to Stop https://zeldman.com/2026/04/15/the-courage-to-stop/ #Brevity, #Communication, #Edit, #Editing, #Essentials, #KillYourDarlings, #LessButBetter, #Usability, #Whitespace
#AmReading #Writing -
May I direct your attention to this brilliantly concise post?
The Courage to Stop https://zeldman.com/2026/04/15/the-courage-to-stop/ #Brevity, #Communication, #Edit, #Editing, #Essentials, #KillYourDarlings, #LessButBetter, #Usability, #Whitespace
#AmReading #Writing -
May I direct your attention to this brilliantly concise post?
The Courage to Stop https://zeldman.com/2026/04/15/the-courage-to-stop/ #Brevity, #Communication, #Edit, #Editing, #Essentials, #KillYourDarlings, #LessButBetter, #Usability, #Whitespace
#AmReading #Writing -
The intensity of the favour of fortune is often balanced by the shortness of its duration, for fortune gets tired of carrying any one very long upon her shoulders.
[Recompénsase tal vez la brevedad de la duración con la intensión del favor. Cánsase la fortuna de llevar a uno a cuestas tan a la larga.]Baltasar Gracián y Morales (1601-1658) Spanish Jesuit priest, writer, philosopher
The Art of Worldly Wisdom [Oráculo Manual y Arte de Prudencia], § 38 (1647) [tr. Duff (1877)]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/gracian-y-morales-ba…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #gracian #baltasargracian #brevity #fortune #gambling #goodluck #luck
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The intensity of the favour of fortune is often balanced by the shortness of its duration, for fortune gets tired of carrying any one very long upon her shoulders.
[Recompénsase tal vez la brevedad de la duración con la intensión del favor. Cánsase la fortuna de llevar a uno a cuestas tan a la larga.]Baltasar Gracián y Morales (1601-1658) Spanish Jesuit priest, writer, philosopher
The Art of Worldly Wisdom [Oráculo Manual y Arte de Prudencia], § 38 (1647) [tr. Duff (1877)]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/gracian-y-morales-ba…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #gracian #baltasargracian #brevity #fortune #gambling #goodluck #luck
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The intensity of the favour of fortune is often balanced by the shortness of its duration, for fortune gets tired of carrying any one very long upon her shoulders.
[Recompénsase tal vez la brevedad de la duración con la intensión del favor. Cánsase la fortuna de llevar a uno a cuestas tan a la larga.]Baltasar Gracián y Morales (1601-1658) Spanish Jesuit priest, writer, philosopher
The Art of Worldly Wisdom [Oráculo Manual y Arte de Prudencia], § 38 (1647) [tr. Duff (1877)]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/gracian-y-morales-ba…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #gracian #baltasargracian #brevity #fortune #gambling #goodluck #luck
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The intensity of the favour of fortune is often balanced by the shortness of its duration, for fortune gets tired of carrying any one very long upon her shoulders.
[Recompénsase tal vez la brevedad de la duración con la intensión del favor. Cánsase la fortuna de llevar a uno a cuestas tan a la larga.]Baltasar Gracián y Morales (1601-1658) Spanish Jesuit priest, writer, philosopher
The Art of Worldly Wisdom [Oráculo Manual y Arte de Prudencia], § 38 (1647) [tr. Duff (1877)]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/gracian-y-morales-ba…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #gracian #baltasargracian #brevity #fortune #gambling #goodluck #luck
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2/2 Don’t skip the footnote and comments.
“COMMENTS BY REVIEWER A:
I have studied this manuscript very carefully with lemon juice and X-rays and have not detected a single flaw in either design or writing style. I suggest it be
published without revision. Clearly it is the most concise manuscript I have ever seen …” -
2/2 Don’t skip the footnote and comments.
“COMMENTS BY REVIEWER A:
I have studied this manuscript very carefully with lemon juice and X-rays and have not detected a single flaw in either design or writing style. I suggest it be
published without revision. Clearly it is the most concise manuscript I have ever seen …” -
2/2 Don’t skip the footnote and comments.
“COMMENTS BY REVIEWER A:
I have studied this manuscript very carefully with lemon juice and X-rays and have not detected a single flaw in either design or writing style. I suggest it be
published without revision. Clearly it is the most concise manuscript I have ever seen …” -
2/2 Don’t skip the footnote and comments.
“COMMENTS BY REVIEWER A:
I have studied this manuscript very carefully with lemon juice and X-rays and have not detected a single flaw in either design or writing style. I suggest it be
published without revision. Clearly it is the most concise manuscript I have ever seen …” -
2/2 Don’t skip the footnote and comments.
“COMMENTS BY REVIEWER A:
I have studied this manuscript very carefully with lemon juice and X-rays and have not detected a single flaw in either design or writing style. I suggest it be
published without revision. Clearly it is the most concise manuscript I have ever seen …” -
Brevity was always a discipline. Now it’s a statement.
https://zeldman.com/2026/04/15/the-courage-to-stop/#HumanWritingInAITimes #brevity #WriteBetter #LessButBetter #KillYourDarlings
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Brevity was always a discipline. Now it’s a statement.
https://zeldman.com/2026/04/15/the-courage-to-stop/#HumanWritingInAITimes #brevity #WriteBetter #LessButBetter #KillYourDarlings
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Brevity was always a discipline. Now it’s a statement.
https://zeldman.com/2026/04/15/the-courage-to-stop/#HumanWritingInAITimes #brevity #WriteBetter #LessButBetter #KillYourDarlings
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Brevity was always a discipline. Now it’s a statement.
https://zeldman.com/2026/04/15/the-courage-to-stop/#HumanWritingInAITimes #brevity #WriteBetter #LessButBetter #KillYourDarlings
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Brevity was always a discipline. Now it’s a statement.
https://zeldman.com/2026/04/15/the-courage-to-stop/#HumanWritingInAITimes #brevity #WriteBetter #LessButBetter #KillYourDarlings
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Why do so few scientists use Fahrenheit? According to Isaac Asimov, the original 100°F "fixed point" may have been based on a sick cow with a fever. A 300-year-old error that still dictates US weather today. Precision matters. #HistoryOfScience #Physics #Brevity #Celsius
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Why do so few scientists use Fahrenheit? According to Isaac Asimov, the original 100°F "fixed point" may have been based on a sick cow with a fever. A 300-year-old error that still dictates US weather today. Precision matters. #HistoryOfScience #Physics #Brevity #Celsius
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Why do so few scientists use Fahrenheit? According to Isaac Asimov, the original 100°F "fixed point" may have been based on a sick cow with a fever. A 300-year-old error that still dictates US weather today. Precision matters. #HistoryOfScience #Physics #Brevity #Celsius
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Why do so few scientists use Fahrenheit? According to Isaac Asimov, the original 100°F "fixed point" may have been based on a sick cow with a fever. A 300-year-old error that still dictates US weather today. Precision matters. #HistoryOfScience #Physics #Brevity #Celsius
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Why do so few scientists use Fahrenheit? According to Isaac Asimov, the original 100°F "fixed point" may have been based on a sick cow with a fever. A 300-year-old error that still dictates US weather today. Precision matters. #HistoryOfScience #Physics #Brevity #Celsius
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Begin with an arresting sentence; close with a strong summary; in between speak simply, clearly, and always to the point; and above all be brief.
-- William J. Mayo -
Begin with an arresting sentence; close with a strong summary; in between speak simply, clearly, and always to the point; and above all be brief.
-- William J. Mayo -
Begin with an arresting sentence; close with a strong summary; in between speak simply, clearly, and always to the point; and above all be brief.
-- William J. Mayo
