The cutting edge of a shaving cutter should be mouthed out slightly with a fine oilstone.

to quote in this connection the words of the French philosopher Baudrillard: 'Anyhow, to me the whole problem seems to be that nowadays events are no longer mediumized, mediated by the media, but that they are rather construed in the service of the media.'

The anti-vaxx movement punches down and punches hard. Its leaders tend to be men and women from wealthy backgrounds. […] They draw a large part of their audience from the poor, the poorly educated and ethnic minorities.

A librarian who wants to present on an emerging technology in their library might not need an allotment of 45 minutes–roughly the standard amount of time given for an oral presentation or paper–but such a topic would be perfect combined with other presentations in a fast-paced, pecha-kucha style session or lightning round (in both cases each presenter is given a limited amount of time before an unsympathetic moderator cuts them off and the next presenter speaks).