Image prompt

Newsroom standoff: staffer staring at “؜” for thirty minutes

Illustration (editorial, slightly exaggerated satire) of an open-plan newsroom: desks, monitors with blurred headlines, coffee cups, a “SPORTS” sign in the distance. In the center of one desk space, a medium-sized “؜” hovers between keyboard and monitor. A reporter sits motionless, eyes fixed on it, with a notepad filled with doodles and the words “I think it’s winning.” Nearby colleagues glance over nervously. The “؜” should feel like it is calmly “having satisfaction,” subtly warping the space between letters on a printed draft beside it.