People wonder why I do so many reverse image searches as activities. The answer is bit complex, so hang with me a second.
The reason isn’t that reverse image searches are the most important thing or the easiest thing. They’re pretty rare stuff. The reason I use them is they are a powerfully clear example about how finding your way back to a source can clarify the truth of matters. They are an analogue of all the more boring stuff we do on the web, but the skills are the same — look for other sources, use date filters to move back to the original, compare the original with the newer version to see if it has been significantly altered.
When you do an image search you see how the flood of misinformation that somes at you in a search can often be filtered down to a higher quality trickle via smart filtering that gets you closer in time and space to the original source.
It’s also meant to be a bit Foggian (and sorry, I know that Fogg is a divisive figure). But in the spirit of tiny habits, if I can get you to right click on images — muscle memory for the initiated — then maybe I can slow you down enough to get you to do a couple other things.
But enough of that background theory. It’s 4/20 today. So with that in mind, what did this sign really say?
(For the record, we call this a “sign-holding exploitable”.)
Hapgood 
A quick reverse image search (nicely done, by the way) reveals that it’s from the Obama WH Instagram. In the original post, he is standing next to a sign that says “1961,” marking how far the glacier has receded. The original post is at https://www.instagram.com/p/7G8jqlwikV/
Awesome work Adele! And nice recognition that the it’s Instagram link here is authorative– I know that’s obvious to you, but it’s the kind of thing students miss at a scan!
Damn you and your challenges. 1961.
Here is the history of the meme ; http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/barack-obama-at-exit-glacier
Yep – enjoying these and I always avoid looking at the comments and so having a spoiler.