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Staying Cool at the Airport

A comment by Adam Keys about showing grace in airports over on Craig Mod’s site reminded me of this story from the introduction of Genny Rumancik’s book The Wisdom of Feeling: Finding Clarity, Courage, and Connection Through Emotional Intelligence: I was in the last boardi…

Scientists have identified a new species of penguin, the...

Scientists have identified a new species of penguin, the first in 100 years. “Genetic evidence shows that what scientists once treated as a single, widely distributed gentoo penguin species is actually made up of four separate species.”

Every Discount Active for Phoblographer Members Right Now

One of the most underused parts of a Phoblographer membership is the running list of partner discounts that come with it. A lot of members sign up for the ad-free reading experience and never realize how much they're also saving on gear, printing, and editing software. Here's ev…

What Will Starting a Creative Career Look Like in the...

What Will Starting a Creative Career Look Like in the Next Few Years? “We can’t keep asking where all the good designers are if we’re unwilling to help anyone become one.”

Why Does Japan Have Such Good Railways? “Successful...

Why Does Japan Have Such Good Railways? “Successful public policies can be emulated by one good government. Much about Japan’s railway system could be replicable around the world.”

“I Made a Film in Excel, and I Don’t Know Why”

Animation director Maria Tomazou made a short animated film entirely in Microsoft Excel. There’s no reason for this film to exist. Yet, I made it and it took ages to put together. To keep going and keep creating something that is pointless is actually very painful. I wish…

Watch the morning fog flow like ocean waves into the town...

Watch the morning fog flow like ocean waves into the town of Triesenberg, Liechtenstein. (Also on Instagram.)

Meet Other Photographers at the 5 Boro Foto Hang

Based on the incredibly heartwarming turn-out that we had at the 5 Boro Foto Festival back in October, we're listening to the sounds of the garden we've started to grow. And we're announcing our first community event: the 5 Boro Foto Hang. It's happening December 3rd from 6pm to…

Leica Marks Noctilux Anniversary With a 240-Page Book on the Lens Family

Leica has announced a new book that charts the celebration of the Noctilux lenses. The company first introduced the series back in 1966, and since, it continues to be loved by photographers around the world. This launch coincides with the 60th anniversary of the series, making t…

Advice for the incoming Democratic Congress: 8 Bold Ideas...

Advice for the incoming Democratic Congress: 8 Bold Ideas to Fix America. Bold? I dunno…it seems like a lot of this stuff is closer to the floor than the ceiling of what they should be considering.

Could a modern chess engine on a Pentium have defeated...

Could a modern chess engine on a Pentium have defeated Kasparov in 1996? “It (almost certainly) wouldn’t have even been close.”

Fujifilm X-T6’s “New Sensor” Is Bound to Anger a Few

The Fujifilm X-T6 is reportedly carrying a "new sensor," which has divided the company's user base. The argument does not relate to what was said, but rather, how little information has been disclosed. The report reveals that a new sensor will be part of the X-T6 models, but the…

A Photographer Looks at Old Soviet Cable Cars

One of the great things that photography does for us is memory recording. Obviously, you can do that with your phone and be stuck in the rest of the moment as long as you're not shooting and sharing immediately. But with analog film, you also get the same effect. When you photog…

nikitonsky is being grumpy

nikitonsky: What kind of hover is this? #Github #Hover #Dropdown

Go Turns 17

The Go Blog Go Turns 17 Austin Clements, for the Go team 10 November 2026 Today, November 10th, we celebrate the 17th anniversary of Go’s open source release! Over the past year, we released Go 1.26 in February and Go 1.27 in…

The 4 Best Instax Cameras to Buy in 2026

Aspiring photographers and those looking for some fun will love the Fujifilm Instax Mini 99, Instax Wide Evo, Instax Square 2, and the Instax Pal 2. The latter has surely taken the internet by storm. Fujifilm Instax cameras have become some of the most loved analog models. Peopl…

A short history of Lego instructions from 1955 to the...

A short history of Lego instructions from 1955 to the present. “Prior to [1955] the only ‘guidance’ for products containing plastic bricks were drawings on the packaging to serve as inspiration for consumers.”

Satellite images of sand dunes migrating in Egypt. They...

Satellite images of sand dunes migrating in Egypt. They move about 13 meters a year.

USPS Announces Mythical Creatures Stamps for 2027

The US Postal Service recently released a partial list of the stamps it’s putting out in 2027. One of the sets is Mythical Creatures, featuring five cryptids.1 The legend of Mothman has endured for more than six decades, but of the creatures encountered on these stamps, t…

The $17 Preset Box We Won’t Tell You What’s Inside

Every so often, a reader asks us why we sell a preset pack that doesn't tell you exactly what you're getting. The answer's simple: our Mystery Box for Lightroom and Mystery Box for Capture One are built to be a surprise, and at $17, they're the cheapest way to get a genuinely ne…

How to Build a Police State. “Bukele didn’t declare a...

How to Build a Police State. “Bukele didn’t declare a dictatorship on day one. He built toward it incrementally, each step framed in the language of anti-corruption, public safety or efficiency.”

How Much Wealth Does It Take to be Safe in the United States?

Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and illustrator Mona Chalabi’s new book is about wealth inequality in America. Ten Lives: How What We Have Shapes Who We Are (Amazon) follows ten people with ten different incomes, from the bottom 10% to the top 10% and everything in-betwee…

Great title for an article about London’s invasive...

Great title for an article about London’s invasive parakeet population: The Pollycrisis. “Do we want tens of thousands of Himalayan parrots squabbling all over our cities?”

100 Big Unanswered Scientific Questions

The NY Times recently asked 100 scientists from across dozens of disciplines: “What is a big unanswered question in your field?” Here are some of their questions that caught my eye: 4. When and where did the cognitive capacities that made language, mathematics and complex…

Inanimate launch event in London, next week

The last time I posted about Inanimate, I mentioned that we’re building devices: WORKS: five limited-edition devices for your AI agent and you. (Five?? Yes five.) We call them Promptable Products. You can make apps for them. You can buy them, if you want to be part o…

An Ode to the Dad Cam: But Not Necessarily the Dad

According to Urban Dictionary, a Dad Cam is essentially a vintage or retro camcorder that they probably used to record every day events in life. I've never been a dad in life, but throughout many points of my adulthood I've been the family documenter taking around various iterat…

Another banger from neal.fun: Battle Draw. Sort of an...

Another banger from neal.fun: Battle Draw. Sort of an open world tower defense “game”?

Mosac Review: Designed For Those Sick of Lightroom

Mosac joins other options like Lightcraft and Capture One in working to be an alternative to Adobe Lightroom. Notably it's far more affordable, and ultimately seems like a more stripped down version of Adobe Lightroom -- not Adobe Lightroom Classic. For most serious photographer…