The Nikon 120-300mm f2.8 Z is For a Special Breed of Photographer

Today, Nikon is announcing their Nikon 120-300mm f2.8 Z lens that's designed for photographers of various types. We see this lens being mostly in use with event photographers and perhaps a few sports photographers. Nikon has long needed a lens like this for their Z8 and Z9. But…

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Errol Morris shot ads for Theranos and recently revealed...

Errol Morris shot ads for Theranos and recently revealed he has a two-hour interview with Elizabeth Holmes that he’s considering releasing. “Did I have any reason to believe that she was a fraud? I did not. Did that change as time went on? It did.”

Remember the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon game? Turns out:...

Remember the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon game? Turns out: “Kevin Bacon is not the center of Hollywood. In fact, he never has been, and almost certainly never will be.”

The California AI Rush

There have been five tech booms since Gordon Moore coined his eponymous Law in 1965: In my long experience, the AI boom is the biggest of all. Tom Friedman calls it “the second big bang.” Watch that. I think he’s right. Business-wise, we get a lot of sky-pie, naturally. Th…

Samsung Patent Describes an Undo Button for AI-Edited Photos

Samsung may have quietly exited the serious part of the photo industry, but they've got a new patent that's going to add to the authenticity of images. And if it's real, then it could help the entire web in so many different ways. Photography patents are important for the advanc…

A bunch of items from Stanley Kubrick’s personal archive...

A bunch of items from Stanley Kubrick’s personal archive will be auctioned off early next year, including Jack Torrance’s axe & the sister’s blue dresses from The Shining, Kubrick’s director’s chair, and a chess set owned by the director.

The Moving Image Archive

The Moving Image Archive is a collection of over 120,000 clips from almost 2300 archival films drawn from public domain collections. The internet is full of forgotten films, and this archive is a growing library of that collection. When synthetic footage can now fabricate…

It’s Hard To Be A Rich Radical. “It was disappointing how...

It’s Hard To Be A Rich Radical. “It was disappointing how easily money turned a lot of them into sudden conservatives, full of right-wing doctrine about bootstraps and the fantasy of a black capitalist utopia…”

Scientists are studying whether “many chronic diseases we...

Scientists are studying whether “many chronic diseases we treat as separate failures of separate organs may share one deeper problem: cells struggling to extract and use energy from food” (diabetes, Alzheimer’s, epilepsy, etc.)

Paleovirology: How HIV Started a Century Before Anyone Noticed

I’ve been vaguely aware for awhile that researchers had traced the origins of HIV/AIDS back to Sub-Saharan Africa. But I didn’t know the whole story, which turns out to be really fascinating. For decades, one man was blamed for bringing AIDS to America. But the “Patie…

They Stopped 57 Shootings. Everyone Was Just Fired. “A...

They Stopped 57 Shootings. Everyone Was Just Fired. “A program called Peace Orlando hired neighborhood residents closest to the violence…who could see a shooting coming and talk people down.” It worked…and then the program was shut down.

Sprout is planning to sell replacement motherboards for...

Sprout is planning to sell replacement motherboards for certain iPods. “Sprout only replaces the motherboard and uses your iPod’s original parts. No soldering required, and fully reversible.” Bluetooth, WiFi, 500K songs, USB-C, even streaming.

10 Things I Want from the Nikon Z7 III

While I don't know what the Nikon Z7 III will be like, I think that it's fun to think about it! It's been a very long time now since Nikon refreshed the Z7 lineup. And it's sort of in an odd place. I mean, why would someone buy one when the Z8 and Z9 all exist? Well, I think tha…

A Photographer Slaps the Factory Farm Industry in the Face (NSFW)

In 2026, here in America we've been faced with some real food scares. Lettuce can sometimes be very contaminated -- and our government did nearly nothing about it. Then the problem was said to spread to blueberries, raspberries, and others. This, along with many things in our ec…

nikitonsky is being grumpy

nikitonsky: Looks like Siri came to Europe. As usual, with impeccable Apple animation quality. And two active text cursors #Apple #Siri #Animation #macOS #AppleNotes #Cursor

The Camp Snap 2 Outsold the CS8 in 2026

In 2026 so far, the Camp Snap 2 seems to be the big winner for the company followed by the CS8 and the CSPro. I remember back in 2023 when I reviewed the first Camp Snap. I couldn't imagine that the company would turn into the surprising success that it is today -- but I'm glad…

Have We Confused Having Good Taste With Being Creative?

From 713 Magazine on Instagram: In a world where cultural knowledge has become its own form of social currency, knowing the right designers, listening to the right music, and recognizing the right references can make someone appear just as creative as the people actually pr…

Canon Patent Points to an RF 70-200mm f2

A Canon 70-200mm f2 L series lens is probably going to be a reality in the near future. At least, that's what could happen according to a new patent. Canon has a plethora of fantastic lenses. From options like a 35mm to a 24-70mm to a 100-400mm, the company continues to add grea…

“Local Wikipedia is Wikipedia, but only for things a half...

“Local Wikipedia is Wikipedia, but only for things a half hour walk from you.” There is also Walkipedia.

John Oliver on the Republican Party and the Far Right...

John Oliver on the Republican Party and the Far Right (redundant).

Once Upon a Time in Harlem

The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural and intellectual movement of African-American artists in the 1920s and 30s. In 1972, filmmaker William Greaves threw a party in Duke Ellington’s apartment for some surviving members of the movement and recorded the whole thing. The foot…