PhotoCuller Gives You Back the Hours Lightroom Robs From You

It doesn't matter how fast your Mac system might be today, Adobe Lightroom Classic still finds endless ways to slow down its performance. And the most mind-numbingly irritating part of that slow down always seems to occur when you want to whittle down the files in a massive albu…

Beam Pipe

Simone Giertz asks Hank Green anything

two of my favorite internet people chat about ranking their biggest worries, publicly navigating illness, and organic produce #

Fensday

Digressing we shall go I find myself in Boston, home of Fenway Park, in the Fenway-Kenmore neighborhood, half-named after The Fenway, now a parkway that runs along the Back Bay Fens, which is a jewel in the Emerald Necklace of Boston parks. I arrived at this digression while th…

The White House’s Top Science Goal Is Ignorance . “The...

The White House’s Top Science Goal Is Ignorance. “The actions are seen as a deliberate attempt to stifle science and ignore the reality of climate change, in order to support the fossil-fuel industry and satisfy the climate denialism of Trump’s base.”

This song has no instruments in it

Andy Brewer turns pink noise into a polyphonic sine synthesizer using only the EQ (via) #

Futurism on a new bounty marketplace paying people to humiliate themselves

extremely dystopian, unsurprisingly started by a memecoin trading platform (via) #

Beth Mathews on the history of vacuum-formed signage in L.A.

I saw these all over the valley when I was a kid in the ’80s, but never knew the process behind their distinctive look #

we were online

the live cursor trails are from real people with the browser extension installed, currently 28 people across 19 timezones (via) #

Ethan Mollick on working with Claude Fable

he published several projects it generated, including three games and a detailed interactive isochrone map #

Sony 100-400mm f4.5 G Master Review Update: Not Too Bad

A while ago, we published our Sony 100-400mm f4.5 G Master lens review. However, we weren't one of the first to test the lens as Sony never contacted us about it. During our initial testing of the lens, Sony was very much controlling the environment -- which dictates the journal…

The Last Surviving Japanese Porsche 912 Police Car

Oof, what a beauty. In the 1960s, four Porsche 912s were customized for use as police cars in Japan. This one, which was used in Kanagawa until 1973, is the only one left standing (and even it needed restoration). This Japanese police 912 served in Kanagawa Prefecture from…

Your Search Results Are Getting Sloptimized . SEO (and...

Your Search Results Are Getting Sloptimized. SEO (and Google’s embrace of it) has spent the last 25 years ruining the internet and search results. Now it’s GEO’s turn (generative-engine optimization).

The Best Headlights in the World Are Illegal in America...

The Best Headlights in the World Are Illegal in America. “America’s roads are now full of tactical-grade headlights, and no one is happy about it.”

Grappling With the Existential AI Threat

Charity Majors, writing about how high-performing engineering teams are dealing with the transition from pre-AI to AI-native development: AI enthusiasts are in a race against time, AI skeptics are in a race against entropy. This is not a situation where one side is right and t…

Unsurprising open corruption from FIFA & the Trump...

Unsurprising open corruption from FIFA & the Trump regime: FIFA rents an office in Trump Tower. “The rent goes to President Trump’s family business, but soccer officials say the space sits largely idle.” That’s called a bribe.

The 3 Best Compact Cameras from 2015 for Young Photographers

Cameras, especially compact cameras, have become important for many young photographers. They continue to be an important upgrade from their phones to a dedicate camera, but still not as expensive as other mirrorless or DSLR offerings. If you are someone who is also looking for…

75-Minute DJ Set From Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter

Thomas Bangalter, one half of the legendary duo Daft Punk, played a 75-minute DJ set for The Lot Radio the other day. He played tracks by Boards of Canada, Burial, Sonic Youth, and even Daft Punk (full setlist). The set is also available on Soundcloud. Bangalter also put re…

I Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try Cake ....

I Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try Cake. “I am a nice horse. I do not fuss. I do not bite the human woman’s face, even though her hair smells nice. I do not ask to go live free in the woods like the deer. I do my duties. I must try cake. Please.”

The Social Reckoning

The teaser trailer for the sequel to David Fincher’s The Social Network is here — they’re calling the movie “a companion piece” to the first film. It’s based on The Facebook Files: Primarily, the reports revealed that, based on internally commissioned studies, t…

I’m 90% Sure Sony Will Launch a Medium Format Camera for Photography

When Sony introduced its mirrorless camera back in 2012, the industry wondered why they would leave behind a highly successful market. The company foresaw the future before anyone and they continue to reap its rewards even today. However, while its mirrorless segment is doing mu…

The Lie About Sharper Lenses

For several years now, I've been saying over and over again that no one really needs sharper lenses. But consumerism has thought otherwise when post-production and in-camera processes can change things for you. And in 2026, I think that my statements have been more true than eve…

Can Digital Really Remake the Magic of the Pentax 67?

The Pentax 67 is a very special camera. It's been enjoyed by several photographers over the years, especially as they continue to endure. We've even rated it amongst some of our favorite medium format cameras. And part of what makes it so special is the ease of use -- there are…

Molly White launches Tech Influence Watch to track AI spending in politics

a natural evolution of Follow the Crypto, her project tracking over $130m spent by crypto companies in last year's elections #

Is the OM System OM1 Still a Good Fun Camera in 2026?

A while back, I was saying that no one is making a bad camera. In fact, I was saying that since the early 2010s. I also have been saying for the past few years that all the newer cameras coming out don't really have a good reason for many people to buy them. And after a while, I…

Runday

QOTD "People used to have computers. Now computers have people."

Every time I see a link to one of of Car Pal’s BeamNG car...

Every time I see a link to one of of Car Pal’s BeamNG car simulator videos, I have to stop what I’m doing and watch it. (It’s becoming a problem.) This one was particularly good: Is it possible to reach the speed of light with perpetual speed boosters?

Anthropic has launched a streaming music video on...

Anthropic has launched a streaming music video on YouTube for “thinking and building” called Claude FM. “Made and curated by musicians.”

Big Walk and the magic of proximity chat

Big Walk is out on August 4, the new game from Untitled Goose Game creators House House, an open world inspired by pandemic lockdowns and the constraints of proximity voice chat.

3 Cameras To Go For If You Want The Best Grip

Over the years, we have collated lists that showcase some of the best designs, image quality, and fantastic range of lenses. Each of those features has been of help, and continues to be important for young photographers. Today, we are here to share a list of some cameras that ar…

CrankGPT . “Just a hand crank, a little computer,...

CrankGPT. “Just a hand crank, a little computer, and a small stack of speech and language models running locally. Provided the electronics are kept dry and at a reasonable temperature, there’s no reason this thing won’t still work in a thousand years.”

On the Difference Between Rest and Idleness . “The...

On the Difference Between Rest and Idleness. “The wellness industry loves rest [because] rest can be sold, because rest promises a return.” But: “[Idleness] does not promise to make you better at anything. It offers no return on investment.”

Paintings of an Architectural Apocalypse

I (weirdly?) love Amy Casey’s paintings of buildings in peril — being swallowed by the sea, being flung into the sky by wind. There’s an element of the Kowloon Walled City to Casey’s work, as well as Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (specifically the to…

Everything Wrong With the 2026 World Cup . “By far...

Everything Wrong With the 2026 World Cup. “By far the most grave of those is a World Cup host starting a war against one of the participant nations, as happened with the USA’s attack on Iran at the end of February.”