VC Isn’t VC Anymore — Understanding the Rise of Cancer...

VC Isn’t VC Anymore — Understanding the Rise of Cancer Capital. “We must understand that it is no longer a financial machine that is used to fund startups, but a political and social machine focused on dismantling democracy and civil society.”

The Simpsons Switcheroo

At the beginning of a clip from this podcast episode of Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend with Matt Groening, Conan talks about one of his favorite things they did on The Simpsons: It’s a phenomenon that the Simpsons did so beautifully, which is — and we did this with Home…

“ Gimme is a dazzling ever-growing type family of...

“Gimme is a dazzling ever-growing type family of multi-chromatic and variable display typefaces…” This is bonkers…letters made from Battleship pieces, Connect Four boards, playing cards, wooden railroad tracks, etc.

Bring Blockbuster Video back to your town/city by...

Bring Blockbuster Video back to your town/city by setting up a little free library of VHS tapes & DVDs. “Take a movie, leave a movie.” Love this.

Gloria Steinem’s final essay , posthumously published by...

Gloria Steinem’s final essay, posthumously published by the New Yorker. “When you’re lucky enough to have lived a long life, as I have done, your role as an older person is to remind us how far we have come.”

Is the Fujifilm X-T4 Still Worth Buying in 2026?

Fujifilm's X-series lineup has been significantly contributing to the APS-C cameras. The X-T4 is one such model, which offers a retro body, good image quality, and will probably cost you less than any newer camera from the company. If you are someone who is looking to purchase t…

TIL that my iPhone has a tiny bit of water in i t (for...

TIL that my iPhone has a tiny bit of water in it (for cooling).

Teaser trailer for Musk , a 3h45m-long documentary film...

Teaser trailer for Musk, a 3h45m-long documentary film on fascist businessman Elon Musk, directed by Alex Gibney. “He’s chaotic, random, capricious. He is manifestly cruel and selfish. In a science fiction novel, he would not be a hero.”

Sirui 85mm f1.4 Aurora Review: Beautiful Bokeh at Under $700

The Sirui 85mm f1.4 Aurora lens is what I consider to be the best value 85mm lens for the Leica L-mount. Available also for Sony E, Nikon Z, and Fujifilm X mounts, it's overall a very hard lens to beat. Most importantly, it boasts 15 aperture blades. That's almost as much as the…

Lureday

Buy a new iPhone Duo 18 folding iPhone with max storage (2 TB, which is what I have in my iPhone 16 Pro Max) for the low-low price of just $3199. danah boyd, who I mentioned two posts ago, is probably now the leading authority on the American Census. She just posted American de…

Four Lenses Your LUMIX S9 Needs

Don't consider this article to be a typical listicle or roundup. In fact, it's really just talking more about my experience with four lenses that have made using the LUMIX S9 so great. When the camera launched, there weren't that many small lenses to be paired with it. But as ti…

The Zeiss Lens from 2013 That Keeps Surprising Me

I've written pretty extensively about the Zeiss 135mm f2 APO this year. As I've recently really started to dive into my archives, I've reazlied just how good that lens truly was. In 2026, which is 13 years later, that lens still holds up. Yes, it even looks good today amongst th…

nikitonsky is being grumpy

nikitonsky: Okay here’s the thing that worries me about animating hovers. On the left, when you move your mouse, the element under it reacts. It’s a menu item saying “Hey, I see your cursor, I am ready!” On the right, it feels like hover is attached to your mouse, and y…

Fearday

So much doom and gloom about AI. Lordy: Samuel Marks on X. Ted Gioia on that one and many more. Quoth The Raven Jeffrey Snover And I'm exactly at the expected age: Life expectancy vs. Health costs Not good Nicholas Cage's house has a hole

“We found ~18,000 posts from autonomous AI agents...

“We found ~18,000 posts from autonomous AI agents (self-identifying as from OpenAI) using the public internet to communicate during a web research task. These AIs colluded to share answers, research their environment, and bypass sandbox restrictions.”

The Chicago Public Library informs patrons of how much...

The Chicago Public Library informs patrons of how much money they’ve saved borrowing from the library instead of buying. “You just saved $58.94 by using your library. You have saved $231.79 this past year and $1,107.24 since you began using the library!”

Over the past 12 years, Super Bowl-winning coach Mike...

Over the past 12 years, Super Bowl-winning coach Mike Tomlin has built a Minecraft city. He started playing the game for the same reason I started playing Fortnite: his kids. “How do I meet them where they are and spend time with them?”

From the Internet Archive: Vanishing Culture: A Report...

From the Internet Archive: Vanishing Culture: A Report on Our Fragile Cultural Record. “When digital materials are vulnerable to sudden removal…our collective memory is compromised, and the public’s ability to access its own history is at risk.”

Vintage Eastern European Matchbox Labels (1950-1980s)

Over on Flickr, Jane McDevitt maintains a huge collection of 20th century matchbox label art from Eastern Europe, over 4000 photos in all. Some of the labels are available as prints. They did a book too, but it’s sold out. It was really difficult to narrow these down to some o…

We Don’t Take Money From Camera Brands. Here’s How We Stay Independent

Staying an independent photography publication is harder than it sounds. Most sites in this space take direct advertising money from the same camera and lens brands they review, which puts them in an awkward position when a product isn't very good. The Phoblographer doesn't do t…

A catalogue of 645 acts of hate from the week after 9/11...

A catalogue of 645 acts of hate from the week after 9/11. “Muslim, Arab, South Asian, and Sikh Americans were targeted for how they looked, dressed, or prayed.”

Bayeux Go! A playable video game of the Bayeux...

Bayeux Go! A playable video game of the Bayeux Tapestry. “Thou art Harold. Win Thine Battle. Tap to starte.”

Spaceships : A version of Asteroids where “you are not...

Spaceships: A version of Asteroids where “you are not the ship” — you control the rocks instead.

Dear Photographers Under 30: We Want to Feature You

The Phoblographer is doing something radical for a photography publication of our kind: we're doubling down on humanity. And with that said, we're going back to featuring the work of photographers to supplement all the work that we do around gear. This is part of us embracing th…

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