Trailer for Art Spiegelman: Disaster is My Muse, a documentary film on the comic artist who created the Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel Maus. š¬ Join the discussion on kottke.org ā
Archaeologists Discover a 2,400-Year-Old Skeleton Mosaic That Urges People to āBe Cheerful and Live Your Lifeā. This skeleton is a whole vibe. š¬ Join the discussion on kottke.org ā
Iām Giving My Kids a ā90s Summer ā the 1890s. āJust like the 1890s and the 2020s, theyāll play with the unvaccinated kids down the street and drink raw milk until dark.ā Dangerous factory jobs too!
I bought a 15ā Apple Macbook Air M4 a few months ago and I love it. Of course, I loved my previous computer (an M1 Macbook Air) too, but bumping up the screen size and quality has been a game-changer for me. More speed and memory is great too for running virtual machines andā¦
Last week, I linked to a video mashup by Bill McClintock of several metal songs, saying āalthough the video was posted a day or two before Ozzy Osbourne died, it feels like a fitting tribute to one of metalās true pioneersā. This morning, YouTube helpfully informed me thatā¦
Auto? Polo! Auto? Polo! Auto? Polo! Photographs of Auto Polo (ca. 1912). š¬ Join the discussion on kottke.org ā
XKCD: Kite Incident. āI donāt know. Lemme look up a map of where the jet stream goes.ā š¬ Join the discussion on kottke.org ā
Tariffs have been causing a lot of trouble for manufacturers outside of the United States. According to reports, Japanese goods will be charged 15% tariffs, which will affect many photographers. However, it now appears that Europe, too, will face new tariffs. This means companieā¦
Oooh, George Saundersā next novel comes out in January. āVigil transports us, careening, through the wild final evening of an epic, complicated life.ā š¬ Join the discussion on kottke.org ā
Science Is Winning the Tour de France. Data, nutrition, equipment, and training are propelling riders to performances that best the dopers of yesteryear. āIn other words, Armstrong on dope then would be an also-ran next to PogaÄar today.ā š¬ Join the discusā¦
An article about The Quintessential Urban Design of āSesame Streetā with a bunch of photos? This is extremely up my alley. One of the showās big influences when it began was Jane Jacobsā landmark book, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, which informed the setā¦
An analysis of every word thatās visible on NYCās streets (from 18 years of Google Street View Data). āThe data is astonishing; it feels like sifting through the cityās source code. For example, hereās all 111,290 matches for āpizzaā, on a map.ā ��ā¦
Canon performed exceptionally well in quarter one of 2025, with the company showcasing a positive fiscal year. It now appears that the second quarter has not been too different either, with the overall fiscal report depicting a a strong result. This is despite the falling yen, sā¦
nikitonsky: I didnāt think this pattern still exist anywhere: you have to manually āSaveā settings before navigating away, otherwise youāll get this annoying popup. But the question I have is: do you really expect āDiscardā to be the most useful action here? Like, pā¦
Tariffs have shaken up the industry. With President Donald Trump announcing a 15% hike on goods imported from Japan, many camera manufacturers are considering revising their price points. While some are still in talks, it appears Fujifilm will be the first to push the prices ofā¦
Panasonic has launched some interesting cameras over the years. The company introduced a full-frame beauty like the S9 and the S1R II, and also has MFT models like the Lumix G100D or GH7. While Panasonic may not be as popular as Canon, it continues to be loved by hybrid shootersā¦
Macro lenses have really changed in the past few years. Talk to any experienced photographer, and they'll tell you that those lenses are often a single focal length and kind of bland. But since becoming part of the L-Mount alliance, LUMIX has made several macro lenses. And quiteā¦
Season 4 of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is going to feature an episode where all the characters are Muppetized (with puppets created by Jim Hensonās Creature Shop). I love this show. š¬ Join the discussion on kottke.org ā
A list of the top 100 āmost innovative, influential, and informativeā podcasts of all time. The list includes 99% Invisible, The Big Dig, Code Switch, Heavyweight, In Our Time, Radiolab, Slow Burn, and Youāre Wrong About. š¬ Join the discussion on kottke.oā¦
Meet Jackson Goldstone. Heās 6 years old, lives in British Columbia, and is already ripping it up on his bike. Hereās a video of him taking the long way around on his way to kindergarten: Wow, if he keeps riding and improving, I wonder how good this kid could be? Ok, Iāā¦
Is starvation in Gaza really Israelās fault? The facts are clear. āIsraeli officials have, for months ā indeed, since the start of the war ā not only admitted to working to restrict the aid that makes its way to Gaza, but bragged about doing so.ā
Another piece from Hitler scholar Timothy Ryback that is uncomfortably resonant today: What Happened When Hitler Took On Germanyās Central Banker.
Like many of you, I was waiting so very patiently for the Sony RX1R Mk III. At the last Sony Kando trip I attended, I even spoke with them about what the camera needed. So for a few years, I knew that Sony hadn't given up on this camera and that I knew that it was coming. But Iā¦
JosĆ© AndrĆ©s: The World Cannot Stand By With Gaza on the Brink of Famine. āThere is no excuse for the world to stand by and watch two million human beings suffer on the brink of full-blown famine.ā
TIL the etymology of boycott. āWhen Boycott set about evicting 11 tenants, the locals had had enough. The Mayo branch of the Irish Land League urged Boycottās employees to withdraw their labor and began a campaign of isolation against Boycott.ā š¬ Join theā¦
From MinuteEarth, a quick tour of all the different kinds of dogs in the world, wild & domesticated, and how they are related to each other. Great Danes are the tallest dogs in the world. Standing on his hind legs, the Great Dane Zeus was taller than Shaq. He could drink direā¦
Today, the Canon 5D turns 20 years old. It's crazy to think that in 2005 the camera was born. I was graduating high school and going into college when wedding photographers everywhere were picking up the first of an iconic camera that would make them commit to Canon DSLRs for yeā¦
Watch this: Chinese EV maker BYD built a driverless car that can *jump over potholes*, has a top speed of 243mph, and can charge from 30% to 80% battery in 10 minutes. Itās a Mario Kart World kart IRL ā hold ZR to Charge Jump! š¬ Join the discussion on kottkā¦
New York Timesā Style Guide Substitutions for āThe President Violated the Constitutionā. āThe president, tiptoeing precipitously down the sidelines of legality, inadvertently ran the constitutional football out of bounds.ā
Japanese lens manufacturer Cosina has some wonderful lenses in its portfolio. The company has been creating Voigtlander lenses since 1999, when it acquired the licence to manufacture them under the Voigtlander brand name. It now appears Cosina is developing a few new prime lenseā¦
āTwo leading human rights organisations based in Israel, BāTselem and Physicians for Human Rights, say Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza and the countryās western allies have a legal and moral duty to stop it.ā
Is this the beginning of the end of HIV/AIDS? Lenacapavir āoffers 100% protectionā against contracting HIV and there are already 6 generic manufacturers lined up to produce the drug under royalty-free licensing agreements.