How to Leave Substack. “Unfortunately, Substack willingly platforms, and allows bad actors...

How to Leave Substack. “Unfortunately, Substack willingly platforms, and allows bad actors to monetize, hate speech and misinformation. You should probably leave Substack.”

“Israel has deliberately starved the people of Gaza. It couldn’t have done...

“Israel has deliberately starved the people of Gaza. It couldn’t have done it without the west’s help. The current hand-wringing by Keir Starmer and other western politicians is empty bluster. They knew what was happening all along.”

Photos: Starvation and Chaos in Gaza. “Israel’s blockade of most food and...

Photos: Starvation and Chaos in Gaza. “Israel’s blockade of most food and aid, along with distribution difficulties inside the Gaza Strip, have driven many of Gaza’s 2 million Palestinians to the brink of starvation.”

A compilation of super hero landings from the Marvel Cinematic Universe....

A compilation of super hero landings from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →

Bad Map Projection: Interrupted Spheres

7 Proven Ways to Secure Your Digital Images

Taking care of your data can be daunting. What if you lose your images due to corruption? What if the card doesn't read? Even with cloud service in place, one still can't upload all the material, especially if one is working from remote locations. Since taking care of digital pi…

Covid safety measures drastically reduced flu deaths, but the fatality rate has...

Covid safety measures drastically reduced flu deaths, but the fatality rate has risen sharply again. “90% of reported pediatric deaths this season have occurred in children who were not fully vaccinated against influenza”.

Weird & Wonderful Historical Photos From the 20th Century

From Alan Taylor at The Atlantic, whose curatorial eye I’ve always admired, “a grab bag of curious and interesting historical images from the 20th century”, including photos of the world’s largest banjo, diving archery, death-defying photography, and underwater allig…

Leica is Working on One of the Rarest Lenses Ever Made

The Leica SL system is one designed to make the lives of professional photographers easy. With a powerful sensor and some extraordinary lenses, there is so much one can achieve once they get the camera. While SL3s have been launched recently, the SL lens portfolio is still build…

Zim&Zou’s ’80s-Inspired Paper Cassettes and Boombox Radiate with Color. Strange, now I...

Zim&Zou’s ’80s-Inspired Paper Cassettes and Boombox Radiate with Color. Strange, now I have a hankering to watch an entire papercraft version of Do The Right Thing. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →

Someone Played a Perfect Game of Tetris

A perfect game in Tetris is defined as achieving the max score (999,999) in the least amount of time possible, meaning you need to score a bunch of Tetrises in a row (and nothing else) at the highest possible starting speed. A few years ago, a player used a tool to develop a s…

Will Nikon Launch a New Zoom Lens for Travel Photographers?

Nikon has produced some exceptional lenses over the past few years. Some examples include the AF-S Nikkor 24-70mm f2.8E ED VR, AF-S Nikkor 50mm f1.8G, and AF-S 500mm f5.6E PF ED VR, each designed for different photographers' needs. With the new mirrorless system, the compa…

Note to self: spend some time checking out Tapestry, Iconfactory’s universal feed/social...

Note to self: spend some time checking out Tapestry, Iconfactory’s universal feed/social reader app. (Old heads will remember FriendFeed…) 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →

nikitonsky is being grumpy

nikitonsky: Not sure why but on Figma home screen there are three buttons to create new document. They all work differently (selection screen, dropdown, immediate action) but eventually create the same empty document. #Figma

What Do Photographs of Celebrations Reveal About Us

Before the advent of photography, our joys, sorrows, love, grief, shame, anger, and loneliness were captured by the broad strokes of a paintbrush, ancient texts, intricate rituals, and traditions, often leaving a lot to the imagination. After all, expressing who we are or what w…

8 Pro Tips for Stunning Black and White Landscapes

Black and white photography is loved by many. Something is enticing when you see an image devoid of any colours, often allowing one to let their imagination run freely. But the beauty of black and white photography increases when it is coupled with specific genres such as landsc…

The Best Retro Fujifilm Cameras

If you're looking for a really film-like look, there are only a few Fujifilm cameras that really wore it with serious pride. To get that look, we have to go pretty far back into the lineup of cameras. Specifically, we're focusing on a bunch that used their 16MP X Trans sensor. T…

Substack sent a push alert promoting a Nazi blog. “Substack is primarily...

Substack sent a push alert promoting a Nazi blog. “Substack is primarily funded by Andreessen Horowitz, a firm whose founders have pushed extreme far right rhetoric.” There was *an actual swastika* in the push alert!

Trailer for Art Spiegelman: Disaster is My Muse, a documentary film on...

Trailer for Art Spiegelman: Disaster is My Muse, a documentary film on the comic artist who created the Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel Maus. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →

Archaeologists Discover a 2,400-Year-Old Skeleton Mosaic That Urges People to “Be Cheerful...

Archaeologists Discover a 2,400-Year-Old Skeleton Mosaic That Urges People to “Be Cheerful and Live Your Life”. This skeleton is a whole vibe. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →

I’m Giving My Kids a ’90s Summer — the 1890s. “Just like...

I’m Giving My Kids a ’90s Summer — the 1890s. “Just like the 1890s and the 2020s, they’ll play with the unvaccinated kids down the street and drink raw milk until dark.” Dangerous factory jobs too!

Macbook Air M4s Are on Sale

I bought a 15” 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 and…

Video Mashup Tribute to Ozzy Osbourne

Last week, I linked to a video mashup by Bill McClintock of several metal songs, saying “although the video was posted a day or two before Ozzy Osbourne died, it feels like a fitting tribute to one of metal’s true pioneers”. This morning, YouTube helpfully informed me that…

Auto? Polo! Auto? Polo! Auto? Polo! Photographs of Auto Polo (ca. 1912)....

Auto? Polo! Auto? Polo! Auto? Polo! Photographs of Auto Polo (ca. 1912). 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →

XKCD: Kite Incident. “I don’t know. Lemme look up a map of...

XKCD: Kite Incident. “I don’t know. Lemme look up a map of where the jet stream goes.” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →

Leica SL3 And More May See US Price Hike Due to New Tariff

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 companie…

Oooh, George Saunders’ next novel comes out in January. “Vigil transports us,...

Oooh, George Saunders’ next novel comes out in January. “Vigil transports us, careening, through the wild final evening of an epic, complicated life.” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →

Science Is Winning the Tour de France. Data, nutrition, equipment, and training...

Science Is Winning the Tour de France. Data, nutrition, equipment, and training are propelling riders to performances that best the dopers of yesteryear. “In other words, Armstrong on dope then would be an also-ran next to Pogačar today.” 💬 Join the discus…

The Set Design of Sesame Street (Feat. Jane Jacobs)

An article about The Quintessential Urban Design of ‘Sesame Street’ with a bunch of photos? This is extremely up my alley. One of the show’s big influences when it began was Jane Jacobs’ landmark book, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, which informed the set…

An analysis of every word that’s visible on NYC’s streets (from 18...

An analysis of every word that’s visible on NYC’s streets (from 18 years of Google Street View Data). “The data is astonishing; it feels like sifting through the city’s source code. For example, here’s all 111,290 matches for ‘pizza’, on a map.” ��…

Canon R5 Mk II is The Most Successful Camera of 2025: Fiscal Report

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, s…

nikitonsky is being grumpy

nikitonsky: I didn’t think this pattern still exist anywhere: you have to manually “Save” settings before navigating away, otherwise you’ll get this annoying popup. But the question I have is: do you really expect “Discard” to be the most useful action here? Like, p…