The Photographs As Somewhat Reliable Evidence Era: 1822-2024. Made it past two centuries, not bad.

HBhelenbarrett.bsky.socialAug 25, 2024 9:11am

Google's product director for the Pixel camera, casually wiping out the future of reportage photography in Wired mag this month.

Tranquility Java, 2011 Hengki Koentjoro

OMG.

Did you see this? It seemed to me to be good. loreandordure.com/2024/04/16/t...

The Two Cultures: 2024 Edit

The gap between the sciences and arts can seem wider than ever - but what if the two-culture wars are no longer quite what they appear?

Breaking my Bluesky silence to say hey, cyclists - PLEASE STOP USING FLASHING LIGHTS ON YOUR BIKES. You might think they're making you safer, but in fact the opposite is true. For motorists like myself and the millions of other migraine sufferers who drive, flashing lights put both of us at risk.

To paraphrase @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com : They are not meant to serve you the truth; they are meant to serve you truth-shaped sentences.

This is basically Amazon telling Prime Video customers to go fuck themselves, by adding ads to and removing features from existing subscriptions:

RZrenzelen.bsky.socialFeb 13, 2024 11:19am

www.forbes.com/sites/johnar...

Amazon Prime Video’s New Ads-Based Subscription Has A Surprise Catch

It’s not just ads you have to put up with; key performance features are lost as well.

Norway’s intelligence service released its annual threat report but I can’t get over how hard the cover art goes

There's so many amazing beetles I just haven't met yet, but I suspect warty leaf beetles will remain a constant source of happiness no matter how many others I meet. A little lumpy serotonin pill sprouts legs and ambles off before taking flight. 🥹 🌿 🪲

Huh. arstechnica.com/science/2024...