“Daddy, do you have a merch?” —the 7 year old, hoping I have a secret stash of axolotl plushies somewhere in the house

Om was an all-timer. He was always generous with his time; giving me thoughtful, honest, and occasionally difficult to hear advice and guidance. He raised up the voices of everyone around him at gigaom. The world is worse without him in it 💔💔💔 om.co/2026/06/24/1...

Remembering my friend Om, as he’s gone. There are many things to say, and so much good work to observe. But the first thing I thought of, on hearing that he’d passed, was that he had chosen to speak up, more than once, to protect the most vulnerable in our communities. … om.co/2026/06/24/1...

Om Malik, a longtime technology writer, founder of Gigaom, and a partner at True Ventures, died on Wednesday at 59 (Om Malik/On my Om) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

That's right, friends! STARLOG is back and I'm the editor-in-chief. We have so much good stuff for you in our first issue, coming this November!! Science! Sci-fi! Fantastic weirdness! Plus you can subscribe now to our podcast hosted by @jhoffman.bsky.social and @da7e.com!

THE FUTURE IS BACK. Fifty years ago, STARLOG went behind the scenes of alternate worlds for the first time. Now it's back, exploring the visionary sci-fi and cutting-edge science that inspire what comes next. The future will be wild. You'll be ready for it because you read STARLOG.

Steam Machine is here, and you can sign up now: Steam Machine 512GB Steam Machine 2TB Plus bundled versions with Steam Controller. Learn more and sign up here: store.steampowered.com/hardware/ste...

For your consideration: What the GameCube looks like next to the GabeCube www.theverge.com/news/837022/...

Steam Machine review. They considered a barebones version without storage/RAM: youtu.be/8PpCZxQ-lrE

only the finest single origin ground truth pixels

i really love how inscrutable the fucking Enter the Matrix launcher is...what is any of this shit. "allow gamma". "force object lod". force it to what. on? off? min? max? what is meant by w-buffer. what the fuck is Classical FPS

here’s an in-depth hands-on with Xreal’s Aura augmented reality glasses, which run AndroidXR on Qualcomm’s new flagship XR chip: youtu.be/22QY3QVtRJM

Want to hear about some of the cinematography behind my new nature series LIFE UNEARTHED on PBS? We got into it with the @tested.com team: youtu.be/WyKaV6FsF4c?...

1/650 Excelsior COMPLETE Find the full image gallery here: www.cascadestarshipsmodelmaking.com/portfolio-co... More images will of course be posted here over time but I guess I gotta encourage those interactions somehow #StarTrek #Scalemodels #modelkit #replica #modelmaking #startrekmodels #scifi

in 1977, Topps released a series of Star Wars trading cards that included this glimpse into the Industrial Light & Magic model shop. for many fans, it was the first time they put a face to the modelmakers that made Star Wars' visual effects possible

I enjoy @tomscott.com's videos generally, and I appreciate his Q&A here, because it's sensible and because a lot of what he's talking about in terms of creativity is applicable widely, and not just for folks making videos online. youtu.be/bx6_jj9RxhI

Well this just made me very sad www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/w...

4 years ago in the Telltale Games Alumni FB group, Michael Parsons was asking if anyone had advice for helping his 15 year old son Kane achieve his dreams of being a filmmaker. Turned out alright.

the real Odyssey

As a tech writer, I’m constantly trying to remember “what’s the earliest iPhone, iPad, Mac, whatever that supports feature X?” “Which devices can handle Apple Intelligence?” So I built a site, now launched! glennf.com/applespecs/i... Your feedback welcome (via a form at the bottom of each page).

Pride is a great time for us straight cishets to reflect on our own privilege—the fact no one has ever sneered at me & my wife just for being together, or that no one has ever told us putting us in the front office wouldn't reflect THE LOOK of the company—and just wish everyone else could have that.

wake up the sky is angry

fantastic use of IKEA pendant lamp!

RIP Marcia Lucas, whose skill as a film editor and storyteller made a clunky independent film called STAR WARS greater than the sum of its parts. Rightly referred to as "Lucas's secret weapon," Marcia had an uncanny talent to see a film from the perspective of an audience--and won an Oscar for it.

our 7-year-old is really into puns right now so whenever we see a Toyota he says "daddy look, it's a TOY YODA" and starts cracking up but it also feels like a passive aggressive attack on my collectibles.

next stop, Louisville for WonderFest!

Woah: Feds arrested a Google employee today, who they say made $1M+ betting on Google-related Polymarket events. Here are a few of the markets the account allegedly belonging to the employee wagered on. abcnews.com/US/google-em...

This does not bode well for Steam Frame and Steam Machine www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/...

Thanks, Vonnegut. 💜

I'd REALLY appreciate it if anyone who sees this would try out my text generators so I can iron out any remaining bugs. Please, and thank you! trek.epicrandomness.com

watching the new Olivia Rodrigo music video on TV as a YouTube livestream premiere is very 2026, even if the song and video feel very 2006 share.google/6a84Ic7dPHxv...

reframing Smart Glasses as "Intelligent Eyewear" is a thesaurus.com high school essay move

cosplaying the James Bond Lotus Esprit S1 like the one on display at the first cybertruck reveal event

Google’s smart glasses arrive in the fall, and I tried all of them. My latest demos and chat w Samsung and Google on what’s coming. New from me: www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/...

new Lifetime Plex Pass will price increase to $749.99 on July 1st (from $249.99) www.plex.tv/blog/new-lif...

NEW EPISODE! In JUST A FEW THINGS, I welcome a special guest who shares favorite items from their personal collections. For this ep, I'm joined by @tested.com's @nchan.bsky.social! youtu.be/4I2oPGwsWco

The fact is that billionaires DON'T provide enough to the people who work for them. The government subsidizes billionaires through social services to workers. Tax the billionaires mercilessly.

I DID NOT KNOW HE WAS A BUSINESSMAN

We made a pretty good coming of age story game but most players won’t even give it a chance because it’s got too much color. We’re not all that different in love, relationships, and generational issues. I promise you can relate to these characters. store.steampowered.com/app/1617220/...

this…this could be you

in case you want the 14GB Prores file for the 4K 1.9:1 aspect ratio version of The Odyssey trailer: archive.org/details/the-...

Google’s gonna likely talk more about its smart glasses soon. We already know a lot: www.cnet.com/tech/computi...

Prime with ads. Just how Kubrick intended.

Steam Controller CAD and 3d print files now available: gitlab.steamos.cloud/SteamHardwar...

expired: what is a sandwich? tired: what is a photo? wired: what is a popcorn bucket?

this iOS notification and action menu for YouTube’s studio app is so BAD

sure i guess this is as good time as any to look into new planar magnetics and portable DACs

PowerWash Simulator 2 | STAR WARS Pack - Announce Trailer (coming this summer) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qc-S...

Apple announces that John Ternus, senior VP of Hardware Engineering, will become Apple's next CEO on September 1; Tim Cook will become executive chairman (Business Wire) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

Very fun to see this @tippettstudio.bsky.social stop-motion model in Adam Savage's bts look at 'The Mandalorian and Grogu' with Jon Favreau. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijk4...