NGL this REALLY makes me wanna go to Dhaka

Hello, spring

Could not be more excited for my next project: developing an educational library for a boutique, China-based hi-fi company with a strong DIY ethos. Lighting 101, but for sound. LFG. 🔈

PSA: I archived Strobist in 2021, so I am no longer doing current “picks.” 👍

Karma bats last

Not that I need another substack, but wanted an outlet to talk about #travel and #photography. Lots of thoughts about upcoming trips to Hanoi, Marrakech and Spain. xpeditionsphotography.substack.com/p/coming-soon

Merch product placement/marketing: 10/10 Class/respect/dignity: negative ♾️

Sorry I know the world is in a terrible fix but I've been laughing at this for ten minutes now

First stop: Union Station Next: Dulles ✈️ -> Istanbul 🇹🇷 -> Shanghai 🇨🇳

Is it a little bit ethically squishy to smear cat treat on your ring light? Maybe, yes. But we’re solidly in ends-justifies-the-means territory now. www.instagram.com/reel/DU_L23O...

Epstein Files ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ Epic Fury

It’s heartening to see a company demonstrate principles — and stick by them in the face of threats. www.anthropic.com/news/stateme...

Please let it happen tonight.

X-Files reboot? With RYAN COOGLER directing? I’m so in. www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/r...

Planning to visit the U.S.? Don’t. Not now.

📸 🙌 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Someone’s having a day

If you use Snapseed on your iPhone—and you should, it’s great—it’s update time. The just added a bunch of Fuji film sims. apps.apple.com/us/app/snaps...

On a positive note, I’m no longer even a tiny bit tempted by American mass-market “chocolate” at the checkout line. It’s just… gross now. apnews.com/article/rees...

Advertise your account with a gif

Interesting choice to deliberately evoke Arnold Newman's famous portrait of Nazi war criminal Alfred Krupp. aboutphotography.blog/blog/story-o...

Random, cool object that has sorta become my thinking/fidget totem: Silver siege dirham struck in Kurzuwan (present-day Afghanistan) in AD 1221, during the Mongol invasion of the Khwarazmian Empire.

🥌👈 🇨🇦 📹 🇸🇪 Canada accusing Sweden of “improperly filming the hog line” during Friday night's game in order to "run to the officials" with evidence of Canada’s cheating: 😘👌

Just received a 3-day ban on Reddit for a “threat of violence,” against you know who. My offense: expressing hope that a little blood clot will soon break free. The judgement was administered algorithmically. Not sure what to think about that.

Winter light bouncing around in the house this afternoon

😐 🧠 🪱 arstechnica.com/health/2026/...

Age verification? I hand-rolled my own Tri-X in middle school.

ai.com runs pricey Super Bowl ad, immediately DDOS’es their own site.

It’s just not MAGA’s night tonight

Puerto Rico having a MOMENT right now 🏈 🇵🇷

An appropriate response www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

A little of the sting of turning 61 last month, muted. Son Ben and partner Wendy found a 1/12 scale Honda Super Cub (original source: Tokyo vending machine) to complete the dresser-top fleet of my last 3 bikes. From left: ✅ Yamaha Vino Classic 🇯🇵 ✅ Vespa Primavera 🇮🇹 ✅ Honda Super Cub 🇯🇵

Just hearing that the entire photo staff of the Washington Post was laid off today. By one of the richest people in the world. 😐

There are no atheists in foxholes.

Never say anything in an email that you wouldn’t want to see printed in the New York Times. Hard to imagine a better example than the past couple days.

Tonight’s forecast: 5°F outside, Norwegian jazz inside. 🥃

Evangelicals: IT’S HAPPENING (Light pillars are a naturally occurring, if rare, atmospheric phenomenon.)

5.3 miles of steps today, just from shoveling snow and sleet. One more scrape in an hour, before it turns to freezing rain and transforms the driveway into an ice laminate. Today’s goal: make that ice as thin as possible. Tonight’s goal: an anticipatory Alieve tablet ahead of tomorrow’s soreness.

Prediction: Whichever LLM that licenses Brent Spiner’s voice is going to win the category.

We're used to seeing images like this of Nazi Germany. This is what an execution looks like. It's an image that will haunt America for years to come. Alex Pretti was a nurse whose life was dedicated to saving lives. In the eyes of the world, America has become the monster it used to fight against.

. @dmbofficial.bsky.social, speaking for many. 👊

One of the hardest things to reconcile right now is knowing that my dad, and my two siblings, voted for him. Three times. And I haven’t heard a peep of concern, let alone regret, about any of this.

It’s 5F outside. The fireplace is on and Alice has parked herself on my legs. Friday night chores may have to wait until Saturday morning.

This story, about a single species of mushroom and the very specific hallucination it yields, is bonkers. 🏃🏃🏃🏃🍄‍🟫🏃🏃🏃 www.bbc.com/future/artic...

Many thanks to all of you who have read, supported, and reviewed The Traveling Photographer’s Manifesto. Starting today, it is also available as a DRM-free audiobook: the-traveling-photographer-2.myshopify.com/products/the...

Grandpa is drunk again

A frigid start to the day as the sun rises along 42nd Street in New York City, Tuesday morning.

The US needs to kill off ICE — and make a big move toward EVs, as in China.