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petapixel 42h ago

What Shooting 6×6 Taught Me About Formats and Rules

I recently added a camera that shoots 6x6 to my shelf. Square negatives, twelve per roll. I expected to enjoy the lens, the build, the ritual of loading film backs. What I didn’t expect was how much the shape of the frame would mess with the rest of my photography vision.
npr 34h ago

Tanker sailors still face danger in the Strait of Hormuz

An agreement over the Strait of Hormuz is still far away. Tim Wilkins, who works for a tanker industry group, says the ships stuck around the waterway are in limbo, and transiting is still dangerous.

Monkeys keep pets and maintain friendships with other animals

This behaviour may shed light on one of the defining features of our own species: our extraordinary relationships with other animals
vox 20h ago

The doomsday threat we’re ignoring

Of all the extinction-level threats vying for our attention, AI, climate change, and nuclear war tend to get most of the airplay. But Annie Jacobsen thinks biological war should be near the top of our mental list of doomsday scenarios, too. She should know — Jacobsen has carved out a unique niche as America’s foremost […]
nautil 43h ago

Inside the Not-So-Dumb Head of the Dodo Bird

Cranial scans reveal a brain with clever sensory adaptations
tidbits 9h ago

AppBITS: TerminalWidget Turns Scripted Output into Visual Widgets

Tired of checking Terminal to see if your script finished? TerminalWidget displays command line output, Shortcuts results, and AppleScript data as customizable widgets that sync across your Apple devices, giving power users a visual dashboard for their automations.
polygon 29h ago

5 Anime Endings That Fans Still Argue About (I'm Still Mad About #3)

These infamous conclusions continue to spark discussions, debates, and everything in between.
theverge 40h ago

Buc-ee’s dodges John Oliver to sue another small business

Buc-ee's became something of a viral sensation during the World Cup, but it has a troubling history of suing small gas stations and convenience stores. On a recent episode of Last Week Tonight, John Oliver literally begged the company to sue him for selling merch featuring his squirrel mascot, Mr. Nutterbutter, with branding that reads […]
lesswrong 29h ago

Canobie Lake Visit

A few days ago I took the kids to
spacenews 38h ago

Northrop Grumman, Canadian Space Agency repurpose their Gateway projects

Northrop Grumman and the Canadian Space Agency will adapt what they had been working on for NASA’s lunar Gateway into applications for a planned lunar base, albeit with few specifics.
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