In 1888, the Eastman Kodak Company rolled out a new camera and a new slogan. “You press the button, we do the rest.” ...

Adam DiCarlo takes photos of commuters (mostly bikers) as they exit the Williamsburg Bridge bike path on the Manhattan ...

Adam DiCarlo takes photos of commuters (mostly bikers) as they exit the Williamsburg Bridge bike path on the Manhattan side and posts them to his Instagram account. (via @BAMstutz ) ...

Researchers say the music fits stylistically with other works from the 1760s, when Mozart was between the ages of 10 and 13.

From Casey Newton’s post looking back on Platformer’s fourth year, your periodic reminder that Substack still sucks: ...

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Having principles can be annoying and expensive. (And make you insufferable to talk to at parties.) But it beats the alternative. Huge respect to Newton and the Platformer team for making the move ...

When we learned about the extent of far-right extremism, Hitler worship and Holocaust denial on Substack, you pressed us to investigate. And when we published our findings, you overwhelmingly ...

Look, I’m not even going to explain this. Either 1) you’re the type of person who reads the words “Radio Shack Catalog Archive (1939-2011)”, completely flips their shit, clicks away immediately, and ...

Look, I’m not even going to explain this. Either 1) you’re the type of person who reads the words “Radio Shack Catalog Archive (1939-2011)”, completely flips their shit, clicks away immediately, and ...

Watch as a Latvian master blacksmith forges a Damascus steel 1 knife with 320 layers of steel. Then he uses the finished knife to make a leather holder for it. The knives are available for sale from ...

London’s Design Museum is hosting a big retrospective of Wes Anderson’s work beginning in late 2025. This exhibitio ...