Alex Castro, writing at The Verge:

…rather than prioritize posts from accounts people follow, Facebook’s main feed will, like TikTok, start heavily recommending posts regardless of where they come from.

This is the exact opposite of what I want from social platforms. I’m interested in what my friends and groups centered around my interests are posting about. I couldn’t care less about the latest memes or what some influencers are saying. This change is as unwelcome as was moving away from reverse chronological order to an algorithmic feed, based on engagement.

I’m still a user of an RSS reader, and would encourage anyone who hates these kinds of changes as much as I do to use applications like a reader to control your consumption, rather than be subject to the whims of platforms like these.

Mike Wilk & John Watson at The Radavist have a fantastic account of the Yeti C-26 and the early days of mountain bike racing.

Haribo gummy bears have been a favorite of mine since I was a kid. Smithsonian Magazine has an article with more than you ever needed to know about the candy and the brand.

Scott Kelby, writing on Lightroom Killer Tips, has an article titled “Why I Don’t Convert My Raw Images To DNG”.

In my case, I’d mostly stopped converting raw images to DNG, after a short time of converting everything. However, I have been converting Sony images to DNG recently, mostly for the storage size benefits. I’m not worried about losing the ability to use first-party converters/editors, as I don’t use them in my workflow, but the lack of losslessly compressed raw files for Sony means that converting to DNG can be a big space saver, on the order of 20%. When you’re talking about hundreds of gigabytes, it can add up quickly, and there’s not really much of a downside from my perspective.

Once again, Google has parodied Apple only to become a parody itself the following year.

Inevitable.

We’ve asked Google why it is dropping the headphone jack for the Pixel 6A. But it’s possible the company wants to make a more convincing case to sell you wireless headphones — and wouldn’t you know it, Google revealed the new Pixel Buds Pro at Google I/O as well.

Written by Young Justice: Phantoms showrunner Greg Weisman with art by storyboard artist Christopher Jones, Young Justice: Targets will be available in comic shops on July 26. DC UNIVERSE INFINITE subscribers will have early access to the digital first comic, as Young Justice: Targets #1 will debut on the premium digital subscription service on June 14. Plus, each issue includes a bonus story detailing previously unseen adventures from past seasons of Young Justice!

Nice to see some new Young Justice comics that are official canon with the animated series.

Jason Snell, at Six Colors:

My judgment is: It’s a good app. In redesigning 1Password, AgileBits has made it feel lighter and more modern. It feels more like a modern Mac app than the old version did.

I was one of the people who thought that making 1Password a Catalyst app was a bad idea, but they appear to have pulled it off. I agree with the article that the “Quick Access” functionality introduced in 1Password 8 is nice, as is its integration with macOS’s Accessibility.

Overall, I’d say that 1Password 8 is a good Mac app, even though it’s not what we have traditionally considered a native one.

Pérez’s work on The New Teen Titans is the work that stands out in my memory. The seminal run, The Judas Contract took the title to the A-list in my opinion, and is the canonical Titans story. His work on Wonder Woman and Crisis on Infinite Earths also stand out in my mind. He was among the best in the business, and I was sad to learn about his prognosis, and now, his passing. RIP.

In addition to the new Doctor, I’m looking forward to seeing Whittaker’s finale, featuring former companions Ace and Tegan.

This is a sobering photoessay on the crisis in Ukraine, from the indefatigable James Natchwey.

James Nachtwey, now seventy-four, is among those keeping their eyes trained on the realities. Influenced by the photography that emerged from the civil-rights movement and Vietnam, he began his career at the Boston bureau of Time and then took a job at the Albuquerque Journal. When he read about the hunger strike in Northern Ireland, in 1981, he headed for Belfast. Four decades of covering conflict ensued, bringing him to El Salvador, Afghanistan, Iraq, the Balkans, Rwanda, Chechnya, and many other places. He has been injured in the field, lost colleagues and friends; his hair was once parted by a bullet. Nachtwey calls himself an “antiwar photographer.”