Garry Knight

Oh, look! The wallpaper spells "MAC".

‘The camera is my weapon of choice’: Gordon Parks’ era-defining shots of segregation – and those who defied it The visionary photographer captured the ugliness of racism in America, as well as the strength and dignity of those who opposed it – from cleaners in the corridors of power to Martin Luther King Jr pr...

#photography #PhotoEssay #segregation #racism

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Apple announced the MacBook Neo. But can it handle Bullet Time?

I'll leave the rest of the Matrix jokes to others. I don't need one but might have been tempted if they'd had it in black. And if the keyboard is better than my iPad's add-on keyboard.

An AI-generated image of Green Party leader Zavk Polanski, rendered as a cute plushie

Some people seem to want to vote Green because they like the new party leader, Zack Polanski. For me, the fact that they're a socialist, democratic party that wants to help save as much of the planet and its denizens as possible is a far better set of reasons.

#Politics #UK #ukpol #GreenParty

Under the current first-past-the-post voting system, we're gonna need a bigger vote. If only Starmer would wrangle proportional representation, a) there would be a better chance of stopping Reform from getting in, and b) it would probably get Starmer out.

Bad news if you've been posting as trump, putin, or jimcarrey.

Also, "early" implies that it's coming at some point in the future. I'm pleased that I could at least give some people a heads-up.

I was surprised that I didn't see an announcement anywhere. Now I know why. Also, I would have liked to know that Apple had checked the details of my driving licence and then deleted the scan. All they needed was to confirm my birth date.

Greens overtake Starmer’s Labour in new UK poll The left-wing environmentalists are just two points behind poll-topping Nigel Farage’s Reform UK in a new YouGov survey.

Soon...

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Horizons and highways: Franco Fontana’s stunning photographic experiments – in pictures A mesmerising new exhibition showcases the work of the Italian colour pioneer whose landscapes, motorways and swimming pools often seem more like abstract paintings

#photography #PhotoExhibition #AbstractPhotography

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From bustling Venice Beach to gas station shrines: Alex Frayne’s photographic exploration of America In Manifest Destiny, Frayne’s lens focuses on the fringes of the west, deep south and Bible belt

#photography #PhotoFestival #DocumentaryPhotography #US #AlexFrayne

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Superagers' 'Secret Ingredient' May Be The Growth of New Brain Cells Not only do our brains appear to generate new neurons into adulthood, but those of superagers contain far more brain cells in development than those of healthy peers, new research has found.

I was going to post this earlier but I forgot...

#aging #longevity
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Oh, and I'm in the UK.

And even if and when there is, it won't be checking for 18+, more like 16+ I would have thought.

However, it seems to me that if we're going to have age checking it's easier to do it on the device than on every single app that needs to ask, since the apps can ask the device.
#Apple #AgeVerification

My iPhone just asked me to scan a credit card, driving licence, or ID card to prove that I'm an adult. This is in the developer Beta 2 of iOS 26.4. I've never seen this before and I don't know why they're asking this. I'm in the UK and as far as I know there's no age checking yet.

No, autistic people are not ‘mind blind’ – here’s why The idea that autistic people lack a ‘theory of mind’ has shaped ASD research for 40 years. The evidence never supported it – and it’s time to move on.

Theory: Some scientist cannot detect whether autistic individuals have a theory of mind. Refinement: Or they cannot allow themselves to detect it.

#psychology #autism #TheoryOfMind

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Photo North Festival 2026 – in pictures Photo North puts photography centre stage in Leeds – established and emerging talent will participate in reviews, exhibitions and discussion during the festival, which runs 13-15 March and aims to enc...

#photography #PhotoFestival #DocumentaryPhotography

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A young woman, dressed for the cold weather in a black overcoat, a pink scarf, and a pale brown beanie-style hat, sits in front of a tree, facing right with a rough line of five white mute swans in front of her.

Odette, au Repos

Not far from the lake.

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Today is St David's Day. So happy birthday, everyone called St David.

Today is the first day of Meteorological Spring. Astronomical Spring starts on the 20th. So astronomers will have to wait. Meanwhile, happy Spring, meteors!

A female Egyptian goose is sitting on the grass in a London park, facing the viewer, with her head tucked back behind her right wing. Just in front of her on the ground are three chicks feeding from her, though it's hard to make out individual chicks as they all just look like one long feathery thing.

Egyptian Goslings

Three new hatchlings feeding from mama.

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#iPhone16ProMax #London
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Some of those guys were still around when I went to school. 😁

Apologies for the college-level humour. I blame it on my brain. 😁

DNA study sheds new light on human-Neanderthal interbreeding

Apparently, in prehistoric times, human females preferred to mate with Neanderthal men. Some things don't change all that much, then. 🤭

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Seals, shipwrecks and a screaming swallower: Underwater Photographer of the Year 2026 – in pictures The annual competition draws thousands of entries from across the world and brings together images from below the water’s surface that show the diversity and challenges of subaquatic life

#photography #UnderwaterPhotography #wildlife #environment

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Week in wildlife: rescued dolphins, a white whale and a precious kākāpō chick This week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world

#photography #wildlife #animals #environment #nature

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Christ arises and waiters break – readers’ best photographs A selection of Guardian readers’ photographs from around the world

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Up on the terrace at the National Gallery in London, a young woman with black hair, seen from behind, dressed in a blue silk floor-length dress and a matching blue jacket with long, flared sleeves and a multicoloured, patterned cummerbund, leans back against the railing between the large white stone pillars and looks over her shoulder at someone on the piazza below.

In Blue

And posing for someone else's photo.

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‘Beauty in the everyday’: A butterfly’s-eye view of the world – in pictures US photographer Jeff Mermelstein has been likened to the winged insect due to his passion for flitting from one attractive subject to the next, as shown in his new book of work

#photography #DocumentaryPhotography #JeffMermelstein

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World Nature Photography awards 2026 – in pictures The World Nature Photography awards have announced the winners for 2026 and Australian Jono Allen has taken out the top prize

#photography #wildlife #animals #environment #nature

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