By The Way: Headline Roundup — Marathon wine, wedding party size, suit sales rise and Gen Z's different wealth plan: Bloomberg News' Lisa Mateo joins Joe Mathieu and Carol Massar on Bloomberg This Weekend to share headlines you may have missed from over the week. (Source:…
Has South Korea's stock market turned into a casino? | The Economist — South Korea’s stock market has nearly tripled since the start of 2025. This has caused a feeding frenzy among retail investors trying to ride the AI wave. But the financial products many are buying are…
Gates of the City or Portas da Cidade in Fall River, Massachusetts — <p><img alt="Gates of the City in Fall River " data-width="2851" data-height="1760" width="300" height="200"…
Razer just released a cute and teensy mobile game controller — It's called Prio and folds up when not in use, making it pocket-friendly.
‘The Messenger’ in Vista, California — <p><img alt="Messenger Mural - Vista CA USA" data-width="4032" data-height="2269" width="300" height="200" src="https://img.atlasobscura.com/U-pQfhD_-ZhJyF5qXnft5I3wu2bayOVAmy6fBBJPbPQ/rs:fill:300:200:1/g:ce/c:2349:1566:nowe:985:475/q:81/sm…
Cheap Train Tickets | Timetables for Germany & Europe - Deutsche Bahn — Plan European rail travel.
Rare Arctic Bobtail Squid Filmed in Its Natural Habitat for the First Time — It was filmed in one of the most extreme environments on earth.
Railfan & Railroad Magazine — Taking you trackside since 1974!
This New Mac App Keeps Track of Your Photo and Video Backups — Tusk helps Mac users keep track of photo and video files scattered across multiple drives.
Google Home gets a new Nest-like $77 floodlight camera from Walmart [Gallery] — Google Home is continuing its partnership with Walmart’s Onn brand, now delivering a Nest-like floodlight camera that costs $200 less...
Citymapper - The Ultimate Transport App — The ultimate transport app - iPhone / Android / Web
FIFA has a new plan to raise billions of dollars: Selling stakes in the World Cup — FIFA has a complex plan to sell chunks of its commercial rights to the World Cup to minority investors, including a firm run by Joshua Kushner, the brother of Jared Kushner.
Week in the Life of a Programmer | Sailing in the Caribbean — Join ex-Google TechLead in the Caribbean islands of St. Martin & St. Barts for a week of financial independence. Thanks to https://www.moorings.com/ for the sailing adventure. Join me in DeFi Pro and make passive…
A photographer spent 10 years capturing abandoned train yards across the American West — the rust and geometry are oddly beautiful.
The 5 Linux distros you should never run on an old PC — Not every Linux distro should be used for that old PC you have sitting around.
someone mapped every abandoned railroad in the us and you can see exactly where they're buried under highways — the infrastructure graveyard
7 Boutique Hotels in Savannah, Georgia, That Capture the City’s Historic Charm — From stately historic mansions to art-filled inns, these Savannah hotels offer character, charm, and thoughtful Southern hospitality.
The Best Boutique Hotels in Portland, Maine's Waterfront Wonderland — There’s no better way to soak up this small city’s spirit.
The Transport Politic — Visit the post for more.
Trainorders.com Railroad Center — Multimedia railroad site with thousands of videos and photographs available for download along with three trackside video and sound cameras.
Benedict Evans — What matters in tech? Newsletter, essays and presentations by Benedict Evans.
Charlie Kirk Was Shot a Year Ago. The Conspiracy Theories Are More Rampant Than Ever — Experts say conspiracy theorizing about the identity and motive of Charlie Kirk's killer will likely continue for a long time to come.
What It Means to Love Elliott Smith — One of the last videos taken of Elliott Smith shows him at the Fonda Theatre, in Los Angeles. He’s sitting in a metal stacking chair, wearing faded dark pants and a T‑shirt that says i <3 metal,…
Spoorkaart — A customizable map simulating every Dutch train that ran on a real day, including delays and cancellations.
The Most Stylish Bars in Paris for Zero-Proof Craft Cocktails — These imaginative bars are shifting the zero-proof scene in the City of Light.
Tramway Information - Trams, Tramways & Model Trams — Tramway Information. This site covers both trams and model trams. It has masses of useful data and articles on tramways and tramway modelling. There is a section of live webcams that can show trams, a monthly tramway postcard
Metro Magazine - Bus, Rail and Motorcoach Passenger Transit Industry News — Metro magazine serves the public and private passenger bus and rail transit, and motorcoach industry. Metro online examines trends in urban, suburban, and rural mass transportation, covering green...
Report: Apple Watch Series 12 may feature always-on heart-rate tracking, new Fitness app - 9to5Mac — According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple has a couple new features in the pipeline for Apple Watch Series 12 and...
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Switzerland’s solar railway has been a success. What happens next? — Solar railways could soon become commonplace in Europe, following a successful trial in Switzerland.
RailPictures.Net - High Quality Railroad, Train, Railway Photos, Pictures & News — Online railroad photo database, featuring over 814,000 high-quality photographs of trains, railroads, plus discussion forums, and more.
Transit Maps — A blog of transit cartography.
Bloomberg Surveillance 6/12/2026 — Jonathan Ferro, Lisa Abramowicz and Annmarie Hordern speak daily with leaders and decision makers from Wall Street to Washington and beyond. No other program better positions investors and executives for the trading day. (Source: Bloomberg)
This $10 Windows upgrade could save you from buying a new laptop — Skip the new laptop and upgrade to Windows 11 Pro instead.
I Spent an Hour with Baby Goats to See If Animal Therapy Is Worth the Hype — At Blue Sky Farms, visitors pay $50 an hour to sit with baby goats for mental clarity. The unique experience highlights how animal-assisted therapy provides a rare space for people to heal and breathe—so
Steam Railway — The magazine of preserved steam.
11 Santa Fe Airbnbs That Embody “The City Different” — The best rentals in New Mexico's capital with adobe architecture, kiva fireplaces, and Southwestern spirit.
Union Pacific Is Tackling Rail Heat to Keep America’s Freight on Track | Union Pacific — As warmer temperatures return, Union Pacific is applying an innovative concept to manage heat-related track conditions – part of a broader strategy that helped the railroad deliver its…
Inside the Sicilian Villa Where Dua Lipa and Callum Turner Celebrated Their Wedding Weekend—and How You Can Stay There, Too — Owned by a princess, the villa has inspired countless intellectuals and artists.
Ballot paper for Clacton by-election is longest in British electoral history — The list of 34 candidates standing in the Clacton by-election is nearly a metre long.
Hungary Crackdown on $20 Billion EV Sector Puts China on Notice — Hungary’s $20 billion electric-vehicle industry, which has long enjoyed the protection of former premier Viktor Orban, is facing a reckoning as the country’s new leadership cracks down on environmental violations…
Unreleased AirPods 5 Models Referenced in macOS 26.7 — In a notable addition to the unreleased Apple products referenced in yesterday's macOS Tahoe 26.7 software update, AirPods 5 models have also been spotted. Internally codenamed B868M and B868E, the models almost certainly…
Jurassic Park computers in excruciating detail
Transit - the best app for buses and trains — The world
Leica Cine Compact 1 Projector Promises a Plug-and-Play Home Theater Experience — Leica has been making projectors for a century.
Ryan Gosling to join Marvel Cinematic Universe as Ghost Rider — During a surprise announcement at San Diego Comic-Con, the actor says the character is one he has "wanted to play for a very long time".
Railway Gazette International - Rail business, industry and technology news — Rail business, industry and technology news
Early Prime Big Deal Days savings: Take $20 off Grubhub orders of $30+ — Lock in your discounted meal ahead of the Prime Big Deal Days event on Oct. 6 with this code.
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Zeiss Is Still Making These Six DSLR Lenses Because They're So Popular — Not quite the end of Zeiss' DSLR days yet.
Is the camera industry waking up to enthusiast demand? — After a nearly decade-long absence, we're starting to see a revival of enthusiast compacts
A guy built a scale model train layout in his basement using only reclaimed wood and old salvage yard parts. The track work is so precise it makes actual railroads look like they need glasses 🚂
Network Rail – we run, look after and improve Britain's railway — We work round-the-clock to provide a safe, reliable experience for the millions using Europe’s fastest-growing railway each and every day.
One AI module faked 86% of a pipeline's accuracy gains by feeding another the answers — <p>A retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) system is built to answer strictly from the documents it retrieves. But when engineers optimize these AI pipelines end-to-end, the reader module can…
There's a guy who catalogs every abandoned railroad bridge in the US by hand. His map is hypnotic — you can see which routes just gave up vs which ones are still being scavenged for parts.
How to make Claude Code follow your design system in Figma — 4 Skills that bind every value to your design system, so you can actually iterate on what Claude builds.
The Best New Snacks and Sweets of 2026 — We tasted dozens of products in these categories—only 18 were named Pantry Awards winners.
Chronotrains — See How Far You Can Go by Train in Europe — Pick any station and see everywhere reachable by train in 1–8 hours. Interactive map covering 30+ European countries.
World-Famous Climber Nims Purja Is Among 10 Missing Following an Avalanche — A massive avalanche on the 26,400-foot-tall Broad Peak has left ten climbers missing, including Nirmal “Nims” Purja.
Amtrak Tickets, Schedules and Train Routes — Book your train and bus tickets today by choosing from over 30 U.S. train routes and 500 destinations in North America.