April 2026 Links List

Below I present links to things that have caught my attention over the last month or so, across a whole range of subjects.

Photography

Photography Peter McKinnon

• iPhone is not a real camera (YouTube)

Andre

• Detoxing Your Brain From Online Photography (YouTube)

Paul Sanders

• Flowing not Following (Substack)

Sean Tucker and Joshua K Jackson

• The Art of Street Photography (book, signed, pre-order)

Patrick La Roque

• Ordained—One Man’s Hope 2nd Edition (ebook)

Don McCullin

• This Cultural Life | BBC Sounds (interview)

Deep Work / Focus

TED

• 3 Habits to Practice Curiosity - and Escape your Phone | Nayeema Raza (YouTube)

Rachelle in Theory

• Why “Interstitial Journaling” Might Save Your Sanity
• Mental Chaos Cannot Exist Once You Understand This (YouTube)
• Newsletter sign-up
• YouTube Channel

Terry Godier

• The Last Quiet Thing

Patrick La Roque

• Notes for a break
• Notes on Disconnection
• Emerging

Social Media

BBC Global

• What if social media didn’t make you miserable? (YouTube)

Artificial Intelligence

Ars Technica

• What the heck is wrong with our AI overlords

Understanding AI

• Why Anthropic believes its latest model is too dangerous to release

Cal Newport

• Is Claude Mythos “Terrifying” or Just Hype?

Bruce Schneier

• On Anthropic’s Mythos Preview and Project Glasswing

Information Warfare

K. Melton

• Intro to Reality Pentesting (Substack)

Winn Schwartau

• The Art & Science of Metawar (book)

Miscellaneous

Soul City Wanderer (Frank Molloy)

• London Walk: Ghosts of Swinging London
• Soul City Wandering: A London Pilgrimage (book)

Ars Technica

• How our digital devices are putting our right to privacy at risk