More from Obsolete Sony’s Newsletter
Why physical media is ending on PlayStation, and why the answer is more complicated than the backlash suggests.
On June 23rd, the next ObsoleteSony book launches on Kickstarter.
A DRM-free digital copy of Sony Year by Year, and a thank-you for year one.
The year Sony began breaking the Walkman into smaller, stranger, and more personal forms.
More in history
These police mugshots bear witness to a different time, when black trans women were arrested for ‘cross-dressing’ or ‘female impersonation’. They were taken between 1970 and 1979 in Philadelphia when police were the jurisdiction of Police Commissioner (and later Democrat Mayor of Philadelphia) Frank Rizzo (October 23, 1920 – July 16, 1991), the self-proclaimed … Continue reading "Police Mugshots of Black Trans Women Arrested for Cross-Dressing or Female Impersonation in 1970s Philadelphia" The post Police Mugshots of Black Trans Women Arrested for Cross-Dressing or Female Impersonation in 1970s Philadelphia appeared first on Flashbak.
In 480 BC, a colossal Persian army crossed the Hellespont. Led by the power-hungry King Xerxes I, hundreds of thousands of troops traveled towards Greece’s heartland in search of vengeance for a disastrous defeat ten years prior. As their customs demanded, the Athenians sought counsel at Delphi, where the Pythian oracle told them that […]
Using GPT-6 and Opus 5.5 to trace alchemical knowledge and decode 17th century letters