MADRID SECRETO Friday February 13, 2026
Madrid’s magnificent Prado National Museum is widely known for its collection of paintings, but now, it is staging its first exhibition dedicated to photography. Titled “El Prado multiplicado: la fotografía como memoria compartida” (The Prado Multiplied: Photography as Shared Memory), the exhibition delves into the museum's own archives—an arduous task, notes Madrid Secreto, considering that the final selection of 44 photographs belongs to “a collection of more than 10,000 photographs of great heritage significance.” Read the full Story >>
TechCrunch Friday February 13, 2026
After the Grok chatbot scandal over sexualized AI images of women that appeared on X, the platform’s owner, billionaire Elon Musk, has announced a new feature to label edited images as “manipulated media.” So far, noted TechCrunch, the only details on the new feature come from a cryptic X post from Elon Musk saying, “Edited visuals warning.” The company has not clarified whether the label would cover images that have been edited using traditional tools, like Adobe’s Photoshop. Meanwhile, X’s French headquarters were recently raided by prosecutors investing “cyber crimes” including child abuse images and sexually explicit deepfakes. Read the full Story >>
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David Schonauer Friday February 13, 2026
This week PPD explored how journalists, and citizens wielding phone cameras on the streets of American cities, are preparing for confrontations with federal immigration agents. On Tuesday we
spotlighted an article from the Columbia Journalism Review detailing how New York media outlets are being proactive about defending their rights as they anticipate the deployment of federal law
enforcement, The effort comes after altercations between … Read the full Story >>
Boing Boing Thursday February 12, 2026
Photographer Elisa Hanssen, who calls herself a "professional horse girl with too many other hobbies,” lives in Iceland and helps people plan their bucket-list visits to her country. She also designs knitting patterns and sells calendars featuring her photographs. Her social media content is often laced with humor, notes Boing Boing. Her series "Icelandic horses I would date, if I was a horse” features her images of Icelandic horses along with her thoughts on why she would or wouldn't date each one. Read the full Story >>
