The Raph Round-up: July 2026

Like last month, July has seen me looking up at the huge cloud bursts, and down at the flowers and insects basking in the sun.

Summer skybrud

Crepuscular 1
© 2026.

Crepusculuar 2
© 2026.

Crepuscular 3
© 2026.

A sense of scale
© 2026.

Flying high
© 2026.

Tumultuous
© 2026.

Summer insects

Summer fields
© 2026.

Strawberry sentry
© 2026.

Summer saltation
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Summer shadows
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Summer moments

Summer splendour
© 2026.

Summer ICM
© 2026.

Summer sunrises
© 2026.

Summer showers
© 2026.

Summer siesta
© 2026.

Summer splotches
© 2026.

Summer soaring
© 2026.

Summer surprise
© 2026.

Summer skybrud
© 2026.

Summer skyline
© 2026.

Photo of the month

The effect was obtained using a longer shutter speed while zooming in with my 24-120mm lens. This keeps the focal point fairly stable, while creating a cool vortex/ICM look for the edges of the frame.

Swedish summer
© 2026.

Interesting things I’ve read/watched

Why does ‘Luddite’ have a negative connotation? Brian Merchant breaks down who the Luddites were and why Luddism is important in our present.

The Dangerous Myth of Flexibility. About the gig economy.

The End of Reading is Here. The irony is that it’s a long read. Great long form essay about reading, and how we may be in a post-literate society.

Article on salmon farming in Norway. Pretty crazy that Norway invested a lot of marketing to sell salmon to Japan – salmon sushi was apparently not popular before this.

“Right to repair” in farming.

Excellent video essay about how concentrated the seed supply is in modern agriculture, and why we should support local organic farmers.

The richest country is pretty mid now.