Opus Digest: July 2026

July 1: July 2026’s Best Streaming Titles: Ghost in the Shell, The Prisoner, X-Men ‘97, Enola Holmes, Spider-Man

Public Security Section 9, the Village, mutant mayhem, Millie Bobby Brown, Peter Parker, and more.

Jul 1: Play the Classic ’90s Quake Shooter Via CSS

id Software’s 1996 first-person shooter gets a new lease on life in your browser.

Jul 3: My Cultural Diet (June 2026): Orpheus, Le Samouraï, Gunbuster, Scanners, 2001: A Space Odyssey

A quick rundown of last month’s cultural experiences.

Jul 6: Stop Scrolljacking Your Website’s Users

If your website uses “momentum” or “inertial” scrolling, I immediately want to stop reading and leave.

Jul 7: Blogging with Bluesky and the AT Protocol

I continue to be impressed with the ever-growing diversity of easy-to-use blogging platforms.

Jul 11: Watch Seal Cover Talk Talk’s “Life’s What You Make It”

Seal and his band deliver a standout performance of the Talk Talk classic.

Jul 14: Google’s War on Curiosity

Google’s AI summaries may be more efficient, but efficiency shouldn’t always be the point.

Jul 15: Stranger Things, Ten Years Later

Stranger Things’s massive success is due to more than just ’80s nostalgia and D&D references (though those are pretty great).

Jul 21: New Subscriber Playlist: “Artoffacts of Sound”

This month’s subscriber-only playlist and podcast episode celebrate the post-punk and industrial acumen of Toronto’s Artoffact Records.

Jul 28: Grain Is the AT Protocol’s Instagram Alternative

A simpler, photo-first alternative to the current ad and algorithm-saturated social media landscape.

Jul 30: “Pines in Summer Static” by Zakè and Coppice Halifax

Subtly gorgeous ambient techno that envisions a blend of the natural and the technological.

Related: Opus’ full July 2026 archives.

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