Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
“You look pretty weird.” That’s what I was told this morning on my bus ride into New York City. Any other day, the man might have been referring to my appearance, but today he was talking about my watch. I was given one of the early review units of the new Pebble Time smartwatch and…
REMOVE THIS COMMENT when Cheetahmail is ready. Roger Ailes in 2012. Photo: Charles Eshelman/FilmMagic For much of the past 15 years, Roger Ailes has operated with virtual impunity inside Rupert Murdoch’s media empire. Nothing, it seemed, could induce Murdoch to rebuke Ailes publicly, even if Ailes forced Murdoch to choose between him and his sons….
Earlier this month, a librarian in Canada stumbled across a forgotten copy of the original Star Wars shooting script. Which, uh…no offense to Canada, but we already have seen the first (fourth) Star Wars. What we really want is the script for the new one, The Force Awakens. And we’re willing to pay. Yes, only…
Rachel Dolezal, former president of the NAACP chapter in Spokane, Washington, resigned Monday amid allegations of lying about her race. The real news story was the social-media firestorm that surrounded her so-called lie that she was of African descent. Genetically, anthropologically, and biologically, all Homo sapiens are from Africa. Nearly all anthropologists agree with the…
Let me be the first commentator to state explicitly what many Democratic insiders fear and many of the most progressive activists in the party yearn for: There is a very real prospect that Senator Bernie Sanders wins an outright victory in the Iowa caucus and pulls off one of the most stunning upsets in modern…
A year after Bryan Fuller began developing an adaptation of Neil Gaiman‘s modern mythological novel American Gods for Starz, the network has greenlit the series. Fans are already miscasting the main character, a mixed-race loner named Shadow who discovers he’s descended from a very cynical ancient god. The series will see Fuller sharing showrunner and writing credit…
paging_filter This viral content site drew almost 50 million unique visitors last August. What happened next will surprise you. Upworthy, the website that made its name re-packaging heartfelt liberal content for maximum shareability on social media, is shifting its focus to the production of original content, laying off six staffers in the process. “Three years…
NEW YORK CITY – DECEMBER 27 2014: several protesters gathered at the Pink Houses for a march to Police Services Area #2 station demanding justice for Akai Gurley, who was killed by Peter Liang. Photo Credit: a katz / Shutterstock.com BODY According to a new report from the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice African-American women in San…
This is a remarkably beautiful act of bravery. This is Masih Alinejad, an Iranian journalist who is an advocate and activist for religious freedom and women’s rights. Vox / Via youtube.com Since 1979, all women in Iran have been required to cover their hair in public. Vox / Via youtube.com In 2014, approximately 3.6 million women in…
THIS month, the headlines were about a Muslim man in Boston who was accused of threatening police officers with a knife. Last month, two Muslims attacked an anti-Islamic conference in Garland, Tex. The month before, a Muslim man was charged with plotting to drive a truck bomb onto a military installation in Kansas. If you…