Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Osama bin Laden’s death at the hands of US Navy SEALs was nothing at all like the official accounts given by the United States government and military, according to a controversial article in the London Review of Books by veteran investigative journalist Seymour M. Hersh: Rather than hiding in Pakistan, bin Laden was a prisoner…
As of mid-April, when a Pentagon flack announced it in Kiev, and as barely reported in American media, U.S. troops are now operating openly in Ukraine. Now there is a lead I have long dreaded writing but suspected from the first that one day I would. Do not take a moment to think about this….
Every jobs report there remains a cohort of people who say, “There’s still no evidence of wage growth, and plenty of evidence that lots of labor slack remains.” It’s based primarily on these three charts. 1) Average Hourly Earnings (I prefer to use the series with production and nonsupervisory employees since the data goes back farther):…
Erin Gloria Ryan Jezebel managing editor Erin Gloria Ryan was punched in the head without provocation while walking in Williamsburg on Friday night. The 31-year-old was walking alone on North Sixth Street around 10:40 p.m. when she was allegedly struck by Mariah Correa, a 20-year-old woman to whom Ryan had no relation. An NYPD spokesperson…
gallery js end gallery js start of gallery code In the magical borough of Staten Island, one can live in an actual home, like one you’d find in America… but in New York City. For under $1 million. This century-old historic Victorian is currently on the market with an asking price of $894,000. According to…
any images in the post content will be duplicated here as well adding this for mobile swiping Slide: 1 / of 1 .Caption: Lung cancer. Coloured X-ray of the chest of an 84 year old woman with a malignant (cancerous) tumour (yellow) in the apex of the right lung (top left). DU CANE MEDICAL IMAGING…
Even Tyrion’s impressed by all that illegal downloading Even Tyrion’s impressed by all that illegal downloading Game Of Thrones was resting comfortably, secure in the knowledge that its piracy record was unchallenged. But, like anyone in Westeros with an ounce of sense, it should’ve known that life at the top is often fleeting. Much like…
George Zimmerman was wounded Monday afternoon during a shooting in Florida. Police said Zimmerman recieved minor facial injuries, reported WFTV-TV, and was taken to a local hospital in Sanford. Zimmerman was not shot. His lawyer told the Associated Press that he was hit with shards of glass from his vehicle’s windshield. He has been released…
Andrew Nacin, lead developer of WordPress, just finished a talk at Loopconf, where he talked about a series of related WordPress security fixes that spanned two years, with the final fix included into WordPress core under the guise of Emoji support. Andrew Nacin just spoke at Loopconf about the nature of a critical software bug….
It’s 2015, and we finally have female action figures to play with. Only they look like this. To answer @slashwhatever, the person on Twitter asking, “Am I the only one that thinks this is a little fucked up?” I’d say no, sir, you definitely are not. Hideo Kojima’s upcoming Metal Gear Solid V will feature the…