Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Last May, the first women to edit the New York Times and Le Monde were very publicly forced out of their jobs within a few hours of each other. What followed was perhaps just as surprising as the events themselves: a viral national debate about a previously little-noted problem, the incredible paucity of women running…
“Avengers: Age of Ultron” writer-director Joss Whedon has not been fired from the franchise, despite the rumors on Twitter Monday. The rumors ignited after the Oscar-nominated director deactivated his Twitter account. So why did he quit Twitter? After “Avengers: Age of Ultron” debuted in theaters Friday, some people harassed Whedon over the portrayal of the…
This may appear to be a small point in the grand scheme of the conversations sparked by the Baltimore uprising but the number of times I have seen this on Facebook over the past few days (and time and time again before that) is too many to count. I lived in Maryland growing up so I have…
Photo Mayor Bill de Blasio rode the R train to City Hall from Brooklyn last month as part of an effort to raise awareness about the lack of funding for transportation and infrastructure. Credit Michael Appleton for The New York Times The email, blunt and to the point, popped into City Hall aides’ inboxes at 12:17…
Sheryl Sandberg’s husband, SurveyMonkey CEO Dave Goldberg, reportedly died in a Mexican hospital this weekend after falling off a hotel gym treadmill and hitting his head. According to the New York Times, Goldberg was on vacation with Sandberg and his brother at a Four Seasons in Punta Mita, Mexico, where he was discovered collapsed on…
Go Back to Top. Skip To: Start of Article. Star Wars Day is all about celebrating. And sometimes celebrating properly means building a gigantic Super Star Destroyer out of Lego—and then filming it getting smashed to pieces in slow-motion. Thanks to the crew behind Battle Damage for filling this very important need in our Star…
A jury Monday found a couple guilty of having sex on Bradenton Beach after only 15 minutes of deliberation. The convictions carry a maximum prison sentence of 15 years. Jose Caballero, 40, and Elissa Alvarez, 20, were charged with two counts each of lewd and lascivious behavior for having sex on a public beach on…
OK, some facial growths may look like a toilet brush, but that’s as far as it goes. Photograph: Alamy According to multiple news sites, beards can contain more poo than a toilet. Here are a few of the headlines: “Some beards contain more poo than a toilet shocking study reveals” – the Mirror “Shock new…
AP Photo / Ricardo Arduengo Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) declared himself to be a fan of controversial social scientist Charles Murray’s books at a forum Thursday in Washington. Bush lauded Murray’s books on two separate occasions during an interview with National Review editor Rich Lowry, at a forum sponsored by the conservative magazine….
This is either a major gaffe or a really unsubtle dog whistle to let the hardcore racists on the right know that Jeb stands with them: Bush lauded Murray’s books on two separate occasions during an interview with National Review editor Rich Lowry, at a forum sponsored by the conservative magazine. Lowry asked Bush, “……