Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
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First Look: U.S. Dollar Substitute to Go Public on Oct 20th? 04.23.2015 BY Kelly Brown, Stansberry Research IMF headquarters in Washington D.C. expected to release huge money announcement Oct 20th Learn more… The International Monetary Fund is one of the most secretive and powerful organizations in the world. They monitor the financial health of more than 185…
New Avengers currently has lots of neat stuff going on as part of the big “8 months later” gimmick Jonathan Hickman’s been working into his books, but ever since things kicked off, I’ve been distracted by something else. New Avengers #24 showed Namor thinking back to how he and his Cabal (which includes Thanos) wiped…
By Sunili Govinnage April 24 Follow @suniliSunili Govinnage is a freelance writer and human rights lawyer from Perth, Australia. She is a volunteer editor for MediaDiversifed.org. (Victor R. Caivano/AP) In 2014, I decided that for the entire year, I would not read books written by white authors. My goal was to address the reading practices…
Adam Sandler is currently in New Mexico filming The Ridiculous Six, his first original movie for Netflix. Details about the film are scant. We know that it is apparently a parody of the classic Western The Magnificent Seven; we also know that a portion of the film features portrayals of American Indians so offensive that…
One day in the near future, Vice Media will take over a block in Williamsburg, Brooklyn that once held, among other establishments, Glasslands and 285 Kent, two venues that helped keep indie music alive in New York even as condos sprouted up around them. Here is what they once looked like, and what they look…
Two days ago, Native American extras on Adam Sandler’s new Netflix movie The Ridiculous Six walked off the set due to the film’s portrayal of Native Americans. In response, Netflix defended the film as a “broad satire” in which those being made fun of are “in on the joke.” So, who’s right? Well, we got…
The Apple Watch hasn’t yet shipped, but already developers have created thousands of apps to run on it. And ahead of the device’s arrival at market tomorrow, Apple has crowned a handful of must-haves among the more than 3,000 that will become available when its App Store for the device goes live later today. The…
With the Nasdaq sitting at new highs having finally eclipsed the previous record of 5,048 set in March of 2000 and with consumers not-so-eagerly awaiting their chance to get in on the supposed wave of the wearables future by purchasing their very own Apple Watch, we learn that the fate of the tech bubble now…
The ubiquitous — and endangered — food may soon be a luxury item. Will the California drought signal the end of affordable guacamole for all? Photo: Bobby Doherty Do you love avocados? I mean, really love them? Because as much as you might think you love avocados — and maybe you are one of the…