Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Right-wing parasites, misogynist Men’s Rights activists, and opportunistic grifters who so desperately latched onto Gamergate are on the prowl again. As the culture war within the video game community continues to lose steam from its peak at the end of 2014, the conservative heroes of the anti-feminist movement are desperately looking to continue their fight…
BATHROOM DESIGNER #1: Okay, so I think we’re pretty much set here. There’s not a lot of space, it’s single-occupancy, we’ve got a sink, a toilet, a blow dryer, a trash can – BATHROOM DESIGNER #2: Full length mirror. BATHROOM DESIGNER #1: What? BATHROOM DESIGNER #2: Full. Length. Mirror. BATHROOM DESIGNER #1: What about it?…
Facebook, a dull and endlessly scrolling record of personal propaganda and content headlined in two or more sentences, isn’t satisfied with the way its 1.4 billion users (most non-sentient) consume the news. According to theNew York Times, it takes an epic eight secondsfor the average Joe Facebook User to load an outside news link, clicked…
Earlier this week the New York Times reported that Facebook was offering publishers a deal: With 1.4 billion users, the social media site has become a vital source of traffic for publishers looking to reach an increasingly fragmented audience glued to smartphones. In recent months, Facebook has been quietly holding talks with at least half…
Feminist students from Siena College in upstate New York have taken to the streets to protest a local billboard advertising a kitchen that says, “Your wife wants me.” A group of protesters gathered Tuesday at the billboard, posted by Teakwood Builders Inc., along Route 9 in Newtonville, a local ABC affiliate reported. Female students held…
Clarkson, 54, will be thanked for his work on the hugely popular motoring show, but will be told such behaviour cannot be tolerated at the Corporation. It is understood a report into the so-called ‘fracas’ at a North Yorkshire hotel, concluded that presenter spent 20 minutes verbally abusing producer Oisin Tymon, before launching a 30…
Wednesday appears to be Judgment Day for Jeremy Clarkson, and the pending verdict isn’t looking to be in the embattled Top Gear host’s favor.The Telegraph is claiming that Lord Tony Hall, the director-general of the BBC, will announce that Clarkson’s relationship with the broadcaster will be terminated in the wake of his assault of producer…
Nothing attracts news organizations like Facebook. And nothing makes them more nervous. With 1.4 billion users, the social media site has become a vital source of traffic for publishers looking to reach an increasingly fragmented audience glued to smartphones. In recent months, Facebook has been quietly holding talks with at least half a dozen media…
Editor’s note: The new issue of our sister publication Nieman Reports is out and ready for you to read. I write a column for the print edition of the magazine; here’s mine from the new issue. It deals with distributed content — a very hot topic given the Facebook news of the last 24 hours…
Today in Tedium: Not many light bulbs can say that they’ve managed to survive two World Wars and then some, but the fire department in Livermore, California has managed to keep a life of its own far beyond many of the firefighters that have stayed on call over the past 114 years. The bulb, which the…