Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Getting a national political Republican campaign up and running is hard, guys. Just ask Sen. Rafael Edward Cruz, who’s declaring his candidacy today. There are just tons of little details you need to anticipate, like filing all the paperwork for an exploratory committee, setting up a PAC, asking Sheldon Adelson’s handlers if he prefers that…
And surprisingly, Rand Paul isn’t the culprit. Despite his effort to win over social media tonight … or the few people awake just after midnight on Monday, what really lit up Twitter was the website TedCruz.com. While TedCruz.org leads to a spiffy new campaign website, TedCruz.com features a black page with the message “SUPPORT PRESIDENT…
Evan Habeeb-USA TODAY Sports Last week, the Disney Channel announced that it would be making a Mo’ne Davis movie called Throw Like Mo. This is awesome, because Mo’ne Davis is awesome. Some people don’t agree, however. That’s fine; you can not agree. But maybe don’t tweet about it. Especially not in an offensive manner and not…
Religious leaders, who are all, “I don’t want the Affordable Care Act and its free birth control pills to ruin my church-going ladies”: you’re in for a rude awakening. Because (some of) those ladies are like, fuck yes, give me the free pills. Via The Atlantic: But what about religiously-affiliated women? Where were their voices…
We’re well into the 21st century, so perhaps it’s not surprising that somebody finally decided to render the tried-and-true skateboard a major update. Enter the Post Modern Skateboard—at least, that’s how it’s being marketed. Thing is, this contraption has no board to speak of. As CNET points out, the Post Modern Skateboard—basically, a $100 pair…
The Pew Research Center published a fascinating report on political polarization and the media a few months back. The report contains this chart, based on survey data of people who say they’ve read, watched, or listened to different media outlets. It shows how consistently liberal or conservative the average audience member of 32 different media…
But it wasn’t a fun kind of scare. It was the so-upset-I-feel-sick kind of amorphous dread. It Follows. Photo: Radius-TWC Filmmakers have many tools at their disposal for trying to scare an audience silly. Fancy special effects. LOUD NOISES. Things jumping out!!! Blood, pus, slime. Or else he or she can go for something less…
Only far eastern countries such as Singapore and China outperform the Nordic nation in the influential Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) rankings. Politicians and education experts from around the world – including the UK – have made pilgrimages to Helsinki in the hope of identifying and replicating the secret of its success. Which makes…
Tesla basically just ignited the driverless car era Elon Musk discusses the all-wheel drive Tesla D in October 2014. Image: Ringo H.W. Chiu/Associated Press By Chris Taylor2015-03-20 01:22:19 UTC The computer-controlled driverless car is barreling down the road of the future towards us. We’ve known this for a long time, but the speed and the…
The people have spoken, and the people hate my hair. “How could anyone take seriously anything written by an author whose accompanying picture makes her look like a tramp, with greasy, matted, uncombed hair?” a fellow named David wrote me recently. “For heaven sake, comb your hair,” offered a woman named Jacquie. “Your picture instills…