Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
When I was nine years old, I fell in love with a superheroine whose unlikely name—a name that still brings me a wince of lust and embarrassment when I say it—was Barda. Big Barda. I have never recovered, thank God, from my first sight of her in Mister Miracle #8 (September 1972).The intricate pop-Zoroastrian theology…
The Rotunda at the University of Virginia. (Photo by Norm Shafer/ For The Washington Post). CHARLOTTESVILLE — In the weeks before Rolling Stone magazine published a sensational article about sexual assault at the University of Virginia in November 2014, Dean of Students Allen Groves wrote a message to high-ranking administrators questioning the magazine’s bias. “In…
Image: fakephonetext.com As a person who has only ever used an Android phone, I never had a clue about my “green bubble” status until someone I was dating brought it up in the middle of a conversation. It’s the strangest text message I think I’ve ever received. It was from a girl I really liked,…
Must Reads googleon: index How Snakes Lost Their Legs END CLASS=”STORYTITLE” END CLASS=”STORY-TOOLS” October 20, 20161:45 PM ET END CLASS=”STORY-META__ONE” END CLASS=”STORY-META__TWO” END ID=”STORY-META” CLASS=”STORY-META HAS-BYLINE” Enlarge this image Burmese python and the DNA sequence responsible for limb loss. Eric Zamora/Florida Museum of Natural History and Martin J. Cohn/University of Florida hide caption toggle…
How ‘Bias’ Went From a Psychological Observation to a Political Accusation – NYTimes.com. Source: How ‘Bias’ Went From a Psychological Observation to a Political Accusation – NYTimes.com
Jury acquits Ammon and Ryan Bundy, leaders of Oregon standoff, of federal charges The leaders of an armed group who seized a national wildlife refuge in rural Oregon were acquitted Thursday in the 41-day standoff that brought new attention to a long-running dispute over control of federal lands in the U.S. West. Tumult erupted in…
Donald Trump suggested today that the election should be canceled and called for him. Speaking in Ohio, the Republican presidential nominee questioned why the election was even being held, saying that Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton’s policies are “so bad.” “In just thinking to myself right now, we should just cancel the election and just give…
The Apple TV has a new app, called simply TV, that promises to help make sense of the 1600 video content providers that have apps on the platform. It looks useful and great, but it’s missing two key pieces toward becoming a truly useful streaming sifter: Netflix and Amazon. Amazon’s absence is no surprise, given…
Apple Inc. executives had every reason for optimism when they approached Walt Disney Co. in early 2015 to join the streaming television service Apple planned to launch. Disney Chief Executive Robert Iger is an Apple director and had said he was keen to strike a deal. Disney, which owns channels such as ESPN and ABC,…
When three young women were murdered midrun over a period of nine days this past summer, runners reacted with understandable shock, alarm, and concern. Nothing about the victims’ final miles should have been out of the ordinary: All three headed out in broad daylight. All three were on routes they’d traveled safely in the past….