Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Photo credit: Paul Sancya/AP Blame white people. Blame white men in particular, but reserve plenty of blame for white women. Blame old people, too. Blame rich people, as always. Blame the public at large for Donald fucking Trump getting more votes than Donald Duck. Democracy enacts the will of the public; this is what the…
For the duration of this seemingly-interminable campaign, Donald Trump has been quietly laying the groundwork for the damage he would enact if he was elected President. As that terrible fever dream is now a reality, he has released his plan for his first 100 days in office and it’s just as bad as we all…
NDN only enabled on AP stories NDN only enabled on AP stories For a year or more, we’ve been reminded about all the angry white people out there, men mostly. These were guys who lacked education and felt deeply aggrieved because they saw themselves as ignored by elected leaders and victims of the global economy….
Russia said that it talked with the teams of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton during the U.S. presidential election as part of routine outreach during a campaign. Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said the Russian embassy in the U.S. held talks with the Trump camp that “were on a sufficient, responsible level.” Hope Hicks, a…
Against almost all expectations, Donald Trump has been elected president of the United States, and suddenly, the future of the open internet looks radically different. extended entry The future of the open internet looks radically different The release of the FCC’s net neutrality rules in 2015 heralded one of the most important progressive changes to the…
The parallels between the U.K.’s shocking approval of the Brexit referendum in June and the U.S.’ even more shocking election of Donald Trump as president last night are overwhelming. Elites (outside of populist right-wing circles) aggressively unified across ideological lines in opposition to both. Supporters of Brexit and Trump were continually maligned by the dominant media narrative (validly…
They will blame James Comey and the FBI. They will blame voter suppression and racism. They will blame Bernie or bust and misogyny. They will blame third parties and independent candidates. They will blame the corporate media for giving him the platform, social media for being a bullhorn, and WikiLeaks for airing the laundry. But…
Silicon Valley’s elite want to fix our broken country—by seceding from it. On Tuesday night, as it became increasingly clear that a Donald Trump presidency was not only possible, but likely, Uber investor and Hyperloop One co-founder Shervin Pishevar tweeted out a secession plan for California in a state of panic. 1/ If Trump wins…
A claim that The Simpsons not only foresaw Donald Trump’s run for president but also predicted which states he’d carry is making the rounds online. But that claim is wrong. View this image › ID: 9955298 1. Versions of The Simpsons “prediction” have already gotten hundreds of thousands of shares on Facebook and Twitter. Not…