Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Azzarelo was all class at the SDCC Killing Joke panel. Sorry, our mistake, we meant he was all “ass.” Source: io9 Putting an end to any debate over the subject, screenwriter Brian Azzarello offered an intelligent, well-reasoned defense to criticism of DC’s animated Killing Joke movie, which reportedly sees Barbara Gordon obsess over an emotionally…
A note to our readers Reported.ly to suspend operations August 31 To friends and supporters of reported.ly: It is with great regret that I must announce that reported.ly will suspend its operations on August 31, 2016. Our funder and employer, First Look Media, has chosen to part ways with us, so we will no longer…
Where have America’s young men gone? According to Erik Hurst, an economist from the University of Chicago, they haven’t gone anywhere—they’re just plugged in. In a recent interview, Hurst says that his research indicates that young men with less than a four-year degree (according to virtually all data, that’s an increasing number) are spending their…
On Wednesday night in Manhattan, it was cold. The pavement was wet from the day’s long rain, and men were congregating in a penthouse on 23rd Street to learn, together, how to become elite. For half an hour they filed in, one after another. The group could have easily been pulled from any average…
This is what Apple should tell you when you lose your iPhone Two weeks ago, I was on holiday in Turin, Italy and made a boo boo. I forgot my phone in our rental car for a two hour visit to a local outdoors spa (Acquajoy, great fun especially for the kids!). The end result…
I Replaced The Word ‘Millennials’ With ‘43-Year-Old White Men’ And Now These Headlines Are *Italian Chef Kissing Fingers Gesture* Why Are So Many 43-Year-Old White Men Having Zero Sex? — NYMag How 43-Year-Old White Men Are Ruining The Workforce — Philly Mag Proof That Fancy Job Perks Can’t Keep 43-Year-Old White Men Happy — Fortune Why…
There’s never been much question that TV comedy writers weren’t Trump supporters (with the possible exception of the staff of Saturday Night Live), but The Simpsons made things explicit on Saturday, endorsing Hillary Clinton with an animated parody of her 2008 3:00 a.m. ad. (Technically, the ad was titled “Children,” because of the sleeping children…
Disaster stories involving the Internet of Things are all the rage. They feature cars (both driven and driverless), the power grid, dams, and tunnel ventilation systems. A particularly vivid and realistic one, near-future fiction published last month in New York Magazine, described a cyberattack on New York that involved hacking of cars, the water system,…
Since the Australian government launched its ‘No jab no pay’ campaign on 1 January 2016, thousands of children have been vaccinated for the first time, as parents who previously refused to immunise their babies faced family payment cuts of up to $15,000 a year. In just seven months, 5,738 extra children have now been vaccinated,…
Where all that Olympic money goes Its members call it, with an almost religious conviction, “the Olympic Movement,” or “the Movement” for short, always capitalized. At the very top of “the Movement” sits the International Olympic Committee, a nonprofit run by a “volunteer” president who gets an annual “allowance” of $251,000 and lives rent-free in…