Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
I’ve been trying to publish this post for 5 months. It’s been sitting in my queue, and I’ve been too worried about fallout to publish it, despite the support of friends familiar with the situation. But I’m not going to enter 2016 knowing that I was too scared to do something. So here it is….
Hello, ladies and gentlemen of Jalopnik, and welcome to the latest round of Letters to Doug, your favorite weekly Jalopnik column that includes both a) letters, and b) at least one insult of the first-generation Volkswagen Touareg. If you’d like to participate in Letters to Doug, you are more than welcome to send me an…
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People across the country will pop bottles of champagne at midnight tonight to celebrate the new year. The question is, how much is the government raining on your New Year’s parade with champagne taxes? The Wine Institute has a list of the excise taxes on sparkling wines in each state. If you’re celebrating New Year’s…
Last fall, I became a barista in a small, “socially responsible” coffee company. A few months later, I got a temporary paralegal position at one of the world’s biggest multinational, corporate law firms. The two companies had little in common, but both told me one thing: Don’t talk to your coworkers about your pay. At…
It feels like it’s been far too long since the heartwarming delight of Steven Universe was in our lives—but the wait for more Crystal Gem goodness is nearly over. Steven Universe is back January 4th, with a whole week of episodes! http://io9.gizmodo.com/steven-univers… The event is ostensibly to celebrate Steven’s Birthday, but really, it means we’re…
Today, Twitter agreed to restore Politwoops access to its API. An agreement has been reached with Twitter that allows Open State Foundation to publish deleted tweets by politicians again via its tool Politwoops. The agreement that will bring back Politwoops online follows several meetings between Twitter and digital transparency organisations Open State Foundation, Sunlight Foundation…
TRAITOR!!!! STAY CONNECTED. FOLLOW POLYGON NOW! × Star Wars: The Force Awakens is out. It’s being seen by a lot of people. Lots of those people have the internet. What I’m trying to say is: the memes are flowing thick and fast. And while I wouldn’t say that any of the emerging themes or memes have reached the…