Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
The Greatest Millennial Actor in the Universe is Justin Long One of the great parts about being a millennial is that everyone else likes to tell you what you are and aren’t like and what does and doesn’t represent you. It’s the best. It’s American tradition to anoint pop culture figures as being totally representative…
An app to locate rentable driveways for parking. An app to locate rentable yachts. An app to help you understand “cause and effect in your life.” An app that guides mindful meditation. An app that imparts wisdom. And a new proposal to create an app designed to stop police killings. We are overloaded daily with…
[UPDATES BELOW] There are currently extensive delays on every single subway line, thanks to a power outage at the MTA’s Rail Control Center in Manhattan. #ServiceAlert: b/d, all train lines expect extensive delays, due to power outage. Allow additional travel time. — NYCT Subway (@NYCTSubway) July 13, 2016 The outage was first reported at…
North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory (R) signed a bill into law on Monday that makes police dashboard camera and body camera footage exempt from the public record. House Bill 972 does make such video accessible to people who can be seen or heard in it, along with their personal representatives ― but they must file…
Future trend story: I caught all the HPV thanks to Pokemon Go! (Photo courtesy Jen Chung) The Pokemon Go zombie wave is here, with the delightful cartoon cockfighting app augmenting reality from the 9/11 Memorial to Manhattanhenge. And while some devotees of the game have publicly declared that Pokemon Go got them laid, we now…
Why catch ’em all yourself when she can catch ’em for you? via Craigslist So you see everyone playing Pokémon Go, and you’ve decided that you, too, would like to catch ’em all. On the other hand, you’re American, so you’re left crying out “Can’t someone else do it?” Well good news: Someone can,…
Dear Akilah, I recently noticed your campaign against BuzzFeed on Twitter. You claim BuzzFeed is stealing your ideas and the ideas of other independent video producers; you launched an online petition against BuzzFeed, you encouraged your fans to contact our advertisers, you described us as “mother fuckers,” and you said our stealing is “egregious.” I’m…
.entry-header So I had wine and I am very tired and so I am a bit tipsy but I saw the Tarzan movie so I thought I’d give my honest review. Excuse typos because you know, wines. Ok so I don’t know what the plot is or who is in it other than Alexander Skarsgard…
1. They would be really keen to point out when heshows off his waist. Chris Ratcliffe / Getty Images / Jasmin Nahar / BuzzFeed / dailymail.co.uk 2. And when he makes some ~adventurous~ wardrobe choices. Oli Scarff / Getty Images / Jasmin Nahar / BuzzFeed / dailymail.co.uk 3. They would applaud him for bringing trousers to theforefront of fashion. dailymail.co.uk / Jasmin…
The newsroom is an exhilarating place to be. Stories break. News moves fast. I go to a mid-morning meeting every day where the reporters on my team throw out ideas about what they might be interested in covering, then I go write a few lines of code, add a few features, grab a lunch break,…