Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
If you are exactly like me, you live in a dense urban environment and assume that dense urban environments are the way of the future, and suburbs are dark hellpits full of enormous PetSmart outlets and molly-soaked teens. But perhaps this is incorrect? If you are exactly like me, you naturally expect that over time…
The senior Goldman executive overseeing all of this said that none of these businesses were lines that he could have imagined the firm getting involved in even five years ago. “We had an opportunity to take a clean sheet of paper and draw out what we might do,” said that executive, Stephen Scherr, the chief…
As Donald Trump’s nightmarish campaign winds on and on and on, a few questions keep arising: are we really stupid and/or racist enough to elect this moldering Cheez-It of a man? (Yes.) Is Trump’s hair a costly weave? (Possibly!) And what is the deal with Hope Hicks, Trump’s ostensible press secretary, who is rarely seen,…
Lewandowki’s abrupt departure is the campaign’s most significant staff change to date, and signals an acknowledgment from Trump himself that an overhaul is necessary ahead of the general election. The candidate has suffered major setbacks since becoming the GOP’s presumptive nominee last month, coming under intense criticism from party leaders, major donors and rank-and-file Republicans…
Ivanka Trump told her father he had to get rid of campaign manager Corey Lewandowski or else she would no longer help his campaign, CNN’s Dana Bash reports. Lewandowski was fired after a Monday morning meeting with Donald Trump, his children, and several staffers. New York magazine’s Gabriel Sherman reports Lewandowski’s ouster was the result…
One day you’re just a smiley PR lackey; the next, you’re a major operative in the nuttiest campaign in decades. Such is the strange year in the life of Hope Hicks, the 27-year-old accidental press secretary for Donald Trump. How did she get here? And how much longer can she last? From the antechamber to…
No Man’s Sky developer Hello Games has revealed a three-year long lawsuit brought by broadcasting giant Sky. The legal dispute, over the use of ‘Sky’ in the game’s name, has only come to light now it has been concluded. “We finally settled with Sky (they own the word ‘Sky’),” Hello Games boss Sean Murray…
More than 160 professors have signed an open letter to “strongly condemn” the Yale professor and world-renowned philosopher Thomas Pogge following a BuzzFeed News investigation into accusations that he sexually harassed students and misused his academic position. “Pogge has engaged in behavior that violates the norms of appropriate professional conduct,” the letter states. “Nothing is…
Today is Cleveland’s day, and I join with the rest of America in obnoxiously glomming onto the city’s moment even though I don’t deserve to. (In fact, I have spent much of the past decade joyously shitting on Cleveland for its miseries … but really, I’m so happy for you now!) Last night was one…
15. Dad, Dexter’s Laboratory 14. Dr. Benton Quest, Jonny Quest 13. Homer Simpson, The Simpsons 12. Fred Flintstone, The Flintstones 11. Goku a.k.a. Kakarot, Dragonball Z 10. George Jetson, The Jetsons 09. Dr. Byron Orpheus, The Venture Bros. 08. Bob Belcher, Bob’s Burgers 07. Maurice, Beauty and the Beast 06. Raymundo Rocket, Rocket Power 05….