Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
When the chips are down, and the transistors are shrinking, and the deadline hour is nigh, Thomas Friedman—a professional—can whip up a newspaper column faster than you can say “It is a shame that you are not writing for Highlights for Kids, sir.” Today, in the most valuable op-ed space in all of journalism, Thomas…
Today we are launching a national, coordinated campaign to win fair contracts with wage increases for the nearly 1,000 Guild-represented employees of Digital First Media. The campaign will build on the strength of our 13 bargaining units at DFM publications and online news sites across the United States, united by a central theme: News Matters….
The Telegraph decided to remove all the sensors four hours after this story was published. According to a note to staff, forwarded to BuzzFeed News, the devices will be removed with immediate effect. “In the light of feedback we have received from staff today, it has been decided to withdraw the under-desk sensors immediately,” the…
Paul Graham is Still Asking to be Eaten An Obviously Critical Response to “Economic Inequality” by Paul Graham robotorgy.tumblr.com I’ve been asked by a bunch of people today to comment on this essay “Economic Inequality,”penned by self-described “essayist” Paul Graham, the subject of a poem I recently wrote entitled, “Paul Graham is Asking to be…
Uber’s losses grew to nearly a billion dollars in the first half of last year, nearly 50% more than its full-year losses in 2014, according to confidential documents issued by the company as part of financing efforts last year. Net revenue in the first half of 2015 was $663 million, the documents showed. (Scroll down…
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What a year it has been! In 2015, we celebrated our 150th anniversary. We toured the country with a live show and a documentary film. We published a coffee table–bending 268-page special issue. We delved into our archives with daily explorations of our country’s rich and tumultuous history. Ad Policy Perhaps most vitally, on July…
Twitter is rumored to be considering increasing its per-tweet character count from 140 to 10,000 – a potential move that instantly sent the troubled tech company’s share price into a tailspin. Twitter shares plummeted more than 2% on the news, first reported by Re/code on Tuesday, which seemed to undermine the essential nature of the…
The Home Ownership Meme Can Be Very Powerful Most of us are familiar with the concept of the “internet meme.” Someone does something, say “planking” on a fast-food counter, and uploads a video of him- or herself doing this to a public or social media site. Other people see the video, emulate the activity, and…
A trendy New Command-line Chat Playground is a Honeypot for Meta Data and Gives Web the. Peach isn’t on the web. Your profile has no❌URL. % proprietary walled garden. Private but not privacy-positive. Free as in not . — This tweet is making the rounds today, so unpacking with obligatory thinkpiece on Medium. Peach New…