Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Because they cannot motivate themselves? Who knows! But according to Trending in China (via Tech in Asia), “programming cheerleaders” apparently exist. Here’s Trending in China explaining what’s going on: Internet companies across China are embracing programming cheerleaders, pretty, talented girls that help create a fun work environment. Their job includes buying programmers breakfast, chitchatting and…
Yesterday, Burning Man organizers revealed the truth: the annual desert arts festival is infested with bugs. Swarms of them. Piles of them. What are they? Why has nobody ever seen them before, in over two decades of building mega-party spaces in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert? We found out. We asked entomologist and insect photographer Alex…
Seventeen-year-old Malyk Bonnet says he doesn’t think of himself as a hero. But the woman who owes her life to his courage and good judgment would probably disagree. As CBC News reports, Bonnet was on his way home from work when he noticed a couple arguing by a bus stop. Persuaded that the man might…
Editor’s note: Salon’s original video report on the Outdoor Co-ed Topless Pulp Fiction Appreciation Society, which can be found at the end of this post, is not safe for work. In many ways this New York City book club is just like any other. Members discuss the books they are reading, but also sidetrack into…
Last week I was on my way to visit Medium’s headquarters in San Francisco to discuss a project that I’m working on, mainly focused around police brutality. Funnily enough (or not so), I ended up being over an hour late, because this happened. I recorded the incident August 4th 2015 during the lunch hour. It…
City taxpayers will be shelling out to settle another suit with Occupy Wall Street protesters — this time, $25,000 for a group that set up Web access for demonstrators at the 2011 rally downtown. Isaac Wilder, founder of the Free Network Foundation, set up a Wi-Fi source called the “Freedom Tower” in Zuccotti Park and…
Rhona Graff, senior vice president to the president of The Trump Organization, confirmed Friday that Trump has been called for jury duty in Manhattan, and that the mogul will report on Monday. Trump is currently on the campaign trail, including a scheduled appearance at the Iowa State Fair on Saturday, where he’ll offer helicopter rides…
Last year, San Francisco released BART Watch, an app for reporting crimes on the Bay Area’s main transit system. After filing a California Public Records Act request to see what people were reporting, the East Bay Express found a disturbing pattern: Of the 763 alerts sent to BART, 198 included a description of the race…
Post Author Credit By Staff The Associated Press WATCH ABOVE: Police raid Uber’s Hong Kong offices HONG KONG – Hong Kong police arrested five Uber drivers and searched the ride-hailing app’s office in the Asian financial centre. Police said Tuesday that officers posing as customers arrested the five drivers in an operation aimed at combating…
Two more Uber drivers were arrested yesterday, just hours after Hong Kong’s police chief warned of a further crackdown on the car-hailing service, following the arrests of five drivers and three company staff on Tuesday. As the battle for control of the city’s roads plays out, it emerged the police joined a meeting during which…