Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks about community college education during a visit to Pellissippi State College in Knoxville, Tennessee, January 9, 2015. Obama wants to make two years of community college free and universally available, a proposal he said on Thursday he would flesh out in his State of the Union speech later this month….
Trigger warning for sexual abuse, stalking, rape, domestic violence and large-scale attacks by hate groups. Last Thursday, I criticized the Linux community for continuing to support and center a leader with a years-long, documented history of unrepentant abusive behavior, someone who has actively and systematically nurtured a hostile, homogeneous technical community, and someone who has…
Without any official group taking responsibility for this page, and with imageboard screengrabs showing jokes about its creation, we believe FSF is as much of a mean-spirited joke as media critic Shanley Kane says it is. cache hit 934:single/related:aff7ea81439932e4088551b75f744576 empty On Friday, following comments made by Linux legend Linus Torvalds about diversity in the open…
The former classmate of Adnan Syed’s who could hold the key to unraveling his conviction in the murder of Hae Min Lee has written a new affidavit reasserting that she was with Syed at the exact time the state argued that he killed his ex-girlfriend in 1999, and alleging that… Exclusive: Potential Alibi Witness for Convicted…
After taking big swings with Windows 8 and 8.1 — how big a miss they were is open to interpretation — Microsoft’s trying to redefine how we work with computers once more. We’re going to get a much closer look at Windows 10 at 9AM PT/12PM ET tomorrow (which we’ll be liveblogging, naturally), and all…
My younger, street-skating self would’ve scoffed at the idea of an electric skateboard, at least one that wasn’t built for tricks while in transit. But having spent less time doing slappies and ollies in recent years, taking to the streets on an electric version finally seemed a viable alternative. For those who aren’t planning stunts…
By Ramon Ramirez on January 18th, 2015 There are miserable gaps in the narrative. These deleted scenes double as reverberating cliffhangers. They mean hope to grieving families and widespread indignation for their countrymen. Here’s what we know: In September, six people were killed and 43 college students disappeared in the rural state of Guerrero, Mexico….
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The president’s proposals are designed to force his presumptive successor to campaign and govern on his terms. Jim Young/Reuters There’s a subtext to President Obama’s slew of domestic policy proposals since the November elections: President Obama does not trust Hillary Clinton very much. None of the president’s domestic-policy brainwaves has much chance of becoming law…
main NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Super Bowl tickets are cheaper than they were last year. You can thank the Patriots for that. On average, tickets were selling for $2,879 on Monday, according to SeatGeek, a search engine that tracks online sales. That’s down 20% compared to the same day last year. And it’s actually 18% cheaper…