Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
In a new Netflix teaser trailer released today ahead of the final season of House of Cards, it appears that Kevin Spacey’s character, Frank Underwood, has been killed off. The 25-second video consists of Claire Underwood (Robin Wright) addressing Frank’s grave, before looking at the audience as the House of Cards theme music kicks in….
.entry-header Scene: the perfect vacation experience, fueled by rented products. Go on vacation and you’ll undoubtedly encounter at least one couple who snaps photos of their perfectly manicured brunch experience. They took an Uber to get to the general area, asking the driver to play their favorite Spotify playlist for the 17 minute drive. Rather than walk the final…
react-text: 97 At first, it seemed funny. /react-text react-text: 99 “Temper tantrum” was how I described his behavior to my friends. Michael* would raise his voice at me, then flounce out of the room in a huff. At first his outbursts seemed innocuous, if unprofessional: Can you /react-text react-text: 101 believe /react-text react-text: 102 he…
Adult actress Natasha Nice is onscreen giving Alex Adams — who is not her step-brother, whatever the video title might promise — an impressively enthusiastic blowjob. Meanwhile, down in the comment section, people are talking about Jesus. The thread spirals on for another 35 comments. One includes an entire Latin prayer; there are also plenty of joking references to Satan and…
Low air quality, even at pollution levels well below current Environmental Protection Agency thresholds, is associated with increased risk of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease in later life, according to a new working paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research. Researchers Kelly C. Bishop, Nicolai V. Kuminoff and Jonathan D. Ketcham of Arizona State University cross-referenced…
Google’s Chrome browser turns 10 today, and in its short life it has introduced a lot of radical changes to the web. From popularizing auto-updates to aggressively promoting HTTPS web encryption, the Chrome security team likes to grapple with big, conceptual problems. That reach and influence can be divisive, though, and as Chrome looks ahead…
CreditCreditMatt Chase “White men,” an obscure Australian academic named Charles Henry Pearson predicted in his 1893 book “National Life and Character: A Forecast,” would be “elbowed and hustled, and perhaps even thrust aside” by people they had long regarded as their inferiors — “black and yellow races.” China, in particular, would be a major threat….
It would be interesting, if it were at all possible, to do a study to determine which era of romantic comedy had the best talkers. The odds-on favorite would probably be the screwball comedies of the ’30s and ’40s. But there would have to be some consideration for the ’90s, and all its frankness and…
gallery js Paulie Gee’s in Greenpoint makes some of the city’s best pizza, but excruciating table waits and a notorious no-takeout policy means that it can be frustratingly difficult to actually eat there. Which is one of the reasons why two years ago owner Paul Giannone decided he needed another storefront for feeding this pizza-crazy…
Woody Allen, Timothee Chalamet. (Shutterstock) What reason would a for-profit company have to shelve a feature film starring Timothée Chalamet, Selena Gomez, Rebecca Hall, Jude Law, and Elle Fanning…aside from the fact that the director is Woody Allen, long-accused of having sexually abused his adoptive daughter, Dylan Farrow (but not the one he…