Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Believe it or not, we’ve somehow made it to the end of December—and it’s time to take those last vacation days, wrap up all those last-minute presents, and head home to friends and family. It’s all going down today: For the first time in nearly 40 years, Christmas Eve and the first night of Hanukkah will…
Amazon’s Echo devices and its virtual assistant are meant to help find answers by listening for your voice commands. However, police in Arkansas want to know if one of the gadgets overheard something that can help with a murder case. According to The Information, authorities in Bentonville issued a warrant for Amazon to hand over any audio or records…
Rogue One is a great addition to the Star Wars universe because it takes a glaringly stupid plot mechanism—the exhaust port vulnerability in the Death Star—and attributes it to an architect’s sabotage. One of the dumbest things about the Star Wars franchise then becomes something sad, poignant, and believable. But Rogue One also raises…
Don’t stop your dog from barking at them. Don’t take their money. If you’re making coffee for them, make it wrong. Last week, Donald Trump was elected president by the United States. But he wasn’t elected by New Yorkers. In his hometown, Trump has for years been regarded as a clown—a tabloid regular, a Howard…
Google Microdata Mobile only ad Article “Cover” Legislators passed a slate of bills to sharply reduce the power of the incoming governor, over the heated objections of Democrats and hundreds of protestors. Google Metadata Protestors demonstrate against the North Carolina General Assembly on Thursday.Gerry Broome / AP START “MORE ON” SINGLE STORY BOX v. 2…
“They’re a rotten crowd,” I shouted across the lawn. “You’re worth the whole damn bunch put together.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby I. “Love Will Make You Do Wrong” In the waning days of President Barack Obama’s administration, he and his wife, Michelle, hosted a farewell party, the full import of which no…
Google Microdata Mobile only ad Article “Cover” To many white Trump voters, the problem wasn’t her economic stance, but the larger vision—a multi-ethnic social democracy—that it was a part of. Google Metadata Mitch Dumke / Reuters Perhaps the clearest takeaway from the November election for many liberals is that Hillary Clinton lost because she ignored…
It was January 1975, and the Watergate Babies had arrived in Washington looking for blood. The Watergate Babies—as the recently elected Democratic congressmen were known—were young, idealistic liberals who had been swept into office on a promise to clean up government, end the war in Vietnam, and rid the nation’s capital of the kind of…
Uber says it has permanently suspended the driver. When Erika Szabo, a video game and anime YouTube personality, ordered an Uber on a Sunday afternoon following a guest appearance at a convention in Toronto, she was looking to get home quickly after a long day and shitty weather. Just as her Uber driver pulled up, however,…
Web of Trust’s browser was pulled for being, well, untrustworthy. Browser add-on caught selling identifiable web histories. Source: Browser add-on caught selling identifiable web histories