Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
paging_filterOn Thursday afternoon, Gawker senior writer Hamilton Nolan announced that Gawker’s editorial staff had decided to try to form a union. The day before, Nolan wrote, Gawker staffers had met with representatives of the Writers Guild of America. Shortly after Nolan’s post was published, Gawker employees discussed the potential union during their weekly “all-hands” editorial meeting. A…
American Apparel’s former chief financial officer allegedly schemed to oust founder Dov Charney last year as part of a plan to sell the company, a former senior manager claimed in a new lawsuit against the company this week. The complaint, filed in Los Angeles on Monday, accuses former chief financial officer John Luttrell of mismanaging…
Gold’s traditional role as a store of wealth has been usurped by contemporary art and apartments in cities such as New York and London, according to Laurence D. Fink, head of the world’s biggest asset manager. “Historically gold was a great instrument for storing of wealth,” the chairman of BlackRock Inc. said at a conference…
Arne Svenson, “Neighbors #15″ (image courtesy Julie Saul Gallery NYC) Last week, a New York State appeals court upheld a lower court ruling that exonerated photographer Arne Svenson against claims of privacy invasion, Photo District News reported. Svenson was sued by his Tribeca neighbors in 2013 after they discovered he’d photographed them inside their New York…
Users were posting ads seeking the services of thugs, mostly retired soldiers, gangsters, crooks and gym coaches, according to the app’s description. A Kunming reporter apparently placed a fake listing on the app and was soon sent the number of a hired thug in Shanghai. The man promised to be able to put anyone in…
Over the years, there’s been a steady rise of out gay superheroes in both Marvel and DC’s rosters — and now that number has grown a little larger, with the revelation in tomorrow’s All-New X-Men #40 that one of the founding members of the X-Men is gay. Spoilers, of course, for All-New X-Men #40 below!…
Cancel Your Son’s Funeral Because ‘Full House’ Is Officially Coming Back! Whoa! Stop everything, cancel your son’s funeral, and brace yourself for binge-watching, because Full House is officially coming back! Via giphy That’s right, ’90s kids! John Stamos confirmed on Jimmy Kimmel Live! last night that Netflix has ordered a reunion special for the show,…
New details become known for the planned ABC Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. spinoff. Deadline reports the recent Season 2 cast additions of Adrianne Palicki and Nick Blood are finalizing deals to star in the new series. Blood and Palicki play the former husband and wife duo of Lance Hunter and Barbara “Bobbi” Morse, aka Mockingbird….
If the tickets are any indication, Tampa residents must be the lousiest bicyclists in Florida. They don’t use lights at night. Don’t ride close enough to the curb. Can’t manage to keep their hands on the handlebars. In the past three years, Tampa police have written 2,504 bike tickets — more than Jacksonville, Miami, St….
In spring 2011, I was arrested for allowing my son, then 4, to wait in a car with the windows open for a few minutes. Since then, I’ve become unfortunately all too well-versed in the debates around the over-policing of parenting, so a few weeks ago, when I was asked to participate in a radio…