Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Late last night, Medium CEO Ev Williams published a blog post about the company’s future. As is often the case when discussing the sleek publishing platform/publisher/startup founder’s soapbox, Williams’ post was somewhat hard to parse. In the post, Williams writes that “Medium is not a publishing tool. It’s a network. A network of ideas that…
The late Earl Long was governor of Louisiana, on and off, for more than a decade. “Uncle Earl” was a colorful, corrupt, and bizarre figure, even for the Pelican State; but “[s]omewhere along the line,” his lieutenant governor, William Dodd, wrote, “Earl Long changed from an amateurish shoe-polish salesman and political camp follower into a…
In a story so shocking it’s not shocking at all, news comes today that six of the too-biggest-to-failiest banks in the entire world worked together in secret to control currency prices, for SIX YEARS, and thus enriched themselves in the process. And now they have to pay $5.8 billion in fines, because they are guilty…
If a professor is interested in a graduate student for an external, more quotidian reason, the violence done is to her whole faith in herself. Photo by ESTUDI M6/Shutterstock I’ve recently been feeling exhausted by the number of male professors I know who’ve had, or tried to have, affairs with their students. I am not…
Consider this a capital “R” rumor for the time being, but it is a juicy one; we already know that Sony and Marvel Studios are circling several young actors for the role of Spider-Man for the upcoming reboot, with Ender’s Game star Asa Butterfield apparently at the very top of that list. But now we’ve…
There is a chicken in my shower. It’s 8:30 a.m., I’ve just sat down on the toilet to pee. I casually glance around and there it is, drinking some of the residual water puddled on my shower floor. This is not the first creature to make an appearance in my bathroom. Since I moved to…
When she crossed the stage, Lee Bollinger turned away. Photo: Andrew Burton/Getty Images Since coming forward with her story last year, Columbia University student Emma Sulkowicz has become an outspoken figure in the fight against campus sexual assault. Her Carry That Weight mattress project has served as the centerpiece of countless news stories about universities’…
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A little over a week ago, North Korea claimed to have successfully launched a ballistic missile from an undersea submarine. Such a launch would have been a major step forward for the hermit country, if it had actually happened. But according to German aerospace experts, the photos supposedly proving North Korea’s technological prowess only proved…
For most publishers, the article page is the new homepage, accounting for the lion’s share of visits. Digiday is the same. We’re happy to take the wraps off our new article page, which aims to make it easier for visitors to consume content in different ways. The first big change we made is to shift…