Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
This weekend, the Neopets forums got very active. Perhaps, the most active in a long time. Neopets is a virtual pet web game. Kids play it. It’s probably the least vulgar thing you can imagine. But, if you’ve ventured into ventured into the Neopets forums over the past 24 hours, you’d see thread titles like…
A destroyed piano is part of the charred remains of Briar Creek Road Baptist Church Wednesday, June 24, 2015 in Charlotte, N.C. (Davie Hinshaw/The Charlotte Observer via AP) In the week after nine people were shot dead at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in South Carolina, six churches with predominately black congregations in five southern…
Sometimes it’s possible to step back and appreciate how much has changed for the better since police raided the Stonewall Inn, sparking riots and a national gay rights movement. Yesterday’s Gay Pride parade, coming on the heels of a landmark Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage, was one such moment of joyful triumph, where dancing…
Six predominantly black churches in various cities in the South caught fire this week, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. Three of the fires have been confirmed as cases of arson, two were likely accidental, and authorities are still investigating the cause of another. The College Hills Seventh Day Adventist Church in Knoxville, Tennessee…
When Facebook released its workplace diversity numbers on Thursday, the company included a somewhat heartening message. “It’s clear to all of us that we still aren’t where we want to be,” Maxine Williams, Facebook’s global head of diversity, wrote. “There’s more work to do.” But it was almost exactly the same thing Ms. Williams said…
Fires burned four predominantly black southern churches over the last week, and authorities say at least three of the blazes were the work of arsonists. Monday: The first of the fires burned College Hills Seventh Day Adventist Church in Knoxville, Tennessee. The predominantly black church suffered some damage to its lawn, front doors, and van,…
Reboots are the magic spells of marketing: A few licensed words summon hordes of fans to pay for a film and promote it for free, pushing it to the top of trending topics with endless online discussion whether they like it or not. When they work, they combine old fans with new viewers. When they…
Masks have always been considered a semi-obligatory part of superheroing; you can skip the whole “secret identity” thing if you want, but everyone’s gonna think you’re a jerk (or worse, Aquaman). With the exception of Superman, who hides behind a hair curl and a lack of glasses, almost every major comic book hero has a…
The yen gained against the euro in Asia Monday after emergency Greek debt talks fell apart over the weekend, enhancing the Japanese currency’s allure among risk-averse investors. The euro took a tumble after Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras made a call to hold a referendum on July 5 on country’s debt conditions, followed by news…
While Greece has understandably been the focal news event over the weekend – after all it has been 5 years in the making – let’s not forget that in another massive move, one geared squarely to prevent a market collapse and to avoid even further panic, the Chinese central bank cut both its policy rate…