Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
We’re in an era of the cult of the entrepreneur. We analyze the Tory Burches and Evan Spiegels of the world looking for a magic formula or set of personality traits that lead to success. Entrepreneurship is on the rise, and more students coming out of business schools are choosing startup life over Wall Street….
Once again, a flag has become a symbol of division. Less than a month after a massacre in Charleston by a white supremacist spurred nationwide debate over the Confederate flag, another mass shooting has fueled spurious flag rumors and spawned criticism of President Obama. On Tuesday, the president ordered all American flags on federal grounds to…
We’ve finally got a good look at SPECTRE, and there are all the usual Bond trappings — Q even presents 007 with a tricked-out car and hacking skills this time — but at the root of everything? Bond backstory. Everything that’s happening in this trailer is about Bond, and less national security. Waltz’s character has…
It’s just so damn fun, I want it on TV now. Right now. Ugh, the wait for fall sucks. If you saw the trailer, you know what you’re in for. It really does feel exactly like what an updated Muppet television show should be: a little meta and a lot of insanity. The Office-style mockumentary…
Police dashboard video showing the arrest of Sandra Bland in Prairie View, Texas released Tuesday evening includes a number of continuity issues that suggests the possibility that the video was edited before its release. The July 10 arrest video shows a confrontation escalate quickly from a traffic stop for failing to signal to a heated…
“After you see what occurred, I think you’ll agree with me, that she did not deserve [to be arrested.” Sen. Royce West said that at a press conference today, right before the dash cam video of Sandra Bland’s arrest was released by the Texas Department of Public Safety. Bland was stopped on July 10 for…
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Tuesday gave out fellow candidate Sen. Lindsey Graham‘s (R-S.C.) personal cellphone number in retribution for the senator calling him a “jackass.”During a campaign event at the University of Pennsylvania, Trump, the blustering businessman who is leading in GOP primary polls, read out a number that begin with the D.C. area…
BREAKING: The makers of Minecraft have unearthed a pretty good morsel of movie news. Rob McElhenney, best known for co-creating and co-starring in the long-running FX/FXX series It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia, has just been selected to direct the Minecraft movie that Warner Bros is developing. We’ll tell you more shortly but wanted to get…
EXCLUSIVE: In a deal near seven figures, Sony Pictures Animation won a three-studio auction for an animated movie pitch centering on the Emoji, those lovable round headed figures that are as much a staple of social media correspondence as adverbs and adjectives. The project will be co-written by Eric Siegel and Anthony Leondis, with the…
PopularMechanics.com is looking for a detail-oriented editorial intern for its NYC office. The intern will be exposed to the digital world of writing, researching, and reaching the PopularMechanics.com audience. Candidates should have exposure to blogging, intern experience at a website or magazine and/or on a college publication, and should be comfortable using all major social media…