Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Jim Webb is now the fifth Democrat to pursue the 2016 presidential nomination. He made the announcement Thursday on his website, acknowledging that other candidates in the race are likely to have more money and bigger campaign machines than he does. “I understand the odds, particularly in today’s political climate where fair debate is so…
After many months of thought, deliberation and discussion, I have decided to seek the office of the Presidency of the United States. I understand the odds, particularly in today’s political climate where fair debate is so often drowned out by huge sums of money. I know that more than one candidate in this process intends…
On Monday, after Greek PM Alexis Tsipras’ dramatic referendum call sparked a run on Greek ATMs, grocery stores, and gas stations, we did our part to help ameliorate the situation by sending a subtle message to Athens: Dear Greece, if you want to apply for a loan from the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, send an…
We asked for your nightmare tales of startup employment. Did you ever deliver—sending narratives of woe, scams, drugs, psychotic managers, drinking at your desk and more hookers than a venture capitalist could handle. The One With All the Drugs and Douches K writes: I moved to Silicon Valley as a youthful, totally oblivious woman. I’d…
What’s a sex tape with no images? The press will find out. A Florida judge ruled the press should be allowed to stay in the courtroom during Hulk Hogan’s entire trial in his $100 million invasion of privacy lawsuit against Gawker Media. A coalition of media organizations, including First Look, CNN, AP and Vox Media…
Disney‘s Pocahontas is one of the most revered animated classics of all time, bringing us the love story between the tribe chief’s daughter named Pocahontas and an English settler named John Smith; the iconic ballad performed by high school choirs across the nation, “Colors Of the Wind“; and now Imgur‘s biggest meme: Kocoum.For those of you…
Entry Text WASHINGTON — He told us it was going to be huge. Truly one of the biggest ever. And now Donald Trump has some polling data to back him up. The celebrity hotelier, who announced his campaign for president in June, is surging in national and early primary polls. Trump placed second in a…
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(Corrects the date that Puerto Rico’s law for individual investors was enacted in the second paragraph, and corrects spelling of Kim Rueben’s name in the 31st paragraph.) It’s 2 a.m. at the La Factoria bar in Puerto Rico’s Old San Juan, a hipster joint with a sagging couch, tile floors, and Christmas lights that wouldn’t…
The founder of Facebook is reading a book every two weeks, and discussing it with the Facebook community. And his next selection is The Player of Games, one of the amazing Culture novels by Iain M. Banks. Writes Zuckerberg: This is a change of pace from all the recent social science books. Instead, it’s a…