Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Micah L. Sifry is the executive director of Civic Hall. He is the author of several books, including “Spoiling for a Fight: Third Party Politics in America” and “The Big Disconnect: Why the Internet Hasn’t Transformed Politics (Yet).” Why is Donald Trump pledging his fealty to whomever the Republican Party nominates for president? And why…
Autoplay Show Thumbnails Show Captions Last SlideNext Slide Delta State University history professor Ethan A. Schmidt(Photo: Delta State University) 2:59 p.m. update: Lamb’s Facebook page says he received his doctorate this year, and he tells people that it may have “dropped off the face of the earth for the past 18 months or so.” Meanwhile…
It came as no surprise two years ago in an earnings call that Equity Residential, the giant apartment landlord, was bullish on Brooklyn. The borough “has come on strong with double-digit base rent growth,” said David Santee, chief operating officer of the real-estate investment trust. Today, though, Chicago-based Equity is striking a different chord: While its Manhattan assets are…
While publishers scramble to figure out what ad blocking is going to do their businesses, those creating and buying the ads — brands and agencies — couldn’t care less. RAPP USA chief creative officer Frank Iqbal said that while privacy is something that many in the agency are always discussing, he has never heard clients…
My first job out of college was at I Can Has Cheezburger, where I was paid ten dollars an hour to format posts in WordPress. That might not seem like a lot, but this was 2009, and adjusted for inflation today, that would be $10.94. On my first day, I learned two things. One was…
Content notice: discussion of mental illness, suicide, obsessive compulsive disorder, anorexia and exercise addiction, trauma, severe online harassment, threats and stigma. It is undeniable, statistical, and evidenced by lived experiences that tech workers have mental illnesses. Marginalized individuals in tech — more likely to have mental health problems due to oppression, trauma, abuse and inability…
At the 2011 White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, Trump’s humiliation in the face of Obama’s jibes seemed absolute, and very visible. Credit PHOTOGRAPH BY JOSHUA ROBERTS / BLOOMBERG VIA GETTY Barrier Status: ‘none’ Once, and only once, in 2011, have I attended the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in Washington, D.C., on the grounds,…
\When media orgs hurt the people who need them most News that the Washington Post is going to war with ad blocking software — with tactics reminiscent of the bad old days of nagware — has stirred debate, for lots of good reasons. Friendly to rather aggressive popups are nothing new on the web, but the Post’s application feels…
The late 1970s were some of the darkest, bleakest years in New York’s history. So why can’t we stop talking about them? Photo The photographs in this story are by the late Peter Hujar (1934-87), one of the key figures in New York’s downtown art scene. Here, “Nassau Street,” 1975, taken in the financial district….
There are many, many reasons to abhor Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, but there’s at least one reason to appreciate it, for now: his constant and merciless trolling of Jeb Bush that is currently tanking Bush’s shot at the presidency. In some sense, Trump is doing democracy a service by helping ensure we will not have…