Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
David Rosen / Flickr, CCThis isn’t me, obviously. It just feels like me.I had an annoying surprise this weekend: an email from a bank telling me that Twitter had deleted two of my tweets for copyright violations. The email also contained a threat: If I continued to violate the bank’s rights, my Twitter account would be…
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(Tom Toles) In 1973 everything changed. The postwar boom went missing. Jobs were suddenly less plentiful. The 1970’s became a decade of inflation and foreign imports flooded in. In 1980 everything changed again. Supply-side economics looked like it might be the answer. Taxes were cut, we started running giant deficits, and capitalism was reinvigorated in…
WASHINGTON — Soaring advertising costs in early primary states are compelling major “super PACs” to realign their tactics, de-emphasizing costly broadcast commercials in favor of the kind of nuts-and-bolts work that presidential candidates used to handle themselves. They are overseeing extensive field operations, data-collection programs, digital advertising, email lists, opposition research and voter registration efforts….
Justice Gun Dealers May Actually Have To Pay For Some Of The Carnage They Cause In Seattle by Ian Millhiser Dec 23, 2015 10:37 am CREDIT: AP Photo/Brennan Linsley A National Rifle Association lawsuit seeking to immunize gun dealers from a recently enacted tax was rejected by a state trial court on Tuesday. If…
In a step toward gun safety, the attorney general of Virginia, Mark Herring, announced on Tuesday that his state would stop recognizing concealed-carry permits from states whose permit laws don’t meet Virginia’s standards. Virginia law bars anyone convicted of or facing charges for stalking, currently under a restraining or protective order, convicted of assault or…
You probably know at least one person who always tends to bet on the loser. From laserdiscs to New Coke, they adore the unpopular product. Turns out that that’s a predictable trait, and the people who display it are “Harbingers of Failure.” What happens when a group of professors from MIT, Northwestern University, and the…
Polls may be underestimating Donald Trump’s support, according to intriguing new research that says the Republican front-runner benefits from a “social desirability bias”—some people who plan to vote for him are too embarrassed to admit it. The study, published Monday by Morning Consult, found that Trump fares about six percentage points better among likely Republican…
by Rick Edmonds Published Dec. 1, 2015 7:45 am Updated Dec. 1, 2015 10:09 am Analytics firm Chartbeat has published a new study which finds that most of the conventions for writing catchy digital headlines don’t work very well. Author Chris Breaux, a Chartbeat data scientist, summarized results of testing a dozen styles for…
Star Wars arrived in theatres yesterday, creating a massive demand for internet content that reaffirms the movie as a cornerstone of global culture. When a ‘phenomenon’ occurs, content farms must provide the content that supplements the phenomenon and offers a meaningful buildup. This arc is present in entertainment, news, media, and mass niche internet…