Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
GIF The moving company Tituss Burgess complained about—yelped about!—on Yelp has responded to the 2015 Emmy nominee for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. http://jezebel.com/tituss-burgess… Burgess wrote a negative Yelp review of Franks Express in which the actor, best known for his Emmy-nominated role in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, called the movers out for being…
The woman who memorably described Roger Ailes’ exposed genitals as “red like raw hamburger” has been trying to get that disgusting comparison and the rest of her story about his alleged sexual harassment published for over twenty years. The Chicago Reader’s Michael Miner says he personally knows the woman identified as “Susan” in Gabriel Sherman’s…
Dani Mathers was 2015’s Playmate of the Year. She has won an award for being hot, which maybe is what made her feel qualified to decide who deserves privacy in the gym and who should be mocked for having a body unlike hers. Now she’s fired, and otherwise in trouble. Mathers posted the photo below…
Oh Newt. You predictable dick. In the past week or so, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has really wowed me and others with his surprisingly enlightened stance on race and police violence, leading to pieces like: http://theslot.jezebel.com/newt-178335788… http://theslot.jezebel.com/newt-178347891… It was an exhilarating time. But it’s over now. In an interview Thursday evening with Sean Hannity,…
Earlier today, Donald Trump announced on Twitter that Mike Pence, Governor of Indiana, had been chosen as his vice presidential candidate. Pence, 57, is a deeply traditional choice, he’s a standard old-school Republican who hews more closely to the GOP’s ideology than Trump. Pence is religious and speaks often of his Christianity as a motivating…
On Thursday, President Obama hosted a Town Hall meeting on race relations in Washington D.C. that aired on ABC, with guests affected by police violence in the United States. That included police officers and the families of Alton Sterling and Eric Garner. Garner’s daughter, Erica, was not happy with how it went. It started off…
Templates: not just for adorable gingerbread houses. (Inhabitat) Clean up your newsroom workflow with ready-made tools that are easy to use I’ve never been much for cleaning my room. As a kid, I was too lazy for something that sounded so inconsequential. But my mom would scold me and remind me that, just by doing…
The Origin of Florida Man: The World’s Worst Superhero If you have not heard of Florida Man aka “The World’s Worst Superhero,” his twitter feed is below. Enjoy. Here are his mugshots: Image from MiamiNewTimes.com And here is his Facebook Page, his SubReddit, and articles in magazines like Esquire, Mic Magazine, Huffington Post, The New…
The elderly lady was part of a group visit to Nuremberg’s Neues Museum, where the work is displayed. If the museum didn’t want people to follow the artist’s instructions, they should put up a sign to make that clear, she told police. Eva Kraus, the museum director, said the damage was not permanent and would…
Philip Hammond MP. Photo: Oli Scarff Note to Philip Hammond: In ALL 32 OECD countries that cut spending, economic growth was seriously damaged 14 Jul 2016, by Geoff Tily in Economics Since 2010, under the direction of international organisations and most economists, governments across the world have cut spending in order to restore public finances…