Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
A couple of days ago Tim Wallace, a cartographer and graphics editor at The New York Times, posted a portion of his academic dissertation on Medium. There’s tons of interesting stuff in there, but unfortunately it’s no longer posted because the part that got the most attention is the little highlighted part way down toward…
Hillary Clinton and Senator Bernie Sanders wave together during a campaign rally where Sanders endorsed Clinton in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, U.S., July 12, 2016. (REUTERS/Mary Schwalm) Last month, Bernie Sanders livestreamed a national address two days after losing the last contest in the Democratic primary contest by 67 percentage points. It seemed like a moment…
Data from SimilarWeb shows that Pokemon Go is about to pass Twitter in daily active users on Android — and it hasn’t even launched globally. ‘Pokémon GO’ Is About To Surpass Twitter In Daily Active Users On Android – Forbes. Source: ‘Pokémon GO’ Is About To Surpass Twitter In Daily Active Users On Android –…
“Pokémon Go” lets players catch virtual critters in the real world — but would its reach extend to space? Credit: Sarah Lewin/Space.com via Pokémon Go / NASA As people wandered our office halls, hunting tiny monsters with the newly released augmented-reality game “Pokémon Go,” Space.com had only one question: Can astronauts play it in space?…
They sat calmly on the hot pavement; their black and gold outfits a jarring contrast to the sea of rainbow flags and banners surrounding them. Minutes earlier the parade – the crown jewel of Toronto’s month-long Pride celebrations – had been in full swing, its floats heaving through the city’s main arteries alongside thousands of…
Two bailiffs in a county courthouse in southwestern Michigan were killed following a shooting by an inmate, according to the county sheriff. Two bailiffs and the shooter are dead in Berrien County Courthouse shooting, Monday, July 11, 2016.(Photo: Michelle Crandall) Berrien County Sheriff Paul Bailey confirmed at a Monday press conference that two court bailiffs…
I was immediately triggered. Germany. I was back in the park. A few weeks ago. It was the final day of shooting and I was glad because I’m not a model and only agreed to help out a friend, and while I was grateful to wear cool vintage clothes and feel “pretty”, after three long…
This is not a profile of Hillary Clinton. It is not a review of her career or an assessment of her campaign. You won’t find any shocking revelations on her emails, on Benghazi, on Whitewater, or even on her health care plan. This is an effort to answer a question I’ve been struggling with…
On any given day, in any police department in the nation, 15 percent of officers will do the right thing no matter what is happening. Fifteen percent of officers will abuse their authority at every opportunity. The remaining 70 percent could go either way depending on whom they are working with. That’s a theory from…
And as a consequence, they’re perpetually surprised when people, for example in the north of England, in Sunderland and Wigan — your paper’s been doing wonderful reports on this — say: “I don’t want to stand up for Stuttgart or Düsseldorf. I want to stand up for Wigan.” That’s the world they know. That’s the…