Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
By Brendan O’Connor on February 8th, 2015 There is a lot of sex on the Internet. There are teenagers making love to Hot Pockets on Vine and 27-year-old medical students auctioning off their virginity. There are hookup apps and dating apps. But there are also just… people. People talking—chatting, tweeting, and commenting. And wherever you…
What does the phrase “next weekend” mean to you? According to its definition, it should mean the the nearest or most immediate weekend. But the nearest weekend is often called “this weekend,” leading some people to assume that by saying “next weekend,” you might actually mean the weekend after this coming one. Many people find themselves…
Gangs of New York: the Battle for 5 Pointz Jump to the comments ↓ Author Margaret McCormick SummaryA legendary venue for street art is now history. Torn apart, quite literally, by a new economy. But just how did a former factory become this legend and why was there no chance to save it? Themes Space…
This is the fifth in a series of postcards from Dan Williams’ journey along an electronics supply chain , following goods back to their source. Coming alongside at Yangshan Port, south of Shanghai, things move quickly. Mooring lines are cast ashore. The gangway lowers and the pilot departs. Towering cranes roll into position and lower…
When Democrats don’t stand up to the policing of speech, they surrender control of their party to its most extreme elements. Jessica Hill/AP “A liberal,” Robert Frost once said, “is someone who can’t take his own side in an argument.” If conservatives are often caricatured by their detractors as unfeeling, liberals are painted as uncertain,…
Over the past two years, Shanley Kane achieved a kind of celebrity on Twitter, where, as @shanley, she claimed to be leading a crusade for women in tech. But now some people wonder if the whole thing was a massive hoax. What’s most interesting is that, whether she intended to or not, Kane pioneered a…
“I’ve been invited to speak at a conference in Portugal this March,” I casually say to Tom as we’re sitting on the couch, watching episodes of Fargo. “Is it okay if I go?” Of course, I don’t need his permission to travel at all; I’m an independent woman, and travel is part of my job….
Photo After having a group photo, Lori Levine and Jan van Arsdale walk back to the ABC Kitchen dining hall for their reception. Credit Danny Kim for The New York Times close shareTools When Lori Levine goes out for a night on the town, she is often in the company of famous men like George…
Fukuoka, Japan When the Kimura family moved here from Tokyo, their middle school-aged daughter missed her old friends. Midway into her first year in high school, she stopped going. Between 14 and 19, she barely left the house, and for one year hardly left her room, interacting only with her parents. Now 33 and recovered,…
googleon: snippetFor the past four years, photographer Brandon Stanton has documented people he encountered along the streets of New York City for his popular blog, “Humans of New York,” but it was a photo last week of a teenager in Brooklyn that has taken the world by storm. Walking through Brownsville, Brooklyn, an area with…