Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Many Twitch streamers are no stranger to large donations, but what would you do if a random stranger dropped $11,500 on you after seeing you play Hearthstone? That’s exactly what happened to Twitch streamer ‘LegendaryLea’ during a recent session. The donations ended any notion continuing the game and led to Lea dancing across her room, ecstatic….
Thanatos A Vampire Tale Inspired by True Events “Today’s creepy is tomorrow’s necessity.” –Sean Parker. Just a single prick. That’s all Jane Watson needed. But in recent weeks at Stanford, the young students, delicious and full of blood, had been harder and harder to come by. At first, she had no trouble finding a fix….
Karl Kautsky was a prominent Marxist philosopher in the time directly after Marx and Engel’s death. He was a harsh critic of Lenin, Trotsky, and the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia as being a Dictatorship, and not a genuine representation of Marxist ideals, or a free democratic ownership of social production. Lenin and Trotsky defended themselves…
Barrier Status: ‘none’ On paper, my life seemed great. I had a dream job, a swanky apartment, and a loving girlfriend. But something was off. I couldn’t bear being chained to my desk in a stuffy office any longer. So I decided to quit and travel the world, bringing only my passport, a small backpack,…
GIF Overwatch’s “play of the game” is supposed to be a post-match highlight that showcases a moment of badassery, but the internet has transformed the feature into so much more. You’ve probably already seen examples of this in action, but basically, the play of the game has become a big meme where people splice together…
If you’ve been even vaguely tuned in to the overactive Hillary Clinton conspiracy mill over the years, you’ve likely heard about the questions of Chelsea Clinton’s paternity. But for those who haven’t, here’s how this song goes: Bill Clinton is sterile, and Chelsea’s real father is Clinton confidant and federal tax evader Webb Hubbell. Hillary’s…
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By far the best moment of Recode’s annual Code Conference was when Elon Musk took the stage and explained that though we think we’re flesh-and-blood participants in a physical world, we are almost certainly computer-generated entities living inside a more advanced civilization’s video game. Don’t believe me? Here’s Musk’s argument in full: The strongest argument…
Claim: A video shows a giant alligator walking across a Florida golf course. TRUE Example: [Collected via e-mail, May 2016] This article reports what appears to be a gigantic alligator on a golf course in Florida. This being Florida, I can see where it might be true. However, this is one huge freakin’ alligator….
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