Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
John Micklethwait, the editor in chief of Bloomberg News, told a group of top editors a week ago that their news organization no longer had to groom young, raw talent. It could go after the best journalists around. As an example of its capabilities in high-impact reporting, Micklethwait cited an Oct. 4 piece under the…
When more than 500 white supremacists, neo-Nazis, and members of the alt-right marched in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017, they weren’t just showcasing their startling numbers and their hateful creeds but also their organizational capacity. There were guest speakers, rideshares, demonstration permits, and houses and hotels rented out—everything you’d expect from a group staging a large protest. But…
Samaira Mehta is a 10-year-old girl growing up in Silicon Valley who has quietly attracted an almost cult-like following because of her work as a programmer. She’s the founder and CEO of a company called CoderBunnyz that’s earned national media recognition and landed her speaker roles at nearly a dozen Valley conferences (and counting). It all started when she…
When you have a bit of money, your whole calculus for approaching life’s daily decisions shifts compared to when you didn’t; it’s a change that comes with a mental adjustment, too, as you feel a bit more secure than before. But there’s a point at which this transformation spins off its axis into something grotesque…
You can nuke your friends and enemies in Bethesda’s upcoming Fallout 76, and people aren’t happy about it. Video games have always trivialized violence, but some fans and critics feel that the inclusion of a nuclear war mechanic is a step too far. Waypoint’s excellent article about this subject pointed out that nuclear war is…
react-text: 220 /react-text Mark Kauzlarich/Bloomberg. Onstage at last week’s New Establishment Summit, C.E.O. Dara Khosrowshahi, who has been tasked with taking Uber public, made a point of highlighting the company’s meal-delivery service as one of the most promising components of Uber’s ride-hailing business. Indeed, when Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs valued the company at up…
When then-candidate Donald Trump debuted his “America First” foreign policy, he argued that the nation under President Obama had “absolutely no respect” and was being “laughed at all over the world.” For Trump, little is more important than appearing to project strength. In that April 2016 speech, he vowed again and again that he alone would…
Politico editor-in-chief John Harris has spent nearly three-and-a-half decades in American political journalism, building a reputation for himself as a fair and high-minded reporter and, perhaps more importantly, helping to create a media organization that wields significant influence in Washington while commanding the respect of both Democrats and Republicans. So when Harris became a target…
Brand collaborations are hot, and Facebook wants to do some matchmaking of its own. Facebook is testing a new ad format that features multiple advertisers in one unit, bundling dynamic ad campaigns from two different companies in a side-by-side version of Facebook’s Collections ads. Cameron Mills, who works in growth at e-commerce company Brandless, flagged the…
If it seems as though the app you deleted last week is suddenly popping up everywhere, it may not be mere coincidence. Companies that cater to app makers have found ways to game both iOS and Android, enabling them to figure out which users have uninstalled a given piece of software lately—and making it easy…