Back by (un)popular demand, it’s What I’ve Been Reading. This week, we’re talking about politics, cars, and “botanical sexism”? What’s botanical sexism? Read on to find out. More
What I’ve Been Reading: August 18, 2019
August 18, 2019
Business, Cities, Crime, Culture, Internet, Movies, Politics, Super-nerdity, What I've Been Reading (500) Days of Summer, Alt-right, Botanical sexism, Diesel cars, Pollen, Robert Bosch GmbH, Volkswagen Leave a comment
What I’ve Been Reading: July 28, 2019
July 28, 2019
Anime, Books, Celebrities Being Celebrities, Crime, Culture, Internet, Journalism, Manga, Travel, What I've Been Reading Foreign bureaus, Logan Paul, Racism, Sexual misconduct, YouTube Leave a comment
This is a particularly Asia-centric edition of What I’ve Been Reading, and also a particularly serious one. More
What I’ve Been Reading: March 18, 2018
March 18, 2018
Books, Crime, Culture, Internet, Politics, Super-nerdity, Technology, Travel, What I've Been Reading Alt-right, Illinois-Missouri border, Jamison Bachman, Kids These Days, Millennials, Mississippi River, Neural network, Roommates, Sheep Leave a comment
We haven’t done one of these in a while. So let’s do one. Read on for articles about roommates, neural nets, and the Mississippi River. More
The Ten Biggest Pop Culture Disappointments of 2017
January 7, 2018
Anime, Business, Celebrities Being Celebrities, Crime, Culture, Internet, Movies, Music, Television, Video Games Academy Awards, Adpocalypse, Alex Mauer, BLAME!, Brand New, Chester Bennington, Chris Cornell, DMCA abuse, Geoff Keighley, Jimmy Kimmel, Kevin Spacey, Kinja, La La Land, Linkin Park, Making History, Moonlight, Netflix, PewDiePie, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Soundgarden, The A.V. Club, The Game Awards, Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus, YouTube Leave a comment
For a lot of people, 2017 was a disappointing year, socially and politically. The pop cultural disappointments pale by comparison, but that’s not going to stop me from running them down. So I present to you 2017: The Year in Shit. More
What I’ve Been Reading: November 19, 2017
November 19, 2017
Business, Cities, Crime, Culture, History, Internet, Photography, Super-nerdity, Travel, Video Games, What I've Been Reading Amazon Logistics, Gig economy, Haikyo, Japanese game development, Japanese urban ruins, Motion controls, Nintendo Switch, Paris suburbs, Sexual harassment, The Game Awards, Zombie ant fungus Leave a comment
This is a really good week for thinkpieces and the like. Motion controls, urban development, and parasitic fungi – all that and more in this week’s What I’ve Been Reading. More
What I’ve Been Reading: September 24, 2017
September 24, 2017
Business, Crime, Culture, Internet, Music, Travel, Video Games, What I've Been Reading Bomb-making, Dylann Roof, Iggy Azalea, Moral panic, Pornography, Rotary jail, The war on porn, YouTube Leave a comment
YouTube is imploding. Or at least YouTubers are. Read on to find out why! More
What I’ve Been Reading: April 2, 2017
April 2, 2017
Crime, Internet, Technology, Travel, What I've Been Reading Dieselgate, Japanese trains, MagicBand, Pointing-and-calling system, RFID, Volkswagen, Walt Disney World Leave a comment
This week’s What I’ve Been Reading is like magic! Sort of… More
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