Each Friday we compile a list of interesting links and articles our editors find from across the web. Here’s what’s catching our eye this week. It’s widely known that Americans spend a lot of money on Halloween. But did you know they spend $350 million on their pets’ costumes? U.S. retail sales were disappointing in […]
Each Friday we compile a list of interesting links and articles our editors find from across the web. Here’s what’s catching our eye this week. HBO Go will be available to non-cable subscribers and Friends coming to Netflix in 2015: Some world-changing conflicts start with speeches. Others, with explosions. Yesterday, a war began with a […]
Some interesting factoids that might put history into new perspectives: Your entire perception of history is totally whacked out, and we’re going to prove it. With the help of illustrious image manipulator AuntieMeme, we’re about to drop a history bomb of knowledge on all your asses. Real talk. Ikea is now making furniture that you […]
Each Friday we compile a list of interesting links and articles our editors find from across the web. Here’s what’s catching our eye this week. Is the “democratization” of the Bible actually a good thing? An interesting perspective on reading the Bible: The story of how the text of the Bible was set down and […]
Each Friday we compile a list of interesting links and articles our editors find from across the web. Here’s what’s catching our eye this week. Andy Greenwald at Grantland remembers Lost the “most important network show of the past 10 years.” Lost premiered 10 years ago this week. It ended four and a half years […]
They may be crazy whippersnappers, but they sure do read a lot—more than their elders: More millennials read books than their elders, a new Pew Research report finds. According to the report, 88% of Americans 16 to 29 years old have read at least one book in the past year, compared with 79% of people […]
Each Friday we compile a list of interesting links and articles our editors find from across the web. Here’s what’s catching our eye this week. The fight for net neutrality continues: Today, I am calling on my fellow founders and investors (and anyone who loves the Internet) to join me in fighting to protect net […]
Each Friday we compile a list of interesting links and articles our editors find from across the web. Here’s what’s catching our eye this week. The bravery of Flannery O’Connor: I’ve been writing about favorite female authors of mine lately, and figured I might as well include Flannery. Mary Flannery O’Connor, who, like Harper Lee, […]
Who decides what goes on the Internet? In a small number of Silicon Valley conference rooms, decisions are being made about what people should and shouldn’t see online—without the accountability or culture that has long accompanied that responsibility. How awful is the Internet? I began my media career about seven years ago as an unabashed […]