The college kids aren't fleeing Philly, after all

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The future of journalism

LRB · John Lanchester · Let Us Pay

The London Review of Books explains it all.

Murakami is writing some trippy stuff, as usual

Fiction - Reality A and Reality B - NYTimes.com

A nuanced and searing take on insanity

YouTube - Nicolas Cage Losing His Shit
Via Metafilter

Robert Ebert wants to know what this trailer is about

YouTube - House (Hausu) Trailer - Subtitled (Nobuhiko Obayashi, 1977)

Politics that make you want to brain yourself

Dworkin helps explain why we should feel like utter shit, given that we voted against our self-interests.  Over and over: Be afraid, be very afraid.  Thank you Dworkin, I was just starting to not hate reality this morning.

Watch one of our new evil overlords weep with joy, if it will make you feel better

Liveblogging Part VII: This Drunken Ashtray Mouth Is Weeping Again