Friday Links

Whoa

From the United States Department of Energy

• Be a follower, not a leader. On Twitter and Facebook, specifically.
• The left psychoanalyzed John McCain. And then this happened. (GQ, The Concourse, CNN)
• The mushroom cloud is coming from inside the house. (Vanity Fair)
• Surprise, surprise — the administration’s plan in Afghanistan (Afghaniplan?) is FUBAR. (ThinkProgress)
• Michiko Kakutani’s sickest burns (The Cut)
• Arcade Fire’s Everything Now is their first full-length not only to miss getting a Best New Music designation from Pitchfork but also their first to get panned outright by the journal. Are the Montrealers no longer cool? Is Montreal over as an acceptable alternative to Brooklyn? What about Montreal-style bagels; do they still taste good? Questions, etc.

Dane A. Wisher is based in Brooklyn.