Trading Places

Great TNR article about the changing city landscape although the contention that cultural centers are fostered by an influx of "elites" is suspicious if not specious.

Malwebolence

This New York Times Magazine article about The Trolls Among Us is interesting on about 12 different levels. First the story is unique and a glimpse into a world familiar to even occasional message board users – although TMR thinks the distinction between run of the mill trolls and the extreme type that the article documents should have been more thoroughly examined. Another angle is from the perspective of the journo, Mattathias Schwartz, who was bold to take on the story to begin with, courageous to be somewhat critical and suspect of those who he profiles and had to feel some consternation about publishing the piece after Weev, one of the guys he interviews, sends him his social security number. And lastly it’s interesting from the perspective of Weev, Jason Fortuny, and the other trolls in the article. Were they happy with their depiction? Angered by the way Schwartz sometimes suggests they were being duplicitous? Really interesting considerations and a really interesting story.