( via / Left: Utagawa Kunisada’s bijin-ga inspired by The Tale of Genji. Right: Utagawa Hiroshige’s view of a famous cherry-blossom site in Edo. )

"Perhaps the most infamous story like this comes not from a filmmaker but from an unknown writer, most likely motivated by boredom to pen a story that grew far beyond anything they could have imagined. This is The Russian Sleep Experiment, a seminal work of digital folklore, and one of the most famous urban legends out there."

"Moonless night—wild geese soar high;
the steppe ruler flees into the dark.
Poised to send light riders in pursuit—
heavy snow fills bow and blade.

月黑雁飞高，单于夜遁逃。
欲将轻骑逐，大雪满弓刀。"

—Lu Lun via

"The naked ear only listens..."

"Indeed, I seem to have been cursed to be born into an era where every major world-historical decision on the part of the global ruling class has been comprehensively wrong." —Adam Kotsko via

"We carry a kind of generational trauma in this season." (pics above)