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Weather Report #26: The novel that gave this newsletter its name, and an underrated, nearly forgotten neo-noir film that inspired The Matrix and Inception.
Consuming 08/24/2025
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Weather Reports are weekly roundups of scooplets and updates that are not big enough for their own post, as well as recommendations for news and media you should consume. The scooplets and updates are free to read, but the news and media recommendations are paywalled. Image credit: Detail from Columbia Records advert for Weather Report's Heavy Weather (1977).
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Weather Report #25: A haunting portrait of (fictional) extremist radicalization; an unexpectedly good and layered thriller about collective memory; and more...
Consuming 08/17/2025
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Weather Report #24: A terrific and action-packed science fiction trilogy, a disturbing film about the dark web, and more...
Consuming 08/11/2025
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Weather Report #23: An eerie literary horror novel, a sci-fi love story with a haunting twist, and more...
Consuming 08/04/2025
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Weather Report #22: The grungy civil war comic that made me want to be a journalist, an underappreciated film for the globalization age, and more
Consuming 07/27/2025
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Weather Report #21: A gruesome urban horror manga about class war, the best show to get into Gundam, and more
Consuming 07/20/2025
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Weather Report #20: Visions for the planetary future, a movie about lying to the audience, and more
Consuming 07/13/2025
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Weather Report #19: A war reporting memoir, a conspiracy thriller about political disappearances, the only "Great American Video Game," and more...
Consuming 07/06/2025
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Weather Report #18: A fast-paced sci-fi novel about a future cult, an ultra-violent yakuza film, and more
Consuming 06/29/2025
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Weather Report #17: A new space opera with a great hook, a fictional movie about a real kidnapping, and what I'm reading about the US bombing Iran.
Consuming 06/22/2025
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Weather Report #16: They redacted my pronouns, Jerry.
Consuming 06/15/2025
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Weather Report #15: One year of Heavy Weather
Consuming 06/08/2025