Why not take a break from the fire hose of Twitter and RSS and check out our weekly roundup of essential writing from around the web about technology, culture, media, and the future? Jon Mooallem writes about the crazy ants invading Texas, terrifying people with their psychotic swarming and inability to be contained. The New York Times/em : Jon Mooallem – There’s a Reason They Call Them ‘Crazy Ants’ Entomologists report that the crazy ants, like other ants, seem drawn to electronic devices — car stereos, circuit boxes, machinery.