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Weather Report #29: A Beautifully Drawn Alternate History of the Soviet-Afghan War and a Mystery Thriller About the Meaninglessness of Borders
Consuming 09/14/2025
Carlos Berríos Polanco
Award-winning freelance journalist covering the intersection of conflict and climate.
Judge Dismisses Puerto Rico Municipalities Climate RICO Lawsuit Against the Fossil Fuel Industry
A federal judge just dismissed 37 Puerto Rican municipalities' claims against the fossil fuel industry.
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Weather Report #28: A Tension-Filled Elegy about Animal Extinction, a Whimsical 90's Science Fantasy Film, and Some Life Updates
Consuming 09/07/2025
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Weather Report #27: Chinatown-Meets-Hollywood in this Neo-Noir Novel and a Prescient Surveillance Thriller
Consuming 09/01/2025
Essays
Un catálogo de las municiones antidisturbios utilizadas en Puerto Rico
Basándome en investigaciones y en mi experiencia personal, he creado una lista de las municiones antidisturbios utilizadas por la policía y los agentes federales en Puerto Rico contra los manifestantes.
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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
Essays
FOIA Headaches
The kids are saying that filling a records request with a government agency is the new "getting yourself a sweet treat."
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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
Essays
A Catalog of the Riot Munitions Used in Puerto Rico
Based off research and personal experience, I've created a list of the riot munitions used by cops and federal agents in Puerto Rico against protesters.
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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