Weather Report #33: On transparency laws, climate lawsuits, text chains, corporate surveillance, goon caves, and Gaza

Consuming 10/26/2025

FBI Documents Show Law Enforcement Monitoring Puerto Rican Pro-Independence Group

It's the first article of more to come.

Weather Report #32: On public records, Thomas Pynchon, the Sumud Flotilla, and more

Consuming 13/10/2025

Judge Dismisses San Juan Climate RICO. Meanwhile, 37 Municipalities File Appeal to their Case's Dismissal

A federal judge dismissed a climate deception lawsuit brought by the Municipality of San Juan against several fossil fuel companies.

Weather Report #31: On the Fall of the American Empire, Eight Years Since Hurricane María, News Media's Failure to Use the Word 'Genocide', Political Violence and Lists, And Springfield, Ohio

Consuming 10/06/2025

Puerto Rican Nonprofits Grew After Hurricane María. What's Happening Now?

Read my article about how a series of crises have changed Puerto Rico's nonprofit sector!

Weather Report #30: One of the Best Video Game Artbooks Ever Made and the Last Pre-9/11 Spy Movie

Consuming 9/21/2025

FBI Installed Three Antennas Across Puerto Rico to Aid Surveillance Operations

Procurement records and a corporate document point to the Justice Department installing a wireless video collections system in 2024 across the archipelago to support surveillance and security applications.

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

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.

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

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 Catalogue 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

News

Fossil Fuel Companies Must Face Claims by Puerto Rico's Capital City in Climate Lawsuit, Judge Says

A judge recommended that the fossil fuel industry face racketeering and antitrust claims brought by the Municipality of San Juan.

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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

News

Puerto Rico Tax Break Beneficiary 'Evading' IRS Requests for Tax Information, Court Documents Say

The summons issued to an Act 22 resident investor shows the type of information the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) asks for when they're investigating a tax decree holder's tax liability.

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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