Weather Report #50: The afterlife of Fordlandia, Christopher Nolan's best film, the postliterate world, Miami Cubans debating the future of their country, and more...

Hello, dear reader! Welcome to your 50th (!!!) Weather Report, a (sometimes) weekly column where I recommend a plethora of media – like good journalism, books, movies, and music – for readers to consume.

Here's what you're getting this week:

1. A funny TikTok about the best food Puerto Rico has to offer the world
2. Check out the second episode of a podcast I worked on, as well as its accompanying videos
3. Essays, articles, and columns about: the afterlife of Fordlandia in Brazil, tech workers fighting against the military-industrial complex, Miami Cubans debating the future of the Caribbean island, Christopher Nolan's best movie, and the postliterate world
4. A classic 90's dystopian science fiction novel about starting a new religion
5. A hallucinogenic, acid punk 80's cult film with a banger soundtrack
6. A video essay about how the digital world contrasts to the real world

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In lieu of starting off with sharing some of my recent work, please look at this TikTok about the best culinary contribution that Puerto Rico has given the world. I've watched it several times while writing this newsletter, and it gets better every single time.

What I Did This Week:

Episode 2 of American Colony, which I fact-checked, dropped on Wednesday. You can check it out here.

And here's the accompanying videos that I worked on for it:

That's it for this week's free stuff. If you want to see the media recommendations and the link roundup, you can become a paid subscriber today.