Raffish psychopaths, grifters, damaged nerds, aristocratic has-beens and overgrown underachievers who carom from ennui to meltdown... Young Brazilians can't get enough of horror fiction writer Raphael Montes.

Yes, everybody hates Maduro — but Trump should not turn drugs into Venezuela's WMD On the money, como siempre, from @TimPadgett2

As lideranças e a massa (falida) cinzenta: Como os governantes protagonizam a perda cognitiva política global. No texto perfeito da @luciaguimaraes .

It's a cult. 😳👇

People don’t realize just how much of the economy is dependent on illegal immigration. Like it or not, you would cause an absolute catastrophe deporting all illegal immigrants.

❌ CLAIM 2: "We've gone from 11 vaccines in 1986 to 69-92 vaccines today" ✅ REALITY: About 48-51 shots today (including annual flu). The "92" comes from creative accounting. The 1986 schedule: DTP x5 OPV (oral polio) x4 MMR x1 = 10 injections + 4 oral doses Today's routine

A white South African woman speaks on the group of South African refugees that have just entered the USA. Take a listen 👂🏽

Brazil's leading people exporter bids prodigal migrants to "begin a new story" (just not in the USA). @andrewrosati tells the tale

HOLY SHIT! Did you see the end of @60Minutes tonight? https://t.co/9ylHAVlfaE

Trump, the musical

As the world remembers, mourns & rues Pope Francis, worth recalling in these stupidly polarized times how his beliefs were shaped by constant dialogue on all sides of the pews. Ex: his rolling exchange w/ an Argentine rabbi. My post-conclave take:

wow

Wow. CNN’s Fareed Zakaria just broke down how Trump’s tariffs will unleash unprecedented levels of corruption and do extreme damage to the American economy. You have to watch this.

American war planning usually takes place in highly secure facilities. But the Trump administration planned its strikes on the Houthis using a group chat—and accidentally included The Atlantic’s editor in chief, @JeffreyGoldberg. https://t.co/vLTDk2wRet

Dumb and dumber.

https://t.co/OExw3XSsRX

It took me 30 seconds to find at least ten postings from Zelensky directly thanking the United States for their support. There are many more. This is pure BS.

My take on the Brazil's "I'm Still Here." This piece is not, caveat lector, on contemporary politics nor the military's long shadow on democracy. Kudos to fellow Brazil watchers @ckahn, @anaionova @jacknicas @economist for that. But here's the backstory.

The layoff notice to a CDC employee whose latest performance review was 4.75 out of 5. “Unfortunately, the Agency finds that you are not fit for continued employment because your ability, knowledge and skills do not fit the Agency’s current needs ..."

For decades, archaeologists have believed that human occupation of the Amazon was far older, vaster and more urbanized than the textbooks suggested. But now evidence backs that up. @pulitzercenter #RainforestReporter @macmargolis for @guardian 👇