My head is still spinning here. The next frontier for rightwing bloggers is the Darien Gap? When misinformation and fieldwork collide. Fantastic work by Ken Bensinger and Federico Rios. nytimes.com/2024/03/20/us/…

The best line I've read this week: "The winemaker’s eyebrows were so frequently engaged in a skeptical arch that on the rare occasions when he relaxed them, an indelible wrinkle remained in commemoration of skepticism." A great Italian tale by Molly Young nytimes.com/2024/03/19/mag…

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Love this Longform podcast with Rozina Ali telling her stories from Coalinga to villages in Afghanistan. longform.org/posts/longform…

I love the Caribbean crazy cave system, so it was a special treat to read this about Mona Island by Carina del Valle Schorske in the NYT Magazine. nytimes.com/2024/03/20/mag…

So happy to see my friend Rachel Nolan’s book in Foreign Affairs!

On today’s The Washington Post front page, my piece on Bougainville, an autonomous region of PNG that is looking to 🇺🇸 for help in reopening a $100 B copper mine to fund its independence — but also prepping to turn to 🇨🇳 if needed with 🤯 photos by Torbjörn Wester and 🫤 photos by me

You must read Francesca Mari is on Bluesky’s new story about her father’s memory, a moving piece of memoir, travel writing and reflection on being human. nytimes.com/2024/06/30/mag…