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Geraldo Cadava

@geraldo-cadava.bsky.social
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Professor at Northwestern University. Contributing Writer at The Atlantic. Editor at Public Books. Host of Writing Latinos. University of Arizona basketball fan.

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Geraldo Cadava @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Thanks @kevinmkruse.bsky.social! My heartrate is elevated for sure.
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Geraldo Cadava @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Happy Fourth all! I've long been curious about Bernardo de Gálvez and the independence day celebration in Macharaviaya, Málaga, held in his honor. I'm glad to have finally had the chance to write about it. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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The Hispanic Founder
Bernardo de Gálvez helped win the Revolution. Can he win over 21st-century America?
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Geraldo Cadava @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
I visited Tohono O'odham Nation Chairman Verlon Jose to talk about Trump's planned border wall across the reservation. Now the Tohono O'odham have filed a lawsuit against DHS to stop its construction. Native American sovereignty is at stake. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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The Wall the Tohono O’odham Don’t Want
Trump threatens native sovereignty in Arizona.
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Public Books @publicbooks.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
In the latest episode of Writing Latinos, @aditaferrer.bsky.social and @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social discuss craft, history, and the writing of “Keeper of My Kin” (@scribnerbooks.bsky.social).
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Ada Ferrer on “Keeper of My Kin: Memoir of an Immigrant Daughter” - Public Books
“People are buffeted byhistory sometimes in ways that they don't realize. Ourfamily was buffeted by these forces that were much greater than us.”
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Geraldo Cadava @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
@aditaferrer.bsky.social is one of my fave historians, and we were lucky to talk with her for Writing Latinos about her new book, "Keeper of My Kin: Memoir of an Immigrant Daughter." Have a listen!!!
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Public Books @publicbooks.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
“That is actually why we started building border fences for people.” In conversation with @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social, @mmendoza.bsky.social on how border fences originated to keep Mexican migrant women—“and their reproductive capacity”—out of the United States:
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Mary E. Mendoza on “Deadly Divide: How Insects, Pathogens, and People Defied the US-Mexico Border” - Public Books
“Environmental history at its best really thinks about the ways in which various environments mediate and change dynamic, diverse human relationships.”
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Public Books @publicbooks.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
“What happens is the cattle become racialized through this language of Mexican cattle are tick-infested, American cattle are good.” New at PB: For Writing Latinos, @mmendoza.bsky.social talks with @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social.
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Mary E. Mendoza on “Deadly Divide: How Insects, Pathogens, and People Defied the US-Mexico Border” - Public Books
“Environmental history at its best really thinks about the ways in which various environments mediate and change dynamic, diverse human relationships.”
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Geraldo Cadava @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Check out our conversation with Mary Mendoza about her new book, Deadly Divide, just out from @uncpress.bsky.social! About blurring human-animal divides, and the application to immigrants language about cattle, lice, etc.
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Geraldo Cadava @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Thank you @NPRCodeSwitch for taking an interest in this issue--why Latinos join ICE--and of course for having me on to talk about it. www.npr.org/podcasts/510...
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Code Switch
What's CODE SWITCH? It's the fearless conversations about race that you've been waiting for. Hosted by journalists of color, our podcast tackles the subject of race with empathy and humor. We explore ...
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Geraldo Cadava @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Ada Ferrer's new book, "Keeper of My Kin," is a beautiful memoir about how history both broke and made her family. And her experience is hardly singular. It's happening to thousands if not millions of families right now. I promise you'll want to read it. www.theatlantic.com/books/2026/0...
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A History of ‘Utterly Ordinary People’
The historian Ada Ferrer’s new family memoir retells the story of Cuba through the individuals who matter most to her.
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Geraldo Cadava @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
I just re-listened and re-lived the fun all over again! Check it out, Xochitl Gonzalez on her new novel, "Last Night in Brooklyn."
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Geraldo Cadava @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Check out our conversation with Xochitl Gonzalez. She's a hoot! And then go buy "Last Night in Brooklyn." It's a great read!
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Geraldo Cadava @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Just getting ready for the publication of a new episode of Writing Latinos (our conversation with Xochitl Gonzalez, up on Wednesday), and I took a look at the complete catalog. So many wonderful books, so many wonderful writers! I'm proud of the work! www.publicbooks.org/category/pod...
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Writing Latinos Archives - Public Books
Writing Latinos is a podcast featuring interviews with Latino authors of all sorts—scholars, novelists, memoirists, journalists—discussing their books, and how their writing contributes to the ever-ch...
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Geraldo Cadava @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
More than anything, I'm glad that we at @publicbooks.bsky.social seem to have had a winning idea a decade before @nytimes.com and T Magazine did. www.publicbooks.org/style-guide/
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Style Guide: An Open Letter to the Editor of T Magazine - Public Books
We here at Public Books are not averse to receiving homage; far from it. In fact we are proud of “B-Sides” and feel it deserves its readership. Let a thousand literary reevaluations bloom, we say!
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Geraldo Cadava @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
I loved Jaquira Díaz's new novel, This Is the Only Kingdom! And I loved talking with her about it on Writing Latinos--for @publicbooks.bsky.social. www.publicbooks.org/jaquira-diaz...
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Jaquira Díaz on “This Is the Only Kingdom” - Public Books
Our guest this week on Writing Latinos is Jaquira Díaz, discussing her new novel This Is the Only Kingdom, published by Algonquin Books. This Is
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Geraldo Cadava @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Why do Latinos join ICE? Of course, I expect some amount of blowback here for even entertaining such a line of thinking. But I want to say two things ... www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Why Latinos Join ICE
One reason: They’re aiming to protect, not betray, their communities.
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Geraldo Cadava @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Woof! Already looking forward to next November.
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Geraldo Cadava @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Bear Down Arizona!! Bless the Arizona Wildcats, and bless Tommy Lloyd--a Wildcat to the bone. This is the day we've been waiting for for 25 years!
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Geraldo Cadava @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
New from Writing Latinos!!! Alvaro Enrigue's book, Now I Surrender, is so good! It's about Geronimo and the Apache Wars and road trips through the southwestern borderlands. It was a delight to talk with him about all of it. Thank you for listening and subscribing to Writing Latinos!
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Geraldo Cadava @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
My small contribution to the Cesar Chavez-UFW tragedy, focused mainly on his legacy and what to teach current and future students about him in my Latino history classes. For @theatlantic.com. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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The Dethroning of Cesar Chavez
One of the most revered figures in American history can no longer be called heroic. But the movement he led can be.
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Doug Kiel @dougkiel.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
The first review of my book is in from @chicagoreader.com! Publication day for Unsettling Territory is less than a week away!! chicagoreader.com/books/book-r...
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How the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin got their land back - Chicago Reader
Unsettling Territory by Douglas Kiel chronicles the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin’s resilience during the 20th and 21st centuries.
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Geraldo Cadava @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
More H2A visas that include a path to legalization? Good! Paying farmworkers even less? Bad!https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/15/us/politics/farm-labor-trump-migrant-workers-h2a.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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To Address Farm Labor Shortage, Trump Administration Turns to Migrant Workers
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Public Books @publicbooks.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
New at PB: In the season 4 premiere of our podcast Writing Latinos, @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social talks with author and NY Times reporter Jazmine Ulloa (@jazmineulloa.bsky.social) about her new book "El Paso" (Dutton).
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Jazmine Ulloa on “El Paso: Five Families and One Hundred Years of Blood, Migration, Race, and Memory” - Public Books
“We tend to see El Paso as this very narrow space that divides Mexico and the United States, but it's this much richer region where ideas and goods and people are constantly flowing back and forth.”
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Geraldo Cadava @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
As promised! Season 4, Episode 1, of Writing Latinos from @publicbooks.bsky.social! I'm thrilled to kick things off with @jazmineulloa.bsky.social discussing her new book: El Paso: Five Families and One Hundred Years of Blood, Migration, Race, and Memory. www.publicbooks.org/jazmine-ullo...
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Jazmine Ulloa on “El Paso: Five Families and One Hundred Years of Blood, Migration, Race, and Memory” - Public Books
We’re back for season 4 of Writing Latinos! Our first guest is Jazmine Ulloa, a national political reporter for The New York Times who just
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Geraldo Cadava @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
I can't believe it, but we're doing another season--Season 4--of Writing Latinos, from @publicbooks.bsky.social. First episode will be up tomorrow! Be sure to tune in!
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Geraldo Cadava @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
"Talarico carried suburbs with affluent white liberals and areas with large numbers of Hispanic voters – including San Antonio and the Rio Grande Valley along the US-Mexico border." www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Key takeaways from Texas primaries, as Talarico beats Crockett in Democratic race
Contests in the southern state are signalling which way the Republicans and Democrats are heading.
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 26/02/2026
Indigenous slavery, which lasted for centuries, has gone by many names. A new public history project wants us to see it for what it was. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/6enUA-
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The Hidden History of Native American Enslavement
Indigenous slavery, which lasted for centuries, has gone by many names. A new public history project wants us to see it for what it was.
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Geraldo Cadava @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
My essay for @newyorker.com on @natboundunbound.bsky.social and Indigenous slavery generally is in some ways a deep dive, but in other ways it barely scratches the surface. The field has a rich past, and also lots of new work. If you want to learn more, see: www.newyorker.com/books/page-t...
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The Hidden History of Native American Enslavement
Indigenous slavery, which lasted for centuries, has gone by many names. A new public history project wants us to see it for what it was.
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Geraldo Cadava @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
It was a real privilege to do a deep dive into the history of Indigenous slavery, through a new digital archive called @natboundunbound.bsky.social. It felt like a really important topic to me, and a really important project. Thank you for reading and sharing!
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Geraldo Cadava @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Get ready for new book from @kathleenbelew.bsky.social! Coming soon!
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Geraldo Cadava @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Ricardo meant so much to so many. Read this piece from @publicbooks.bsky.social, by Maia Gil'Adi, about her work and Ricardo's influence. www.publicbooks.org/xoxo-ricardo...
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XOXO, Ricardo Ortiz (1961–2025) - Public Books
“To hear him speak was to feel how literature can still shape a life; how beauty, thought, and feeling can move us forward together.”
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Geraldo Cadava @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
I’m choosing to see bad Bunny’s performance as an America 250 reset.
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Geraldo Cadava @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
América, come on in, the water’s fine!! This America doesn’t exclude other Americas. For me, this performance marks the beginning of the national birthday party I want to attend. youtu.be/G6FuWd4wNd8?...
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Bad Bunny's Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show
YouTube video by NFL
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Geraldo Cadava @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
What a celebration of latinidad and Latin America!
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Geraldo Cadava @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Hey all, check out the new look at @publicbooks.bsky.social!! It's awesome, I think. www.publicbooks.org
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Homepage - Public Books
Think in public.
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Geraldo Cadava @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Not too surprising considering half of border patrol is Latino. But why are agents from South Texas being sent to Minnesota to do crowd control? Seems like a recipe for disaster. www.propublica.org/article/alex...
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Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
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Geraldo Cadava @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
An especially beautiful and cold approach to Chicago today!
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Kathleen Belew @kathleenbelew.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
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'Abolish ICE' Submitted 9,200 Times For Chicago Snowplow Naming Contest, Records Show
Anti-ICE sentiments made up nearly 80 percent of submissions. Voting for the top six names opens Sunday and runs through Feb. 14.
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Geraldo Cadava @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
I appreciate meditations on Minneapolis showing us effective resistance through grassroots community and civic engagement. I would just add that we've been seeing it since last summer--in Los Angeles, Chicago, Minneapolis. It's bigger than any one place, and that's a good thing.
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Geraldo Cadava @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Kanye West’s rehabilitation will revolutionize the world of kids’ baseball walkup music.
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Geraldo Cadava @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
I.e., a Latina reckons with the fact that, no matter how many values or policy positions she feels she shares with the Trump admin, she isn’t included in Stephen Miller’s understanding of a white nationalist America, and who makes up “western civilization.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...
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‘Latinas for Trump’ Co-Founder Warns Immigration Will Cost G.O.P. the Midterms
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Geraldo Cadava @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
“How is one supposed to build a profile within the MAGA universe if one cannot post?” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...
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Why Did the Trump Administration Silence Bovino on Social Media?
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Geraldo Cadava @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Horrific x.com/justdawn_/st...
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Geraldo Cadava @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Administration floats # of 100 million "remigrations." That's about 29 percent of the U.S. population. Nonwhite people make up about 40 percent of the U.S. population. So, I wonder where most of those 100 million would come from, if they had their way? 🧐 www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
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The Trump Administration Is Publishing a Stream of Nazi Propaganda
Government social-media managers have transformed official feeds
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Geraldo Cadava @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
such a good piece: "There is no humanity for the civilians and no humility for the officers." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/o...
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Opinion | I’ve Covered Police Abuse for 20 Years. What ICE Is Doing Is Different.
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Geraldo Cadava @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Here's a good one, by Michael Bustamante, for @publicbooks.bsky.social. He's sharp ... www.publicbooks.org/will-cuban-a...
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Will Cuban Americans Choose Trumpism, or Solidarity? - Public Books
Voting overwhelmingly for Trump, Cuban Americans are now mostly silent as the new administration cracks down on all migrants, including Cubans.
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Geraldo Cadava @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Whole video worth watching, but I think you’ll understand why the last thing he says appeals to me the most—“read history, we learn from history.” (He’s encouraging people to read about Germany in 1930s) x.com/fox9/status/...
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FOX 9 on X: "Jesse Ventura shared his thoughts about the ICE shooting in Minneapolis and a confrontation between ICE officers and staff at Roosevelt High School on Wednesday. https://t.co/QWML36MY3H" / X
Jesse Ventura shared his thoughts about the ICE shooting in Minneapolis and a confrontation between ICE officers and staff at Roosevelt High School on Wednesday. https://t.co/QWML36MY3H
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Geraldo Cadava @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
He has been talking about expanding the national territory for at least a year. Shouldn't be a surprise to anyone that he would try to grab whatever he can. www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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Trump says his Greenland fixation is about national security. Europeans are skeptical.
Denmark’s prime minister urged the U.S. to increase its military presence in Greenland but the White House showed little interest in the offer.
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Geraldo Cadava @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Winning a war is easy, governing is harder. This Is What Venezuelans Really Want www.nytimes.com/2026/01/04/o...
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Opinion | This Is What Venezuelans Really Want
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Geraldo Cadava @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Hey, look, writing can be fun to read, too! This is a fun piece from my friend Jake Lundberg, about the joys of Costco in a mad world. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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The Cult of Costco
Its consistency is its superpower.
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