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Carolina A. Miranda

@cmonstah

"Elegante y muy cabrona." I labor at the word factory for Alta, NYRB, The Atlantic, Fresh Air, KCRW, NYT and others. https://c-monster.org https://linktr.ee/Cmonstah

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I'm sure I went to this mall as a kid because my grandfather's home wasn't too far from here, but I had not been able to register all of this architectural awesomeness as an adult. Long live the caracoles!

06.03.2026 18:31 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm aware. I used to live here.

06.03.2026 12:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Sex shop at the Guggenheim, we are readyπŸ‘ πŸ”₯

06.03.2026 03:11 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

they are all over.

06.03.2026 12:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I don't know about that. Chileans are the least seasoned of all Latin Americans lol

06.03.2026 12:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Anyhow, if the Guggenheim doesn't work out, I have ideas.

06.03.2026 01:58 πŸ‘ 33 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
An inverted ziggurat building painted white in Santiago that looks just like the Guggenheim Museum in New York.

An inverted ziggurat building painted white in Santiago that looks just like the Guggenheim Museum in New York.

A view of spiraling interior ramps show an array of small shops selling fashion, cell phone repair and more.

A view of spiraling interior ramps show an array of small shops selling fashion, cell phone repair and more.

A shop window features a mannequin in a pleather bra and garters. Above her, a neon sign in yellow reads "Sex Shop."

A shop window features a mannequin in a pleather bra and garters. Above her, a neon sign in yellow reads "Sex Shop."

I'm in Santiago and I made it to South America's Guggenheim. (It was on the life list.) Really, it's a spiral mall, or caracol, an architectural type typical of Chile that came about in the '70s. In this one, you can get your cell phone fixed, get your nails done and buy dildos.

06.03.2026 01:53 πŸ‘ 367 πŸ” 31 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 8

That works, too.

05.03.2026 21:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The last one was tighter but I still very much enjoyed this one. Even when he's messy he's very personable.

05.03.2026 16:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

With gift link! (I remembered!)

05.03.2026 16:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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A Western That Goes Where Cormac McCarthy Wouldn’t Álvaro Enrigue’s Now I Surrender scraps the simplistic binary of cowboys and Indians in favor of a wild, multifaceted war story.

"Today, the southern U.S. border is depicted by right-wing figures as a hard line between us and them, two groups with irreconcilable interests. In fact, it isβ€”and has always beenβ€”a polyglot meeting point."

I review Álvaro Enrigue's latest for @theatlantic.com:

www.theatlantic.com/books/2026/0...

05.03.2026 16:31 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1

I'm now "I'd like to go back to the hotel and do a face mask" years old.

05.03.2026 00:55 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A structure in a gallery reveals a cube made from stretched canvases. The rear of the canvases are visible, and one is cut to reveal that inside everything is painted black.

A structure in a gallery reveals a cube made from stretched canvases. The rear of the canvases are visible, and one is cut to reveal that inside everything is painted black.

An artist who turned his career into an act of refusal during the Vietnam War β€” Sharon Mizota writes about a two-part retrospective devoted to the singular Wally Hedrick and why his work is so meaningful at this moment.

In Art Insider for @kcrw.com:
email.kcrw.com/wally-hedric...

04.03.2026 21:18 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Why We Misunderstand the Chinese Internet Journalist Yi-Ling Liu’s The Wall Dancers traces how the Internet affected daily life in China, showing how similar this corner of the Web is to the one experienced in the West.

An interesting story about China and the internet.

www.thenation.com/article/cult...

03.03.2026 23:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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CBP Tapped Into the Online Advertising Ecosystem To Track Peoples’ Movements An internal DHS document obtained by 404 Media shows for the first time CBP used location data sourced from the online advertising industry to track phone locations. ICE has bought access to similar t...

So advertising is truly going to be the death of us.
www.404media.co/cbp-tapped-i...

03.03.2026 23:16 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Three US fighter jets mistakenly shot down over Kuwait All six crew members ejected safely in apparent β€˜friendly fire’ as Kuwait launches investigation into incident

Been juggling a million deadlines so I’m just checking in, but I see that WWIII is going swimmingly.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

03.03.2026 06:19 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Pope? Holy Roman Emperor?

03.03.2026 02:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Experts Point To Long, Glorious History Of Successful U.S. Bombing Campaigns

Experts Point To Long, Glorious History Of Successful U.S. Bombing Campaigns

Experts Point To Long, Glorious History Of Successful U.S. Bombing Campaigns https://theonion.com/experts-point-to-long-glorious-history-of-successful-u-1819575498/

02.03.2026 19:00 πŸ‘ 2211 πŸ” 381 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 14

Somebody somewhere will have them on their list! There are so many of these.

02.03.2026 19:20 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

On behalf of the Latino Delegation (Gen-X Division), I support Keanu as King!

02.03.2026 19:14 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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#wasian #asian TikTok video by Jackson | Filmmaker

www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8xaN7QN/

02.03.2026 19:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This is such an unserious video 😩 #wasian #hudsonwilliams #heatedrivalry #oliviarodrigo #keanureeves #laufey #kristinkreuk #devonaoki #markiplier TikTok video by mochi π”ŒΥž. .՞𐦯

TikTok has a whole series going in which people imagine who would be on the Wasian Royal Court www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8x5WpN4/

02.03.2026 19:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ€¦πŸ»β€β™€οΈ

02.03.2026 04:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

these people should all hang

01.03.2026 18:26 πŸ‘ 5871 πŸ” 1300 πŸ’¬ 69 πŸ“Œ 12
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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Hard-Line Cleric Who Made Iran a Regional Power, Is Dead at 86

β€œHe was arrogant, literate, obdurate, revengeful, unable to accept mistakes, unwilling to make concessions and given to conspiracy theories.”

Sounds like Trump except for the literate part.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/w...

01.03.2026 07:54 πŸ‘ 45 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

Kinda like killing a cartel leader. There is always another more violent one to replace him.

01.03.2026 04:09 πŸ‘ 52 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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the bombings will continue until peace improves

01.03.2026 02:00 πŸ‘ 2531 πŸ” 618 πŸ’¬ 215 πŸ“Œ 75
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Elite Doctors Served Jeffrey Epstein While Treating His β€˜Girls’

Vomitous.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/u...

28.02.2026 22:52 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Quick, someone in D.C. google De-Baathification.

28.02.2026 22:08 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Frieze LA Meets the Real World Intentionally or not, this year’s edition brought issues of class, labor, and immigration into the fair tent.

Moving non-profit collective AMBOS's booth out of the main fair with no notice is pretty crappy considering that Frieze was happy to beat their own chest about including the group in their press releases.

hyperallergic.com/frieze-la-me...

28.02.2026 01:09 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0