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Álex Maroño Porto
@alexmaronho.bsky.social
associate editor at the atlantic | socio-cultural writer
gracias por compartirlo!
April 27, 2025 at 4:55 PM
qué alegría escuchar esto viniendo de ti! 🖤
April 26, 2025 at 2:40 PM
amiga 🖤🖤 cómo te quiero
April 26, 2025 at 2:39 PM
de hecho, la gente de california votó en contra de abolir el trabajo penitenciario forzado en un referéndum de noviembre

apnews.com/article/cali...
California voters reject measure that would have banned forced prison labor
California has rejected a ballot measure that would have amended the state constitution to ban forced prison labor.
apnews.com
January 9, 2025 at 3:01 PM
hope you liked this non-exhaustive thread! cheers to another year of great reportiiiiiing ✨
January 2, 2025 at 12:42 PM
25. and for the last one, i wanted to recommend something in spanish, like this great reported piece by margaryta yakovenko for @elpais.com about 14 spanish nuns.
elpais.com/eps/2024-03-...
Castas, pobres y obedientes: así es la vida en un convento español de clausura
Detrás de las rejas y de los gruesos muros del monasterio de las clarisas de Carmona, en Sevilla, viven 14 monjas. Trece de ellas son de Kenia y una, española. Su día a día consiste en férreas rutinas...
elpais.com
January 2, 2025 at 12:41 PM
23. “I could just feel the tubes all over in my throat, just like they were really still in there,” said Ms. Cooper, now 81. “I’d rather be dead than live like this.”kate raphael for @nytimes.com es
www.nytimes.com/2024/08/26/w...
Doctors Saved Her Life. She Didn’t Want Them To.
When her “do not resuscitate” order was ignored, Marie Cooper found herself in a painful situation she had hoped to avoid.
www.nytimes.com
January 2, 2025 at 12:38 PM
22. one of these pieces that analyze one the small yet noticeable differences between american and spanish culture (we def cover our windows here.) by my friend michael waters for @theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/family/archi...
Why Rich People Don’t Cover Their Windows
An unexpected status symbol has become a fixture of high-end homes.
www.theatlantic.com
January 2, 2025 at 12:37 PM
21. more on native and second languages, by madeleine schwartz for @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2024/05/14/m...
Can You Lose Your Native Tongue?
After moving abroad, I found my English slowly eroding. It turns out our first languages aren’t as embedded as we think.
www.nytimes.com
January 2, 2025 at 12:35 PM
20. of course i was going to fall in love with this piece on expats and their struggles, by carey baraka in @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/world/articl...
Nairobi to New York and back: the loneliness of the internationally educated elite
The long read: Every year, hundreds of Kenyans head off to study at elite universities in the US and UK. On graduating, many find themselves in a strange position: unable to fit in abroad, but no long...
www.theguardian.com
January 2, 2025 at 12:33 PM