Sebastian Boyd

@nonyabznss @JakeNomada I've been living in Santiago for more than a decade and I have no idea what you're talking about. Cheap fruit and the growing homelessness problem are both real. No idea where the other stuff comes from though.

@JakeNomada Santiago is beautiful but the food is nasty as hell. People piss and shit all over the city in public. There is a growing homeless population that Santiago needs to address. It you can withstand terrible food then you're good. The people are nice, the fruit is dirt cheap,

🇨🇱 SANTIAGO, CHILE 🇨🇱 Might be the most underrated option out there Here's why: → Population: 7M+ metro — big enough for everything you need, small enough to navigate → Best infrastructure in LatAm — things actually work here → World-class private schools → Healthcare that is legitimately good → Real seasons — summer, fall, winter, spring → 1 hour from beaches, 1 hour from skiing → Cost of living: $4-8K/month for excellent quality of life → Safety levels on par with US suburbs → Tax benefits for new residents (3-6 years foreign income exemption) → Modern, functional, boring (in the best way possible) → Direct flights to USA under $600 → Strong expat community for families The downsides? Earthquakes happen, smog can be bad in winter, and it lacks the "sexy" factor of other LatAm cities But when you have kids in tow... You stop caring about sexy You start caring about hospitals, schools, and whether the power stays on Santiago delivers on all of that Most people skip Chile entirely because it's "too expensive" or "too boring" But those same people are the ones complaining about dysfunction everywhere else If you want first-world living with LatAm tax benefits and your kids to grow up safe... Chile might be the move Have you spent time in Santiago with a family? What am I missing?

I wrote about plastic prices in yesterday's Odd Lots newsletter ahead of today's episode (which you should definitely listen to) Packaging really is an underappreciated driver of inflation, and plastics prices are already spiking You can't buy a bag of carrots without petroleum

Gabriel Boric te quiere quitar el derecho a usar tu auto. Va a subir el precio de la bencina sin ninguna ayuda.

@71Tonka @RobDotHutton Thank you! I came here to say pretty much the same. 'Kind Hearts & Coronets' is one of the best comedies ever made.

@RobDotHutton Why would you even want to remake it? Its a perfect film, just leave it alone.

What exactly is a "loose, loose reimagining"? I watched the remake of Kind Hearts And Coronets. You don't have to. thecritic.co.uk/unappealing-co…

@popmusicm @PInsider_ Chi-Chi-Chi! Le-Le-Le! Viva Chile!

@PInsider_ What are they saying?

🚨 | INSANE CROWD at Sabrina carpenter show in lollapalooza chile!

@ObtainerOf Traditionally made from alerce wood, which is very hard-wearing. Nowadays they have to use only fallen trees because it's a protected species.

Still obsessed with Chilean shingles

@19chicharron @NoBiscotti If there are 38 parties, it's definitely impossible for all of them to get more than 5%.

@NoBiscotti The same thing is going to happen here in Peru, as 38 parties are running for president and congress ☠️☠️, pretty imposible for everyone to pass the 5% treshold

Crazy how in chile they just delete your party if it sucks at elections

@pot_headass @typingduck @ReelTalker Also, it wasn't him who said that in the article. The quote is from an entirely different person in an entirely different film. So there's that, too.

@typingduck @ReelTalker yeah hes a DHS interrogator, thats hos bread and butter

‘I wasn’t acting: that was me’: how non-actors took over Oscar season theguardian.com/film/2026/feb/…

@PHDCoins @grok @RealSteveJoe @Searcy306 @Acyn That's crazy. Why would Canada be worried about ice?

@grok @RealSteveJoe @Searcy306 @Acyn FAA waived requirement for de-icing tests in order to certify Gulfstream jets starting in 2024. Transport Canada still requires these tests.

Trump: Based on the fact that Canada has wrongfully, illegally, and steadfastly refused to certify the Gulfstream 500, 600, 700, and 800 Jets… we are hereby decertifying their Bombardier Global Expresses, and all Aircraft made in Canada… If, for any reason, this situation is not immediately corrected, I am going to charge Canada a 50% Tariff on any and all Aircraft sold into the United States of America. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

@Greased_Mitts @Darkdarling00 Idaho?

@Darkdarling00 Iowa

“What is the only U.S. state that starts and ends with a different vowel?”

@AKurmanaev "Ms. Rodríguez, 56, arrives at the job of Venezuela’s interim leader with credentials of an economic troubleshooter who orchestrated the country’s shift from corrupt socialism to similarly corrupt laissez-faire capitalism." Nice sentence.

*Maduro's constant dancing became the last straw for Trump, he pressed the button *White House settled on Delcy as an acceptable candidate. Her ability to edge up oil output under sanctions impressed some Trump officials *Machado was never a frontrunner nytimes.com/2026/01/04/wor…

@AndeanNajdi @JacobAShell It was the most fertile land and, although it's hard to tell from this photo, the city was built next to a defensible knoll in the centre of this fertile valley, right next to fresh water -- and on top of a pre-existing Inca settlement.

One thing I've wondered about both Tehran and Caracas is they're both set within beautiful coastal mountain ranges, but are on the interior side of the mountains, not the coastal side. Both seem to "avoid" logical coastal locations nearby. Why is this?

@JimBeaky @RealPostFolder I live in a developing country and it takes me about 1 minute to file my taxes online. About 45 seconds of that is me trying to remember my password.

@RealPostFolder One of my favourites is that return free filling for tax would be incredibly easy for the government to do - the IRS already has your income tax data - but they don't simply because too many businesses make bank squeezing money from the current complicated and expensive system.

@LvivJournal Pretty sure this is the cast of the Estonian version of The Office.

"Seven German journalism students tracked Russian-crewed freighters lurking off the Dutch and German coast—and connected them to drone swarms over military bases." digitaldigging.org/p/they-droned-…

@DalrympleWill Naipaul was such a terrible human being, I struggle to take seriously his opinions on anything. He's not the first great writer to be a total shit, but his moral judgements are surely worthless.

Coming from the Caribbean, Naipaul was hugely aware of the damage done by colonialism and the brutality of the process that had led to the extinction of the Caribs and the conversion of the whole archipelago into a vast slave labour camp; but was also grateful for what he called the “universal civilisation” and the English language brought to the islands of the Caribbean by the British, and saw it as the force which had created everything he loved and aspired to. linktr.ee/empirepoduk

New from @EmpirePodUK To conclude our Writers on Empire series we do a deep dive into the life of VS Naipaul: AN AREA OF DARKNESS THE MAKING OF VS NAIPAUL With Pulitzer Prize winner Ben Moser

@drdavidbull Can you be more specific about what you would do differently? What cuts would you make?

Rachel Reeves is serving up fiction. Talking up business whilst crippling it. No plan for growth, no plan to cut waste. Just higher taxes and the same failed thinking. Reform would do it differently.

@pirata_asteca @AssLatam It's totally true. He is quite open about his OCD.

@AssLatam This cannot be true 🤣🤣🤣🤣

President Gabriel Boric of Chile has an OCD that makes him have the compulsion of not turning to the right.

Argentina’s sovereign bonds rose more than 1 cent across the curve Monday, leading gains in emerging markets, after our reporting that Caputo told investors in New York they plan to buy back sovereign debt. From @TheTerminal

La candidata comunista Jeannette Jara apuesta por el centro en su carrera presidencial en Chile: bit.ly/490xpos