“Bad Bunny uses Grammy Award win to protest ICE” (CNN, February 2026):
Accepting the award for best música urbana album, Bad Bunny began his speech saying, “Before I say thanks to God, I’m gonna say: ICE out!”
“How Bad Bunny Did It” (The Atlantic, February 2026):
Bad Bunny is articulating the surreal and sad feeling of seeing his homeland transformed by internet-supercharged globalization. The U.S. territory’s economy has long relied on tourism, but in recent years, a wave of laptop-toting mainlanders lured by the balmy climate and notoriously loose tax laws has driven rent increases and threatened to wash out the local identity. Bad Bunny’s new album, Bonilla wrote, is a “lament for a Puerto Rico slipping through our fingers: betrayed by its leaders; its neighborhoods displaced for luxury developments; its land sold to outsiders, subdivided by Airbnb and crypto schemes and repackaged as paradise for others.”
(The gringos at The Atlantic characterize Puerto Rico as having “notoriously loose tax laws”, but “How Puerto Rico Became the Newest Tax Haven for the Super Rich” (GQ 2018) and other sources make it clear that Act 20 and Act 22 are, in fact, tightly specified.)
Separately, if you want to enjoy Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl performance, but don’t understand el idioma de los conquistadores (or the way that Bad Bunny pronounces this language), here’s a recital in the English language:
The “We Accept EBT” sign on the set was a nice touch. It wasn’t inclusive, however, for viewers in Minnesota. Why not an additional “Waxaan aqbalnaa EBT” or “Halkan EBT waa laga aqbalaa” sign? (the majority of Somali-headed households are on SNAP)
In other NFL news, our home town of Jupiter, Florida was indirectly featured recently by Bill Belichick’s young associate:
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Why he dressed like the ice cream man? Bad Bunny? Mo like ICE Cream Man, yo.
Is Spanish the language of the Taino people indigenous of Borikén? Am I missing something?
The mention of Jordon Hudson gives me the excuse to note that Eric Schmidt, 70, has acquired a new friend in 2026, Gloria-Sophie Burkandt, 27.
“Burkandt, the daughter of Bavaria’s State Premier Markus Söder, is a public figure in her native Germany, where she has appeared on programs including the reality-style quiz show “Germany’s Dumbest Celebrity.””
Come to think of it, Tiger Woods’ wife, who started out as an au pair, is also the daughter of a national-level (Swedish) politician.
“In a December 2022 Teen Vogue essay, Burkandt wrote that she was sexually harassed by a supervisor while working as an intern at age 18.”
It appears the superannuated Silicon Valley billionaire has a far smoother manner, suitable for attracting girls. Also, Gloria-Sophie is a decade older.
https://nypost.com/2026/02/11/business/ex-google-ceo-eric-schmidt-spends-2026-with-gloria-sophie-burkandt/