Chroniclers talk about its seasonless strangeness the public meltdowns of its oddest residents how retired CIA operatives, Mafia informants, and Jair Bolsonaro can be reborn there. Florida’s place in the national mythology is as America’s pulsing id, a vision of life without the necessary restriction of shame. Internet memes sometimes refer to Florida as “the America of America,” but to a Brit like me, it’s more like the Australia of America: The wildlife is trying to kill you, the weather is trying to kill you, and the people retain a pioneer spirit, even when their roughest expedition is to the 18th hole. “Florida Man Known as ‘Sedition Panda’ Arrested for Allegedly Storming Capitol,” a recent news story declared, because why merely rebel against the government when you could dress up in a bear suit while doing it? In headlines, all of these exploits were attributed to a single character, one first popularized in 2013 by a Twitter account of the same name: “Florida Man,” also known as “the world’s worst superhero,” a creature of eccentric rule-breaking, rugged defiance, and unhinged minor atrocities. Check out more from this issue and find your next story to read.
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