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Mario Rustan @mariorustan.bsky.social · 9m

The dang thing about X minimizing link is all the caption jokes are gone. The news is about how Pakistan and Taliban are both claiming they have killed hundreds of each other.

X screenshot of Sunday Sport parody account commenting on a BBC news on a deadly conflict between Taliban and Pakistan.

Mario Rustan @mariorustan.bsky.social · 16m

A following on Substack says Meta hates it as well so promotions on FB & Instagram are throttled.

Ads rejected or held on review. Link previews downgraded to 'Substack', no title and image. Ads underperforming.

Keep thinking about how Threads has become the 'better Twitter' for Indonesians.

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Mario Rustan @mariorustan.bsky.social · 2h

Disney has Father of the Bride, Prime has The First Wives Club and Annie Hall.

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Mario Rustan @mariorustan.bsky.social · 2h

Since this event in Feb 23 I thought there should be a reality show titled Weekends with Lidia. She always does something bonkers at weekends.
www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02...

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Merisi Vienna @merisi-vienna.bsky.social · 7h

AUTUMN IN VIENNA
Lazarists' Vincentian Church
Neubau, 7th District
Image © Merisi Vienna
#EastCoastKin #Photography
#StreetPhotography

Neo-Gothic church building framed by trees in fall foliage:
"Friedrich Baron von Schmidt (1825 to 1891) designed this Neo-Gothic building which was constructed between 1860 and 1862. The Lazaristenkirche was the first church designed by von Schmidt in Austria and he went on to design the City Hall in Vienna later."
https://markstravelnotes.com/europe/austria/vienna/places_of_interest/lazaristenkirche_vincentian_church/

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Mario Rustan @mariorustan.bsky.social · 11h

I'll be blunt and say that American comedy was funny because it was written by Jews and people growing up with Jewish comedy.

Now it's written and edited by people who actively hate Jewish comedy. Why do they go that way, I wish to know.

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Phoebe Maltz Bovy @phoebebovy.bsky.social · 14h

Shamelessly trying to drum up interest in my soon-to-be-forthcoming book by offering, in this post, a gift link to a NYT article about a new men's underwear line. phoebemaltzbovy.substack.com/p/its-embarr...

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Mario Rustan @mariorustan.bsky.social · 23h

Just saw 'antiracist' Americans here yelling at a Palestinian American woman for supporting ceasefire.

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Mario Rustan @mariorustan.bsky.social · 23h

It's in moments like this I'm thinking what my life would have been had I picked Monash instead of La Trobe: First year in Caulfield, 2nd year in Clayton. The only time I took the train to Glenhuntly was to print my thesis at Monash Clayton.

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Mario Rustan @mariorustan.bsky.social · 1d

In which Kat sees Taylor follows the path of Billy Joel.
bsky.app/profile/thef...

The Free Press @thefp.com · 4d

The secret of her stratospheric success is in her ability to make music out of misery. Now that she’s happy, she’s made a superficial album, writes Kat Rosenfield.

What Is Taylor Swift Without a Breakup?

The secret of her stratospheric success is in her ability to make music out of misery. Now that she’s happy, she’s made a superficial album, writes Kat Rosenfield.

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Phoebe Maltz Bovy @phoebebovy.bsky.social · 1d

phoebemaltzbovy.substack.com/p/dr-husband...

Dr. Husband and Mrs. Bucket

-It’s 2025, and the NYT has discovered biological clocks.

phoebemaltzbovy.substack.com

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Mario Rustan @mariorustan.bsky.social · 1d

"My colleague Kat Rosenfield feels otherwise. Don’t miss her take on the new album, which she sees as evidence of what happens when the ultimate sad girl’s well of tears finally dries up. (Spoiler alert: The songs suffer.)"

The Free Press @thefp.com · 1d

This week in culture: Suzy Weiss covers Julia Roberts's new movie, whether Melania Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize, and fiber becoming the new protein.

Second Thought: Julia Roberts’s #MeToo Movie Is Not Good

This week in culture: Suzy Weiss covers Julia Roberts's new movie, whether Melania Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize, and fiber becoming the new protein.

bit.ly

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Mario Rustan @mariorustan.bsky.social · 2d

With the Z word thrown around lately, I classify four groups of anti-Zionists: Muslims and Arabs, left-wing, right-wing, and liberals.

Each of them has their own utopia.
open.substack.com/pub/provmand...

Who Are the Antizionists?

On the current fantastic plastic people of the universe

open.substack.com

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Becky Aizen @beckyaizen.bsky.social · 1d

Fringe FILIA event in Brighton at 5:30pm today. Wish I could be there!

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 1d

An observation test for you - for your inner 8 year-old

“The artist has hidden 12 things in this picture. How many can you find?”

Treasure magazine, 1964
Official answers coming soon

(Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one? 🙏)

Black-and-white picture of two children playing in woodland. Also in the picture, there are 12 hidden animals including an owl, a bat and a squirrel.

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Mario Rustan @mariorustan.bsky.social · 1d

TIL the Christian hymn Give Thanks with a Grateful Heart is just one year older than soundalike Village People's Go West.

My life in Australia, where that tune meant Grateful Heart for Chinese Indonesians and Go West for Gen X Aussies.
robmack.blogspot.com/2009/12/give...

Give Thanks and Go West

Henry Smith wrote ‘Give thanks with a Grateful Heart’ and published it in 1978, although it didn’t become a staple in Christian worship unti...

robmack.blogspot.com

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Mario Rustan @mariorustan.bsky.social · 1d

Meghan Daum discussed what she called this BDS yesterday. I shared the takeaway from FemChaos, that she's Jewish (too many Mossad jokes in OP's replies) and that she represents Seinfeld Americana that some hate.

I also propose a 3rd point: She's seen as a traitor & saboteur to the Resistance.

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Nina Welsch @ninawelsch.bsky.social · 1d

I'm thrilled to have an essay in Fairer Disputations, a sex-realist feminist journal.
In it, I explore how society went from not taking adolescent girls seriously at all to taking their political "wisdom" way, way too seriously, and why both extremes stem from the same sexism.
t.co/TJqvV8cCWz

https://fairerdisputations.org/punchlines-to-prophets/

t.co

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Mario Rustan @mariorustan.bsky.social · 2d

Indonesian TV took Filmation's Ghostbusters, which began as a 1975 CBS show (Aykroyd began his idea in 1981 from personal interest in paranormal). Knew the Real GB from Malaysian TV.

Slimer got more popular so in 1988 it was retitled Slimer! & the Real GB. I loved the Slimer! part better.

Cover of Filmation's Ghostbusters, featuring a gorilla and a flying car.

Promo picture of Slimer! and the Real Ghostbusters, focusing on Slimer and showing the personalities of the Ghostbusters.

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Mario Rustan @mariorustan.bsky.social · 2d

Finally figuring out how to recover the Following timeline on Substack Android app: tap on the top left logo and choose Following. That's better.

Mario Rustan @mariorustan.bsky.social · 2d

With the Z word thrown around lately, I classify four groups of anti-Zionists: Muslims and Arabs, left-wing, right-wing, and liberals.

Each of them has their own utopia.
open.substack.com/pub/provmand...

Who Are the Antizionists?

On the current fantastic plastic people of the universe

open.substack.com

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Phoebe Maltz Bovy @phoebebovy.bsky.social · 2d

It used to be chic to be faux-poor as a student. Has this changed, and is that why people are mad at hyperstylized pink dorm rooms? phoebemaltzbovy.substack.com/p/the-end-of...

The end of the faux-poor college student?

Tuition: $70k, dorm decor: 'look what I scavenged!'

phoebemaltzbovy.substack.com

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Mario Rustan @mariorustan.bsky.social · 2d

In early 2023 it was the center left party that rejected Israeli entry, to the disappointment of the liberal public.

2 years on, the liberal public is the biggest haters of Israel, and the government here does the appeasement.

You can see how the writer is of the public.
apnews.com/article/indo...

Indonesia to block Israeli team from competing at gymnastics world championships in Jakarta

Indonesia will block Israeli athletes from competing at the upcoming gymnastics world championships in Jakarta, a government official says.

apnews.com

Mario Rustan @mariorustan.bsky.social · 2d

All the news anchors.

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Mario Rustan @mariorustan.bsky.social · 2d

This is @cartoonshateher.bsky.social next Trump's impersonation speech.

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