Arjun Basu
@arjun.bsky.social
Writer. Latest novel, The Reeds, out now. Proud Montrealer/Fier Montréalais. Beer league hockey. Habs. Board member Access Copyright. A "Certified Elder.” Brand/content consultant. Host a podcast about the future of magazines. https://linktr.ee/arjunbasu
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also stop calling us "mainstream scientists" like there's a cooler bunch of hipster scientists out there
November 25, 2025 at 8:19 PM
also stop calling us "mainstream scientists" like there's a cooler bunch of hipster scientists out there
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BREAKING: Donald Trump is pressuring studios to fund and produce a sequel to Pootie Tang called “2tie Tang”
November 25, 2025 at 7:17 PM
BREAKING: Donald Trump is pressuring studios to fund and produce a sequel to Pootie Tang called “2tie Tang”
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That’s it. I’m getting a recipe tin to keep them in, when on index cards after I’ve made the recipe twenty times.
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:50 PM
That’s it. I’m getting a recipe tin to keep them in, when on index cards after I’ve made the recipe twenty times.
Italian version of Mrs. Doubtfire. Coming soon to Netflix.
Italian man ‘dressed as dead mother in order to claim her pension’
Man from Borgo Virgilio investigated for benefit fraud and hiding body since woman’s death in 2022
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Italian version of Mrs. Doubtfire. Coming soon to Netflix.
There's a superficial Taylor Swift joke in here but I haven't thought about her enough to make it.
Brain has five ‘eras’, scientists say – with adult mode not starting until early 30s
Study suggests brain development has four pivotal ‘turning points’ at around the ages of nine, 32, 66 and 83
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
There's a superficial Taylor Swift joke in here but I haven't thought about her enough to make it.
My decline in drinking is in inverse relation to my pot use and I bet that's true for many people.
New Gallup poll shows that just 54% of Americans say they drink alcohol—"the lowest Gallup has recorded since first measuring alcohol use in 1939," per a press release. The trend coincides with growing understanding that even moderate drinking is unhealthy.
November 25, 2025 at 4:37 PM
My decline in drinking is in inverse relation to my pot use and I bet that's true for many people.
My eyes can't roll back any further.
November 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
My eyes can't roll back any further.
Remember things? And stuff?
Those were good times.
Those were good times.
November 24, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Remember things? And stuff?
Those were good times.
Those were good times.
November 24, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The evil is banal because of all the stupid.
November 24, 2025 at 8:19 PM
The evil is banal because of all the stupid.
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I've been thinking about this for hours now. We need to take all his money.
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I've been thinking about this for hours now. We need to take all his money.
The worst part is that so many (millions!) of the listeners of this podcast are going to be “that’s the coolest shit ever!” and be quite sincere about it.
Just the most loser shit imaginable. Imagine actually doing this anywhere, much less *at a party with other humans*
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The worst part is that so many (millions!) of the listeners of this podcast are going to be “that’s the coolest shit ever!” and be quite sincere about it.
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So Bezos is in them too then?
The Washington Post editorial board decided the Epstein files have “no public interest” before even seeing them. That’s a stunning position for any newsroom to take. Praising Clay Higgins as the lone ‘no’ vote, too? No wonder no one trusts legacy media. Absolutely disgusting.
November 22, 2025 at 6:44 PM
So Bezos is in them too then?
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new pod up! Provecho is a food magazine without recipes. So maybe it's a cultural magazine that uses food as a lens. Or maybe it's anthropology. It's about what we talk about when we talk about food. Available wherever you listen to podcasts.
magazeum.co/content/name...
magazeum.co/content/name...
Food Is For Everyone — Magazeum
A conversation with Provecho editor Kyle Yoshioka
magazeum.co
November 21, 2025 at 3:42 PM
new pod up! Provecho is a food magazine without recipes. So maybe it's a cultural magazine that uses food as a lens. Or maybe it's anthropology. It's about what we talk about when we talk about food. Available wherever you listen to podcasts.
magazeum.co/content/name...
magazeum.co/content/name...
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MAMDANI: And I just think that there are barriers, barricades, to helping Americans that we can break down
TRUMP: Uh huh
MAMDANI: And breaking down barriers? Reminds me of a certain Broadway show *smiling widely* where they worked together to break a barricade?
TRUMP: *sitting bolt upright* Phantom
TRUMP: Uh huh
MAMDANI: And breaking down barriers? Reminds me of a certain Broadway show *smiling widely* where they worked together to break a barricade?
TRUMP: *sitting bolt upright* Phantom
November 21, 2025 at 10:17 PM
MAMDANI: And I just think that there are barriers, barricades, to helping Americans that we can break down
TRUMP: Uh huh
MAMDANI: And breaking down barriers? Reminds me of a certain Broadway show *smiling widely* where they worked together to break a barricade?
TRUMP: *sitting bolt upright* Phantom
TRUMP: Uh huh
MAMDANI: And breaking down barriers? Reminds me of a certain Broadway show *smiling widely* where they worked together to break a barricade?
TRUMP: *sitting bolt upright* Phantom
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Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
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1 / A few things about Trump. First, he’s crazy. We know that. Second, he’s easier to glaze than a Christmas ham. If someone is nice and charming, he’ll discard whatever vitriol he previously spouted. Which bring us to the third thing.
Trump on Mamdani: "I think he's gonna surprise some conservative people, actually. And some very liberal people he won't surprise because they already like him."
November 21, 2025 at 9:33 PM
1 / A few things about Trump. First, he’s crazy. We know that. Second, he’s easier to glaze than a Christmas ham. If someone is nice and charming, he’ll discard whatever vitriol he previously spouted. Which bring us to the third thing.
The Trump boys can’t believe the look of love. Only Ivanka understands.
November 21, 2025 at 9:33 PM
The Trump boys can’t believe the look of love. Only Ivanka understands.
Trump is trolling everyone. I think he’s genuinely enjoying himself.
The screed will come later. Via social. After the sugar high of a few Cokes.
The screed will come later. Via social. After the sugar high of a few Cokes.
November 21, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Trump is trolling everyone. I think he’s genuinely enjoying himself.
The screed will come later. Via social. After the sugar high of a few Cokes.
The screed will come later. Via social. After the sugar high of a few Cokes.
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this is the world's most confusing day for centrist Democrats who just voted to condemn socialism and tried to sink Mamdani's campaign for months
Trump on Mamdani: "I think he's gonna surprise some conservative people, actually. And some very liberal people he won't surprise because they already like him."
November 21, 2025 at 9:09 PM
this is the world's most confusing day for centrist Democrats who just voted to condemn socialism and tried to sink Mamdani's campaign for months
That’s love.
Also, he wants to move back to NY one day. And he figures he’ll start sucking up now.
Also, he wants to move back to NY one day. And he figures he’ll start sucking up now.
this is like that scene in office space where the consultants end up loving peter
November 21, 2025 at 9:27 PM
That’s love.
Also, he wants to move back to NY one day. And he figures he’ll start sucking up now.
Also, he wants to move back to NY one day. And he figures he’ll start sucking up now.
Water is everything.
“The decision to move Iran’s capital is partly driven by climate change, but experts say decades of human error and action are also to blame.”
Iran’s Capital Is Moving. The Reason Is an Ecological Catastrophe
The decision to move Iran’s capital is partly driven by climate change, but experts say decades of human error and action are also to blame
www.scientificamerican.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Water is everything.
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Here’s @sarahjeong.bsky.social somehow going even harder than the T-shirt at the AI-copyright conference: “[AI companies] have ushered in a wholesale destruction of human knowledge and culture that is as significant as the burning of the Library of Alexandria.”
November 21, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Here’s @sarahjeong.bsky.social somehow going even harder than the T-shirt at the AI-copyright conference: “[AI companies] have ushered in a wholesale destruction of human knowledge and culture that is as significant as the burning of the Library of Alexandria.”
Chef Caqa, Legault n'a jamais rencontré un immigrant qu'il ait trouvé bon. Même lorsqu'il s'adresse à notre nouveau maire. What an ass.
Legault fait un lien entre l’itinérance à Montréal et l’immigration
Legault fait un lien entre l’itinérance à Montréal et l’immigration
Rencontre avec Soraya Martinez Ferrada | Legault fait un lien entre l’itinérance à Montréal et l’immigration
Après une première rencontre avec la nouvelle mairesse de Montréal, le premier ministre François Legault a lié vendredi la crise de l’itinérance à l’immigration. Ouvert à confier plus de pouvoirs à la...
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November 21, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Chef Caqa, Legault n'a jamais rencontré un immigrant qu'il ait trouvé bon. Même lorsqu'il s'adresse à notre nouveau maire. What an ass.
Legault fait un lien entre l’itinérance à Montréal et l’immigration
Legault fait un lien entre l’itinérance à Montréal et l’immigration