Mario Rustan
@mariorustan.bsky.social
Patron saint of chaos. Reviewing books on Asia. Responsible for the growing global awareness of Indonesia. Probably the only heterodox in Asia.
Je suis l'oncle en julienne.
French gen z be like “l’oncle en julienne”
November 26, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Je suis l'oncle en julienne.
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Why is it important to you to maintain a forum for diverse ideas at The CJN?
The faces behind the stories come into the limelight in FACES OF THE CJN. Meet Phoebe Maltz Bovy (@phoebebovy.bsky.social).
#GivingTuesday is one week away! Visit thecjn.ca/donate.
The faces behind the stories come into the limelight in FACES OF THE CJN. Meet Phoebe Maltz Bovy (@phoebebovy.bsky.social).
#GivingTuesday is one week away! Visit thecjn.ca/donate.
November 25, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Why is it important to you to maintain a forum for diverse ideas at The CJN?
The faces behind the stories come into the limelight in FACES OF THE CJN. Meet Phoebe Maltz Bovy (@phoebebovy.bsky.social).
#GivingTuesday is one week away! Visit thecjn.ca/donate.
The faces behind the stories come into the limelight in FACES OF THE CJN. Meet Phoebe Maltz Bovy (@phoebebovy.bsky.social).
#GivingTuesday is one week away! Visit thecjn.ca/donate.
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In The Front Page: The busboy and the boss. Meet America’s newest citizens. Why Kat Rosenfield is thankful for her husband. How a wellness start-up became a ‘sex cult.’ And more.
The Busboy and the Boss. Plus. . .
In The Front Page: The busboy and the boss. Meet America’s newest citizens. Why Kat Rosenfield is thankful for her husband. How a wellness start-up became a ‘sex cult.’ And more.
bit.ly
November 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
In The Front Page: The busboy and the boss. Meet America’s newest citizens. Why Kat Rosenfield is thankful for her husband. How a wellness start-up became a ‘sex cult.’ And more.
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At a time when it’s 'cringe' to be in a relationship, I give you permission to be sappy and in love, writes Kat Rosenfield.
Give Thanks to Your Husband
At a time when it’s 'cringe' to be in a relationship, I give you permission to be sappy and in love, writes Kat Rosenfield.
bit.ly
November 26, 2025 at 12:00 AM
At a time when it’s 'cringe' to be in a relationship, I give you permission to be sappy and in love, writes Kat Rosenfield.
Alison Roman, on the Guardian
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/no...
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/no...
Salty-sour noodles, shallot pasta and lamb ragu: Alison Roman’s recipes for store-cupboard specials
Make-ahead caramelised shallot pasta, brothy vinegar noodles with mushrooms and sesame, and a super-savoury lamb ragu
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Alison Roman, on the Guardian
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/no...
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/no...
Reformed S1E6, Spinning, is pretty Seinfeld-ian. An Alsatian woman gives away an armchair her grandfather looted from a Jewish house. The Holocaust museum refuses to accept it.
The synagogue owner hires an ex-IDF security, upset when it's a woman who doesn't speak French (Darya Sheizaf).
The synagogue owner hires an ex-IDF security, upset when it's a woman who doesn't speak French (Darya Sheizaf).
November 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Reformed S1E6, Spinning, is pretty Seinfeld-ian. An Alsatian woman gives away an armchair her grandfather looted from a Jewish house. The Holocaust museum refuses to accept it.
The synagogue owner hires an ex-IDF security, upset when it's a woman who doesn't speak French (Darya Sheizaf).
The synagogue owner hires an ex-IDF security, upset when it's a woman who doesn't speak French (Darya Sheizaf).
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Embrace the "I" for a whole month. Be like Carol. hollisrobbinsanecdotal.substack.com/p/a-we-free-...
A We-free December
The new pronoun politics: "I" rules
hollisrobbinsanecdotal.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Embrace the "I" for a whole month. Be like Carol. hollisrobbinsanecdotal.substack.com/p/a-we-free-...
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Didn't know this was up yet but thrilled it is! Chaya is great.
@phoebebovy.bsky.social and I discussed this in a podcast that just dropped this morning: thecjn.ca/opinion/do-j...
Do Jewish writers speak for all Jews? (Answer: Obviously not)
Earlier this month, the New York Magazine cultural spinoff Vulture published an article by Andrew Ridker, “A New Jewish Plotline”, asking whether Jewish writers should tackle different stories after w...
thecjn.ca
November 25, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Didn't know this was up yet but thrilled it is! Chaya is great.
School season is ending in Australia (well it's spring going to summer there) and instead of Bali or Gold Coast, the safety first generation is going to Japan.
karryon.com.au/industry-new...
karryon.com.au/industry-new...
Flight Centre reveals top overseas ‘schoolies’ spot, and it isn’t Fiji or even Bali
Think Schoolies and your thoughts probably drift to the Gold Coast, or more recently, overseas jaunts to popular hangouts like Fiji, Vanuatu, Thailand and of course, Bali.
karryon.com.au
November 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
School season is ending in Australia (well it's spring going to summer there) and instead of Bali or Gold Coast, the safety first generation is going to Japan.
karryon.com.au/industry-new...
karryon.com.au/industry-new...
A 87 yo stepuncle just died, and my aunt's main concern is she doesn't want her sister at the funeral.
Meanwhile I'm also concerned about my parents esp dad. Moments when I really regret I didn't choose Australia (ironically step uncle's child is a Melburnian who cannot come and entrusts aunt).
Meanwhile I'm also concerned about my parents esp dad. Moments when I really regret I didn't choose Australia (ironically step uncle's child is a Melburnian who cannot come and entrusts aunt).
November 25, 2025 at 2:02 AM
A 87 yo stepuncle just died, and my aunt's main concern is she doesn't want her sister at the funeral.
Meanwhile I'm also concerned about my parents esp dad. Moments when I really regret I didn't choose Australia (ironically step uncle's child is a Melburnian who cannot come and entrusts aunt).
Meanwhile I'm also concerned about my parents esp dad. Moments when I really regret I didn't choose Australia (ironically step uncle's child is a Melburnian who cannot come and entrusts aunt).
It's either a coincidence or a masterstroke that Helen Andrews followed me back just before her article came out.
November 24, 2025 at 6:22 PM
It's either a coincidence or a masterstroke that Helen Andrews followed me back just before her article came out.
We had some pirated Betamax tapes that were mixed of Disney cartoons c1950s, with some random Disneyland promo videos at the end. Of course I preferred those promo segments.
When I worked at my local video store and you came in on a Friday night looking for a Disney tape to rent, we were often out of most titles, but we did have a few "other" Disney tapes. Today on the Video Store Podcast I recommend those Other Disney Tapes.
www.videostorepodcast.com/p/the-other-...
www.videostorepodcast.com/p/the-other-...
November 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
We had some pirated Betamax tapes that were mixed of Disney cartoons c1950s, with some random Disneyland promo videos at the end. Of course I preferred those promo segments.
Reformed S1E5, The Rebellious Son, is the most exciting/brutal I've seen so far. A son in a pork-eating family turns Orthodox. Next thing I see, the liberal rabinne fights with the (married) rabbi she just flirted with in an interfaith panel, and viral videos label her an anti-patriarchy hero.
November 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Reformed S1E5, The Rebellious Son, is the most exciting/brutal I've seen so far. A son in a pork-eating family turns Orthodox. Next thing I see, the liberal rabinne fights with the (married) rabbi she just flirted with in an interfaith panel, and viral videos label her an anti-patriarchy hero.
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Asking for a former student: Are there any MFA programs geared toward YA and/or fantasy? She's very talented but we're both a little lost as to next steps for her.
November 24, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Asking for a former student: Are there any MFA programs geared toward YA and/or fantasy? She's very talented but we're both a little lost as to next steps for her.
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Something very jarring about a place that has a land acknowledgment sign near its entrance with a NO PUBLIC TOILETS sign right beside it.
November 24, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Something very jarring about a place that has a land acknowledgment sign near its entrance with a NO PUBLIC TOILETS sign right beside it.
You might read this story better than I am, but a performative male contest was also held in Indonesia months ago. I thought the term was mocking and everyone would be cynical about it...and yet it goes on. From perhaps ironic to be something new?
theconversation.com/the-rise-of-...
theconversation.com/the-rise-of-...
The rise of the ‘performative male:’ How young men are experimenting with masculinity online
Gen Z’s ‘performative male’ trend is both mocked and embraced because it exposes deep cultural contradictions around what we expect of masculinity today.
theconversation.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:21 PM
You might read this story better than I am, but a performative male contest was also held in Indonesia months ago. I thought the term was mocking and everyone would be cynical about it...and yet it goes on. From perhaps ironic to be something new?
theconversation.com/the-rise-of-...
theconversation.com/the-rise-of-...
Unrelated screenshots (this is what X has been playing this weekend)
November 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Unrelated screenshots (this is what X has been playing this weekend)
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Many important things from the news and sports definitely those as well are addressed herein. phoebemaltzbovy.substack.com/p/world-of-a...
World of aspiring interiors
Will book-promo more later, for now, a decor post
phoebemaltzbovy.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Many important things from the news and sports definitely those as well are addressed herein. phoebemaltzbovy.substack.com/p/world-of-a...
The Asian Australian man was jailed for nine days and banned from re-entering Singapore, I assume including for transit.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Man who grabbed Ariana Grande at premiere banned from Singapore - BBC News
The actress and singer has not commented on the incident, but appeared visibly shaken by it.
www.bbc.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:49 PM
The Asian Australian man was jailed for nine days and banned from re-entering Singapore, I assume including for transit.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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In an interview with Jonathan Kay, Canadaland publisher Jesse Brown discusses how an anti-Israel faction within his own subscriber base tried to cancel him after he began speaking out about antisemitism.
Podcast #313: Jesse Brown’s Rude Awakening
In an interview with Jonathan Kay, Canadaland publisher Jesse Brown discusses how an anti-Israel faction within his own subscriber base tried to cancel him after he began speaking out about antisemitism.
quillette.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:58 AM
In an interview with Jonathan Kay, Canadaland publisher Jesse Brown discusses how an anti-Israel faction within his own subscriber base tried to cancel him after he began speaking out about antisemitism.
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I’m selling stuff I made like books, prints, postcards, and ephemera at the Maker Bean Holiday Market on Bloor near Dufferin. Come by! I’ll be here today and tomorrow.
November 22, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I’m selling stuff I made like books, prints, postcards, and ephemera at the Maker Bean Holiday Market on Bloor near Dufferin. Come by! I’ll be here today and tomorrow.
"They are the same picture", said my phone's gallery
November 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
"They are the same picture", said my phone's gallery
"Finally, Featured Author @defaultfriend.bsky.social makes the case that unlike the “trad” movement, the next real counterculture will refuse spectacle."
Among this week's Fairer Disputations highlights.
www.gq.com/story/trad-m...
Among this week's Fairer Disputations highlights.
www.gq.com/story/trad-m...
The Trad Movement Is Sputtering. Here’s What Comes Next
Flaunting “traditional values” was a way to gin up attention online, but being “trad” was never a true countercultural movement, argues Katherine Dee.
www.gq.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:32 PM
"Finally, Featured Author @defaultfriend.bsky.social makes the case that unlike the “trad” movement, the next real counterculture will refuse spectacle."
Among this week's Fairer Disputations highlights.
www.gq.com/story/trad-m...
Among this week's Fairer Disputations highlights.
www.gq.com/story/trad-m...
Is it a privilege to be proud of your X location?
November 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Is it a privilege to be proud of your X location?