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Mario Rustan @mariorustan.bsky.social · 48m

Meanwhile my NYC X and my Toronto X are opposite split screen.

Mario Rustan @mariorustan.bsky.social · 55m

In no timeline I can still be mutuals with many Indonesians I knew. Even if I were as woke I was in 2018.

Their justification of 7 Oct, 2 years on, is just incomprehensible. Especially the Chinese women living with the knowledge of May 98.

I want to know why.

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Iona Italia, PhD @ionaitalia.bsky.social · 2h

A new report from the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies separates verifiable facts from politically motivated fiction in Gaza.

The Genocide Libel

A new report from the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies separates verifiable facts from politically motivated fiction in Gaza.

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Mario Rustan @mariorustan.bsky.social · 9h

Pictures of Singapore's harvest moon, 7 Oct 25, one night after the Mid-Autumn Festival.
mothership.sg/2025/10/harv...

Harvest Moon, 1st supermoon of 2025, appeared bigger & brighter than usual over S'pore on Oct. 7

The moon appeared massive just after dusk.

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Mario Rustan @mariorustan.bsky.social · 10h

That's awful, and it's a pretty moto-garden. Wish the City would deal with real violations instead.

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Katherine Dee @defaultfriend.bsky.social · 11h

I wrote about eugenics, looksmaxxing, and @wired.com's latest Looksmaxxing piece.
default.blog/p/looksmaxxi...

Looksmaxxing and Human Potential

a response to that WIRED article, thought digest, 10.08.2025

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Howard Lovy @howardlovy.bsky.social · 14h

This appeared in my backyard this morning. Thank you to whoever is in charge of this sort of thing. It injected me with optimism.

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The Free Press @thefp.com · 16h

Jerry Seinfeld on Zabar’s. Kat Rosenfield on Taylor Swift. Conversion therapy confusion. Greta Thunberg and Europe’s lost children. And much more.

NYPD Cops: ‘I Will Quit If Zohran Is Elected.’ Plus. . .

Jerry Seinfeld on Zabar’s. Kat Rosenfield on Taylor Swift. Conversion therapy confusion. Greta Thunberg and Europe’s lost children. And much more.

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The Free Press @thefp.com · 1d

Jerry Seinfeld, David Mamet, Richard Kind, Colin Quinn, and Leah McSweeney pay tribute to the store that Saul Zabar built.

‘Zabar’s Is a Monument to the Fact That Not Everything Disappears’

Jerry Seinfeld, David Mamet, Richard Kind, Colin Quinn, and Leah McSweeney pay tribute to the store that Saul Zabar built.

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Mario Rustan @mariorustan.bsky.social · 1d

Ah, lucky you. I meant to read the whole Kat Rosenfield's archive but no such joy.

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Mario Rustan @mariorustan.bsky.social · 1d

I've been a free subscriber for 4 years, that's how I knew and opened Substack. On Monday morning it said all articles were opened. Then on Tuesday the socials said just new articles.

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UnHerd @unherd.com · 1d

Bluesky tried to be the antidote to X.

Now it’s fighting the same culture wars it was built to escape, writes Katherine Dee 👇

Bluesky civil war shows free speech is harder than it looks

Last week, a joke familiar from X circulated on rival platform Bluesky: “(bluesky user bursts into Waffle House) OH SO YOU HATE PANCAKES??” It was obviously a jab at the moral intensity that now…

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Mario Rustan @mariorustan.bsky.social · 1d

“What is good for a person—a fulfilling, loving, stable relationship—is thin gruel for a poet,”

Happy that I can read Kat's column of this week (expected the whole archive from 2021 lol)

The Free Press @thefp.com · 1d

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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Mario Rustan @mariorustan.bsky.social · 1d

So TFP free access week is limited to new articles. Making the best of the offer with this read. 🇸🇪

The Free Press @thefp.com · 1d

My home country is the purest product of Europe’s postwar ideals: rich, safe, secular—and spiritually bankrupt, writes Annika Hernroth-Rothstein for The Free Press.

Greta Thunberg and Sweden’s Lost Children

My home country is the purest product of Europe’s postwar ideals: rich, safe, secular—and spiritually bankrupt, writes Annika Hernroth-Rothstein for The Free Press.

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Mario Rustan @mariorustan.bsky.social · 1d

On those who moved from and moved to Israel after October 2023.
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October 7 prompted some Jews to leave Israel. For others, the country offers shelter from rising global antisemitism | CNN

Thousands of Jewish people have left Israel in the two years since the attacks of October 7, 2023. A smaller number, seeking refuge from antisemitism, have moved there to start new lives.

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StepfordTO @stepfordto.bsky.social · 1d

Long but worth reading. (It thoughtfully raises the question of why the Palestinian movement did not experience its anti-tankie moment after October 7.)

k-larevue.com/en/the-octob...

The October 7th pogrom as a non-event on the Western left - Jews, Europe, the XXIst century

Since the 7th of October we are appalled by the continuous flow of reactions denouncing Israel and only Israel. We are especially appalled by those that come out of academic institutions, articulated ...

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Mario Rustan @mariorustan.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you. I was pondering why perhaps none of my progressive ex-mutuals reexamine their views after these two years.

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Mario Rustan @mariorustan.bsky.social · 1d

Here's the Blackwell's link which might work better for you.
blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/sea...

Search results for 9781474620598 Blackwell's

Trading since 1879, Blackwell of Oxford is the largest academic and specialist bookseller in the UK. Fast dispatch, carefully packaged, worldwide delivery.

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Mario Rustan @mariorustan.bsky.social · 1d

The Blackwell's link recommended by Emma at the end of the interview didn't work for me, but the good news is Father Figure hardcover is coming to Australia, and is available in e-book and audiobook forms now.
www.hachette.com.au/emma-forrest...

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Erika Dreifus @erikadreifus.bsky.social · 1d

A reminder that today also marks the start of Sukkot (for that reason, btw, many Jews will once again be offline/not working today). Here, Mijal Bitton reflects on the convergence of the holiday with the Oct. 7 anniversary: mijal.substack.com/p/the-sukkah...

The Sukkah is Not a Safe Space

On Sukkot, Fragility, and Joy

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Alexandra Wilson @amwilson.bsky.social · 1d

This book means more to me than any other book I have written. I want to get copies into the hands of everyone who cares about opera or is interested in the broader cultural history of our country.

Please consider buying a copy. Thank you. 🙏

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