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.
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𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖—@mariorustan.bsky.social on Martin Albers's 𝐵𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛, 𝐹𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒, 𝑊𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝐺𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑃𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒’𝑠 𝑅𝑒𝑝𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑐 𝑜𝑓 𝐶ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑎: "... examines how the three leading states of Europe approached the People’s Republic of China in the Cold War ..."
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.blog/2025/11/14/m...
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.blog/2025/11/14/m...
November 14, 2025 at 9:07 AM
𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖—@mariorustan.bsky.social on Martin Albers's 𝐵𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛, 𝐹𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒, 𝑊𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝐺𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑃𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒’𝑠 𝑅𝑒𝑝𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑐 𝑜𝑓 𝐶ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑎: "... examines how the three leading states of Europe approached the People’s Republic of China in the Cold War ..."
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.blog/2025/11/14/m...
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.blog/2025/11/14/m...
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Why the message of the Epstein story is not that MeToo just needed to MeToo even harder. phoebemaltzbovy.substack.com/p/male-patte...
Need to write something about this, it’s sort of driving me nuts
November 14, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Why the message of the Epstein story is not that MeToo just needed to MeToo even harder. phoebemaltzbovy.substack.com/p/male-patte...
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Gift link! www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/be7c741...
November 13, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Gift link! www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/be7c741...
Brain freeze is when your left wing artsy mutual posts next to your right wing artsy mutual and you were confused for a moment what's with the sliding windows.
November 13, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Brain freeze is when your left wing artsy mutual posts next to your right wing artsy mutual and you were confused for a moment what's with the sliding windows.
This was the first Lush single I knew, and the britpop music and video (the heteropessimistic lyrics might be a part of it) broke the band. Years later I was aware of their shoegazing and in retrospect, shoegazing was bad for my health.
youtu.be/RndzuSESF8Y?...
youtu.be/RndzuSESF8Y?...
Lush - Single Girl
YouTube video by 4AD
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 5:10 PM
This was the first Lush single I knew, and the britpop music and video (the heteropessimistic lyrics might be a part of it) broke the band. Years later I was aware of their shoegazing and in retrospect, shoegazing was bad for my health.
youtu.be/RndzuSESF8Y?...
youtu.be/RndzuSESF8Y?...
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Incredibly embarrassed to say you could bid on a zoom call with me for the very worthy cause, Homes for Our Troops. I beg you, please do not let me die at $20! www.ebay.com/itm/28692204...
½ Hour Zoom Call with Taffy Brodesser-Akner | eBay
She lives in New York City. The experience includes a 30-minute Zoom call on a mutually agreeable date. No age restrictions. Duration: 30 minutes.
www.ebay.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Incredibly embarrassed to say you could bid on a zoom call with me for the very worthy cause, Homes for Our Troops. I beg you, please do not let me die at $20! www.ebay.com/itm/28692204...
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Thank you to @phoebebovy.bsky.social for having me back on CJN’s The Jewish Angle to talk antisemitism and the American political right
thecjn.ca/opinion/how-...
thecjn.ca/opinion/how-...
How Israel caused a 'civil war' within right-wing politics
Emily Tamkin opines on Tucker Carlson interviewing Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes.
thecjn.ca
November 13, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Thank you to @phoebebovy.bsky.social for having me back on CJN’s The Jewish Angle to talk antisemitism and the American political right
thecjn.ca/opinion/how-...
thecjn.ca/opinion/how-...
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Today, I wrote about the villain at the intersection of Karen, wine mom, millennial liberal white woman, and cat lady: the reviled HR lady. www.cartoonshateher.com/p/hr-is-the-...
November 13, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Today, I wrote about the villain at the intersection of Karen, wine mom, millennial liberal white woman, and cat lady: the reviled HR lady. www.cartoonshateher.com/p/hr-is-the-...
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My nephew’s baseball team name is very triggering.
November 13, 2025 at 5:21 AM
My nephew’s baseball team name is very triggering.
'Detaching from USA' is a nice answer. I still call it jealous of Australia.
More seriously, Ottawa is hoping for more TV revenue, tourists from Europe, grants and sponsorships, and yea, trade deals. The article states that EV is unpopular in Canada, unlike Oz.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
More seriously, Ottawa is hoping for more TV revenue, tourists from Europe, grants and sponsorships, and yea, trade deals. The article states that EV is unpopular in Canada, unlike Oz.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Canada pushes to join Eurovision: ‘This is about protecting our identity’
Country explores taking part in the glitzy song contest as it distances from the US and seeks to deepen ties with Europe
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:44 AM
'Detaching from USA' is a nice answer. I still call it jealous of Australia.
More seriously, Ottawa is hoping for more TV revenue, tourists from Europe, grants and sponsorships, and yea, trade deals. The article states that EV is unpopular in Canada, unlike Oz.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
More seriously, Ottawa is hoping for more TV revenue, tourists from Europe, grants and sponsorships, and yea, trade deals. The article states that EV is unpopular in Canada, unlike Oz.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Living in Indonesia
November 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Living in Indonesia
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Read re read and re read again
November 12, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Read re read and re read again
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It just seems like... there are big issues for Jewish literature at the moment, for Jewish authors whatever their politics or if indeed they have any to speak of. Which is maybe why I'm so frustrated by a Big Article promising to speak to that and then not.
November 12, 2025 at 2:50 AM
It just seems like... there are big issues for Jewish literature at the moment, for Jewish authors whatever their politics or if indeed they have any to speak of. Which is maybe why I'm so frustrated by a Big Article promising to speak to that and then not.
TIL that nasi goreng is now a pub favourite in Australia and it's because Aussies (and other tourists) order it with a beer in Bali.
November 12, 2025 at 2:39 AM
TIL that nasi goreng is now a pub favourite in Australia and it's because Aussies (and other tourists) order it with a beer in Bali.
Reminiscing 11 Nov 2001, when I really loved being in Australia.
youtu.be/sTepofqS7L8?...
youtu.be/sTepofqS7L8?...
Madison Avenue - Reminiscing
YouTube video by Jazzy Ta
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Reminiscing 11 Nov 2001, when I really loved being in Australia.
youtu.be/sTepofqS7L8?...
youtu.be/sTepofqS7L8?...
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A #VeteransDay share, via Bill Wolfe/Read Her Like an Open Book. billwolfe.substack.com/p/veterans-d...
Veterans Day recommendations: Six works of fiction about women during war
In observance of Veterans Day, I thought it would be appropriate to share some books I’ve reviewed over the years that center the experiences of women at war and on the home front.
billwolfe.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:59 PM
A #VeteransDay share, via Bill Wolfe/Read Her Like an Open Book. billwolfe.substack.com/p/veterans-d...
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I could not include EVERY thought Nobody Wants This tangentially inspired in my review, so, some outtakes here: phoebemaltzbovy.substack.com/p/the-45-yea...
The 45-year-old ingenue
When I was an actual child, I remember finding it hilarious that the actors on teen shows, shows about slightly older children, were actually in their 20s, sometimes pushing 30.
phoebemaltzbovy.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I could not include EVERY thought Nobody Wants This tangentially inspired in my review, so, some outtakes here: phoebemaltzbovy.substack.com/p/the-45-yea...
Watched the 2 first eps of Reformed. Doogie Howser as a French rabbi: Dealing with congegrates' dilemma & her family. In E1, a gentile father backs out from his son's circumcision. E2, the synagogue building owner's son refuses bar mitzvah as a climate doomer.
www.timesofisrael.com/new-hbo-max-...
www.timesofisrael.com/new-hbo-max-...
New HBO Max series ‘Reformed’ depicts French woman rabbi based on Delphine Horvilleur
Inspired by the memoir of one of France's few female Jewish clergy, the show portrays the internal and external challenges of a religious, political and intellectual pioneer
www.timesofisrael.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Watched the 2 first eps of Reformed. Doogie Howser as a French rabbi: Dealing with congegrates' dilemma & her family. In E1, a gentile father backs out from his son's circumcision. E2, the synagogue building owner's son refuses bar mitzvah as a climate doomer.
www.timesofisrael.com/new-hbo-max-...
www.timesofisrael.com/new-hbo-max-...
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Today I paid my respects to Aussie soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice for the country I hold dear. Tomorrow I will do the same for the Canadian soldiers.
I can only imagine the incredible heartbreak of every mother who had to say goodbye to their brave sons.
#lestweforget
I can only imagine the incredible heartbreak of every mother who had to say goodbye to their brave sons.
#lestweforget
November 11, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Today I paid my respects to Aussie soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice for the country I hold dear. Tomorrow I will do the same for the Canadian soldiers.
I can only imagine the incredible heartbreak of every mother who had to say goodbye to their brave sons.
#lestweforget
I can only imagine the incredible heartbreak of every mother who had to say goodbye to their brave sons.
#lestweforget
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What a lovely day!
November 11, 2025 at 3:49 AM
What a lovely day!
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...JUST BLAMES CONSERVATIVES is a useless left-wing wanker who is deliberately and willfully ignoring the absolutely atrocious record of the BC NDP on public health across the board, and is by doing so is ACTIVELY CONTRIBUTING TO THE ONGOING MEASLES OUTBREAK IN CANADA.
If that offends you, block me
If that offends you, block me
November 10, 2025 at 5:28 PM
...JUST BLAMES CONSERVATIVES is a useless left-wing wanker who is deliberately and willfully ignoring the absolutely atrocious record of the BC NDP on public health across the board, and is by doing so is ACTIVELY CONTRIBUTING TO THE ONGOING MEASLES OUTBREAK IN CANADA.
If that offends you, block me
If that offends you, block me
Overheard (overread, to be exact) on X: "I'm ready for Christmas but not for winter"
November 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Overheard (overread, to be exact) on X: "I'm ready for Christmas but not for winter"
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tl;dr of my 2024 but possibly still relevant column: acknowledging and atoning for one's own white privilege was a bummer. Left antisemitism is a way to make it so there's just one group of (mostly, conditionally) white people to blame for all of it.
November 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
tl;dr of my 2024 but possibly still relevant column: acknowledging and atoning for one's own white privilege was a bummer. Left antisemitism is a way to make it so there's just one group of (mostly, conditionally) white people to blame for all of it.
Many TILs here. Baguette got popular just in 20th c to replace pains de garde, boulangeries balance tradition and the new realities of sourdough, and as I've read recently, the French are into American habits more than everyone expects.
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/08/t...
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/08/t...
The baguette faces an uncertain future. How France is rethinking its iconic loaves | CNN
With the French cutting back on bread and experimenting with longer-lasting loaves, the beloved baguette is under threat.
edition.cnn.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Many TILs here. Baguette got popular just in 20th c to replace pains de garde, boulangeries balance tradition and the new realities of sourdough, and as I've read recently, the French are into American habits more than everyone expects.
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/08/t...
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/08/t...