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.
Living in Indonesia
November 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Living in Indonesia
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.
The rabbi's father (Eric Elmosnino) is an atheist therapist who's somewhat disappointed she (Elsa Guedj) isn't a doctor, while dealing w his own age and his mother in senior care.
I love the riverside apartment in Strasbourg. I took a screenshot but it comes out as a blackout lol.
I love the riverside apartment in Strasbourg. I took a screenshot but it comes out as a blackout lol.
November 11, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The rabbi's father (Eric Elmosnino) is an atheist therapist who's somewhat disappointed she (Elsa Guedj) isn't a doctor, while dealing w his own age and his mother in senior care.
I love the riverside apartment in Strasbourg. I took a screenshot but it comes out as a blackout lol.
I love the riverside apartment in Strasbourg. I took a screenshot but it comes out as a blackout lol.
I put the image on Google Translate and it gives a different story about which boss is drunk. Ironically on Google it's halal, but the boss has broken that rule by gone drunk.
November 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I put the image on Google Translate and it gives a different story about which boss is drunk. Ironically on Google it's halal, but the boss has broken that rule by gone drunk.
X News is all about X controversies
November 8, 2025 at 3:42 AM
X News is all about X controversies
"And once Gen Z got old enough to reveal their own preferences in the voting booth, the house collapsed"
November 7, 2025 at 6:20 PM
"And once Gen Z got old enough to reveal their own preferences in the voting booth, the house collapsed"
Frappe et force de frappe
November 6, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Frappe et force de frappe
Look better in winter and I assume the spiteful paper editor is from Christchurch.
Anyway, Kat R will be in London next week. Everyone on X reminds her to look both ways while crossing.
Anyway, Kat R will be in London next week. Everyone on X reminds her to look both ways while crossing.
November 4, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Look better in winter and I assume the spiteful paper editor is from Christchurch.
Anyway, Kat R will be in London next week. Everyone on X reminds her to look both ways while crossing.
Anyway, Kat R will be in London next week. Everyone on X reminds her to look both ways while crossing.
The race has finished! And yes the winning jockey is a woman.
November 4, 2025 at 4:11 AM
The race has finished! And yes the winning jockey is a woman.
"“I don’t know if they have this in Australia but in Indonesia they had loaded baked potatoes,” she said.
However she was keen to try the chilli — which is offered in both Indonesia and Australia.'
No more chilli in Wendy's Indonesia 😭
www.news.com.au/lifestyle/fo...
However she was keen to try the chilli — which is offered in both Indonesia and Australia.'
No more chilli in Wendy's Indonesia 😭
www.news.com.au/lifestyle/fo...
November 2, 2025 at 2:19 PM
"“I don’t know if they have this in Australia but in Indonesia they had loaded baked potatoes,” she said.
However she was keen to try the chilli — which is offered in both Indonesia and Australia.'
No more chilli in Wendy's Indonesia 😭
www.news.com.au/lifestyle/fo...
However she was keen to try the chilli — which is offered in both Indonesia and Australia.'
No more chilli in Wendy's Indonesia 😭
www.news.com.au/lifestyle/fo...
This butter chicken + angel hair mashup, with Greek salad leftover, worked well. A happy accident.
November 1, 2025 at 2:06 PM
This butter chicken + angel hair mashup, with Greek salad leftover, worked well. A happy accident.
Having a local relative of beef wellington, picnic roll.
November 1, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Having a local relative of beef wellington, picnic roll.
Seems many people have better exp w Rome than me. Sore throat prevented me from enjoying gelato, saw teachers hitting students on the streets twice, a dessert was cancelled by schedule, saw a mafia briefing African boys in a park.
At least I saw mothers airkissing each other before a playdate.
At least I saw mothers airkissing each other before a playdate.
October 28, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Seems many people have better exp w Rome than me. Sore throat prevented me from enjoying gelato, saw teachers hitting students on the streets twice, a dessert was cancelled by schedule, saw a mafia briefing African boys in a park.
At least I saw mothers airkissing each other before a playdate.
At least I saw mothers airkissing each other before a playdate.
So Slam Frank has become a meta satire
October 25, 2025 at 6:41 PM
So Slam Frank has become a meta satire
From X as the baseball world is looking at Toronto.
October 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM
From X as the baseball world is looking at Toronto.
Bolt was my first social network, that's where I type a/s/l (age, sex, location) for first time. Designed for teenagers, stopped going there by the time I finished high school if not earlier.
"daily horoscopes, chat rooms, message boards, tagbooks (a knowledge market feature), photo albums..."
"daily horoscopes, chat rooms, message boards, tagbooks (a knowledge market feature), photo albums..."
October 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Bolt was my first social network, that's where I type a/s/l (age, sex, location) for first time. Designed for teenagers, stopped going there by the time I finished high school if not earlier.
"daily horoscopes, chat rooms, message boards, tagbooks (a knowledge market feature), photo albums..."
"daily horoscopes, chat rooms, message boards, tagbooks (a knowledge market feature), photo albums..."
"imagine the name of a fake restaurant right now. there is a 50% chance it already exists in Toronto, Canada"
So goes a viral tweet (calling it tweet again to avoid confusion like my last post) from Dec. Which reminds me that Singapore has a Canadian Pizza chain.
www.canadian-pizza.com/landing-page
So goes a viral tweet (calling it tweet again to avoid confusion like my last post) from Dec. Which reminds me that Singapore has a Canadian Pizza chain.
www.canadian-pizza.com/landing-page
October 23, 2025 at 4:28 PM
"imagine the name of a fake restaurant right now. there is a 50% chance it already exists in Toronto, Canada"
So goes a viral tweet (calling it tweet again to avoid confusion like my last post) from Dec. Which reminds me that Singapore has a Canadian Pizza chain.
www.canadian-pizza.com/landing-page
So goes a viral tweet (calling it tweet again to avoid confusion like my last post) from Dec. Which reminds me that Singapore has a Canadian Pizza chain.
www.canadian-pizza.com/landing-page
Something I would never write in 2017: Donald Trump as a past cultural icon. His showmanship, ruthlessness, and luck fit into Manhattan in 1989 and Middle America in 2009.
open.substack.com/pub/provmand...
open.substack.com/pub/provmand...
October 20, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Something I would never write in 2017: Donald Trump as a past cultural icon. His showmanship, ruthlessness, and luck fit into Manhattan in 1989 and Middle America in 2009.
open.substack.com/pub/provmand...
open.substack.com/pub/provmand...
Perching like a bird
October 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Perching like a bird
2017 is unrecognizeable
October 16, 2025 at 4:10 PM
2017 is unrecognizeable
November 2014, when writing about men & women was about this.
October 15, 2025 at 6:49 PM
November 2014, when writing about men & women was about this.
Watched Big Sky and Valerie Mahaffey, who played the S1 villain's mother, was born in Indonesia. Her parents met in New Brunswick, Canada, and her father was in petrol industry. Her childhood was in there, Nigeria, and UK, before moving to Austin.
She died last May.
She died last May.
October 14, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Watched Big Sky and Valerie Mahaffey, who played the S1 villain's mother, was born in Indonesia. Her parents met in New Brunswick, Canada, and her father was in petrol industry. Her childhood was in there, Nigeria, and UK, before moving to Austin.
She died last May.
She died last May.
An apple pear. Interesting.
October 14, 2025 at 2:28 AM
An apple pear. Interesting.
New Yorkers watch the finale of Seinfeld in Times Square, probably 14 May 1998. Photograph by Ken Murray.
October 13, 2025 at 6:29 PM
New Yorkers watch the finale of Seinfeld in Times Square, probably 14 May 1998. Photograph by Ken Murray.