Mario Rustan
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Mario Rustan
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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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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
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.
November 11, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Seems that some Canadian snow spirit hitched into your baggage and now is letting loose in Melbourne.
November 11, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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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
November 10, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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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
Apparently you've got a cold day already. How different is Vancouver cold to Melbourne cold, apart from the frost difference?
November 8, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Some people have complained that people they have blocked or muted come up in timeline (I assume in For You, but who knows), and I think it's by design. Why miss out the chance to screenshot the main character of the hour?

Meanwhile, here missing convos over b&m are also by design. Keep the peace.
November 8, 2025 at 3:45 AM
"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