Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I already know I’m not going to use anything I wrote today. 010
Reposted by Arjun BasuSaeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 29/09/2026“Ever since we’ve posted the secondary coverage as well as the editorial, there’s been an absolute outpour of similar stories hitting my inbox and the sexual-misconduct tip line.” 5721228
Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Yes: Gatekeeping is not the problem. Bad gatekeepers are.magazine.032c.comWHAT WE BELIEVE v2.0: “WHAT MAGAZINES DO” | 032cVictoria Camblin's manifesto on slop, post-cool Berlin, and the enduring relevance of editing. 000
Reposted by Arjun Basu"smokey stevenson" @kurtblumenau.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The Boston Globe out here quietly making local journalism history 061
Reposted by Arjun BasuJuan Moreno-Cruz @jmorenocruz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026This is a good reminder that what the energy industry does is moving energy around. The energy industry is its more important customer. 3136
Reposted by Arjun BasuThomas Gerbet @thomasgerbet.bsky.social · 27/09/2026NOUVEAU : Radio-Canada révèle que la CAQ a partagé à des journalistes les publications américaines appelant à influencer les élections 10 jours avant de juger ces écrits assez inquiétants pour en aviser les services secrets. ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/228...ici.radio-canada.caCAQ, ingérence et services secrets, chronologie intriganteDix jours avant d’alerter le SCRS, l’équipe Fréchette partageait à des journalistes les textes du think tank américain appelant à influencer les élections. 4166
Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I think spammers would have better open rates if they take the weekends off like normal people. 000
Reposted by Arjun Basu𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇 @taras-grescoe.com · 26/09/2026It’s the Year 2026. The city of Montreal is completely controlled by cyclists. And public transport. 39917
Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Quelle beauté. The great bend of the river at the city as it heads north east toward the Atlantic. J'adore notre ville. 040
Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The thing about using influencers or creators for your ads is you can create plausible denial. 000
Reposted by Arjun BasuTimnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 25/09/2026We had to wait for the....NEW YORK POST to write about this. Y'all know there is so much more where this came from but journalists don't want to dig and people are terrified to speak to any journalist seeing the type of reporting they've been doing 301752673
Reposted by Arjun BasuDavid Cowhig 高大伟 @gaodawei.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The U.S. government contacted Quebec government, in an attempt to bypass Canada in trade talks. Quebec said no. Ingérence: Washington a approché Québec directement sur les tarifs douaniers pour court-circuiter Ottawa dans la guerre commerciale | TVA Nouvelles www.tvanouvelles.ca/2026/09/25/w...tvanouvelles.ca 15829
Reposted by Arjun BasuAlexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026That's because the anti-intellectualism of the populists and Far Right is in direct contradiction to the basic foundations of any civilisation 523708641
Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 24/09/2026agir.naturequebec.orgPétition: La nature retient son souffleAidez-moi à protéger la nature en signant cette pétition de Nature Québec! Prenons le temps de protéger les territoires les plus précieux pour la biodiversité, les paysages et l’accès à la nature. 000
Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Good smart stuff from Seth Kleinsethdklein.substack.comIs Prime Minister Carney a climate denier?Unpacking “the new climate denialism” 021
Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Nailed it. The tech is useless because most people have no use for it. It's a toy. And a bad one at that. www.garbageday.email/p/am-i-too-b...garbageday.emailAm I too boring to need an AI agent?Read to the end for a machine we must create 000
Reposted by Arjun BasuRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/09/2026In 9 months, Zohran Mamdani has: -Secured millions in worker restitution from DoorDash and UberEats -Launched the first stage of his universal childcare program -Cracked down on bad landlords -Balanced NYC's budget without cutting major social services This is what leadership looks like. 521216915780
Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Facts never get in the way of argument. Ideology is easy. Thinking is hard. 030
Reposted by Arjun BasuJerad Walker @jeradwalker.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The full trailer for You Can See Everything is out today. And my first thought is that it should be required that Nathan Fielder film for 48 hrs at every tech CEO’s home. 421621285
Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 23/09/2026This is amazing. I wish Montreal had this program. My compost bin gets skanky so fast....bbc.comNew York has a food waste problem. South Korea has already solved itSouth Korea has cut household food waste going to landfill from 97% to almost nothing. New York City has started sending its scraps the same way. 010
Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 22/09/2026It's a gift, he said with bitterness. Or bile. He wasn't sure which. 000
Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Every day is more stupid than the last. We truly are living amidst a bountiful abundance. 020
Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I’m an All Dressed guy but I will always try the new ketchup gimmick because I’m an optimist and I’m just funny that way. 011
Reposted by Arjun BasuThe Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Seniors are being arrested protesting Mark Carney's complete capitulation to the oil and gas industry. They're wearing pictures of their grandchildren 18533222
Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I mean, there's only so many times you can watch Kid Rock. Or, um, Lee Greenwood. (and that number is less than one). 120
Reposted by Arjun BasuJudy Trinh @judytrinh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Seniors who were protesting Mark Carney’s Bill c39 and fast tracking of environmental reviews arrested and charged with trespassing on Parliament Hill. 56505267
Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Canadian authors: TWUC has created a petition about AI usage and your work and the protection it deserves. Have a look and sign if you feel so inclined. www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...ourcommons.caPetition e-7774 - Petitions 010
Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I'm telling you the kids are alright.theguardian.com‘Don’t spend $20 on an acai bowl’: gen Z are shunning private equity’s restaurant takeoverAs more PE firms invest in food establishments, people are bemoaning the ‘same-ification’ of NYC’s restaurant scene 220
Reposted by Arjun BasuKen Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 21/09/2026By the time this merger ruins HBO, destroys WB, gets 5,000 people fired, moves production overseas, and guts the quality of the movies the new studio makes, most people will have forgotten how fast the AGs caved and how little they got in this deal. Writers will not. 7752681560
Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 21/09/2026If stains are now fashionable then I, too, am now fashionable.ft.comHow a mucky stain became a fashion statementWhy is everything ripped, frayed, shrunken and soiled? 120
Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I’m eating noodles. It’s the only thing that makes sense. 020
Reposted by Arjun BasuAarne Granlund @aarnegranlund.eurosky.social · 21/09/2026"The seven transgressed boundaries are: climate change, change in biosphere integrity, land system change, freshwater change, modification of biogeochemical flows, introduction of novel entities, and ocean acidification." @pik-potsdam.bsky.social www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...pik-potsdam.dePlanetary Health Check 2026 finds mounting pressures across Earth’s life support systems21.09.2026 – Seven breached Planetary Boundaries continue to worsen as record ocean heat, droughts, floods, wildfires and extreme heat reveal an Earth system under strain, according to the latest Plan... 216079
Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 21/09/2026As much as I don't care about Ed Sheeran and never have (and couldn't name a single song of his), the real villain here is, ok, Ed Sheeran, but the real true villain is Robert Kraft. 010
Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Not just American. But it is proof that empathy has long been in short supply on one side of the political spectrum. 000
Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Surprise, surprise.techcrunch.comMicrosoft exec called AI scraping ‘the largest theft of labor in human history,' new unredacted filings reveal | TechCrunchNewly unsealed court filings show Microsoft privately called OpenAI's data practices "theft" while both companies scraped paywalled Times content, built datasets from it, and warned internally it woul... 041
Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Love this interview with Steve Watson of Stack about magazines, how indie mags have shifted, wtf he's learned, and a peek at the world's first magazine.magculture.comSteve Watson, StackThis week in London, ‘Reading Magazines’ will provide a historical context for today’s magazines and look ahead at the magazines of the future. Organiser Steve Watson, founder of the Stack Magazines s... 010
Reposted by Arjun BasuShannon Proudfoot @sproudfoot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026In late July, I started working on a feature trying to figure out where Canadians’ heads were at. Then came another Trumpquake, and a late-breaking story that changed everything. Gift link: www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/9bc9b25... 34215
Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The things one finds when cleaning out email dept: Over 10 (!!!) years ago, @davebidini.bsky.social asked me to write for his blog about music, and I did. About hearing The Queen is Dead on the highway from Calgary to Banff. About the Habs winning the Cup. Over the Flames. (Or Lames.) What a time.one45everyday.wordpress.comGuest Post No. 24: Arjun Basu Crosses Canada; Finds The SmithsArjun Basu is the author, most recently, of the much-loved novel “Waiting for the Man.” In 2008, he published “Squishy,” a collection of short stories that was shortlisted f… 141