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Arjun Basu

@arjun.bsky.social
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Novelist. Fier Montréalais. Beer league hockey. Habs. Board member Access Copyright. "Certified Elder.” Host The Full Bleed, a podcast about the future of magazines. linktr.ee/arjunbasu

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Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Rats.
wired.com
Black Twitter Is Thriving—on Threads
From outrage over Nolan Wells’ death to analysis of HBO Max’s “Lanterns,” Threads has transformed into a vital artery of the Black social media ecosystem.
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Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
If you are both an artist/creator of any kind AND a White Sox fan, you might be on an express path to sainthood.
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Casey Newton @caseynewton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Meta glasses: too perverted for Amsterdam
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Clare Blackwood @clareblackwood.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Begging for this to stop being relevant youtu.be/VAbATWsvjTE?...
youtu.be
I'm A United States Governor, and I Don't Understand Why Canadians Have Stopped Visiting Us
YouTube video by Clare Blackwood
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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Literal mental illness
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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is a wild thread from @editorialboard.bsky.social about the Eric Schmitt faceplant:
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Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
For everyone who says "get back to the center" well, no, the right has moved so far right that stuff like this is guy is normal. Meaning the center is now right. Or, there is no center.
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Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Agreed. A LOT of assumptions about usage and acceptability were built in, the word "transparent" was used in an odd manner and on and on and on.
policyalternatives.ca
Canada’s AI consultation asked the wrong questions | CCPA
The federal government invited Canadians to participate in a consultation about AI. They left out some of the most important issues.
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
They're holding up a major escalation in Iran and a crackdown on abortion until after the midterms to limit political damage. To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse.
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Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I needed this Friday last Wednesday what a week.
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Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Stop the stupid
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Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Exactly
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Le Troupeau @letroupeauqc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Avec ce qui se passe avec Jordan Bardella en France…. Un rappel que plusieurs péquistes ont défendu la présence du RN dans un congrès du CNJPQ. Ils sont où les journalistes ?
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I believe the death penalty is cruel and unusual punishment in all circumstances but the absurd joke of "lethal injection" is even more cruel and unusual than the others. A violent fiction to fool bystanders into thinking that they are witnessing a humane execution. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u...
nytimes.com
Tennessee Death Row Inmate Christa Pike Still Alive After Attempts to Execute Her, Lawyers Say (Gift Article)
Christa Pike, who was convicted of murdering a classmate in 1995, was set to be executed by lethal injection. Officials had gone ahead with the execution after a temporary court-ordered pause.
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Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I mean, that's the question. Maybe the only one. @dansinker.com
dansinker.com
What If We Just Stopped? | dansinker.com
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Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I wrote about print for Montreal's The Main.
themain.com
Print Is Not Dead. | The Main
Readers haven’t given up on magazines, but giving print a future means rethinking the business built around it.
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Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Water Will Come remains essential reading. A great book.
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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"Mind boggling" The delusion is so incredibly deep.
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Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Makes sense. And cents. Or pence. Or quid. I don't know, mate.
carbonbrief.org
Analysis: Wind and solar save UK from gas imports worth £5.9bn during Hormuz crisis - Carbon Brief
The UK has avoided gas imports worth £5.9bn since the start of the Hormuz crisis as a result of record electricity generation from wind and solar.
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Gander Social @gandersocial.ca · 30/09/2026
A solid orange square shared in recognition of Orange Shirt Day
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Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I already know I’m not going to use anything I wrote today.
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Saeed 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.”
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Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I can't with all the dumb.
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Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Not enough nap time.
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Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Yes: Gatekeeping is not the problem. Bad gatekeepers are.
magazine.032c.com
WHAT WE BELIEVE v2.0: “WHAT MAGAZINES DO” | 032c
Victoria Camblin's manifesto on slop, post-cool Berlin, and the enduring relevance of editing.
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"smokey stevenson" @kurtblumenau.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The Boston Globe out here quietly making local journalism history
Boston Globe headline -- or, at least, it's on their website; it's not necessarily in print -- uses the word "stinktastic" to refer to the 2026 American Leaguescreenshot from Newspapers dot com indicates that no matches have been found for the word "stinktastic" in archived newspapers from Boston, Suffolk County, MassachusettsGenealogyBank has some Boston newspapers in it too, and a search there similarly indicates no matches for "stinktastic" in any of them. How 'bout that? We are witnessin' a new word, kid
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Juan Moreno-Cruz @jmorenocruz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This is a good reminder that what the energy industry does is moving energy around. The energy industry is its more important customer.
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Thomas Gerbet @thomasgerbet.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
NOUVEAU : 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.ca
CAQ, ingérence et services secrets, chronologie intrigante
Dix jours avant d’alerter le SCRS, l’équipe Fréchette partageait à des journalistes les textes du think tank américain appelant à influencer les élections.
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Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I think spammers would have better open rates if they take the weekends off like normal people.
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𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇 @taras-grescoe.com · 26/09/2026
It’s the Year 2026. The city of Montreal is completely controlled by cyclists. And public transport.
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Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Quelle beauté. The great bend of the river at the city as it heads north east toward the Atlantic. J'adore notre ville.
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Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The thing about using influencers or creators for your ads is you can create plausible denial.
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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 25/09/2026
We 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
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David Cowhig 高大伟 @gaodawei.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The 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
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Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The stupid is endless
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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
That's because the anti-intellectualism of the populists and Far Right is in direct contradiction to the basic foundations of any civilisation
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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
That deeper Covid dip
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Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
agir.naturequebec.org
Pétition: La nature retient son souffle
Aidez-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.
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Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Good smart stuff from Seth Klein
sethdklein.substack.com
Is Prime Minister Carney a climate denier?
Unpacking “the new climate denialism”
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Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Nailed 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.email
Am I too boring to need an AI agent?
Read to the end for a machine we must create
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
In 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.
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Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Yes. I was running late for a Zoom. Otherwise I would have included an anchovie and parsley one as well.
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Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Abundance.
6 crackers. 6 toppings.
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Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Facts never get in the way of argument. Ideology is easy. Thinking is hard.
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Jerad Walker @jeradwalker.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The 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.
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Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This is amazing. I wish Montreal had this program. My compost bin gets skanky so fast....
bbc.com
New York has a food waste problem. South Korea has already solved it
South 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.
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Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
More sketch.
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Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A lot is sketchy.
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Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Um. What?
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Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
It's a gift, he said with bitterness. Or bile. He wasn't sure which.
Everything is stupid. And a gift box. Because the stupid is a gift, he said with bitterness.
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