Arjun Basu

Why we Make fucking magazines. A conversation with the editors of AFM and Elastic. Feb 19. bar de Courcelle. 7-11 PM

Hilary Brenhouse. Haley Mlotek. Arjun Basu.

Hey Montreal. This will be fun. Lots. Even if I’m there.
Because magazines rock.

We all live in Jeffrey Epstein's world The most disturbing revelation so far

We all live in Jeffrey Epstein's world
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Republicans, you own Trump's racist video about the Obamas | Opinion Republicans own the deeply racist video President Donald Trump posted to his social media account in the late-night hours of Feb. 5.

Here’s a message to Republican lawmakers who enable President Donald Trump and every American who still supports him: You own the deeply racist video he posted to his social media account in the late-night hours of Feb. 5.

My column on the complicity of silence:a

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1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.

Big troubles for friendshoring: German firms slash investment in the US, to double down in China Bullets:

These unintended consequences are only a surprise to those within the Big Orange Administration. Some of the charts here should show them what's what. If they read, that is.

An Ethnic Cleansing Averted (For Now) An Update on Springfield, Ohio

An Ethnic Cleansing Averted (For Now)
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Drinking Ourselves Under the Table 2/5/26 - Our depletion of ancient aquifers, and what comes next

In the end, and in the beginning, everything was and is about water. There is nothing else.

#thehigherthewater

Crawford Nickel mine’s plan to store carbon in waste rock | The Narwhal The Crawford Nickel mine outside Timmins, Ont., is receiving millions of public dollars to figure out how to lower greenhouse gas emissions

The email came to me and said "a carbon storage rock star" and that kind of pun gets you a share (sure I'm a subscriber but I'm also a lover of a great pun) @thenarwhal.ca

It Turns Out Waymos Are Being Controlled by Workers in the Philippines During a Congressional hearing, Waymo's chief safety officer, Mauricio Peña, was grilled over the company's reliance on overseas workers.

Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”

Community Presses Against ICE An interview with Bench Pressed, the Minneapolis-based community letterpress mobilizing against ICE.

Independent media supporting independent media. Cake talks to Bench Pressed.

Face à la dévitalisation, les régions plaident pour l’immigration Des maires lancent un cri du cœur à François Legault et à tous ceux qui « aspirent » au pouvoir en octobre : les régions ont besoin de l’immigration, sans quoi le Québec est condamné au déclin et à l’...

Les CAQuistes va rester CAQA jusqu’à la fin.

Bezos does not make economic decisions any longer. He makes business decisions and all of them are also political. The fact WaPo has been losing money is irrelevant.

Who could have predicted this? Besides everyone.

Here are the secret lists of banned books from Alberta's 2 largest school boards The Calgary Board of Education removed 42 books from its libraries and the Edmonton Public School Board removed 33 in response to an order from Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides.

Here are the secret lists of banned books from Alberta's 2 largest school boards

Guess what they have in common?

The Reeds: A Novel [Stamped by Author] A single summer changes the trajectory of each member of this close-knit family, changing their lives — and the family — forever. “Sharp, wildly hilarious, touching, and profound … Maybe art can’t be ...

Did you know you can buy my last novel from Montreal's great The Main? And that the books are "stamped by the author"? Meaning me?

It's true.

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Come sail away, come sail away, come sail away with me....

Analysis: Clean energy drove more than a third of China’s GDP growth in 2025 - Carbon Brief Clean-energy technologies drove more than a third of the growth in China’s economy in 2025 – and more than 90% of the rise in investment.

Cleaning up by cleaning up.

1 Million Monthly Listeners. 12 Tickets Sold. Here's The Scam. Why the industry keeps mistaking algorithmic reach for real fans.

When you confuse online with the real world. I'd rather be "big in Japan." Those are real people, after all.

McGill Spent Over $1 Million Fighting Unionization – The Rover Union organizers at the university say this is part of a broader trend towards corporatization of the public institution.

McGill Spent Over $1 Million Fighting Unionization therover.ca/mcgill-spent...

WaPo dies in darkness

(ie: the last journalist to leave the room has shut the lights)

Jackhammering Into the Sewer A look through the Epstein files.

Jackhammering Into the Sewer
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Renforcement de la laïcité | Les villes dénoncent des obligations « coûteuses et déconnectées » Les grandes villes du Québec dénoncent de larges pans du projet de loi 9 renforçant l’arsenal de la laïcité dans la province. Selon elles, la réforme défendue par le ministre Jean-François Roberge imp...

Par ce que le racisme coûte cher....

Les villes dénoncent des obligations « coûteuses et déconnectées »

I give thanks to the trees.

I read thousands of pages of Epstein files this weekend trying to understand what he wanted out of his meeting with 4chan's Christopher Poole. Here's everything we know about Epstein's plans to dismantle the internet and, eventually, democracy.
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I hate how close all the conspiracy theorists were to getting things right.

The only thing stopping them was ideology.

Because ideology is easy. But thinking is hard.

When you cave, they push harder. When you fight back, *they* cave. Do not obey in advance. Repeat after me: "Fuck you--make me."

Can Fascists Still Be Shamed? A conversation with Chris Mathias, author of "To Catch a Fascist"

It's a good question. Because I'm not so sure. Shamelessness can be wielded like a superpower....

I hate how close all the conspiracy theorists were to getting things right.

The only thing stopping them was ideology.

Because ideology is easy. But thinking is hard.

1. This 2016 exchange between Jeffrey Epstein and Peter Thiel is so essential, really gets to the heart of Epstein's project.
Epstein: brexit, just the beginning.
Thiel: Of what?
Epstein: return to tribalism... finding things on their way to collapse , was much easier than finding the next bargain

Because they love creating “content.”