Fantômas, Le contrebandier de DEI
@theefantomas.bsky.social
Cultural Elite Marxist Immigrant. He/him. Sólo otro Chicano que vive en París
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Musings on monsters: “What is the meaning of these unclean monkeys, these strange savage lions, and monsters? To what purpose are here placed these creatures, half beast, half man, or these spotted tigers?”
“If beauty is to be true and good, then it must be for everyone. It must be difficult, or complicated, or coarse, or hard to perceive. It must be worth struggling for. And it must exist in all of us.”
@theefantomas.bsky.social
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Those Hideous Stewards of Beauty
The gargoyles and grotesques on Notre-Dame Cathedral look down and see themselves in us.
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December 17, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Musings on monsters: “What is the meaning of these unclean monkeys, these strange savage lions, and monsters? To what purpose are here placed these creatures, half beast, half man, or these spotted tigers?”
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Mother fuckin’ Sergio is awesome
“If beauty is to be true and good, then it must be for everyone. It must be difficult, or complicated, or coarse, or hard to perceive. It must be worth struggling for. And it must exist in all of us.”
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Those Hideous Stewards of Beauty
The gargoyles and grotesques on Notre-Dame Cathedral look down and see themselves in us.
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December 17, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Mother fuckin’ Sergio is awesome
It’s weird to watch LOTR again…I haven’t seen it in like 5 years lol
December 18, 2025 at 7:10 PM
It’s weird to watch LOTR again…I haven’t seen it in like 5 years lol
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Just to be clear: Sergio is marveling at a man sleeping in his own urine on the train.
It reminds me of Catherine of Siena kissing the wounds of plague victims and other insane things (love her).
It reminds me of Catherine of Siena kissing the wounds of plague victims and other insane things (love her).
This is when I started crying. I’m on a train in public dammit. This is wonderful.
December 17, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Just to be clear: Sergio is marveling at a man sleeping in his own urine on the train.
It reminds me of Catherine of Siena kissing the wounds of plague victims and other insane things (love her).
It reminds me of Catherine of Siena kissing the wounds of plague victims and other insane things (love her).
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“If beauty is to be true and good, then it must be for everyone. It must be difficult, or complicated, or coarse, or hard to perceive. It must be worth struggling for. And it must exist in all of us.”
@theefantomas.bsky.social
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Those Hideous Stewards of Beauty
The gargoyles and grotesques on Notre-Dame Cathedral look down and see themselves in us.
www.plough.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:30 PM
“If beauty is to be true and good, then it must be for everyone. It must be difficult, or complicated, or coarse, or hard to perceive. It must be worth struggling for. And it must exist in all of us.”
@theefantomas.bsky.social
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The thing you have to understand about America is everything is terrible and won’t get better for a long time. But, for some inexplicable reason, people have faith that the system still can work through this.
- me, Explaining the US to the Europeans
- me, Explaining the US to the Europeans
December 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The thing you have to understand about America is everything is terrible and won’t get better for a long time. But, for some inexplicable reason, people have faith that the system still can work through this.
- me, Explaining the US to the Europeans
- me, Explaining the US to the Europeans
This was my first year teaching Adults, and teaching in France.
I also got an article published in @plough.bsky.social.
My French is still bad but I can function more or less.
I also have finished being treated for ADHD and Depression and no longer need meds.
What a year.
I also got an article published in @plough.bsky.social.
My French is still bad but I can function more or less.
I also have finished being treated for ADHD and Depression and no longer need meds.
What a year.
December 17, 2025 at 12:07 PM
This was my first year teaching Adults, and teaching in France.
I also got an article published in @plough.bsky.social.
My French is still bad but I can function more or less.
I also have finished being treated for ADHD and Depression and no longer need meds.
What a year.
I also got an article published in @plough.bsky.social.
My French is still bad but I can function more or less.
I also have finished being treated for ADHD and Depression and no longer need meds.
What a year.
“The victim who is able to articulate the situation of the victim has ceased to be a victim: he or she has become a threat.”
— James Baldwin, The Devil Finds Work
— James Baldwin, The Devil Finds Work
December 17, 2025 at 11:48 AM
“The victim who is able to articulate the situation of the victim has ceased to be a victim: he or she has become a threat.”
— James Baldwin, The Devil Finds Work
— James Baldwin, The Devil Finds Work
Wokeness has made the sweetness of dying for ones country bitter.
If we lose an imaginary war with Russia, Gary Lineker and the woke left will be to blame - well that's a perfectly sane take Allison
December 17, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Wokeness has made the sweetness of dying for ones country bitter.
I wrote an article for this issue. It’s available to read if you’re inclined.
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December 16, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I wrote an article for this issue. It’s available to read if you’re inclined.
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The DC I know is worth fighting for.
I’m Janeese Lewis George, and I’m running for Mayor.
youtu.be/aOBD45c3wVM
I’m Janeese Lewis George, and I’m running for Mayor.
youtu.be/aOBD45c3wVM
The DC I know
YouTube video by Janeese for DC
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December 1, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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The French seeing Italian Immigrants as “Good” (i.e. White) Immigrants reeks of Modernism.
December 1, 2025 at 10:24 AM
The French seeing Italian Immigrants as “Good” (i.e. White) Immigrants reeks of Modernism.
An important step in getting older is realizing Carlton Banks was absolutely right to love Tom Jones’ music.
a man in a red shirt is dancing in a living room
ALT: a man in a red shirt is dancing in a living room
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November 25, 2025 at 8:29 AM
An important step in getting older is realizing Carlton Banks was absolutely right to love Tom Jones’ music.
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1992 roughly
Genuine question: when was the last time this strategy was actually successful?
November 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM
1992 roughly
Trump: “I have good genes. The best, so I have no reason to worry.”
RFK: “Bird Flu is caused by exposure to Clouds and Shoelaces therefore we must kill both of them.”
RFK: “Bird Flu is caused by exposure to Clouds and Shoelaces therefore we must kill both of them.”
you genuinely wonder what happens if we get a bird flu outbreak during Trump II
my wife and her entire team were fired over Zoom from their program manager jobs at a local nonprofit Seattle hospital this Spring because Trump just stopped paying Medicaid reimbursements. and this is a relatively affluent urban center
we're really not prepared for what's coming
we're really not prepared for what's coming
November 19, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Trump: “I have good genes. The best, so I have no reason to worry.”
RFK: “Bird Flu is caused by exposure to Clouds and Shoelaces therefore we must kill both of them.”
RFK: “Bird Flu is caused by exposure to Clouds and Shoelaces therefore we must kill both of them.”
Genuine question: when was the last time this strategy was actually successful?
November 19, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Genuine question: when was the last time this strategy was actually successful?
there are 4 types of guys online. no exceptions.
November 19, 2025 at 1:47 PM
there are 4 types of guys online. no exceptions.
The next four books I plan to read.
This should carry me through this year and into the next.
This should carry me through this year and into the next.
November 19, 2025 at 11:38 AM
The next four books I plan to read.
This should carry me through this year and into the next.
This should carry me through this year and into the next.
A Nuanced argument for why This specific Oppression is in fact good.
- Every Conservative Article
- Every Conservative Article
November 18, 2025 at 1:27 PM
A Nuanced argument for why This specific Oppression is in fact good.
- Every Conservative Article
- Every Conservative Article
I saw the worst minds of my generation Podcasting Hysterically.
November 15, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I saw the worst minds of my generation Podcasting Hysterically.
Life comes at you fast
November 6, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Life comes at you fast
Meanwhile NY just elected the first Muslim Mayor. He is already planning to attach a speaker to the Empire State Building for the Call to Prayer
November 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Meanwhile NY just elected the first Muslim Mayor. He is already planning to attach a speaker to the Empire State Building for the Call to Prayer
Dick Cheney…
a man with a cowboy hat and a mustache says bye
ALT: a man with a cowboy hat and a mustache says bye
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November 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Dick Cheney…
On the Surface, It: Welcome to Derry seems like a goofy idea but when you dive deeper you remember Stephen King has been trying to build franchise approach to his writings for decades now
October 27, 2025 at 5:19 PM
On the Surface, It: Welcome to Derry seems like a goofy idea but when you dive deeper you remember Stephen King has been trying to build franchise approach to his writings for decades now
In that weird spot of moving where I am establishing more of a life “here”, losing some ties from “there” but not quite settled in “either”.
Some of this is organic on my part, some on others. Sometimes a mix of both. Either way, it’s a weird feeling.
Some of this is organic on my part, some on others. Sometimes a mix of both. Either way, it’s a weird feeling.
October 27, 2025 at 3:01 PM
In that weird spot of moving where I am establishing more of a life “here”, losing some ties from “there” but not quite settled in “either”.
Some of this is organic on my part, some on others. Sometimes a mix of both. Either way, it’s a weird feeling.
Some of this is organic on my part, some on others. Sometimes a mix of both. Either way, it’s a weird feeling.