Fantômas, Le contrebandier de DEI
@theefantomas.bsky.social
Cultural Elite Marxist Immigrant. He/him. Sólo otro Chicano que vive en París
They’re not gonna lament the dead tho, they’re just gonna complain about the “invasion”
Update: over 37,500 people have already returned from Ceuta to Morocco, according to the Spanish Interior Ministry. This represents 75% of all arrivals. Death toll rises to 57.
Unfun fact: Keiko Fujimori actually lost the vote inside Peru, but overseas Peruvian absentee votes put her over the top with the thinnest of margins. Never take your vote for granted!
Perú joins Colombia in the continuing retreat from democracy & human rights in the Andean region- and throughout Latin America- in alignment w/MAGA intervention and Trump's militarist & extractivist allies www.youtube.com/watch?v=osai...
All those unemployed Data Producers are finally gonna get some work at the ole data mill
Hassett: "Data centers are very good for towns bc they create so many jobs & bring people in with high incomes that can buy houses & stuff like that. So if you take a sleepy town that hasn't seen much in the last 30 years & put a data center there, there are gonna be a bunch of happy residents."
Ordered a pocket knife specifically for Whittling to my folks place in the US.
AC Milan and Italy legend Franco Baresi has passed away at the age of 66. Widely regarded as one of the greatest defenders in football history, Baresi spent his entire 20-year professional career with Milan, making 719 appearances and winning six Serie A titles, three European
“Some of my best friends are Sea People.”
Dream Casting of Odysseus’ parents:
"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it." Upton Sinclair
After The Economist’s interview with Elon Musk, will major media finally reassess how they cover the fascist billionaire? As its editor-in-chief did the rounds saying she was “not a Musk hater,” he was on X calling her a traitor to the West and suggesting she be murdered. Please, have some dignity.
The Odyssey (2026) dir. Christopher Nolan
Elaine: He said I had wise eyes, Athena’s eyes Jerry: Athena’s eyes? What’s that supposed to mean? Elaine: Exactly! What’s that supposed to mean? Kramer, sliding in the door: You won’t believe what Puddy just said Jerry: You have Athena’s eyes? Kramer: *yelps*
George: They violated Zeus’s law! Jerry: They violated Zeus’s law?! George: They violated Zeus’s law.
Our Age of Bronze is Collapsing, Jerry
Rewatching The Revenant. It’s crazy how Leonardo DiCaprio had sex with that Bear IRL to properly capture the tension onscreen.
Finally opened the windows. It’s not cool cool out here but there’s a nice breeze and my apt isn’t getting direct sun anymore. So the worst is over for me imo.
As much as I like living in France. I do miss my friends sometimes
I was interviewed about my book for the Jesuit magazine Études! If you’ve got access and can read French — hey! Check it out. I’m happy and grateful for the whole experience. www.revue-etudes.com/article/de-b...
Interview d'Anne Carpenter en accès libre dans Etudes. Au menu : la rencontre improbable entre le théologien Hans Urs Von Balthasar et la tradition critique américaine, Péguy, Blondel et l'autoritarisme hier et aujourd'hui. Lisez ! www.revue-etudes.com/article/de-b...
De Balthasar à Baldwin
Professeure de théologie à l’université jésuite de Saint-Louis (Missouri), Anne Carpenter est spécialiste de l’œuvre de
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Wario and Waluigi are are dark reflections of Mario and Luigi, The most notable difference is that Mario and Luigi are Italian, whereas Wario and Waluigi are French.
"When I'm reincarnated, I'm gonna come back as a musical note! That way can't nobody capture me. They can use the hell out of me but ain't nothin' too much they can do to me… They can play a C, but they can't really destroy a C" - Rahsaan Roland Kirk
I love when gig/job posts on FB say “this is not a scam.” Because it’s like oh good, I wasn’t sure before.
But it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He filed taxes in France.
Modern Writers: it’s important to humanize the villains. Older writers: this guy is named Mr. Fuckface and he’s the worst.