# ![@ErikBootsma Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::772531416395546624.png) @ErikBootsma Erik Bootsma🌸🇳🇱

Erik Bootsma🌸🇳🇱 posts on X about budapest, mexico, netherlands, money the most. They currently have [------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [-----] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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### Social Influence

**Social category influence**
[travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations)  12.69% [countries](/list/countries)  11.94% [finance](/list/finance)  5.22% [celebrities](/list/celebrities)  2.24% [automotive brands](/list/automotive-brands)  1.49% [stocks](/list/stocks)  1.49% [musicians](/list/musicians)  0.75% [gaming](/list/gaming)  0.75%

**Social topic influence**
[budapest](/topic/budapest) 7.46%, [mexico](/topic/mexico) 2.24%, [netherlands](/topic/netherlands) 2.24%, [money](/topic/money) 2.24%, [hungary](/topic/hungary) 2.24%, [what is](/topic/what-is) 1.49%, [in the](/topic/in-the) 1.49%, [speed](/topic/speed) 1.49%, [has been](/topic/has-been) 1.49%, [lack of](/topic/lack-of) 1.49%

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### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"This would make I think only the 3rd chapel to St Olaf in the US. One of the others being here in Virginia in Norge. UPDATE: https://t.co/T6xdUOqyDj UPDATE: https://t.co/T6xdUOqyDj"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2018119273953046541)  2026-02-02T00:28Z 10.3K followers, [----] engagements


"This is incredibly incompetent work on the left. When an AI render gets it more right you've got to fire your architects. The under construction High Court building in Bandra Mumbai could have looked so much better if they used Indian architecture https://t.co/5qKql7fPis The under construction High Court building in Bandra Mumbai could have looked so much better if they used Indian architecture https://t.co/5qKql7fPis"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2019057106964402444)  2026-02-04T14:35Z 10.4K followers, [----] engagements


"Architectural review boards and historic review boards are dominated by architects who are ideologically driven to hate history and tradition. Stop appointing modernist architects on your boards if you want your city to be beautiful. I've just googled Cazenove Architects an employee of which rejected the lovely proposed development below for being too 'cohesive'. This is their work and presumably what they would have preferred. Disgusting. https://t.co/iRdHcIFTEF I've just googled Cazenove Architects an employee of which rejected the lovely proposed development below for being too 'cohesive'."  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2019063479605612560)  2026-02-04T15:00Z 10.4K followers, [----] engagements


"We're always told that "the media is the message." Yet so many classical schools muddle their message with boring modernist architecture. Classical schools should convey what goes on inside through what is built outside. Our design for Hozho Academy in Gallup New Mexico"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2019413572540113303)  2026-02-05T14:11Z 10.4K followers, 14.3K engagements


"We're always told that "the medium is the message." Yet so many classical schools muddle their message with boring modernist architecture. Classical schools should convey what goes on inside through what is built outside. Our design for Hozho Academy in Gallup New Mexico"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2019414838305517719)  2026-02-05T14:16Z 10.4K followers, [----] engagements


"@bw_phillips @JeremyTate41 @shellenberger @Aesthetic_City @michaeljknowles @michael_diamant @HorcherF @amifellowship @NewmanSocPres @CathLibEd @JMWSPT Working in the Southwest and Florida is extremely satisfying. I love the simplicity of the style that allows you to concentrate on smaller details in the places that count. Plus I just love how it looks as it reminds me of my college years in California"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2019418493406662895)  2026-02-05T14:31Z 10.3K followers, [---] engagements


"@alancornett The Washington Post laid off a ton of activists masquerading as unbiased journalists"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2019944721909706883)  2026-02-07T01:22Z 10.2K followers, [---] engagements


"@adamcarolla @Daniel_Wheatley @OTHComedyClub Make sure you plug them on the podcast. "It couldn't hurt""  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2019950455447527516)  2026-02-07T01:44Z 10.2K followers, [---] engagements


"@frobrien Say hello to Fr Felkner for me. He was my roommate in college"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2020162387458793755)  2026-02-07T15:47Z 10.2K followers, [---] engagements


"@tweettowoo @Bigdai100 Ask yourself why it's a near death experience. Is it the bikes or is it the cars"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2020188317422076283)  2026-02-07T17:30Z 10.2K followers, [---] engagements


"@Chris_arnade @ONLYSEZCALMDOWN Uff da"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2020190251902263555)  2026-02-07T17:37Z 10.2K followers, [--] engagements


"@rpondiscio Everyone knows this. George was the real talent and Ringo second. Paul wrote really nutty stuff like Maxwell's Silver Hammer"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2020277628889108931)  2026-02-07T23:24Z 10.2K followers, [---] engagements


"Every modernist I know posts the crappy plane meme and then just ignores plain facts like this. The fact that countless great beautiful buildings were destroyed for no other reason than the modernist wanted to start ex nihilo on the world. "The old buildings around today are just the best ones that's why they're all so nice. We tore down all the crappy ones." Yeah except we tore down all of these too and many many more. Old buildings were built better (in general). https://t.co/QbbwPisKpO "The old buildings around today are just the best ones that's why they're all so nice. We tore down all"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2020277994774987180)  2026-02-07T23:26Z 10.4K followers, [----] engagements


"@StevenCheah I remember getting to Rome the first time and walking to my apartment for the next [--] months from Termini Station. It's [---] km and I loved every second of the walk. Over the next [--] months I wore my shoes out walking everywhere."  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2020278916188098698)  2026-02-07T23:30Z 10.2K followers, [---] engagements


"In high school I was on the ski team and I was the only kid in our team who actually FINISHED the super G. Still my greatest sports achievement. I was at the time obsessed with doing the Downhill. I do recall doing a [--] mile run sub [--] seconds too though nothing like this. She hits [--] mph on this gold medal run. Think about how fast that is. On whats basically an ice course. The downhill is such and incredible sport. Breezy Johnson AMAZING https://t.co/JHW1xaH39d She hits [--] mph on this gold medal run. Think about how fast that is. On whats basically an ice course. The downhill is such and"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2020735792365142370)  2026-02-09T05:45Z 10.4K followers, [----] engagements


"@OneLockOneKill1 Here's the best place now: @BenedictineKS"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2021403447220896215)  2026-02-11T01:58Z 10.4K followers, [---] engagements


"@OneLockOneKill1 @BenedictineKS I learned from my mom from taking classes with the @classicist and at Notre Dame Architecture"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2021411845756924182)  2026-02-11T02:31Z 10.4K followers, [--] engagements


"@Brian_Kennedy @greg_price11 Well this is the house vote but I would hope he would in the Senate too. Henry Cuellar TX was the lone vote. Also of note this was Chip Roy's bill ie the guy MAGA has crapped on for months"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2021756308177711530)  2026-02-12T01:20Z 10.4K followers, [--] engagements


"@johnhboyer Kent read Kent write Kent State. Something like that"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2021828800049557637)  2026-02-12T06:08Z 10.4K followers, [--] engagements


"@reddit_lies Her family should be so lucky"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2022156638959153369)  2026-02-13T03:51Z 10.4K followers, [----] engagements


"@RuggerBaba @FeserEdward The people responsible should have been shipped off to Mongolia"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2022676952495304777)  2026-02-14T14:18Z 10.4K followers, [--] engagements


"Progress continues at Benedictine College on the Library Project. Our redesign of the south tower is continuing with all of the limestone elements installed including the decorative shield (escutcheon) and small capitals framing the Palladian window"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2023244512546419000)  2026-02-16T03:54Z 10.4K followers, [----] engagements


"@Jose_Galvan @LiturgyGuy I have Bishop Jugis' architecture norms document. It's solid and likewise likely rescinded"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2022390564331851852)  2026-02-13T19:20Z 10.4K followers, [--] engagements


"RT @AlexBerenson: The idea drivers don't speed when they're high is among the most dangerous lies that cannabis legalizers have pushed http"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2023020419914355182)  2026-02-15T13:03Z 10.4K followers, [--] engagements


""Cookie cutter isn't bad if they are good cookies" - me (stolen by a few people but happy to have it stolen) Residential-over-Retail can be built cookie-cutter right next to each other. It's the same 'box' over and over. https://t.co/9upp1CFKPo Residential-over-Retail can be built cookie-cutter right next to each other. It's the same 'box' over and over. https://t.co/9upp1CFKPo"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2021825993472725500)  2026-02-12T05:57Z 10.4K followers, 51.2K engagements


"@NoContextDutch1 Nothing will ever be as amazing as Sochi where NL finished 5th in total medals and golds even though they were basically only in speed skating (and a few snowboarders)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2023447011241136323)  2026-02-16T17:18Z 10.4K followers, [---] engagements


"RT @classicspilled: Charleston has the best cookies"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2022401142794392031)  2026-02-13T20:03Z 10.4K followers, [--] engagements


"RT @OVTweetmarck: Quinque or septem"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2022882981602353292)  2026-02-15T03:57Z 10.4K followers, [--] engagements


"RT @aakashgupta: The Netherlands was forced into taxing unrealized gains. Their Supreme Court struck down the old Box [--] system in [----]. Th"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2023034062252974210)  2026-02-15T13:58Z 10.4K followers, [---] engagements


"Each party retains responsibility and credit for their own contributions to the project. This collaboration does not constitute a partnership or joint venture"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2023244520201109943)  2026-02-16T03:54Z 10.4K followers, [---] engagements


"Project Collaborators and Roles Ellison-Auxier Architects Architect of Record James McCrery Architect Primary Design Architect Erik Bootsma Architect PLLC Design Consultant and Design Architect"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2023244522868629621)  2026-02-16T03:54Z 10.4K followers, [---] engagements


"Every part of a church from its exterior interior and site plan should be beautiful and symbolize the truth that God is here. Our master plan for a new Catholic church classical schools and priory for a growing congregation in the American Southwest. #Catholic"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2021303482406281473)  2026-02-10T19:21Z 10.4K followers, 63K engagements


"@mspringut The Fisher Building designed by Albert Kahn had only one of the short wings built"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2023424136794828804)  2026-02-16T15:48Z 10.4K followers, [---] engagements


"@NoContextDutch1 Completely dominated the skating events"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2023447941017727233)  2026-02-16T17:22Z 10.4K followers, [---] engagements


"We need to have more holy places. So in the quiet of the desert of New Mexico built by hand using traditional techniques the Shrine of St. Kateri Tekakwitha has been slowly taking shape over the past [--] years. This will be a place of holiness in a busy world. Its not that hard. Just create things you want to see in the world. Its not that hard. Just create things you want to see in the world"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1934613477026377737)  2025-06-16T14:06Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@JuliaJuliagulia Yep"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1934938498194137334)  2025-06-17T11:37Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@JuliaJuliagulia There isn't a thing that can beat just taking a pill to make the chance of a big family go away. Especially when the government businesses and all of culture have stigmatized having a lot of kids for nigh on three generations or more"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1935016909365453002)  2025-06-17T16:49Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"What is nuts is that apart from the Penguins and Islanders Canada had absolutely dominated the Stanley Cup for the two decades before winning [--] of those years. The Habs are still the last Canadian team to win the Stanley Cup https://t.co/swbfoeN10X The Habs are still the last Canadian team to win the Stanley Cup https://t.co/swbfoeN10X"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1935177091735060967)  2025-06-18T03:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@KnightofStJoan @NewUrbanism Saw him at the [--] Generations conference there. Have a great story of talking to him at Thomas Gordon Smith's house"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1935899274740433099)  2025-06-20T03:15Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@RodneyMarsh10 Here in soccer mad Richmond we have an Arsenal fan club Chelsea and Tottenham fan clubs and even Dortmund clubs. I know two maybe three City fans"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1936403351811616872)  2025-06-21T12:38Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"On my way to Michigan for a great @KirkCenter conference. Can't wait to see friends old and new. Safe travels to all. https://kirkcenter.org/highlights/prospects-for-anglo-american-conservatism-in-the-tradition-of-russell-kirk-and-roger-scruton/ https://kirkcenter.org/highlights/prospects-for-anglo-american-conservatism-in-the-tradition-of-russell-kirk-and-roger-scruton/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1938556915786866910)  2025-06-27T11:16Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Tooling around downtown Grand Rapids Michigan. Unlike so many mid sized cities the downtown at night is surprisingly alive with people. Bartender here though tells me it's normal. Biggest factor Far as I can tell intact buildings and a lack of surface parking lots"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1938779484104335460)  2025-06-28T02:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Also noted the apparent lack of a downtown mall that was so popular across the country in the 60s. This example of a particularly crazy form of urban renewal from Iowa as an example"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1938781183858385325)  2025-06-28T02:07Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Some very nice urban buildings here in Grand Rapids. Note that even faily small cities in this country used to build beautiful buildings"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1938781553515024599)  2025-06-28T02:08Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@alancornett Hey @JeffBezos happy to do this for you. I've been dying to build Venice in America"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1939184317684736269)  2025-06-29T04:49Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@CatholicSat The Vatican Press spokesman acting like a White House spokesperson is not a good development. (that goes for whatever party is in the WH)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1940771619951264057)  2025-07-03T13:56Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Yes. Add ample streetcar service too. Do you support "Right to Build" in your State Let's say a legal entitlement to build a [--] story building on any lot perhaps retail on 1st floor apartments above. Cities could require brick exterior good materials but could not impose SFH zoning etc. Yes or No https://t.co/87oPuot0Xr Do you support "Right to Build" in your State Let's say a legal entitlement to build a [--] story building on any lot perhaps retail on 1st floor apartments above. Cities could require brick exterior good materials but could not impose SFH zoning etc. Yes or No"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1940781626663096694)  2025-07-03T14:36Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@shagbark_hick There is a stretch of [---] north of Winnemucca I have driven many a time that is dead straight for nearly [--] miles. No crossroads no houses no nothing. If you weren't worried about hitting a deer or antelope you could drive by starlight. No exaggeration"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1941239937841627308)  2025-07-04T20:57Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@Spelt_D_o_n_a_l @shagbark_hick Oh yes [--]. Drove part of [---] on that route often so a little fuzzy. I've had times where I had to use sun shade for the full moon blinding me in those parts"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1941660797219881010)  2025-07-06T00:49Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@jf2e I think Liverpool will be going double time to get Isak now given the tragic loss of Jota"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1941926657079558272)  2025-07-06T18:26Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@jf2e He's clearly going to be demanding a big price tag. Liverpool should have the inside track as he's been quoted as saying he'd love to play for them but then that doesn't always work out professionally"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1941944922455646682)  2025-07-06T19:38Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"When the power goes out dads spring to action. Then later read Tolkien by candlelight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1942041133690900779)  2025-07-07T02:01Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@bbgatch UCO lanterns. They have refill candles on springs to keep them at the top. They they are great for camping. Avoid the amazon knockoffs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1942183110268903934)  2025-07-07T11:25Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@rkylesmith @Heminator @baseballcrank Remember when Kanye West hated Republicans Or better yet remember when Ariana Huffington was a republican"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1942392898319773793)  2025-07-08T01:18Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@Citizen815 @david_shane Yes sadly. Most of the time they just abandoned them for horrible suburban shacks"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1942393290591973409)  2025-07-08T01:20Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@mlsline @tweedledee1111 We wouldn't allow Duchamp to actually put the moustache on the actual Mona Lisa and yet this we allow this for architecture constantly. It's shameful how modernist philosophy so deliberately marrs or "subverts" beautiful architecture of our cities. So yest I hate it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1942567878378586370)  2025-07-08T12:54Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Germans doing hinkey things along the Polish border Perish the thought. Members of the Polish Citizens Patrol Movement find a German police van hiding among bushes just across the border inside Polish territory. German police vans are driving across and dropping illegal migrants off without informing the Polish authorities about their activities. https://t.co/bgqh0hLb7Q Members of the Polish Citizens Patrol Movement find a German police van hiding among bushes just across the border inside Polish territory. German police vans are driving across and dropping illegal migrants off without"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1942729160981401659)  2025-07-08T23:35Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


""the steps it takes to make something energy efficient also make it fragile." The same thing applies to architecture. We build massive numbers of buildings that are supposedly "energy efficient" yet are built with materials that cannot possibly last. Listen to my words. Ive been an HVAC mechanic for a long time. What Im seeing now VS even ten years ago is a crime. Parts are trash equipment is too. It was bad during Covid everything was shut down it was understandable. But its worse now. I get a new part I cross my https://t.co/xwht6sAnmH Listen to my words. Ive been an HVAC mechanic for a"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1943027289115042024)  2025-07-09T19:19Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@NecktieSalvage I mostly like sitting in the aisle because I don't like bugging other people to get up for the necessary. I basically fly every other week and mostly I sleep or watch something. But yes it's cool. (BTW posting this from an airplane seat sitting waiting for a weather delay)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1943809689289965694)  2025-07-11T23:08Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@HendrKim "Only if we learn how to dwell can we learn how to build and only if we build can we learn to live with each other" Heidegger quoted by Scruton as one of the only things he thought Heidegger was absolutely correct on. Lot to unpack there about how man is a social being"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1944225314457911335)  2025-07-13T02:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@HendrKim "That's the secret of real architecture that's why Amsterdam is still beautiful because it is a place of real dwelling. but of course modern architecture is hideous largely because is an architecture for nomads who sweep through it like a wind" @_Aesthetic_City"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1944226126177743072)  2025-07-13T02:43Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"The bots are using better AI to post auto replies to your content now. If @elonmusk could figure out a way to outsmart the bot farms that are scraping money off the top by farming fake engagement it would be a good thing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1944233050600026134)  2025-07-13T03:10Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@AviWoolf The entire abolitionist movement was conducted with evangelical fervor. It was 100% based in the Puritan and Congregationalist zeal for evangelizing and building the city of God. Today though New England has that same proselytizing zeal but absolutely no belief in God"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1944586110933340626)  2025-07-14T02:33Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@IVMiles New England Puritanism has always had the sense of progressive zealotry which always carried with it political component. The abolitionists were the natural outgrowth of their faith. Now they've simply abandoned faith in God but kept the evangelizing zeal for politics"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1944587722620059709)  2025-07-14T02:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@AriTeman @BillAckman @TuckerCarlson @TPUSA Both and everyone really. If you want to do something traditional I'm all over it but always glad to extend the tradition but within the bounds of good taste"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1944604754744594522)  2025-07-14T03:47Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@Chase_Steely I almost got commissioned in army at 35"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1945812040863436836)  2025-07-17T11:45Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@AmandaMashburn0 My brother has a [----] GMC that is only missing the cab to have it completely restored. Cab got lost in a warehouse fire"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1945846262839783531)  2025-07-17T14:01Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@NecktieSalvage Got 250k on our Honda Odyssey. The drivers side door won't even slide open. Shrug"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1946390988739490094)  2025-07-19T02:05Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"My wife knows that my aesthetic taste is better than hers. She provides input and I give her options but she understands that I as a male can have good taste in our home. Dudes like this were already gay. Ive been married for [--] years and have never been home decor shopping or even had an opinion on the subject except for the one time when I had a painting custom made depicting me meeting a group of space aliens. Its now hanging above a Dudes like this were already gay. Ive been married for [--] years and have never been home decor shopping or even had an opinion on the subject except for the"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1946542306485530996)  2025-07-19T12:07Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@MichaelWatsonDC @AviWoolf Traditional New Orleans Mardi Gras colors. https://www.mardigrasneworleans.com/history/traditions/colors https://www.mardigrasneworleans.com/history/traditions/colors"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1947322044476977342)  2025-07-21T15:45Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@MichaelWatsonDC @AviWoolf @johnhboyer would tell you just about anyone from New Orleans would get it in an instant"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1947336148419784878)  2025-07-21T16:41Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Thread on the little things I. Italy that reminds you it's full of foreigners. I moved to Tuscany [--] months ago and am going through the immigration process. This is a Western European country so youd think things would be fairly similar to The States (other than the language). And mostly they are. But theres a million small sometimes odd differences. I moved to Tuscany [--] months ago and am going through the immigration process. This is a Western European country so youd think things would be fairly similar to The States (other than the language). And mostly they are. But theres a million small"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1947436733554979287)  2025-07-21T23:21Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Hey @grok who was the most famous person to visit my profile doesnt need to be a mutual dont tag them just say who it was"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1948943413098717244)  2025-07-26T03:08Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@Lea_EFC Almost got me drawn in there"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1949912211352355289)  2025-07-28T19:17Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"I have a collection of Craftsman style house designs we have made that will be for sale as plan sets very soon. We have a number of designs in the works as well. Stay tuned. Bungalows are such lovely houses. Why do new-build houses not take inspiration from these https://t.co/JXKV60izOv Bungalows are such lovely houses. Why do new-build houses not take inspiration from these https://t.co/JXKV60izOv"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1950210560215203857)  2025-07-29T15:03Z [----] followers, 19.7K engagements


"@carleolson @scovell222 @WayfarerStu Becoming obsessed with politics is deeply unhealthy for anyone doubly so for Catholics who supposedly are writing to help the faith"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1950436515990905044)  2025-07-30T06:01Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"I'm always happy to return to Hungary but whoever designed the Budapest airport terminal was certifiably insane. The exit is in a corner with a confusing stair that seems like it's going nowhere. The baggage claim is chaos and the final exits are cramped and clogged"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1950504158332641346)  2025-07-30T10:30Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@2024dion Disneyland is actually good esp Main street USA and Disney California Adventure is very VERY good"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1951425841470005587)  2025-08-01T23:32Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Utrecht North Holland Netherlands"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1952104426044284978)  2025-08-03T20:28Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Utrecht Utrecht Netherlands"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1952252841197768996)  2025-08-04T06:18Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@jonburkeUK @_Aesthetic_City @vincentveneman I was in Hungary last week but now back in the States"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1952527634279137664)  2025-08-05T00:30Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"NFL is on the horizon and I am now pulling for these [--] teams plus the Jets and Bears to be the only teams in th d playoffs. Wonder what the odds are on betting this would be"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1953609773133574232)  2025-08-08T00:10Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@NickAdamsinUSA Marquette National Bank of Minneapolis v. First of Omaha Service Corp and the National Banking Act"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1953893991650557983)  2025-08-08T19:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@Trad_Arch_Bdays Superga still remains one of the best iterations of the Pantheon theme anywhere"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1954004140734263479)  2025-08-09T02:17Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"An ideal living situation Being able to go for a walk here whenever I need to clear my head is a privilege I am not willing to give up https://t.co/fzTqh4dUG3 Being able to go for a walk here whenever I need to clear my head is a privilege I am not willing to give up https://t.co/fzTqh4dUG3"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1954502624218067448)  2025-08-10T11:18Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@d0gmah @stephiegal @elonmusk WTH"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1954918545051267435)  2025-08-11T14:51Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@JacoMajor Me I find the Bundestag almost even worse. It's banal and corporate and reflects how the Germans now see their citizens as subjects of a multinational corporate board"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1955260691801084393)  2025-08-12T13:30Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"I hope that Schlep and others take all $89 billion of Roblox. An official statement regarding Roblox: https://t.co/nVJ30lUqaG An official statement regarding Roblox: https://t.co/nVJ30lUqaG"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1956179439039267238)  2025-08-15T02:21Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@RizomaSchool Well I got banned from a local Reddit sub because I said that the govt stopping kids from being "gender transitioned" was "Good" My only comment and got banned. Glad I did"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1956188043649671443)  2025-08-15T02:55Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"What is a sanctuary in a Catholic Church This space so commonly mislabeled as worship space or incorrectly applied to the entire interior of a church is a critical bearer of symbolic meaning for Catholic theology and violating it does damage to our beliefs.🧵 1/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1956390616067096758)  2025-08-15T16:20Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"What we know now as the sanctuary of the church has its roots in the Old Testament first with the Tabernacle in the desert but also the Temple of Solomon which share the same symbols and teach the same theological understanding of the nature of God and man. 2/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1956390619279933833)  2025-08-15T16:20Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"The Tabernacle was constructed by Moses using specific dimensions given to him by God himself. He instructed him to build a holy precinct and within it a tent or the Tabernacle which would in turn be composed of two parts the Holy Place and the Holy of Holies. 3/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1956390622492782652)  2025-08-15T16:20Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"The Holy of Holies was constructed with specific dimensions namely that it be a perfect cube and that it be decorated with gold and purple and that within it the Ark of the Covenant containing the Law and the Ten Commandments would be placed symbolizing the will of God. 5/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1956390627794452573)  2025-08-15T16:20Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"And upon the Ark of the Covenant not only would his will be represented but that God himself would be present to in the Tabernacle in a cloud. Here was the footstool of God and he was TRULY present there to the people of Moses. 6/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1956390630130671994)  2025-08-15T16:20Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Almost [----] years ago Homer wrote the Iliad. One idiom shows that human nature never changes. "No two men such as men are today" It reminds us that we see our own times as shadows of former greatness. We ought not take it though for a lament but a goad to aspire to greatness"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1956900093862289476)  2025-08-17T02:05Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@Heminator There's a world of difference between male cheerleaders ( as found in colleges across the country) and effete males larping as girls"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1957272514507198789)  2025-08-18T02:45Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@AviWoolf The idea that "myth" is somehow fake has infested art. Rather than being fake "myth" tells us what is better what is really true what the world ought to be. Modern art and literature dwells in the fallen instead of the transfigured and eternal"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1957984155020718210)  2025-08-20T01:52Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"There is no greater impulse that defines Modernism than the need to destroy. In the 1930s St. Louis Missouri demolished it's entire French Quarter to get Federal bailout dollars. The neighborhood was vibrant and the vote to demolish was a complete fraud. This is what it was and what it became. https://t.co/bqAfy3NiiZ https://t.co/7fpOtN1fKU In the 1930s St. Louis Missouri demolished it's entire French Quarter to get Federal bailout dollars. The neighborhood was vibrant and the vote to demolish was a complete fraud. This is what it was and what it became. https://t.co/bqAfy3NiiZ"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1957986679010070773)  2025-08-20T02:02Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@HolyRomanSimp @FeserEdward At this stage it has an anima a soul which comprises all three forms of soul the vegative the animal and the rational. This is a human soul which is eternal at this point as it can grasp potentially the infinite"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1957989741556560214)  2025-08-20T02:15Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@wesharman @CicerosFate I once worked at a warehouse almost [--] years ago. Even then the long haul guys were invariably immigrants and always extremely inexperienced. We always gave them [--] mins at least to back up to the dock. The short haul guys we walked back as soon as they showed up"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1958687612438298982)  2025-08-22T00:28Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@geoffreydgraham Corporate America has been handing us simulacrums of the things they destroyed back to us. They killed family businesses and now serve us back crap made by minimum wage serfs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1959101655397359749)  2025-08-23T03:53Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"I dunno maybe this guy Name a single general better than Napoleon Bonaparte Pro-tip: you cant https://t.co/kGjlrRBEcy Name a single general better than Napoleon Bonaparte Pro-tip: you cant https://t.co/kGjlrRBEcy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1959793758427312452)  2025-08-25T01:43Z [----] followers, 418.5K engagements


"@Cjay_BTC @LFC Cry more. Burn should have been sent off too"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1960101958095978546)  2025-08-25T22:08Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@hmkherman @agostino_harry Cistercian architecture can occasionally be ornate on the public side and then be simpler inside. Though even the "ornate" is relative to the simplicity of the interiors. Note that St. Bernard thought that monasteries were particularly important to keep simple for the monks"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1960361217773428924)  2025-08-26T15:18Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@DrSamuelGregg Used to be common to have Reformed services in Dutch and Frisian in Western Michigan. Still remains one of the most solidly patriotic areas of the US"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1960651510699692297)  2025-08-27T10:32Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@PhilOutsider I'd kill to have an Aldi in walking distance of home like I did in Hungary. Even with the limited selection we did just fine"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1962704158026236155)  2025-09-02T02:28Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@avechristu96332 Check out TownScaper. Fun little game that you can design little towns with. https://www.townscapergame.com/ https://www.townscapergame.com/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1963044904877101245)  2025-09-03T01:02Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@ArcEng9154644 He is nuts but does make good music"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1963342324744016029)  2025-09-03T20:44Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@fleurmeston Jonkers comes from the farm of one of the founders of New Amsterdam the Jonkheer Adrian van der Donck. He's a key figure in an excellent history of the Dutch colony titled "The Island at the Center of the World""  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1963744513522094433)  2025-09-04T23:22Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@RorateCaeli @guilaugustin I had a project going in the diocese when he took over to renovate an old Methodist church bought by a parish. I had wanted to preserve the historic communion rail that was there as a nice way to preserve as much of the history as possible. 1/2"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1963754559114764345)  2025-09-05T00:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@RorateCaeli @guilaugustin The reviews were good but the bishop himself had one direction remove the rail. I replied asking where in the documents of Vatican II or any document with authority directed the removal of the rails I have not yet received a reply. It's ideological and not based in V2. 2/2"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1963755267595571682)  2025-09-05T00:05Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"The greatest tool of globalization in America right now is sprawl. Nothing there is owned or inherited by families nothing is sacred other than making money everything is disposable everything is plastic. Reject sprawl embrace traditional towns and cities. RETVRN Globalisation is all about wealth. It knows the price of everything & the value of nothing. Without borders the world will become - is visibly becoming - a howling desert of traffic fumes plastic & concrete where nowhere is home & the only language is money. Peter Hitchens https://t.co/sgsGsY6lts Globalisation is all about wealth. It"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1963780228318175686)  2025-09-05T01:44Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"I have an op-ed written to rebut this drivel from the American Institute of Architects (an org that I'll never be a member of in any way) that I think would be good for a major paper. Anyone have connections that I could pitch this to https://www.aia.org/sites/default/files/2025-08/20250805_AIA-Letter-to-the-Committee-for-the-Preservation-of-the-White-House.pdf https://www.aia.org/sites/default/files/2025-08/20250805_AIA-Letter-to-the-Committee-for-the-Preservation-of-the-White-House.pdf"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1963780761095430550)  2025-09-05T01:46Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@shagbark_hick I've probably driven that road in the second pic a hundred times. (stretch between Winnemucca and the cutoff to Fallon in Nevada.)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1963788991729225953)  2025-09-05T02:19Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@godblesstoto Isn't that the Arsenal Fan TV guy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1964003077477814745)  2025-09-05T16:29Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"First point is important to note how much car sales has become less about selling a product and more about selling financing and BAD financing at that. Paying a high interest loan on a depreciating asset is insane. Don't tell them you're paying cash but pay cash. [--] things to NEVER say when buying a car https://t.co/owrKmALxdX [--] things to NEVER say when buying a car https://t.co/owrKmALxdX"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1965387835219010030)  2025-09-09T12:12Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@theBrianaMills @ded_ruckus So do you reject political violence or not Seems like you were saying you didn't"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1966368159826383260)  2025-09-12T05:07Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"The good thing is that NCARB is actually moving to make an NAAB degree optional. I just finished my term on our state licensing board in Virginia and we just eliminated the requirement to have an NAAB degree. You don't have to have one you can but maybe you shouldn't. The National Architectural Accreditation Board needs to be dismantled. The National Architectural Accreditation Board needs to be dismantled"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1967568728264200477)  2025-09-15T12:38Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@RCCoulombe I'm flying next weekend to Budapest for a less than [--] day visit"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1968369650569556069)  2025-09-17T17:41Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Tired but happy to be here in Budapest again to present at #ludovika Public Service University on the importance of civic architecture"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1971851359340450074)  2025-09-27T08:16Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Got so hungry with @adamcarolla talking about chicken paprikas I had to go to Budapest"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1971929694846308543)  2025-09-27T13:27Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Got so hungry with @adamcarolla talking about chicken paprikas I had to go to Budapest"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1971938464167063707)  2025-09-27T14:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Beautiful Budapest"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1971983658275033115)  2025-09-27T17:01Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@LFCDesMoines Rough day in Budapest too"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1971983994578522551)  2025-09-27T17:03Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Glass architecture doesn't need to be boring RETVRN Parisi Udvar Hotel Ferenciek Ter Budapest"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1972385639875350817)  2025-09-28T19:39Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Good morning Budapest Happy to be going home but sad to leave this beautiful city"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1972542636339986486)  2025-09-29T06:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"One last Scruton Cafe visit until next year. @Scruton_Legacy @scrutonbudapest"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1972550662736196033)  2025-09-29T06:35Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@dmtrubman At least start with one side of the street. Was in Budapest this week and was struck by the number of cars parked on the curbs (legally) to get them on both sides. Get rid of one side to start"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1972726332015648941)  2025-09-29T18:13Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@dangainor They could do Oregon State Beavers games for the really hard cases"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1977440827140964468)  2025-10-12T18:26Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@mnolangray BTW St Louis tore down it's French Quarter as a political scheme to funnel money into corrupt politicians pockets. They rigged an election to do it and the area sat vacant for decades. Eminent domian is an abuse from St Louis to New London no one should support it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1977918537596297392)  2025-10-14T02:05Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"If this was the Premier League the ref would have just rolled with it. (BTW my son said this was gonna go viral right away) lmao https://t.co/zn98UMajqY lmao https://t.co/zn98UMajqY"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1979010138640994408)  2025-10-17T02:22Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@normonics @OW_Root I have only a few memories of my grandpa before he died when I was only about [--] or [--]. Very clear memory is going for a ride in his car when he came to visit and the whole thing smelled like ashtray"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1979010527473942814)  2025-10-17T02:24Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@DrMansourMansou @hanifbali @Telegraph Only rape and murder you mean"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1979567179855954114)  2025-10-18T15:16Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@HaleyCarrots Feb 14th is the former St. Valentines day. It's now Cyril & Methodius. He got the boot along with St. Christopher in the misguided reorganization and overly historo-critical [----] calendar"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/935549824073650176)  2017-11-28T16:43Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

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