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

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

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### Social Influence

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[countries](/list/countries)  [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations)  [finance](/list/finance)  [automotive brands](/list/automotive-brands)  [technology brands](/list/technology-brands)  [nhl](/list/nhl)  [stocks](/list/stocks)  [celebrities](/list/celebrities)  [social networks](/list/social-networks)  [currencies](/list/currencies) 

**Social topic influence**
[budapest](/topic/budapest), [hungary](/topic/hungary), [rome](/topic/rome), [in the](/topic/in-the), [netherlands](/topic/netherlands), [notre dame](/topic/notre-dame), [mexico](/topic/mexico), [money](/topic/money), [venice](/topic/venice), [italy](/topic/italy)

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

"This is one of my favorite works decorating the Vatican Museums. @lizlevrome Happy St. Thomas Aquinas feast day everyone https://t.co/noDFJ2EZeX Happy St. Thomas Aquinas feast day everyone https://t.co/noDFJ2EZeX"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1222360411816615936)  2020-01-29T03:26Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Critics of the Executive Order on classical architecture for Federal Buildings are peddling following: 1:The US has no official style of architecture 2:The US has never had an official style of architecture 3:That classicism is somehow fascist. Every one of these is false 1/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1341459457692360706)  2020-12-22T19:03Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@tarahaelle @drlucymcbride @angie_rasmussen The " anyone who comes up with a different solution to me is per se disqualified from being considered an expert" isn't argument or scientific inquiry it's a quasi theology. It's where the premises are assumed not argued to and those not agreeing are heretics not interlocutors"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1387227554268991490)  2021-04-28T02:09Z 10K followers, [--] engagements


"Starbuck and Starbuck enjoying their Starbucks (only need a copy of Moby Dick to complete the set)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1475483035902660614)  2021-12-27T15:05Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"This is what 500k gets you in St Joseph Missouri. https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1923-Clay-St-Saint-Joseph-MO-64501/110494249_zpid/utm_campaign=androidappmessage&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=txtshare https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1923-Clay-St-Saint-Joseph-MO-64501/110494249_zpid/utm_campaign=androidappmessage&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=txtshare"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1677510283542118401)  2023-07-08T02:49Z [----] followers, 117.5K engagements


""Homeowners and drivers share responsibility equally for safety in our homes." Tesla flies over swimming pool crashes into home https://t.co/BzFOUasKSD https://t.co/6WDDwSh8XV Tesla flies over swimming pool crashes into home https://t.co/BzFOUasKSD https://t.co/6WDDwSh8XV"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1726664680578687433)  2023-11-20T18:11Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"I'm an urbanist BECAUSE I love the country. The only way to preserve the countryside rural life and actual small town life is to be an urbanist. This isn't just theory the 2nd biggest agricultural producer in the world is also the west's densest the Netherlands. I think a lot of rural folks don't get why the whole "it's illegal to build this type of walkable dense urbanism" thing ultimately impacts rural places. If our few walkable dense city areas are "museumized" by regs that make it illegal to build new ones they become luxury https://t.co/4jL9kdc8G0 I think a lot of rural folks don't get"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1840120498199617722)  2024-09-28T20:04Z [----] followers, 98.8K engagements


"@alancornett I enjoy the fact that Alexander Stoddart's statue of Hume in Edinburgh has in a short time developed a tradition of rubbing his big toe. I don't know if many tourists realize this statue is only a few decades old"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1889874729076662426)  2025-02-13T03:10Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"The irony is that you could subdivide this into [--] acre lots without even a lick of oversight. If you were to try to build small compact village it would be impossible. The system is rigged for sprawl and sprawl alone. US Government is out of control This woman has [--] acres of land I just walked into the municipal building and I'm gonna put a tiny home on my property and he immediately said Nope you can't do that I have [--] acres. There's plenty of room to put a tiny home. Nope. You https://t.co/BypDQnHdl7 US Government is out of control This woman has [--] acres of land I just walked into the"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1889882694332588188)  2025-02-13T03:42Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"I break from many conservatives in saying I think income tax is the most fair tax there is. if it's not excessively progressive. Property tax is levied regardless of your income but what you OWN. If government can tax what you own you don't own it. Property taxes are local not state. So wed need to do a constitutional amendment (requires 60% of voters to approve) to eliminate them (which I would support) or even to reform/lower them We should put the boldest amendment on the ballot that has a chance of getting that Property taxes are local not state. So wed need to do a constitutional"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1890220469770678742)  2025-02-14T02:04Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"If #4nationsfaceoff doesn't convince NHL that regular international games are a way to increase interest in hockey I don't know what else to say. This has been tremendous"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1890241313246966190)  2025-02-14T03:27Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@JeremyRedfernFL Has @GovRonDeSantis given Matthew Tkachuk any medals yet Because he absolutely should if we get this trophy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1890980386793980272)  2025-02-16T04:23Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Nothing screams LA more than this. Also nothing screams more Dubai or Frankfurt Miami La Defense Phoenix . etc. Reject uniformity. Wells Fargo Center downtown Los Angeles. Skidmore Owings & Merrill [----] https://t.co/2gLmnewWlH Wells Fargo Center downtown Los Angeles. Skidmore Owings & Merrill [----] https://t.co/2gLmnewWlH"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1890990579179274727)  2025-02-16T05:04Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Reddit is a cesspool of leftist totalitarianism. Got banned from local subreddit because I said that not mutilating kids was "good" Literally one word. Remember the people who want to ban you from speaking are never the good guys"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1891700950961684638)  2025-02-18T04:07Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Metropolitan Cathedral Mexico City"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1893039777395446081)  2025-02-21T20:47Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Mexico City"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1893043271040991722)  2025-02-21T21:01Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@lukei4655 I'm [--] this year. My oldest was born when I was [--]. My dad was [--] and my mom [--] when I was born. My dad was born when his dad was [--]. When my great grandfather had him he was [--]. My great-grandfather was born in [----]. [--] generations took [---] years in my family"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1898549570000298102)  2025-03-09T01:41Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@canonlawyered High Fidelity"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1904745499649040658)  2025-03-26T04:01Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@GedaliahBlum @swimm_thugga The US asked Israel to not get involved as far back as [----] so that they didn't cause a greater middle east war. Israel showed tremendous restrain even when Hussain raineddown SCUD missiles on Tel Aviv. But then clowns like them are entirely ignorant of even recent history"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1944458459245953454)  2025-07-13T18:06Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"There is something deeply disturbed about architects who would build a church like this. Despite being named Church of the Holy Redeemer this church in Las Chumberas in Spain in no way shows redemption and grace but rather disorder and elements of a prison (note the bars)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1960311271661994191)  2025-08-26T12:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@s8mb Until you said Italy I was with you. Italy has perfected coffee and even bad places have objectively decent coffee. Places like England Holland Germany or Hungary have awful machine made coffee but Italy is great"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1979660309687365751)  2025-10-18T21:26Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Until the chestnut blight almost every family DID have this sort of abundance. All these walnuts have come from just the two 100+ year old trees near the house. Imagine the Abundance if every yard in America had a black walnut tree. If every county had a nut processing co-op for the nuts and a sawmill for the lumber. https://t.co/LoOFACL73K All these walnuts have come from just the two 100+ year old trees near the house. Imagine the Abundance if every yard in America had a black walnut tree. If every county had a nut processing co-op for the nuts and a sawmill for the lumber."  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1980071441031913763)  2025-10-20T00:39Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Proposal for a Monument to the Unborn Erik Bootsma - Architect Andrew Wilson Smith - Sculptor"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1980295541612593502)  2025-10-20T15:30Z [----] followers, 99K engagements


"@dcharrison A couple of fellow classmates of mine from Notre Dame have been doing great work improving LDS architecture"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1980461619596693930)  2025-10-21T02:30Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@ratlpolicy @MichaelWatsonDC @AviWoolf @pstein4 I've been to both N & S Eur & see churches in both. Both have the same understanding of law and justice both have fundamental principles in common that go beyond superficial differences which have also eroded over time when political reasons for their differences dissappeared"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1980727326351700045)  2025-10-21T20:06Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@UrbanCourtyard I suggest this for California Courtyards: https://www.amazon.com/Courtyard-Housing-Los-Angeles-Typological/dp/0520042514 https://www.amazon.com/Courtyard-Housing-Los-Angeles-Typological/dp/0520042514"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1980857716173344927)  2025-10-22T04:44Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@BobbyBorkIII The East wing was probably done by govt contractors. The West Wing was built by McKim Mead and White so I'd be hesitant to change much there without a great design"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1980859202647330833)  2025-10-22T04:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@EdgarPoe1633180 @createstreets The shield posted above is my design for the library at @BenedictineKS and while we were working out the final design I was literally walking around Buda Castle and taking pictures of work done by the Hauszmann Program as inspiration"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1980864094300434437)  2025-10-22T05:09Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@cehoskinson @varadmehta Also an immigrant"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1981017099725361657)  2025-10-22T15:17Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Really enjoyed the personal tour I got today of the beautiful California State Capitol from an old friend who does great work there in the Senate"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1981170359677403348)  2025-10-23T01:26Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Name a bigger downgrade"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1981189455622115742)  2025-10-23T02:42Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@AndrewBeckUSA Arlington Virginia to be precise. Right on this corner. The original location had been long gone even [--] years ago but seems there's a location there again now https://www.google.com/maps/@38.8612862-77.09206123a75y31.62h92.74t/data=3m71e13m51s-TEUqexBCUcI5yb-LxOpHQ2e06shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D-2.7407460158684103%26panoid%3D-TEUqexBCUcI5yb-LxOpHQ%26yaw%3D31.6174605568753367i163848i8192entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MTAyMC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1981432286319976728)  2025-10-23T18:47Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@madds_smithy It's truly a beautiful place. Land of my birth. Got an amazing view of Yosemite and Half Dome on my way inbound"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1981885583057166573)  2025-10-25T00:48Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@MathewsforOhio I've done DC to South Bend road trip for a weekend game. [---] miles and about [--] hours. Not quite as long but something that's done a lot. In England you can at least take train and get loaded"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1981906695375716521)  2025-10-25T02:12Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@AmandaMashburn0 I find those body farms fascinating. It's really macabre but incredible how much of science necessitates observing real things. Can't do that with AI"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1981920235734098015)  2025-10-25T03:06Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@BryanLeibFL Need to get @GovRonDeSantis to come to Budapest and see how transit can work in a conservative nation. We don't need to build sprawl to promote conservatism"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1982256074968158675)  2025-10-26T01:20Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@ekoblast_slo @OW_Root Nice. My sister is the smart one. She had a [----] BMW [----] in high school she bought for $1500. Now it's worth at least 20x that and she still has it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1982558644966510891)  2025-10-26T21:23Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@2024dion I mean I cross the Missouri to go from Missouri into Atchison"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1983130237794721971)  2025-10-28T11:14Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"I of course would LOVE to design a grand sweeping cathedral sometime soon but there's something profoundly satisfying about working with small churches to bring beauty to even the smallest parishes. Everyone deserves beauty and holiness We received the initial sketches for our upcoming parish renovation Many thinks to Erik Bootsma architect for doing a terrific job and clearly grasping the vision of the parish. https://t.co/p20j9hjiAP We received the initial sketches for our upcoming parish renovation Many thinks to Erik Bootsma architect for doing a terrific job and clearly grasping the"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1983268145705173036)  2025-10-28T20:22Z [----] followers, 15.5K engagements


"@stevemouzon Do you have any collections of photos of traditional Caribbean architecture that you could share Looking for beautiful stuff like the Bermuda Georgian style"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1983611496220520676)  2025-10-29T19:06Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@zacharyaustin11 @JeffreyNei75931 @CompletedStreet I biked from Arlington to Georgetown every day for two years for work. Only extremely heavy rain would stop me. Once you get used to the ride seasonal changes are gradual and you learn to adapt your clothes. Rode across Key bridge at 20deg and ice on the Potomac"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1983897286238470652)  2025-10-30T14:02Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"According to (Modernist) YIMBYs aesthetics doesn't affect support for projects at all. Rather than ramming ugly proposals through over neighborhood objections architects and planners should strive to make beautiful buildings that enhance neighborhoods rather than uglify them. Create Infrastructure to love. Here is how and why: https://t.co/PnsSbXSDE6 Create Infrastructure to love. Here is how and why: https://t.co/PnsSbXSDE6"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1983905987124969982)  2025-10-30T14:37Z [----] followers, 25.7K engagements


"@stevemouzon Do you remember Milton's rule of thumb for roof slopes in hurricane zones at all I recall yhe discussion of "we do this because.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1983909830889750887)  2025-10-30T14:52Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@labourball In the long run any extra cost more than pays for itself in longevity"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1983994814430617744)  2025-10-30T20:29Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Building infrastructure with the proper technology (ie no tension members no reinforced concrete) is EXTREMELY efficient financially in the long term. Building beautiful compression structures will guarantee long term costs are absolutely minimal. Pont de la Libration in France is [---] feet long built of UNREINFORCED concrete and is almost [---] years old. Likely will last for centuries. https://t.co/zjmztsFl9O Pont de la Libration in France is [---] feet long built of UNREINFORCED concrete and is almost [---] years old. Likely will last for centuries. https://t.co/zjmztsFl9O"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1984118046160777302)  2025-10-31T04:39Z [----] followers, 40.8K engagements


"Please internet reply guys tell me how spending money on attractive infrastructure isn't cost effective. The Aqueduct of Segovia was built out of cut stone and lasted from the 1st Century AD to [----]. Modern reinforced concrete construction doesn't stand a chance"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1984119242174951563)  2025-10-31T04:44Z [----] followers, 78.8K engagements


"Over and over again Modest Mouse called it almost [--] years ago: "The malls are the soon to be ghost towns Well so long farewell goodbye" https://www.youtube.com/watchv=VuCXo7Vtrks A once-thriving retail and community hub in the San Fernando Valley is being taken apart piece by piece. https://t.co/N1WPEqKKyH https://t.co/zN4ICBRgUq https://www.youtube.com/watchv=VuCXo7Vtrks A once-thriving retail and community hub in the San Fernando Valley is being taken apart piece by piece. https://t.co/N1WPEqKKyH https://t.co/zN4ICBRgUq"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1984121324797882402)  2025-10-31T04:52Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@polemicarc To us Liverpool fans a short lived but brilliant footballer but a banger of a song"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1984280026645450810)  2025-10-31T15:23Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@Will_C_d_V @FredSimonTLM Two of St John Cantius' three new vocations came from my parish. St Benedict in Richmond Virginia"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1985683059631427929)  2025-11-04T12:18Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@roddreher I stopped drinking sodas when I lived in Rome. In [----] it was [--] euro for a can. A small can at that. At least there it was [--] euro for wine"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1987008336139853922)  2025-11-08T04:04Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@AstorAaron @AviWoolf European football is the closest thing to college football as far as fan experience. Both have massive traditions important and unique songs for each teams and fierce generational loyalists"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1987369005821403539)  2025-11-09T03:57Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@dangainor @BulwarkOnline @KenBurns @JohnAvlon Redneck poors don't have plumbing how are they supposed to have the internets"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1987878076664221956)  2025-11-10T13:40Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@TownsUsa College football championships"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1988076908928790677)  2025-11-11T02:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Going through old portfolios and had completely forgot I had done this sketch for a church facade inspired by Borromini and Palladio. Like I say if it ain't baroque fix it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1988238556909694980)  2025-11-11T13:33Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@RizomaSchool South Shore Line still runs to South Bend"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1988454173323542832)  2025-11-12T03:49Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@RizomaSchool Other than it running bizarrely to the airport and not to downtown or Notre Dame it's really a great railroad. Did a bunch of day trips to Chicago during my years at ND"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1988454766100566220)  2025-11-12T03:52Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@jncatron @redsteeze Yes but came to the us via Qatar"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1988572120490639400)  2025-11-12T11:38Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@OW_Root Lets post up pics of fully loaded Caddilacs from the 1940s and say "oh a working class guy could afford this back then" when he clearly couldn't"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1988850397637722346)  2025-11-13T06:04Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@OW_Root Or let's post up a Buick which was the actual "Doctor's car""  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1988851286712738192)  2025-11-13T06:07Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"3000 years of beautiful traditions from Moses to Sandy Koufax you bet your ass I'm living in the past. Walter Sobchek @docMJP @SooperMexican Vin Scully and Sandy Koufax hugging. Vin Scully's call of Sandy Koufax' perfect game is legendary. From the start of the ninth inning Scully decided to recite the time as well as the date. He explained in later years that emphasizing the exact moment in time was meant as a gift https://t.co/sseB5pBgha Vin Scully and Sandy Koufax hugging. Vin Scully's call of Sandy Koufax' perfect game is legendary. From the start of the ninth inning Scully decided to"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1989181452152689031)  2025-11-14T03:59Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@DarrenMcLean_uk @bunsha_iv @wookielips77 @orthodoxmason Bank as a money lender then seems clearly derivative from bench. Fun how words for things come from so seemingly remote places"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1989221817819812214)  2025-11-14T06:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@wookielips77 @orthodoxmason @DarrenMcLean_uk @bunsha_iv This sort of thing is why I watch @robwordsYT"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1989309635233267983)  2025-11-14T12:29Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@lukei4655 @FrTotleben92742 @CnsrvtvThnkr The terminally online people don't want saints like St John Vianney"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1989316772613279888)  2025-11-14T12:57Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@BillSimmons "at first we were going to call our band 'Kathleen Turner Overdrive.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1989556348913156221)  2025-11-15T04:49Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@iowahawkblog I like the headlights on the Rivian they look like friendly little Ghost crabs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1990124310900449381)  2025-11-16T18:26Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@bgcts I might quibble with the y in Myanmar"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1990616498134467042)  2025-11-18T03:02Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"And now [---] years later the Magna Carta is officially dead. The last hereditary peers pose for a group photo before being stripped of the last scrap of their political birthright. The next government could undo this constitutional vandalism but they won't because they'll be useless cowards as usual. https://t.co/aLtm54lhtA The last hereditary peers pose for a group photo before being stripped of the last scrap of their political birthright. The next government could undo this constitutional vandalism but they won't because they'll be useless cowards as usual. https://t.co/aLtm54lhtA"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1990891149481873913)  2025-11-18T21:13Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@reddit_lies All I want to know is how long her trip was. Over under I say is [--] days"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1991020388206133534)  2025-11-19T05:47Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"We had to fight like hell to get a contractor to use the right mortar on a project that is using reclaimed bricks. We had to explain to them that this would be their brand new building in just a few years. These bricks could have lasted centuries instead they will probably be gone in a few decades. This is what happens when you repoint mortar joints with cement rather than lime. The cement is harder than the bricks and traps water which expands and eventually destroy the bricks https://t.co/mFmQKm4pkW These bricks could have lasted centuries instead they will probably be gone in a few"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1991913662970548340)  2025-11-21T16:56Z [----] followers, 14.7K engagements


"I dunno but I always thought finishing to write a book is better. https://t.co/BukRJCNk6h https://t.co/BukRJCNk6h"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1992042613067616306)  2025-11-22T01:29Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@johnhboyer 18% interest on home loans"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1992045183798493430)  2025-11-22T01:39Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@bonchieredstate Most are average. It's a burger. One of the better burgers I've had of late was actually in Hungary. And now they appear to be expanding to the US. Was surprised that it wasn't just passable but actually good https://dailynewshungary.com/simons-burger-hungarian-america-new-york/ https://dailynewshungary.com/simons-burger-hungarian-america-new-york/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1992113060287570420)  2025-11-22T06:08Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@johnhboyer Absolutely love the glass ceiling in that church. New Orleans has some absolute gems"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1992812836066853127)  2025-11-24T04:29Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@aaron_lubeck It's worth noting that the traditional American townhouse was only two rooms deep. What has become the defacto style is an adaptation of the modified plan with large additions added to the rear. The traditional way preserved a large garden behind as seen here in Church Hill"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1993354143264600155)  2025-11-25T16:20Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@DrJayRichards @roddreher Was going to say basically Mill but no it's Descartes or Rousseau. Getting the tumbrils ready"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1993544512350851427)  2025-11-26T04:57Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Two questions. [--]. Are you familiar with this company and know what they do [--]. More importantly: Where are they from No cheating"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1993545303639957852)  2025-11-26T05:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Winners. Yes they make tools in Liechtenstein I saw a truck here delivering tools and thought that they are probably the only company from Liechtenstein that a lot of Americans would even see"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1993663889528201713)  2025-11-26T12:51Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"I've literally sat and listened to our fire chief sit and tell us why we can't do traffic calming because of "response times". It's absolutely infuriating and based on ignorant assumptions. Ask @ggraham about it too. In [----] the allowed width of an urban street with curbside parking was [--]. Two lanes of travel [--] of clear width to setup an engine or ladder. [----] the NFPA began to engage in traffic engineering creating a [--] clear requirement. One way or not doesnt matter. [--]. Today In [----] the allowed width of an urban street with curbside parking was [--]. Two lanes of travel [--] of clear width"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1993677056127995906)  2025-11-26T13:43Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@mspringut This is what Louis Sullivan advocated ie good composition vertically"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1995715915632050647)  2025-12-02T04:45Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Mein gott people are paying a subscription to be screwed by usury now. Klarna the buy now pay later app has expanded its US membership with premium tiers and no credit is required. The Premium tier costs $19.99 monthly & includes 1.5% cashback. The Max tier priced at $44.99 monthly offers 2% cashback and comprehensive travel protection. Klarna the buy now pay later app has expanded its US membership with premium tiers and no credit is required. The Premium tier costs $19.99 monthly & includes 1.5% cashback. The Max tier priced at $44.99 monthly offers 2% cashback and comprehensive travel"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1996766958117621992)  2025-12-05T02:21Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Little sneak peek at a house design I've been working on. If you'd like a beautiful traditional house but has all the modern conveniences without sacrificing style get in touch"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1996792021231849869)  2025-12-05T04:01Z [----] followers, 15.6K engagements


"Doing a little research for mission style architecture and came across this monstrosity. I really don't know what to say. oh my. wow"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1997048463507456110)  2025-12-05T21:00Z [----] followers, 12.8K engagements


"Why our cities suck. Takes [--] different special variances rezonings and endless urban design reviews for approval. Approved within a few weeks. https://t.co/sbkUk6tC1v Takes [--] different special variances rezonings and endless urban design reviews for approval. Approved within a few weeks. https://t.co/sbkUk6tC1v"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1997662978393391546)  2025-12-07T13:42Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"The only people arguing that Victorian architecture was ugly and needed to be replaced with Modernist architecture were Modernist architects. Everyone else hated it then and still hates it today. Apparently the difference between these two buildings is "just fashion". I disagree. https://t.co/elhmfmdVzK Apparently the difference between these two buildings is "just fashion". I disagree. https://t.co/elhmfmdVzK"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1997673458965107106)  2025-12-07T14:24Z [----] followers, 40.2K engagements


"@AviWoolf @hutchison1812 @GrayConnolly @LandsknechtPike @aelfred_D @JacobALinker @nobodyknows2322 @BRyvkin @ratlpolicy @debeehr @RBrookhiser @CarlEdman @pegobry_en @HistoryVareck I still want a Band of Broth we rs for two units in the Civil War. Between Foote and his sources there is an amazing series. They would have to ignore the Hollywood zeitgeist today though"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1997871078815699449)  2025-12-08T03:29Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@matthewdmarsden What would you know about Somalia ( sarcasm) ( FYI just watched BHD again holds up amazingly)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1997878210584084701)  2025-12-08T03:57Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"This needs to happen just one time for this childish insanity to stop. Protestors throwing paint on art work are shot in this Spanish TV show 🤔 https://t.co/0OgWXnNQ7u Protestors throwing paint on art work are shot in this Spanish TV show 🤔 https://t.co/0OgWXnNQ7u"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1998395303125553417)  2025-12-09T14:12Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@atlanticesque That the greatest of all time the A10 Warthog was built by this relatively small company is a marvel"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1998458178854408500)  2025-12-09T18:22Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"For your own sanity just ignore anything about this deranged idiot"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1998576159370457507)  2025-12-10T02:11Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"I'm so sorry that I'll never be privy to breaking news of Daisy but it's worth it blocking her last name"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1998591616349766119)  2025-12-10T03:12Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Further development on our farmhouse style house plans. From this you can see our intent to have a number of variations of plans sizes and configurations with essentially the same details. This has a symmetrical front and a wrap around rear porch. Pair with an ADU garage"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1998884080893702456)  2025-12-10T22:34Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@BDoge84171 Think we decided to stucco the adobe brick only"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1999608552722145674)  2025-12-12T22:33Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@shagbark_hick @W304Speed Jay Leno has a great video on teaching one of his guys how to drive one"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1999669281425096844)  2025-12-13T02:34Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@ChrisHuck @Numbercruncher3 @Fat_Electrician The new majority in Virginia is working to end it. This sort of insane waste is coming to the Old Dominion"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2000272571237880209)  2025-12-14T18:31Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@Fat_Electrician Was listening to Joe Pistone aka Donny Brasco on @AdamCarollaShow and he explained that the top reason why the mafia isn't as big now is the decline of unions. No wonder a state where the unions csn shake you down like this is still thick with the mob"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2000275726491127826)  2025-12-14T18:44Z [----] followers, 13.1K engagements


"@Purplejuice1313 @reddit_lies The sight of tupperware/plastic jugs for water or juice now have a different vibe for me"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2000797405751730177)  2025-12-16T05:17Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"This is a systemic problem in all elite institutions today. Media universities professional associations etc. Evidence isn't weighed for its ability to elucidate truth it's weighed for its ability to further political goals. Lysenkoism has become the dominant hermenutic. Black Narrative White Reality: How the BBC Rewrote History The BBC has been caught doing what it now does as a matter of habit: deciding the answer first then bending reality to fit it. The case of the so-called "first black Briton" should be a national embarrassment for BBC. https://t.co/Ojh9Qocmg3 Black Narrative White"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2001635566413320404)  2025-12-18T12:48Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@utdnem James Milner"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2002035135575728473)  2025-12-19T15:15Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Politics is a futile boring and transitory ephemeral waste of time Building culture building beauty is both infinitely mlre difficult but also more rewarding"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2002632633491308610)  2025-12-21T06:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@mattswaim They don't believe in celebrating holidays so no change"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2003878799692427452)  2025-12-24T17:21Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"That's a lot of words just to say "humbug" there Mr. Scrooge. A government agency endorsing Christianity is blatantly comically unconstitutional. But blatant unconstitutionality is par for the course for this administration. A government agency endorsing Christianity is blatantly comically unconstitutional. But blatant unconstitutionality is par for the course for this administration"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2004395338745237571)  2025-12-26T03:34Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"BTW it's a federal holiday and as late as JFK presidents weren't afraid to acknowledge that Christmas was central to our western civilization. https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-the-pageant-peace-ceremonies#::text=But%20it%20has%20been%20aare%20perhaps%20a%20little%20higher https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-the-pageant-peace-ceremonies#::text=But%20it%20has%20been%20aare%20perhaps%20a%20little%20higher"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2004398868784730331)  2025-12-26T03:48Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@SirajAHashmi Honest question does he have kids younger than his grandkids I knew a couple guys in big families with uncles younger than them"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2005043578234703913)  2025-12-27T22:30Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Design for a small [--] bedroom Tidewater Virginia style cottage. The Caroline has a bedroom/library on the first floor and space for [--] or two bedrooms above. The broad rear porch is great for sitting Great for a weekend retreat or empty nesters looking for a beautiful house"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2005666039972135297)  2025-12-29T15:43Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


""The Eccles" a small Craftsman style carriage house. Works as a great accessory dwelling unit or a home office. We're launching our plan book sales site soon so stay tuned"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2006411432363966887)  2025-12-31T17:05Z [----] followers, 37.8K engagements


"@fortyhigh @BruvverEccles This ADU could be paired with a small house like our Estes Craftsman house"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2006453629209948403)  2025-12-31T19:53Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"I believe that instead of building apartments for NPCs we should be building great buildings that enhance the character and personality of our cities instead of erasing them. Our proposal for mixed-use development of [--] apartments and [--] townhouses for Richmond on Main Street"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2008308128853459174)  2026-01-05T22:42Z [----] followers, 33.5K engagements


"@jmassengale @sharp_architect Non-player characters ie slang for people who are identical drones. Standard [--] over [--] "bobo boxes" are NPC architecture"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2008621432876789979)  2026-01-06T19:27Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"From r/architecturerevival. ie. one of the few spots of sanity on reddit"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2008985390355763334)  2026-01-07T19:33Z [----] followers, 50.6K engagements


"@steppedenizen The zero entry trams though are a real improvement. The pic above is Budapest and gotta say the new trams are much nicer than the old ones which require stepping up three steep steps to get in. Still the old ones sit up high and offer great views of the Danube"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2009058070505349426)  2026-01-08T00:22Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"The War of Danish Succession has a nice ring to it. The simple diplomatic solution is Barron Trump marries Princess Isabella of Denmark and Greenland is given to America as dowry payment https://t.co/fhs3b6IDZG The simple diplomatic solution is Barron Trump marries Princess Isabella of Denmark and Greenland is given to America as dowry payment https://t.co/fhs3b6IDZG"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2009078928196161904)  2026-01-08T01:45Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@DuzdKris @steppedenizen Also true. I'd like to see a new quiet flat entry tram with classic aesthetics. You could even do it with aerodynamic 1930s streamliner style and make it both sleek and classy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2009321874883571951)  2026-01-08T17:50Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@SteveInmanClips I'm such a nerd that I recognized the ATAC logo as the bus in Rome then recognized exactly where this happened. https://www.google.com/maps/@41.915765512.47428563a49.6y320.02h89.43t/data=3m71e13m51sjti7ikLtAmribVyIOMYSpQ2e06shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D0.5686587860707562%26panoid%3Djti7ikLtAmribVyIOMYSpQ%26yaw%3D320.019674748097037i163848i8192entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDEwNy4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2009885005384687813)  2026-01-10T07:08Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@IowaChill @iowahawkblog has reached peak influencer status"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2010892808744259628)  2026-01-13T01:53Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@RupertLowe10 I was told that the EU and UK have robust protections of freedom of speech though"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2011837416899006888)  2026-01-15T16:26Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@DarrenMcLean_uk St Louis"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2012017869098532999)  2026-01-16T04:23Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@frpatrickop Good luck Hoosiers. Can't help but think that Notre Dame could have made an all Indiana national championship. alas next year At least I can thank them for beating Oregon (TWICE)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2012019163854975160)  2026-01-16T04:28Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@JacoMajor YES I'd be happy if we had a thousand architects like me. Best way to do it Support the work of @BenedictineKS architecture school who have the best school in the country doing classical work"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2012020624135516583)  2026-01-16T04:34Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@freddoso @TPCarney They bowed to pressure to make it more like college football. I blame the Ducks naturally"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2012265409500823638)  2026-01-16T20:47Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Our other project @BenedictineKS is coming together as well. The North Entry to St. Benedict Hall is getting tented to continue brick and stone work during the cold weather in the coming months. Interior hall floors are installed and looking great too"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2012332531660599383)  2026-01-17T01:13Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"The fact that RIck Caruso DOESN'T want to be a mayor or senator or governor is proof positive he should be. @adamcarolla https://t.co/bsT4rQIop1 https://t.co/bsT4rQIop1"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2012336894588121281)  2026-01-17T01:31Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@AraMardo84 @adamcarolla Gonna go ahead and block you for starting out with an insult. You can disagree ( noting too he ran as a Democrat so being factually wrong is a kicker) but being an ass means I dont want to converse with you"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2012339878063956228)  2026-01-17T01:43Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@ihatekale1 @TheCinesthetic"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2012373777049391403)  2026-01-17T03:57Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@Joshua_A_Tait The arts are how 90% of people develop their understanding of the world and basic philosophy. The problem is so many "conservatives" make really crappy art"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2012375894812226003)  2026-01-17T04:06Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@TheBrattPack63 The number of 6th rounders who even play ONE game is vanishingly small. That he played more than [--] more than [--] is an infinitesimally small chance. Jesper Bratt Is the Best Player in the NHL"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2012611146256117946)  2026-01-17T19:41Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@BenedictineKS @Monumental_Labs @classicist @civicartsociety @docMJP @wrathofgnon @Arch_Revival_ @michael_diamant @mspringut @stevemouzon @Aesthetic_City Erik Bootsma Architect PLLC makes no claim to exclusive authorship of this project and acknowledges this project is a joint creation by Ellison-Auxier Architects James McCrery Architects and Erik Bootsma Architect PLLC. Design Consultant and partial Design Architect"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2012618160982147162)  2026-01-17T20:08Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@BenedictineKS @Monumental_Labs @classicist @civicartsociety @docMJP @wrathofgnon @Arch_Revival_ @michael_diamant @mspringut @stevemouzon @Aesthetic_City 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/2012618295157887251)  2026-01-17T20:09Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@pitchforkedpuck What hurts is we played the first half of that game great. Were beating them on shots [--] to [--] then Markstrom lets in two soft ones. We got beat on shots [--] to [--] or something. Team is absolutely gutted by sub par goaltending"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2013067955060265175)  2026-01-19T01:56Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"We need more color in architecture. No more greys and whites. Bring us vibrant explosive even weird color but bring back color. The color palette you didnt know you needed. https://t.co/wEXZMSg2uk The color palette you didnt know you needed. https://t.co/wEXZMSg2uk"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2013070119484682380)  2026-01-19T02:04Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@VicctorianChad @YIMBYLAND Some people will want to stop everything but their number is shrinking every day. When they are gone the rest of us will want to build beautiful cities"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2013405357050073194)  2026-01-20T00:16Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@keithjones84 What a depressing downgrade"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2013433012197753174)  2026-01-20T02:06Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Proposal a new baldacchino and renovations to Sacred Heart Cathedral in Richmond Virginia. The baldacchino would draw focus to the altar that is lost in the large sanctuary. This unbidden proposal was done to illustrate how church architecture is intertwined with theology. 1/3"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2014302668022300767)  2026-01-22T11:42Z 10.4K followers, 24.1K engagements


"@JRTJrUSMC He did give a "wow" at the first sketch I gave him. I'm sending it on to him again soon"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2014462666555744698)  2026-01-22T22:18Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@duncan_stroik From the original. Note the very very very cool electric lights in the arches and coffers"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2014567976100311274)  2026-01-23T05:16Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@duncan_stroik Also note: It's hard to tell what the color is but it's clear trim was lighter than the field rather than the "updated" version which has darker trim than field. We would propose finding that original color of the wall but for now Naples Yellow is cheery"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2014568310914818463)  2026-01-23T05:18Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@ConservaMuse I get that. I will play by their rules but also if they limit card rates and the miles system collapses I'd be ok with that"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2014855014205018401)  2026-01-24T00:17Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@BakeEurope Nicer restaurants have great service the more lower priced places are fine but Hungarians dont typically do "friendly" service. Last place I had drinks at Ferenciec Tere had a young waiter who was great though"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2014858006857711842)  2026-01-24T00:29Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Not only is it Guatamala not Europe but it wasn't built [---] years ago but less than TWENTY years ago. We can build great beautiful public spaces beautiful towns IF we have the will to do so. This is Guatemala. Not Europe. We can build beautifully anywhere we choose to. https://t.co/45SzvSOFTD This is Guatemala. Not Europe. We can build beautifully anywhere we choose to. https://t.co/45SzvSOFTD"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2014861156603855151)  2026-01-24T00:41Z [----] followers, 25.3K engagements


"@docMJP @AnjinErasmus Oklahoma City was the turning point for sure"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2015416620512837886)  2026-01-25T13:29Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@bradleybirzer I'm a fan of Civilization but at a certain point it becomes almost real work. The best balance of gameplay vs complexity I have found in the same genre was the remake of Master of Orion. Fallout is fun but again too much work. Do like Cities Skylines though"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2015577423144788383)  2026-01-26T00:07Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@bradleybirzer O e of my favorites a few years back was World of Warships. Not as frenetic as FPS games but requires a bit of thought of strategy. The modeling of the ships is really really intricate and adds a level of "scale models" that appeals to the little kid in me"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2015579333524394481)  2026-01-26T00:15Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@BDoge84171 It would be great to have pay toilets in the bigger cities. Having free ones (at least urinals) would do a lot to cleaning up a lot of busy areas. Rome has almost no public toilets and it stinks in a lot of places. Amsterdam has a lot of public toilets and it doesn't reek"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2015971438423929225)  2026-01-27T02:13Z 10K 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, 62.9K engagements


"@tarahaelle @drlucymcbride @angie_rasmussen Ill just note You . Are calling him . unqualified"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1387212819251269637)  2021-04-28T01:11Z 10.1K followers, [--] engagements


"Texas widened I-10 from [--] lanes to [--] in [----]. Travel times INCREASED by 33% afterwards. They only spent $2.8 billion to do so. When you spend billions to get the opposite effect of what you intend how is this not government waste From City Limits by @megankimble"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/1809924790058189279)  2024-07-07T12:17Z 10.2K followers, 764K engagements


"Same thing in the public parks in Budapest. In some parts of Germany you have to pay to use public restrooms kids often get in for free. 😂 https://t.co/u41aeuV7x6 In some parts of Germany you have to pay to use public restrooms kids often get in for free. 😂 https://t.co/u41aeuV7x6"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2015969532997734600)  2026-01-27T02:06Z 10.1K followers, [----] engagements


"@bgcts I get it. Farming is hard and even harder when the pressure to sell is higher. Every farm that closes makes it hardrr for those that remain"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2016298567296508028)  2026-01-27T23:53Z 10.1K followers, [--] engagements


"When I was at Notre Dame the saying always went around that ND had a larger snow removal budget than Washington DC. Guess it's true. We got less than a foot of snow almost [--] days agothe fact that our streets and sidewalks on Capitol Hill are still covered in snow and ice is absurd. Cars are stuck all over the place. What the hell DC What do our taxes pay for @DCDPW @311DCgov @MayorBowser https://t.co/K6F00agNsX We got less than a foot of snow almost [--] days agothe fact that our streets and sidewalks on Capitol Hill are still covered in snow and ice is absurd. Cars are stuck all over the place."  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2016301756758544540)  2026-01-28T00:06Z 10.1K followers, [----] engagements


"@MrMaitra Nothing more indicative of how transient DC is when people there have no memory of Snowpocalypse 2011"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2016364656806199602)  2026-01-28T04:16Z 10.1K followers, [---] engagements


"@GuyInRealLife81 @vintagemapstore If the satellite images were taken in May or June all of Eastern Oregon would be green. But in August or September def brown (except the mountains.)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2016365612910411785)  2026-01-28T04:19Z 10.1K followers, [--] engagements


"Currently working on a presentation for Notre Dame on relationship between neighborhoods and parish churches. Would love to do a new design for a parish neighborhood to explain the ideas behind this from an actual site. Let me know if you have a church to nominate"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2016506595610341810)  2026-01-28T13:40Z 10.2K followers, 14.2K engagements


"@BDoge84171 @PatrickMaryOP @FrBenedictOP @fatherz @frobrien @PetriOP @CRPakaluk @arsgratiadei @aaron_lubeck @stevemouzon @VictorDover This one was fun. People have referenced it to me a few times when interviewing for parish projects. They ask if I knew it and I say "yeah I drew it." Here's a link to Milton Grenfell's website with the full presentation that I did for him. https://www.grenfellarchitecture.com/st-john-the-beloved-1 https://www.grenfellarchitecture.com/st-john-the-beloved-1"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2016515201625919527)  2026-01-28T14:14Z 10.1K followers, [--] engagements


"Our design for a small chapel a small cloistered convent. The convent would be enclosed with access through the sacristy for the priest serving the community"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2016549599884742875)  2026-01-28T16:31Z 10.1K followers, 15K engagements


"At a certain point the doomsday alarmists will functionally achieve Xeno's paradox and reach the limit. Highest ever is a joke to any genXer who grew up in the 80s when full scale nuclear war was an actual possibility. BREAKING: DOOMSDAY CLOCK NOW SET TO [--] SECONDS TO MIDNIGHT. CLOSEST EVER. https://t.co/ZHrdFz7iej BREAKING: DOOMSDAY CLOCK NOW SET TO [--] SECONDS TO MIDNIGHT. CLOSEST EVER. https://t.co/ZHrdFz7iej"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2016555465405030897)  2026-01-28T16:54Z 10.1K followers, [----] engagements


"@oxfordmann @createstreets Challenge: Find the angle where it looks as good as King's Cross at its worst then"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2016709347091304908)  2026-01-29T03:05Z 10.1K followers, [--] engagements


"@canonlaw St John Cantius does this pretty well I'd say"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2016710096621916537)  2026-01-29T03:08Z 10.1K followers, [---] engagements


"@RobertKwolek @GeorgianGroup Drawings are merely the tools to create buildings. The art is the thing built itself and the hand of the architect rarely touches it. Important distinction that the moderns don't make (thus arguing that building a reproduction of an old drawing is "fake")"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2016969746885804312)  2026-01-29T20:20Z 10.1K followers, [---] engagements


"@TheBonniePrince @JeremyTate41 Yes. A lot of the founders were from there but left due to a cohesive philosophy at St Johns"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2017002245951307968)  2026-01-29T22:29Z 10.1K followers, [--] engagements


"@ruairijfahy @JeremyTate41 Hmmmm. @TACollege thoughts"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2017004187020599305)  2026-01-29T22:37Z 10.1K followers, [--] engagements


"I fear I may have unleashed a monster. I watched Monty Python with my boys and they died laughing. Not really but that was a bit they loved the fatal joke"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2017055718697030134)  2026-01-30T02:02Z 10.1K followers, [----] engagements


"@buildhomez Does every unit get access to the courtyard or not"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2017443282817626209)  2026-01-31T03:42Z 10.1K followers, [---] engagements


"@johnhboyer @buildhomez Is this New Orleans More evidence that this crap is soulless and has nothing in common with it's place. I'd love to design a New Orleans courtyard building. Wouldn't look like any of this"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2017459687747203572)  2026-01-31T04:47Z 10.1K followers, [--] engagements


"@CharlestonArchi I'd say it's the commodification of windows ie the importance of selling windows that is disastrous. Companies are incentivized to sell as many as possible so they make them cheap so you have to replace them. "Replacement windows" are those you'll be replacing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2017687519492452574)  2026-01-31T19:52Z 10.2K followers, [---] engagements


"@GrayConnolly Does Churchill rise to greatness with a divided America Would an independent CSA side with England Say if CSA won without English support it would be difficult but then UK might have been a big market for the south"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2017736643331993686)  2026-01-31T23:07Z 10.1K followers, [----] engagements


"@lukeburgis Western Michigan I take it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2018097231937568889)  2026-02-01T23:00Z 10.2K followers, [---] engagements


"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


"@aaron_lubeck @mspringut I of course knew him in my studies but even at Notre Dame it was mostly a single line taken out of context from an essay no one read. Reading that essay ie "The Tall Office Building Atristically Considered" would be a good start. https://www.google.com/urlsa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www2.gwu.edu/art/Temporary_SL/177/pdfs/Sullivan_Tall.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwj39fW4rb2SAxX8M1kFHdDKJusQFnoECCQQAQ&usg=AOvVaw3JKOn-0N-gjNzD_4ANOkFk"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2018668106835747184)  2026-02-03T12:49Z 10.2K followers, [--] engagements


"@DuaneRackham75 @the_transit_guy I dunno New York has two great big ones and they look great. Hard to be more American than NYC"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2018723986495123834)  2026-02-03T16:31Z 10.2K followers, [---] engagements


"@dclisa01 @kingsepp @PatrickRuffini Yep. It's a slight bend south because the Washington Monument is not where it was planned. They started building it but the ground was too swampy so it was moved slightly south"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2018765924250120352)  2026-02-03T19:17Z 10.2K followers, [--] engagements


"@camdenpike @dclisa01 @kingsepp @PatrickRuffini Note you can see this on the original drawings from the McMillan Plan which created the Mall as we know it today. The original watercolor drawings are hanging in the office of the Commission of Fine Arts (in the National Building Museum at Judiciary Square)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2018806609150169400)  2026-02-03T21:59Z 10.2K followers, [--] engagements


"@camdenpike @dclisa01 @kingsepp @PatrickRuffini Before the McMillan Plan the Mall was a jumbled "naturalistic" park. Curiously the designer of the most famous "natural" park NYC's Central Park was the designer to reverse this in DC and build a formalized park modeled on French Chateau landscape designs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2018808576731685013)  2026-02-03T22:07Z 10.2K 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


"@kynakwado2 I'd love to do this for Albania. They are building LOADS of new buildings but all of it very very bad classical"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2019079888142307587)  2026-02-04T16:05Z 10.2K followers, [---] engagements


"@baseballcrank @ConservaMuse I met Dan Quayle on a beach in San Diego at the [----] convention in San Diego. He was gracious to us there and to me the youngest membef of our delegation. I should see if I can dig up the picture. Ages ago now but still seems like yesterday"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2019212142168404398)  2026-02-05T00:51Z 10.2K followers, [---] engagements


"@theblessedsalt I asked him a couple pointed questions without being even the slightest bit rude and he blocked me asap"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2019272015837032926)  2026-02-05T04:48Z 10.2K followers, [---] engagements


"@redsteeze @VinnysCorner1 So the New Jersey Devils then"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2019272224348467434)  2026-02-05T04:49Z 10.2K followers, [--] engagements


"@reddit_lies Any red state governor or legislature not looking seriously at reforming or completely restarting teachers colleges is in a world of trouble"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2019396353705799972)  2026-02-05T13:03Z 10.2K 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


"@Eric_Erins @1980Bvchi The Fisher Building was supposed to be taller than the Empire State Building"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2019468703574753329)  2026-02-05T17:50Z 10.2K followers, [--] engagements


"@DamonZumbroegel @JeremyTate41 @shellenberger @Aesthetic_City @michaeljknowles @michael_diamant @HorcherF @amifellowship @NewmanSocPres @CathLibEd @JMWSPT I love that school and definitely have looked at it. I think I designed the auditorium for Hozho inspired by Santa Barbara"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2019574704022175913)  2026-02-06T00:51Z 10.2K followers, [---] engagements


"If it was a formal Italian Garden I could buy it but this is just modernist random plants. Landscape architecture is nearly as lost as architecture. The British Museum wants to introduce a 'Mediterranean garden' in front of the building's primary frontage. I normally like introducing fussy greenery but it does seem a bit strange here surely the formality and grandeur of that facade is the whole point https://t.co/mSYu7hlRKF The British Museum wants to introduce a 'Mediterranean garden' in front of the building's primary frontage. I normally like introducing fussy greenery but it does seem a"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ErikBootsma/status/2019823462530052293)  2026-02-06T17:20Z 10.2K 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


"@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


"@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

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