Truth & Prosperity

🧵For nine hundred years, Florence was a city under the protection of a twelve-year-old girl. Then in 1296 the city quietly demoted her, tore down her cathedral, and built a bigger one on top of her. Most people walking in the piazza today have never heard her name.

@VHoltreman @ArtofGent This is how you stand out because it means you will learn and grow.

@ArtofGent Current culture is all about shifting blame. Own your mistakes - and choices.

Daily Etiquette Tip: Made a mistake? Own it promptly, apologise specifically, and focus on making it right. Accountability is the foundation of integrity. Carry on, gentlemen. 🫡

Fantastic thread below with timeless advice! Check it out!

@Gentleman_Ways Thanks for the share! I believe we would be kindred spirits with the good Count and could engage in a lively conversation around a few glasses of Châteauneuf-du-Pape.

Every honest conversation with someone wrestling with faith is an opportunity. If you’ve ever wanted tools to explain and defend what you believe, this one's worth your time. We sow the seeds, God brings the growth.

@Gentleman_Ways Thanks! It's an amazing book. Think you told me I was going to like it, you weren't wrong. Hopefully this little thread might get it a few more readers.

@MitchWaystone Well done! Fantastic thread and timeless advice!

In 1922, a Bolshevik tribunal sentenced a Russian count to death, but they changed their minds. His new sentence: life inside a luxury hotel. If he ever tried to leave, he would be shot. What he built inside those walls will change how you see see your life.🧵

Read this free article and decide for yourself if you will keep renting out your mind: open.substack.com/pub/christophe…

You think the problem is discipline. Wrong. Your thoughts have no home. They live in the street. They sleep in browser tabs. They beg on sticky notes. They wake you at 2AM demanding to be let in. And the world is thrilled to house them for you. A feed. An algorithm. A furnished room where the rent is your one brief life, paid by the hour. A man whose mind lives in rented rooms builds nothing there. The landlord keeps moving the furniture.

@creation247 Statistically, it's B. Disney adults. The park entitlement stories, treating a kids' brand like a religion. Swift superfans are toxic, and Star Wars has the history of actor harassment, sure. Nolan fans are mostly just pretentious. The data doesn't lie. B.

Which modern audience has the worst fan base? A. Christopher Nolan fanboys B. Disney adults C. Taylor Swift superfans D. Star Wars (you can only choose one)

@Gentleman_Ways @HistoryWJacob Great recommendation, how was I not following him! Thanks.

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@GrandellRich @creation247 Small things matter, unless you are small-minded. Ellen was a bad casting decision. Lupita, I couldn't care less, she's a backstabbing cheater in the story.

@MitchWaystone @creation247 Page and Lupita are in the film for under 5 minutes each. Get a grip.

One of the most annoying things about The Odyssey controversy is how Christopher Nolan fanboys react to even the mildest criticism. You can say, “Hey, this casting choice is ridiculous,” or, “This scene doesn’t work,” and they completely lose control. Suddenly they’re calling you "woke right" while writing a 14-post thread explaining aspect ratios, practical effects, Greek mythology, cinematic language, and why you’re simply too unintelligent to understand Nolan’s genius. Lighten up Francis... You are not defending Western civilization. You are defending a Hollywood millionaire director from somebody making fun of a movie trailer. The absolute panic. The emotional instability. The desperate need for everyone to validate their taste. Chris Nolan fanboys are the most low-testosterone base in modern cinema. Normal men can hear criticism of something they like without having a nervous breakdown. Nolan fanboys act like you insulted their bloodline because you laughed at Elliot Page in Greek armor.

@OrthodoxPole81 As a father with four grown kids now grandparent, real manhood protects and forms through sacramental forbearance, not shock rhetoric. They aren't good men, role models, and a healthy culture wouldn't honor them.

There's something very performative about some conservatives defending the Tate brothers. The simple reality is this, on the very basis of how they talk about and treat women, in most ancient European Christian societies and cultures they wouldn't have survived.

@BoringBiz_ A chaotic game. I've scaled decades of real operational chaos; wins like this come from disciplined systems built over years, not flash.

This Spain team knocked out Ronaldo, Mbappe and Messi in the same tournament Let that sink in. Very well deserved

@JayDyer Versus' Orthodox realism grounding us against nominalist drift that fractures family and legacy.

Luther’s nominalism led to troonz

@tyromper All the time! As dad of four grown kids now grandparents, Sunday worship is the weekly reset that anchors everything!

Every Sunday in church I'm reminded there's billions of believers worldwide every week praising God, hearing the Word, examining themselves & growing more Christ like. So grateful for the church. Grateful for pastors & musicians. Grateful for all the hard work they put in. Grateful we can worship & grow closer to a RISEN SAVIOR!!! Have a blessed Sunday fam!!! Walking out of church & now into volunteer in the kids ministry where I'll race & play with a bunch of cool middle schoolers! God is great.

@BoringBiz_ This doesn't look like how real leadership builds calm systems amid chaos. Looks like a way to build performative hustle that burns out anyone worthwhile.

Companies: “we want to hire someone who can excel in highly dynamic and fast paced environments” The environment in question:

@IMPERATORAUS The little church of home is the first of the ordered loves, not abstraction.

Faith, Family, Fatherland.

@Gentleman_Ways I hope men learn and teach these courtesies aren't performances. Courtesy and manners are how you actually build character.

This week’s free article is out. In it, I discuss the small courtesies that shape a man and set him apart from others. See the first comment for full access.

@thinkingwest Decades of stewardship have taught me this. Apply this to everything in life: how you organize your office, your home, a PowerPoint presentation, a email to your boss. Truth and beauty.

"Beauty is truth, truth beauty — that is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know." John Keats

@nntaleb Short cuts don't always work, our father's often knew best.

The problem with seed oil is that, as with ultraprocessed foods, the taste doesn't match the nutrients, creating an internal dissonance. DISCLAIMER: I am a tiny olive oil producer (small time farmer, planted 750 trees, only for friends & family).

@PageauJonathan As an Orthodox layman who's returned home through the sacraments, this cultural PTSD longing for return echoes the Church's call. I attended an Antiochian service with beautiful Arabic chanting today and it reminded me, "I am a stranger in a strange land."

Pulling back a bit, I am noticing that the two biggest movies of the summer will probably be The Odyssey and Spider-Man: Brand New Day. Both are about the difficulty and need to remember in order to restart a new world. Fascinating to see this trope appear as the WWII narrative continues to collapse. Sometimes I feel like the entire West has been wandering like PTSD struck soldiers since the end of WWII, incapable of returning home. I’m not saying it is in any way deliberate on the part of Hollywood, but the desire to remember and return home appearing in stories is a hopeful sign.