fernand de Beauvoir
@fallenleavesbox.art
music +films +photography.
& snark about all else.
tentativeness of an infinite man:
https://fallenleavesbox.art
"a temptation to exist... in terrible canyons of static."
—Emil Cioran +GY!BE
& snark about all else.
tentativeness of an infinite man:
https://fallenleavesbox.art
"a temptation to exist... in terrible canyons of static."
—Emil Cioran +GY!BE
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fernand de Beauvoir
@fallenleavesbox.art
· Nov 20
from 2005 to 2020, I was lucky to be based in SF, Paris, and Moscow. thus, many concerts with a camera (vs audio recording previously).
a few to follow…
Wire's Graham Lewis
@ Leuven, BE
2008.Apr.29
~
#fdbConcerts
"It's Beginning To and Back Again" series fallenleavesbox.art/tag/fdbibtaba/
a few to follow…
Wire's Graham Lewis
@ Leuven, BE
2008.Apr.29
~
#fdbConcerts
"It's Beginning To and Back Again" series fallenleavesbox.art/tag/fdbibtaba/
well… this is quite the (fantastic) notion.
and women to a breeding gulag?
what would jesus do? (once he gets out of the toast impressions duties.)
didn’t these notions get spewed from soap boxes with no audience?
and women to a breeding gulag?
what would jesus do? (once he gets out of the toast impressions duties.)
didn’t these notions get spewed from soap boxes with no audience?
Fuentes, yesterday: “Our #1 political enemy is women because women constrain everything, every conversation, every man, everything. They have to be imprisoned. They are the ones that are hurting the fertility rate. They're the ones making us sympathetic to poor people, which are also brown people.”
Nick Fuentes: “The number one political enemy in America is women. … They have to be imprisoned.”
www.mediamatters.org
February 12, 2026 at 4:40 PM
well… this is quite the (fantastic) notion.
and women to a breeding gulag?
what would jesus do? (once he gets out of the toast impressions duties.)
didn’t these notions get spewed from soap boxes with no audience?
and women to a breeding gulag?
what would jesus do? (once he gets out of the toast impressions duties.)
didn’t these notions get spewed from soap boxes with no audience?
can't the Congress people just yield all their time to Isaac Chotiner?
he seems to deal well with people whose behaviour is unacceptable.
he seems to deal well with people whose behaviour is unacceptable.
Pam Bondi’s behavior today was unacceptable.
February 12, 2026 at 6:50 AM
can't the Congress people just yield all their time to Isaac Chotiner?
he seems to deal well with people whose behaviour is unacceptable.
he seems to deal well with people whose behaviour is unacceptable.
Post your favorite Lord of the Rings character(s). Wrong answers only.
February 9, 2026 at 1:44 AM
Post your favorite Lord of the Rings character(s). Wrong answers only.
I am not saying this is cause-effect, but:
1. DJ Trump tosses paper towels in Puerto Rico after hurricane Maria
2. MAGA/Fox loses their collective shits over Alejandra Ocasio-Cortez (I think Nuyorican counts)
3. MAGA/Fox loses their collective shits over Bad Bunny.
( 🎁 link )
1. DJ Trump tosses paper towels in Puerto Rico after hurricane Maria
2. MAGA/Fox loses their collective shits over Alejandra Ocasio-Cortez (I think Nuyorican counts)
3. MAGA/Fox loses their collective shits over Bad Bunny.
( 🎁 link )
February 8, 2026 at 10:17 PM
I am not saying this is cause-effect, but:
1. DJ Trump tosses paper towels in Puerto Rico after hurricane Maria
2. MAGA/Fox loses their collective shits over Alejandra Ocasio-Cortez (I think Nuyorican counts)
3. MAGA/Fox loses their collective shits over Bad Bunny.
( 🎁 link )
1. DJ Trump tosses paper towels in Puerto Rico after hurricane Maria
2. MAGA/Fox loses their collective shits over Alejandra Ocasio-Cortez (I think Nuyorican counts)
3. MAGA/Fox loses their collective shits over Bad Bunny.
( 🎁 link )
the thread has merit: not heretical.
in terms of music:
1. it may not be efficient, but it is highly rewarding.
2. same.
3. ideally, books and media are best placed out of sight. perhaps best in shallow closets.
(some, under current usage, can be in a living room— absolutism is not needed.)
in terms of music:
1. it may not be efficient, but it is highly rewarding.
2. same.
3. ideally, books and media are best placed out of sight. perhaps best in shallow closets.
(some, under current usage, can be in a living room— absolutism is not needed.)
I have three heretical thoughts about books:
- Time spent browsing in bookshops is mostly wasted
- Books make for terrible gifts. Don't give books.
- There are vastly more interesting things to put on living-room shelves than books
Come at me! Add to the list!
A 🧵 for book-lovers
- Time spent browsing in bookshops is mostly wasted
- Books make for terrible gifts. Don't give books.
- There are vastly more interesting things to put on living-room shelves than books
Come at me! Add to the list!
A 🧵 for book-lovers
February 8, 2026 at 2:06 PM
the thread has merit: not heretical.
in terms of music:
1. it may not be efficient, but it is highly rewarding.
2. same.
3. ideally, books and media are best placed out of sight. perhaps best in shallow closets.
(some, under current usage, can be in a living room— absolutism is not needed.)
in terms of music:
1. it may not be efficient, but it is highly rewarding.
2. same.
3. ideally, books and media are best placed out of sight. perhaps best in shallow closets.
(some, under current usage, can be in a living room— absolutism is not needed.)
finally, I find this statement on here.
" we are not this kind of people, so it must be examples from elsewhere" is the most annoying way that people talk about their internal flaws."
yes, you are... and it has to be addressed if the "we are not like this" is to be resolved.
" we are not this kind of people, so it must be examples from elsewhere" is the most annoying way that people talk about their internal flaws."
yes, you are... and it has to be addressed if the "we are not like this" is to be resolved.
Americans have a habit of trying to compare all authoritarianism to Nazi Germany. I think in some ways i think it is comforting to view authoritarianism as a foreign ideology. If you want to understand our current authoritarian moment, you need to look to our own past, not to Europe 1/x
February 8, 2026 at 2:01 PM
finally, I find this statement on here.
" we are not this kind of people, so it must be examples from elsewhere" is the most annoying way that people talk about their internal flaws."
yes, you are... and it has to be addressed if the "we are not like this" is to be resolved.
" we are not this kind of people, so it must be examples from elsewhere" is the most annoying way that people talk about their internal flaws."
yes, you are... and it has to be addressed if the "we are not like this" is to be resolved.
this is utterly... WTF?
yet, making way for the newer generation must be made and allow some people to dabble in such sacrileges.
that said, it keeps increasing my annoyance at the causation from cameras on phones. it is right up there with the usage of "proof" instead of "evidence".
yet, making way for the newer generation must be made and allow some people to dabble in such sacrileges.
that said, it keeps increasing my annoyance at the causation from cameras on phones. it is right up there with the usage of "proof" instead of "evidence".
Hitchcock’s The Lodger has been turned into a vertical microdrama. What’s next – Psycho on Snapchat?
Hitchcock’s The Lodger has been turned into a vertical microdrama. What’s next – Psycho on Snapchat?
A silent-era classic has been reframed for the vertical scroll of phone screens. Is this innovation, sacrilege, or just another way to repackage cinema history?
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2026 at 1:58 PM
this is utterly... WTF?
yet, making way for the newer generation must be made and allow some people to dabble in such sacrileges.
that said, it keeps increasing my annoyance at the causation from cameras on phones. it is right up there with the usage of "proof" instead of "evidence".
yet, making way for the newer generation must be made and allow some people to dabble in such sacrileges.
that said, it keeps increasing my annoyance at the causation from cameras on phones. it is right up there with the usage of "proof" instead of "evidence".
I do think, at a minimum, this kind of crusade demands quite a bit of cutting humour/sarcasm.
but it is not for me... really on a control-snark bent, hence the "step back from the social network" illusion/pursuit.
but it is not for me... really on a control-snark bent, hence the "step back from the social network" illusion/pursuit.
Calvin’s got better things to do this weekend🤣. What are your weekend plans? #CalvinandHobbes
February 8, 2026 at 1:55 PM
I do think, at a minimum, this kind of crusade demands quite a bit of cutting humour/sarcasm.
but it is not for me... really on a control-snark bent, hence the "step back from the social network" illusion/pursuit.
but it is not for me... really on a control-snark bent, hence the "step back from the social network" illusion/pursuit.
some heroes don't wear a cape... but I guess this kind of rain wear may be considered a cape.
Mr big shot: cinematographer Roger Deakins on 50 years behind the camera
Mr big shot: cinematographer Roger Deakins on 50 years behind the camera
This master craftsman’s work has lit up everything from Bond to Blade Runner 2049. But as he publishes his memoir, why is he so worried about the future of film-making?
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2026 at 1:53 PM
some heroes don't wear a cape... but I guess this kind of rain wear may be considered a cape.
Reposted by fernand de Beauvoir
thequietus.com/portal/ The Quietus @thequietus.com @luketurner.bsky.social have put up an old piece about yer Black Box Recorder for our return to light entertainment. Ta Quietus people.
The Portal | The Quietus
This week the Portal looks forward to Krankenhaus and selects a variety of features about headliners past and present.
thequietus.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:22 AM
thequietus.com/portal/ The Quietus @thequietus.com @luketurner.bsky.social have put up an old piece about yer Black Box Recorder for our return to light entertainment. Ta Quietus people.
they will have the role of solidifying the notion that people should avoid the USA.
and no guns for these fragile creatures?
(from the article: Milan’s mayor unwelcome their presence.)
and no guns for these fragile creatures?
(from the article: Milan’s mayor unwelcome their presence.)
BREAKING: ICE agents will have a security role during the upcoming Winter Olympics, U.S. embassy sources confirm.
ICE agents will have a security role at Milan-Cortina Olympics, US sources say
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will have a security role during the upcoming Milan Cortina Winter Games, according to sources at the U.S. embassy in Rome.
bit.ly
January 27, 2026 at 11:23 AM
they will have the role of solidifying the notion that people should avoid the USA.
and no guns for these fragile creatures?
(from the article: Milan’s mayor unwelcome their presence.)
and no guns for these fragile creatures?
(from the article: Milan’s mayor unwelcome their presence.)
Tik-Truth-Tok Social:
a new not-like-China social network.
(in fairness, they may allow Tiananmen Sq posts, and surely pro-J6 ones.)
a new not-like-China social network.
(in fairness, they may allow Tiananmen Sq posts, and surely pro-J6 ones.)
I just got multiplr strikes for saying his back was turned.
January 26, 2026 at 11:41 AM
Tik-Truth-Tok Social:
a new not-like-China social network.
(in fairness, they may allow Tiananmen Sq posts, and surely pro-J6 ones.)
a new not-like-China social network.
(in fairness, they may allow Tiananmen Sq posts, and surely pro-J6 ones.)
right.
it’s also well-established that they would have done worse things if taunted as the Socialist KKK.
it’s also well-established that they would have done worse things if taunted as the Socialist KKK.
The Gestapo in Nazi Germany was so cruel because people called them the “Gestapo.”
January 25, 2026 at 9:44 PM
right.
it’s also well-established that they would have done worse things if taunted as the Socialist KKK.
it’s also well-established that they would have done worse things if taunted as the Socialist KKK.
if I were to comment on all that is wrong with the USA... I would be a Blueskypro.
I take this rare QT just to note how nasty these goons (the administration, if not clear)… and why it seems that the first order of business after midterms is to impeach the lot.
the prez is void of ideas, anyway.
I take this rare QT just to note how nasty these goons (the administration, if not clear)… and why it seems that the first order of business after midterms is to impeach the lot.
the prez is void of ideas, anyway.
Last week, I looked into the record of the federal prosecutor in Minnesota who was leading the work on the Somali daycare fraud case.
He struck me as a straight shooter, not a partisan hack.
Well here's confirmation: He has quit after DOJ pressure to investigate Renee Good's widow. (#giftlink 🎁)
He struck me as a straight shooter, not a partisan hack.
Well here's confirmation: He has quit after DOJ pressure to investigate Renee Good's widow. (#giftlink 🎁)
3 Prosecutors Quit After Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victim’s Widow
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:43 PM
if I were to comment on all that is wrong with the USA... I would be a Blueskypro.
I take this rare QT just to note how nasty these goons (the administration, if not clear)… and why it seems that the first order of business after midterms is to impeach the lot.
the prez is void of ideas, anyway.
I take this rare QT just to note how nasty these goons (the administration, if not clear)… and why it seems that the first order of business after midterms is to impeach the lot.
the prez is void of ideas, anyway.
there is no justification for doing wrongs... regardless of the justification: the Fundamental Attribution Error fallacy.
[ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundame... ]
but...
[ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundame... ]
but...
January 13, 2026 at 8:56 AM
there is no justification for doing wrongs... regardless of the justification: the Fundamental Attribution Error fallacy.
[ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundame... ]
but...
[ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundame... ]
but...
recently reminded:
humans are horrible guessers, and yet they persist.
I am right there: ask first?
age and origin are the most commonly guessed wrong.
but wrong profession guesses are the most fun:
writer
architect
music biz
professor
photographer
idiot
anyone to volunteer their experiences?
humans are horrible guessers, and yet they persist.
I am right there: ask first?
age and origin are the most commonly guessed wrong.
but wrong profession guesses are the most fun:
writer
architect
music biz
professor
photographer
idiot
anyone to volunteer their experiences?
January 13, 2026 at 8:36 AM
recently reminded:
humans are horrible guessers, and yet they persist.
I am right there: ask first?
age and origin are the most commonly guessed wrong.
but wrong profession guesses are the most fun:
writer
architect
music biz
professor
photographer
idiot
anyone to volunteer their experiences?
humans are horrible guessers, and yet they persist.
I am right there: ask first?
age and origin are the most commonly guessed wrong.
but wrong profession guesses are the most fun:
writer
architect
music biz
professor
photographer
idiot
anyone to volunteer their experiences?
Top 10 all time favourite vocalists? Off the top of my head:
Marvin Gaye
Nina Simone
Stewart A. Staples
Kurt Wagner
Beth Gibbons
James Graham
Chet Baker
Luke Haines
Billie Holiday
Simon-Huw Jones
Marvin Gaye
Nina Simone
Stewart A. Staples
Kurt Wagner
Beth Gibbons
James Graham
Chet Baker
Luke Haines
Billie Holiday
Simon-Huw Jones
Top 10 all time favourite vocalists? Off the top of my head:
Tim Smith
James Skelly
Thom Yorke
James Mudriczki
Phoebe Bridgers
Jo Bevan
Sufjan Stevens
Justin Vernon
David Bowie
Martin Rossiter
Tim Smith
James Skelly
Thom Yorke
James Mudriczki
Phoebe Bridgers
Jo Bevan
Sufjan Stevens
Justin Vernon
David Bowie
Martin Rossiter
Top 10 all time favourite vocalists? Off the top of my head
John Lennon
Hope Sandoval
Thom Yorke
James Skelly
Richard Ashcroft
Nathan Nicholson
Lana Del Rey
Robin Pecknold
Molly Rankin
Rachel Goswell
John Lennon
Hope Sandoval
Thom Yorke
James Skelly
Richard Ashcroft
Nathan Nicholson
Lana Del Rey
Robin Pecknold
Molly Rankin
Rachel Goswell
January 12, 2026 at 9:20 AM
Top 10 all time favourite vocalists? Off the top of my head:
Marvin Gaye
Nina Simone
Stewart A. Staples
Kurt Wagner
Beth Gibbons
James Graham
Chet Baker
Luke Haines
Billie Holiday
Simon-Huw Jones
Marvin Gaye
Nina Simone
Stewart A. Staples
Kurt Wagner
Beth Gibbons
James Graham
Chet Baker
Luke Haines
Billie Holiday
Simon-Huw Jones
my plan to finally start a company and make some money is going nowhere.
(plan: manufacture little screw drivers and screws for the "little screwdriver assembly" economy of USA manufacturing jobs that were to skyrocket.)
(I was not working the tariffs angle either: bad planning all around.)
(plan: manufacture little screw drivers and screws for the "little screwdriver assembly" economy of USA manufacturing jobs that were to skyrocket.)
(I was not working the tariffs angle either: bad planning all around.)
“.. Manufacturing payrolls -8k in December ... eighth consecutive month of declines for the manufacturing sector ..”
- Schwab #NFP
- Schwab #NFP
January 9, 2026 at 2:15 PM
my plan to finally start a company and make some money is going nowhere.
(plan: manufacture little screw drivers and screws for the "little screwdriver assembly" economy of USA manufacturing jobs that were to skyrocket.)
(I was not working the tariffs angle either: bad planning all around.)
(plan: manufacture little screw drivers and screws for the "little screwdriver assembly" economy of USA manufacturing jobs that were to skyrocket.)
(I was not working the tariffs angle either: bad planning all around.)
the good, and it’s the majority of people, will prevail: as they deserve it.
still, that does not mean that this darkness is not part of a great illness.
and, also, how very long it will take to achieve a semblance of normalcy.
personally, I don’t see it happening.
still, that does not mean that this darkness is not part of a great illness.
and, also, how very long it will take to achieve a semblance of normalcy.
personally, I don’t see it happening.
Most days, it doesn’t really feel like this country is gonna make it.
Today it doesn’t feel like it deserves to.
Today it doesn’t feel like it deserves to.
January 8, 2026 at 2:26 AM
the good, and it’s the majority of people, will prevail: as they deserve it.
still, that does not mean that this darkness is not part of a great illness.
and, also, how very long it will take to achieve a semblance of normalcy.
personally, I don’t see it happening.
still, that does not mean that this darkness is not part of a great illness.
and, also, how very long it will take to achieve a semblance of normalcy.
personally, I don’t see it happening.
absolutely this not being unaware of what they imply as process.
another, related one, is the use of insults-through-euphemisms: just say what you mean explicitly, not fishing for a wink of being understood.
but then again, humans are funny creatures and that’s how psychology gets to evolve.
another, related one, is the use of insults-through-euphemisms: just say what you mean explicitly, not fishing for a wink of being understood.
but then again, humans are funny creatures and that’s how psychology gets to evolve.
It never fails to amuse me how any instance of a fictional character being called a fascist immediately riles up MAGA because it's obviously meant to compare him to Trump or his followers.
My man, aren't you bothered that when someone says "fascist" your first thought is "they're talking about us?"
My man, aren't you bothered that when someone says "fascist" your first thought is "they're talking about us?"
January 5, 2026 at 1:21 PM
absolutely this not being unaware of what they imply as process.
another, related one, is the use of insults-through-euphemisms: just say what you mean explicitly, not fishing for a wink of being understood.
but then again, humans are funny creatures and that’s how psychology gets to evolve.
another, related one, is the use of insults-through-euphemisms: just say what you mean explicitly, not fishing for a wink of being understood.
but then again, humans are funny creatures and that’s how psychology gets to evolve.
can a Gödel, Turin, or Galois type just come out and give one of those proofs of incompleteness?
it’s getting tiring, even in the periphery of the goings on.
it’s getting tiring, even in the periphery of the goings on.
Ex-Meta chief AI scientist Yann LeCun has Lunch with the FT and in one of those instances so rare that you know he didn't sign an NDA, says exactly why as.ft.com/r/e503690d-8...
January 2, 2026 at 5:40 PM
can a Gödel, Turin, or Galois type just come out and give one of those proofs of incompleteness?
it’s getting tiring, even in the periphery of the goings on.
it’s getting tiring, even in the periphery of the goings on.
the wonders of the human mind will never cease, despite (or in spite), of what we have learn.
all humans are experts, or have a valid perspective, on everything: we are all above average. (except for the people we don’t like.)
all humans are experts, or have a valid perspective, on everything: we are all above average. (except for the people we don’t like.)
This is nuts. Too much emphasis on experts on climate change, right?
January 2, 2026 at 12:06 PM
the wonders of the human mind will never cease, despite (or in spite), of what we have learn.
all humans are experts, or have a valid perspective, on everything: we are all above average. (except for the people we don’t like.)
all humans are experts, or have a valid perspective, on everything: we are all above average. (except for the people we don’t like.)
to TACO the pasta is the craziest thing. the most stupid of tariffs to announce, but I held hope it would come to effect to wake-up the somnambulist population.
US retreats from Trump’s pasta tariffs, Italy says ft.trib.al/cFcqSIn
US retreats from Trump’s pasta tariffs, Italy says
Proposed levies of up to 92% on imported Italian pasta slashed
ft.trib.al
January 1, 2026 at 6:35 PM
to TACO the pasta is the craziest thing. the most stupid of tariffs to announce, but I held hope it would come to effect to wake-up the somnambulist population.
some Kertezian + Leiter moment is a nice way to reacquaint with the past during this brief travel.
January 1, 2026 at 6:33 PM
some Kertezian + Leiter moment is a nice way to reacquaint with the past during this brief travel.
limiting it to something that could air on it.
(it’s news to me that it was still going on.)
(it’s news to me that it was still going on.)
December 31, 2025 at 6:40 PM
limiting it to something that could air on it.
(it’s news to me that it was still going on.)
(it’s news to me that it was still going on.)