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Fellow skeeters, it’s a great week for Chris Hooks esoterica. For the Baffler, I went to Habscon ‘24, a gathering of Habsburg fans, right-wing Catholics, Carlists, and general monarchists in Plano, TX: thebaffler.com/latest/feeli...
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Problematic Otter
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Nicely done, as usual
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Herpes Trismegistus
@bagfumbler.bsky.social
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I was in Vienna last year and toured the Capuchin Crypt. A bunch of Mexican royalists left love notes by Emperor Maximilian's coffin, and apparently that's a common thing. Weird Catholic freaks and royalists are so much more common than I would've assumed a few years ago.
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Michael Maris
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Well the baffler lived up to its name?
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Anastacya
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I do not know what to do with this information other than to ask deeply rude questions like "Habsburg lip?"
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Bill Ferris
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Excellent work
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man it's a hot zone,
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i haven't read a word, and i'm already delighted this exists
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Byrd Turgler
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The Baffler piece is tits. I laughed and laughed, and the style was excellent. I shared with friends. Kudos.
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notthatjasonmraz
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and to think I was in plano last weekend with nothing to do like a chump
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Thomas Fuchs 🔭🕹️
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As an Austrian living in the US I have to say, “what the actual flying fuck is this shit?”
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Jason McGlothlen
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Nobody Ever
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Sorry, he can't make it.
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Gaknar
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Is that Edmond Blackadder?
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DON FERRARI
@donferrari.bsky.social
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Who's Carl?
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Marc Heiden
@marcheiden.bsky.social
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I enjoy your work - thanks for posting it here!
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Snowclone Cajones
@snowclonecojones.bsky.social
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Holy crap. Is this annual? I have actual ephemera from the Hapsburg family.
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WildGorillaMan
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Nothing could prepare me for this article
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BBQdotgov
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Really enjoyed this read. Thanks for sifting through the north Texas crankery!
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Mark
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great piece
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Huge Hassle
@hughjassle.bsky.social
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he like me fr (disclaimer: i also should not be in charge of a government)
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@timmis.bsky.social
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Oh my god, there are still Carlists?!?
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Adam L. Cox
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This remarkable piece led to a solid two hours of anti-nobility fulminating in my household.
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Honeythunder
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Having read a decent amount on WW1, I am utterly baffled that this is a thing
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Ann Laabs 🏳️🌈
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That article sounds so good. Are the Spanish Habsburgs included, or just the Austrian-Hungarian branch?
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TubaPeter.com
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My family left the Austro-Hungarian Empire (Slovenia specifically) in the years before WWI. Great article!
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robyn (not concussed)
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The fact that this all took place in Plano makes me laugh so much
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The Man With The Getaway Ass
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Fuckin love it
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The Woker
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Being an American monarchist is the most hilariously pathetic thing possible, one of the only good thing America ever did was kill monarchist, absolute pathetic servile cuckbrain behavior.
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Seth D. Michaels
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damn this is really good
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@esouthard.bsky.social
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Plano catching strays, just for being a nice place to live :-/
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Nothings Monstered
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I don't usually think "decadent" or "un-American" with such pejorative intent, but those words are what comes to mind.
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@marymacdougall.bsky.social
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Great article!
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Undisclosed Canadian
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Patron saint of a healthy, diverse gene pool
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Christopher Hooks
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Important Update: Eduard Habsburg sent a very gracious note and suggested I had misinterpreted Dubbie, the Double-Headed Eagle. In THIS house the author is NOT dead, and we appreciate the clarification of intent.
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Christopher Hooks
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For Texas Monthly, I wrote about how Rep. Henry Cuellar’s indictment for bribery fits in the long, weird, dumb history of Azerbaijani lobbying in Texas and the U.S.: www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
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