The modern world is losing its mind. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/3dce8d99d7cf96fd0ad2433fdbeb516366db37c664fd3d4374155e3e6bf9c30a.file

Note the copper canteen/water bottle on the back of this soldier. Copper has a long history of use in militaries, as it kills bacteria, viruses, microorganisms, yeasts etc. Art by Roman Krasil. "A private of the Life-Guards Preobrazhénsky Regiment before the start of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 in the statutory summer field uniform with a calfskin knapsack of the 1866 model and an overcoat over his left shoulder." https://hell.twtr.plus/media/46209382c27408fdc14e1538f052cab02c73b6ad4b03cca5bcb1bf470135e05e.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/cd1ff50e8dd51b7d1f9b354f273b6e2ac737bfbb6db4a64805a516da606570c4.file

This 2017 apartment building in Talinn, Estonia, was the first building I saw from architect Allan Strus. I have been a fan since. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/1ba622aec6baab05ca95fa777cf85cb81c37c7ed543b0902fb64682a4b3938c0.file

New parish house at Piikkiö Church in Finland by Estonian architect Allan Strus. Built in 2025 to replace a modernist building from the 1970s that was so badly damaged by water and mold that it was declared unfit for human use. Built on time and on budget. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/93543224267202d57e47c0e5aef963fafe1634bbeb53f4010731c95216b30dd8.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/c67bf7fe7f44585417e949fea933d5bc3dbf7ffcc469a79940c85b5982150c94.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/47d12d39c04886c70ce4204b3a42ad16ff944f2ba55992983eb42bfc9fc8bb99.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/72dfab2e1bd0b291907f4efc6bc85606d3f45a2786f6ebb0446628368839bad1.file

"The world’s largest cargo sailboat, Neoliner Origin, completed its first transatlantic voyage on 30 October despite damage to one of its sails during the journey."

Marine Insight

World’s Largest Cargo Sailboat Completes Historic First Atlantic Crossing

Marine Insight - The maritime industry guide.

Henry VII's chapel and its pendant vault, constructed 1503-1509. Held together by gravity and held up by medieval ingenuity and craftsmanship. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/32ddd69ef22060ebc79bfcf0bf576a5d8a2986d66f92494c72efdfaf1d735b75.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/5a4eff6621528fbc8c13593bb6f3df6d22f9b75f365c2f67ff688314563e72d5.file

We can build anything we want. (Emmanuel Viérin, 1869-1954, Belgium) https://hell.twtr.plus/media/d8d7522cddf1b5d0f5512088297436601ed98c4440b0aef2069817f3e8a610c4.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/9ff4516da09d3042a4303f0970d357fcb97f07e08615b1c15ea1530777be6bf5.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/cf025ff40e02dfbbf941e1a5f979fd3e5c8fab83e46de21fe8a2d2a2c0707f63.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/ae70971173bca9d03f9ec4500ba7ed257927ef10436c55c0893c2788fd544dac.file

“Political liberty consists in the power of criticizing those flexible parts of the State...not the basis, but the machinery. In plainer words, it means the power of saying the sort of things that a decent but discontented citizen wants to say.” — G.K. Chesterton, 1909 https://hell.twtr.plus/media/9e0e11749945492f56acaf00539a66c3def5cfc9b76196b6221bef4118e79957.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/114a74c728ae49d863bf920f049565fc0e496f086e60a04be3a05a77f80d1dcb.file

Introduction to Sir Roger Scruton, from an American perspective, at @ChroniclesMag Also @JSMilbank is mentioned. https://chroniclesmagazine.org/remembering-the-right/remembering-roger-scruton/ https://hell.twtr.plus/media/017f9779d4e2f81ee433ffca3a95e90b18f53bea0400ce5aa130b5e3ba92b4a8.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/7c77ce02c140d94eb4dd58cafb9d9f8fd7d848a637f3f448164fdf2c07182497.file