Mark Willard
@markwillard.bsky.social
Travel, theme parks, film, Disney, photography, and occasionally Tech/InfoSec.
AKA @MarkWillard85 on the bird app.
Please don't take any of this too seriously.
Profile photo by Jessie Summers.
AKA @MarkWillard85 on the bird app.
Please don't take any of this too seriously.
Profile photo by Jessie Summers.
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I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
December 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
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This is like paying the guys that robbed your house to also burn it down.
Disney is making a $1 billion investment in OpenAI and will let the AI platform use its characters to make social-media videos.
Disney to Invest $1 Billion in OpenAI, License Characters for Use in ChatGPT, Sora
The three-year licensing deal will let users generate videos of more than 200 Disney, Marvel, Star Wars and Pixar characters.
on.wsj.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:14 PM
This is like paying the guys that robbed your house to also burn it down.
A $1 billion investment in brand destruction
December 11, 2025 at 3:25 PM
A $1 billion investment in brand destruction
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if you gave every person on earth a chance to guess the reveal here there would not be a single correct answer
I can’t emphasize enough how much you need to watch this until the end
December 9, 2025 at 5:10 PM
if you gave every person on earth a chance to guess the reveal here there would not be a single correct answer
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"a man calling himself 'beast' is bribing men and women to participate in unholy games" you would tell that to any arbitrary person in europe for centuries and they would not need any further convincing to say it was the doing of the Adversary
November 30, 2025 at 4:53 AM
"a man calling himself 'beast' is bribing men and women to participate in unholy games" you would tell that to any arbitrary person in europe for centuries and they would not need any further convincing to say it was the doing of the Adversary
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You’ll be visited by 3 spirits
The three spirits
The three spirits
November 25, 2025 at 1:42 AM
You’ll be visited by 3 spirits
The three spirits
The three spirits
I don’t think any park has ever benefited as much from Daylight Savings Time ending as Epic Universe does.
November 17, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I don’t think any park has ever benefited as much from Daylight Savings Time ending as Epic Universe does.
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Concept art for Spaceship Earth and EPCOT Center by legendary Imagineer, Herb Ryman.
November 16, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Concept art for Spaceship Earth and EPCOT Center by legendary Imagineer, Herb Ryman.
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Recently found a video of El Rio del Tiempo I made from 2006… Enjoy!
November 15, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Recently found a video of El Rio del Tiempo I made from 2006… Enjoy!
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not to absolve them of their other work, but every so often the Bee posts a banger
November 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM
not to absolve them of their other work, but every so often the Bee posts a banger
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Passing a Coca-Cola truck on the road and getting confused when it stays the same size the whole time and the axles don’t change locations
November 14, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Passing a Coca-Cola truck on the road and getting confused when it stays the same size the whole time and the axles don’t change locations
It’s kind of funny that WDW is celebrating today as the start of the holiday season, but it really already started at MK on Nov. 2-3, at DHS on Nov. 7-8, and won’t start at Epcot or most of the resorts until Thanksgiving week.
So I guess what they really mean is it starts at DAK today?
So I guess what they really mean is it starts at DAK today?
November 14, 2025 at 4:47 PM
It’s kind of funny that WDW is celebrating today as the start of the holiday season, but it really already started at MK on Nov. 2-3, at DHS on Nov. 7-8, and won’t start at Epcot or most of the resorts until Thanksgiving week.
So I guess what they really mean is it starts at DAK today?
So I guess what they really mean is it starts at DAK today?
Wow. This looks awesome. It’s been a while since DHS did something that made me think “I really need to visit DHS” but this fits the bill *and* feels like something that would’ve been right at home in original concept MGM Studios.
PHOTO TOUR: New Holiday Exhibit at Hollywood Studios Featuring Muppets Christmas Carol, The Santa Clause, and More
PHOTO TOUR: New Holiday Exhibit at Hollywood Studios Featuring Muppets Christmas Carol, The Santa Clause, and More
Walt Disney World has debuted a new holiday films exhibit at Disney's Hollywood Studios, featuring artifacts and screenings of holiday shorts
blogmickey.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Wow. This looks awesome. It’s been a while since DHS did something that made me think “I really need to visit DHS” but this fits the bill *and* feels like something that would’ve been right at home in original concept MGM Studios.
Who wants this? Social media is already overrun with thoughtless, pointless, ugly AI slop. Now it's going to proliferate to paid streaming services too? Does Disney really want their brand associated with this?
Bob Iger says Disney+ will soon have AI-generated short form content from users
(via THR)
(via THR)
November 13, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Who wants this? Social media is already overrun with thoughtless, pointless, ugly AI slop. Now it's going to proliferate to paid streaming services too? Does Disney really want their brand associated with this?
US Passport digital IDs are now live on iPhone and Apple Watch running 26.1 and I can’t decide whether this is really cool or vaguely dystopian. support.apple.com/en-us/123719...
Use your Digital ID in Apple Wallet - Apple Support
When you create your Digital ID using your passport in Apple Wallet, you can easily and securely present it at TSA checkpoints, in apps, and online.
support.apple.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:35 PM
US Passport digital IDs are now live on iPhone and Apple Watch running 26.1 and I can’t decide whether this is really cool or vaguely dystopian. support.apple.com/en-us/123719...
Well, if you were curious how things are going on X - the everything app - they are currently forcing everyone with a FIDO key and/or Passkey associated with Twitter dot com to reenroll it with x dot com, but the reenrollment process doesn’t work and forces you into an endless authentication loop.
November 12, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Well, if you were curious how things are going on X - the everything app - they are currently forcing everyone with a FIDO key and/or Passkey associated with Twitter dot com to reenroll it with x dot com, but the reenrollment process doesn’t work and forces you into an endless authentication loop.
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they will never top this gorilla grodd moment
November 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
they will never top this gorilla grodd moment
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Weird that we have a planet-wide magnetic defense system that self activates when the sun decides to attack but it is very pretty
November 12, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Weird that we have a planet-wide magnetic defense system that self activates when the sun decides to attack but it is very pretty
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Tron and Tron Legacy 4k Steelbooks in stock at Walmart! www.walmart.com/ip/Tron-Stee...
Robot or human?
www.walmart.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Tron and Tron Legacy 4k Steelbooks in stock at Walmart! www.walmart.com/ip/Tron-Stee...
Not visible to the naked eye, but if you're in the Orlando area right now, take a picture with your phone looking north, and you'll just *barely* be able to see aurora.
November 12, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Not visible to the naked eye, but if you're in the Orlando area right now, take a picture with your phone looking north, and you'll just *barely* be able to see aurora.