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willonzo
@willonzo.bsky.social
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Venerable online identity, est. 2006. Former bastion of Annual Late Late Toy Show Live-Tweeting (he/him)
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XO by Elliot Smith
February 15, 2026 at 6:33 AM
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Drop an album that was important to you when you were 19
Now That’s What I Call Music 1998
February 15, 2026 at 6:32 AM
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A horse jumping vertically upwards into the sky in the way that horses don’t and the text reads “how it feels to BE TOLD I HAVE A HEALTHY MOUTH”
February 12, 2026 at 6:21 PM
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Pretty bleak stuff, but at least I got to expand my Spanish vocabulary
#BoolSky
The Crossing, by Cormac McCarthy
February 10, 2026 at 9:36 PM
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Thrilled I wound up in the “Handsome, Looks-Young-for-his-Age, European Intellectual” region. I just couldn’t get a good screenshot of the label, might try again later
The @willonzo handle marked on the Bluesky map. There is no visible label despite there being thousands of green dots
February 9, 2026 at 7:12 PM
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Reading McCarthy’s The Crossing and just came across an act of violence I had never even considered possible and that can only be the product of a deranged mind. Yes, I will continue reading
#BookSky
February 1, 2026 at 8:22 PM
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Too late, Mickey. I already cancelled your worthless mouse ass
As part of our continued investment in delivering world-class entertainment, the price of your Disney+ Premium will increase to €159.90 per year on 26 February 2026. Your plan will automatically renew at the new price unless you switch plans or cancel via the account settings before then. You do not need to take any action to continue enjoying Disney+
January 26, 2026 at 7:40 PM
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Looking over photos from my Austria trip last week and remembering what passes for a dinosaur over there
A plush lama, lying on top of a bunch of other plush lamas in a basket marked “Plush Dinosaur”
January 24, 2026 at 6:49 PM
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Found in my photos, taken during a trip to Seville. Presented without comment
A piéta sculpture in the cathedral in Seville. Mary looks at a dead Jesus who is sprawled over her knee. She has a frowny face with downturned mouth. He has his eyes shut and is just short of having his tongue hanging out of his mouth. The overall effect is a little cartoonish. There is a red arrow pointing to Mary with the label “ME”. There is another arrow pointing to Jesus with the label “A WOKE MEME”. I have no memory of why I made this image
January 23, 2026 at 7:26 PM
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Another one (Alpine air seems to be affecting my brains)
January 17, 2026 at 8:37 AM
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If he’s that curious, he should google Ghadaffi
BBC headline: What next for Iran’s Supreme Leader?
January 16, 2026 at 9:18 PM
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Got a rec on this and it was hard to find, but worth the search. Ending was a bit open-ended, but I liked it
#BookSky
The Glamour, by Christopher Priest
January 16, 2026 at 9:09 PM
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Turns out the fanciest Spar I’ve ever seen is actually the ground floor of where Mozart was born. Going in there and demanding a chicken roll
The front of a very fancy Spar Wider shot of the Spar, above which in brass lettering: Mozart Geburtshaus
January 13, 2026 at 1:12 PM
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Next up, decided to go back to the beginning of the Smiley series after reading The Spy Who Came in from the Cold a while back. Interesting artifact of the times but I imagine not the most effective of the novels. Still, Ireland’s greatest espionage author
Call for the Dead, by John le Carré BBC headline: John le Carré “died an Irishman”
January 12, 2026 at 4:50 PM
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Christ, Smiley, that’s a bit harsh
Excerpt from “Call for the Dead”, by John le Carré where Smiley describes Elsa Fennan, a holocaust survivor: She might have been like this shepherdess, round-bosomed and pretty. But the body had been broken with hunger so that it was frail and ugly, like the carcass of a tiny bird.
January 12, 2026 at 2:13 PM
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They’re putting estrogen in the mustard here and it’s turning the frickin frogs gay
A used mustard packet marked “FELIX ESTRAGON SENF”
January 12, 2026 at 1:29 PM
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Entry for the dream log
Dream I have moved into a historical building and am obliged to show visiting strangers around my home. “Come in, I’ll give you the tour,” I say to a small group of lookie-lous. I bring them to a door in a weird small alcove and on opening it, am shocked to see the spectral figure of a woman in a black hooded cloak moving away from us. “Nooo, nooooo,” it moans until it vanishes through the far wall. We then look to the other side of the room to observe a small girl standing on a dining table. She wears what looks like a wedding dress, the veil partly obscuring a face with a deathly pallor and black eyes. I turn to the visitors and say, “So this is the ghost room, we don’t come in here much.” A combination of the genuine terror from the ghosts and the self-satisfaction at the comic timing of the line delivery woke me up at 5am and I could not get back to sleep
January 12, 2026 at 11:59 AM
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Funny, these are the same reasons I won’t travel to the US at the moment
Travel advisory from the US government recommending Americans do not visit Venezuela as they will likely be lynched Venezuela has the highest Travel Advisory level - Level 4: Do Not Travel - due to severe risks to Americans, including wrongful detention, torture in detention, terrorism, kidnapping, arbitrary enforcement of local laws, crime, civil unrest, and poor health infrastructure. Enroll in the Smart
January 11, 2026 at 6:58 AM
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Seeing this little guy all over the hotel, it’s Fritzl, the festive little furry pumpkin pilgrim. Every year after xmas, he climbs a ladder to your bedroom window and gifts you a golden four-leaf clover if you’ve been good, or a magic mushroom if you’ve been bad. I assume
A little decorative figure of a man with a black furry body and oversized round orange head. He holds a ladder in one hand, a toadstool in the other. On his chest is a golden four-leaf clover. He wears a pilgrim-style hat at a jaunty angle, a smile drawn shakily with black marker, and has murder in his googlie eyes
January 10, 2026 at 11:14 PM
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The trick, Mr Potter, is not minding that it hurts
Fingers being held over a fake LED candle
January 10, 2026 at 11:05 PM
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Wilkommen in Östereich, sickos #sickos
A frosted glass partition with the word “CIKOS” The Sickos guy from the Onion cartoon
January 10, 2026 at 7:36 PM
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Doing this again for 2026, logging my reads for reference. First up, really enjoyed Hyperion last year so gave in and got the sequel. Not as good as the original but still enjoyable
#BookSky
The Fall of Hyperion, by Dan Simmons
January 9, 2026 at 10:59 AM
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Bit later than usual but here’s my list of the best films I saw in 2025, for posterity
Best Films 2025 One Battle After Another Weapons Warfare Friendship The Lost Bus Sinners Sorry, Baby Edison Bugonia It Was Just an Accident Honorable Mentions The Seed of the Sacred Fig 28 Years Later Companion September 5 The Ballad of Wallis Island A Real Pain
January 2, 2026 at 8:51 AM
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Too late to build this, so just eating it wall by wall out of the packet. Gonna end up the same way anyways
An IKEA “Vintersaga” gingerbread house, still in its packaging
December 31, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Haha took the invisible dog for a walk hahaha #NotAEuphemism
A hand holding what appears to be a dog leash with an invisible dog
December 23, 2025 at 10:26 PM