Torqolbo!

@torq.bsky.social

353 Followers 1348 Following

International childhood (UK/Zambia/Oz/Newfoundland!) and now somewhere in Toronto.

the latest political spectrum quiz. It says I'm 81% woke (vs chud), [I am even more woke than this! Do you want me to be pro-banning homeschooling? Not gonna do it. Plenty of 'em turn out splendid. Plus, y'know, freedom...] 59% neo-luddite (vs techbro), [I thought I had some optimism about some tech, but not enough I guess] 52% Doomer (vs. Hopepilled) [hey, wait a minute, I gave plenty of optimistic answers! Oh well, at least I'm only a hemi-doomer] and 89% Davos (vs Dubai. This one's measuring globablism vs. nationalism, in case that wasn't clear). Oh, and then it says I'm closest to Mamdani, which everyone seems to be getting on here.
A night shoot for The Vampire Lestat. Film equipment carts lined up on the sidewalk in front of my house.
a screenshot from Dune Awakening. The NPC has said, "Now that the moment is here, I find myself hesitant." Our choices are A: "I'm told that all you have to do is place the eyes in your sockets" or B: "One ought to be (*ahem) weary of allowing the Tleilaxu influence over one's body."
A light shape (antishadow) formed by my curtains rod holes. The image is a white circle atop a white rectangle and looks like the 'walk' symbol at a street crossing.
Screengrabs of Harold Perrineau as Augustus Hill doing some of his narration on a 1998 episode of Oz. With footage of dogs and then a cat projected behind him he says, "People are always wondering if their pets are gonna make it to heaven, if Jojo or Muffy are gonna pass through those pearly gates." I have underlined and then made excitement marks around the name Jojo, because that is the name of my own dog and this is almost as good as actually seeing him appear on TV.
a shot of Jessie Buckley from the videogame The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me.
Extreme close up, prominently featuring gumdrop black nose, of a cheerful fluffy white Pomeranian.
A photo of the character Yasmin Hanani from the TV show "Industry", with a speech bubble indicating that she is speaking the quoted post.
Rowan Atkinson as Blackadder alongside Hugh Laurie as the Prince Regent
My white Pomeranian, sitting on the balcony in deep snow, his favorite toy at his feet, eyes closed and head titled up in an expression that reads as utter bliss.
On the left, an earless, chewed-up racoon toy, on the right, the mysterious face in the poster for The Shining.
A black and white photo from the mid 1970s featuring my mother, brother and myself. I am sitting on a bronze lion.
a young boy in Roman garb, with a bowl cut and looking sad.
an amalgam of Jamaica-based live cams, mostly offline. The one exception currently is the camera on Kingston's harbour.
A scene from Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring. Frodo slowly waking in a bed in Rivendell, as Gandalf speaks to him. Over the three photos posted, Gandalf says "You are in the house of Elrond, and it is 10:00 in the morning on October 24th, if you want to know."
The 'That's Bait' meme from Mad Max Fury Road, featuring Tom Hardy pointing upwards and warning others of a trap. Here, though, it says 'That's A Gail Simone Post'
Malus Thorme from Baldur's Gate 3.
Tintin's dog, Snowy, running and barking. His barks are spelled 'Wooah'.
The September 30th/October 1st meme where on the left is a cheerful image (September) and to the right a darker or at least less cheerful image. (October) I have chosen two pictures of myself. September is cheerful, striding towards camera with a big peace symbol statue behind me, bedecked with flowers. To the right, I am staring balefully while covered in blood. The blood one is from a TV show but the left one is my usual idiot self.
A plastic barrier being used as a doggie gate. It has various holes in it and through one of them is peeping an eye a nose and an ear of a curious white Pomeranian.
Jack Elam as 'Dr. Van Hesling' (no relation) holding up a large syringe. From Cannonball Run (1981).
a graphic from Skip the Dishes purporting that not one slice of pizza is to be had in all of Toronto
a stovetop with broccoli, gravy, and in the foreground, a large round pan in which can be seen the raked, browned mashed potato topping of this (birthday request) Shepherd's Pie, courtesy of Keisha.
Energy Vampire Colin Robinson from 'What We Do in the Shadows', reciting the very long text of the HBO Max logo description.
Donald Sutherland in Invasion of the Body Snatchers. He is pointing at the camera, eyes wide, mouth open in an inhuman scream.
Young me. Stills from the music videos for Great Big Sea's 'Going Up' (orange-toned shots of a manic jester) and Rawlins Cross's 'You Will Always Have My Love' (black and white, man sitting by himself looking wistful.)
Google's AI telling me that all Good Place episodes are 53 minutes long. (They're not, they're 22) And that the finale is 'double-length' at 53 minutes. (not noticing that 53 is not double of 53)
(#5) April Ludgate, Parks and Rec
A white Pomeranian outside the polling station this afternoon.
The US dollar vs. Canadian dollar graph set to a 5 day period and taking the shape of a crouching cat.
A goat sharing a feeder with three donkeys, at the Donkey Sanctuary of Ontario. There is a sign visible behind them saying 'Donkeys Only'.
Grange Green Farms, a local convenience store, with some letters in its sign unlit so that it appears to say 'Rage Greefa'.
Merriam-Webster posted "Take a screenshot of this GIF and whichever new word you land on is YOUR word for 2025." Mine is 'mythical'
Frank Frazetta's cover for 'Swords of Mars', a man wearing a red cape, silver horned helmet, girdle and animal print loincloth, holding a cutlass. Before him crouches a woman in gold bikini and headdress. Both are looking directly at the viewer.
Path of Exile 2 character creation screen, with my name 'Torquil' selected, with the text 'A CHARACTER WITH THIS NAME ALREADY EXISTS' displayed.
A white Pomeranian in front of a snowbank. The snowbank seems to bear the impression of his head, ears and all. As if a cartoon character had run through a wall.
A snow-covered balcony, with a three-foot long icicle hanging above it.
Pandora (2003-2018) an American Bulldog silhouetted against a glowing lunar balloon.
A tweet from Elizabeth Hackett, Feb 4, 2019, that I immediately shared on FB. She says: "My favorite part of listening to classical music concert recordings is wondering if that one person who coughed got better or if it portended something worse."
a photo from Facebook. The intro text says 'MYSTERY PHOTO. Where am I? (seems somewhere public) When is this? (best guess: circa 2013-2015 - old spectacles, current approach to hair) What am I thinking? What am I doing with my thumbs? Photo shows me, bearded, bespectacled, balding, seated (probably) in a cafe that has a lot of smaller framed art on the wall behind me. I'm wearing a T-shirt that says 'Come From Away', and my crossed thumbs are prominent in the foreground.
Identical to the prior photo (white Pomeranian, man in gray) but now the Pom's eyes are open and staring at Keisha, the photographer.
Jojo, a fluffy white Pomeranian, relaxing in the arms of a man (me) dressed entirely in gray (sweatpants and sweater) clothing. Not seen: the browser window on the computer on which Justin Trudeau is addressing the nation.
Three young white (but actually green) men, only one of which has learned to fully smile for the camera.
White Pomeranian on a snowy balcony, looking at the camera. Snow can be seen on his nose.
A hard-mode Wordle square solved in 4 attempts. Starts with Salty, then Spank, then Smear and ends in Sugar.
A freshly-groomed white Pomeranian by the name of Jojo. When his hair is longer, he looks a bit bigger, but he's always just a lil' guy. He proudly stands before a display of his then-favorite toys in a row. Two rawhide chews, a kong in a sock, a newly-purchased squeaky duck and a cloud-shaped baby's mobile that he somehow acquired. Curiously, I, the photographer, did NOT arrange these toys in a row. That was him, and that's what I thought was worth noting. This was a phase of his, though, he seems to have abandoned row-building in favor of chaos.
Patton Oswalt in Manhunt, with a fine shovel of a beard.
A graphic analyzing my Blue Sky activity, highlighting that I joined 531 days ago, am following 531 people, have 196 followers and have only posted 76 times. From blueskyscore.com
Members of the Beatles, Yoko Ono, and some others, in a white-walled room with green carpet
Floofy white Pomeranian next to a plush toy shark and standing on a red carpet that needs a once-over with a vacuum cleaner.
Ole Munch (Fargo, season 5)
An image of a Tesla cybertruck and above it, an image of a rusty Indian mobile garbage container from 1990, with an identical shape.
Four photos of two fluffy white Pomeranians saying hi to each other in the soggy dog park. Noses are rubbed.
My player character wearing a silly gold moon-shaped hat, pointing at a cave entrance behind a waterfall. Not a great image of the waterfall here, but you can see splashes and mist.
An adorable 2 year old white Pomeranian.