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Anne Billson
@annebillson.bsky.social
Auteur en filmcriticus, screenwriter, vertaler, fotograaf, evil feminist, wicked spinster, international cat-sitter. Likes frites, beer & chocolade. The Low Countries.
Sad news. Jeff's post are some of the very few US-based political comments I can bring myself to read nowadays, not only because they express all the fury and outrage many of us feel, but also because they also frequently make me laugh.
thank you to the thousands of people who have posted, commented, private messaged, texted, and phoned to offer condolences over yesterday morning’s passing of my wife Claudia Long. I deeply regret that I can only reply to the smallest fraction of you, but I want you to know that ... [1/2]
Claudia Long, R.I.P.
February 7, 1950 – February 11, 2026
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February 12, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Increasingly fed up with amazon incompetence (having to wade through "sponsored" posts before you get to the author you were searching for; awful customer service that can't tell me how to update my billing address on kindle invoices; physical delivery failed b/s deliverer couldn't find my address).
February 12, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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February 12, 2026 at 1:27 PM
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There's no patriot like a Monaco-based patriot.
February 12, 2026 at 9:23 AM
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The discos are a great laugh. I've got glandular fever.
February 12, 2026 at 1:43 PM
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50% of my usual walk is currently a swim
February 12, 2026 at 1:48 PM
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honestly judge i’m as surprised as you are, never in a million years could i predict my pack of 10 fucking insane mutant cunt dogs might turn violent
February 12, 2026 at 1:46 PM
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My PA taking her duties seriously. Lap warmed? Yes, siree!
February 12, 2026 at 1:47 PM
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Sorry, sorry, sorry.
February 12, 2026 at 1:50 PM
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#50: Drill
February 12, 2026 at 1:29 PM
First 2 Seichō Matsumoto novels I read, Tokyo Express & Inspector Imanishi Investigates, were absorbing but almost cosy crime stories compared with the ones of his I'm reading now, centred on obsessed characters making increasingly terrible decisions, reminding me of Georges Simenon's romans durs.
February 12, 2026 at 1:40 PM
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My youngest (16) discovered HOUSE (1977) the other day and said "dad you have to see this", and showed it to me. I loved it, and afterwards I said, let's check the book, and sure enough there it was as a MAJOR CAT MOVIE. She was delighted! Great book.
CATS ON FILM (kindle or paperback)
"the perfect book for cat lovers"
"Bonus: includes My Day by Jones, AKA Alien from the cat's PoV"
"one of the finest pieces of specialist film scholarship published in recent years”
"possibly the greatest book ever"
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1978038747
February 12, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Astridplein (2025) photograph by Anne Billson
February 12, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Anna May's knee (2024) photograph by Anne Billson
February 12, 2026 at 12:54 PM
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Feb 12th 1809 - Abraham Lincoln was born.

📽️📅 Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)
February 12, 2026 at 12:15 PM
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I’m in this issue talking about one of my very favourites, and particularly what Marlene Dietrich brings to it.
February 12, 2026 at 12:40 PM
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One new @mojomagazine.bsky.social today, but two covers to choose from: Miles Davis at 100, or Punk at 50. Both come with all the same exceptional writing, and a beautiful Miles & Friends CD compiled by myself and @andrewmale.bsky.social. Get a copy: shorturl.at/AmnqA 1/3
February 12, 2026 at 12:42 PM
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I have relatives who work in the emergency services on this island, suffice to say his and Jennifer Grey's names are basically invoked as curses.
February 12, 2026 at 12:25 PM
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At the very least, a three strikes and you’re out approach to driving offences; you’re banned.

Caught driving illegally again? Ten years in prison.
February 12, 2026 at 12:14 PM
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Also, as an Irishman, I have to mention Matthew Broderick. The patron saint of dangerous drivers being given nominal slaps on the wrist.
February 12, 2026 at 12:16 PM
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Fig. 1 Thinking of resting his chin on my elbow.
Fig. 2 Resting his chin on my elbow.
February 12, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Sometimes dream of establishing an activist group of Militant Pedestrians as people on foot are treated as less than human, especially in Antwerp, where they are subjected to all manner of fuck-you behaviour from cyclists, scooters, car drivers & a local council that doesn't give a shit about them.
February 12, 2026 at 12:07 PM
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It's not just in Belgium that motorists can get away with murder (or attempted murder) ... here's one from UK just yesterday

bsky.app/profile/road...
February 12, 2026 at 11:48 AM
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Yes, this is monstrous. Drunk drivers should have the book thrown at them. Drunk drivers whose selfishness leads to deaths should serve lengthy prison terms.
February 12, 2026 at 11:49 AM
This is all very well, but this guy "already had 14 previous convictions for motoring offences". So why was he still on the road? A 5-year prison sentence (4 of which suspended) and lifetime driving ban seem mild punishment. Maybe there's no such thing as manslaughter in Belgian law.
5-year prison sentence and lifetime driving ban for man that killed West Flemish family while driving drunk | VRT NWS: news
A 51-year-old man responsible for a road accident in which a couple and their young daughter lost their lives in the summer of 2024 has been given a 5-year prison sentence, part of which suspended. He...
www.vrt.be
February 12, 2026 at 11:42 AM