Dilman Dila

@dilmandila.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy

I Write. I make films. Transmedia artist. My blog @dilman is about my works and life. I daydream a lot and want to be paid for it. Been creating #sff #scifi for […]

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@dilmandila.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 11, 2026, 12:38 AM

@puffer One Cut For The Dead is a great one, one of my all time favourite films, but I think it is more comedy than horror. Perhaps a horromedy. 😊

@puffer.beige.party.ap.brid.gy Oct 10, 2026, 11:16 PMReposted by @dilmandila.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy

Here's your yearly October gentle reminder that I wrote on my blog about 31 of my favorite horror movies you may or may not have heard of. One of these years I'm going to do a Part II.

#movies #horror #horrorMovies

https://digitallofi.com/blog/2023/10-october/31-horror-movies-introduction

@rpbook.gts.phillipsuk.org.ap.brid.gy Oct 9, 2026, 10:14 AMReposted by @dilmandila.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy

I approve of this method of proving humanity. Much better than asking me to tick all the boxes containing buses or whatever. (Seen at a UK National Archives survey)

A question asking the user to prove that they are a human by answering the question, "Which of the following best describes your involvement in creating the Domesday Book in the year 1086? I was ..."

There are several options, including "William the conqueror and commissioned the Domesday book"

@dilmandila.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 8, 2026, 9:08 AM

I should go see a shrink to understand why I like taking pictures of the sky.

A photo that mostly shows a sku, blue with a huge white cloud looming above the land. Makes you think of the anime Ghibli clouds. In the foreground is a grassy patch of land, a hill, full of weeds and in the mid-ground is a hint of houses, peeking from behind a hill.

@dilmandila.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 7, 2026, 3:53 PM

Why is there always a big cloud at sunset?

It is just after sunset and the sky is mostly a purple color, I think that is purple, but with a brilliant splash of sunset colours somewhere in the middle of the image. The foreground had the almost-silhouette of a house under construction and the hint of a swamp in a valley.

@paulwermer.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 6, 2026, 3:23 PMReposted by @dilmandila.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy

Progress!
A medieval manuscript has confounded scholars for centuries. Have they been reading it wrong all this time?
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/oct/06/voynich-manuscript-research-pages-wrongly-bound?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

@dilmandila.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 4, 2026, 6:21 AM

#silentsunday

A tall flag pole with a flat on towers above several tall houses on a hill, giving the impression of a castle or fortress. The hill is covered with vegetation and a low income city suburb sprawls at the bottom of this hill. The structures at the top belong to, rumour has it, the military in Uganda, and more rumour has it that this is where security forces torture opponents of the regime. Over the last many years, people are kidnapped in broad daylight and shoved into vans (called "drones" here because they move so fast) and some of them are never heard of again. Those who come out say they were taken to a basement and tortured, simply for criticising or opposing the regime.

@cdarwin.c.im.ap.brid.gy Oct 3, 2026, 9:44 PMReposted by @dilmandila.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy

Google is under fire for clearing over 300 hectares — the equivalent of almost 500 football fields — for two new data centers in the northern part of Finland without concluding the necessary environmental assessments. Despite the assessments still being in progress, the tech giant’s contractors […]

@juergen-hubert.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 2, 2026, 1:03 PMReposted by @dilmandila.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy

I am looking for beta readers for "Old Goatfoot", my upcoming collection of Devil-tales from German folklore. Beta readers are test readers for books who provide feedback from a fan perspective and help the author identify and fix problems before the book […]

[Original post on mementomori.social]

An illustration of the Devil sitting on a cherry tree and looking grumpy about it. He has unscrewed one of his horns and is pulling a piece of parchment from it. A grinning smith is on the ground and holding his hand out.

Title page and first page of the Table of Contents for the manuscript.

Page 2 and 3 of the Table of Contents for the manuscript.

Page 4 and 5 of the Table of Contents for the manuscript.

@dilmandila.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 2, 2026, 4:16 PM

Off season fruits are so annoying. Either bland or sour. All the fruits I bought this week, mangoes, pawpaw, pineapple, taste like their creator forgot about sugar. So I'm turning them into juice, at least that's drinkable.

And the pawpaw, I haven't met this […]

[Original post on mograph.social]

Photo of a pawpaw cut in the middle, it is orange and there is a ring of pockets of seeta around a central part that was a bit hard and uneatable. Weird fruit, if you ask me.

@deborahh.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy Oct 2, 2026, 12:00 AMReposted by @dilmandila.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy

👉 SolarPunk book club!! 📚

From the lovely author of #solarpunk, #hopepunk and YA novels, @susankayequinn

Thanks, Sue! 🙏 https://wandering.shop/@susankayequinn/117362045612540631
#bookstodon

@sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 2, 2026, 3:20 AMReposted by @dilmandila.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy

Feeling very stressed about everything, and I went out to do some astrophotography. I was hoping for auroras, and was first excited to see an orange glow on the horizon, then annoyed as I realized it's probably a combine still harvesting, then delighted again […]

[Original post on mastodon.social]

A nighttime sky view, with some silhouetted trees in each lower corner of the photo, the Milky Way stretching vertically up from an orange spot on the flat horizon, which is the moon about to rise

@dilmandila.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 2, 2026, 4:54 AM

Yesterday I gifted a wallpaper to my patrons. I made it from the cover of my new book. These are some of the thank-you artworks I make for those who support me. Others are a new short story every month, an ebook regularly (at least once a quarter) and a print book once every six months. Yes, and […]

@potterybyosa.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Sep 30, 2026, 10:59 PMReposted by @dilmandila.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy

I just sent this pot to a collector in Brooklyn. I'm so grateful. The form of the vessel is inspired by Gwari water pots made by Ladi Kwali (Nigeria's most renowned potter) and other women potters of that region whose names we do not know. The surface design […]

[Original post on mastodon.social]

A stately voluminous vessel with a tall, ringed neck. The exterior is intricately carved with geometric patterns and an abstracted roselle calyx design. It is painted in deep iron red tones with accents of light blue and olive green. The interior is glazed glossy aqua. The background is plain, dark brown.

A stately voluminous vessel with a tall, ringed neck laying on its side at a diagonal with the opening toward the front right. The exterior is intricately carved with geometric patterns. It is painted in deep iron red tones with accents of light blue and olive green. The interior is glazed glossy aqua. The background is plain, dark brown.

A stately voluminous vessel with a tall, ringed neck laying on its side at a diagonal with the bottom visible at the left of the frame. The exterior is intricately carved with geometric patterns and an abstracted roselle calyx design. It is painted in deep iron red tones with accents of light blue and olive green. The foot of the vase is also carved with a geometric pattern. The background is plain, dark brown.

A closeup of my hands holding the vessel shown in the other photos with the roselle side facing the camera. I'm standing outside in my backyard and greenery can be seen in the background. I'm wearing a beige t-shirt with the words "Acoma Pueblo Sky City" partially visible with a black geometric pottery motif above it.

@timrichards.aus.social.ap.brid.gy Sep 30, 2026, 7:37 AMReposted by @dilmandila.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy

I just don’t get how this new world based entirely on video works. It takes AGES longer to derive some info from a video/audio clip than from quickly browsing text. People researching their travel that way must be gluttons for punishment. I've watched YouTubers visiting Melbourne, for example […]

@dilmandila.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy Sep 28, 2026, 10:33 AM

@Shanmonster You can cut a wine bottle )or any other bottle) and use the lower half as a kind of lampshade when you put a candle in it, that will offer some protection to your papers (at least there is less risk of the candle falling and starting a fire) while also adding to the aesthetics to […]

@dilmandila.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy Sep 27, 2026, 6:42 PM

Life hack. Sprinking salt on a candle increases its lifespan. It burns slower, and longer. I learned this as a kid, growing up with constant loadshedding and candles being a bit too pricey. These days candles are rare as people prefer eletric lights, the harsh […]

[Original post on mograph.social]

A close up of a candle flame, with some dark spots on the molten part of the wax showing burnt salt.

@tim-eagon.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy Sep 27, 2026, 3:41 AMReposted by @dilmandila.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy

Watched Dave Made a Maze (2017, d. Bill Watterson, not that one) a visually inventive fantasy comedy. Failed artist Dave creates a cardboard maze in his living room while his girlfriend is away. It somehow becomes real inside, complete with deadly boobytraps […]

[Original post on dice.camp]

Movie poster for "Dave Made a Maze," featuring stylized lettering of the title prominently displayed. The background depicts a whimsical, constructed maze made of cardboard and other materials, with scattered objects and an overall creative, chaotic atmosphere. The tagline reads, "he thought of everything but a way out.”

@dilmandila.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy Sep 26, 2026, 9:16 PM

Had a good evening in a cramped artist studio for our monthly movie night, and the films were exciting. "It Was Just An Accident", a political thriller many people here thought was relatable, though in Iran, with security agents kidnapping and torturing […]

[Original post on mograph.social]

A tiny room lit only with by a projector screen, with silhouettes of people sitting on the floor enjoying. On the screen is a scene from the movie "It Was Just An Accident" A laptop in the foreground has the same scene

@dilmandila.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy Sep 26, 2026, 9:23 AM

#WritersCoffeeClub 26 Sept: How does your faith feature in your works?

Faith to mean what religious stuff you believe in? I think I believe in supernatural stuff, not religious; certain entities exist beyond this plane and they can influence our lives, but we don't worship them! We just […]

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