Watching TV. Without turning it on.

Five o'clock in the morning and I'm photoshopping other silly Lovecraftian sculptures on other silly 1880s grainy photos, as usual, just to do something useless...

Stiamo aspettando la fine della civiltà occidentale come fossero i botti di capodanno.

"The" whole civilization, not "a" whole civilization. I'm logging off the internet and going to play the 1992 version of Civilization. This "live" version from 2026 is likely to be our last one, and it has now lost all semblance of realistic plausibility and human decence.

Nutella's Aeronautics and Space Administration.

After feeling unwell over a month ago—at the time I almost thought I was having a stroke—I have a spot in my left field of vision. Now I don’t know if it’s getting better or if I’m just getting used to it. Anyway, I still look at my phone or computer screen only with my right eye.

I need a break from reality.

Cover art by Karel Thole for the 1972 Italian edition of James Blish's novel Black Easter.

My reaction when I hear Trump, Putin, and Netanyahu mentioned. The fake priest, played by Vittorio De Sica in the comedy movie "I due marescialli" (1961), twists the phrase “Grant eternal rest to these ones, O Lord!” in front of the Nazi-Fascists.

ANDREA BONAZZI INTERVISTA ALL'ARTISTA Su Strani Aeoni Blogspot, la nostra intervista al leggendario @andreabonazzi.bsky.social LINK straniaeoni.blogspot.com/2026/03/andr...

"Miskatonic University Field Research, Central Europe, early 1880s." Video version of a digital photomontage, as usual, with one of my Lovecraftian bas-reliefs. #lovecraft #cthulhu #weird

L'Observatoire Miskatonic J-7 Plus que 7 jours avant la fin de la campagne ! 395 personnes ont répondu à l’appel Après la clôture, il ne sera plus possible de nous rejoindre. Vous nous rejoignez à Innsmouth ? L'Observatoire Miskatonic c'est en précommande sur Ulule fr.ulule.com/l-observatoi...

"Miskatonic University Field Research, Central Europe, early 1880s." Digital photomontage, as usual, with one of my Lovecraftian bas-reliefs. #lovecraft #cthulhu #weird

Strani Aeoni - Lovecraft Italia Scoprite il nostro mondo di Mostri e Meraviglie entrando nel nostro blog: straniaeoni.blogspot.com/2023/09/cata...

Discover the First Horror & Fantasy Magazine, Der Orchideengarten, and Its Bizarre Artwork (1919–1921)

Looks like it was enginered by Howard Wolowitz from "The Big Bang Theory." www.space.com/space-explor...

"Apollo 16. Or, why we never went back to the Moon." My montage and sculpture, of course.

H.P. Lovecraft: Grocery Lists and Laundy Notes 1921-1937, forthcoming in the Penguin Classics. See full description in ALT text.

"Oh, Well, Life Isn't So Bad, After All. A New Surprising Course of Thought," by Thomas Ligotti, CarperHollins, 2021. See description in ALT text.

Megapolisomancy: A New Science of Cities, by Thibaut de Castries, edited and annotated by Raymond Stantz, introduction by Egon Spengler, April Foolday Publishing, 2020. Cover design by Peter Venkman. See full description in ALT text.

L’Histoire de Mes Aventures Dans l’Étendue Russe, par M. Prosper Vauglais. A Paris, chez Denis Prebend, 1819. Rare first edition. Small 8vo. 96 pp. Seven full page illustrations in last pages (first drawing probably badly printed, fifth one extremely faint). See full description in ALT text.

No, I wasn't joking at all when I posted this over a year ago.

April 1, 2026, marks the official celebration of the first World Day for the Abolition of the Sense of Humor.

Oh, thanks—that’s exactly the kind of reassuring headline I want to see in my press reviews... www.sciencealert.com/purple-lifef...

SERGIO VANELLO INTERVISTA ALL'ARTISTA Su Strani Aeoni Blogspot potete leggere la nostra intervista al fantastico artista Sergio Vanello. straniaeoni.blogspot.com/2025/04/serg...

“Ban on fishing in the shallow waters of Innsmouth's Devil Reef.” Digital montage and frame-by-frame animation.

“Why navigation was interdicted east of Innsmouth’s Devil Reef.” Digital montage and frame-by-frame animation, with a couple of my Lovecraftian sculptures.

For a moment, I thought there was a rule requiring people to wear a Zorro mask in the entranceway. But it’s just a bilingual sign reminding people to keep the door closed to keep out thieves. What a letdown.

#NoKings #Rome #Italy youtu.be/AJSZskCmT80

A No Kings rally is also taking place in Rome, with the Italian government's new restrictive Security Decree which allows for the "temporary preventive detention" of identified protesters. en.ilsole24ore.com/art/armoured...

Buon compleanno jessicamace.bsky.social! 🥂

"Miskatonic University Field Research, Central Europe, 1880s." Video version. Digital photomontage, as usual, with one of my Lovecraftian bas-reliefs. #lovecraft #cthulhu #weird

"Miskatonic University Field Research, Central Europe, 1880s." Digital photomontage, as usual, with one of my Lovecraftian bas-reliefs. #lovecraft #cthulhu #weird

Yet another failure by Italy's far-right government: "Italy will have to bring back the crime of abuse of office after the European Parliament on Thursday approved an anti-corruption directive that establishes the types of corruption cases that must be classified as felonies by EU countries."

Not exactly in a good mood. I stopped living many years ago; now I just barely survive. The problem is figuring out how to find the resources to do that.

“Dei Culti Oscuri” (Dark Cults), by Giovanni Gabello. In octavo, Genova, 1791. My Cthulhu Mythos grimoire made in 1991 with Amiga 500 and dot matrix printer. Free PDF download from my blog: in-tenebris-scriptus.blogspot.com/2014/08/dei-.... #Lovecraftian #pseudobiblion #pseudobiblium #Necronomicon

Milan, 2015.

I just want people to accept me for who I pretend to be (“I’M FINE, THANKS 2018”, 5ft4”x7ft, charcoal & graphite on paper, ©LaurieLipton)

Strip! www.goominet.com/unspeakable-... #lovecraft #cthulhu #uvod #unspeakablevault #callofcthulhu

Dario Fo at 100: a deliriously funny playwright with a deadly serious purpose

Italian voters reject overhaul of judiciary pushed by Giorgia Meloni

feeling knocked out

Meloni v the judges: high stakes for Italian PM in vote on judiciary overhaul

"Italy votes this weekend on a constitutional reform its government says will strengthen judicial impartiality. But with careers already separated in practice, critics argue the real aim is to weaken the magistrature's independence from political power." www.jurist.org/commentary/2...