David C. Simon

Photograph of a small pigeon with a long tail perched in a persoonia tree. The bird is shades of brown, orange, and cream, with red and blue rings in its eyes. The tree has short spikey leaves with clusters of small yellow flowers.

Brown Cuckoo-dove in our persoonia.
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tweet reading: GAME TRAILER: “Enter a world beyond belief...” ME: “Yes” GAME TRAILER: “An adventure like never before...” ME: “YES” GAME TRAILER: “Join your friends online” ME: “I’m out”

i stand by this statement every year

Photograph of a very small honeyeater perched vertically on the side of a Banksia flower. The entire scene is backlit. The flower is yellow/green, ovoid, and covered in anthers so it looks furry. It is larger than the bird. The bird is dull in colour compared to adults of its species, in shades of desaturated brown and fawn, with black eyes and a pink/black beak that hasn't reached its full length yet.

I was taking the bins out today when I noticed a juvenile Eastern Spinebill in the garden. I rushed back inside to grab my camera and was happy to find the bird still there when I returned.
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I know there's a lot of other massive problems with "AI," but as a techie and a PC builder I am GODDAMNED FUCKING SICK of some stupid hype bubble designed to fleece investors and nothing else ruining my hobby.

Your crypto shit took all the video cards. Your "AI" took GPUs *and* RAM.

Fuck you all.

NSW.

FWIW Luram has changed his review (but it's still hateful and Islamophobic) so I think that means you can report it again. Users are reporting it now too ( I just did).

Photograph of a very small honeyeater perched vertically on the side of a Banksia flower. The entire scene is backlit. The flower is yellow/green, ovoid, and covered in anthers so it looks furry. It is larger than the bird. The bird is dull in colour compared to adults of its species, in shades of desaturated brown and fawn, with black eyes and a pink/black beak that hasn't reached its full length yet.

I was taking the bins out today when I noticed a juvenile Eastern Spinebill in the garden. I rushed back inside to grab my camera and was happy to find the bird still there when I returned.
#birds

Photograph of a small passerine bird perched on a thin vertical branch. The bird is black, blue, orange, and brown, with a white belly. It has a very long tail, held upright, which is black with turquoise highlights in the sunlight.

A male Variegated Fairy-wren, resplendent in his breeding colours.
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Photograph of a small passerine bird perched on a thin vertical branch. The bird is black, blue, orange, and brown, with a white belly. It has a very long tail, held upright, which is black with turquoise highlights in the sunlight.

A male Variegated Fairy-wren, resplendent in his breeding colours.
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Photograph of a square-ended crab spider (Sidymella sp.) on a black plastic surface which appears light grey due to camera's flash diffuser. The spider is a rich orange colour, with small dark orange spots and a striped down its cephalothorax. Its 4 forelegs are especially long and stretched out either side, like a crab's claws (hence the name).

Same subject, higher angle showing the abdomen more clearly including the trapezoid dorsal surface that makes it a "square ended" crab spider. At this angle, the background appears black and reflecting.

Same subject, wider angle and directly overhead, now with the tip of the author's index finger included for scale. The spider's forelegs are just wide enough to hug the fingertip but wouldn't wrap around it.

Unidentified Crab Spider (Sidymella sp.) with my index finger for scale. Probably one of the largest crab spiders I've seen, and definitely one of the orangest.
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Now in my local currency (AUD) which means cheaper membership prices!

Diprotodontians Forever: the Vombatiform Radiation, Part I If you’re a regular reader here you might recall me making occasional lamentations about the near-absence of marsupial-themed content here. The recent Thylacoleo article was an unusual blip. But…

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Thankyou for trying. I don't have the money - I believe it's held by Patreon until the gift is accepted, so hopefully you shouldn't have any trouble getting it back.

Photograph of an immature male Gang-gang Cockatoo attempting to right itself on a bare branch. One foot is raised and its wings are spread for balance. It is a small grey cockatoo with some of its bright red head/crest plumage. Its flight and tail feathers have light yellow bars, and its belly and undertail coverts are barred in yellow and orange.

Photograph of a different individual on the same branch from a different, tighter angle - from the belly up. This bird looks very similar but the barring on its belly is more vividly orange. It is looking at the viewer with its beak open - which could be interpreted as smiling or laughing, but in reality was because the bird was trying to cool down by panting on a hot day.

Graced by the presence of the Gang-gang Gang once more.
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Photograph of an immature male Gang-gang Cockatoo attempting to right itself on a bare branch. One foot is raised and its wings are spread for balance. It is a small grey cockatoo with some of its bright red head/crest plumage. Its flight and tail feathers have light yellow bars, and its belly and undertail coverts are barred in yellow and orange.

Photograph of a different individual on the same branch from a different, tighter angle - from the belly up. This bird looks very similar but the barring on its belly is more vividly orange. It is looking at the viewer with its beak open - which could be interpreted as smiling or laughing, but in reality was because the bird was trying to cool down by panting on a hot day.

Graced by the presence of the Gang-gang Gang once more.
#birds

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Now in my local currency (AUD) which means cheaper membership prices!

They're headquartered in the USA but operate globally, and I've used them for many years for other projects without issue.

I've finally remembered to change my Patreon currency to AUD though, if that makes you more comfortable.

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Photograph of an immature male Gang-gang Cockatoo standing on the edge of a bird bath.

Photo of an Eastern Spinebill above the same birdbath.

Photograph of a female Australian King Parrot perched on a stick and drinking from the same birdbath.

Photograph of a Satin Bowerbird and a Brown Cuckoo-dove perched on either of the same birdbath. The tension is real.

Western Sydney's going through a mild heatwave, so the birdbath was popular today.
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Photograph of an immature male Gang-gang Cockatoo standing on the edge of a bird bath.

Photo of an Eastern Spinebill above the same birdbath.

Photograph of a female Australian King Parrot perched on a stick and drinking from the same birdbath.

Photograph of a Satin Bowerbird and a Brown Cuckoo-dove perched on either of the same birdbath. The tension is real.

Western Sydney's going through a mild heatwave, so the birdbath was popular today.
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It's driving me nuts, as a person who actually watches films with my eyes, to hear characters talk soooo much about what they're doing and where they're going and why. Like, shut up!!

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Screencap of a Discord "Checkpoint" report for 2025 (it's their version of Spotify's Wrapped). It reads: "Hours in voice: 112. You were in the top 22.52% of Discord voice chatters worldwide!"

Nearly all of those hours were spent playing D&D!

David C. Simon | Patreon 4k photographic wallpapers

Money's getting tight as expenses (especially medical) add up, so I've just launched a Patreon for 4k wallpapers of my photos!

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Photograph of a Noisy Friarbird in a tree. It is a large honeyeater, mostly brown and white, with a bald black head, vivid red eyes, and a bump on its top beak. Its neck is extended as it looks at something left of camera.

Same subject, but the bird is hunched down and perched on a tree branch with one foot raised. It doesn't give a fig about your opinions, it has bird stuff to contemplate.

I love Noisy Friarbirds. They don't care whether you think they're as pretty as other honeyeaters. The baldness is practical, not cosmetic.
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Photograph of a Noisy Friarbird in a tree. It is a large honeyeater, mostly brown and white, with a bald black head, vivid red eyes, and a bump on its top beak. Its neck is extended as it looks at something left of camera.

Same subject, but the bird is hunched down and perched on a tree branch with one foot raised. It doesn't give a fig about your opinions, it has bird stuff to contemplate.

I love Noisy Friarbirds. They don't care whether you think they're as pretty as other honeyeaters. The baldness is practical, not cosmetic.
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My Primary School principal personally picked me (and a few other kids) to be in a special art class that he taught himself because he saw potential in us.

He was John Shields, already an accomplished Australian landscape painter. I've never forgotten that he saw something in me.

My big claim to meme fame was that I took this picture. This was my copy I rented from VBC during my time at VCU. Sorry.