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David McDonald

@sercamaris.bsky.social

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Mild mannered editor by day, wild eyed writer by night. Fablecroft. Clan Destine Press. Moonstone. Black Coat Press. Harper Collins. Marvel. SFWA. HWA. IAMTW. Not here for an echo chamber: follows≠endorsement.

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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 18h

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David McDonald @sercamaris.bsky.social · 18h

A Midsummer Night's Fendahleen

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Duncan Jones (aka Merrion) (he/him) @duncanjonesmerrion.bsky.social · 19h

What a magnificent creature.

Wildlife @worldwildlife.bsky.social · 19h

Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher (Ceyx erithaca): 13cm (5.1in). This spectacular Kingfisher is also known as the black-backed kingfisher or three-toed kingfisher and is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae. Fantastic photo taken by Sanjeev Kapadia in India. #kingfisher #bird #birds #wildlife #nature

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David McDonald @sercamaris.bsky.social · 19h

My personal opinion is that you shouldn't be able to buy a tradie ute here unless you have an ACN (Australian Company Number)

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David McDonald @sercamaris.bsky.social · 22h

CRISIS! I didn't put two pieces of roast on. Guess i will have to take them home. Oh no

David McDonald @sercamaris.bsky.social · 23h

Never tried clam cakes!

David McDonald @sercamaris.bsky.social · 23h

Come join us and let me redistribute this wealth!

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David McDonald @sercamaris.bsky.social · 23h

I don't think we are arguing about one example being awful so happy to move on - i have meat to eat :)

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David McDonald @sercamaris.bsky.social · 23h

Screaming "who wants a taste of my succulent meat" off the balcony did not get the response i expected

David McDonald @sercamaris.bsky.social · 23h

Convenient way of dodging accountability when - every time - it goes balls up.

David McDonald @sercamaris.bsky.social · 1d

two men in military uniforms are walking on a runway .

Alt: two men in military uniforms are walking on a runway .

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David McDonald @sercamaris.bsky.social · 1d

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David McDonald @sercamaris.bsky.social · 1d

Come taste our succulent meat

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Raffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 1d

My super modern regulatory plan is that any entity named for a thing from Tolkien has to publicly explain why Tolkien wouldn’t immediately throw it into Mount Doom

Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 1d

Tolkein continues to resonate. The new bank being set up by Palmer Luckey and backed by Peter Thiel is named Erebor after the “lonely mountain” in The Hobbit. This was also an interesting line in this rpt on the new bank by @tabbykinder.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/202d...

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David McDonald @sercamaris.bsky.social · 1d

I suppose so, in that it involves human beings.

David McDonald @sercamaris.bsky.social · 1d

Rubbish. The first century where religion was relinquishing its primary place in society was the 20th. We got two dominant ideologies that were not based on religious belief and...they were Nazism and Communism. Taking religion away doesn't take away what makes people awful to one another

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David McDonald @sercamaris.bsky.social · 1d

Well, there'd be plenty of cesspools of division and hypocrisy left once you abolished religion keep us occupied. Because...maybe religion isn't the issue, it's people.

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David McDonald @sercamaris.bsky.social · 1d

Can i lick it?

David McDonald @sercamaris.bsky.social · 1d

God we have reached peak douchebag with Kevin Federline. Isn't it enough he mooched off her for all those years they were married without leeching off her now. I have a short list of celebrity friends ex spouses i am expected to punch on sight - he just went on it. Along with Bert Newtons son

David McDonald @sercamaris.bsky.social · 1d

Thought you meant run down there for a minute

David McDonald @sercamaris.bsky.social · 1d

I am trying not to be an arse about it, be messaging isn't really that effective around the No Kings stuff right now. I can think of half a dozen or so places off the top of my head with kings that are far better off. Random women in ponds dispensing swords is starting to look better every day.

David McDonald @sercamaris.bsky.social · 1d

Sadly, like for many young male teens dreading random morning class momens, it would have to involve "oooooh he's got a a boner"

David McDonald @sercamaris.bsky.social · 1d

NOW THEY HAVE GONE TOO FAR

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · May 29

Touching this bird can result in numbness & tingling in extremities. Eating it can result in paralysis or death ☠️.

Let's talk about neurotoxic birds 🐦.

(📷: Ben G Freeman, benjamingfreeman.com)

A bird with black head and wings but red-orange body is slightly annoyed to be touched by a human hand, beak semi-open in protest, as if about to complain. In the background is a lush forest scene.

Hooded Pitohui (Pitohui dichrous) YUS Conservation area on the Huon Peninsula, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea.
CREDIT: Ben Freeman.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hooded_Pitohui_3.jpg

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David McDonald @sercamaris.bsky.social · 1d

The irony is that Kirk would have thrived on all that shit - litle edge lord that he was. Not a soyboy like Vance etc