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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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David McDonald @sercamaris.bsky.social · 2m

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

David McDonald @sercamaris.bsky.social · 4m

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

David McDonald @sercamaris.bsky.social · 10m

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 · 24m

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David McDonald @sercamaris.bsky.social · 40m

Come taste our succulent meat

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Raffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 1h

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 · 14h

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 · 4h

I suppose so, in that it involves human beings.

David McDonald @sercamaris.bsky.social · 4h

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 · 4h

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 · 4h

Can i lick it?

David McDonald @sercamaris.bsky.social · 4h

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 · 5h

Thought you meant run down there for a minute

David McDonald @sercamaris.bsky.social · 5h

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 · 5h

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 · 6h

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 · 6h

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

David McDonald @sercamaris.bsky.social · 7h

You will take my asbestos from my non flammable hands!!!

David McDonald @sercamaris.bsky.social · 7h

Newsom needs to ban sales of his soul to anyone who can vote

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Michael A. Stackpole 🇺🇦 @michaelastackpole.bsky.social · 9h

The Chain Story Project has just released its latest offering: Two Stories this week, by gryphonrose.bsky.social and bobgreenberger.bsky.social

Please enjoy, like and repost. It really helps. Thank you.

www.chainstorycore.com/blog/free-fiction-round-nine

Free Fiction, Round Nine — The Chain Story

For our ninth offering of free fiction, we invite you to enjoy two stories. The first is Aaron Rosenberg’s epic The Cursed Cuff , and the second is Robert Greenberger’s captivating Of Nightmares &am...

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David McDonald @sercamaris.bsky.social · 9h

Okay I am going to offer a genuine apology here. My part in this is not pleasing to God. I see where your anger comes from, and it is justified. I hope that the next 100 years brings peace to the Middle East for all peoples, and they get the lives they deserved a hundred years ago. BAllahumma a'min.

David McDonald @sercamaris.bsky.social · 9h

So....all the major Arab states and their leaders? And you are blaming us because so much of the so called Arab world were turn coats? Boo hoo dude. Maybe look to set your own house in order.

David McDonald @sercamaris.bsky.social · 9h

Yes, because it was all monolithic forces and static battlefronts. Next?

David McDonald @sercamaris.bsky.social · 9h

So you are saying the Arab League did not betray Palestine? Direct question.

David McDonald @sercamaris.bsky.social · 9h

Hello, Mum?