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David C. Simon
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Australian artist, writer, wildlife photographer, dungeon master, and bird-nerd. Autistic and depressed, but video games help.
All photos are my own unless otherwise credited. All subjects are wild and living unless otherwise noted.
No AI please.
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Red Wattlebird.
#birds
Photograph of a large honeyeater, portrait from the shoulders up. It is striated in dark brown and white, with a red wattle dangling from its cheek, bright red eyes, and orange pollen caked on its black beak.
November 15, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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There's currently 20% off and free worldwide shipping* on my photo prints: www.inprnt.com/gallery/davi...
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November 15, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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Red Wattlebird.
#birds
Photograph of a large honeyeater, portrait from the shoulders up. It is striated in dark brown and white, with a red wattle dangling from its cheek, bright red eyes, and orange pollen caked on its black beak.
November 15, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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White-browed Scrubwren.
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Photograph of a small passerine bird standing on reddish rock with grass. The bird is brown, grey, white, and black, with distinctive white lines running back from its beak over its brows.
November 14, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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White-browed Scrubwren.
#birds
Photograph of a small passerine bird standing on reddish rock with grass. The bird is brown, grey, white, and black, with distinctive white lines running back from its beak over its brows.
November 14, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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Among my more unusual earlier commissions; Post Rock album covers for local Melbourne band Mu Theory!
November 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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I took my very first photographs of a Fan-tailed Cuckoo today! They've been a Nemesis Bird of mine for many years now so this is a big deal for me :)
#birds
Photograph of a small cuckoo perched on a black identifying sign. The bird is grey, bugg, and white, with a dark beak, black and white tail feathers, and yellow rings around its eyes. It is round and fluffy, looking cute and innocent despite being a parasitic cuckoo. The sign identifies a species of plant (not pictured), reading "Edgeworthia chrysantha, 'Grandiflora', Thymelaeaceae"
November 13, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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I took my very first photographs of a Fan-tailed Cuckoo today! They've been a Nemesis Bird of mine for many years now so this is a big deal for me :)
#birds
Photograph of a small cuckoo perched on a black identifying sign. The bird is grey, bugg, and white, with a dark beak, black and white tail feathers, and yellow rings around its eyes. It is round and fluffy, looking cute and innocent despite being a parasitic cuckoo. The sign identifies a species of plant (not pictured), reading "Edgeworthia chrysantha, 'Grandiflora', Thymelaeaceae"
November 13, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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There are many better reasons not to use generative-AI in game development, but "players deserve better" might be the most persuasive platform to campaign on.
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Glad to see Polygon cover the resistance of game developers to generative AI--and to be able to speak briefly to one of the greatest dangers of this entire thing.

Gen AI doubles down on making MORE SPACE for production issues that *already make games worse.*
www.polygon.com/arc-raiders-...
November 13, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far.

So much work remains to be done.
November 12, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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Little Corella.
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Photograph of a white cockatoo from the shoulders up. The bird has a grey beak, raised white crest, and light blue skin around its eyes.
November 12, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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Little Corella.
#birds
Photograph of a white cockatoo from the shoulders up. The bird has a grey beak, raised white crest, and light blue skin around its eyes.
November 12, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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Baby pigeon mystery.
My pigeon book is here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/rosem...
A six-panel comic. In panel 1, text says "People often wonder, why don't I see baby pigeons? Here's where they're hiding:" and there's an egg with an arrow pointing to a question mark, then an arrow pointing to an adult pigeon. Panel 2 says "Pigeons don't nest in trees. They nest in sheltered spaces on or in buildings. This keeps their babies safe from weather and predators." There's a pigeon nesting in a sheltered cavity in the side of a building. Panel 3 says "The hidden babies look like this: like moldy potatoes, but cute" and there are two baby pigeons looking, well, like moldy pink and gray potatoes with yellow fuzz. Panel 4 says "Older baby pigeons hide in plain sight. When they leave the nest, they're adult-sized, but they're still young and learning" and a fledgling pigeon is flying out of a building saying "aaaaaa". Panel 5 says "Here's how to identify these young pigeons" and shows a fledgling pigeon with arrows pointing to these features: eyes may be gray-brown, pale-edged feathers, smaller "nose" (cere), subdued hues, and looks worried. Panel 6 says "Scientifically speaking, though, all pigeons are sweet babies" and there are three very cute round pigeons, a gray, white, and red one, with arrows pointing to them to make things look scientific.
November 11, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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I returned to Mt Tomah yesterday. The wattlebirds left the Puya flowers unguarded for a few minutes and this Eastern Spinebill managed to slip in under the RADAR.
#birds
Photograph of an Eastern Spinebill on a puya flower spike. The bird is a small, slender honeyeater in black, orange, brown, and white, with bright red eyes and a long curved black beak. The puya flowers are teal with orange anthers, and the spike dwarfs the diminutive bird. Same subject, wider angle showing how small the bird is in relation to a cluster of the puya flowers. Same subject, but cropped to and focused on the bird's face, showing its bright red eye reflecting the sun, and orange pollen around its neres and on the end of its beak. It is poking its tongue out which appears forked but is more like a brush, for soaking up nectar.
November 11, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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I returned to Mt Tomah yesterday. The wattlebirds left the Puya flowers unguarded for a few minutes and this Eastern Spinebill managed to slip in under the RADAR.
#birds
Photograph of an Eastern Spinebill on a puya flower spike. The bird is a small, slender honeyeater in black, orange, brown, and white, with bright red eyes and a long curved black beak. The puya flowers are teal with orange anthers, and the spike dwarfs the diminutive bird. Same subject, wider angle showing how small the bird is in relation to a cluster of the puya flowers. Same subject, but cropped to and focused on the bird's face, showing its bright red eye reflecting the sun, and orange pollen around its neres and on the end of its beak. It is poking its tongue out which appears forked but is more like a brush, for soaking up nectar.
November 11, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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My multifocals arrived and they're good for everything except sitting at the computer, so I've just ordered some computer glasses.

All together I've spent over $1,500 this past fortnight for the luxury of... ::checks notes:: ...being able to see.
November 11, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
It's an artistic representation of a circulatory system walking through a kitchen, as drawn by Dave Gibbons and written about by Alan Moore. It happens a lot 'round here.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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I found an Australian Emperor dragonfly chilling on a wattle leaf in my backyard last night. Wingspan was about 11cm.

They're normally very active and flighty so I was delighted to get so close with my macro lens.
#insects #invertebrates
Photograph of a large dragonfly, lateral view, holding onto the end of a wattle leaf. The dragonfly is mostly yellow, but it is patterened with black, green, brown, and iridescence. The same subject, dorsal view, showing the wings spread wide and the symmetrical patterning on the long thin abdomen. Same subject, close-up focusing on the head and upper thorax. The dragonfly is actively cleaning its eyes by rubbing them with one of its forelegs. In full screen view it's possible to discern countless tiny hairs on its exoskeleton as well as the individual facets of its eyes.
November 9, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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I found an Australian Emperor dragonfly chilling on a wattle leaf in my backyard last night. Wingspan was about 11cm.

They're normally very active and flighty so I was delighted to get so close with my macro lens.
#insects #invertebrates
Photograph of a large dragonfly, lateral view, holding onto the end of a wattle leaf. The dragonfly is mostly yellow, but it is patterened with black, green, brown, and iridescence. The same subject, dorsal view, showing the wings spread wide and the symmetrical patterning on the long thin abdomen. Same subject, close-up focusing on the head and upper thorax. The dragonfly is actively cleaning its eyes by rubbing them with one of its forelegs. In full screen view it's possible to discern countless tiny hairs on its exoskeleton as well as the individual facets of its eyes.
November 9, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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Baby Brown Thornbill!!!
#birds
Photograph of a juvenile Brown Thornbill - a very small passerine bird - perched on a thin branch. The bird is fluffy and round, with a light belly, striated breast, brown head, and brown wings and tail. Its gape is light yellow and its eyes are dark, indicating its immaturity.
November 8, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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Baby Brown Thornbill!!!
#birds
Photograph of a juvenile Brown Thornbill - a very small passerine bird - perched on a thin branch. The bird is fluffy and round, with a light belly, striated breast, brown head, and brown wings and tail. Its gape is light yellow and its eyes are dark, indicating its immaturity.
November 8, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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It's that time of year again: The Puyas are flowering at the Botanic Gardens in Mt Tomah!

The Wattlebirds (Red and Little) have bright orange faces from all the pollen, while the Bowerbirds are eating the bulbs themselves, creating small pollen explosions.

#birds
Photograph of a Red Wattlebird among Puya flowers. The wattlebird is mottled and striated in brown and white, with a yellow belly, red wattles on its cheeks, and bright red eyes. There is a large quantity of orange pollen on its face. The flowers are turquoise with orange stamens. Photograph of a Little Wattlebird perched on a lateral puya flower spike. It is similar to the Red Wattlebird, but smaller, with no wattles, and light grey/purple eyes. The front of its face is absolutely caked on orange pollen. Photograph of a male Satin Bowerbird on a Puya flower spike with a flower bud in its beak. The bird is satin black with a light beak and violet eyes, and there is an explosion of orange pollen in front of its body, like fireworks.
November 7, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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It's that time of year again: The Puyas are flowering at the Botanic Gardens in Mt Tomah!

The Wattlebirds (Red and Little) have bright orange faces from all the pollen, while the Bowerbirds are eating the bulbs themselves, creating small pollen explosions.

#birds
Photograph of a Red Wattlebird among Puya flowers. The wattlebird is mottled and striated in brown and white, with a yellow belly, red wattles on its cheeks, and bright red eyes. There is a large quantity of orange pollen on its face. The flowers are turquoise with orange stamens. Photograph of a Little Wattlebird perched on a lateral puya flower spike. It is similar to the Red Wattlebird, but smaller, with no wattles, and light grey/purple eyes. The front of its face is absolutely caked on orange pollen. Photograph of a male Satin Bowerbird on a Puya flower spike with a flower bud in its beak. The bird is satin black with a light beak and violet eyes, and there is an explosion of orange pollen in front of its body, like fireworks.
November 7, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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It was always about the "right" politics in video games, and the silence of video game companies is defeaning.

An extra episode of Unpacked is available now from @nickjcal.bsky.social.
It Was Always About the "Right" Politics in Video Games | Unpacked
YouTube video by Second Wind
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November 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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One of our regular Crimson Rosellas.
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Photograph of a bright red parrot, portrait from the shoulders up. It has brown eyes, a white beak, and blue feathers on its cheeks and wings.
November 4, 2025 at 12:54 AM