David Morgan-Mar
@dmmaus.bsky.social
Creator: Irregular Webcomic!; Darths & Droids; Planet of Hats; mezzacotta
Physicist, photographer, educator, old-school TTRPG gamer, Australian. he/him
Physicist, photographer, educator, old-school TTRPG gamer, Australian. he/him
As if I wasn't never going to visit the USA again anyway.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Trump plans to make Australians hand over social media data to enter US
Applicants would also have to submit phone numbers, email addresses, personal details of family members and biometric information under the plan.
www.abc.net.au
December 10, 2025 at 9:17 PM
As if I wasn't never going to visit the USA again anyway.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Dream last night: I was overseas, for some reason bought a gun & ammo, packed it in luggage to bring back to AU. But I forgot about it & just confidently said nothing to declare, & made it through customs without any problems.
And then I'm like, "Why do I have a gun? I'm never going to use this."
And then I'm like, "Why do I have a gun? I'm never going to use this."
December 10, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Dream last night: I was overseas, for some reason bought a gun & ammo, packed it in luggage to bring back to AU. But I forgot about it & just confidently said nothing to declare, & made it through customs without any problems.
And then I'm like, "Why do I have a gun? I'm never going to use this."
And then I'm like, "Why do I have a gun? I'm never going to use this."
Square Root of Minus Garfield comic—that was submitted in 2017 and just published today—predicted “AI slop” eight years ago.
www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?co...
www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?co...
December 9, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Square Root of Minus Garfield comic—that was submitted in 2017 and just published today—predicted “AI slop” eight years ago.
www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?co...
www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?co...
Listening to a 70s radio streaming station, and every second song is an older version of a song I didn't realise was a 1980s cover.
December 9, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Listening to a 70s radio streaming station, and every second song is an older version of a song I didn't realise was a 1980s cover.
Took my dog Scully for a walk early, before it got too hot. This guy greeted us.
#australianbirds #birdphotos
#australianbirds #birdphotos
December 5, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Took my dog Scully for a walk early, before it got too hot. This guy greeted us.
#australianbirds #birdphotos
#australianbirds #birdphotos
When you wake up and the weather forecast for the day is "40°C and smoky".
December 5, 2025 at 9:27 PM
When you wake up and the weather forecast for the day is "40°C and smoky".
I can smell smoke outside. My friends are reporting it all across Sydney. The start of another bushfire summer I fear.
December 4, 2025 at 11:58 AM
I can smell smoke outside. My friends are reporting it all across Sydney. The start of another bushfire summer I fear.
All my IT friends constantly talk about how their companies are making them use AI coding assistants and how much they suck and they have to keep undoing changes the AI makes to their code.
Never been more glad I got out of coding as a job.
Never been more glad I got out of coding as a job.
December 3, 2025 at 10:21 PM
All my IT friends constantly talk about how their companies are making them use AI coding assistants and how much they suck and they have to keep undoing changes the AI makes to their code.
Never been more glad I got out of coding as a job.
Never been more glad I got out of coding as a job.
I'm decluttering.
Do I throw away old photo negatives or keep them?
They're all scanned and I have a backup routine. I haven't looked at the negatives in over 20 years.
Do I throw away old photo negatives or keep them?
They're all scanned and I have a backup routine. I haven't looked at the negatives in over 20 years.
December 3, 2025 at 2:55 AM
I'm decluttering.
Do I throw away old photo negatives or keep them?
They're all scanned and I have a backup routine. I haven't looked at the negatives in over 20 years.
Do I throw away old photo negatives or keep them?
They're all scanned and I have a backup routine. I haven't looked at the negatives in over 20 years.
Dream last night: Someone was giving me writing advice and said:
"Unless you're specifically writing a character who is rich, you HAVE to show your characters having financial problems and struggling to make ends meet, otherwise it's not realistic."
Me: How sad it is that this person thinks that.
"Unless you're specifically writing a character who is rich, you HAVE to show your characters having financial problems and struggling to make ends meet, otherwise it's not realistic."
Me: How sad it is that this person thinks that.
December 1, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Dream last night: Someone was giving me writing advice and said:
"Unless you're specifically writing a character who is rich, you HAVE to show your characters having financial problems and struggling to make ends meet, otherwise it's not realistic."
Me: How sad it is that this person thinks that.
"Unless you're specifically writing a character who is rich, you HAVE to show your characters having financial problems and struggling to make ends meet, otherwise it's not realistic."
Me: How sad it is that this person thinks that.
Frozen was released 12 years ago.
Just 12 years. I was surprised.
That's more than 6 years after Darths & Droids appeared.
Just 12 years. I was surprised.
That's more than 6 years after Darths & Droids appeared.
November 27, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Frozen was released 12 years ago.
Just 12 years. I was surprised.
That's more than 6 years after Darths & Droids appeared.
Just 12 years. I was surprised.
That's more than 6 years after Darths & Droids appeared.
Netflix is recommending me various movies “for Sagittarians”. Annoying for two reasons: using astrology as a basis for movie preferences; thinking I’m a Sagittarius for some unknown reason.
November 26, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Netflix is recommending me various movies “for Sagittarians”. Annoying for two reasons: using astrology as a basis for movie preferences; thinking I’m a Sagittarius for some unknown reason.
Taking my dog Scully out at 11:15pm before bed and it’s 28°C. Gonna be a hot day tomorrow…
November 25, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Taking my dog Scully out at 11:15pm before bed and it’s 28°C. Gonna be a hot day tomorrow…
I appreciate that this is one of the images on the Wikipedia page for Pringles.
November 25, 2025 at 4:12 AM
I appreciate that this is one of the images on the Wikipedia page for Pringles.
Annoyed that Aus retailers have "Black Friday" sales. "Black Friday" was one of the biggest natural disasters in Australian History.
It's as if US retailers decided to import a foreign tradition called the "Hurricane Katrina Sales" into the US.
It's as if US retailers decided to import a foreign tradition called the "Hurricane Katrina Sales" into the US.
November 24, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Annoyed that Aus retailers have "Black Friday" sales. "Black Friday" was one of the biggest natural disasters in Australian History.
It's as if US retailers decided to import a foreign tradition called the "Hurricane Katrina Sales" into the US.
It's as if US retailers decided to import a foreign tradition called the "Hurricane Katrina Sales" into the US.
You can also get it with my sketch in the foreground.
November 23, 2025 at 12:47 AM
You can also get it with my sketch in the foreground.
Did you know you can frame the Sydney Opera House with palm trees?
November 23, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Did you know you can frame the Sydney Opera House with palm trees?
Latest sketch from my Sydney staycation. The historic Sydney Observatory.
November 22, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Latest sketch from my Sydney staycation. The historic Sydney Observatory.
The hotel we’re staying in (with our dog Scully) has a dog minibar in the room.
November 21, 2025 at 11:02 AM
The hotel we’re staying in (with our dog Scully) has a dog minibar in the room.
Meanwhile my wife and I are taking a mini staycation in the city and doing sketching.
November 21, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Meanwhile my wife and I are taking a mini staycation in the city and doing sketching.
Kitchen floor is being sanded and recoated. Last step in our mini renovation.
November 20, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Kitchen floor is being sanded and recoated. Last step in our mini renovation.
There is a room that's full of toys,
There are a hundred boys and girls.
Rhyming at all is not allowed,
Not in this cloud-borne castle.
There are a hundred boys and girls.
Rhyming at all is not allowed,
Not in this cloud-borne castle.
November 15, 2025 at 5:29 AM
There is a room that's full of toys,
There are a hundred boys and girls.
Rhyming at all is not allowed,
Not in this cloud-borne castle.
There are a hundred boys and girls.
Rhyming at all is not allowed,
Not in this cloud-borne castle.
Friend clued "mostly white" for "domino" in a word game.
Me: WTH? Dominoes are mostly black!
Friend: Good dominoes, MOST dominoes, are white. Only cheap wooden ones are black.
Me: I grew up with black dominoes. I've never seen white... ooohhhhhh....
Me: WTH? Dominoes are mostly black!
Friend: Good dominoes, MOST dominoes, are white. Only cheap wooden ones are black.
Me: I grew up with black dominoes. I've never seen white... ooohhhhhh....
November 14, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Friend clued "mostly white" for "domino" in a word game.
Me: WTH? Dominoes are mostly black!
Friend: Good dominoes, MOST dominoes, are white. Only cheap wooden ones are black.
Me: I grew up with black dominoes. I've never seen white... ooohhhhhh....
Me: WTH? Dominoes are mostly black!
Friend: Good dominoes, MOST dominoes, are white. Only cheap wooden ones are black.
Me: I grew up with black dominoes. I've never seen white... ooohhhhhh....
Someone replied to an email I wrote in 2017:
> Agh, sorry, I thought I'd sent a reply to this sooner!
They address the question I asked in my email, that I no longer care about.
Wife says I should wait until 2034 and then reply:
> Thanks, but that's okay. I don't need that info any more.
> Agh, sorry, I thought I'd sent a reply to this sooner!
They address the question I asked in my email, that I no longer care about.
Wife says I should wait until 2034 and then reply:
> Thanks, but that's okay. I don't need that info any more.
November 14, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Someone replied to an email I wrote in 2017:
> Agh, sorry, I thought I'd sent a reply to this sooner!
They address the question I asked in my email, that I no longer care about.
Wife says I should wait until 2034 and then reply:
> Thanks, but that's okay. I don't need that info any more.
> Agh, sorry, I thought I'd sent a reply to this sooner!
They address the question I asked in my email, that I no longer care about.
Wife says I should wait until 2034 and then reply:
> Thanks, but that's okay. I don't need that info any more.
Latest sketch. "Your Display Gallery", a tiny neighbourhood antique store, next to a hairdresser, a cafe, and... suburban homes. It opens on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
November 13, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Latest sketch. "Your Display Gallery", a tiny neighbourhood antique store, next to a hairdresser, a cafe, and... suburban homes. It opens on Wednesdays and Saturdays.