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Books, health, politics, nature
On Ngunnawal country
Anon for privacy as a health professional 📚😷🌿
On Ngunnawal country
Anon for privacy as a health professional 📚😷🌿
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Money's getting tight as expenses (especially medical) add up, so I've just launched a Patreon for 4k wallpapers of my photos!
Support my photography *and* enjoy birds, insects, spiders (optional), and more in 4k, ultrawide, and portrait for phones: patreon.com/davidcsimon
Support my photography *and* enjoy birds, insects, spiders (optional), and more in 4k, ultrawide, and portrait for phones: patreon.com/davidcsimon
David C. Simon | Patreon
4k photographic wallpapers
patreon.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Money's getting tight as expenses (especially medical) add up, so I've just launched a Patreon for 4k wallpapers of my photos!
Support my photography *and* enjoy birds, insects, spiders (optional), and more in 4k, ultrawide, and portrait for phones: patreon.com/davidcsimon
Support my photography *and* enjoy birds, insects, spiders (optional), and more in 4k, ultrawide, and portrait for phones: patreon.com/davidcsimon
Nice story about a successful eco community
‘We miss having a dog but it’s the price you pay’: the village that banned pets to save wildlife
Australian eco community is a sanctuary for native animals and a showcase of sustainable living
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Nice story about a successful eco community
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COVID isn’t acting like the viruses most of us grew up with, and treating it like “just a cold” is putting people at real risk. David Brasure breaks down why SARS-CoV-2 is fundamentally different, how it causes long-term damage, and what we can do to protect ourselves.
December 1, 2025 at 6:40 PM
COVID isn’t acting like the viruses most of us grew up with, and treating it like “just a cold” is putting people at real risk. David Brasure breaks down why SARS-CoV-2 is fundamentally different, how it causes long-term damage, and what we can do to protect ourselves.
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The Third Window. Around the fireplace in Grandcub's bedroom in the low attic, were a muddle of blue and white Delft tiles. Each one had a different design. There were Dutch merchant ships, square-rigged fluyts in full sail,
December 3, 2025 at 10:51 AM
The Third Window. Around the fireplace in Grandcub's bedroom in the low attic, were a muddle of blue and white Delft tiles. Each one had a different design. There were Dutch merchant ships, square-rigged fluyts in full sail,
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“Racial discrimination claim part of ‘deliberate campaign to discredit’ Mary Kostakidis, court documents allege”
You can contribute to Mary’s legal costs here: chuffed.org/project/1266...
You can contribute to Mary’s legal costs here: chuffed.org/project/1266...
Racial discrimination claim part of ‘deliberate campaign to discredit’ Mary Kostakidis, court documents allege
Former SBS newsreader defends sharing two X posts about a speech by the late Hezbollah leader as fair comment on a matter of public interest
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:58 AM
“Racial discrimination claim part of ‘deliberate campaign to discredit’ Mary Kostakidis, court documents allege”
You can contribute to Mary’s legal costs here: chuffed.org/project/1266...
You can contribute to Mary’s legal costs here: chuffed.org/project/1266...
Undertook a senseless act of beauty today. 10/10 would recommend to a friend✨
November 30, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Undertook a senseless act of beauty today. 10/10 would recommend to a friend✨
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🦊 Why not buy my book, Reynard the Fox, for Christmas – the perfect stocking filler! Marina Warner described it as "marvellously spirited and adroit storytelling.Reynar" To buy a signed and gift-wrapped book, order directly from me! DM to purchase or go to my Etsy shop here: etsy.com/uk/listing/1...
November 27, 2025 at 5:05 PM
🦊 Why not buy my book, Reynard the Fox, for Christmas – the perfect stocking filler! Marina Warner described it as "marvellously spirited and adroit storytelling.Reynar" To buy a signed and gift-wrapped book, order directly from me! DM to purchase or go to my Etsy shop here: etsy.com/uk/listing/1...
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I think award season is now over. Mean Streak just won the Walkley Book Award to cap it off and I’m so thankful. Buy or borrow, the story is more fucked up than you think.
November 28, 2025 at 8:51 AM
I think award season is now over. Mean Streak just won the Walkley Book Award to cap it off and I’m so thankful. Buy or borrow, the story is more fucked up than you think.
Just gave my day a much needed upgrade with an excellent Banh Mi from Fyshwick markets
November 27, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Just gave my day a much needed upgrade with an excellent Banh Mi from Fyshwick markets
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My work on SARS-CoV-2 variants informed a recent piece in The Lancet: "Epidemiological and virological update on the emerging SARS-CoV-2 variant BA.3.2".
The authors were kind enough to mention me and the Variant Hunters Ryan Hisner and Federico Gueli.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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The authors were kind enough to mention me and the Variant Hunters Ryan Hisner and Federico Gueli.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Epidemiological and virological update on the emerging SARS-CoV-2 variant BA.3.2
The constant emergence of novel SARS-CoV-2 variants has driven the COVID-19 pandemic
and sustains the current endemic. Saltation variants, such as BA.2.86,1 encode highly
mutated spike (S) proteins th...
www.thelancet.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:30 AM
My work on SARS-CoV-2 variants informed a recent piece in The Lancet: "Epidemiological and virological update on the emerging SARS-CoV-2 variant BA.3.2".
The authors were kind enough to mention me and the Variant Hunters Ryan Hisner and Federico Gueli.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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The authors were kind enough to mention me and the Variant Hunters Ryan Hisner and Federico Gueli.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
🧵
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Oh awesome, please go follow @apnsa.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Oh awesome, please go follow @apnsa.bsky.social
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“Shakedown tells the true story of how a group of ordinary Australians risked it all to expose an unlawful automated debt-recovery system that falsely accused half-a-million people of welfare fraud between 2015 and 2019” www.c21media.net/news/austral...
Australia’s ABC unveils drama based on real-life welfare fraud political scandal
Australian pubcaster the ABC is launching a four-part drama series based on a real-life political scandal in which hundreds of thousands of Australians were forced to pay a total of more than a billio...
www.c21media.net
November 24, 2025 at 6:10 AM
“Shakedown tells the true story of how a group of ordinary Australians risked it all to expose an unlawful automated debt-recovery system that falsely accused half-a-million people of welfare fraud between 2015 and 2019” www.c21media.net/news/austral...
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This is a simply wonderful piece of writing.
I flew to Canada this week to go to a Paul McCartney concert and I wrote about it here:
open.substack.com/pub/naomiald...
open.substack.com/pub/naomiald...
going through hell, keeping going
on art, grief, and the emotional heroism of just bloody keeping on making your work
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:42 AM
This is a simply wonderful piece of writing.
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Ukrainian Stone Blind!!! So cool!
Published by Vivat, translated by Anna Sheket ✨
🐍 vivat.com.ua/product/slip...
Published by Vivat, translated by Anna Sheket ✨
🐍 vivat.com.ua/product/slip...
November 22, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Ukrainian Stone Blind!!! So cool!
Published by Vivat, translated by Anna Sheket ✨
🐍 vivat.com.ua/product/slip...
Published by Vivat, translated by Anna Sheket ✨
🐍 vivat.com.ua/product/slip...
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AirSpot now available to borrow from Mildura Library, 180-190 Deakin Avenue, Mildura:
mrcc.libsvic.ent.sirsidynix.net.au/client/en_AU...
mrcc.libsvic.ent.sirsidynix.net.au/client/en_AU...
November 18, 2025 at 3:59 AM
AirSpot now available to borrow from Mildura Library, 180-190 Deakin Avenue, Mildura:
mrcc.libsvic.ent.sirsidynix.net.au/client/en_AU...
mrcc.libsvic.ent.sirsidynix.net.au/client/en_AU...
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🧵 Most people don't realise there are whole categories of disease transmission they don't have to think about because they've been taken care of by society, e.g. there are laws & inspections & engineering that protect you from diseases that are waterborne (e.g. sewage treatment), bloodborne
November 16, 2025 at 12:10 AM
🧵 Most people don't realise there are whole categories of disease transmission they don't have to think about because they've been taken care of by society, e.g. there are laws & inspections & engineering that protect you from diseases that are waterborne (e.g. sewage treatment), bloodborne
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Hot! Murrigellas Day 2025 🎄😊♥️ Love your work Sis! ♥️
November 15, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Hot! Murrigellas Day 2025 🎄😊♥️ Love your work Sis! ♥️
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Deeply Miss Fuchsia
November 15, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Deeply Miss Fuchsia
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My painting of a pair of black #swans for #Birdoftheday
#birds #art #AustralianBirds #wildoz #birdart #painting @bsky.art
#birds #art #AustralianBirds #wildoz #birdart #painting @bsky.art
November 14, 2025 at 10:45 AM
My painting of a pair of black #swans for #Birdoftheday
#birds #art #AustralianBirds #wildoz #birdart #painting @bsky.art
#birds #art #AustralianBirds #wildoz #birdart #painting @bsky.art
Get to know your mutuals! List 10 random things you like:
Story telling/TV/movies etc
Reading (just finished Bee Sting, Paul Murray)
Gardens and flowers
Walking and dancing
Coffee
Astrology and patterns
Museums
Living in Canberra
When politics serve humanity
Social psychology
Story telling/TV/movies etc
Reading (just finished Bee Sting, Paul Murray)
Gardens and flowers
Walking and dancing
Coffee
Astrology and patterns
Museums
Living in Canberra
When politics serve humanity
Social psychology
Get to know your mutuals! List 10 random things you like. I like:
☆ Raising ADHD and autism acceptance
☆ Concerts
☆ City holidays
☆ Sauna
☆ Cats
☆ Fazer nuts and raisins chocolate
☆ 'Me time'
☆ Comedy
☆ Summer evenings
☆ Colour grey
☆ Raising ADHD and autism acceptance
☆ Concerts
☆ City holidays
☆ Sauna
☆ Cats
☆ Fazer nuts and raisins chocolate
☆ 'Me time'
☆ Comedy
☆ Summer evenings
☆ Colour grey
Get to know your mutuals! List 10 random things you like:
Sunsets
Nature
Walking (running, when fibro permits)
Chatting to fellow Aussies/ authors/ ADHDers/ autistic or queer people
Chocolate
Local radio station's ECLECTIC music
People giving a shit.
A sense of humour.
Alternative rock.
Travel.
Sunsets
Nature
Walking (running, when fibro permits)
Chatting to fellow Aussies/ authors/ ADHDers/ autistic or queer people
Chocolate
Local radio station's ECLECTIC music
People giving a shit.
A sense of humour.
Alternative rock.
Travel.
November 11, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Get to know your mutuals! List 10 random things you like:
Story telling/TV/movies etc
Reading (just finished Bee Sting, Paul Murray)
Gardens and flowers
Walking and dancing
Coffee
Astrology and patterns
Museums
Living in Canberra
When politics serve humanity
Social psychology
Story telling/TV/movies etc
Reading (just finished Bee Sting, Paul Murray)
Gardens and flowers
Walking and dancing
Coffee
Astrology and patterns
Museums
Living in Canberra
When politics serve humanity
Social psychology
Totally got the summer doona out too soon
November 11, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Totally got the summer doona out too soon
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Booklovers in Victoria, help me out.
November 10, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Booklovers in Victoria, help me out.
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Image 1: Flying home
Image 2: AirSpot Health CO2 Map, now with listings around Canberra
Image 3: Pie Graph showing time spent in Green Zone (Below 800ppm CO2) for each day in Canberra
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Image 2: AirSpot Health CO2 Map, now with listings around Canberra
Image 3: Pie Graph showing time spent in Green Zone (Below 800ppm CO2) for each day in Canberra
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November 10, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Image 1: Flying home
Image 2: AirSpot Health CO2 Map, now with listings around Canberra
Image 3: Pie Graph showing time spent in Green Zone (Below 800ppm CO2) for each day in Canberra
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Image 2: AirSpot Health CO2 Map, now with listings around Canberra
Image 3: Pie Graph showing time spent in Green Zone (Below 800ppm CO2) for each day in Canberra
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Here is a gentle reminder that for #Christmas you can support this author by making a Tudor history enthusiast very happy. Please ask for a #SIGNED copy of #EatingWithTheTudors directly from me. Both #Hardback and #Paperback formats are available. 🙏
October 29, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Here is a gentle reminder that for #Christmas you can support this author by making a Tudor history enthusiast very happy. Please ask for a #SIGNED copy of #EatingWithTheTudors directly from me. Both #Hardback and #Paperback formats are available. 🙏