David Sim

@davidmsim.bsky.social

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English teacher in Madrid. Formerly picture editor in Kennington, London. Interested in food, music, photography (iPhone 15 Pro Max), architecture and hiking. 🏳️‍🌈

People playing games in a Munich beer garden
Turneresque landscape of Madrid under Saharan dust cloud
Sahara dust cloud, Madrid. #calima
Screenshot from iPhone Weather app, showing red cloud of unhealthy air over much of this south eastern quarter of Spain
Madrid Cuatro Torres moon
Bats reflected in pond, Madrid.
Weather forecast for Madrid.
Temperatures in Madrid, constantly a few degrees above average, rising to 39.
Cucumber soup with crisp Serrano ham.
Debbie Harry
Screenshot of weather app showing temperatures of 35 to 38 degrees for the next ten days.
The Pickleball Exorcist
I can’t even
Results of britmonkey political test. I’m mamdani.
Indie dads dancing
Badge for 500 perfect puzzles on connections
Freezer block in bucket
Nigel Farage after plane crash in 2010
Venus and crescent moon over Madrid tonight.
Venus and crescent moon over Madrid tonight.
Crescent moon and Venus over Madrid
Crescent moon and star, Madrid tonight.
Weather forecast for Madrid, showing temperatures of 36 to 37 degrees.
The Guadarrama mountains, seen from hortaleza, Madrid.
The shadow of me standing in front of a lamp post
Hoopoe
A screengrab of the latest episode of the rest is science, misspelling weird. Wierd.
Looking at the blue sky through light filtering through Catalpa leaves. Madrid.
Blue sky, Madrid
Riu hotel, plaza de espana
A tile from Clues by Sam, saying “Vince Clerk”
A Guardian headline: How to actually reduce your screen time: 12 simple, realistic tips to stop doomscrolling. Screen capture taken at 00:32.
Leaves, starry sky, Madrid
Drum band leading health protest, Goya, Madrid.
Report in the Guardian saying "Galați is on the Danube River, east of the borders with Moldova and Ukraine."
Temperature forecast in Madrid
Me in Lisbon in about 2009
Basement Jaxx Take Me Back to Your House video, in which, well, a lot of stuff happens
Guardian caption: Kami Rita Sherpa scaled Everest for the 32nd time this week. Photograph: Purnima Shrestha/Reuters
Fluff from poplar trees
Fluff from poplar trees
Child in Thai temple
A rainbow-tinged cloud, Madrid.
My clear glasses casting a dark shadow.
Rain approaching, Hortaleza, Madrid
Never ending story
Mustard flowers and poppies: wildflowers in Madrid.
Fresh and crispy dry cake
Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham tells me he became a fan through his son. Paul, 56, has seen them more than 100 times. “There’s not many actual bands any more,” he says, which seems key to their appeal.
Salade Niçoise, today’s lunch.
Oranges