Hey Jonathan!!! I totally agree, the blockchain based voting system is really exciting...I don't know what will come out of it, but I can't help but launch myself in to find out!
What kind of bird is that? What's the story?? it has a very handsome and strange looking beak? You have been making film? That's a powerful medium indeed, I think it's becoming more and more a radical monopoly of a medium for most people. Who reads anymore :P I'm glad we have someone with your values skilled in such things.
Anyway, welcome, and glad to meet you!
The bird is a Kookaburra. Every morning and evening in Australia they can be heard in crews of maybe 3 to 7 laughing loudly as a group together. They also do it from time to time throughout the day to announce that they have arrived in a new feeding ground.
Check this video to hear what I mean.
The one in the photo I found on the ground after a tree was felled near my mother's house. It needed to be cared for until it was able to hunt on its own so I raised it. It now knows and remembers me.
If Steem starts working out for me, I will very likely start making video content for the steem community.