Author: colmphilpott

A Zebra Jumping Spider Comes To Visit Me On My Backyard Patio Table

https://imgur.com/nefMSOD Possibly the world's best spider. One of the reasons I got obsessively into wildlife was my absolute fascination with jumping spiders. I would watch video after video after video about them, and Adrian Tchaikovsky's Children Of Time was also a big part of it. That's a book about how jumping spiders are given a … Continue reading A Zebra Jumping Spider Comes To Visit Me On My Backyard Patio Table →

I Have Watched Almost All 889 Episodes Of Doctor Who, But I Won’t Be Watching The Next Episode

To say I love Doctor Who would be an understatement. I remember it being a constant feature in my house as a child, those constant U.K Gold reruns, but that's not when I got into it. I started watching it when, as is the case for many sci-fi fans, the revived series saw Christopher Eccleston … Continue reading I Have Watched Almost All 889 Episodes Of Doctor Who, But I Won’t Be Watching The Next Episode →

The Arrival Of The Baby Birds, One Of The Best Times Of The Year!

https://imgur.com/DK8CskG Three cygnets in the Lough. I wrote last year about how much joy I get from seeing baby birds slowly grow into adults over the span of often as little as a few months: https://autismneurodiversity.com/2024/07/12/the-elation-of-seeing-baby-birds-growing-up/ And they grow up so fast! People say that about humans. No, humans do not grow up fast. Thirteen … Continue reading The Arrival Of The Baby Birds, One Of The Best Times Of The Year! →

Amazing Pilots, The Peregrine, The Kestrel And The Mute Swan

Sometimes I'm blown away by the fact that birds are sentient aircraft. When I overhear people complaining about how there are too many pigeons or seagulls around, I think about it the other way, I feel privileged that I get to share a planet with such amazing animals. Birds are amazing pilots. And what I'm … Continue reading Amazing Pilots, The Peregrine, The Kestrel And The Mute Swan →

Transphobia Is A Useless Distraction From Your Real Problems, Don’t Fall For It!

I remember, starting around 2020, it could have been before that but this is just when I became aware of it, trans people really started to become a target. It started as something I would witness from afar in Britain and the United States, but as the years went by, I would gradually meet Irish … Continue reading Transphobia Is A Useless Distraction From Your Real Problems, Don’t Fall For It! →

It’s Almost That Time Of Year, Boycott The Goddamn Eurovision Again!

I'm not a fan of the Eurovision, but strangely, the beginning of my activism against the genocide of the Palestinian people began with the Eurovision. My first ever act of protest against the genocide was to write an email to RTE asking them to pull out of the Eurovision, in protest of Israel's participation. They … Continue reading It’s Almost That Time Of Year, Boycott The Goddamn Eurovision Again! →

RFK Jr has a horrific illness, why do people have to be so mean?

I'm tired of all these people making fun of Robert F. Kennedy Jr! It's so horrible! The poor man, it must be a struggle, EVERY, SINGLE, DAY, for him, why have people got to be so callous and cruel!" No, I'm not talking about the fact that he has dystonia. I'm not talking about the … Continue reading RFK Jr has a horrific illness, why do people have to be so mean? →