Dominic Collins
@dominiccollins.bsky.social
Voluntary bird and butterfly surveyor for BTO, Staffs WT, RSPB, BC (WCBS). Patch-watcher. Moth-er. Green Party, Hope not Hate & Liberty member. Re-awoken political animal. Reader and bibliophile. Poet manque. Cat lover. Endon, Staffordshire.
Stamp set celebrates ‘beauty and diversity’ of British moths share.google/TR3MrVWBVPHU...
Stamp set celebrates ‘beauty and diversity’ of British moths
Alan Jones, Press Association Industrial Correspondent Royal Mail has unveiled images of new stamps illustrating moths from across the UK. The set of 10 stamps feature illustrations by wildlife artist...
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To celebrate a rebellion is to know that, from a flawed world, we can make new things. We can hold on, we can find each other, and not just imagine but create a much better America. It is a special 250th – it is ours. Video in link: snyder.substack.com/p/on-tyranny...
On Tyranny — Special 250th Edition
With friends, on video, to recall and to rebel
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Hope for Britain’s Ash trees thanks to scientific ‘eureka’ moment – Channel 4 News share.google/Cb2RTs8dKByu...
Hope for Britain’s Ash trees thanks to scientific ‘eureka’ moment
Scientists at the John Innes Centre in Norwich have found a way to speed up the germination of seeds, allowing disease-resistant Ash trees to grow, writes Alex Thomson.
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"Crabapple is a time traveler, a necromancer and an unclassifiable genius. She beckons readers through a portal to an irresistible,lost world, one bound together by passion, solidarity, and a burning hunger for justice.“- @naomiaklein.bsky.social Preorder www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/646320...
Here Where We Live Is Our Country by Molly Crabapple: 9780593229453 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
The dramatic story of the Jewish Bund—a revolutionary movement from a vanished world—and their radical vision of solidarity in an age of division. “Molly Crabapple beckons readers through...
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A clutch of NFYs from last night's moth trap: Streamer, Oak-tree Pug, Swallow Prominent and Lesser Swallow Prominent. Endon, Staffs, VC39. #TeamMoth
Israeli voters are against a ceasefire with Iran, and think Netanyahu has not gone far enough. www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
The Extremes of Israeli Public Opinion
Israeli voters are against a ceasefire with Iran, and think Benjamin Netanyahu has not gone far enough.
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1/5. Orbán pioneered a model whereby oligarchs trade the fascist memes and electoral tricks they use to stay in power. He made Budapest a node between Moscow and Washington of the international far right.
With Tim Miller, on Hungary (with Zebras) Iran, Kari Lake and more open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Anne Applebaum: Hungary's Surreal, Post-Reality Campaign
Putin puppet Viktor Orbán—whose nepotistic and corrupt government in Hungary has become the model for the far-right in America and Europe—is facing his first serious election challenge in 16 years.
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Trump lost this war in every possible sense — morally, legally, politically, economically, reputationally, and strategically.
Has Reform UK discovered human rights? In order to secure its funding from overseas billionaires, the party seems to be embracing the ECHR By @philtinline.bsky.social
Has Reform UK discovered human rights?
In order to secure its funding from overseas billionaires, the party seems to be embracing the ECHR
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I'm old enough to remember the hundreds of times over the past seven years when people excoriated me for writing articles and giving interviews describing Trump as a malignant narcissist potentially on par with some of the worst figures in history, like Hitler and Stalin and Saddam and the like.
Out along the valley this morning. 3 Little Ringed Plovers on the muddy remains of the winter flooding, my first Willow Warbler of the spring at the sewage works, plus: Red Kite, 5 Snipe still, 5 Lapwing, Water Rail, 2 Green Woodpecker and a pair of Mandarin. @staffsbirdnews.bsky.social
"...learning to tell a chiffchaff from a willow warbler could help us to stay mentally sharp as we age. But what about discerning a common quaker from a clouded drab? Or a brown-line bright-eye from a bright-line brown eye?" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Forget birdwatching, I’m into moth-watching: they’re fascinating and misunderstood insects | Helen Pilcher
According to new research, distinguishing between the UK’s 2,500 species could halt cognitive decline – so my brain could not be happier, or healthier, says science writer Helen Pilcher
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Valuable summary of a couple days of our war no01.substack.com/p/march-19-2...
March, 19-21: God is a comedian
A stiff drink is recommended
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In all the coverage of Trump’s tirades about Europeans it should be noted that they are dealing with a much longer, harder, bigger and more consequential war in their own backyard, in Ukraine – a war that they didn’t choose, and one that Trump’s war on Iran has made worse by enriching Russia.
Word of the day: pharate. This term describes a fully formed larva or adult when inside the cuticle of the previous developmental stage. Behold a pharate Purple Emperor caterpillar within its egg case and a pharate male Silver-studded Blue adult within its pupal case!
Charles Exum, the Border Patrol agent who shot Marimar Martinez five times, texted a group chat with fellow agents a few days after the shooting. “I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys,” he wrote. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/2Gq1Fq
The Preschool Teaching Assistant Shot by Border Patrol, Then Called a “Domestic Terrorist”
When Marimar Martinez was shot five times by a Border Patrol agent, the D.H.S. justified it by calling her a “domestic terrorist.” In the aftermath, she’s been trying to recover her reputation and, with it, a sense of reality.
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The oldest ringed Curlew in the U.K. - 33 years and 9 months. BBC News - Birdwatchers spot UK's oldest ringed curlew in Fordingbridge - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Birdwatchers spot UK's oldest ringed curlew in Fordingbridge
The bird was ringed in Dorset in the 1990s and has now been spotted in the New Forest.
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My biggest night of the mothing year so far: 60/11 (over a third of which were Clouded Drabs*) including my first micros of 2026 - Common Plume, Agonopterix h/c and a stylish Diurnea fagella - and second, rather lovely Shoulder Stripe. *One entered my pyjamas; I yelped and squealed. #TeamMoth
In defence of Ulysses James Joyce knew that the epic is not the exclusive property of warriors and kings By Jonathan Bate
In defence of Ulysses
James Joyce knew that the epic is not the exclusive property of warriors and kings
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A request for all #teammoth #photographers ! I am trying to source a free photograph of a moth in flight for an interpretation panel about #bats that I am putting together for Hill Hook LNR? Can be any UK species. @savebutterflies.bsky.social @lesevanshill.bsky.social @gcampbellphoto.bsky.social
A new book by Michael Pollan explores the puzzles of the mind
Solving the mystery of consciousness
Michael Pollan explores theories of consciousness in animals, plants and machines, examining the “hard problem” of subjective experience in his new book “A World Appears”.
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A treat was awaiting me in this morning's moth trap - a Pine Beauty, clinging to a bulb socket in defiance of the wind. And for the first time this year I felt a mothing dopamine spike, a reminder of the degree to which moths have "hijacked" my brain. #TeamMoth @vc39moths.bsky.social
There are quite a few cynical and sinister figures in British public life. But Tony Blair is among the very worst. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Tony Blair’s oil lobbying is a misleading rehash of fossil fuel industry spin
Ex-PM’s thinktank urges more drilling and fewer renewables, ignoring evidence that clean energy is cheaper and better for bills
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