Bob Shambles
@bobshambles.bsky.social
I am on my way with the necessary equipment.
Better living through: community gardening; sufficiency; sustainable transport; degrowth; showing up; fairness; slowness; dogs; and warm, fuzzy, analogue drones.
Join a union. Eat the rich. Plant a tree.
Better living through: community gardening; sufficiency; sustainable transport; degrowth; showing up; fairness; slowness; dogs; and warm, fuzzy, analogue drones.
Join a union. Eat the rich. Plant a tree.
This was the study area for DCC's City Centre Transport Plan 2023. I might quibble slightly with the western boundary (James's Hospital, RHK & Heuston Station don't feel like the city centre to me), but it broadly accords with my version of the city centre while the Inner Core Area would be 'town'.
July 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM
This was the study area for DCC's City Centre Transport Plan 2023. I might quibble slightly with the western boundary (James's Hospital, RHK & Heuston Station don't feel like the city centre to me), but it broadly accords with my version of the city centre while the Inner Core Area would be 'town'.
Would bumblebees often mate on the wing? I spotted this pair of Bombus pascuorum (?) in our inner city community garden in Dublin on Saturday, but wasn't fast enough to snap the in-flight shenanigans. They landed high up in a tree and kept at it, and we managed to get some photos. Amazing to see.
July 1, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Would bumblebees often mate on the wing? I spotted this pair of Bombus pascuorum (?) in our inner city community garden in Dublin on Saturday, but wasn't fast enough to snap the in-flight shenanigans. They landed high up in a tree and kept at it, and we managed to get some photos. Amazing to see.
Yesterday I was re-elected as chair of the Union committee in work, spent two hours in my community garden after work and then got home to find part 2 (the t-shirt and sticker) of my @workingclasshistory.com starter pack had arrived.
Maiden t-shirt voyage today. Happy International Workers' Day! ✊
Maiden t-shirt voyage today. Happy International Workers' Day! ✊
May 1, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Yesterday I was re-elected as chair of the Union committee in work, spent two hours in my community garden after work and then got home to find part 2 (the t-shirt and sticker) of my @workingclasshistory.com starter pack had arrived.
Maiden t-shirt voyage today. Happy International Workers' Day! ✊
Maiden t-shirt voyage today. Happy International Workers' Day! ✊
Sandwich or cake? False dichotomy.
Is a Victoria Sandwich a sandwich or a cake?
Or how about a Finnish Voileipäkakku or a Swedish Smörgåstårta? Both are savoury confections that are like sandwiches in loaf form.
I'm off now to put a piece of lemon drizzle cake between two slices of white bread.
Is a Victoria Sandwich a sandwich or a cake?
Or how about a Finnish Voileipäkakku or a Swedish Smörgåstårta? Both are savoury confections that are like sandwiches in loaf form.
I'm off now to put a piece of lemon drizzle cake between two slices of white bread.
January 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Sandwich or cake? False dichotomy.
Is a Victoria Sandwich a sandwich or a cake?
Or how about a Finnish Voileipäkakku or a Swedish Smörgåstårta? Both are savoury confections that are like sandwiches in loaf form.
I'm off now to put a piece of lemon drizzle cake between two slices of white bread.
Is a Victoria Sandwich a sandwich or a cake?
Or how about a Finnish Voileipäkakku or a Swedish Smörgåstårta? Both are savoury confections that are like sandwiches in loaf form.
I'm off now to put a piece of lemon drizzle cake between two slices of white bread.
I'm not sure if this qualifies as reading, but my twin brother and I used to pore over this, especially the drawing of twins in the womb, before we were able to read properly. I have a hunch my parents - quite enlightened for the mid-'70s - weren't unaware and may even have left it to be discovered.
November 29, 2024 at 6:42 PM
I'm not sure if this qualifies as reading, but my twin brother and I used to pore over this, especially the drawing of twins in the womb, before we were able to read properly. I have a hunch my parents - quite enlightened for the mid-'70s - weren't unaware and may even have left it to be discovered.