Mike Robbins
@mikerobbins.bsky.social
Former journalist, aid worker and climate researcher. Writer. Blogger on books and history. Bike nut. Not a Tory. Read my ramblings at https://mikerobbinsnyc.blogspot.com and https://mikerobbinswrites.substack.com/.
#climate #writing #books #bikes
#climate #writing #books #bikes
1928 Rolls-Royce Phantom I built in Springfield, Massachusetts and bodied by Brewster in New York City. It was built for one M. Allen Swift, who owned it for 77 years, donating it to the RR museum in Springfield two months before his death in 2005 at the age of 102.
November 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
1928 Rolls-Royce Phantom I built in Springfield, Massachusetts and bodied by Brewster in New York City. It was built for one M. Allen Swift, who owned it for 77 years, donating it to the RR museum in Springfield two months before his death in 2005 at the age of 102.
No contest. I'll have one of these guys.
November 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
No contest. I'll have one of these guys.
Autumnal New York taxi.
November 5, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Autumnal New York taxi.
Interesting times in Australia... Growth in battery storage in some places seems to be a big story of 2025.
reneweconomy.com.au/prices-fall-... #climate #renewables
reneweconomy.com.au/prices-fall-... #climate #renewables
October 29, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Interesting times in Australia... Growth in battery storage in some places seems to be a big story of 2025.
reneweconomy.com.au/prices-fall-... #climate #renewables
reneweconomy.com.au/prices-fall-... #climate #renewables
It's nearly Halloween. Have a howwwling good read...
Dog. The pet that's walked the earth before.
#paranormal #urbanfantasy #halloween2025
www.amazon.co.uk/Dog-Youll-Ne...
Dog. The pet that's walked the earth before.
#paranormal #urbanfantasy #halloween2025
www.amazon.co.uk/Dog-Youll-Ne...
October 28, 2025 at 9:48 AM
It's nearly Halloween. Have a howwwling good read...
Dog. The pet that's walked the earth before.
#paranormal #urbanfantasy #halloween2025
www.amazon.co.uk/Dog-Youll-Ne...
Dog. The pet that's walked the earth before.
#paranormal #urbanfantasy #halloween2025
www.amazon.co.uk/Dog-Youll-Ne...
Is it just me, or is there a certain irony here?
October 16, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Is it just me, or is there a certain irony here?
Also a hypocrite. This👇 seems as bad as anything he could have accused Angela Rayner of.
September 22, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Also a hypocrite. This👇 seems as bad as anything he could have accused Angela Rayner of.
September 17, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Be aware! Your child may be a dangerous subversive.
September 17, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Be aware! Your child may be a dangerous subversive.
Private Eye nailing it again
September 16, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Private Eye nailing it again
Happy birthday Agatha Christie! 135 today.
A look at the Queen of Crime (top left) - and her three greatest rivals.
mikerobbinsnyc.blogspot.com/2022/01/the-... #crime #crimefiction #crimewriting #BookSky
A look at the Queen of Crime (top left) - and her three greatest rivals.
mikerobbinsnyc.blogspot.com/2022/01/the-... #crime #crimefiction #crimewriting #BookSky
September 15, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Happy birthday Agatha Christie! 135 today.
A look at the Queen of Crime (top left) - and her three greatest rivals.
mikerobbinsnyc.blogspot.com/2022/01/the-... #crime #crimefiction #crimewriting #BookSky
A look at the Queen of Crime (top left) - and her three greatest rivals.
mikerobbinsnyc.blogspot.com/2022/01/the-... #crime #crimefiction #crimewriting #BookSky
A project that would have created up to 600 jobs in Detroit by 2030 has now been cancelled thanks to Trump's climate policies. #climate #climatecrisis
September 9, 2025 at 9:07 AM
A project that would have created up to 600 jobs in Detroit by 2030 has now been cancelled thanks to Trump's climate policies. #climate #climatecrisis
What "Saxon liberties", exactly? Jus primae noctis?
September 8, 2025 at 12:59 PM
What "Saxon liberties", exactly? Jus primae noctis?
Not actually in the dictionary (yet).
Though farrage with two Rs is an archaic word for cattle feed.
Though farrage with two Rs is an archaic word for cattle feed.
September 8, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Not actually in the dictionary (yet).
Though farrage with two Rs is an archaic word for cattle feed.
Though farrage with two Rs is an archaic word for cattle feed.
Governor Newsom's trolling is reaching epic proportions.
September 7, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Governor Newsom's trolling is reaching epic proportions.
Flash fiction: Fashion
An MP finds wokeness and subversion at the local art college.
#FlashFiction #fiction #art #writing
mikerobbinsnyc.blogspot.com/2025/08/fash...
An MP finds wokeness and subversion at the local art college.
#FlashFiction #fiction #art #writing
mikerobbinsnyc.blogspot.com/2025/08/fash...
September 5, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Flash fiction: Fashion
An MP finds wokeness and subversion at the local art college.
#FlashFiction #fiction #art #writing
mikerobbinsnyc.blogspot.com/2025/08/fash...
An MP finds wokeness and subversion at the local art college.
#FlashFiction #fiction #art #writing
mikerobbinsnyc.blogspot.com/2025/08/fash...
It is indeed! I have a thing about cloudscapes and have many, shot in lots of countries.
But this is an English sky - taken on Dartmoor in the 1980s. I probably used a yellow filter. I must have burned in the sky in the darkroom in order to get what I saw in the viewfinder.
But this is an English sky - taken on Dartmoor in the 1980s. I probably used a yellow filter. I must have burned in the sky in the darkroom in order to get what I saw in the viewfinder.
August 31, 2025 at 10:48 AM
It is indeed! I have a thing about cloudscapes and have many, shot in lots of countries.
But this is an English sky - taken on Dartmoor in the 1980s. I probably used a yellow filter. I must have burned in the sky in the darkroom in order to get what I saw in the viewfinder.
But this is an English sky - taken on Dartmoor in the 1980s. I probably used a yellow filter. I must have burned in the sky in the darkroom in order to get what I saw in the viewfinder.
Not sure what vegans have done to deserve this.
August 28, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Not sure what vegans have done to deserve this.
He really is.
But we knew that already, didn't we.
But we knew that already, didn't we.
August 18, 2025 at 9:22 AM
He really is.
But we knew that already, didn't we.
But we knew that already, didn't we.
I have just finished this: Austerlitz, by W. G. Sebald. Would I recommend it? Yes, I really would.
#books #weekendreads
#books #weekendreads
August 15, 2025 at 7:34 AM
I have just finished this: Austerlitz, by W. G. Sebald. Would I recommend it? Yes, I really would.
#books #weekendreads
#books #weekendreads