Autolycus ABC
@autolycus.bsky.social
A peripatetic plundering pulchritudinous polymath with abject alliteritis
Snazzy jazzy razzamatazzy
November 17, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Snazzy jazzy razzamatazzy
Mrs Beeton does ScandiNoir Netflix horror!
November 16, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Mrs Beeton does ScandiNoir Netflix horror!
November 15, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Complex reflections
November 15, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Complex reflections
The Reform Club
104 Pall Mall
London
104 Pall Mall
London
November 15, 2025 at 10:45 AM
The Reform Club
104 Pall Mall
London
104 Pall Mall
London
“ … the impulse to live only for today, plundering, for our own ease and convenience, the precious resources of tomorrow. We cannot mortgage the material assets of our grandchildren without risking the loss also of their political and spiritual heritage.”
November 14, 2025 at 5:29 PM
“ … the impulse to live only for today, plundering, for our own ease and convenience, the precious resources of tomorrow. We cannot mortgage the material assets of our grandchildren without risking the loss also of their political and spiritual heritage.”
Patrick Maguire, author of 'Get In', the book on Starmer’s rise, notes that when questions arise about a sequel: "The title most often suggested by Labour sources is 'Fuck Off.’"
Well quite!
Well quite!
November 13, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Patrick Maguire, author of 'Get In', the book on Starmer’s rise, notes that when questions arise about a sequel: "The title most often suggested by Labour sources is 'Fuck Off.’"
Well quite!
Well quite!
Turned out Nice again, hasn't it?
November 9, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Turned out Nice again, hasn't it?
Impressive, whatever / wherever
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November 7, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Impressive, whatever / wherever
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Provence, France
In the hinterlands, North and West of Nice.
In the hinterlands, North and West of Nice.
November 6, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Provence, France
In the hinterlands, North and West of Nice.
In the hinterlands, North and West of Nice.
Where?
Predates it's more illustrious bigger cousin.
Predates it's more illustrious bigger cousin.
November 5, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Where?
Predates it's more illustrious bigger cousin.
Predates it's more illustrious bigger cousin.
Not too shitty, really rather pretty, city!
Which one, though?
It would be nice to know.
Which one, though?
It would be nice to know.
November 5, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Not too shitty, really rather pretty, city!
Which one, though?
It would be nice to know.
Which one, though?
It would be nice to know.
What time should I have these teas together?
I was thinking 7 minutes after 5pm...
Time for a re-union?
#thinkaboutit
I was thinking 7 minutes after 5pm...
Time for a re-union?
#thinkaboutit
November 4, 2025 at 1:08 PM
What time should I have these teas together?
I was thinking 7 minutes after 5pm...
Time for a re-union?
#thinkaboutit
I was thinking 7 minutes after 5pm...
Time for a re-union?
#thinkaboutit
Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone
What a buffoon!
First Admiral of sailing backwards at speed, all cloaked in white!
Italian Naval strategy at its finest!
Very much in the proud Austro-Hungarian tradition!
What a buffoon!
First Admiral of sailing backwards at speed, all cloaked in white!
Italian Naval strategy at its finest!
Very much in the proud Austro-Hungarian tradition!
November 3, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone
What a buffoon!
First Admiral of sailing backwards at speed, all cloaked in white!
Italian Naval strategy at its finest!
Very much in the proud Austro-Hungarian tradition!
What a buffoon!
First Admiral of sailing backwards at speed, all cloaked in white!
Italian Naval strategy at its finest!
Very much in the proud Austro-Hungarian tradition!
This is what happens when you let cows loose on beetroot groves....
November 2, 2025 at 2:53 PM
This is what happens when you let cows loose on beetroot groves....
Recognise these, anyone?
November 2, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Recognise these, anyone?
This nasty little blighter has crushed hazelnut futures. It's driving everyone Nutella!
So the increasingly nutjobesque Italian confectioner is slowly “becoming the new Godot of Turkey hazelnut kings”.
Which Godot though? I'm waiting to ask someone that very question...
So the increasingly nutjobesque Italian confectioner is slowly “becoming the new Godot of Turkey hazelnut kings”.
Which Godot though? I'm waiting to ask someone that very question...
October 31, 2025 at 7:14 AM
This nasty little blighter has crushed hazelnut futures. It's driving everyone Nutella!
So the increasingly nutjobesque Italian confectioner is slowly “becoming the new Godot of Turkey hazelnut kings”.
Which Godot though? I'm waiting to ask someone that very question...
So the increasingly nutjobesque Italian confectioner is slowly “becoming the new Godot of Turkey hazelnut kings”.
Which Godot though? I'm waiting to ask someone that very question...
Autumnal Italian food! Nothinh better!
October 30, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Autumnal Italian food! Nothinh better!
'Tis a curious emblem, from 1899.
October 29, 2025 at 10:29 AM
'Tis a curious emblem, from 1899.
"There has been a perfect storm of conditions leading to the colossal strength of Hurricane Melissa," Dr Leanne Archer, research associate in climate extremes at the University of Bristol, said.
Poor choice of metaphor!
Poor choice of metaphor!
October 28, 2025 at 11:06 PM
"There has been a perfect storm of conditions leading to the colossal strength of Hurricane Melissa," Dr Leanne Archer, research associate in climate extremes at the University of Bristol, said.
Poor choice of metaphor!
Poor choice of metaphor!
Enlightening view?
October 27, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Enlightening view?