@herodotuspenguin.bsky.social
The ancient historian reincarnated as a penguin. An apt and erudite apterydite.
Evening sky
November 21, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Evening sky
I found where I can buy the kit I need to become a gladiator.
October 24, 2025 at 9:46 AM
I found where I can buy the kit I need to become a gladiator.
No-one expects the Spanish acquisition!
September 17, 2025 at 7:07 PM
No-one expects the Spanish acquisition!
I use the Skritter app to learn Chinese. With each new item of vocab there’s a simple example sentence. Today’s word was “peach”. I couldn’t make sense of the simple sentence at all. It turns out it was this:
September 13, 2025 at 8:11 AM
I use the Skritter app to learn Chinese. With each new item of vocab there’s a simple example sentence. Today’s word was “peach”. I couldn’t make sense of the simple sentence at all. It turns out it was this:
I just found this little guy cowering in a basement under a shop window in Glasgow. Wondering whether to rescue him.
September 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I just found this little guy cowering in a basement under a shop window in Glasgow. Wondering whether to rescue him.
Heading to Scotland overnight!
September 4, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Heading to Scotland overnight!
Brilliant typo on the BBC News website
September 4, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Brilliant typo on the BBC News website
One of those social media juxtapositions we long for:
July 29, 2025 at 5:37 PM
One of those social media juxtapositions we long for:
London today is monochrome.
July 24, 2025 at 6:55 AM
London today is monochrome.
The heavy thunderstorms have tested my house to the limit… we have water gushing into the utility room through a hole in the wall, as if it were from a tap.
July 21, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The heavy thunderstorms have tested my house to the limit… we have water gushing into the utility room through a hole in the wall, as if it were from a tap.
Spending the weekend in a cottage in Snowdonia. And the owner has thrown in free local transport.
July 18, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Spending the weekend in a cottage in Snowdonia. And the owner has thrown in free local transport.
I was going to wash the dishes but Tesla’s blocking the way.
July 7, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I was going to wash the dishes but Tesla’s blocking the way.
Turns out this bar in Southwark is where all the cool chicks hang out.
July 2, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Turns out this bar in Southwark is where all the cool chicks hang out.
I decided to leave our lawn unmown this year and I love the way it looks as well
June 28, 2025 at 12:22 PM
I decided to leave our lawn unmown this year and I love the way it looks as well
No way around it: summer evenings in the city can be cool.
June 26, 2025 at 8:49 PM
No way around it: summer evenings in the city can be cool.
It’s the sequel to The Great Escape
June 25, 2025 at 9:28 AM
It’s the sequel to The Great Escape
But decor featuring Roman emperors as football stickers, among the great Italian players? That I can get behind.
June 16, 2025 at 1:31 PM
But decor featuring Roman emperors as football stickers, among the great Italian players? That I can get behind.
A somewhat disturbing hotel room…
June 16, 2025 at 1:24 PM
A somewhat disturbing hotel room…
This is weird at Heathrow T5 this morning. Most flights go to specific cities, but BA602 just goes to “Turkey”. Is “Istanbul” too hard to spell? Do they just pick a random city in Turkey at departure time?
June 16, 2025 at 6:25 AM
This is weird at Heathrow T5 this morning. Most flights go to specific cities, but BA602 just goes to “Turkey”. Is “Istanbul” too hard to spell? Do they just pick a random city in Turkey at departure time?
“Hi, can I have the Turndown Service please?”
“No, sorry, I’m afraid you can’t”
“That was great, I enjoyed it! Thank you so much”
“No, sorry, I’m afraid you can’t”
“That was great, I enjoyed it! Thank you so much”
June 15, 2025 at 9:42 PM
“Hi, can I have the Turndown Service please?”
“No, sorry, I’m afraid you can’t”
“That was great, I enjoyed it! Thank you so much”
“No, sorry, I’m afraid you can’t”
“That was great, I enjoyed it! Thank you so much”
Was offered this at hotel buffet breakfast.. Insert your own joke.
June 14, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Was offered this at hotel buffet breakfast.. Insert your own joke.
Following my previous post on weird things people take through airport security, here’s the guy in front of me in today’s queue - he had two bags of ready meals…
Sadly we ended up in different lanes so I don’t know if he got them through.
Sadly we ended up in different lanes so I don’t know if he got them through.
June 8, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Following my previous post on weird things people take through airport security, here’s the guy in front of me in today’s queue - he had two bags of ready meals…
Sadly we ended up in different lanes so I don’t know if he got them through.
Sadly we ended up in different lanes so I don’t know if he got them through.
The cool thing about visiting the USA is you see those cybertrucks around the place.
June 5, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The cool thing about visiting the USA is you see those cybertrucks around the place.