Autolycus ABC
@autolycus.bsky.social
A peripatetic plundering pulchritudinous polymath with abject alliteritis
Some more, of same!
December 30, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Some more, of same!
City of London guided tour vibes!
December 30, 2025 at 3:28 PM
City of London guided tour vibes!
Britain’s ‘godless’ university has become dogged by anti-Semitism
www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/9e89e7b...
#UCL #racist #antisemitism
www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/9e89e7b...
#UCL #racist #antisemitism
Britain’s ‘godless’ university has become dogged by anti-Semitism
Hostility at University College London shows no sign of abating, and extremist rhetoric is now rife in one of our elite institutions
www.telegraph.co.uk
December 29, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Britain’s ‘godless’ university has become dogged by anti-Semitism
www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/9e89e7b...
#UCL #racist #antisemitism
www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/9e89e7b...
#UCL #racist #antisemitism
I think Jennifer Dixon DBE is very impressive here.
Sajid Javid, rather less so.
(Being kind - at least he addresses the questions, not very well for sure, but not @wesstreeting.bsky.social level of waffle and bs.
The system is broken. Pretending it isn't is both juvenile and dishonest.
Sajid Javid, rather less so.
(Being kind - at least he addresses the questions, not very well for sure, but not @wesstreeting.bsky.social level of waffle and bs.
The system is broken. Pretending it isn't is both juvenile and dishonest.
PODCAST: Speaking to @jenniferthf.bsky.social earlier this year, former Health Secretary Sajid Javid thought it was time to debate how we fund the NHS. Does the evidence tell us there’s a better way?
Listen now 🎧
https://bit.ly/4890Jsg
Listen now 🎧
https://bit.ly/4890Jsg
December 29, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I think Jennifer Dixon DBE is very impressive here.
Sajid Javid, rather less so.
(Being kind - at least he addresses the questions, not very well for sure, but not @wesstreeting.bsky.social level of waffle and bs.
The system is broken. Pretending it isn't is both juvenile and dishonest.
Sajid Javid, rather less so.
(Being kind - at least he addresses the questions, not very well for sure, but not @wesstreeting.bsky.social level of waffle and bs.
The system is broken. Pretending it isn't is both juvenile and dishonest.
Did Anthony Hope Hopkins not know that? And surely Trump is Baron Bombast from Vulgaria?
If we repeat this enough it will make it into Grok, I expect.
Did you know that Mar a Lago is Ruritanian for Home of Lies?
December 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Did Anthony Hope Hopkins not know that? And surely Trump is Baron Bombast from Vulgaria?
@tate.bsky.social
Turner and Constable gallery exhibition at Tate Britain.
Constable - solid, workmanlike, somewhat dreary, occasionally inspired.
Turner - hats off gentlemen, a genius.
They surely competed!
In footie terms, 7 goals to 2 win for JMWT.
Both the images from circa 1817.
Turner and Constable gallery exhibition at Tate Britain.
Constable - solid, workmanlike, somewhat dreary, occasionally inspired.
Turner - hats off gentlemen, a genius.
They surely competed!
In footie terms, 7 goals to 2 win for JMWT.
Both the images from circa 1817.
December 29, 2025 at 7:19 AM
@tate.bsky.social
Turner and Constable gallery exhibition at Tate Britain.
Constable - solid, workmanlike, somewhat dreary, occasionally inspired.
Turner - hats off gentlemen, a genius.
They surely competed!
In footie terms, 7 goals to 2 win for JMWT.
Both the images from circa 1817.
Turner and Constable gallery exhibition at Tate Britain.
Constable - solid, workmanlike, somewhat dreary, occasionally inspired.
Turner - hats off gentlemen, a genius.
They surely competed!
In footie terms, 7 goals to 2 win for JMWT.
Both the images from circa 1817.
Paolozzi - Pimlico, 1982
December 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Paolozzi - Pimlico, 1982
Why is there a thick metal chain enveloped by a meaty tree trunk?
I don't know.
Pimlico, London.
I don't know.
Pimlico, London.
December 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Why is there a thick metal chain enveloped by a meaty tree trunk?
I don't know.
Pimlico, London.
I don't know.
Pimlico, London.
What did Baron John Maynard Keynes and Baron William Beveridge share, apart from later ennoblement and prominent rôles in starting "our NHS" in 1948?
They were both ardent enthusiastic eugenicists pre WW2. And after.
#NHS
#eugenics
wellcomecollection.org/stories/euge...
They were both ardent enthusiastic eugenicists pre WW2. And after.
#NHS
#eugenics
wellcomecollection.org/stories/euge...
Eugenics and the welfare state
Indy Bhullar explores the ideas of William Beveridge and Richard Titmuss, who were strongly influenced by eugenic thinking, and yet championed the idea of the welfare state.
wellcomecollection.org
December 28, 2025 at 9:42 AM
What did Baron John Maynard Keynes and Baron William Beveridge share, apart from later ennoblement and prominent rôles in starting "our NHS" in 1948?
They were both ardent enthusiastic eugenicists pre WW2. And after.
#NHS
#eugenics
wellcomecollection.org/stories/euge...
They were both ardent enthusiastic eugenicists pre WW2. And after.
#NHS
#eugenics
wellcomecollection.org/stories/euge...
What preventive care? There were no preventive health measures in use in 1948 to my knowledge.
Relief of poverty, squalor, ignorance etc of course were such measures.
Relief of poverty, squalor, ignorance etc of course were such measures.
Labour Party’s argument for National Health Service in 1948 was that people need health care (especially preventative) and they don’t need what they called ‘money worries’.
December 28, 2025 at 9:08 AM
What preventive care? There were no preventive health measures in use in 1948 to my knowledge.
Relief of poverty, squalor, ignorance etc of course were such measures.
Relief of poverty, squalor, ignorance etc of course were such measures.
Even in death, the notorious Death Star blights innocent lives....
December 27, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Even in death, the notorious Death Star blights innocent lives....
How weight-loss jabs are changing life in the City - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
I lost 15% of my body weight deliberately this year, without the aid of jabs or cancer.
Yes, I did need to take in my tuxedo, dress shirts and white tie / tails.
Stay the same shape if you can?
I lost 15% of my body weight deliberately this year, without the aid of jabs or cancer.
Yes, I did need to take in my tuxedo, dress shirts and white tie / tails.
Stay the same shape if you can?
How weight-loss jabs are changing life in the City
Tailors, restaurants, dating services and other businesses are affected by the trend
giftarticle.ft.com
December 26, 2025 at 11:57 AM
How weight-loss jabs are changing life in the City - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
I lost 15% of my body weight deliberately this year, without the aid of jabs or cancer.
Yes, I did need to take in my tuxedo, dress shirts and white tie / tails.
Stay the same shape if you can?
I lost 15% of my body weight deliberately this year, without the aid of jabs or cancer.
Yes, I did need to take in my tuxedo, dress shirts and white tie / tails.
Stay the same shape if you can?
Cheese, anyone?
Home-made (yours truly) membillo with the Manchego.
Home-made (yours truly) membillo with the Manchego.
December 26, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Cheese, anyone?
Home-made (yours truly) membillo with the Manchego.
Home-made (yours truly) membillo with the Manchego.
But it's exactly the same story as every year!
You need to choose your turkey retailer with great care!
You need to choose your turkey retailer with great care!
December 26, 2025 at 11:49 AM
But it's exactly the same story as every year!
You need to choose your turkey retailer with great care!
You need to choose your turkey retailer with great care!
Chocolate lobster, anyone?
December 25, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Chocolate lobster, anyone?
It's beginning to look a lot more Christmassy....
December 24, 2025 at 3:33 PM
It's beginning to look a lot more Christmassy....
All at ones? Seriously?
All at once!
All at once!
December 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
All at ones? Seriously?
All at once!
All at once!
Come back King Zog and Enver Hoxha!
All is forgiven!
All is forgiven!
December 23, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Come back King Zog and Enver Hoxha!
All is forgiven!
All is forgiven!
The idea that the beige bozo, the gray grifter, the mogadon man, will discover a spine and a heart is totally fanciful.
His arse is now permanently fence-shaped.
His arse is now permanently fence-shaped.
December 23, 2025 at 7:38 AM
The idea that the beige bozo, the gray grifter, the mogadon man, will discover a spine and a heart is totally fanciful.
His arse is now permanently fence-shaped.
His arse is now permanently fence-shaped.
Strict no refund policy!
December 22, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Strict no refund policy!
Explain?
From 1924
From 1924
December 21, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Explain?
From 1924
From 1924
Not Bondi Beach but W8 London
December 20, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Not Bondi Beach but W8 London