Peter Edge
@edge-law.bsky.social
Law Professor, Oxford Brookes University. Specialises in Manx law, small jurisdictions, and the interaction of religion and law. Blogs as @edge_law on wordpress.
The calendar for decision making about university has changed for a lot of students, so I am going to start my annual offer early. If it would help to talk to someone in a UK university as you decide what to do next, I am happy to talk to any Manx student. Drop me a line.
Cool Cat Says 'I'm Ready'
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The Tories have selected a convicted former Neo-Nazi as a councillor. Here's why that reflects very poorly on Jeremy Corbyn.
Fae: “Tell us your true name.” Me: “…Just my name? No birthdate, no SSN, no fingerprint scan, no address, no mother’s maiden name? Are you sure you’ve even got the right Olivia Waite? There’s like six.” Fae: “What the hell kind of bargains have you been making?” Me: “They call it health insurance.”
Today, August 4, 2026, is the setting of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” about a fully automated house continuing on after the family who lived there and the world around it died in a nuclear blast.
Very short notice (deadline 18 August) but we're advertising a 0.5fte lectureship in public history for next year. Covers my 3rd year undergraduate course on public history of Rome (ancient to modern) plus some MA public history teaching.
Lecturer in Public History and Heritage - (9363) | Manchester Metropolitan University Careers
All about Manchester Metropolitan - an exciting, modern university in the heart of one of the UK's great student cities.
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Oh man, I'll never see it the same again.😆
Generally enjoyed The Odyssey, but spoiled by the fact that at no point does Odysseus stare at his sword and mutter “made with the finest Cornish tin.” Completely took me out of it what a waste.
@iomelections.bsky.social Do you have an email I could drop you a line on?
The General Election to the House of Keys takes place on 24 September. 62 candidates have already announced they are running. If you wish to stand, your completed candidate nomination papers need to be submitted by 26 August. Still not sure? This video might help: youtu.be/1D0-zKp3E08
Should I stand for the House of Keys in 2026?
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My act of solidarity of the day. There is no constitutional right to stop soldiers being billeted with you in this country.
I wonder if they asked Guernsey (84 candidates) for advice ... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Clacton by-election ballot list costing four times more
The list of 34 candidates standing in the Clacton by-election is nearly a metre long.
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Maybe they'll do a World Cup for members of the Board of Peace.
Paul Bernal@paulbernal.bsky.social · 7d agoUEFA can exist without FIFA. Can FIFA exist without UEFA? I doubt it.
Film you have watched more than six times with a gif.
Thomas More: Is It A Matter For Congratulation?
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Tim McNulty 🍉🇮🇲🇪🇺@timmcnulty.bsky.social · 7d agoFilm you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.
Best film adaptation of the Odyssey wrong answers only.
Battlestar Galactica Thx
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Tom Coombe@calmtomb.bsky.social · last wk.Best film adaptation of the Odyssey wrong answers only
Statler and Waldorf as the suitors (well, two of them). Imagine them as houseguests for years.
Statler & Waldorf in Muppet Family Christmas
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Philip Coggan@philipcoggan.bsky.social · last wk.Yes! Kermit as Odysseus, Miss Piggy as Penelope, Cookie Monster as the Cyclops...
This week's Jim Haggerty Show carries a CONTENT WARNING for transcendental religious experience.
Plans to build an undersea tunnel linking the Isle of Man to "Cumberland's black coast" have finally been approved.
Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 2w agoAnyone who doesn't immediately buy multiple copies of all my books will soon suffer from intractable itching in embarrassing places.
🎼 I hate every Aegean journey From Ody-a To Ody-c 🎼
James Ball@jamesrball.com · 2w agoMy spoiler-free one Simpsons gif review of The Odyssey:
You can kill a French vampire with a baguette. It's a painstaking process but it works.
number one, i am glad that if anyone on earth is rich enough to turn down some blood money, it's Weird Al, and number two, I'm glad the guy who is rich enough to be loud as fuck about turning down some blood money is Weird Al
‘Weird Al’ Yankovic Turned Down Million-Dollar Offer to Perform in Saudi Arabia: ‘I Don’t Need to Take Any Money if It Makes Me Feel Icky’
'Weird Al' Yankovic revealed he turned down a seven-figure offer to perform at the state-sponsored Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia.
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20 years teaching the Odyssey to college freshmen who didn't do the reading have emotionally prepared me for Twitter this week.
My first professional book cover design gig. Not gotten around to reading the book yet. Wish me luck
If you win a new comedian competition, they usually get you back next year to headline. Once, I got to do it because the acts who came 1st, 2nd and 3rd had become too successful. So I got the gig by default, just because I was there. What I'm saying is, congratulations Prime Minister Andy Burnham.
Look, it's not Canada's fault it takes an entire forest of sage to try to smudge out the U.S.'s evil spirits.
Count Binface has lots of perfectly sensible policies, but I’m horrified by his ignorance of frozen dairy product history. 99 ice creams are so called because they were invented at a shop at 99 Portobello High Street, in 1922. They won’t have cost 99p then - that was the equivalent of £50.04 today.
New fave subtitle, during Calamity Jane. "Crowd roars qualified approval".
Renée Slater
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