Peter Edge

Ah. El Cid rides again.

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TTRPG campaign seed: "Magebros". PCs spend their time trying to square magical reality with the promises their boss (Bard 8, Mage 1) has made to the nervous merchants who have invested vast amounts of capital in his plans; while fending off adventuring parties sent by his rival Magebros.

Spoof headline "Net zero fanatics are weaponising universities to punish hard-working Britons".

You know, I think I've already read this one.

Secret to a long life is whisky and chocolate says 100-year-old A Poole man celebrating his 100th birthday in Oxfordshire has put his long life down to having a "tot of whisky" and enjoying chocolate.

A keen eyed colleague wondered if Walter Allan (just celebrating turning 100) had a Manx connection. www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2588038...

Aide Wearily Begins 5th Explanation Of Why Trump Can’t Pardon Prince Andrew WASHINGTON—Exhausted from repeated efforts to explain the most basic aspect of political power, an aide to President Trump nevertheless began wearily explaining for the fifth time Friday why he couldn...

Aide Wearily Begins 5th Explanation Of Why Trump Can’t Pardon Prince Andrew

The last time a British Royal Prince was taken into custody:

The future William IV, Jan 1780.

(Pocock, Sailor King)

@greenleejw.bsky.social Thought you might like the repost above!

Cover art, a black amd white depiction of an eel with a cluster of babies as seen from the banks of a small river. The title says "Kissing the Eel, by Emily Banting"

I found something wonderful today. The internet still has beautiful moments of joyful surprise. #Hookland

I did not have "UK Newspaper calls for Bill of Attainder" on my 2026 bingo card.

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I am now no longer behind on short term tasks; just long term ones.

News to me I'm afraid - but sounds intriguing! Any other Manx peeps have a lead on a Grand Island/Hydro resident who claimed to be the Queen's cousin?

Or if we're prepared to go with unacknowledged royals (OK, manifestly ill-founded pretenders), what about Anthony William Hall (regularly arrested in the 1930s)?

OK, I want to pitch Duke of Monmouth (arrested 1685), on the basis that although an illegitimate child of Charles II, he was given precedent over all dukes not of legitimate royal blood. I also wonder if James II might qualify depending upon when the Scottish forces decided Charles I was arrested.

Interested in the English (not Manx) offence of misconduct in public office for any reason? The CPS guidance is a good starting point:

Maybe a map with a "Surrey Archipelago"?

"Good Health" in all the Gaelic languages:

Sláinte Mhaith! 🇮🇪 Gaeilge/Gàidhlig na h-Eireann/Yernish

Slàinte Mhath!🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Gaeilge na hAlban/Gàidhlig/Albinish

Slaynt Vie! 🇮🇲 Gaeilge Mhanainn/Gàidhlig Eilean Mhanainn/Gaelg

#100DaysOfGaeilge #CelticLanguages #GaelicLanguages #Irish

in 2017 a popular twitter game was to type a partial phrase then see what your phone auto-completes it with.

this proved so popular that it is now the only business model in the US.

And don't get me started on the higher education and programme design problems.

Thanks. I can imagine it being too late once he found them, so his ethical failure was in not negotiating access to the land in a way that ruled sale out - and if the land owner declined to agree on such terms, walking away? The (professional) obligations do feel more on him than the land owner.

I wonder if it is complicated by the (I'm assuming) joint-ownership agreement with the land owner before detecting? Presumably the argument would be it was unethical to make an agreement which did not require the landowner to exclude the right to sell anything found?

I really hope "Edge men" doesn't take off as a descriptor.

@hntdove.bsky.social Finished all The Darkness novels yesterday. Thanks! I delayed because of a review that put it near the bottom of your catalog, but I thought the characters were particularly strong, especially *all* the Nantaali mages, and loved your deftness with the WW2 timeline.

Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick

Anyone got any technical suggestions for video conferencing etc sensitive conversations from an open plan office? I've found the mutalk 2, and the hushme, but wonder if there is anything that people routinely use.

Nigel Kneale in later life.

Nigel Kneale studied Manx law as an articled clerk, I reckon somewhere between AC Luft and Howard Simcocks, although he never qualified as an advocate. Does this explain the horror of the Quatermass series of TV shows and film adaptations?

Apres moi, le de luge?

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You need to be reversing at some point, but reversing in is probably safer: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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My Bluesky feed has no sports, but quite a lot of ancient bowls (thanks), and - my personal fave - #superbowls in flight, landing in snow etc.. I see you.