Gareth Edwards
@g-eds.bsky.social
Made to pick berries from shrubs and to fear the moon.
"If you choose not to laugh at farts, your life will contain less laughter but still the same amount of farts."
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"If you choose not to laugh at farts, your life will contain less laughter but still the same amount of farts."
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Bang in the middle there, the magnificent Thom Building - only an earthquake will take it down (or the car engines they tested in the basement) as they'd never get planning permission to build again that high!
Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of @ox.ac.uk - or at least a good proportion of its colleges and facilities
What in the picture can you put a name on?
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What in the picture can you put a name on?
If you like this image, please repost it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm
January 28, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Bang in the middle there, the magnificent Thom Building - only an earthquake will take it down (or the car engines they tested in the basement) as they'd never get planning permission to build again that high!
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from just £2 a month we can ensure that 100% of Reform UK MPs have enough guide dogs to step on
After Suella Braverman's defection, 12.5% of Reform UK MPs have been photographed stepping on a guide dog
January 26, 2026 at 2:44 PM
from just £2 a month we can ensure that 100% of Reform UK MPs have enough guide dogs to step on
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Me, doing some relatable William Blake (1757 – 1827) material in Dictionary Corner. Come and see me on tour: www.mickperrin.com/tours/alasdair-beckett-king-king-of-crumbs
January 26, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Me, doing some relatable William Blake (1757 – 1827) material in Dictionary Corner. Come and see me on tour: www.mickperrin.com/tours/alasdair-beckett-king-king-of-crumbs
I saw this in my timeline at least twice before I realised it *wasn't* a @coldwarsteve.bsky.social creation...
I'm old enough to remember when the leader of Canada's official opposition party congratulated Trump for invading a country last week.
January 20, 2026 at 4:15 PM
I saw this in my timeline at least twice before I realised it *wasn't* a @coldwarsteve.bsky.social creation...
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Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of Oxford Brookes University, which I wrote about for @wonkhe.bsky.social back in March 2025
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If you like this image, please repost it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm
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If you like this image, please repost it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm
January 20, 2026 at 8:01 AM
Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of Oxford Brookes University, which I wrote about for @wonkhe.bsky.social back in March 2025
buff.ly/WA9X27c
If you like this image, please repost it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm
buff.ly/WA9X27c
If you like this image, please repost it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm
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The pamphlet is very much the 'Accept All Cookies' of the medicine box world
January 17, 2026 at 11:42 AM
The pamphlet is very much the 'Accept All Cookies' of the medicine box world
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Open night at the art museum but the 3yo wanted to play Batman, so we told him Joker was planning to rob the museum and he needed to investigate clues. He got so into it that he walked around with his lil notebook carefully documenting art he thought Joker might steal. Baby’s first museum sketching!
January 16, 2026 at 5:06 AM
Open night at the art museum but the 3yo wanted to play Batman, so we told him Joker was planning to rob the museum and he needed to investigate clues. He got so into it that he walked around with his lil notebook carefully documenting art he thought Joker might steal. Baby’s first museum sketching!
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What if everyone in the world made a nice certificate for Trump and posted it to the White House?
January 16, 2026 at 7:21 PM
What if everyone in the world made a nice certificate for Trump and posted it to the White House?
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Super Surprise
My son's Lego Superman joined me on my journey to work today.
Sometimes I'll put my hands in my coat pocket & will be rewarded with a random toy that I'll have no idea how it got there. However, Superman was a pleasant surprise so I made him fly on the escalator!
My son's Lego Superman joined me on my journey to work today.
Sometimes I'll put my hands in my coat pocket & will be rewarded with a random toy that I'll have no idea how it got there. However, Superman was a pleasant surprise so I made him fly on the escalator!
January 15, 2026 at 7:45 AM
Super Surprise
My son's Lego Superman joined me on my journey to work today.
Sometimes I'll put my hands in my coat pocket & will be rewarded with a random toy that I'll have no idea how it got there. However, Superman was a pleasant surprise so I made him fly on the escalator!
My son's Lego Superman joined me on my journey to work today.
Sometimes I'll put my hands in my coat pocket & will be rewarded with a random toy that I'll have no idea how it got there. However, Superman was a pleasant surprise so I made him fly on the escalator!
Many, many lives ago I had an interview in this building when it was the History Faculty. I thought it was going well, until half way through one of the panel just got up and walked out...
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Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of the Indian Institute, @ox.ac.uk
I wrote about this for @wonkhe.bsky.social back in 2022: buff.ly/zaKoSP6
The tooth-marks come from Freya the dog
Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of the Indian Institute, @ox.ac.uk
I wrote about this for @wonkhe.bsky.social back in 2022: buff.ly/zaKoSP6
The tooth-marks come from Freya the dog
January 7, 2026 at 9:53 AM
Many, many lives ago I had an interview in this building when it was the History Faculty. I thought it was going well, until half way through one of the panel just got up and walked out...
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“and in other news, President Trump has ordered the bombing of Venezuela”
“Caracas?”
“not according to his doctors”
“Caracas?”
“not according to his doctors”
January 3, 2026 at 8:10 AM
“and in other news, President Trump has ordered the bombing of Venezuela”
“Caracas?”
“not according to his doctors”
“Caracas?”
“not according to his doctors”
Opticians: don't stare at bright lights it's bad for you.
Also Opticians: sit still and keep your eyes open for ten minutes while I shine bright lights at them.
Also Opticians: sit still and keep your eyes open for ten minutes while I shine bright lights at them.
December 31, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Opticians: don't stare at bright lights it's bad for you.
Also Opticians: sit still and keep your eyes open for ten minutes while I shine bright lights at them.
Also Opticians: sit still and keep your eyes open for ten minutes while I shine bright lights at them.
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The Second-Order Streisand Effect is a social phenomenon where if a party makes an effort to censor information, discussion and news about the censorship paradoxically leads to an increased awareness of Barbara Streisand, a musician whom most "Zoomers" would probably have otherwise never heard of
December 29, 2025 at 7:27 PM
The Second-Order Streisand Effect is a social phenomenon where if a party makes an effort to censor information, discussion and news about the censorship paradoxically leads to an increased awareness of Barbara Streisand, a musician whom most "Zoomers" would probably have otherwise never heard of
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There are two types of people. Those who read encyclopaedias for fun, and non-autistic people.
December 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
There are two types of people. Those who read encyclopaedias for fun, and non-autistic people.
Who has four paws and is working hard to ruin Christmas, one scavenged chocolate orange at a time? This idiot. Bonus points for staging the scene to make it look like a stuffed toy did it.
December 24, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Who has four paws and is working hard to ruin Christmas, one scavenged chocolate orange at a time? This idiot. Bonus points for staging the scene to make it look like a stuffed toy did it.
What do I hope to get for Christmas? Nothing, I have everything I need:
December 23, 2025 at 4:28 PM
What do I hope to get for Christmas? Nothing, I have everything I need:
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I'm watching The Wrong Trousers and it's bonkers to watch it now, since a provincial museum in the north of England in an animation from 1993 has better security than the Louvre.
December 22, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I'm watching The Wrong Trousers and it's bonkers to watch it now, since a provincial museum in the north of England in an animation from 1993 has better security than the Louvre.
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Elf Bowling (1999)
December 22, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Elf Bowling (1999)
Yet another casualty of home working... An actual physical consequence of fewer and fewer people driving home for Christmas...
December 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Yet another casualty of home working... An actual physical consequence of fewer and fewer people driving home for Christmas...
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actual footage of the christmas truce 1914
Ever wonder what the single most important moment in all of all history ever was?
Well, wonder no more!
Well, wonder no more!
December 21, 2025 at 9:11 AM
actual footage of the christmas truce 1914
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Can't remember if it's in the film it, but it IS a Christmas novel.
Whole thing is set around Christmas, and Ryan worrying about not making it back home to Britain in time to spend it with his daughter.
There's even a minor subplot about him trying to buy a particular barbie she's asked Santa for.
Whole thing is set around Christmas, and Ryan worrying about not making it back home to Britain in time to spend it with his daughter.
There's even a minor subplot about him trying to buy a particular barbie she's asked Santa for.
Oddly enough, “The Hunt for Red October” always feels weirdly Christmassy to me.
You can bet that I’ll be watching Master & Commander again at some point over Christmas - not because it’s particularly Christmassy (it isn’t) but because it’s perfect and I love it… and one must always choose the lesser of two weevils
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
December 19, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Can't remember if it's in the film it, but it IS a Christmas novel.
Whole thing is set around Christmas, and Ryan worrying about not making it back home to Britain in time to spend it with his daughter.
There's even a minor subplot about him trying to buy a particular barbie she's asked Santa for.
Whole thing is set around Christmas, and Ryan worrying about not making it back home to Britain in time to spend it with his daughter.
There's even a minor subplot about him trying to buy a particular barbie she's asked Santa for.
No one who knows the truth about geese is shocked... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
a cartoon drawing of a man running away from a building
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December 20, 2025 at 5:13 PM
No one who knows the truth about geese is shocked... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...