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Fake Friend: the Ticket Scammer - BBC. One for fans of Schadenfreude. The Rich scamming the Rich - includes private schools, lazy languid youths, croaky-voiced young women, private jets, Glastonbury...etc. I despair 😂

Just started with the Empire series. Excellent. Raised in my mind the whole question of reparations (which previously I admit I've always thought as ridiculous but just the scenes of Bunce Island have made me recant earlier opposition). The Empire's wealth heavily based on sugar reminded me...

Rearrange the following in a random order Aaargh Fu£k Ooph Alternative spellings are allowed Congratulate yourself or whatever

How much discussion about a Bagatellsache 😊. Local Macdonalds tried to charge me euro 2.90 for a paper bag. The world has gone crazy.

Minidisc - bought one in Hong Kong.... Great little player 😃

Killing Them Softly https://share.google/okTeQidftHp3g6Umv

Just be aware that there's the usual academic cat-fight going on about 'errors' in the stories 🙀. Whatever, I found the series instructive & entertaining. There's a guest appearance of Anthony Gormley (Angel of the North guy) & a certain A. Campbell, among others.

Civilisations: Rise and Fall - BBC. New but classic documentary. Rome, Egypt, Aztecs, Samurai. Treasures from the British Museum. A tour de force. Part funded by the Hungarian Film Centre (???). Four hours of history for the contemporary world of today. 10/10 🌍...

... Plus metadata lookup & display

Challenger - Netflix. Magnificent tragedy 🚀

Inflation?

Levitating speaker which follows you around at a respectable distance.

Hitler's DNA - CH4. Yep, just one, it seems 😁1️⃣

Watching the London-Berlin episode... What an absolutely triumphant piece of filmmaking from the BBC! This alone justifies why the mealy-mouthed criticism of its enemies is utterly worthless. Thanks so much for the pointer 😁 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09l64y9/episodes/player

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