Marcus K

Oh, you very bad man! 😭😂

New: Boris Johnson’s ‘Brexit Titanic success’ was half right Nearly ten years on, the first full assessment of Brexit confirms what millions warned: Britain made itself poorer

New, hard data from nearly ten years of evidence: Brexit has cut UK GDP by 6–8%. The experts who were dismissed as “Project Fear”? They were too optimistic.

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YouTube video by Cottereau The History of Europe: Every Year

While agreeing in the round,
I've found this (below) both reassuring and highlighting of the need for constant vigilance. There is no perfect end state. See if you can see where the 'thousand year reich' occurs (also, that Roman Empire lasted quite a while).

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🟦 CLEAN FEED | A nice gesture from @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social as former Sub Postmistress Betty Brown (92) is awarded redress following the Horizon Scandal after a 26 year campaign.

And an acknowledgement of the key role of @privateeyenews.bsky.social, @computerweekly.bsky.social and the ITV drama.

Listening to BBC’s A Question Of Science and it’s SO NICE to hear knowledgable people explaining things. None of this ‘both sides’ nonsense, no need to include your terminally facebooked aunt asking a question about chem trails, just people who actually get shit done because they’re clever. Bliss.

Great show - just rewatched all three series. Forgotten just how many great minor characters there were.

YouTube video by Jeremy Limb Casablanca - Marseillaise Scene (extended edition)

That really moving Marseillaise scene in Casablanca is now 400% more moving youtu.be/CbWgOpG1988

One of the best nights I've ever had at the theatre - absolutely superb. Very jealous of anyone seeing it for the first time - enjoy!

Oh, how lucky to be of a generation having TFC for film studies. We watched an off-TV recording of the original cut. Still loved it, but it was like watching something great, but known there must have been something so much more.

I love all the versions, but only the Final Cut makes it as a film with a plot and a theme that work structurally. The rest are flawed diamonds.

🚨The Supreme Court today gives Trump a license to engage in racial profiling, with Justice Kavanaugh writing in concurrence to expressly endorse ICE and Border Patrol targeting any Latinos they observe in Los Angeles speaking Spanish and then demanding their papers.

No idea at all. I was 9 and there were no spoilers anywhere - well, none that I would have known of. I knew of the DA version of the Master through the novelisations etc and can still remember the shock of the reveal as if it happened yesterday! Same with Earthshock x2...

You know, if every religious tome ever published in the world had only those words, (a) a lot less trees would have had to be been chopped down, and (b) the world would be a much better place.

Did you go to the Mirador del Río when you were up north - truly spectacular!

Measuring the Mandela effect: How many Britons share false memories? | YouGov Half of Britons remember Colin Firth’s Mr Darcy emerging wet-shirted from a lake, even though it never happened

Half of Britons remember Colin Firth’s Mr Darcy emerging wet-shirted from a lake, even though it never happened, reports Dylan Difford for YouGov. yougov.co.uk/society/arti...

As long ago as 1976, the Master called the Doctor a "quixotic fool" - one of the many reasons to love Robert Holmes and Terrance Dicks. Both knew that the curious child reader would open up a dictionary to lead to a whole new world of adventures.

Know that feeling very well - hope you have a great birthday! 🎂😎👍

A classic route! Will you be approaching the Blue from the cemetery end? 🪦🪦🍺😁

Excellent plan - what's the proposed route? 🍺🚶‍♀️

This is exactly the experience I've had with ChatGPT - even on very basic questions (researching the Great North Road in my case), it produced absolute bullshit and lied constantly. Genuinely would be better to ask the pub dog for his thoughts on any subject. 🐶

Keir Starmer is my MP. This is the letter I wrote to him today.

Subject: Island of Strangers?

Mr Starmer,

Let me tell you about this ‘stranger’.

Did you put them upside down for pseudo-historicals?

This photograph captures Sir David Attenborough seated outdoors on the rugged terrain of Skomer Island. Behind him, the ocean and coastal cliffs form a scenic backdrop under a clear sky. Sir David, dressed in a khaki jacket and light trousers, looks towards the camera with a gentle expression, exuding a sense of warmth, calm, and wisdom. Around him, puffins can be seen flying and perched on the rocky ground, illuminated in rays of golden sunlight as the sun sets behind the cliffs.

Happy 99th birthday to the man who gave voice to the wild. 🎉

Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace.

You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.

Talk about painting a target!

To this very day, people still ask me about my irrational fear of faceless nuns and rocking chairs.

The day they cancelled Rentaghost

Ah right - thanks!

Is that what became Neptune House?

And what the hell is Winnie the Pooh doing rustling eggs?

Holy good gravy, that boy's got a stare that would stop time. All of it utterly terrifying and now I won't sleep until May.