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I don't think anything can prepare you for the scale of the bat tunnel. Like a structure off the cover of an issue of Weird Fantasy.

My friend @mjrobbins.com is becoming an annoyingly brilliant & creative YouTuber. His latest short film covers the gamut inc. bats, infrastructure, woodwork, forest-based body horror etc. Many jokes, including one so subtle and so brilliant that a friend had to point it out to me (a compliment).

unusually high joke density for a video about infrastructure and bureaucracy

Baroque Tom Scott is fast becoming my favourite YouTuber.

Good morning! Behold my latest adventure in film!

You may have heard of the multimillion pound HS2 bat tunnel, but you probably have no idea how insane it actually is. An incredible short film from @mjrobbins.com youtu.be/CUetUfeEZZY?...

Or instead of spending £26k on a bulky electric SUV you could get a compact petrol-engined 2023 Fiesta for £10k and bank sixteen grand to spend on as much fuel/coke/holidays as you want. Which is what a lot of consumers will sensibly conclude faced with astronomical prices for new cars.

People going ‘who does this’ and I regret to inform you that apparently the government surveyed this and bsky.app/profile/iron...

This is such incredible abject nonsense. If the straight stays closed ordinary people will have to use less oil and gas. Price is the fairest rationing mechanism that incentivises people who can to switch and to reduce consumption.

Pulled the trigger on the solly-P today folks, and feeling pretty happy about it given everything.