Moongolfer
@moongolfer.com
Digital writer & creative producer. 0.5 of the Curiously Specific Book Club podcast. Here for Old Books, Old Films, New Digital Content (immersive, interactive etc) and Football #ncfc.
No Other Choice is a chillingly funny and rather brilliant film. But definitely too long! boxd.it/cEHP9l
A ★★★★ review of No Other Choice (2025)
Yes it’s baggy and overlong, but No Other Choice is extremely entertaining, funny and thought-provoking. A long serving manager in the Korean paper industry gets brutally laid-off and is in danger of...
boxd.it
January 16, 2026 at 11:42 AM
No Other Choice is a chillingly funny and rather brilliant film. But definitely too long! boxd.it/cEHP9l
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And now imagine being governed by this lot.
January 15, 2026 at 6:52 PM
And now imagine being governed by this lot.
Why have I never heard of the Soul Buoy of Null Island before? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Null_Is...
January 15, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Why have I never heard of the Soul Buoy of Null Island before? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Null_Is...
The Bowie film was ok, but didn’t really tell us anything we didn’t already know - except perhaps that hardly any of the women in his life seem to want to come forward and talk about him. Meanwhile a lot of old men gas on and on. boxd.it/cDGE15
A ★★★½ review of Bowie: The Final Act (2025)
I can’t say this added much about Bowie that isn’t already in the public domain. There’s an impressive array of talking heads, almost exclusively men of a certain age. It’s telling, perhaps, that so f...
boxd.it
January 15, 2026 at 10:17 AM
The Bowie film was ok, but didn’t really tell us anything we didn’t already know - except perhaps that hardly any of the women in his life seem to want to come forward and talk about him. Meanwhile a lot of old men gas on and on. boxd.it/cDGE15
This is, of course, in no way a call for violent insurrection. Trump would never do such a thing… www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cj...
'Help is on the way,' Trump says as he urges Iranians to 'keep protesting' - live updates
It comes as an Iranian security official says 2,000 people have been killed so far after a crackdown on anti-government protests.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 13, 2026 at 5:00 PM
This is, of course, in no way a call for violent insurrection. Trump would never do such a thing… www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cj...
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On St Knut’s Day, January 13th, Finns take to the streets dressed as “nuuttipukit” (draped in goat skins and horns) to procure beer and leftovers after Christmas. Photos from 1928 of the folk tradition here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/nuuttipukki/ #onthisday
January 13, 2026 at 12:47 PM
On St Knut’s Day, January 13th, Finns take to the streets dressed as “nuuttipukit” (draped in goat skins and horns) to procure beer and leftovers after Christmas. Photos from 1928 of the folk tradition here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/nuuttipukki/ #onthisday
*sings* 🎶 “Tax dodgers of the wo-o-o-o-rld. Unite and take overrrr!” 🎶 www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Nadhim Zahawi defection shows Reform UK ‘has no shame’, says Labour – UK politics live
Lib Dems add move shows Reform UK becoming a ‘retirement home for disgraced former Conservative ministers’
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 1:31 PM
*sings* 🎶 “Tax dodgers of the wo-o-o-o-rld. Unite and take overrrr!” 🎶 www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
von Däniken has died… OR HAS HE?!? www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
Erich von Däniken, author who spawned alien archaeology theory, dies at 90
The Swiss author whose bestselling books about the extraterrestrial origins of ancient civilizations brought him fame
www.independent.co.uk
January 12, 2026 at 9:16 AM
von Däniken has died… OR HAS HE?!? www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
I don’t begrudge him this move at all. Sarge has been great for the club. Always positive. Always hard working. As usual the worry is whether we can recruit someone decent to replace him and work alongside Makama. #ncfc
USMNT's Josh Sargent could swap Norwich City for MLS' Toronto FC in move before World Cup.
Forward Josh Sargent is nearing a transfer to MLS' Toronto FC after a four-and-a-half-year spell in England with Norwich City...
via CBS Sports #NCFC
Forward Josh Sargent is nearing a transfer to MLS' Toronto FC after a four-and-a-half-year spell in England with Norwich City...
via CBS Sports #NCFC
USMNT's Josh Sargent reportedly in talks to join Toronto FC from Norwich
Sargent, a Missouri native and product of Werder Bremen's academy, would play in MLS for the first time in his career should the deal go through
www.cbssports.com
January 11, 2026 at 10:47 PM
I don’t begrudge him this move at all. Sarge has been great for the club. Always positive. Always hard working. As usual the worry is whether we can recruit someone decent to replace him and work alongside Makama. #ncfc
“Something happened on the day he died” 😥 youtu.be/kszLwBaC4Sw
David Bowie - Blackstar (Official Video) [HD]
YouTube video by David Bowie
youtu.be
January 10, 2026 at 8:52 AM
“Something happened on the day he died” 😥 youtu.be/kszLwBaC4Sw
ARE YOU LISTENING SONOS?!?!
This should honestly be a legal requirement for discontinued products.
Bose is open-sourcing its old smart speakers instead of bricking them
January 8, 2026 at 8:53 PM
ARE YOU LISTENING SONOS?!?!
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This show has had up to 15 million viewers #TheTraitors
January 3, 2026 at 8:12 PM
This show has had up to 15 million viewers #TheTraitors
I guess Trump’s given up on the Nobel Peace Prize then… www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
US has captured Venezuela’s President Maduro and wife, says Trump
US president lauds ‘brilliant operation’ on social media as attorney general says couple will face criminal charges
www.theguardian.com
January 3, 2026 at 1:55 PM
I guess Trump’s given up on the Nobel Peace Prize then… www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
No cheating, reskeet with the most recent photo of your pet.
January 1, 2026 at 11:04 PM
No cheating, reskeet with the most recent photo of your pet.
Hmm. I’m a shy and solitary middle aged BFI film buff who works for Camden council… 🤨
December 30, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Hmm. I’m a shy and solitary middle aged BFI film buff who works for Camden council… 🤨
December 26, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I was about to enter a conversation on here about Avatar and James Cameron and then realised I don’t really know what I’m taking about. I’m just not getting social media any more. Merry Xmas.
December 24, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I was about to enter a conversation on here about Avatar and James Cameron and then realised I don’t really know what I’m taking about. I’m just not getting social media any more. Merry Xmas.
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Adam Scovell’s marvellous mission to investigate how the locations of A Ghost Story for Christmas look now.
Ghost Stories for Christmas: how TV’s most haunting locations look today
Ahead of the latest in the BBC’s Ghost Stories for Christmas strand airing on Christmas Eve, we revisit the atmospheric locations for the original series to see how time has changed them.
www.bfi.org.uk
December 23, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Adam Scovell’s marvellous mission to investigate how the locations of A Ghost Story for Christmas look now.