I took the world's shortest flight, and found dystopian food.

30th August 2021

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Hello!

In this week's video, the last from the Orkney Islands, I took the world's shortest commercial flight and it was underwhelming. This feels like anti-clickbait, but at least it's honest. Although there is an unexpected guest appearance in there.

Elsewhere on YouTube this week:

A brilliant documentary from the early 80s: composer Suzanne Ciani creates the electronic soundtrack for a pinball machine, while an amazed narrator explains these new "chips". (Suzanne has her own YouTube channel, too.)
I'm still half-convinced, despite press coverage and interviews, that dystopian food-nightmare startup "Squareat" is a parody of the worst of startup culture. If it does turn out to be a hoax, it'll be a relief.
The news report said there were no injuries, so you can watch this video of a train smashing into a wind turbine blade without feeling too guilty. (note: strong language throughout, context in video description)
And on a lighter note, I just rediscovered these 16 seconds of joy from 2014: "so, Hawaii Five-O, you ever seen that show? Well there's a drum fill in it that goes..."

And from the rest of the web:

Bad news: San Francisco's Millennium Tower, filled with luxury condos, started to tilt and sink a few years ago. Good news: they're fixing it! Bad news: a part of the fix went "seriously wrong".
Your occasional heist update: how four college students tried to steal rare books worth millions from a school library — and what got them caught.

Oh, and one final thing! If all goes well, the second channel should launch on Wednesday, with the first video proper going live on Saturday. If you haven't subscribed yet, now would be a good time...

All the best,

— Tom

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