josh (with parentheses)
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i can't stop making video essays about A Goofy Movie
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The best video essays of 2025
Now in its ninth year, our annual poll showcases 255 vital video essays, nominated by 72 international voters.
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Delighted to say that the BFI's Best Video Essays of 2025 poll released yesterday, and I was delighted both to participate as a nominator and to be mentioned myself! A brief thread: 1/
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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
This and next weekends @darkfry.bsky.social and I are hosting the final two streams to help me raise enough funds to move to safety and marry my amazing @deviousbec.bsky.social
New quiz shows, a bunch of guests and the entire Wolfenstein trilogy included. Come say hi!
This and next weekends @darkfry.bsky.social and I are hosting the final two streams to help me raise enough funds to move to safety and marry my amazing @deviousbec.bsky.social
New quiz shows, a bunch of guests and the entire Wolfenstein trilogy included. Come say hi!
January 15, 2026 at 12:44 PM
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
This and next weekends @darkfry.bsky.social and I are hosting the final two streams to help me raise enough funds to move to safety and marry my amazing @deviousbec.bsky.social
New quiz shows, a bunch of guests and the entire Wolfenstein trilogy included. Come say hi!
This and next weekends @darkfry.bsky.social and I are hosting the final two streams to help me raise enough funds to move to safety and marry my amazing @deviousbec.bsky.social
New quiz shows, a bunch of guests and the entire Wolfenstein trilogy included. Come say hi!
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Majority of making video essays just feels like that one scene in Lord of the Rings where Gandalf goes off to do research for 30 years.
January 15, 2026 at 1:44 AM
Majority of making video essays just feels like that one scene in Lord of the Rings where Gandalf goes off to do research for 30 years.
It may be shocking to learn, but books predate 2022
![You’ve got super fans pausing and zooming in on individuals frames of your documentary. One allegedly shows one of the Duffers with a ChatGPT tab open on their computer. In your presence, what did they use ChatGPT for?
I mean, are we even sure they had ChatGPT open?
I’m personally not, but the internet seems sure.
Well, there’s a lot of chatter where [social media users] are like, “We don’t really know, but we’re assuming.” But to me it’s like, doesn’t everybody have it open, to just do quick research?
I do.
How can you possibly write a storyline with 19 characters and use ChatGPT, I don’t even understand.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7t2urmt3i33jl6tjgiolio6g/bafkreidw2tmcr2ayq74oqmjm5pn2tdox6hlxnpqevhuqqj6oa7nsslx3oi@jpeg)
January 14, 2026 at 8:08 PM
It may be shocking to learn, but books predate 2022
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RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open 'just to do quick research'
January 13, 2026 at 8:45 PM
RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open 'just to do quick research'
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Everybody thinks 'https://' stands for 'hypertext transfer protocol secure' but it actually stands for 'head to this place, sucka' followed by a colon and two laser sounds
January 13, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Everybody thinks 'https://' stands for 'hypertext transfer protocol secure' but it actually stands for 'head to this place, sucka' followed by a colon and two laser sounds
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People don't want to accept that the primary reason that we have Trump today is that the previous administration completely failed. It should have never gotten to the point where it was in the so-called hands of the voters. It was already too late by then.
SEOUL, Jan 13 (Reuters) - South Korea's special prosecutor on Tuesday requested the death penalty for former president Yoon Suk Yeol on charges of insurrection over his brief imposition of martial law in December 2024.
January 13, 2026 at 6:58 PM
People don't want to accept that the primary reason that we have Trump today is that the previous administration completely failed. It should have never gotten to the point where it was in the so-called hands of the voters. It was already too late by then.
I don't know why I keep expecting there to be a bottom but ICE coming for Hmong folks feels like a unique bleakness that I am somehow still surprised by.
A St. Paul resident says federal officers knocked on her door and asked her to identify Hmong and Asian households in her North End neighborhood last week.
ICE in St. Paul: Man roughly detained at gas station, Border Patrol chief jeered in Midway Target
Videos and photos show a prevalence of federal agents in St. Paul recently.
trib.al
January 13, 2026 at 10:59 PM
I don't know why I keep expecting there to be a bottom but ICE coming for Hmong folks feels like a unique bleakness that I am somehow still surprised by.
The biggest proof that there is such a thing as social media bubbles is the fact that apparently there are still people out there buying memecoins
January 13, 2026 at 3:42 AM
The biggest proof that there is such a thing as social media bubbles is the fact that apparently there are still people out there buying memecoins
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This poll shows that 74% of Democrats support abolishing ICE, with 53% *strongly* supporting getting rid of the agency.
Any elected Democrat who wants ICE to exist is outside the mainstream of their party and the people they purport to represent.
Any elected Democrat who wants ICE to exist is outside the mainstream of their party and the people they purport to represent.
YouGov poll - In the future, would you support or oppose...
Eliminating ICE as a federal agency?
Support 42%
Oppose 45%
Reducing ICE’s size and funding
Support 48%
Oppose 37%
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Eliminating ICE as a federal agency?
Support 42%
Oppose 45%
Reducing ICE’s size and funding
Support 48%
Oppose 37%
d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/IC...
January 13, 2026 at 1:59 AM
This poll shows that 74% of Democrats support abolishing ICE, with 53% *strongly* supporting getting rid of the agency.
Any elected Democrat who wants ICE to exist is outside the mainstream of their party and the people they purport to represent.
Any elected Democrat who wants ICE to exist is outside the mainstream of their party and the people they purport to represent.
The best thing about following podcasters on bsky is that your brain lets you hear every post shouted at you in their own voice
FINALLY, a leader willing to end the war on protein
I thought this was a joke but it’s an actual post from the White House: “we are ending the war on protein”
How about ending the war on the health of this country?
How about ending the war on the health of this country?
January 12, 2026 at 3:08 PM
The best thing about following podcasters on bsky is that your brain lets you hear every post shouted at you in their own voice
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John Cage, submitting the sheet music for "4'33"" to his publisher: What do you think?
Publisher: No notes.
Publisher: No notes.
January 11, 2026 at 8:54 PM
John Cage, submitting the sheet music for "4'33"" to his publisher: What do you think?
Publisher: No notes.
Publisher: No notes.
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The Virgin Democratic Party Establishment Candidate: "ICE isn't coordinating with local police. This is no way to bring down prices!"
The Chad Episcopalian Bishop: "I have instructed my priests to prepare for martyrdom."
The Chad Episcopalian Bishop: "I have instructed my priests to prepare for martyrdom."
At last night’s candlelight vigil for Renee Nicole Good, Bishop Rob Hirschfeld of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire announced he had asked the clergy of the diocese to get their affairs in order and to make sure they have their wills written ...,
January 11, 2026 at 3:52 AM
The Virgin Democratic Party Establishment Candidate: "ICE isn't coordinating with local police. This is no way to bring down prices!"
The Chad Episcopalian Bishop: "I have instructed my priests to prepare for martyrdom."
The Chad Episcopalian Bishop: "I have instructed my priests to prepare for martyrdom."
Centrists are simply right-wingers who are embarrassed to identify as such.
The reactionary centrist logic is simple: if the left does something bad it’s the left’s fault, and if the right does something bad, it’s also the left’s fault for making them do it. It’s a simple formula and once you see it every one of their arguments is the same
January 11, 2026 at 12:09 AM
Centrists are simply right-wingers who are embarrassed to identify as such.
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The reactionary centrist logic is simple: if the left does something bad it’s the left’s fault, and if the right does something bad, it’s also the left’s fault for making them do it. It’s a simple formula and once you see it every one of their arguments is the same
January 10, 2026 at 11:24 PM
The reactionary centrist logic is simple: if the left does something bad it’s the left’s fault, and if the right does something bad, it’s also the left’s fault for making them do it. It’s a simple formula and once you see it every one of their arguments is the same
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🚨 THE VIDEO JAM IS BACK! 🚨
📅 January 16–18, 2026
To celebrate five years of The Essay Library, we'll be coming together once again to create video essays in 48 hours.
Learn more + join: theessaylibrary.com#jam
📅 January 16–18, 2026
To celebrate five years of The Essay Library, we'll be coming together once again to create video essays in 48 hours.
Learn more + join: theessaylibrary.com#jam
January 10, 2026 at 7:50 PM
🚨 THE VIDEO JAM IS BACK! 🚨
📅 January 16–18, 2026
To celebrate five years of The Essay Library, we'll be coming together once again to create video essays in 48 hours.
Learn more + join: theessaylibrary.com#jam
📅 January 16–18, 2026
To celebrate five years of The Essay Library, we'll be coming together once again to create video essays in 48 hours.
Learn more + join: theessaylibrary.com#jam
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Today, the US President claimed to The NYT that the only limits that exist on his power, in domestic or international matters, are “his own morality.”
Where are the elected Democrats?
Articles of Impeachment. EVERY. DAY.
Rallies. EVERY. DAY.
Mourning. EVERY. DAY.
Fucking SAY SOMETHING.
Where are the elected Democrats?
Articles of Impeachment. EVERY. DAY.
Rallies. EVERY. DAY.
Mourning. EVERY. DAY.
Fucking SAY SOMETHING.
January 9, 2026 at 2:33 AM
Today, the US President claimed to The NYT that the only limits that exist on his power, in domestic or international matters, are “his own morality.”
Where are the elected Democrats?
Articles of Impeachment. EVERY. DAY.
Rallies. EVERY. DAY.
Mourning. EVERY. DAY.
Fucking SAY SOMETHING.
Where are the elected Democrats?
Articles of Impeachment. EVERY. DAY.
Rallies. EVERY. DAY.
Mourning. EVERY. DAY.
Fucking SAY SOMETHING.
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im sorry i know it sucks but journalists are going to have to be willing to get fired for simply describing what they see happening with their own eyes, you look like fucking morons
"Was the officer struck by the vehicle, as President Trump insists, or did the car pass by or around him?"
If we only had some trusted institution that could adjudicate between competing claims by relying on facts.
If we only had some trusted institution that could adjudicate between competing claims by relying on facts.
January 8, 2026 at 2:53 AM
im sorry i know it sucks but journalists are going to have to be willing to get fired for simply describing what they see happening with their own eyes, you look like fucking morons
“Federal officials said” is not journalism. Report the facts, not the statements. If the statements do not align with the facts, the reporting can only be “federal officials lied.”
January 8, 2026 at 12:33 AM
“Federal officials said” is not journalism. Report the facts, not the statements. If the statements do not align with the facts, the reporting can only be “federal officials lied.”
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I WANT LEADERS AS ANGRY AS WE ARE
January 7, 2026 at 7:16 PM
I WANT LEADERS AS ANGRY AS WE ARE
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07 Jan 2026
January 7, 2026 at 8:16 PM
07 Jan 2026
This is core mechanic of journalism in the age of epistemic collapse, imo. Statements are reported, because “Trump says” is indisputable. (He did say it!) Facts cannot be reported, because there is space for interpretation and disagreement. The NYT will never call a lie a lie. “ICE says” is safer.
the nyt says that no version of events in minneapolis can be "verified independently." but that's not true! there are multiple videos proving that the ICE version of events is a total lie. maybe the nyt can, y'know, watch one of them? www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
January 7, 2026 at 7:27 PM
This is core mechanic of journalism in the age of epistemic collapse, imo. Statements are reported, because “Trump says” is indisputable. (He did say it!) Facts cannot be reported, because there is space for interpretation and disagreement. The NYT will never call a lie a lie. “ICE says” is safer.
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Be annoying! Slow everything down! Make big public pronouncements! Don’t just roll over!
I know people believe that the Democrats are in the minority and can't do anything. I would encourage you to read about how, in fact, minority parties can be disruptive. If they want to be. You don't even have to read. You can just see how the Republicans acted during the Obama years.
January 7, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Be annoying! Slow everything down! Make big public pronouncements! Don’t just roll over!