Nicholas Caesar (video essaying air breather)
@nichecaesar.bsky.social
A (pathologically kind) maker of dated references that moonlights as a video essayist/podcaster when he isn't editing other peoples videos/podcasts.
Niche Caesar on YT: https://www.youtube.com/@NicheCaesar
Podcasts: pod.link/themediaobscura
Niche Caesar on YT: https://www.youtube.com/@NicheCaesar
Podcasts: pod.link/themediaobscura
If anyone wants a more succinct picture of how my 2026 is going:
Its 1 AM and I just got unreasonably excited about an ad I got to see a screening of The Princess Bride with a live orchestra, before remembering that my VPN is on and my browser/ad thinks I’m in Canada 🙃
Its 1 AM and I just got unreasonably excited about an ad I got to see a screening of The Princess Bride with a live orchestra, before remembering that my VPN is on and my browser/ad thinks I’m in Canada 🙃
January 3, 2026 at 6:12 AM
If anyone wants a more succinct picture of how my 2026 is going:
Its 1 AM and I just got unreasonably excited about an ad I got to see a screening of The Princess Bride with a live orchestra, before remembering that my VPN is on and my browser/ad thinks I’m in Canada 🙃
Its 1 AM and I just got unreasonably excited about an ad I got to see a screening of The Princess Bride with a live orchestra, before remembering that my VPN is on and my browser/ad thinks I’m in Canada 🙃
I’ve entered a new circle of hell. Not only does my $1000 Hisense TV from 2023 only recognize my soundbar 50% of the time, it now doesn’t remember inputs and opens to their ad infested OS, and also resets the motion smoothing settings any time you turn the unit off.
God I hate the state of tech.
God I hate the state of tech.
December 31, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I’ve entered a new circle of hell. Not only does my $1000 Hisense TV from 2023 only recognize my soundbar 50% of the time, it now doesn’t remember inputs and opens to their ad infested OS, and also resets the motion smoothing settings any time you turn the unit off.
God I hate the state of tech.
God I hate the state of tech.
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Normally, I would keep this private. But I make an exception.
2025 was the worst year of my personal and public lives.
2025 was the worst year of my personal and public lives.
December 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Normally, I would keep this private. But I make an exception.
2025 was the worst year of my personal and public lives.
2025 was the worst year of my personal and public lives.
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Finale time! I hope we finally meet a Pluribus!
December 24, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Finale time! I hope we finally meet a Pluribus!
Man, Adobe truly is one of the most one step forward, two steps back companies ever.
I got forced to update Premiere to fix FilmImpact since the effects *Adobe gave us* get watermarked when exported through Media Encoder. But now, my timeline randomly flashes and a $100+ plugin doesn't work. 🙃
I got forced to update Premiere to fix FilmImpact since the effects *Adobe gave us* get watermarked when exported through Media Encoder. But now, my timeline randomly flashes and a $100+ plugin doesn't work. 🙃
December 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Man, Adobe truly is one of the most one step forward, two steps back companies ever.
I got forced to update Premiere to fix FilmImpact since the effects *Adobe gave us* get watermarked when exported through Media Encoder. But now, my timeline randomly flashes and a $100+ plugin doesn't work. 🙃
I got forced to update Premiere to fix FilmImpact since the effects *Adobe gave us* get watermarked when exported through Media Encoder. But now, my timeline randomly flashes and a $100+ plugin doesn't work. 🙃
I love when my thousand dollar television forces me to update the OS I never use on it, only to have said update break my soundbar’s compatibility with it the week before I have time off and can actually use my tv more often.
Looooooove it. Totally didn’t buy my first PS5 game in years/UHDs to—
Looooooove it. Totally didn’t buy my first PS5 game in years/UHDs to—
December 21, 2025 at 12:48 AM
I love when my thousand dollar television forces me to update the OS I never use on it, only to have said update break my soundbar’s compatibility with it the week before I have time off and can actually use my tv more often.
Looooooove it. Totally didn’t buy my first PS5 game in years/UHDs to—
Looooooove it. Totally didn’t buy my first PS5 game in years/UHDs to—
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all of my recommended content right now is either muppets christmas carol memes or videos of people making desserts. that’s just where I’m at. mentally. spiritually.
December 15, 2025 at 1:04 PM
all of my recommended content right now is either muppets christmas carol memes or videos of people making desserts. that’s just where I’m at. mentally. spiritually.
I think the only good to come out of the Mets off season woes so far has been the constant reminder that loyalty is something is often manufactured, packaged, and sold to you by management while they privately work to undercut you.
Like, the absolute lack of loyalty from Stearns/Cohen, (plus)
Like, the absolute lack of loyalty from Stearns/Cohen, (plus)
December 15, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I think the only good to come out of the Mets off season woes so far has been the constant reminder that loyalty is something is often manufactured, packaged, and sold to you by management while they privately work to undercut you.
Like, the absolute lack of loyalty from Stearns/Cohen, (plus)
Like, the absolute lack of loyalty from Stearns/Cohen, (plus)
If I may be, as the kids say, a hater for a minute: it’s also because it can’t glance at other people’s writing and go “wow, this is awful… IT SOLD HOW MANY COPIES???” when it’s worried that it can’t tell a story.
(True story that happened to me while writing my first book)
(True story that happened to me while writing my first book)
One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
December 10, 2025 at 1:05 PM
If I may be, as the kids say, a hater for a minute: it’s also because it can’t glance at other people’s writing and go “wow, this is awful… IT SOLD HOW MANY COPIES???” when it’s worried that it can’t tell a story.
(True story that happened to me while writing my first book)
(True story that happened to me while writing my first book)
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every time I see an A-list actor in an ad for some slot machine phone game, I think about how Bill Murray's character in Lost in Translation doing advertisements is framed as basically the highest form of humiliation an actor could go through.
December 7, 2025 at 8:33 PM
every time I see an A-list actor in an ad for some slot machine phone game, I think about how Bill Murray's character in Lost in Translation doing advertisements is framed as basically the highest form of humiliation an actor could go through.
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If you do ever say this to me I will use my 10-15 minute allowance of energy for the day to fuck you up in ways your up has never been fucked.
Accusing people with long Covid or other invisible illnesses of having "Munchausen syndrome" & using terms like this to deny someone's real suffering is emotional abuse
December 7, 2025 at 11:20 PM
If you do ever say this to me I will use my 10-15 minute allowance of energy for the day to fuck you up in ways your up has never been fucked.
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trying to make stuff that feels like breathing
December 6, 2025 at 4:03 AM
trying to make stuff that feels like breathing
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Scientists if you’re like “man I wish more people knew about X” then I humbly suggest hiring an artist to make a thing that communicates X and then put it into the world because it’s so fun, extremely “hell yeah” inducing, you gotta try it.
December 3, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Scientists if you’re like “man I wish more people knew about X” then I humbly suggest hiring an artist to make a thing that communicates X and then put it into the world because it’s so fun, extremely “hell yeah” inducing, you gotta try it.
Fun fact, got an AI generated phishing scam that seemed to use my personal website as a jumping off point to tailor make a job that is so perfectly a fit for my skillset that it was almost too good for me to pass up.
I caught the scam because—
I caught the scam because—
December 3, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Fun fact, got an AI generated phishing scam that seemed to use my personal website as a jumping off point to tailor make a job that is so perfectly a fit for my skillset that it was almost too good for me to pass up.
I caught the scam because—
I caught the scam because—
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I was diagnosed with #HIV in 1998, when I was 30.
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
December 1, 2025 at 8:46 AM
I was diagnosed with #HIV in 1998, when I was 30.
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
Making your contact names identifying details/in jokes between you and your friends is all fun and games until you forget who they are.
Who is “Tha Cook,” and why is he in a group chat with me, “Smorgle,” “The Fake Shemp,” and “The White Album is mid guys
Who are you people???
Who is “Tha Cook,” and why is he in a group chat with me, “Smorgle,” “The Fake Shemp,” and “The White Album is mid guys
Who are you people???
November 29, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Making your contact names identifying details/in jokes between you and your friends is all fun and games until you forget who they are.
Who is “Tha Cook,” and why is he in a group chat with me, “Smorgle,” “The Fake Shemp,” and “The White Album is mid guys
Who are you people???
Who is “Tha Cook,” and why is he in a group chat with me, “Smorgle,” “The Fake Shemp,” and “The White Album is mid guys
Who are you people???
Recently shifted all my work stuff to an old Android phone to stop While You Were In Do Not Disturb notifications from messing with my mental health and wow, what a huge difference it’s made.
Kinda makes me want to ditch smart phones in general. But alas, iMessage, Google Maps, and a few other—
Kinda makes me want to ditch smart phones in general. But alas, iMessage, Google Maps, and a few other—
November 29, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Recently shifted all my work stuff to an old Android phone to stop While You Were In Do Not Disturb notifications from messing with my mental health and wow, what a huge difference it’s made.
Kinda makes me want to ditch smart phones in general. But alas, iMessage, Google Maps, and a few other—
Kinda makes me want to ditch smart phones in general. But alas, iMessage, Google Maps, and a few other—
An excellent read from @ninametz.bsky.social!
This week’s newsletter
The state of Hollywood bodies:
Celebrities are human beings. But they are also selling us something. Right now, that's thinness
The state of Hollywood bodies:
Celebrities are human beings. But they are also selling us something. Right now, that's thinness
The state of Hollywood bodies
Celebrities are human beings. But they are also selling us something. Right now, that's thinness.
buttondown.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:49 PM
An excellent read from @ninametz.bsky.social!
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"I watch all videos at 2x speed." And this is why you're incapable of understanding art and will only be able to consume "content" with a hunger that can never be satiated. People spend hours/days/weeks making videos and you can't even bother to actually watch them at normal speed?
November 28, 2025 at 12:09 AM
"I watch all videos at 2x speed." And this is why you're incapable of understanding art and will only be able to consume "content" with a hunger that can never be satiated. People spend hours/days/weeks making videos and you can't even bother to actually watch them at normal speed?
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There is literally a 20 year old West Wing episode about Molly Orchansky and exactly why the poverty line is a problem, and this is why it’s important to take humanities and the arts seriously. It is often oracular, because it’s written by research nerds with an obsession for human behavior.
This is an insightful but deeply upsetting article about why everyone in the US feels poor, and why the current political situation emerges as a direct result.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:34 PM
There is literally a 20 year old West Wing episode about Molly Orchansky and exactly why the poverty line is a problem, and this is why it’s important to take humanities and the arts seriously. It is often oracular, because it’s written by research nerds with an obsession for human behavior.
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“Poor people have a right to art!”
They sure do. So get to it.
They sure do. So get to it.
November 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
“Poor people have a right to art!”
They sure do. So get to it.
They sure do. So get to it.
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the only time i ever gave back to my community (cinephile dorks whose parents claim they can't see it but we suspect are messing with us a little)
November 27, 2025 at 1:19 AM
the only time i ever gave back to my community (cinephile dorks whose parents claim they can't see it but we suspect are messing with us a little)
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you just can't have a meaningful conversation about the potential benefits of "AI" while this stuff is happening. it's like trying to talk about how useful an airplane might be during a hijacking
What the leaked AI executive order tells us about the Big Tech power grab
What the leaked AI executive order tells us about the Big Tech power grab
Should states write their own AI laws, or should David Sacks?
buff.ly
November 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
you just can't have a meaningful conversation about the potential benefits of "AI" while this stuff is happening. it's like trying to talk about how useful an airplane might be during a hijacking
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Give us one reporter with this energy please.
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Give us one reporter with this energy please.