Pillar of Garbage
@pillarofgarbage.bsky.social
your fifth favourite video essayist
www.YouTube.com/c/PillarOfGarbage
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An upcoming video, “Nothing Ever Happens”, is now available early & ad-free over on Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/148704...
Will update you all when the public release rolls around!
Will update you all when the public release rolls around!
Nothing Ever Happens (Early / Ad-Free Video) | Pillar of Garbage
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January 20, 2026 at 9:37 PM
An upcoming video, “Nothing Ever Happens”, is now available early & ad-free over on Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/148704...
Will update you all when the public release rolls around!
Will update you all when the public release rolls around!
Special PoGcast ep on Stranger Things 5 with @tsdtalks.bsky.social and @hizzyhay.bsky.social out now!
(complete with secret ending 😈)
youtu.be/x-bUcEqJ01Y?...
(complete with secret ending 😈)
youtu.be/x-bUcEqJ01Y?...
The Stranger Things 5 Spectacular (Ft. HizzyHay)
YouTube video by The Pillar of Garbage PoGcast
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January 16, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Special PoGcast ep on Stranger Things 5 with @tsdtalks.bsky.social and @hizzyhay.bsky.social out now!
(complete with secret ending 😈)
youtu.be/x-bUcEqJ01Y?...
(complete with secret ending 😈)
youtu.be/x-bUcEqJ01Y?...
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Special guests include (but are not limited to):
@noahgervais.bsky.social @getgianni.com @livsmithvavo.bsky.social @turbojehtt.net @thecursedjudge.bsky.social @pixeladay.bsky.social @ladyknightthebrave.bsky.social @yakkocmn.bsky.social @pillarofgarbage.bsky.social @legalkimchi.bsky.social
@noahgervais.bsky.social @getgianni.com @livsmithvavo.bsky.social @turbojehtt.net @thecursedjudge.bsky.social @pixeladay.bsky.social @ladyknightthebrave.bsky.social @yakkocmn.bsky.social @pillarofgarbage.bsky.social @legalkimchi.bsky.social
January 15, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Special guests include (but are not limited to):
@noahgervais.bsky.social @getgianni.com @livsmithvavo.bsky.social @turbojehtt.net @thecursedjudge.bsky.social @pixeladay.bsky.social @ladyknightthebrave.bsky.social @yakkocmn.bsky.social @pillarofgarbage.bsky.social @legalkimchi.bsky.social
@noahgervais.bsky.social @getgianni.com @livsmithvavo.bsky.social @turbojehtt.net @thecursedjudge.bsky.social @pixeladay.bsky.social @ladyknightthebrave.bsky.social @yakkocmn.bsky.social @pillarofgarbage.bsky.social @legalkimchi.bsky.social
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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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words from lexi alexander, who had been suspended from this platform for being palestinian
January 3, 2026 at 6:48 PM
words from lexi alexander, who had been suspended from this platform for being palestinian
2025 in Review | Pillar of Garbage
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January 2, 2026 at 6:30 PM
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@pillarofgarbage.bsky.social is always brilliant, but this was a standout for sure this year because of the way it connects so many things to make a point about fascist obsessions with aesthetics and why AI appeals to them so much
youtu.be/ZPdLV8WvFrw?...
youtu.be/ZPdLV8WvFrw?...
Better a Pig Than a Fascist
YouTube video by Pillar of Garbage
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December 31, 2025 at 1:11 AM
@pillarofgarbage.bsky.social is always brilliant, but this was a standout for sure this year because of the way it connects so many things to make a point about fascist obsessions with aesthetics and why AI appeals to them so much
youtu.be/ZPdLV8WvFrw?...
youtu.be/ZPdLV8WvFrw?...
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A Video Essay About Efficiency by @pillarofgarbage.bsky.social
youtu.be/3qt9H2rkwxo?...
Back when Elon Musk was gutting the government, Pillar of Garbage put out this meta video about the importance of inefficiency in art as he strips those inefficiencies away one by one.
youtu.be/3qt9H2rkwxo?...
Back when Elon Musk was gutting the government, Pillar of Garbage put out this meta video about the importance of inefficiency in art as he strips those inefficiencies away one by one.
A Video Essay About Efficiency
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December 30, 2025 at 5:12 PM
A Video Essay About Efficiency by @pillarofgarbage.bsky.social
youtu.be/3qt9H2rkwxo?...
Back when Elon Musk was gutting the government, Pillar of Garbage put out this meta video about the importance of inefficiency in art as he strips those inefficiencies away one by one.
youtu.be/3qt9H2rkwxo?...
Back when Elon Musk was gutting the government, Pillar of Garbage put out this meta video about the importance of inefficiency in art as he strips those inefficiencies away one by one.
One final update on my Patreon drive & where we're at with the stretch goals before the end of the year. Last time I'll ask for a while, I promise. Still a chance for livestreaming, too!
More updates soon 👊
More updates soon 👊
December 28, 2025 at 3:58 PM
One final update on my Patreon drive & where we're at with the stretch goals before the end of the year. Last time I'll ask for a while, I promise. Still a chance for livestreaming, too!
More updates soon 👊
More updates soon 👊
Feliz Navidad rocks because you can really tell he *does* want to wish you a Merry Christmas from the bottom of his heart
December 25, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Feliz Navidad rocks because you can really tell he *does* want to wish you a Merry Christmas from the bottom of his heart
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Reviewers and commenters call Terra Nil “peaceful” and “hopeful.“ Nothing could be farther from how I feel.
Hope y’all enjoy this casual little video about hope(??) in the apocalypse.
youtu.be/-_ZbAeUs7Tk
Hope y’all enjoy this casual little video about hope(??) in the apocalypse.
youtu.be/-_ZbAeUs7Tk
Terra Nil: A hopeful(?) apocalypse
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December 22, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Reviewers and commenters call Terra Nil “peaceful” and “hopeful.“ Nothing could be farther from how I feel.
Hope y’all enjoy this casual little video about hope(??) in the apocalypse.
youtu.be/-_ZbAeUs7Tk
Hope y’all enjoy this casual little video about hope(??) in the apocalypse.
youtu.be/-_ZbAeUs7Tk
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Great video! It’s always a treat when Pillar analyzes a Benoit Blanc whodunnit, especially one as thematically rich as Wake Up Dead Man.
Ok, here’s the video you all knew I was going to make:
The Most Important Scene in Wake Up Dead Man
youtu.be/6Tyk92b7Utg
The Most Important Scene in Wake Up Dead Man
youtu.be/6Tyk92b7Utg
The Most Important Scene in Wake Up Dead Man
YouTube video by Pillar of Garbage
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December 19, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Great video! It’s always a treat when Pillar analyzes a Benoit Blanc whodunnit, especially one as thematically rich as Wake Up Dead Man.
Ok, here’s the video you all knew I was going to make:
The Most Important Scene in Wake Up Dead Man
youtu.be/6Tyk92b7Utg
The Most Important Scene in Wake Up Dead Man
youtu.be/6Tyk92b7Utg
The Most Important Scene in Wake Up Dead Man
YouTube video by Pillar of Garbage
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December 18, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Ok, here’s the video you all knew I was going to make:
The Most Important Scene in Wake Up Dead Man
youtu.be/6Tyk92b7Utg
The Most Important Scene in Wake Up Dead Man
youtu.be/6Tyk92b7Utg
next video essay, out of context:
December 17, 2025 at 11:15 PM
next video essay, out of context:
the 2025 sight & sound video essay poll is out! was thrilled to submit some picks for this a few weeks back & even more gassed to see one of my own videos made the cut!
Now in its ninth year, our annual poll, organised by by Jiří Anger, Veronika Hanáková, Kevin B. Lee and Occitane Lacurie, showcases a record 255 vital video essays, nominated by 72 international voters
www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
The best video essays of 2025
Now in its ninth year, our annual poll showcases 255 vital video essays, nominated by 72 international voters.
www.bfi.org.uk
December 17, 2025 at 10:13 PM
the 2025 sight & sound video essay poll is out! was thrilled to submit some picks for this a few weeks back & even more gassed to see one of my own videos made the cut!
if any of my newer viewers are in a Fallouty mood rn, then hey! I made a video on the first season a while back you can watch:
youtu.be/Y0H5a-RTEl8?...
youtu.be/Y0H5a-RTEl8?...
Fallout: Apocalypse is Relative
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December 16, 2025 at 11:42 AM
if any of my newer viewers are in a Fallouty mood rn, then hey! I made a video on the first season a while back you can watch:
youtu.be/Y0H5a-RTEl8?...
youtu.be/Y0H5a-RTEl8?...
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This is the compromise? This is the bipartisanship? This is the civility? This is the return to normalcy? This is the price of winning? WHAT WILL YOU HAVE WON
Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
By a vote of 76-23, S 1071 passes the motion to proceed to the motion to concur. Won't know who voted for this until the roll call is uploaded, but safe to say it passed with the support of at least 24 members of the Democratic caucus. (Rand Paul probably voted nay and Steve Daines has been absent).
December 16, 2025 at 9:28 AM
This is the compromise? This is the bipartisanship? This is the civility? This is the return to normalcy? This is the price of winning? WHAT WILL YOU HAVE WON
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YOUTUBE: you like history
ME: I do!
YOUTUBE: and you're white
ME: well, I mean
YOUTUBE: here are some white people who also like histor--
ME: no no no No NO NO NO
ME: I do!
YOUTUBE: and you're white
ME: well, I mean
YOUTUBE: here are some white people who also like histor--
ME: no no no No NO NO NO
December 13, 2025 at 7:19 AM
YOUTUBE: you like history
ME: I do!
YOUTUBE: and you're white
ME: well, I mean
YOUTUBE: here are some white people who also like histor--
ME: no no no No NO NO NO
ME: I do!
YOUTUBE: and you're white
ME: well, I mean
YOUTUBE: here are some white people who also like histor--
ME: no no no No NO NO NO
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Our second stream is over! We raised over $3000, thank you all so much 💙
We'll be back in January, so stay tuned for updates!
We'll be back in January, so stay tuned for updates!
December 14, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Our second stream is over! We raised over $3000, thank you all so much 💙
We'll be back in January, so stay tuned for updates!
We'll be back in January, so stay tuned for updates!
new bonus video for supporters! we’re getting into why the Disney-OpenAI deal maybe isn’t the big deal it looks like & what the real story here is. also, I made The Best Thumbnail Ever
December 14, 2025 at 11:58 AM
new bonus video for supporters! we’re getting into why the Disney-OpenAI deal maybe isn’t the big deal it looks like & what the real story here is. also, I made The Best Thumbnail Ever
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my favorite youtube discovery scenario is when I like someone's video for being a thoughtful essay and then end up following them for being openly anti-ai, anti-maga and anti-genocide ✨
(I do not even care about ST anymore but this was such a great video to watch, 10/10)
(I do not even care about ST anymore but this was such a great video to watch, 10/10)
December 5, 2025 at 9:06 PM
my favorite youtube discovery scenario is when I like someone's video for being a thoughtful essay and then end up following them for being openly anti-ai, anti-maga and anti-genocide ✨
(I do not even care about ST anymore but this was such a great video to watch, 10/10)
(I do not even care about ST anymore but this was such a great video to watch, 10/10)
new episode of the PoGcast out now! Me and @tsdtalks.bsky.social are talking about BeastLand Riyadh, the possible details of Lighting McQueen’s birth, and mouth kissing the homies at DisneyLand
021 - Mr Beast is an Actual Supervillain
youtu.be/IsWuHE7Wxw0
021 - Mr Beast is an Actual Supervillain
youtu.be/IsWuHE7Wxw0
021 - Mr Beast is an Actual Supervillain
YouTube video by The Pillar of Garbage PoGcast
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December 5, 2025 at 9:06 PM
new episode of the PoGcast out now! Me and @tsdtalks.bsky.social are talking about BeastLand Riyadh, the possible details of Lighting McQueen’s birth, and mouth kissing the homies at DisneyLand
021 - Mr Beast is an Actual Supervillain
youtu.be/IsWuHE7Wxw0
021 - Mr Beast is an Actual Supervillain
youtu.be/IsWuHE7Wxw0
it’s Black Friday! (I think?)
So why not take a break from queuing round the block, ransacking consumer electronics shops, and eating Turkey leftovers, and get a discount on becoming a supporter of my channel!
So why not take a break from queuing round the block, ransacking consumer electronics shops, and eating Turkey leftovers, and get a discount on becoming a supporter of my channel!
Less than 20 signups away from the first stretch goal here!
I’ve also started a Black Friday Patreon discount until the end of the month - go to my page www.patreon.com/pillarofgarb... and use code 4DB7F to get 50% off your first month 👊
I’ve also started a Black Friday Patreon discount until the end of the month - go to my page www.patreon.com/pillarofgarb... and use code 4DB7F to get 50% off your first month 👊
November 28, 2025 at 4:22 PM
it’s Black Friday! (I think?)
So why not take a break from queuing round the block, ransacking consumer electronics shops, and eating Turkey leftovers, and get a discount on becoming a supporter of my channel!
So why not take a break from queuing round the block, ransacking consumer electronics shops, and eating Turkey leftovers, and get a discount on becoming a supporter of my channel!
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This was obvious from the moment it was announced, but still worth mentioning. The genocide never ended.
The diplomatic "achievement" of the ceasefire was to recalibrate the tempo of the genocide sufficiently to get it off the front pages and the news bulletins, thus alleviating the political pressure on Israel's western accomplices.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israel still committing genocide in Gaza, Amnesty International says
The NGO’s chief says last month’s ceasefire ‘risks creating a dangerous illusion that life in Gaza is returning to normal’
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:35 AM
This was obvious from the moment it was announced, but still worth mentioning. The genocide never ended.
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the people who said "the bombing would stop if Gaza released the hostages" are very quiet lately
November 28, 2025 at 11:50 AM
the people who said "the bombing would stop if Gaza released the hostages" are very quiet lately