Sara's Costume Codex series does a thoughtful, sex positive critique of 7 of 9's costume in Voyager. Focusing on whether it suits her character, or the show's themes, or contributes to its worldbuilding;

"It's not great to be objectifying anybody. Unless of course it serves the story. I don't think there's a clear line here. More of a spectrum, as with most things."

youtube.com/watch?v=AciXUJrP63…

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#video #WebVideo #CostumeCodex #StarTrek #Voyager

The great thing about YouTub is that when it comes to web video, it's got pretty much everything. The biggest problem with YouTub is that it's got pretty much everything, and most of it is puerile garbage, AI slop, and ads disguised as "content". Or in some cases, all 3 in 1 video.

It's like a backyard pool after a party for spoilt trust fund kids. Full of lukewarm vomit and bits of poo, but with the occasional gem in there if you can be bothered to sieve it out.

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#WebVideo #YouTube

Watching Cold Crash Pictures defence of Gone With the Wind, as a pointed satire of confederate apologetics (part 2);

youtube.com/watch?v=CDkwGQFLcj…

It occurs to me that we could be seeing a reworking of the history depicted, on a larger geographical canvas. Let me unpack that a bit.

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#video #WebVideo #ColdCrashPictures #cinema #CinemaHistory #GoneWithTheWind

"I think it's possible to be too relaxed, because the filter between your brain and your mouth is there for a reason."

#SarahMillican, 2025

youtube.com/watch?v=-BWI5XtJI4…

Has ADHD, can confirm : P

#video #WebVideo #comedy #StandUp

@adhd

Earth's neighbours are concerned ...

inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=vSJ4I6H…

#video #WebVideo #comedy #RyanGeorge

"The way I think of an oligarchy is of a group of powerful people kind of acting in unison."

#ChrisAnderson, 2025

ted.com/talks/carole_cadwallad…

Dude doesn't know the difference between an oligarchy and a cartel.

#video #WebVideo #TED

Can big tech and privacy coexist?

"If you can't respect the basic fundamental underlying principles with which we order society — which is 'Do not steal' — then what are you left with?" asks investigative journalist Carole Cadwalladr.

^www.ted.com

Here's a skit for you, on the challenges of being a motivational speaker when you live in the MCU. Classic Ryan George;

youtube.com/watch?v=P1oA7uc4Wz…

#video #WebVideo #comedy #RyanGeorge #MCU

I love how Ryan George does the alien anthropologist on Earth trope with just humans ... well ... just him. Please enjoy ...

"The First Guy To Ever Drink Coffee"

youtube.com/watch?v=u_CK3nwBJw…

#video #WebVideo #RyanGeorge #coffee

It's famously easy to dunk on the Metaverse, and Ryan George does a great job of it in this video;

youtube.com/watch?v=_ru2Ddp9f_…

But he also makes an insightful point, worth repeating. Many technologies that are now part of everyday work and play began as digital toys, ruthlessly mocked by people who were adults when they came out.

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#WebVideo #RyanGeorge #Metaverse

"I don't think we'll be able to kill any contestants. We haven't reached that level of dystopia yet, but we're working in it!"

Producer Guy, #PitchMeeting for Beast Wars

youtube.com/watch?v=43eB84P_U3….

#video #WebVideo #BeastWars #SquidGame

"And now here is a bland ad read about a company that has paid me $100,000 to do so."

Podcasting Comedian, 2024

youtube.com/watch?v=hASr5vdMYk…

#video #WebVideo #RyanGeorge #influencers

I've been taking a careful look at some video downloaded from the web to see of it's real, or algorithmically generated. It occurs to me that this isn't necessarily an either/or.

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#AI #MOLE #WebVideo

I'm in two minds about public media outlets like RNZ publishing the video they produce on YouRube;

youtube.com/channel/UCp4OXwfZE…

It makes sense for publicly-funded media to publish anywhere that members of the public might be, especially where we don't have to pay. In fact, any media funded 100% with public money ought to be under a CreativeCommons BY-SA license, or even placed in the public domain. So *anyone* can publish it, anywhere they like.

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#PublicMedia #WebVideo #RNZ #DataFarms

#TIL about #Materialious;

"... a privacy respecting frontend for YouTube built ontop of Invidious."

materialio.us/

#WebVideo #YouTube #Invidious #FrontEnds

I believe this is the first time I've seen a video hosted on PeerTube server, embedded in a web page;

libresolutions.network/article…

#WebVideo #PeerTube #EmbeddedVideo

If you have a video channel, and you want to help us reduce the power YouTube have over online video, here's an idea...

Consider posting only a teaser clip of each of your videos to your YT channel, with links back to the full video on a PeerTube server. Or some other ethical video hosting service you trust and endorse. That will help more people find your videos than only posting them on the ethical server, and help more people learn about replacements for YT.

#video #WebVideo #PeerTube

"A recent study from Sandvine found that during the Covid-19 crisis YouTube has dethroned Netflix as the most popular content on the Internet, consuming 15% of Internet traffic to Netflix’s 11%."

- #CoryJohnson, 2020

forbes.com/sites/coryjohnson/2…

#SandVine #YouTube #NetFlix #WebVideo

Google Goes Blockchain? New Deal Opens A Door To Crypto

A new partnership is a boost for functional blockchain and, perhaps, a decentralized future for Google Cloud.

^{Cory Johnson (Forbes)}