CJ the X (27:12): unpacking my thoughts on online performance through the burning of an innocent sacrificial lamb

references C. Thi Nguyen, Trust and Sincerity in Art (2021) https://journals.publishing.umich.edu/ergo/article/id/1139/

mqbirkholz (44:57)

00:00 - 19:22 : Part I: Gramsci, Hegemony, and Common Sense 19:22 - 44:57 : Part II: Anarchy, Communism, and Other Bad Words

Dean Spade directed this (liy: yes, author of Mutual Aid!) (56:06) "Pinkwashing" is a term activists have coined for when countries engaged in terrible human rights violations promote themselves as "gay friendly" to improve their public image. Israel is the country most famous for this strategy, having initiated it as part of a rebranding campaign has been engaged in for the last decade.

Synopsis: In 2012, activists in the Pacific Northwestern region of the US responded to an Israeli Consulate-funded pinkwashing tour featuring Israeli gay and lesbian activists that was coming to the region. Local queer Palestine solidarity activists exposed the "Rainbow Generations" tour as pro-Israel propaganda and got some of the events, including the tour's centerpiece event hosted by the City of Seattle's LGBT Commission, cancelled. A significant backlash ensued involving the Seattle City Council and Seattle's leading LGBT and HIV organizations. Through the inspiring story of these activists' victory, "Pinkwashing Exposed" explores how pinkwashing works and what local activists are doing to fight back.

This film was edited by Amy Mahardy, directed by Dean Spade.

"Pinkwashing Exposed" was made in Seattle, on Duwamish Land. The Duwamish are in a long fight for recognition by the US government. Right now they are trying to raise $100,000 to hire an expert witness to review 31,000 pages of documents provided by the Bureau of Indian Affairs as part of their fight for recognition. We can help by donating. duwamishtribe.org/give.html

This film is closed captioned in English.

For more on this film, visit: https://pinkwashingexposed.net/

Irene / Thought Spot (32:59)

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Intro 00:00-03:06 Magic Mind 03:07-05:13 What is Ego Death? 05:14-06:02 Negative impacts of no Ego 06:03-07:05 Ego Death in childhood 07:06-09:27 Fear of being perceived 12:48-13:42 Painfully self-aware 13:43-15:23 Links to masking 15:24-15:56 Links to BPD 15:57-16:52 Being perceived accurately 16:53-17:43 Part of survival 17:44-20:13 Scapegoating 20:14-21:50 Questioning your reality 21:51-21:41 Positive effects 21:42-30:14 Closing thoughts 30:15-33:00

Andrewism (34:41) We need a social revolution to build a better future. But how is that process carried out? What tactics and strategies are needed to fundamentally transform the socioeconomic and political order? How do we combine a range of acts of confrontation, noncooperation, and prefiguration to reshape our world? Let's find out.

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Introduction - 0:00 Affinity Groups - 4:22 Oppose (Confrontation) - 6:08 Oppose (Noncooperation) - 14:59 Propose (Prefiguration) - 19:45 Conclusion - 30:16 Outro - 33:54

Anark (29:19) In this video, I go over the 8 steps for wrecking organizations laid out by the CIA in its Simple Sabotage Field Manual.

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• Intro
• CIA Field Manual
• Preface
• Do everything through channels
• Make speeches
• Refer to committee
• Bring up irrelevant issues
• Haggle over precise wordings
• Refer back to decisions
• Advocate caution
• Be worried

liy: Feels like calling a friend over for an hour to break it down for you, who pulls up links and watches them with you, yells at bad takes so you don't have to... all without the possibility of losing that friendship. not really an essay so the time flies by (1:03:47)

• He breaks it down like he's running media literacy 101 daycare for a generation younger than him (because he is),
• he answers questions in chat along the way,
• his examples are clear but not gory,
• and his editors are very good at cutting together a tight explainer video out of a much longer livestream.

Andrewism (16:21) Whether positively or negatively, the tourism industry affects us all. Let's explore the many ethical dilemmas that may be found in one's pursuit of wanderlust.

TIMESTAMPS Introduction - 0:00 Ethical Dilemmas of Tourism - 2:38 Enter: The Untourist - 10:26 Radicalising Travel - 12:19

CJ The X (1:33:07) Art is subjective. It's open to interpretation. That's what makes it beautiful.

TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Intro 04:10 Part 1: Was Encanto Good, or Did You Just Like It? 08:25 Part 2: A Lyrical Analysis of We Don't Talk About Bruno 12:40 Part 3: I Shit All Over Everything You Love 18:00 Part 4: What Is Art Critique? 30:40 Part 5: Aesthetic Engagement & Gameplay 42:55 Part 6: What Is Art? 52:27 Part 7: Essence & Interpretation 1:03:10 Part 8: The Mr. Beast To CJ The X Continuum 1:17:00 Part 9: The Resurrection Of The Author

(1:17:27) liy: Understanding the people a machine is imitating is often the simplest and perhaps the most effective way to understand algorithms designed to mimic or forecast human behavior, rather than focusing solely on the machine itself.

TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Ad read 02:20 Disclaimer on how I escaped small channel purgatory 10:01 Advice from the Heart (my views on the video essay genre) 31:50 Advice from the HEAD (my views on working the system) 54:43 Advice Lighting Round 01:02:02 Advice from other successful Youtubers (maybe a special bonus at the end...?