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Games Where You're NOT the Main Character
Games Where You're NOT the Main Character
(14:51) Video games have an interesting relationship with the term "protagonist." While it should be obvious who the main character of a game is, sometimes it's a little ambiguous. In this video essay, we'll look at three games that challenge out notions of what a protagonist can be.
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Games Where You're NOT the Main Character
Invisible Labor of Women and the Learned Helplessness of Men
Invisible Labor of Women and the Learned Helplessness of Men
(26:19): In this video, we delve into the concept of learned helplessness and explore how it intersects with the invisible labor often carried out by women. Join us as we discuss the societal expectations and dynamics that contribute to this phenomenon and the impact it has on individuals and relationships.
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Invisible Labor of Women and the Learned Helplessness of Men
Pinkwashing Exposed: Seattle Fights Back (with English captions)
Pinkwashing Exposed: Seattle Fights Back (with English captions)

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/

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Pinkwashing Exposed: Seattle Fights Back (with English captions)
let's explore the abstract idea of how being Autistic is inherently linked to Ego Death
let's explore the abstract idea of how being Autistic is inherently linked to Ego Death

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

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let's explore the abstract idea of how being Autistic is inherently linked to Ego Death
How To Start A Revolution
How To Start A Revolution

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

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How To Start A Revolution
The CIA's 8 steps to wreck organizations
The CIA's 8 steps to wreck organizations

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
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The CIA's 8 steps to wreck organizations
How We Got Here... (Israel Palestine War Explained)
How We Got Here... (Israel Palestine War Explained)

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.
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How We Got Here... (Israel Palestine War Explained)
Subjectivity In Art
Subjectivity In Art

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

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Subjectivity In Art
How I made it as a Video Essayist
How I made it as a Video Essayist

(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...?

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How I made it as a Video Essayist
astronomy has a colonialism problem
astronomy has a colonialism problem

Dr. Fatima's desperate plea for scientists to give a shit about imperialism (2:51:56)

00:00:00 - Cold Open 00:02:31 - Introduction 00:05:34 - Act 1: A Telescope Controversy 00:36:37 - An Aside on Palestinian Liberation 01:32:17 - Act 2: The Colonial Premise 02:05:48 - An Emotional Coda 02:28:09 - Praxis Postscript 02:43:32 - Conclusion 02:49:50 - Credits

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astronomy has a colonialism problem
Line Goes Up – The Problem With NFTs
Line Goes Up – The Problem With NFTs

Dan Olson / Folding Ideas on how if someone pitches you on a "great" Web3 project, ask them if it requires buying or selling crypto to do what they say it does (2:18:23) (liy: essential viewing for anyone who's considered cryptocurrency)

00:00:00 Preface 00:01:12 0. In 2008 The Economy Collapsed 00:07:09 1. Bitcoin 00:18:18 2. Ethereum 00:24:34 3. The Machine 00:39:07 4. NFTs Exist To Get You To Buy Crypto 00:57:54 5. The Unbearable Cringe Of Crypto 01:11:46 6. A Self-Organizing High Control Group 01:16:57 7. Crypto Reality 01:25:36 8. There Is No Privacy On The Chain 01:32:52 9. If This "Looks Like Scam" Then Every NFT Room I'm In Looks Like Scam LOL 01:38:29 10. Play To Earn Exists To Get You To Buy Crypto 01:46:39 11. We're All Gonna Make It And By "We" I Mean "Us" Not You 01:56:08 12. DAOs Exist To Get You To Buy Crypto 02:13:21 13. I Know It's Rigged, But It's The Only Game In Town

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Line Goes Up – The Problem With NFTs
We Need A Library Economy
We Need A Library Economy

Andrew Sage (26:56): The library has been a long-standing institution in our society, but what if we applied its philosophy more broadly? Let's imagine what it would mean to realise the possibilities of this proto-socialist concept and reintroduce free access to the commons through a library economy.

Introduction - 0:00 Brief History of Libraries - 3:11 The Rise of the Internet (wow!) - 5:42 Foundational Concepts of a Library Economy - 6:58 Imagining a Library Economy - 16:05 Questions & Concerns of a Libray Economy - 18:11 Outro - 22:03

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We Need A Library Economy
What Our Cities Are Missing
What Our Cities Are Missing

Andrew Sage (28:52): Let's unravel the defining characteristics of third places, tap into their historical significance and evolution, and explore how we can build and nurture the enduring allure of these social sanctuaries in the modern world.

Introduction - 0:00 What Are Third Places? - 1:57 The Benefits of Third Places - 7:02 The Historical Power of the Third Place - 8:34 What Happened To Third Places? - 9:52 Le Third Place - 13:33 A Few Teensy Critiques - 16:08 Radical, Revived Third Places - 24:20

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What Our Cities Are Missing