curated video essays

Cheyenne Lim (28:52).

Intro 0:00 Part 1: Is the U.S. actually declining? 3:29 Part 2: Declinism in Politics: What is it and How is it Used 15:28 Part 3: The Romanticization of Declinism as Part of the “American Identity” 20:59 Conclusion 25:36

Lily Simpson (10:00:05): Just a couple of words about the wizarding world of Harry Potter, Pottermore, Fantastic Beasts, Wizards Unite, Magic Awakened, Hogwarts Mystery and JK Rowling's blog. A nice short video.

liy: if you don't have to deprogramme from the massive intellectual property empire that has imperialised all collective imagination related to MAGIC??? GOOD! But if you do— like me, someone who grew up attached to the franchise— then please watch this british transwoman's vibrant hair colour fade across 10 hours as she takes a reaaally thorough look at it. why i watched it: i didn't want to contribute to JK Rowling, a proven fascist transphobe who is richer than English royalty, get even richer

Jessie Gender (4:17:13) Despite understanding some of the hydra heads that form from it - the apparatus, functions, and nature of antisemitism are often less understood on a deeper level because despite its long history and that it frequently intersects with other bigotries, it is not based directly on poverty, skin color or colonized status. It’s also historically quite flexible, constantly evolving to fit the numerous contexts it crops up within. As a result, leftist groups can often miss it when it appears. There is also a question that often goes unaddressed in the binary framework of a propagandizing neo-colonial power that works to perpetuate its power versus those who fight it endlessly. Can antisemitism exist within leftist movements fighting for Palestinian autonomy and self-determination?

0:00 - Introduction 28:23 - Part 1: How Antisemitism Functions 47:25 - Part 2: The History of Zionism 1:45:56 - Part 3: Zionism as a Political Ideology 2:32:18 - Part 4: Zionism as an Emotion 3:07:35 - Part 5: Antisemitism on The Left 3:39:29 - Part 6: Anti-Zionism 4:05:06 - Conclusion 4:13:40 - Outro

32:45 The allure of youth has naturally shifted from being about innocence to being about achievement.

• Time famine
• Growing old is not fun, elder community care

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/

Teanna / Fab Socialism (49:53)

Thumbnail Explained - 0:00 YouTube Statement -3:42 Socialism - 15:58 Finances - 18:43 Phones and Data - 25:09 Patience - 28:57 Emergency Prepping - 35:21 Mutual Aid - 39:47 New Normal - 43:37 Your Needs - 45:42

Teanna / Fab Socialism (47:04)

Intro - 0:00 Mutual Aid Network - 2:45 Online Safety - 7:23 Covid - 13:51 Courses - 18:38 Budget - 21:20 Boycotting - 30:56 Student Loans - 35:37 Tenant Union - 37:15 From Scratch - 39:15 Safety Plans - 40:15 Voting - 41:17

liy: A gentle reminder to the next person who asks me if we are in a world war, and if yes, how would I know.

Sources and essay: bit.ly/liy-heatwave2024

• We don't know what dark matter is yet we can use it as a telescope
• Cosmic noon
• trappist-1 system of seven habitable planets

• hot jupiter
• tidal lock and autistic masking

Intelexual (2:01:32) What were the major (and not-so-reported-but-still-major) world events of the early 1990s? The USSR was dying, the economy was suffering, and problems abounded. Observers theorized on America's future role in a post-soviet world. First, we look into America's foreign policy and George Bush's New World Order speech before noting the role of the United Nations. Then we travel to dozens of locations around the world (from the UK, to France, to Afghanistan, to Palestine, to Rwanda, to South Africa, to Cuba, to Peru, to Japan, to China-- and lots of places in between. How did structural adjustment, the World Bank, and the international monetary fund impact developing nations? How did George Bush lie about Iraq? How were revolutionary governments neutered by globalization and neoliberal politics? How did some governments, like China and Cuba, adapt? How did the world fail Rwanda and other nations struggling from genocide?

TIMESTAMPS 0:00-New World Order Intro 2:42- Lexual Does The 90s Theme Song 3:25- Worldwide Disease/Virus and The UN 6:06- The UK and Thatcher's Fall 9:38- The Woes of The Royal Family 12:07- Modern Advancements in the UK 13:16- The Troubles and Stephen Lawerence 14:30- Mary Robinson and Sinead O Connor (Ireland) 16:53- Americanization and Nationalism in France 18:25- Racism and Xenophobia in France 21:08- Racism and Xenophobia in Germany
22:48- The Fall of the USSR 27:01- Boris Yeltsin and Russia's Shock Therapy 30:46- The Breakup of Yugoslavia, Croatian War For Independence 33:06- The Bosnian Genocide 40:23- The Invasion of Kuwait and Sadaam Hussein 42:50- The Nayirah Testimony 44:34- The Gulf War 47:09- Saudi Arabia 48:33- Afghanistan and The Rise of The Taliban 51:25- Zionism, Israel, Palestine, Lebanon 54:03- Sierra Leone, Liberia, Libya 56:37- Nigerian Coup and Oil Strike 57:43- Congo, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea 58:19- Somalia 1:01:37- The Rwandan Genocide 1:10:57-Zimbabwe and Robert Mugabe 1:11:51- Nelson Mandela and South Africa 1:15:47- Noriega and The Invasion of Panama 1:17:12- Aristide and Haiti 1:21:00- Jamaica 1:21:22- Cuba's Special Period 1:27:00- NAFTA, Mexico, and the Zapatistas 1:28:50- Nicaragua and the End of Sandinista Programs 1:30:59- Colombia 1:33:47- Peru and Alberto Fujimori 1:38:09- India 1:39:38- Black May in Thailand 1:41:00- Unrest in Indonesia, Violence in East Timor 1:42:57- Problems in the Philippines 1:45:01- Japan's Bubble & Gender Dynamics 1:48:00- Aum Shinrikyo 1:49:00- North Korea 1:49:18- China and Deng's Southern Tour 1:54:07- The Bush Presidency 1:58:45- Conclusion