Nicholas Caesar (video essaying air breather)
@nichecaesar.bsky.social
A (pathologically kind) maker of dated references that moonlights as a video essayist/podcaster when he isn't editing other peoples videos/podcasts.
Niche Caesar on YT: https://www.youtube.com/@NicheCaesar
Podcasts: pod.link/themediaobscura
Niche Caesar on YT: https://www.youtube.com/@NicheCaesar
Podcasts: pod.link/themediaobscura
An excellent read from @ninametz.bsky.social!
This week’s newsletter
The state of Hollywood bodies:
Celebrities are human beings. But they are also selling us something. Right now, that's thinness
The state of Hollywood bodies:
Celebrities are human beings. But they are also selling us something. Right now, that's thinness
The state of Hollywood bodies
Celebrities are human beings. But they are also selling us something. Right now, that's thinness.
buttondown.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:49 PM
An excellent read from @ninametz.bsky.social!
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"I watch all videos at 2x speed." And this is why you're incapable of understanding art and will only be able to consume "content" with a hunger that can never be satiated. People spend hours/days/weeks making videos and you can't even bother to actually watch them at normal speed?
November 28, 2025 at 12:09 AM
"I watch all videos at 2x speed." And this is why you're incapable of understanding art and will only be able to consume "content" with a hunger that can never be satiated. People spend hours/days/weeks making videos and you can't even bother to actually watch them at normal speed?
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There is literally a 20 year old West Wing episode about Molly Orchansky and exactly why the poverty line is a problem, and this is why it’s important to take humanities and the arts seriously. It is often oracular, because it’s written by research nerds with an obsession for human behavior.
This is an insightful but deeply upsetting article about why everyone in the US feels poor, and why the current political situation emerges as a direct result.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:34 PM
There is literally a 20 year old West Wing episode about Molly Orchansky and exactly why the poverty line is a problem, and this is why it’s important to take humanities and the arts seriously. It is often oracular, because it’s written by research nerds with an obsession for human behavior.
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“Poor people have a right to art!”
They sure do. So get to it.
They sure do. So get to it.
November 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
“Poor people have a right to art!”
They sure do. So get to it.
They sure do. So get to it.
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the only time i ever gave back to my community (cinephile dorks whose parents claim they can't see it but we suspect are messing with us a little)
November 27, 2025 at 1:19 AM
the only time i ever gave back to my community (cinephile dorks whose parents claim they can't see it but we suspect are messing with us a little)
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you just can't have a meaningful conversation about the potential benefits of "AI" while this stuff is happening. it's like trying to talk about how useful an airplane might be during a hijacking
What the leaked AI executive order tells us about the Big Tech power grab
What the leaked AI executive order tells us about the Big Tech power grab
Should states write their own AI laws, or should David Sacks?
buff.ly
November 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
you just can't have a meaningful conversation about the potential benefits of "AI" while this stuff is happening. it's like trying to talk about how useful an airplane might be during a hijacking
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Give us one reporter with this energy please.
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Give us one reporter with this energy please.
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Guys it’ll be fine. Our medical premiums are doubling at the same time our electrical bills are for this
OpenAI needs to raise at least $207bn by 2030 so it can continue to lose money, HSBC estimates on.ft.com/4ij0yh8
OpenAI needs to raise at least $207bn by 2030 so it can continue to lose money, HSBC estimates
A burning platform
on.ft.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Guys it’ll be fine. Our medical premiums are doubling at the same time our electrical bills are for this
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As we are now T minus 3.5 days from Thanksgiving, if you need to deploy Operation Avoid The Boundary Tramplers, tonight is when you post where they snoop about a headache or a queasy kid, or a funny noise from your car, or your pet acting strange, or a serious work issue or an unexpected paper.
November 23, 2025 at 10:16 PM
As we are now T minus 3.5 days from Thanksgiving, if you need to deploy Operation Avoid The Boundary Tramplers, tonight is when you post where they snoop about a headache or a queasy kid, or a funny noise from your car, or your pet acting strange, or a serious work issue or an unexpected paper.
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Random question - Do you think that being in such an algorithmic world these days that reinforces things we’re comfortable with so aggressively makes us less inclined to seek out or welcome or even engage with constructive criticism about our work or behavior as creators?
November 23, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Random question - Do you think that being in such an algorithmic world these days that reinforces things we’re comfortable with so aggressively makes us less inclined to seek out or welcome or even engage with constructive criticism about our work or behavior as creators?
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Stop abusing athletes because you lost a bet
Now let’s hear from the sponsor of today’s broadcast, DraftKings
Now let’s hear from the sponsor of today’s broadcast, DraftKings
November 22, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Stop abusing athletes because you lost a bet
Now let’s hear from the sponsor of today’s broadcast, DraftKings
Now let’s hear from the sponsor of today’s broadcast, DraftKings
Truly don’t miss YouTube comments. I checked mine for the first time all week and saw someone accusing me of being incapable of love/not understanding how losing someone can impact you (on my Roger Rabbit video of all things???) 🙄
November 23, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Truly don’t miss YouTube comments. I checked mine for the first time all week and saw someone accusing me of being incapable of love/not understanding how losing someone can impact you (on my Roger Rabbit video of all things???) 🙄
Cannot wait to see this on Sunday morning. Got my matinee ticket and will be there (unless I'm still sick. I would've gone yesterday if I wasn't still sick)
Brendan Fraser delivers an irresistibly charming and tender performance in ‘RENTAL FAMILY’, which saves it from being just another typical feel-good comedy.
Find out more in our review...
discussingfilm.net/2025/11/21/r...
Find out more in our review...
discussingfilm.net/2025/11/21/r...
'Rental Family' Review - Brendan Fraser Elevates Charming Comedy
Brendan Fraser delivers an irresistibly charming and tender performance in Rental Family, which saves it from being just another feel-good comedy.
discussingfilm.net
November 21, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Cannot wait to see this on Sunday morning. Got my matinee ticket and will be there (unless I'm still sick. I would've gone yesterday if I wasn't still sick)
Isn't "reward people for being healthy" bordering on, if not straight up, eugenics? That implies that the people who aren't healthy (due to genetics, bad luck, etc) should be punished for something they couldn't control?
Markwayne Mullin: "Reward people for being healthy. Think about this. Healthcare is the only industry that you're not rewarded for taking care of your responsibility. If you think about homeowners insurance, if you're within 500 feet of a fire hydrant, your insurance goes down."
November 20, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Isn't "reward people for being healthy" bordering on, if not straight up, eugenics? That implies that the people who aren't healthy (due to genetics, bad luck, etc) should be punished for something they couldn't control?
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Reposted by Nicholas Caesar (video essaying air breather)
“I was good at that job and it was a job I had been working my whole career for. Since then, it’s like you said, still having the mindset of a journalist but you don’t really have a place to put the journalism”
Candice is such a terrific thinker ahd writer and this is so upsetting
Candice is such a terrific thinker ahd writer and this is so upsetting
I was interviewed for this piece on the mental health journey throughout unemployment, particularly at a time when many Black women are out of work.
gmattison1.substack.com/p/the-thin-l...
gmattison1.substack.com/p/the-thin-l...
The Thin Line Between Progression and Depression
Exploring the impending decision between unemployment and suicide, and why people may choose the latter.
gmattison1.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:57 PM
“I was good at that job and it was a job I had been working my whole career for. Since then, it’s like you said, still having the mindset of a journalist but you don’t really have a place to put the journalism”
Candice is such a terrific thinker ahd writer and this is so upsetting
Candice is such a terrific thinker ahd writer and this is so upsetting
The simple reality is that exchanging ten minute voice notes with my friends (when we don’t have a few to hop on the phone or catch up) and vent about life/gush about whatever movie or album we’re obsessed with does untold amounts of good for my brain.
People are so cool (except when they aren’t)
People are so cool (except when they aren’t)
November 19, 2025 at 5:09 AM
The simple reality is that exchanging ten minute voice notes with my friends (when we don’t have a few to hop on the phone or catch up) and vent about life/gush about whatever movie or album we’re obsessed with does untold amounts of good for my brain.
People are so cool (except when they aren’t)
People are so cool (except when they aren’t)
My health premium went from ~$350 to $700.
KEEP SHARING YOUR STORIES about increased ACA premiums due to the disappearance of subsidies. The stories clearly are having an impact, they help people feel less helpless, and they create solidarity that leads to action.
Mine went from $395→ $821. What happened for you?
Mine went from $395→ $821. What happened for you?
November 18, 2025 at 5:20 PM
My health premium went from ~$350 to $700.
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Reposted by Nicholas Caesar (video essaying air breather)
Do people genuinely get angry when a review/analysis of something popular gives the story a brief (30 second) summary?
Asking because someone got really annoyed by it on a comment recently and I don't get why lol. It doesn't matter if most people know the thing being discussed; the summary is for—
Asking because someone got really annoyed by it on a comment recently and I don't get why lol. It doesn't matter if most people know the thing being discussed; the summary is for—
November 17, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Do people genuinely get angry when a review/analysis of something popular gives the story a brief (30 second) summary?
Asking because someone got really annoyed by it on a comment recently and I don't get why lol. It doesn't matter if most people know the thing being discussed; the summary is for—
Asking because someone got really annoyed by it on a comment recently and I don't get why lol. It doesn't matter if most people know the thing being discussed; the summary is for—
🎥 It’s A Wonderful Life (1946) 🎥
Damn picture gets me every time 😭. Decided to watch it early this year for a much needed pick me up, and yes, I was in fact picked up.
Will probably rewatch it in a month and give the color version a shot since I’ve never actually watched it.
boxd.it/bJfx5V
Damn picture gets me every time 😭. Decided to watch it early this year for a much needed pick me up, and yes, I was in fact picked up.
Will probably rewatch it in a month and give the color version a shot since I’ve never actually watched it.
boxd.it/bJfx5V
a man in a suit and tie is standing in the rain .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is standing in the rain .
media.tenor.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:19 AM
🎥 It’s A Wonderful Life (1946) 🎥
Damn picture gets me every time 😭. Decided to watch it early this year for a much needed pick me up, and yes, I was in fact picked up.
Will probably rewatch it in a month and give the color version a shot since I’ve never actually watched it.
boxd.it/bJfx5V
Damn picture gets me every time 😭. Decided to watch it early this year for a much needed pick me up, and yes, I was in fact picked up.
Will probably rewatch it in a month and give the color version a shot since I’ve never actually watched it.
boxd.it/bJfx5V
It is so telling that most of the AI productivity tools I've had shoved down my throat swear they're only taking away the boring/repetitive work and that thinking about that for more than ten seconds shows you that those tasks you're automating are almost always the fundamentals to learning a trade.
November 16, 2025 at 12:13 AM
It is so telling that most of the AI productivity tools I've had shoved down my throat swear they're only taking away the boring/repetitive work and that thinking about that for more than ten seconds shows you that those tasks you're automating are almost always the fundamentals to learning a trade.
In other news, I'm off to go edit a one hour podcast where a couple of lawyers praise AI and had a one minute aside where they rip on people who still seek out physical media/VHS tapes 🙂
If only they knew one of those freaks are editing their show.
If only they knew one of those freaks are editing their show.
November 14, 2025 at 9:49 PM
In other news, I'm off to go edit a one hour podcast where a couple of lawyers praise AI and had a one minute aside where they rip on people who still seek out physical media/VHS tapes 🙂
If only they knew one of those freaks are editing their show.
If only they knew one of those freaks are editing their show.