I've only watched a couple minutes but it seems it will be very good. OP, thanks for the self text stuff. I started ignoring news vids if there's not even a single sentence in the self text.
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Rant: I really hate zero context news vids.
Breadtube if it didn't suck.
Post videos you genuinely enjoy and want to share, duh. Celebrate the diversity of interests shared by chapochatters by posting a deep dive into Venetian kelp farming, I dunno. Also media criticism, bite-sized versions of left-wing theory, all the stuff you expected. But I am curious about that kelp farming thing now that you mentioned it.
Low effort / spam videos might be removed, especially weeb content.
There is a cytube that you can paste videos into and watch with whoever happens to be around. It's open submission unless there's something important to commandeer it with at the time.
A weekly watch party happens every Saturday (Sunday down under), with video nominations Saturday-Monday, voting Monday-Thursday. See the pin for whatever stage it's currently in.
I've only watched a couple minutes but it seems it will be very good. OP, thanks for the self text stuff. I started ignoring news vids if there's not even a single sentence in the self text.
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Rant: I really hate zero context news vids.
Great content! As a former US Army Transporter I fully agree with your assessment. People have no idea how difficult and complex sealift operations are to establish, especially those involving Logistics over the Sea operations.
I cannot see how there will not be "boots on the ground."
That, the 60 day+ deployment time, and the goal of supplying 1m MREs daily to two million people when the rations mostly have to be halal are all details markedly absent in mainstream coverage I've seen. This is such a bad plan compared to just picking up the phone and saying "Israel won't exist tomorrow if you don't stop immediately."
absent in mainstream coverage I've seen
It drives me insane that the nuts and bolts of stuff is basically ignored by the media. Yet the media wonders why many people ignore the mainstream media outlets and get their news from sites like Tiktok and Youtube. Gee, media, maybe people want actual information and not more mindless, moronic political horse race "analysis" judging if Biden's messaging is a success. They even do that "Is the messaging working?" shit for a genocide.
I watch this guy a lot! A bit biased, but it's useful information
I like that his bias seems to mostly be with unionised sailors. His geopolitical coverage is usually pretty critical of the US within the limited scope of the channel and he doesn't otherwise stan for one country/region in particular. By being industry-focused he was one of the first indications I saw that the Houthi attacks were working because he's coming at it from an insurance rate and throughput perspective. I haven't seen him list his politics but I get vaguely radlib vibes.
edit: He also seems to think that Hamas poses the only security risk to the ship despite the IOF already bombing a US Navy ship without consequences. When the Israelis bomb these ships in two months, I'm going to be very pedantic about his response. He hasn't otherwise said anything Zionist-adjacent and that could be reflecting that the Israelis let the airdrop campaign happen, but it immediately stood out to me that a maritime historian knows about the USS Liberty and should hate the Israeli military for entirely different reasons.
I found a YouTube link in your post. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy: