Martin Zeller-Jacques
@gothamexpat.bsky.social
Chef and Lapsed Media Academic
US Expat in Scotland
Big Cozy Nerd
US Expat in Scotland
Big Cozy Nerd
YouTube Wrapped for the year starts with a message that 'AI can make mistakes'. And I gotta hand it to them - great summary of 2025.
December 17, 2025 at 7:46 AM
YouTube Wrapped for the year starts with a message that 'AI can make mistakes'. And I gotta hand it to them - great summary of 2025.
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My take away here is that to maximize the productivity of our amazing billionaire class, we should be stripping them of all assets every time they exceed a critical mass of money.
December 13, 2025 at 4:42 PM
My take away here is that to maximize the productivity of our amazing billionaire class, we should be stripping them of all assets every time they exceed a critical mass of money.
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There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom
December 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom
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I'm looking for participants for my master's study about transmasc/trans men fans of manga and anime! Please fill out my 10-minute survey:
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#transmasc #t4t #ftm #nonbinary #transresearch #transsurvey #nonbinarysurvey #transresearchbytransrsearchers
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#transmasc #t4t #ftm #nonbinary #transresearch #transsurvey #nonbinarysurvey #transresearchbytransrsearchers
December 1, 2025 at 10:52 AM
I'm looking for participants for my master's study about transmasc/trans men fans of manga and anime! Please fill out my 10-minute survey:
form.jotform.com/253308772919...
#transmasc #t4t #ftm #nonbinary #transresearch #transsurvey #nonbinarysurvey #transresearchbytransrsearchers
form.jotform.com/253308772919...
#transmasc #t4t #ftm #nonbinary #transresearch #transsurvey #nonbinarysurvey #transresearchbytransrsearchers
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i’m setting you free. i’m releasing you from the discourse
December 2, 2025 at 1:39 AM
i’m setting you free. i’m releasing you from the discourse
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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 1:42 AM
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-...
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I will die for you, A 4-Hour Long Video Essay on A Theme Park.
March 15, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I will die for you, A 4-Hour Long Video Essay on A Theme Park.
I, for one, am shocked to learn that the leader of the UK's racism party has a history of being racist. If only there had been some kind of sign!
‘He used to say things like “Hitler was right”’: Farage faces more allegations of racist behaviour at school www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘He used to say things like “Hitler was right”’: Farage faces more allegations of racist behaviour at school www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘He used to say things like “Hitler was right”’: Farage faces more allegations of racist behaviour at school
A former friend and others who were at Dulwich college with the now Reform UK leader speak of his behaviour
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I, for one, am shocked to learn that the leader of the UK's racism party has a history of being racist. If only there had been some kind of sign!
‘He used to say things like “Hitler was right”’: Farage faces more allegations of racist behaviour at school www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘He used to say things like “Hitler was right”’: Farage faces more allegations of racist behaviour at school www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Can't help feeling there's a kinship between the Democrats' capitulation on the shutdown and the BBC bowing to this connected non-scandal. We need the forces of sanity in the world to be at least as determined and insistent as yhe forces of chaos and entropy. And it just doesn't seem like they are.
Tory culture spox demanding the BBC "grovel" to Trump is baffling. Who is this supposed to chime with?
Just a bizarre line that no one who doesn't use X would ever think.
Just a bizarre line that no one who doesn't use X would ever think.
November 11, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Can't help feeling there's a kinship between the Democrats' capitulation on the shutdown and the BBC bowing to this connected non-scandal. We need the forces of sanity in the world to be at least as determined and insistent as yhe forces of chaos and entropy. And it just doesn't seem like they are.
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inspired by this, I have done a free extract of this section of the book here. it is about understanding that *with all its problems* the BBC is as important for our intellectual health as the NHS is for our physical health:
naomialderman.substack.com/p/the-bbc-an...
naomialderman.substack.com/p/the-bbc-an...
November 10, 2025 at 7:52 AM
inspired by this, I have done a free extract of this section of the book here. it is about understanding that *with all its problems* the BBC is as important for our intellectual health as the NHS is for our physical health:
naomialderman.substack.com/p/the-bbc-an...
naomialderman.substack.com/p/the-bbc-an...
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Our military is being paid by an anonymous donor.
Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.
These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.
This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.
Every American should reject it.
Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.
These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.
This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.
Every American should reject it.
October 25, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Our military is being paid by an anonymous donor.
Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.
These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.
This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.
Every American should reject it.
Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.
These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.
This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.
Every American should reject it.
Genuine question: are the people who were all mad about the Cracker Barrel Logo just cool with the big hole in the White House? It seems strange to have a sense of the sacred that extends to corporate logos but not to national monuments.
October 23, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Genuine question: are the people who were all mad about the Cracker Barrel Logo just cool with the big hole in the White House? It seems strange to have a sense of the sacred that extends to corporate logos but not to national monuments.
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Are you 18 or older with a fandom-related tattoo (or know someone who has one)? Please take 10 min to fill out this survey for my new book project on embodied fan identities and practices. Share widely! utexas.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Contact info: suzanne.scott@utexas.edu.
October 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Are you 18 or older with a fandom-related tattoo (or know someone who has one)? Please take 10 min to fill out this survey for my new book project on embodied fan identities and practices. Share widely! utexas.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Contact info: suzanne.scott@utexas.edu.
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A lot of centrist commentators who genuinely got worked up about the unforgivably insulting nature of "cling to guns and religion" or "basket of deplorables" are weirdly silent about Trump portraying himself as literally shitting on American cities
October 19, 2025 at 2:42 AM
A lot of centrist commentators who genuinely got worked up about the unforgivably insulting nature of "cling to guns and religion" or "basket of deplorables" are weirdly silent about Trump portraying himself as literally shitting on American cities
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Neurologically speaking, there's no such thing as 'useless' subjects or 'rip-off' degrees
Insisting we should only teach useful subjects is like saying science should only do research that gives positive results
If you honestly believe that's how anything works, *your* education was the wasted one
Insisting we should only teach useful subjects is like saying science should only do research that gives positive results
If you honestly believe that's how anything works, *your* education was the wasted one
October 15, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Neurologically speaking, there's no such thing as 'useless' subjects or 'rip-off' degrees
Insisting we should only teach useful subjects is like saying science should only do research that gives positive results
If you honestly believe that's how anything works, *your* education was the wasted one
Insisting we should only teach useful subjects is like saying science should only do research that gives positive results
If you honestly believe that's how anything works, *your* education was the wasted one
Very minor spoilers for the end of Peacemaker, S2.
James Gunn may be the first filmmaker since George Lucas to understand that sometimes the best way to end a story is with a big sing along and dance party.
James Gunn may be the first filmmaker since George Lucas to understand that sometimes the best way to end a story is with a big sing along and dance party.
October 15, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Very minor spoilers for the end of Peacemaker, S2.
James Gunn may be the first filmmaker since George Lucas to understand that sometimes the best way to end a story is with a big sing along and dance party.
James Gunn may be the first filmmaker since George Lucas to understand that sometimes the best way to end a story is with a big sing along and dance party.
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UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
October 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
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I’m horrified by Trump’s order to send 300 National Guard troops to Chicago. We’re only nine months into a four year term and already the president is trying to invade an American city. If you’re in the Guard, you can and should refuse these orders.
October 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I’m horrified by Trump’s order to send 300 National Guard troops to Chicago. We’re only nine months into a four year term and already the president is trying to invade an American city. If you’re in the Guard, you can and should refuse these orders.
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It's not a coincidence that AI appears now, as western capitalism transitions to a fascistic political norm. Fascism generates kitsch. Fascism is philistine. Fascism relies upon plagiarism. Fascism is bankrolled by monopoly. AI is monopoly committing theft to produce kitsch consumed by philistines.
AI is the new aesthetic of fascism
October 5, 2025 at 10:43 AM
It's not a coincidence that AI appears now, as western capitalism transitions to a fascistic political norm. Fascism generates kitsch. Fascism is philistine. Fascism relies upon plagiarism. Fascism is bankrolled by monopoly. AI is monopoly committing theft to produce kitsch consumed by philistines.
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If things weren’t bad enough already, Republicans in control of Congress are shutting down the government.
Why? Because Donald Trump opposes making health care more affordable for millions of Americans.
Why? Because Donald Trump opposes making health care more affordable for millions of Americans.
September 30, 2025 at 11:30 PM
If things weren’t bad enough already, Republicans in control of Congress are shutting down the government.
Why? Because Donald Trump opposes making health care more affordable for millions of Americans.
Why? Because Donald Trump opposes making health care more affordable for millions of Americans.
A Captain Planet reboot where Greedly is the president and Skum his chief of staff. The planeteers now understand the failures of their reactive approach to solving environmental problems and are ready to take more radical action.
September 28, 2025 at 8:05 AM
A Captain Planet reboot where Greedly is the president and Skum his chief of staff. The planeteers now understand the failures of their reactive approach to solving environmental problems and are ready to take more radical action.
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Agog that the gaming community has already cracked Silksong and started up the content mills to make it manageable for the rest of us. If they can handle Pharloom, we should aim them at solving climate change or stopping fascism next. Full walkthrough should be ready by the end of the month.
September 26, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Agog that the gaming community has already cracked Silksong and started up the content mills to make it manageable for the rest of us. If they can handle Pharloom, we should aim them at solving climate change or stopping fascism next. Full walkthrough should be ready by the end of the month.
Every time someone from the Trump Whitehouse has to speak to an audience from outside America, I'm reminded of the time Michael Bay screened a selection of footage from Armageddon at Cannes to gales of laughter from the assembled cinephiles.
September 23, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Every time someone from the Trump Whitehouse has to speak to an audience from outside America, I'm reminded of the time Michael Bay screened a selection of footage from Armageddon at Cannes to gales of laughter from the assembled cinephiles.
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Just 2 gun rights advocates sitting behind a wall of bulletproof glass while enjoying a memorial for a gun rights advocate who got murdered by a gun.
September 21, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Just 2 gun rights advocates sitting behind a wall of bulletproof glass while enjoying a memorial for a gun rights advocate who got murdered by a gun.