Nicholas Caesar (video essaying air breather)
@nichecaesar.bsky.social
A (pathologically kind) maker of dated references that posts video essays/podcasts when he isn't editing other peoples content. Also wrote a few books.
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
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Howdy y'all! I've got a new video out! It's all about Monsters Inc. and the way that the film depicts fear.
Check it out if you've got nothing better to do on this snowy Sunday!
📺: youtu.be/AeL7bcveUCA
🎥🎬📽️🎞️
Check it out if you've got nothing better to do on this snowy Sunday!
📺: youtu.be/AeL7bcveUCA
🎥🎬📽️🎞️
January 25, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Howdy y'all! I've got a new video out! It's all about Monsters Inc. and the way that the film depicts fear.
Check it out if you've got nothing better to do on this snowy Sunday!
📺: youtu.be/AeL7bcveUCA
🎥🎬📽️🎞️
Check it out if you've got nothing better to do on this snowy Sunday!
📺: youtu.be/AeL7bcveUCA
🎥🎬📽️🎞️
January 25, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Howdy y'all! I've got a new video out! It's all about Monsters Inc. and the way that the film depicts fear.
Check it out if you've got nothing better to do on this snowy Sunday!
📺: youtu.be/AeL7bcveUCA
🎥🎬📽️🎞️
Check it out if you've got nothing better to do on this snowy Sunday!
📺: youtu.be/AeL7bcveUCA
🎥🎬📽️🎞️
I was originally gonna add a joke about how I'm sure I'll go back to hating on Adobe within a day.
Well, it happened lol. Setting the default Gaussian Blur value to 25 on AE is dumb because it forces me to have to change it to the actual value I want to use.
Also, the new smart masking stuff (...)
Well, it happened lol. Setting the default Gaussian Blur value to 25 on AE is dumb because it forces me to have to change it to the actual value I want to use.
Also, the new smart masking stuff (...)
I love the implication that I'm somehow a Luddite for not wanting to outsource graphics work to GenAI. It always gets ponied up as me not wanting to make my life easier/being a gatekeeper, when that couldn't be the furthest thing from the truth.
For example: I'm a freaking kid in a (...)
For example: I'm a freaking kid in a (...)
January 25, 2026 at 1:53 AM
I was originally gonna add a joke about how I'm sure I'll go back to hating on Adobe within a day.
Well, it happened lol. Setting the default Gaussian Blur value to 25 on AE is dumb because it forces me to have to change it to the actual value I want to use.
Also, the new smart masking stuff (...)
Well, it happened lol. Setting the default Gaussian Blur value to 25 on AE is dumb because it forces me to have to change it to the actual value I want to use.
Also, the new smart masking stuff (...)
I love the implication that I'm somehow a Luddite for not wanting to outsource graphics work to GenAI. It always gets ponied up as me not wanting to make my life easier/being a gatekeeper, when that couldn't be the furthest thing from the truth.
For example: I'm a freaking kid in a (...)
For example: I'm a freaking kid in a (...)
January 24, 2026 at 7:29 PM
I love the implication that I'm somehow a Luddite for not wanting to outsource graphics work to GenAI. It always gets ponied up as me not wanting to make my life easier/being a gatekeeper, when that couldn't be the furthest thing from the truth.
For example: I'm a freaking kid in a (...)
For example: I'm a freaking kid in a (...)
New reason to hate AI just dropped.
I made an appointment to get my hair cut somewhere I hadn’t been to in years and Google’s AI showed the same address for the business, a mind a new phone number Only that wasn’t the case, as the phone number was for a random business somewhere else, and (…)
I made an appointment to get my hair cut somewhere I hadn’t been to in years and Google’s AI showed the same address for the business, a mind a new phone number Only that wasn’t the case, as the phone number was for a random business somewhere else, and (…)
January 23, 2026 at 9:43 PM
New reason to hate AI just dropped.
I made an appointment to get my hair cut somewhere I hadn’t been to in years and Google’s AI showed the same address for the business, a mind a new phone number Only that wasn’t the case, as the phone number was for a random business somewhere else, and (…)
I made an appointment to get my hair cut somewhere I hadn’t been to in years and Google’s AI showed the same address for the business, a mind a new phone number Only that wasn’t the case, as the phone number was for a random business somewhere else, and (…)
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it's cool that so many people in positions of power and influence were so negatively polarized by "wokeness" that they convinced themselves that there was an actual debate about who wanted to erase history and the "wokes" were on the wrong side bsky.app/profile/arch...
"Slavery was real"
Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington.
Presidents House, Philadelphia.
Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington.
Presidents House, Philadelphia.
January 23, 2026 at 6:13 PM
it's cool that so many people in positions of power and influence were so negatively polarized by "wokeness" that they convinced themselves that there was an actual debate about who wanted to erase history and the "wokes" were on the wrong side bsky.app/profile/arch...
See, I know I’m thirty because my first instinct from hearing my annoying college age neighbor start revving his motorcycle for ten minutes at just before midnight on a work night was to sigh, pick up my previously sleeping, but currently barking, chihuahua, and (…)
January 23, 2026 at 4:32 AM
See, I know I’m thirty because my first instinct from hearing my annoying college age neighbor start revving his motorcycle for ten minutes at just before midnight on a work night was to sigh, pick up my previously sleeping, but currently barking, chihuahua, and (…)
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Watching the Greenland thing unfold really does feel like a psychotic break except instead of me breaking away from reality it's reality breaking away from me
January 21, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Watching the Greenland thing unfold really does feel like a psychotic break except instead of me breaking away from reality it's reality breaking away from me
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oh it's going to be a Recession recession
January 18, 2026 at 10:56 PM
oh it's going to be a Recession recession
YouTube's copyright detector is so high tech that, among the chunks of my video essay about Monsters Inc that it claimed was "the full movie," the following shots were flagged as being from the film, too.
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January 18, 2026 at 9:08 PM
YouTube's copyright detector is so high tech that, among the chunks of my video essay about Monsters Inc that it claimed was "the full movie," the following shots were flagged as being from the film, too.
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New video is delayed for... idk how long. It got copyright hammered.
January 17, 2026 at 10:04 PM
New video is delayed for... idk how long. It got copyright hammered.
Apparently Netflix just announced a video podcast starring Pete Davidson that won't be available on podcast apps, and I really must ask...
Isn't that just a talk show?
Isn't that just a talk show?
January 15, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Apparently Netflix just announced a video podcast starring Pete Davidson that won't be available on podcast apps, and I really must ask...
Isn't that just a talk show?
Isn't that just a talk show?
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ugh god it's still never gonna shut up about how it's just as easy to use as windows malware
January 14, 2026 at 2:08 PM
ugh god it's still never gonna shut up about how it's just as easy to use as windows malware
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if you put this in a script even erin brockovitch would be like “too on the nose, dial it back”
January 12, 2026 at 7:01 PM
if you put this in a script even erin brockovitch would be like “too on the nose, dial it back”
There is nothing more satisfying than wanting to alter a line in a video you recorded 3(!) months ago and being able to avoid having to match audio through seamlessly Frankenstein cutting a new line together.
It is simply the highest of highs.
Anyway, I’ll have a new video out next week
(…)
It is simply the highest of highs.
Anyway, I’ll have a new video out next week
(…)
January 10, 2026 at 10:34 PM
There is nothing more satisfying than wanting to alter a line in a video you recorded 3(!) months ago and being able to avoid having to match audio through seamlessly Frankenstein cutting a new line together.
It is simply the highest of highs.
Anyway, I’ll have a new video out next week
(…)
It is simply the highest of highs.
Anyway, I’ll have a new video out next week
(…)
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rare to see an american politician speak in these terms and it rocks
“When I speak about making our city more affordable, my vision is not limited to the homes that we live in or the child care that we’re making universal — it’s also a vision where we make it possible for working people to afford lives of joy, of art, of rest, of expression.”
Handing Out Free Tickets, Mamdani Says Theater Should Not Be ‘a Luxury’
www.nytimes.com
January 10, 2026 at 2:48 AM
rare to see an american politician speak in these terms and it rocks
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"it’s kind of crazy that we have to keep going over this, but the corruption remains so glaring"
I appreciate that, while nearly all the Hollywood trades are owned by the company putting on the Golden Globes and therefore just doing PR for this award show, The Ankler is NOT
Some key points 🧵
I appreciate that, while nearly all the Hollywood trades are owned by the company putting on the Golden Globes and therefore just doing PR for this award show, The Ankler is NOT
Some key points 🧵
The Golden Globes Still Give The Ick
Plus: Movie theaters lobby Congress to act against WBD sale
theankler.com
January 8, 2026 at 7:24 PM
"it’s kind of crazy that we have to keep going over this, but the corruption remains so glaring"
I appreciate that, while nearly all the Hollywood trades are owned by the company putting on the Golden Globes and therefore just doing PR for this award show, The Ankler is NOT
Some key points 🧵
I appreciate that, while nearly all the Hollywood trades are owned by the company putting on the Golden Globes and therefore just doing PR for this award show, The Ankler is NOT
Some key points 🧵
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This should be obvious now but DO NOT under any circumstances give your medical records to ChatGPT
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health, encouraging users to connect their medical records
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health, encouraging users to connect their medical records
But it’s “not intended for diagnosis or treatment.”
buff.ly
January 8, 2026 at 2:04 AM
This should be obvious now but DO NOT under any circumstances give your medical records to ChatGPT
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i miss old internet. i don't really know what my place is on 2026 internet
January 6, 2026 at 4:44 PM
i miss old internet. i don't really know what my place is on 2026 internet
Babe are you okay? You barely touched your lunch. Are you sad because the Knicks' recent string of mid season losses is giving you flashbacks to the Mets beginning to collapse halfway through their season last summer?
January 6, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Babe are you okay? You barely touched your lunch. Are you sad because the Knicks' recent string of mid season losses is giving you flashbacks to the Mets beginning to collapse halfway through their season last summer?
We're five days into the year and I just had to read a comment that tried to explain that gentrification is caused by poor people because they're too poor to have a nice place to live lol.
Pack it up guys. Let's not even try this year
Pack it up guys. Let's not even try this year
January 5, 2026 at 5:06 PM
We're five days into the year and I just had to read a comment that tried to explain that gentrification is caused by poor people because they're too poor to have a nice place to live lol.
Pack it up guys. Let's not even try this year
Pack it up guys. Let's not even try this year
If anyone wants a more succinct picture of how my 2026 is going:
Its 1 AM and I just got unreasonably excited about an ad I got to see a screening of The Princess Bride with a live orchestra, before remembering that my VPN is on and my browser/ad thinks I’m in Canada 🙃
Its 1 AM and I just got unreasonably excited about an ad I got to see a screening of The Princess Bride with a live orchestra, before remembering that my VPN is on and my browser/ad thinks I’m in Canada 🙃
January 3, 2026 at 6:12 AM
If anyone wants a more succinct picture of how my 2026 is going:
Its 1 AM and I just got unreasonably excited about an ad I got to see a screening of The Princess Bride with a live orchestra, before remembering that my VPN is on and my browser/ad thinks I’m in Canada 🙃
Its 1 AM and I just got unreasonably excited about an ad I got to see a screening of The Princess Bride with a live orchestra, before remembering that my VPN is on and my browser/ad thinks I’m in Canada 🙃
I’ve entered a new circle of hell. Not only does my $1000 Hisense TV from 2023 only recognize my soundbar 50% of the time, it now doesn’t remember inputs and opens to their ad infested OS, and also resets the motion smoothing settings any time you turn the unit off.
God I hate the state of tech.
God I hate the state of tech.
December 31, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I’ve entered a new circle of hell. Not only does my $1000 Hisense TV from 2023 only recognize my soundbar 50% of the time, it now doesn’t remember inputs and opens to their ad infested OS, and also resets the motion smoothing settings any time you turn the unit off.
God I hate the state of tech.
God I hate the state of tech.
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Normally, I would keep this private. But I make an exception.
2025 was the worst year of my personal and public lives.
2025 was the worst year of my personal and public lives.
December 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Normally, I would keep this private. But I make an exception.
2025 was the worst year of my personal and public lives.
2025 was the worst year of my personal and public lives.
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Finale time! I hope we finally meet a Pluribus!
December 24, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Finale time! I hope we finally meet a Pluribus!