Jakob Burrows
@awesomepedia.org
Swedish creative worker, living in Ireland. Trust & Safety professional and privacy advocate in my spare time. Made a website in 2008 and refuse to sacrifice it on the altar of social media: awesomepedia.org (he/him)
https://www.youtube.com/awesomepedia
https://www.youtube.com/awesomepedia
What a fun new place for #YouTube to shove shorts! Even if you LIKE them, who the absolute fuck watches shorts on desktop? Get them out of my face.
October 7, 2025 at 9:52 PM
What a fun new place for #YouTube to shove shorts! Even if you LIKE them, who the absolute fuck watches shorts on desktop? Get them out of my face.
Finally got my grubby mits on these! @wyrdscience.bsky.social
October 3, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Finally got my grubby mits on these! @wyrdscience.bsky.social
For those interested in behind the scenes #YouTube stuff, here you can see the bump (around day 20) that came from changing to a more legible thumbnail. CDs beat cassettes and clearly "you will own nothing" is a more popular slogan than McLuhan's old mantra. Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vjso...
October 1, 2025 at 10:04 AM
For those interested in behind the scenes #YouTube stuff, here you can see the bump (around day 20) that came from changing to a more legible thumbnail. CDs beat cassettes and clearly "you will own nothing" is a more popular slogan than McLuhan's old mantra. Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vjso...
If you're still using #Google search for some reason, note that #DuckDuckGo now has a filter to hide AI-generated images (or at least attempt to). This is something Google could easily implement, but of course they WANT to serve you endless Gemini slop.
September 4, 2025 at 9:58 AM
If you're still using #Google search for some reason, note that #DuckDuckGo now has a filter to hide AI-generated images (or at least attempt to). This is something Google could easily implement, but of course they WANT to serve you endless Gemini slop.
My new video on physical media is nearing completion. I accidentally spent months and months on it AGAIN
July 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
My new video on physical media is nearing completion. I accidentally spent months and months on it AGAIN
Chatting about #TheRehearsal, #TheStudio, and actual studio politics on the latest Shows What You Know: showswhatyouknow.com/the-studio-s...
June 13, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Chatting about #TheRehearsal, #TheStudio, and actual studio politics on the latest Shows What You Know: showswhatyouknow.com/the-studio-s...
Clear communication is key to maintaining a strong relationship.
June 12, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Clear communication is key to maintaining a strong relationship.
Just posted a new episode of Shows What You Know, my TV podcast – this time we're sharing industry updates from the Upfronts, thoughts on the upcoming Buffy & Scrubs reboots, and we review both #TheLastofUs and #Andor Season 2! Listen here: showswhatyouknow.com/andor-season...
May 27, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Just posted a new episode of Shows What You Know, my TV podcast – this time we're sharing industry updates from the Upfronts, thoughts on the upcoming Buffy & Scrubs reboots, and we review both #TheLastofUs and #Andor Season 2! Listen here: showswhatyouknow.com/andor-season...
The latest episode of my TV podcast is going live on YouTube right now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ln7U... Available on showswhatyouknow.com and the feed shortly. This time we're reviewing the latest #TheLastOfUs (the big one) and #TheRehearsal S02 premiere from #NathanFielder!
April 23, 2025 at 10:49 AM
The latest episode of my TV podcast is going live on YouTube right now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ln7U... Available on showswhatyouknow.com and the feed shortly. This time we're reviewing the latest #TheLastOfUs (the big one) and #TheRehearsal S02 premiere from #NathanFielder!
7. Autocracy Inc. by @anneapplebaum.bsky.social
Charts how how some of the world's autocratic nations rely on and support one another through finance and propaganda. Solid stuff but very short – every chapter of this could probably be a book twice the length of this one.
#books #booksky 📚
Charts how how some of the world's autocratic nations rely on and support one another through finance and propaganda. Solid stuff but very short – every chapter of this could probably be a book twice the length of this one.
#books #booksky 📚
March 27, 2025 at 11:13 PM
7. Autocracy Inc. by @anneapplebaum.bsky.social
Charts how how some of the world's autocratic nations rely on and support one another through finance and propaganda. Solid stuff but very short – every chapter of this could probably be a book twice the length of this one.
#books #booksky 📚
Charts how how some of the world's autocratic nations rely on and support one another through finance and propaganda. Solid stuff but very short – every chapter of this could probably be a book twice the length of this one.
#books #booksky 📚
6. The Chaos Machine by @max-fisher.bsky.social
Many writers have chronicled the rise (and result) of social media but by rooting it solidly in psychology – both that of individuals and groups – Fisher manages to weave a clear narrative through the chaos. A stand-out work.
#books #booksky 📚
Many writers have chronicled the rise (and result) of social media but by rooting it solidly in psychology – both that of individuals and groups – Fisher manages to weave a clear narrative through the chaos. A stand-out work.
#books #booksky 📚
March 21, 2025 at 3:50 PM
6. The Chaos Machine by @max-fisher.bsky.social
Many writers have chronicled the rise (and result) of social media but by rooting it solidly in psychology – both that of individuals and groups – Fisher manages to weave a clear narrative through the chaos. A stand-out work.
#books #booksky 📚
Many writers have chronicled the rise (and result) of social media but by rooting it solidly in psychology – both that of individuals and groups – Fisher manages to weave a clear narrative through the chaos. A stand-out work.
#books #booksky 📚
5. Internet for the People by @bentarnoff.com
A brief but solid intro to the evolution of the internet, with good ideas for the future. I was familiar with a lot of it but particularly enjoyed the early parts on internet infrastructure, which I know little about.
#books #booksky 📚
A brief but solid intro to the evolution of the internet, with good ideas for the future. I was familiar with a lot of it but particularly enjoyed the early parts on internet infrastructure, which I know little about.
#books #booksky 📚
March 11, 2025 at 10:43 PM
5. Internet for the People by @bentarnoff.com
A brief but solid intro to the evolution of the internet, with good ideas for the future. I was familiar with a lot of it but particularly enjoyed the early parts on internet infrastructure, which I know little about.
#books #booksky 📚
A brief but solid intro to the evolution of the internet, with good ideas for the future. I was familiar with a lot of it but particularly enjoyed the early parts on internet infrastructure, which I know little about.
#books #booksky 📚
Video is live now! Join me on an international journey of nostalgia, physical media, algorithmic anxiety and, of course, music: www.youtube.com/watch?v=00lL...
March 6, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Video is live now! Join me on an international journey of nostalgia, physical media, algorithmic anxiety and, of course, music: www.youtube.com/watch?v=00lL...
4. Mood Machine @lizpelly.bsky.social
I heard about this book via Pelly's popular "ghost artists" article in Harper's (harpers.org/archive/2025...) and the book itself exceeded my expectations. Comprehensive and succinct, it hits the nail on the head, bravo!
#books #booksky 📚
I heard about this book via Pelly's popular "ghost artists" article in Harper's (harpers.org/archive/2025...) and the book itself exceeded my expectations. Comprehensive and succinct, it hits the nail on the head, bravo!
#books #booksky 📚
March 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
4. Mood Machine @lizpelly.bsky.social
I heard about this book via Pelly's popular "ghost artists" article in Harper's (harpers.org/archive/2025...) and the book itself exceeded my expectations. Comprehensive and succinct, it hits the nail on the head, bravo!
#books #booksky 📚
I heard about this book via Pelly's popular "ghost artists" article in Harper's (harpers.org/archive/2025...) and the book itself exceeded my expectations. Comprehensive and succinct, it hits the nail on the head, bravo!
#books #booksky 📚
My next video is about #iPods, and why people still love them 20 years later. Should be out soon! #ipod #ipodmodding
February 26, 2025 at 1:46 PM
My next video is about #iPods, and why people still love them 20 years later. Should be out soon! #ipod #ipodmodding
3. Data Grab
In Surveillance Capitalism, Zuboff named the enemy. Many writers have since expanded, updated or – as Data Grab does – introduced contrasting frameworks for understanding and fighting the same enemy. The core concept of data colonialism will certainly stick with me.
#booksky #books 📚
In Surveillance Capitalism, Zuboff named the enemy. Many writers have since expanded, updated or – as Data Grab does – introduced contrasting frameworks for understanding and fighting the same enemy. The core concept of data colonialism will certainly stick with me.
#booksky #books 📚
February 20, 2025 at 9:45 AM
February 12, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Hourly Comics Day 2025: Part 2!
February 1, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Hourly Comics Day 2025: Part 2!
Hourly Comics Day! Where you make a comic every hour, about that hour. #hourlycomic #hourlycomicday #hourlycomicsday #hourlycomics
February 1, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Hourly Comics Day! Where you make a comic every hour, about that hour. #hourlycomic #hourlycomicday #hourlycomicsday #hourlycomics
2. Talking to my daugther about the economy @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social
Short and accessible intro to why everything is completely fucked. Its simplicity is a rebuke of those who use complexity to hide simple truths about greed and power. Would use to teach my own daughter if she wasn't a dog. 📚
Short and accessible intro to why everything is completely fucked. Its simplicity is a rebuke of those who use complexity to hide simple truths about greed and power. Would use to teach my own daughter if she wasn't a dog. 📚
January 22, 2025 at 1:37 PM
2. Talking to my daugther about the economy @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social
Short and accessible intro to why everything is completely fucked. Its simplicity is a rebuke of those who use complexity to hide simple truths about greed and power. Would use to teach my own daughter if she wasn't a dog. 📚
Short and accessible intro to why everything is completely fucked. Its simplicity is a rebuke of those who use complexity to hide simple truths about greed and power. Would use to teach my own daughter if she wasn't a dog. 📚
Buffy and Angel are both such dramatic bitches, they truly deserve one another.
January 22, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Buffy and Angel are both such dramatic bitches, they truly deserve one another.
loving these medieval skyscrapers, very wizard's tower www.exurbe.com/the-lost-tow...
January 19, 2025 at 10:59 PM
loving these medieval skyscrapers, very wizard's tower www.exurbe.com/the-lost-tow...