Kirsten Drysdale
@kdriz.bsky.social
Writer/Journalist/TV maker
Critically reviewing everyone on the internet, one at a time, @TheInternetReviewed on YouTube
www.youtube.com/@TheInternetReviewed
Critically reviewing everyone on the internet, one at a time, @TheInternetReviewed on YouTube
www.youtube.com/@TheInternetReviewed
Confessions of an Online Ad Actor
An *EXCLUSIVE* with "Teddy Reech" - aka Scott Curtis, a UGC creator/actor who's done over a thousand online/social media ads.
He's got a great story to tell about an AI footage farming operation... and what it's like selling boner pills.
youtu.be/sSkqE4bEybo?...
An *EXCLUSIVE* with "Teddy Reech" - aka Scott Curtis, a UGC creator/actor who's done over a thousand online/social media ads.
He's got a great story to tell about an AI footage farming operation... and what it's like selling boner pills.
youtu.be/sSkqE4bEybo?...
An Online Ad Guy TELLS ALL - was "Teddy Reech" scammed by his own client!?
YouTube video by TheInternetReviewed
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Confessions of an Online Ad Actor
An *EXCLUSIVE* with "Teddy Reech" - aka Scott Curtis, a UGC creator/actor who's done over a thousand online/social media ads.
He's got a great story to tell about an AI footage farming operation... and what it's like selling boner pills.
youtu.be/sSkqE4bEybo?...
An *EXCLUSIVE* with "Teddy Reech" - aka Scott Curtis, a UGC creator/actor who's done over a thousand online/social media ads.
He's got a great story to tell about an AI footage farming operation... and what it's like selling boner pills.
youtu.be/sSkqE4bEybo?...
Enshittification? Sacrificed a credit card to prove an app being advertised on Instagram is a scam.
Reported it to Instagram as a scam/fraud.
Instagram's "technology" decided my report wasn't worth them reviewing.
It remains on their platform :)
youtu.be/1BQW5cxlUy4?...
Reported it to Instagram as a scam/fraud.
Instagram's "technology" decided my report wasn't worth them reviewing.
It remains on their platform :)
youtu.be/1BQW5cxlUy4?...
BACKCHAT: Scammy AI-made History Apps
YouTube video by TheInternetReviewed
youtu.be
October 29, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Enshittification? Sacrificed a credit card to prove an app being advertised on Instagram is a scam.
Reported it to Instagram as a scam/fraud.
Instagram's "technology" decided my report wasn't worth them reviewing.
It remains on their platform :)
youtu.be/1BQW5cxlUy4?...
Reported it to Instagram as a scam/fraud.
Instagram's "technology" decided my report wasn't worth them reviewing.
It remains on their platform :)
youtu.be/1BQW5cxlUy4?...
This is my 15 minute documentary about how AI is turbocharging enshittification.
Or maybe it's just a Public Service Announcement for anyone seeing ads for AI-generated “educational” apps: be warned - they are slop at best, scams at worst.
youtu.be/y0BcCKUO0tE?...
Or maybe it's just a Public Service Announcement for anyone seeing ads for AI-generated “educational” apps: be warned - they are slop at best, scams at worst.
youtu.be/y0BcCKUO0tE?...
Why AI Apps Are Computer Vomit SCAMS
YouTube video by TheInternetReviewed
youtu.be
October 20, 2025 at 11:45 PM
This is my 15 minute documentary about how AI is turbocharging enshittification.
Or maybe it's just a Public Service Announcement for anyone seeing ads for AI-generated “educational” apps: be warned - they are slop at best, scams at worst.
youtu.be/y0BcCKUO0tE?...
Or maybe it's just a Public Service Announcement for anyone seeing ads for AI-generated “educational” apps: be warned - they are slop at best, scams at worst.
youtu.be/y0BcCKUO0tE?...
A critical review of those that critically review the biggest podcast in the world... why not?
September 29, 2025 at 11:57 AM
A critical review of those that critically review the biggest podcast in the world... why not?
A few little thoughts on "quotes" that aren't quotes open.substack.com/pub/theinter...
September 17, 2025 at 5:24 AM
A few little thoughts on "quotes" that aren't quotes open.substack.com/pub/theinter...
Does getting something wrong matter, if it's for the right reason?
What if you're wrong by a LOT? Does that warrant a correction? Maybe I'm just a pedant... but I reckon it does!
This is a story about accuracy v activism, and crazy-making post-truth era we're in.
youtu.be/_dRSuTlilp4?...
What if you're wrong by a LOT? Does that warrant a correction? Maybe I'm just a pedant... but I reckon it does!
This is a story about accuracy v activism, and crazy-making post-truth era we're in.
youtu.be/_dRSuTlilp4?...
TINY LIES: The microplastics 'fact' off by a factor of a million!?
YouTube video by TheInternetReviewed
youtu.be
August 28, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Does getting something wrong matter, if it's for the right reason?
What if you're wrong by a LOT? Does that warrant a correction? Maybe I'm just a pedant... but I reckon it does!
This is a story about accuracy v activism, and crazy-making post-truth era we're in.
youtu.be/_dRSuTlilp4?...
What if you're wrong by a LOT? Does that warrant a correction? Maybe I'm just a pedant... but I reckon it does!
This is a story about accuracy v activism, and crazy-making post-truth era we're in.
youtu.be/_dRSuTlilp4?...
Why would I recommend you follow someone who's been called a "charlatan", a "monster", a "closeted right-winger" taking funding from "far-right billionaires", and a "génocidaire" who should "be in prison for crimes against humanity"? Find out...
youtu.be/0WTLzUiW-vk?...
youtu.be/0WTLzUiW-vk?...
Emily Oster REVIEWED: Is she REALLY a "monster", "messiah", "genocidaire"!?
YouTube video by TheInternetReviewed
youtu.be
August 18, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Why would I recommend you follow someone who's been called a "charlatan", a "monster", a "closeted right-winger" taking funding from "far-right billionaires", and a "génocidaire" who should "be in prison for crimes against humanity"? Find out...
youtu.be/0WTLzUiW-vk?...
youtu.be/0WTLzUiW-vk?...
Is the @publicdomainrev.bsky.social the loveliest corner of the internet? Kenny and I say yes. youtu.be/r7h_kKbOEA4?...
The Public Domain Review: Is this the best corner of the Internet?
YouTube video by TheInternetReviewed
youtu.be
July 24, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Is the @publicdomainrev.bsky.social the loveliest corner of the internet? Kenny and I say yes. youtu.be/r7h_kKbOEA4?...
Important BREAKING BENCH NEWS:
* A Chinese magazine published a very weird article telling the *opposite* version of the spiky bench lie in 2014
* There really WAS a bench in Yantai that someone was charging people to sit on
* I FOUND FABIAN! We had a chat
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI7C...
* A Chinese magazine published a very weird article telling the *opposite* version of the spiky bench lie in 2014
* There really WAS a bench in Yantai that someone was charging people to sit on
* I FOUND FABIAN! We had a chat
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI7C...
July 2, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Important BREAKING BENCH NEWS:
* A Chinese magazine published a very weird article telling the *opposite* version of the spiky bench lie in 2014
* There really WAS a bench in Yantai that someone was charging people to sit on
* I FOUND FABIAN! We had a chat
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI7C...
* A Chinese magazine published a very weird article telling the *opposite* version of the spiky bench lie in 2014
* There really WAS a bench in Yantai that someone was charging people to sit on
* I FOUND FABIAN! We had a chat
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI7C...
If you miss "The Checkout", I reckon you'll love "How To Cook That", Ann Reardon's excellent YouTube channel.
It's a baking channel that's really about truth, trust & trickery online. And it's for anyone fooled by a viral 'hack' or recipe that doesn't work.
My review: youtu.be/69QwfCYJ8u4?...
It's a baking channel that's really about truth, trust & trickery online. And it's for anyone fooled by a viral 'hack' or recipe that doesn't work.
My review: youtu.be/69QwfCYJ8u4?...
REVIEWED: "How To Cook That" with Ann Reardon - YouTube's Baking Queen turned TRUTH Warrior!
YouTube video by TheInternetReviewed
youtu.be
June 16, 2025 at 11:31 PM
If you miss "The Checkout", I reckon you'll love "How To Cook That", Ann Reardon's excellent YouTube channel.
It's a baking channel that's really about truth, trust & trickery online. And it's for anyone fooled by a viral 'hack' or recipe that doesn't work.
My review: youtu.be/69QwfCYJ8u4?...
It's a baking channel that's really about truth, trust & trickery online. And it's for anyone fooled by a viral 'hack' or recipe that doesn't work.
My review: youtu.be/69QwfCYJ8u4?...
Hi @librarybunny.bsky.social - I would love to speak with you for a piece I am researching. Could you follow me back so I can send a DM?
Cheers,
Kirsten :)
Cheers,
Kirsten :)
June 9, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Hi @librarybunny.bsky.social - I would love to speak with you for a piece I am researching. Could you follow me back so I can send a DM?
Cheers,
Kirsten :)
Cheers,
Kirsten :)
I recently lost my mind, several days, and a significant chunk of my sanity trying to work out whether China really does have coin-operated park benches that stab you in the arse when your time is up.
The result is basically an ad for the @waybackmachine.bsky.social
youtu.be/aSZ4RUFA7VQ?...
The result is basically an ad for the @waybackmachine.bsky.social
youtu.be/aSZ4RUFA7VQ?...
TINY LIES: My $55 adventure in internet factchecking & a descent into madness
YouTube video by TheInternetReviewed
youtu.be
May 26, 2025 at 10:41 AM
I recently lost my mind, several days, and a significant chunk of my sanity trying to work out whether China really does have coin-operated park benches that stab you in the arse when your time is up.
The result is basically an ad for the @waybackmachine.bsky.social
youtu.be/aSZ4RUFA7VQ?...
The result is basically an ad for the @waybackmachine.bsky.social
youtu.be/aSZ4RUFA7VQ?...
“Inside China Business” is a fascinating YouTube channel (& Substack) getting a LOT of love for its “brilliant analysis”.
It’s been called the “best channel in history”, but also accused of being anti-US/anti-West propaganda… I think it’s well worth a look. My review here: youtu.be/CxwQHyFrbA0?...
It’s been called the “best channel in history”, but also accused of being anti-US/anti-West propaganda… I think it’s well worth a look. My review here: youtu.be/CxwQHyFrbA0?...
Inside China Business - Best Channel in History, or Anti-West Psy-Op?
YouTube video by TheInternetReviewed
youtu.be
May 10, 2025 at 4:59 AM
“Inside China Business” is a fascinating YouTube channel (& Substack) getting a LOT of love for its “brilliant analysis”.
It’s been called the “best channel in history”, but also accused of being anti-US/anti-West propaganda… I think it’s well worth a look. My review here: youtu.be/CxwQHyFrbA0?...
It’s been called the “best channel in history”, but also accused of being anti-US/anti-West propaganda… I think it’s well worth a look. My review here: youtu.be/CxwQHyFrbA0?...
If Joe Rogan is the problem, Joe Walker @josephnoelwalker.bsky.social might just be the solution.
My review of his excellent pod The Joe Walker Podcast (formerly The Jolly Swagman) here: youtu.be/NY8FeUHDk5U?...
Similar on the surface to JRE, very different in execution. Great for #auspol too.
My review of his excellent pod The Joe Walker Podcast (formerly The Jolly Swagman) here: youtu.be/NY8FeUHDk5U?...
Similar on the surface to JRE, very different in execution. Great for #auspol too.
The *other* Joe's podcast (Joe Walker, formerly The Jolly Swagman)
YouTube video by TheInternetReviewed
youtu.be
April 14, 2025 at 8:53 AM
If Joe Rogan is the problem, Joe Walker @josephnoelwalker.bsky.social might just be the solution.
My review of his excellent pod The Joe Walker Podcast (formerly The Jolly Swagman) here: youtu.be/NY8FeUHDk5U?...
Similar on the surface to JRE, very different in execution. Great for #auspol too.
My review of his excellent pod The Joe Walker Podcast (formerly The Jolly Swagman) here: youtu.be/NY8FeUHDk5U?...
Similar on the surface to JRE, very different in execution. Great for #auspol too.
My latest review is of everyone's favourite – Bari Weiss – and The Free Press @thefp.com
youtu.be/hmsrFD2BUeQ?...
Tl;dw? An understandable response to 2020, delivering some very good & necessary journalism, but with some significant blind spots & not always upholding its own values, imo.
youtu.be/hmsrFD2BUeQ?...
Tl;dw? An understandable response to 2020, delivering some very good & necessary journalism, but with some significant blind spots & not always upholding its own values, imo.
Bari Weiss & "The Free Press" REVIEWED
YouTube video by TheInternetReviewed
youtu.be
April 4, 2025 at 1:17 AM
My latest review is of everyone's favourite – Bari Weiss – and The Free Press @thefp.com
youtu.be/hmsrFD2BUeQ?...
Tl;dw? An understandable response to 2020, delivering some very good & necessary journalism, but with some significant blind spots & not always upholding its own values, imo.
youtu.be/hmsrFD2BUeQ?...
Tl;dw? An understandable response to 2020, delivering some very good & necessary journalism, but with some significant blind spots & not always upholding its own values, imo.
A double review! I took a look at the MAHA “Food Babe” (the wellness blogger making a comeback with RFK Jr’s movement) - and her much better informed counterpart, the “Food Science Babe” @foodsciencebabe.bsky.social
youtu.be/-OmDlzkMTd0?...
(don’t get these babes mixed up)
youtu.be/-OmDlzkMTd0?...
(don’t get these babes mixed up)
The MAHA "Food Babe" versus the Food *Science* Babe
YouTube video by TheInternetReviewed
youtu.be
March 17, 2025 at 11:25 PM
A double review! I took a look at the MAHA “Food Babe” (the wellness blogger making a comeback with RFK Jr’s movement) - and her much better informed counterpart, the “Food Science Babe” @foodsciencebabe.bsky.social
youtu.be/-OmDlzkMTd0?...
(don’t get these babes mixed up)
youtu.be/-OmDlzkMTd0?...
(don’t get these babes mixed up)
The music videos are a very special treat!
Thanks to @kdriz.bsky.social 's latest youtube video I learned @hossenfelder.bsky.social has music videos on her channel. Wild. I also learned that Kirsten has a new youtube channel (www.youtube.com/@TheInternet...).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ntJ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ntJ...
Sabine Hossenfelder (YouTube) - science's "hilarious buzzkill"
YouTube video by TheInternetReviewed
www.youtube.com
February 20, 2025 at 2:20 AM
The music videos are a very special treat!
Theoretical physicist Sabine Hossenfelder @skdh is the #scicomm world's "hilarious buzzkill": my review of her YouTube channel here. Tl;dw? Strong recommend to follow - just be wary of how her (often legit) criticisms of academia & science are expressed.
youtu.be/8ntJo9GkbhE
youtu.be/8ntJo9GkbhE
Sabine Hossenfelder (YouTube) - science's "hilarious buzzkill"
YouTube video by TheInternetReviewed
youtu.be
February 18, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Theoretical physicist Sabine Hossenfelder @skdh is the #scicomm world's "hilarious buzzkill": my review of her YouTube channel here. Tl;dw? Strong recommend to follow - just be wary of how her (often legit) criticisms of academia & science are expressed.
youtu.be/8ntJo9GkbhE
youtu.be/8ntJo9GkbhE
From 'benevolent troll queen' to provider of many sane takes. I reviewed the @cartoonshateher.bsky.social Substack. A welcome normal voice in the discourse! Especially in the sex/gender dynamics/ relationships/ parenting space, imo. Strong recommend.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wgm...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wgm...
Cartoons Hate Her (Substack) - Smart, Funny, NORMAL!
YouTube video by TheInternetReviewed
www.youtube.com
December 16, 2024 at 11:58 PM
From 'benevolent troll queen' to provider of many sane takes. I reviewed the @cartoonshateher.bsky.social Substack. A welcome normal voice in the discourse! Especially in the sex/gender dynamics/ relationships/ parenting space, imo. Strong recommend.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wgm...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wgm...
Heather Cox Richardson's "Letters from an American" are refreshingly calm in tone, rich in detail, and provide interesting historical background to current events - but they aren't impartial. I think they're well worth following, as long as you are aware of Richardson's editorial lens. Review here:
Heather Cox Richardson ("Letters from an American") Reviewed
YouTube video by TheInternetReviewed
youtu.be
November 25, 2024 at 6:15 AM
Heather Cox Richardson's "Letters from an American" are refreshingly calm in tone, rich in detail, and provide interesting historical background to current events - but they aren't impartial. I think they're well worth following, as long as you are aware of Richardson's editorial lens. Review here: