Nicholas Caesar (video essaying air breather)
@nichecaesar.bsky.social
A (pathologically kind) maker of dated references that moonlights as a video essayist/podcaster when he isn't editing other peoples videos/podcasts.
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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“I was good at that job and it was a job I had been working my whole career for. Since then, it’s like you said, still having the mindset of a journalist but you don’t really have a place to put the journalism”
Candice is such a terrific thinker ahd writer and this is so upsetting
Candice is such a terrific thinker ahd writer and this is so upsetting
I was interviewed for this piece on the mental health journey throughout unemployment, particularly at a time when many Black women are out of work.
gmattison1.substack.com/p/the-thin-l...
gmattison1.substack.com/p/the-thin-l...
The Thin Line Between Progression and Depression
Exploring the impending decision between unemployment and suicide, and why people may choose the latter.
gmattison1.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:57 PM
“I was good at that job and it was a job I had been working my whole career for. Since then, it’s like you said, still having the mindset of a journalist but you don’t really have a place to put the journalism”
Candice is such a terrific thinker ahd writer and this is so upsetting
Candice is such a terrific thinker ahd writer and this is so upsetting
The simple reality is that exchanging ten minute voice notes with my friends (when we don’t have a few to hop on the phone or catch up) and vent about life/gush about whatever movie or album we’re obsessed with does untold amounts of good for my brain.
People are so cool (except when they aren’t)
People are so cool (except when they aren’t)
November 19, 2025 at 5:09 AM
The simple reality is that exchanging ten minute voice notes with my friends (when we don’t have a few to hop on the phone or catch up) and vent about life/gush about whatever movie or album we’re obsessed with does untold amounts of good for my brain.
People are so cool (except when they aren’t)
People are so cool (except when they aren’t)
My health premium went from ~$350 to $700.
KEEP SHARING YOUR STORIES about increased ACA premiums due to the disappearance of subsidies. The stories clearly are having an impact, they help people feel less helpless, and they create solidarity that leads to action.
Mine went from $395→ $821. What happened for you?
Mine went from $395→ $821. What happened for you?
November 18, 2025 at 5:20 PM
My health premium went from ~$350 to $700.
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Do people genuinely get angry when a review/analysis of something popular gives the story a brief (30 second) summary?
Asking because someone got really annoyed by it on a comment recently and I don't get why lol. It doesn't matter if most people know the thing being discussed; the summary is for—
Asking because someone got really annoyed by it on a comment recently and I don't get why lol. It doesn't matter if most people know the thing being discussed; the summary is for—
November 17, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Do people genuinely get angry when a review/analysis of something popular gives the story a brief (30 second) summary?
Asking because someone got really annoyed by it on a comment recently and I don't get why lol. It doesn't matter if most people know the thing being discussed; the summary is for—
Asking because someone got really annoyed by it on a comment recently and I don't get why lol. It doesn't matter if most people know the thing being discussed; the summary is for—
🎥 It’s A Wonderful Life (1946) 🎥
Damn picture gets me every time 😭. Decided to watch it early this year for a much needed pick me up, and yes, I was in fact picked up.
Will probably rewatch it in a month and give the color version a shot since I’ve never actually watched it.
boxd.it/bJfx5V
Damn picture gets me every time 😭. Decided to watch it early this year for a much needed pick me up, and yes, I was in fact picked up.
Will probably rewatch it in a month and give the color version a shot since I’ve never actually watched it.
boxd.it/bJfx5V
a man in a suit and tie is standing in the rain .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is standing in the rain .
media.tenor.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:19 AM
🎥 It’s A Wonderful Life (1946) 🎥
Damn picture gets me every time 😭. Decided to watch it early this year for a much needed pick me up, and yes, I was in fact picked up.
Will probably rewatch it in a month and give the color version a shot since I’ve never actually watched it.
boxd.it/bJfx5V
Damn picture gets me every time 😭. Decided to watch it early this year for a much needed pick me up, and yes, I was in fact picked up.
Will probably rewatch it in a month and give the color version a shot since I’ve never actually watched it.
boxd.it/bJfx5V
It is so telling that most of the AI productivity tools I've had shoved down my throat swear they're only taking away the boring/repetitive work and that thinking about that for more than ten seconds shows you that those tasks you're automating are almost always the fundamentals to learning a trade.
November 16, 2025 at 12:13 AM
It is so telling that most of the AI productivity tools I've had shoved down my throat swear they're only taking away the boring/repetitive work and that thinking about that for more than ten seconds shows you that those tasks you're automating are almost always the fundamentals to learning a trade.
In other news, I'm off to go edit a one hour podcast where a couple of lawyers praise AI and had a one minute aside where they rip on people who still seek out physical media/VHS tapes 🙂
If only they knew one of those freaks are editing their show.
If only they knew one of those freaks are editing their show.
November 14, 2025 at 9:49 PM
In other news, I'm off to go edit a one hour podcast where a couple of lawyers praise AI and had a one minute aside where they rip on people who still seek out physical media/VHS tapes 🙂
If only they knew one of those freaks are editing their show.
If only they knew one of those freaks are editing their show.
I'm not saying that the Mets 2025 collapse was caused by my job of the past 8 years dropping me from FT to PT out of nowhere and sending my life into a spiral I have yet to climb out of, but I am saying that the timing was almost 1:1 in sync, and that the vibes have been dire in my life ever since
November 14, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I'm not saying that the Mets 2025 collapse was caused by my job of the past 8 years dropping me from FT to PT out of nowhere and sending my life into a spiral I have yet to climb out of, but I am saying that the timing was almost 1:1 in sync, and that the vibes have been dire in my life ever since
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ironically or no, ai slop on the timeline gets you gone.
literally A L L that matters to these people are clicks, and you are ✨providing them✨
literally A L L that matters to these people are clicks, and you are ✨providing them✨
November 14, 2025 at 9:40 PM
ironically or no, ai slop on the timeline gets you gone.
literally A L L that matters to these people are clicks, and you are ✨providing them✨
literally A L L that matters to these people are clicks, and you are ✨providing them✨
I could literally care less about legalization but man do I hate having to deal with my neighbors smoking weed in their backyard on a Friday at noon. Like guys, some of us are working and can smell that *inside their houses*.
I know, I'm an old man. But like nah bro, take that shit inside.
I know, I'm an old man. But like nah bro, take that shit inside.
November 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I could literally care less about legalization but man do I hate having to deal with my neighbors smoking weed in their backyard on a Friday at noon. Like guys, some of us are working and can smell that *inside their houses*.
I know, I'm an old man. But like nah bro, take that shit inside.
I know, I'm an old man. But like nah bro, take that shit inside.
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laughed out loud at a post on linkedin complaining that AI has made all the posts on linkedin "sound the same"
sorry but that's not one you can totally blame chatGPT for
sorry but that's not one you can totally blame chatGPT for
November 14, 2025 at 3:09 PM
laughed out loud at a post on linkedin complaining that AI has made all the posts on linkedin "sound the same"
sorry but that's not one you can totally blame chatGPT for
sorry but that's not one you can totally blame chatGPT for
I love how every video editor on the planet has the biggest hate boner for Adobe. Every November, without fail, every editor I know throws their hands in the air and collectively threatens to nuke their account until they get a discount.
And frankly? I love how we come together like that.
And frankly? I love how we come together like that.
November 13, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I love how every video editor on the planet has the biggest hate boner for Adobe. Every November, without fail, every editor I know throws their hands in the air and collectively threatens to nuke their account until they get a discount.
And frankly? I love how we come together like that.
And frankly? I love how we come together like that.
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My last word on the matter
November 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
My last word on the matter
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Say it!
The quality is 👎 these days and I don’t get why people gobble it up … the only explanation is they either forgot or are too young to remember Behind the Music (which was pretty formulaic to begin with, but wasn’t made to flatter anyone or function as celebrity image management)!
The quality is 👎 these days and I don’t get why people gobble it up … the only explanation is they either forgot or are too young to remember Behind the Music (which was pretty formulaic to begin with, but wasn’t made to flatter anyone or function as celebrity image management)!
Behind the Music had far more intimate, honest, and complex portraits of artists than most of these recent celebrity documentaries coming through the slop machine these days.
November 12, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Say it!
The quality is 👎 these days and I don’t get why people gobble it up … the only explanation is they either forgot or are too young to remember Behind the Music (which was pretty formulaic to begin with, but wasn’t made to flatter anyone or function as celebrity image management)!
The quality is 👎 these days and I don’t get why people gobble it up … the only explanation is they either forgot or are too young to remember Behind the Music (which was pretty formulaic to begin with, but wasn’t made to flatter anyone or function as celebrity image management)!
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Rest easy, Michael Ray Richardson 🧡💙🕊 #KnicksSky
November 11, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Rest easy, Michael Ray Richardson 🧡💙🕊 #KnicksSky
November 10, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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senate dems: we refuse to cave on healthcare
voters: thank y—
senate dems: we have caved on healthcare
voters: thank y—
senate dems: we have caved on healthcare
November 10, 2025 at 2:53 AM
senate dems: we refuse to cave on healthcare
voters: thank y—
senate dems: we have caved on healthcare
voters: thank y—
senate dems: we have caved on healthcare
So tonight/tomorrow is the four year anniversary of my best friend dying in a car accident and, because the trilogy was something like the Rosetta Stone for our friendship, I’m watching BTTF II tonight
Cool detail I noticed.
boxd.it/bEidj5
Cool detail I noticed.
boxd.it/bEidj5
November 9, 2025 at 3:17 AM
So tonight/tomorrow is the four year anniversary of my best friend dying in a car accident and, because the trilogy was something like the Rosetta Stone for our friendship, I’m watching BTTF II tonight
Cool detail I noticed.
boxd.it/bEidj5
Cool detail I noticed.
boxd.it/bEidj5
I'm having a hard time placing my WICKED: FOR GOOD review, so to the masses I go: I have forgotten more about the play and novel than most people will ever know to begin with, and I would be a huge asset to your outlet.
I'll happily pub on my own, of course, but being paid is also nice!
I'll happily pub on my own, of course, but being paid is also nice!
November 7, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Gotta love checking your medical coverage and learning that you're about to go from paying $300 a month to $700 next year :^).
Love that. Absolutely love that.
Love that. Absolutely love that.
November 7, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Gotta love checking your medical coverage and learning that you're about to go from paying $300 a month to $700 next year :^).
Love that. Absolutely love that.
Love that. Absolutely love that.
There’s self care, and then there’s being buried under a pile of jackets, tea to your side while you do your annual Casablanca screening
November 7, 2025 at 2:47 AM
There’s self care, and then there’s being buried under a pile of jackets, tea to your side while you do your annual Casablanca screening
This, but for most conversations people have (especially for content)
November 1, 2025 at 3:17 AM
This, but for most conversations people have (especially for content)