If you’re wondering why you haven’t heard from me in a bit - well, here’s why! It was yesterday. Everything was awesome :)
I’ll be out of office this week, then it’s back to filming this crazy new video, which I and Vic (my producer and freaking WIFE!!!) are really excited about. I’ll share a more substantia...
2025-10-27 03:33:08 +0000 UTC View PostHi, everybody! A couple weeks ago, “Notes on Vanishing” screened at the Exposures Trans Film Festival. Afterwards, I got on stage for a Q&A with Molly Moss, one of the fest's organizers – we had a great conversation and dug into some interesting topics. My fiancée was kind enough to film it, but the event took...
2025-10-01 16:06:48 +0000 UTC View Post
So much news!!
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Some great things I've read for the next video:
Here's the bonus video! Enjoy Vic being a total delight and movie genius
(Also, someone said they find Patreon's video player annoying - would you prefer that I just upload the bonus vids as unlisted links to YouTube? Let me know!)
2025-08-13 04:02:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Not gonna lie this version's way better. Music made a big difference!
2025-08-07 22:31:33 +0000 UTC View Post
That smile... that damned smile.
A deep, journalistic investigation into the main topic on everyone's mind these days: emoji. Why are they yellow? And for that matter, why are LEGO yellow?
...Come to think of it, why is everything yellow? Am I dying?
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2025-08-02 04:51:01 +0000 UTC View PostHey folks, in last week’s production diary I said my new video would be out sometime in July. I was already working a little too hard to hit that deadline… and then yesterday, something crazy happened to me, and basically derailed any shot at hitting the deadline. I’m sure I’ll talk about it more later, but the headli...
2025-07-24 21:59:59 +0000 UTC View PostPlant care and a little catch-up :)
I come to you with recommendations for a beautiful game, album, and webcomic. In order from most to least... whimsical, I guess?
Game: Fo...
2025-07-14 23:27:25 +0000 UTC View PostHere are... I dunno, one million videos I'm thinking about making right now?
Get Emily Out of Texas stream VOD
Daniel Johnston's Tiny Desk Con...
2025-06-12 21:18:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Now that they've all been found, I thought it'd be fun to go over the 5 messages I hid in "Notes on Vanishing", and why I put them in there. Shocking revelations ahead.
2025-06-03 21:32:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Forcing myself to ask an unspeakable question: "Should trans people make ourselves disappear?"
Content warnings: discussion of transphobia & child grooming, footage of an intense police encounter I had.
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Still missing from the final version: credits, a bit of music, a couple minor visuals. If you'd ra...
2025-04-24 01:50:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Last night, I trekked out in the cold to shoot these scenes with Vic and LambHoot (who makes damn good video essays about games). I'm pretty pleased with how they came out, especially visually!
These aren't the first scenes in the video ...
2025-03-28 00:18:32 +0000 UTC View PostTwo articles came out this week about Bryan Johnson's dishonest and abusive practices towards women, especially women who've worked for him. Both are well worth a read if you have any interest in Bryan or Blueprint, but I'll summarize them here.
2025-03-24 23:27:51 +0000 UTC
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I have FOUR WHOLE THINGS to tell you about. I had to trick my brain into actually doing it tho.
0:54 status of the Canada video
3:20 Bryan Johnson developments
5:38 Bumps on the TS TV road
8:30 Notes on Vanishing
(That tin...
2025-03-19 22:47:07 +0000 UTC View Post
In my new podcast, my bestie & co-host Sadie shepherds me through the wild world of Twin Peaks, one episode at a time. We announced this show a couple weeks back, but today, the pilot episode (as in the episode where we discuss the pilot) is streaming 2025-02-24 19:19:56 +0000 UTC View Post
My close friend and collaborator Sadie has been begging me to watch Twin Peaks for years. She finally decided to do it the hard way: start a podcast together where we recap, analyze, and speculate on the show, one episode at a time.
2025-02-10 15:37:55 +0000 UTC View PostWhy I took the DIY HRT video down, and how I've been doing since.
My episode of Something Rotten with Jacob Geller and Blake Hester is only on Nebula right now, but it'll be out everywhere next week. Listen here 2025-02-07 23:57:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's a short video essay about Marcel Duchamp, eroticism in art, and "Advent" by Nolan Simon, the painting that featured prominently in my DIY HRT video. I really enjoyed putting it together – these quick videos scratch a different itch for me.
2025-01-28 21:50:25 +0000 UTC
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Check it out, folks! It has graphics now!!
Also, this Friday at 3PM eastern I'll be livestreaming with my friend Elliot Sang, talking about our outlook on the next couple years, and what's next for the left in th...
2025-01-23 05:59:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey folks!! Here's a cut of my DIY HRT video, with an important caveat: this version has zero flourishes. The final cut will have lots of stuff happening on screen (info boxes, sources, little jokes), and I haven't added that in yet. Other than that, it's in pretty good shape, so I figure this version's good for anyo...
2025-01-13 21:55:42 +0000 UTC View Post(IF YOU ARE MY PARENTS, DO NOT WATCH THIS VIDEO!!! It has a cool announcement I want to tell you in person)
Critics are calling this production diary "incredibly dense", which I'm choosing to take as a compliment! Highlights include:
1. I'll be on a panel in NYC next week. 2024-12-07 03:26:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey folks,
I'll try to get a proper production diary out this month, but wanted to check in now because I know lots of my audience is American. Not to mention, all of us live in a world that's dominated & held back by U.S. policy, and have reasons to be worried right now.
I wanted t...
2024-11-07 22:21:51 +0000 UTC View PostJoin me as I hobble around on this beautiful autumn day!
Table of contents:
0:00 - Anatomy of a deleted scene
9:18 - Talking about an upcoming video (about nationalism & multiculturalism)
15:30 - Some early thoughts on the "woman employee" tier
I'll leave you with a statement of inten...
2024-10-16 19:24:12 +0000 UTC View PostHi, everyone! If you watched to the end of the final YouTube version of Project Blueprint & the Horror of Eternal Life, you know that Bryan Johnson spent a few years as a kids' book author; writing one book about some kids with an AI sidek...
2024-10-08 14:26:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Bryan Johnson is the failed tech mogul/perennial transvestigation target/literal Snake Oil salesman who is trying to live forever by surrendering his life to a mysterious algorithm. My efforts to understand him have led me into the worlds of shell corporations, techno-accelerationism, Japanese cinema, ch...
2024-09-24 02:01:41 +0000 UTC View Post
We filmed this scene from my new video yesterday, and I'm so absolutely psyched with how it came out that I didn't want to wait another month to show y'all. Here's an early cut - music and fine-tuned editing will come later.
It is, however, a HUGE spoiler from start to...
2024-08-23 18:47:24 +0000 UTC View Post
I got engaged! :)
Also, I have some video stuff to catch you up on. Tune in to hear about new bonus videos! A new Patreon tier! Monthly livestreams! Now that I type it out, my God it's a lot. What a time to be alive.
By t...
2024-08-17 18:46:23 +0000 UTC View Post
I can only write about One Thing I'm Obsessed With right now, so this month's production diary comes to you in unscripted video form! Talking about that One Thing, a recent podcast appearance, and how Dan Olson's new video might have changed the game. Enjoy :)
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Here we goooo!! In which I become, to my knowledge, the first person to film a video essay while getting tattooed.
I'll be adding an outro and some voiceover from a very special guest, but it's pretty much finished a week early (which I don't think has ever happened?) Final version will premiere next week :)
2024-05-23 22:24:27 +0000 UTC View Post
"Can Art Change the World?" has finally wrapped! Most fun I've ever had shooting something. Rough cut soon :)
2024-05-16 17:27:13 +0000 UTC View Post
