# video essay (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 5 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover video essay. Page: Feed: --- ## [MeFi: Trans New Weird](https://www.metafilter.com/214216/Trans-New-Weird) _2026-08-20 · kokaku · Popular Posts Across MetaFilter_ With Jane Schoenbrun's Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma coming out in wide release on August 21st, let's take a look at the Trans New Weird... There's something happening in trans cinema right now. It's playful, messy, campy and decidedly raw. Film programmers Gabi Grossman and Aidan Dick, both of Frameline , have coined the phrase "Trans New Weird" to describe this emerging genre coming from… ## [MeFi: Beziers](https://www.metafilter.com/214214/Beziers) _2026-08-19 · clew · Popular Posts Across MetaFilter_ Computer-drawn curves are mostly from one implementation of one mathematical family. Here is a prose description of how they're made, with nice little interactive graphics as you go. But with a subheading "A Lie Told Everywhere", it's going to get more complicated... "the length of the handles is the non-inverted radius of curvature, which is the more natural choice" suggests how complicated, and… ## [Ask MeFi: Looking for kind, sci-fi books](https://ask.metafilter.com/390492/Looking-for-kind-sci-fi-books) _2026-08-19 · ellieBOA · Popular Posts Across MetaFilter_ Inspired by brainwane's post with a short story, I'm looking for sci-fi books that are kind and not too technical. It's hard to search for this as kind gets interpreted as kind of. ## [MeFi: It's right to repair](https://www.metafilter.com/214211/Its-right-to-repair) _2026-08-19 · MonkeyToes · Popular Posts Across MetaFilter_ "I am a tool repair technician based in co Donegal in Ireland...I repair all brands and types of power tools, new and old for a living. Working with all tools types means I seen what's going on inside every tool and what's good and what's not." Meet Dean Doherty, and his many, many videos on how to fix all kinds of power tools. 'Allo, and how t'hell are ye? If you enjoy deep technical dives into… ## [MeFi: I Sing the Grid Electric](https://www.metafilter.com/214207/I-Sing-the-Grid-Electric) _2026-08-19 · storybored · Popular Posts Across MetaFilter_ The Dawn of the Electric World Order. Spurred by the Hormuz crisis, the world is doubling down on renewables. "Seventy-five percent of the world's population lives in net fossil fuel importing countries and collectively spends $1.7 trillion a year importing fuels. Many of those governments facing a loss of confidence in global oil and gas markets are expanding clean energy and electrification… ## [MeFi: Video Essays Where Nothing Happens](https://www.metafilter.com/214206/Video-Essays-Where-Nothing-Happens) _2026-08-18 · Wobbuffet · Popular Posts Across MetaFilter_ Shoes in the Dryer's " Films Where Nothing Happens " (09/26/2025) is a leisurely ~2hr video essay that appreciates the charm of unhurried, understated movies rich in ordinary detail. Shorter video essays covering related topics include Every Frame a Painting's " Ozu in Color " (05/05/2026), The Quiet Frame's " This French Film Made Me a Better Filmmaker! " (12/27/2024), Screen 4's " Exploring… ## [MeFi: "He could open his cage from the inside"](https://www.metafilter.com/214203/He-could-open-his-cage-from-the-inside) _2026-08-18 · brainwane · Popular Posts Across MetaFilter_ "Mike was always on the prowl, and he'd make sure to do his rounds coming through produce on the way to the deli, trying to catch us. He used to watch on the security cameras too, but Roz had figured out a way to sabotage the one near the deli and after that no one had been able to fix it." In the short scifi story "The Wisdom of the Galaxy" by Will McMahon ("a union organizer, sheep farmer,… ## [MeFi: Churchill Falls Agreement Reached](https://www.metafilter.com/214199/Churchill-Falls-Agreement-Reached) _2026-08-18 · mrjohnmuller · Popular Posts Across MetaFilter_ "The largest clean energy investment in North American history , let's just put this in context...that's more than the entire generating capacity of BC hydro. It's more than double the output of Bruce Power, the largest nuclear plant on this continent. It is the equivalent of 18 Hoover Dams" - PM Carney . The deal will see Federal investment help build the generation and transmission… ## [Ask MeFi: My house is the house of a depressed person](https://ask.metafilter.com/390480/My-house-is-the-house-of-a-depressed-person) _2026-08-18 · benimaru · Popular Posts Across MetaFilter_ How do I tackle cleaning and organising my home? It feels so insurmountable. I need help. I can function mostly in terms of work, I can keep up with deadlines. Sometimes I think it's the only thing keeping me upright. But taking care of myself and my home is another story. I try to push myself, to do little things like watering the plants and washing the dishes (which sometimes can take a week).… ## [MeFi: B612 (the font, not the fictional asteroid)](https://www.metafilter.com/214191/B612-the-font-not-the-fictional-asteroid) _2026-08-18 · furiouscupcake · Popular Posts Across MetaFilter_ B612 is an highly legible open source font family , designed and tested to be used on aircraft cockpit screens. Its design makes it particularly suitable for degraded contexts (ensuring legibility and readability of data), with a positive effect on reducing visual fatigue and cognitive load. Particular attention was given to the uniformity of the typeface, whether being used for isolated terms,… ## [Trade Smarter With IBKR (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/NyWWs05nJToy) _2026-08-18 · **Sponsored**_ Join Interactive Brokers through a referral and access low-cost global trading. ## [MeFi: New material does passive cooling, i.e. no electricity needed.](https://www.metafilter.com/214189/New-material-does-passive-cooling-ie-no-electricity-needed) _2026-08-17 · aleph · Popular Posts Across MetaFilter_ New Spanish nanomaterial cools surfaces by up to 12.9C without electricity \[snip\]: The research, led by the Functional Nanoscale Devices for Energy (FINDER) group and published in the journal Nanophotonics, is based on daytime passive radiative cooling, a technique that exploits a peculiarity of the Earth's atmosphere: there is a band in the infrared spectrum, between 8 and 13 micrometres, through… ## [MeFi: Frasier found his secret stash of SHERRY!](https://www.metafilter.com/214184/Frasier-found-his-secret-stash-of-SHERRY) _2026-08-17 · Ten Cold Hot Dogs · Popular Posts Across MetaFilter_ Experience the thrilling adventure of living an evening as Dr. Frasier Crane! FIGHT for your antique silverware! SNEAK through the live-in-help's bedroom! ATTEMPT to throw the ultimate dinner party! Frasier Fantasy is a loving tribute to the show Frasier in turn-based RPG form. Filled with Easter eggs and callbacks, this is the game for anyone wondering if Eddie ever blinked first. ## [MeFi: The version you never knew you needed...](https://www.metafilter.com/214182/The-version-you-never-knew-you-needed) _2026-08-17 · dfm500 · Popular Posts Across MetaFilter_ Rapper's Delight as performed by... the Swedish Chef. It's precisely as... Muppety as you might expect. Have a fabulous Monday, everyone! ## [A very long video essay about the themes of the John Wick series, about rules, about whether bespoke…](https://innuendostudios.tumblr.com/post/823950537648209920) _2026-08-03 · Innuendo Studios_ A very long video essay about the themes of the John Wick series, about rules, about whether bespoke suits make murder respectable, about whether a society that authorizes itself to kill your dog without consequence can be called “civilized,” and about whether a black shirt can be worn with a tie. I guess now’s as good a time as any to say: this video is unsponsored and I am no… ## [Practical uses of monads in Haskell](https://https://nauths.fr/en/2026/05/28/practical-use-of-monads.html) _2026-05-28 · Antoine Leblanc · Nauths_ On the “haskellquestions” subreddit, a user recently asked for some help with monads in Haskell. In their post, they wrote (slightly paraphrased): I feel stuck. I understand the basic concept of monads, but when it comes to the practical use of different types of monads, I am lost. My answer to them was one long comment . But, in hindsight, I think that I could have structured my answer a bit… ## [How to (not) Argue with Anti-Vaxxers](https://peterallenlab.com/2026/03/23/norway-study-on-mrna-vaccine/) _2026-03-23 · Peter · Dr. Peter B Allen – Lab Blog_ ## [Iron Battery 3.0 is Published!](https://peterallenlab.com/2025/05/29/iron-battery-3-0-published/) _2025-05-30 · Peter · Dr. Peter B Allen – Lab Blog_ In 2017, I started this science YouTube channel. Folks were pretty interested in batteries. I thought that it would be fun to make something accessible – maybe even a do-it-yourself style battery. There s the classic lemon cell demonstration, but I wanted to make something cheap and rechargeable. I was inspired by Donald Sadoway’s TED talk about \[ \] ## [The Clock's Press Images: Some Thoughts](https://thevideoessay.substack.com/p/the-clocks-press-images-some-thoughts) _2025-05-02 · Will DiGravio · Notes on Videographic Criticism_ The Video Essay Podcast returns w/ Jason Mittell on The Chemistry of Character ## [regarding Measurehead](https://innuendostudios.tumblr.com/post/776932177800806400) _2025-03-02 · Innuendo Studios_ I’ve been watching a max-stats run of Disco Elysium ’s fascist political vision quest - cuz, hell no, I’m not disappointing Kim myself - and the portrait it paints of Measurehead is fascinating . in the base game, Measurehead is just a comically contradictory roadblock to meeting with Evrart: the philosophy of white supremacy spouted from a massive Black body. most players will… ## [this is the final Alt-Right Playbook. it’s called The South Bank of the Rubicon.](https://innuendostudios.tumblr.com/post/773834729495658496) _2025-01-27 · Innuendo Studios_ this is the final Alt-Right Playbook. it’s called The South Bank of the Rubicon. thank you for watching this series the last eight years. I’m not going anywhere, but I’ll be turning my attention to topics other than conservative rhetorical strategies; going forward, I don’t see our battles being fought with rhetoric. support my work on Patreon and/or subscribe to me on… ## [Licensed Dispensaries, Pay with Crypto (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/G5IlqvfX9xYd) _2025-01-27 · **Sponsored**_ Search verified licensed dispensaries and pay with Bitcoin, Lightning, or stablecoins. ## [New Alt-Right Playbook! This one was co-written with, and narrated by, Abigail Thorn of…](https://innuendostudios.tumblr.com/post/772932360138309632) _2025-01-17 · Innuendo Studios_ New Alt-Right Playbook! This one was co-written with, and narrated by, Abigail Thorn of PhilosophyTube . We talk about the feint wherein a person is somehow rhetorically stronger being wrong on two fronts instead of one. If you think this is good work and would like to see good work compensated, you can back me and/or Abi on Patreon. Transcript below the cut. Say, for the sake of argument, you’re… ## [A step-by-step guide to Brainfuck](https://https://nauths.fr/en/2024/12/22/brainfuck-step-by-step.html) _2024-12-22 · Antoine Leblanc · Nauths_ ## [Video Essays at the Museum of the Moving Image](https://thevideoessay.substack.com/p/video-essays-at-the-museum-of-the) _2024-12-13 · Will DiGravio · Notes on Videographic Criticism_ Plus, a new podcast episode on Ways of Doing & some other stuff I've been thinking about ## [New Alt-Right Playbook! This one’s on spurious claims and how they don’t even need to be ARTICULATED…](https://innuendostudios.tumblr.com/post/762147014213517312) _2024-09-20 · Innuendo Studios_ New Alt-Right Playbook! This one’s on spurious claims and how they don’t even need to be ARTICULATED to follow you around. If you wanna keep this series coming out (and maybe help it come out a little faster) do please consider backing me on Patreon or subscribing to me on Nebula . Transcript below the cut. Say, for the sake of argument, you are the kind of progressive leftist with a… ## [Volume 5, Issue 1: Cary Grant, Acrobat](https://thevideoessay.substack.com/p/volume-5-issue-1-cary-grant-acrobat) _2024-09-19 · Will DiGravio · Notes on Videographic Criticism_ A Call for Video Essays (& PechaKuchas!) for the 2024 Cary Comes Home Festival