Pillar of Garbage

Pillar of Garbage

@pillarofgarbage.bsky.social

your fifth favourite video essayist www.YouTube.com/c/PillarOfGarbage

1.6K followers147 following489 posts

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josh (with paranormalities)
@joshwithparenthes.es

When an artist who inspires you turns out to be a rapist, your response cannot be to stop making art. Reject them, their work, the parts of them you once emulated, but don’t stop. It wasn’t their crime that inspired you. Make the things they made you want to make. Fuck them; keep the inspiration.

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shaunt
@shaunvids.bsky.social

"does this also apply to a combine soldier from half life 2" is my "AI" news bullshit test

Science Magazine@science.org

Can the new cutting-edge AI models feel pain? They at least behave as if they do, according to a recent study. The work, which has not been peer reviewed, has divided #AI researchers. https://scim.ag/4hHU6BA

Pillar of Garbage
@pillarofgarbage.bsky.social

realised I didn’t post (tweet? skeet?) this here the other day, so, belatedly: channel update! here’s some info on what I’m working on rn, some looser ideas, what’s going to come out when, and some more general ‘state of the channel’ stuff www.patreon.com/pillarofgarb...

patreon.comThe August WIPdate | Pillar of GarbageHello! This is the latest of my free bimothly channel update series where I keep all of you in the loop about how the channel's going, what

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Mariana Colín
@themorbidzoo.bsky.social

The deeper I get into my Twitter dissertation chapter the stronger my conviction gets that we need to stop entertaining this perfect-Twitter fantasy as if someday the tech geniuses will finally tinker with it long enough that they do indeed produce the automatic rational discourse machine. 1/4

The Verge@theverge.com

Bluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."

Pillar of Garbage
@pillarofgarbage.bsky.social

there’s a YouTube user who’s clearly been going through my back catalog for the last day or two & they’re leaving comments on everything they watch, and those comments are veering wildly between effusively positive and borderline abusive why do people do this? very strange behaviour

Pillar of Garbage
@pillarofgarbage.bsky.social

I’ve hopped on Dane’s fundraising stream - come hang out & help out! www.youtube.com/live/fqzSYeb...

youtube.comThe Truth about NERDROTIC & His Shady Past | 24 hr FINAL LiveAF! w/ GuestsYouTube video by Dane AF
Pillar of Garbage@pillarofgarbage.bsky.social

Friend of the channel Dane (AKA Actual Fandom) is in a tough living situation right now. If anyone is in a position to make a donation, it would go a long way: www.gofundme.com/f/help-my-fa...

gofundme.comDonate to Help My Family (and Pets) Find a Safe Home, organized by Dane AFMy family, including my partner Jen, son Oliver, our corgis Piper and Cinamon Bun, … Dane AF needs your support for Help My Family (and Pets) Find a Safe Home
Pillar of Garbage
@pillarofgarbage.bsky.social

Dane’s channel has been a helpful resource for a lot of the work I’ve done on my channel pushing back against culture warriors, especially the ‘grifterverse’ series. If you value(d) those videos and you’re in a good spot money-wise, please do take a look at this link.

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Ellie, but spooky
@roughling.bsky.social

this video beautifully depicts the kind of culture shock I experienced when I left catholic school to study latin (a past life, indeed lmao) and very quickly realized that what I had signed up for was millenia worth of nonsense interpretations the likes of which we call "fandom drama" today

Pillar of Garbage@pillarofgarbage.bsky.social

youtu.be/8tUc0nrhm70?...

youtu.beThe Odyssey: An Alphabet of ObsolescenceYouTube video by Pillar of Garbage

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Rosencreutz (alleged youtuber)
@rosencreutz.bsky.social

Imagine being the nazi assigned to the arts and crafts project of making a flammable mosque replica for the nazi pyre. "Did you make that mosque replica like I asked?" "Sure did boss, really cartoony and wholesome just like you asked"

Alex Ip 葉清霖@alexip718.com

Northern Ireland has some of the worst people you'd ever know. These are Jim Crow Mississippi-level bigots www.cnn.com/2026/07/10/u...

cnn.comA 300-year-old bonfire tradition in Northern Ireland has turned its flames on Muslims | CNNIn a tradition dating back more than 300 years, towering pyres have been lit every July in Northern Ireland to mark the Battle of the Boyne, which effectively cemented Protestant rule.