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Category Archives: Youtube
Dan Turrentine: Fundraiser, Operative, Commentator
Dan Turrentine (b. 1977) is an American Democratic political strategist, fundraiser, corporate government-relations executive, and media commentator. His career runs across campaign finance, technology lobbying, congressional politics, corporate advocacy, and digital political journalism. He came up through fundraising and operations … Continue reading
THEY DON’T WANT YOU TO SEE THIS!! THE 2026 IRAN WAR PLAN LEAKED!!!
Gemini says: The classification of YouTube video titles on current events relies on Status Signaling Theory and Alliance Theory. In the jurisdictional wars of the attention economy, high-status actors use language to signal institutional authority and detachment, while low-status actors … Continue reading
Decoding Youtube
Gemini says: YouTube functions as the world’s first decentralized status machine. While the traditional publishers and streamers we’ve decoded use a top-down “High-Status Gated Alliance,” YouTube uses an “Open Participation Alliance.” In David Pinsof’s framework, YouTube represents the total democratization … Continue reading
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I Don’t Like The Algo
Why does the YT algo bombard me with Niall Ferguson and Jordan Peterson videos? These may have been serious thinkers a long time ago, but now they’re hacks. And why does Amazon Music bombard me with filthy rap songs? I’m … Continue reading
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I Passed My Youtube Ethics Review! (Satire)
YouTube Ethics Review Outcome and Contract for Luke Ford aka Fordy Date: July 20, 2025 Reviewing Board: YouTube Ethics Committee (Dr. Jane Smith, PhD in Anthropology; Dr. Robert Chen, PhD in Psychology; Dr. Emily Torres, PhD in Economics) Review Summary: … Continue reading
Decoding Destiny aka Steve Bonnell Part Two (4-22-24)
01:00 How to write effectively, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=15477406:00 Decoding Destiny, https://www.patreon.com/DecodingTheGurus/20:00 Outback ringer, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13085004/22:00 The Tyranny of Distance: How Distance Shaped Australian History, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=13220949:00 How We Change: (And Ten Reasons Why We Don’t), https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=1548231:01:00 Body Brokers, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_Brokers1:03:00 Fodder for Christ 1:40:00 Why … Continue reading
NPR: YouTube will no longer take down false claims about U.S. elections
Report: YouTube will no longer remove videos falsely claiming the 2020 U.S. presidential election was stolen, reversing a policy put in place in the contentious weeks following the 2020 vote. The Google-owned video platform said in a blog post that … Continue reading
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Like, Comment, Subscribe: How YouTube Conquered the World
Here are some highlights from this new book: * An annoyed viewer once called into YouTube’s office line and left a voice mail. “I need to goddamn masturbate, and I can’t do that when you don’t have all those videos … Continue reading
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NYT: How Streaming Stars Pay the Price of Online Fame
From the Times today: “Stars on Twitch, the video game streaming platform, invite viewers into their homes virtually. What happens when one shows up in person?” What happens varies from the inconvenient to the deadly. In other words, if you … Continue reading
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Youtube Gave Me A Strike For Linking To The New York Times’s Sexually Provocative Content
Youtube rescinded its strike upon my appeal. Previously, this is what happened: pic.twitter.com/IarO4wD0f9 — (((Luke Ford))) (@lukeford) August 27, 2021 Here is the wicked video:
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