this one fell of a bit of a cliff so check it out if you haven't yet. youtu.be/h_IgrRIvZOc

what if there was a cool media studio that made and facilitated artsy leftist shit while building some real human community along the way?

I am hooting and hollering for dialectical materialism as the framework that unites the left

fuck it, i'm only taking cultural and social analysis seriously when it comes from someone who has exhibited at least some engagement with marxism as a general theoretical outlook. life is too short.

doing a sneaky non-stream stream for a bit www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFO7...

it sounds so simple/boring/etc, but when I get up and leave my phone in the other room and make coffee and put on a record and look outside, maybe read something . . . the entire day is better and my mind and soul feel significantly more human.

would y'all still love me if I cancelled and/or shortened stream today to go to the doctor to get on my knees and beg them to help me stop having a cold that turns into a sinus infection every two weeks?

I‘ve become a sinus infection that occasionally gets to be a human

new video on prediction market apps and the financialization of reality. watch? like? share? who knows. www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_Ig...

If you try to April fool me I will turn your life into a living hell

@michaelburns.bsky.social explains why gambling can in fact make our society worse. A great way to find out the odds on that is to watch the video! Also, everything in our society has or will soon be financialized. So it's time to learn about that! 💸💰 #MichaelBurns #Gambling #Polymarket #youtube

348k views.

Just saw The AI Doc and it as truly abysmal.

we got "woke af" on stream last week youtu.be/Vm0h2Tx9wbI

YouTube had a weird set of glitches yesterday and I'm pretty sure it hurt this video, which now has 1/3 of many views as my other videos. Please consider watching/subscribing/commenting liking and perhaps it will kickstart the algo! (It's also a really good video.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4WE...

new video on prediction market apps and the financialization of reality. watch? like? share? who knows. www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_Ig...

Of interest to: @michaelburns.bsky.social @johnmoe.bsky.social @mike-eagle.bsky.social

Conservatives: younger generations are Godless Nihilists Also Conservatives: we created a machine that gives gamblers a financial incentive to threaten reporters into changing "reality". via @michaelburns.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_Ig...

i wish i could reasonably get the rights to use this in the movie we're working on right now www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJKL...

I’m unsubscribing because not all your work is free.

new video live NOW youtu.be/h_IgrRIvZOc

interviewed Clara Mattei about her newest book (Escape from Capitalism) and the connection between liberalism and fascism today. I'll be posting the full video on Patreon soon and then playing some segments on stream this week.

watch this one as we need a WIN over here. and i really want to make 1-2 more videos on financialization so clicks equal votes because that's how democracy works.

see also: youtu.be/dBUFkkUQ5jM

youtube content specifically aimed at people with kids? LETS GO

new video live NOW youtu.be/h_IgrRIvZOc

As a friend pointed out this definitely doesn’t equate to “we’re all responsible for the situation” as most of us have much less force than some of the institutions working hard to determine history. But the point is that none is that is necessary.

Depending on making some edits to avoid copyright issues - new video should be on YT tomorrow. On Patreon now will clips we sadly can’t use on YT.

Had to share this one from the other place

Pope Leo says God rejects prayers of leaders who wage wars reut.rs/4rZIThC

Seeing about a thousand posts of people preemptively mad at leftists for scoffing at no kings protests, and not one single post which meets this description.

fun to try to explain the concept of protesting to my 2.5 year old today. She mostly gets it but is confused by how in this instance it’s good when cars honk their horns when normally that’s something we don’t like.

Tea Party existed so that Fox News could say it was happening

Asking earnestly - is the difference here that most of the tea party protestors wanted to radically change the system where at a No Kings protest it’s split between those who simply wish Kamala won and those who want to radically reorient the country?

A potentially important distinction getting lost in the “discourse” is that the “media” on social media isn’t what’s potentially addictive, it’s the platforms themselves which are designed precisely to be as addictive and engaging as possible.

We can disagree about lots of ideas and still love each other and just act like real people, you know?

happy friday to the patrons who get to watch this video about gambling and financialization www.patreon.com/posts/154109...

I posted a while back about social media bans and lots of folks made good points to me about privacy, corporate interference etc. But good lord: Does anyone actually believe this isn’t addictive? I

reading about how 100 years ago when the liberals had to choose between siding with the fascists and the communists . . . they went with fascism.

a segment on the social media case from this week's stream youtu.be/RfGS5LCcaY0

I wish Pauline Kael could’ve seen Neighbors

you could argue that social media is actually worse than cigarettes, as while cigarettes will kill you, they lead to organic social interactions with other humans in the real world.

There’s a new LA based group of “progressive content creators“ who thus far primarily seem to be running a smear campaign against one of the most left-leaning candidates currently running. Seems cool and I bet someone normal and good is funding it.

feel free to tag academics/authors as well and I can follow up with them

i am hosting digital seminars with contemporary academics on my Burns Theory community. because I've been out of the "academia game" for a bit, I'm open to suggestions for academics who I should invite. (and if you're one, invite yourself)

does anyone earnestly believe that keeping kids/teens largely off social media (and phones more generally) would be a net negative to their social, emotional, and intellectual development?

if anyone works in casting for Jeopardy YouTube Edition PLEASE LET ME DO IT www.vulture.com/article/jeop....

2025 was all about getting back into South Park for a few days

@michaelburns.bsky.social nailed it: "They want us to have a life where we mindlessly consume and don't think. They want us to outsource our consciousness to their platforms. They want to monetize our ability to reflect and think by making us use their technology to think for us."

I’m the opposite in that I’m espousing communism via the vibes of “steve from blues clues except drunk“