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Why do these people always feel off to watch?, And i'm not talking about this specific wendover aparition, Tom Scott also gives me an off feeling strong enough to not watch his videos

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Why do these people always feel off to watch?, And i'm not talking about this specific wendover aparition, Tom Scott also gives me an off feeling strong enough to not watch his videos

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You should see what's going on with In Praise of Shadows. He just made a video with a segment antagonising Wendigoon of all people, and he looks... exceptional to say the least.
 
You should see what's going on with In Praise of Shadows. He just made a video with a segment antagonising Wendigoon of all people, and he looks... exceptional to say the least.
Just saw the comment secction of that video and yikes!, dude is being cooked alive and being pointed out for his bullshit so hard that even Wendigoon himself has put up a comment begging people not to harrass him
 
Here's some concentrated autism in the form of a table/spreadsheet of every creator listed on Nebula, their channel/podcasts and real names if known, Patreon/socials followers and notes. It needs the actual social media links added but was more about the numbers tbh. The short of it is that there are maybe 160 creators in their stable, at least 10% of which are just Nebula employees who really want to be creators. Another 10% or so are defunct, as in they haven't released anything in over a year or their content is simply parked on Nebula for views. Someone there has a massive boner for Apple and tennis. A solid 80% or more of their creators are beardbro white dudes, which explains why they push their troons so hard (troons are also denoted).

Channel Name
Creator(s)
Nebula Original?YT SubsPatreon Subs (pd)
Podcast(s)
Troon?
Notes
TwitterInstagramTikTokDiscordTwitch
12tone​
Cory Arnold​
723kPrivate
Ghost Notes (defunct?)​
Y
Mastodon, Bluesky. Podcast with Polyphonic. They/them. Also @razorborne on Twitter​
26.3kY
abitfrank​
?​
420kNA313940382870NANA
Adam Neely​
Adam Neely​
1.77M1461; $1461+ /mo
adamneely.com. Band is Sungazer.​
91k230k86.7kYY
Aimee Nolte Music​
Aimee Nolte​
282kNA
aimeenolte.com​
4350168k39.8kNA
Airplane Mode​
Dave Wiskus​
NANA
Dave Wiskus' old band channel wtf​
NANANANA
Alex’s Corner​
Alex​
710kNAP
Ko-fi. Wattpad fanfic, Tumblr.​
22k38.2kNAYY
Alt Shift X​
?​
1.85M2240; $4480+ /mo
Alt Shift X Podcast​
Bluesky.​
47.6k1290311Y
Astro Pro​
Atlas Pro​
53kNA
Aux channel Atlas Pro​
NANANANA
Atlas Pro​
Caelan Kelley​
1.23M339; $811.50 /mo12.5kNANANA
Be Kind Rewind​
Isabel Custodio​
289kPrivate
The Izzy & Murtada Picture Show​
Podcast with Murtada Elfadl @ME_Says, professional qu**r. Wellesley, volleyball, MoMA.​
BKR: 14.5k IMPS: 156BKR: 10.7k IMPS: 502NANA
Berm Peak​
Seth Alvo​
2.56MNA
Aux Berm Peak Express. Sethsbikehacks.com, bermpeak.substack.com​
NA313kNANA
Berm Peak Express​
Berm Peak​
1.05MNA
Aux channel to Berm Peak​
NANANANA
Better Elevation​
Dave Wiskus​
2.81kDefunct
betterelevation.com not found. From 2014, no videos listed. Wiskus wants to be a content creator, not an executive.​
147NANANA
Big Joel​
Henry​
710k2914; $2914+ /mo
Aux channel Littlest Joel. Friends with Lindsay Ellis. See thread. Bluesky. 5'10".​
180.5kNANANA
BobbyBroccoli​
Kevan MacKay​
619k775; $1931 /creation omfg
Too long-winded​
16.4kNANANA
Branch Education​
Theodore J Tablante​
1.74M357; $892.50+ /mo
branch.education​
NANANANA
Breaking Taps​
Zachary Tong​
419k154; $462+ /mo
Fediverse.​
58407067NAY
Broey Deschanel​
Maia Wyman​
415kYT: 197; $492.50+ /mo PC: 870; $2827.50+ /mo
Rehash​
broeydeschanel.com. Broeyd.substack.com. Podcast not listed on Nebula. Massive handmaiden.​
BD: 12.3k RHP: 85715.2kNANA
Captain Midnight​
Graham Blackaby​
673kNA
Comics​
21.7kNANANA
Chain Bear​
Stuart Taylor​
530k178; $299.7 /mo
No new videos since 2022. Guesting on The F1 Word on YT recently.​
115.5kNANANA
Charles Cornell​
Charles Cornell​
1.63MNA
Odd Time​
charlescornellstudios.com. Betterpiano.com. Cornellmusicacademy.com. Podcast with Thomas Frank​
94k335kNANA
CHEFPK​
Paul Karyakos​
481k35; $175+ /mo
chefpk.com​
63876162NAY
CinemaWins​
Lee Boucher​
2.19M230; $230+ /mo
Also part of Working Titles with Knowing Better, City Beautiful​
26.9kNANANA
City Beautiful​
Dave Amos​
680k309; $959.90 /mo
Berkeley PhD. Mastodon, Bluesky, Threads.​
14.2k1282NANA
CityNerd​
Ray Delahanty​
264kPrivate
Mastodon.​
38.9k19.1kNANA
Cogito​
Domhnall​
630k61; $239.10 /mo
Irish in Uruguay​
4054NA28.9kY
ColdFusion​
Dagogo Altraide​
4.8M149; $504.90 /mo
ColdFusion (defunct 2022)​
Bandcamp, PayPal. Podcast not listed on Nebula​
45.5k20.3kNANA
Cult Tennis​
Andrew Reiley​
140kNA
Someone at Nebula is a tennis fan​
624877NANA
Curious Elephant​
Lei Shi​
182k<33; <$396 /mo1809778NANA
Dom Burgess​
Dom Burgess​
75.6k23; $86.85 /episode
domburgess.com. Creative Producer at Nebula.​
898519NANA
DownieLive​
Michael Downie​
805kNA4313317k289.9kNA
Draw Curiosity​
Inés Dawson​
54.5kNA
PhD Oxford. Drawcuriosity.com. Snapchat. Tumblr.​
76754497NANAY
Eddache​
Eddie Bowley​
225k81; $320.30 /mo
Bluesky lol. Tumblr middle-aged man. Eddache.com​
34kNA21.6kYY
Epic History TV​
Toby Groom​
2.33M1946; $6155 /video
epichistory.tv​
EH: 15.9k TG: 82524.9k
Extra Credits​
Matt Krol​
133k1990; $3980+ /mo
The Only Podcast About Movies​
Podcast with Shahir Daud. Onlymoviepodcast.com. Also Extra History and Extra Mythology.​
EC: 47.5k MK: 2322 OMP: 7147292NANA
F.D Signifier​
?​
719k3612; $3612+ /mo
Worked with queer youth in ATL. DL?​
94.8k28.9kNANA
Feature History​
Lachlan​
592k53; $120.40 /mo
On hiatus since 2022. Aussie.​
NANANANA
FilmJoy​
Mikey Neumann, Teara Eakin​
301k2110; $2110+ /mo
He/him ace disabled ugh. Movies with Mikey. Friends with Lindsay Ellis, was at her wedding.​
FJM: 5187 MN: 54.7k TE: 498FJM: 2316 MN: 1003 TE: 183NAY
Foreign Man in a Foreign Land​
Ransford James​
163k231; $904.90 /mo
Gay​
11.6kNA12.5kNA
Game Maker’s Toolkit​
Mark Brown​
1.57M4133; $9307 /mo
gamemakerstoolkit.com, gmtk.substack.com, gmtk.itch.io​
117.6kNANANA
Georgia Dow​
Georgia Dow​
225k25; $75+ /mo
Apple Talk​
Canadian Jujitsu champion. Westmounttherapy.com. Anxiety-videos.com. Podcast with Rene Ritchie.​
22.5kNANANA
Half as Interesting​
Wendover Productions​
2.64MNA
See Wendover Productions for more info​
20kNANANA
Haminations​
Bryson​
6.15M18; $71.82 /mo92.7k274kNANA
HBomberguy​
Harry Brewis​
1.69M19381; $38762+ /mo
See thread. Ex-Metokur.​
494.3kNANAYY
Hello Future Me​
Tim Hickson​
1.12M1006; $2012+ /mo
Author. Other kind of Kiwi​
24kNANANA
Here’s the Bad Version​
Dave Wiskus​
Y9.46kNA
Unprofessional*​
*With Lex Friedman. Also NDA. YT is eponymous. Airplane Mode is his shitty band. Head of Nebula, Lindsay Ellis' manager.​
13.3k2046NANA
Hit the Bricks​
P.J. Scott-Blankenship​
YNANA
Hit the Bricks​
Podcast only; by Nebula VP of Content Development. Hitthebricks.com​
NANANANA
Imaginary Ambition​
Andres Del Toro​
422kNANA632130.5kNA
Innuendo Studios​
Ian Danskin​
480k1383; $3735 /mo
See thread. Innuendostudios.com. Tumblr middle-aged man.​
55.4kNANANA
Ironic Sans​
David Friedman​
1.72kNA
ironicsans.beehiiv.com, likelymedia.com. Mastodon. Threads. Video producer in DC. Why is he here?​
NANANANA
Isaac Arthur​
Isaac Arthur​
784k690; $2754 /mo
Science and Futurism with Isaac Arthur​
isaacarthur.net. Soundcloud and Subscribestar​
16.3kNANAY
Jacob Geller​
Jacob Geller​
1.24M2925; $9454 /video
Something Rotten* MinnMax​
*Podcast with Blake Hester. 5'6".​
93.6k3721NAY
Jenny Ma​
Jenny Ma​
11.9k4; $14/11 /mo
Airplanes​
NA995NANA
Jessie Gender​
James "Jessie" Earl​
258kPrivateY
Spilled tea about Nebula Discord conspiring against James Somerton before/after Hbomb/TitS videos. Trekkie. She/they guy. See thread.​
76.1k8455NAYY
Jet Lag: The Game​
Wendover Productions​
Y658kNA
The Layover​
Produced for Nebula but also released on YT​
NANANANA
Answers With Joe​
Joe Scott​
1.86M1535; $1535+ /mo
Conversations With Joe Our Ludicrous Future*​
*With Tim Dodd and Ben Sullins. Thatjoescott.com, answerswithjoe.com. Snapchat.​
29.9k16.2kNAY
Jordan Harrod​
Jordan Harrod​
86kNA
MIT, Harvard PhD candidate. ADHD qu**r black woman in AI who has time for all the social media AND grad school.​
13k531416.7kNA
Just Write​
Sage Hyden​
695k532; $532+ /mo
Dull as dishwater​
15.3k953NAY
kaptiankristian​
Kristian Williams​
571kPrivate
Nothing new in over a year. Defunct?​
34.3kNANANA
Kat Blaque​
Matthew "Kathryn" Wilkins​
535k942; $942+ /mo
True Tea​
Y
blaqueinthecity.com blog. Poly. Podcast not listed on Nebula. See thread.​
102.9k61.9k45.5kYY
Kento Bento​
Kento​
1.66M38; $76+ /mo
Hiatus since 2021. Baby in 2023. Grad degree in applied math.​
15kNANANA
Knowing Better​
Will​
913k1168; $2336+ /mo
knowingbetter.tv. Teacher, Iraq vet​
46.4k7507NANAY
Lady Emily​
Dalton "Emily" Bray​
145k365; $956.60 /moY
Sarah Z editor. Chuggaconroy shoe roleplay. James Somerton drama. Extreme drama llama. See thread.​
73.9k1861
Ladyknightthebrave​
?​
168k411; $1150 /moP
Tumblr "qu**r and Jewish for Palestine". If not troon, handmaiden.​
Bluesky lolNANANA
Laura Crone​
Laura Crone​
44.3k191; $695.60 /mo
Bi. Her whole personality is being bi.​
2824NANANA
LegalEagle​
Devin James Stone​
3.2M104; $312+ /mo
LegalEagle Radio The True Crime Of… *​
*Nebula original. Legaleagle.link. Smarmy​
113.1k25.5k274.5kNA
Leo Vader​
Leo Vader​
199k307; $1273 /mo
leovader.com. Ex-Game Informer editor and producer. Minneapolis.​
79841149NAYY
Lessons from the Screenplay (LFTS)​
Michael Tucker​
1.49M452; $1085 /video
Beyond the Screenplay​
Podcast not on Nebula, but listed on Nebula​
20.5k4841NANA
Liam Triforce​
Liam​
256k81; $162.10 /mo
liamtriforce.com​
2743527NANAY
Life Where I’m From​
Greg Lam​
1.73M437; $874+ /mo
lifewhereimfrom.com. Canadian-Japanese​
787619.2kNANA
Like Stories of Old​
Tom van der Linden​
701k711; $1777.50+ /mo
Cinema of Meaning​
Podcast with Thomas Frank, Nebula original​
58553206NANA
Lindsay Ellis​
Lindsay Ellis​
Y now1.21M7757; $54299+ /mo
Musicalsplaining (defunct 2023)​
Podcast with Kaveh Taherian, Angelina Meehan. Bluesky. Nebula only, quit YT 2021 and Twitter. See thread.​
287.9k74.4k8966NAY
Listening In​
Barnaby Martin​
229k121; $422.60 /video
barnabymartin.com. Author, composer​
1986
Little Joel​
Big Joel​
171kNA
Second Channel of Big Joel​
NANANANA
Lola Sebastian​
Lola Sebastian​
73k247; $247+ /mo
The Only Warrior Cats Podcast* Nevergreen​
*Podcast with Zoe & Jose; Creators for Palestine​
Bluesky lol723Y?NA
LowSpecGamer​
Alex Saladrigas​
927k322; $966+ /mo
Genesis​
Podcast Nebula original. Nebula co-founder. Venezuelan.​
16.4k45116364NAY
Luria Petrucci​
Luria Petrucci​
79.3kNA
fka Cali Lewis. Founder of Geekslife.com. LiveStreamingPros.com​
173.2NANANA
Maggie Mae Fish​
Maggie Mae Fish​
275k712; $712+ /mo
LynchPins​
Podcast not listed on Nebula. Mastodon, Bluesky. Maggiemaefish.com​
83.9k18.7k1773NAY
Man Carrying Thing​
Jake​
457k86; $257.40 /mo
Grimey​
12.8k4430NAY
Mariana’s Study Corner​
Mariana Vieira​
767kNA
productivityforhumans.com​
NA39.6kNANA
Mary Spender​
Mary Spender​
728k697; $3485+ /mo
maryspender.com​
13.6k118k8221NA
Medlife Crisis​
Rohin Francis​
561k31; $64.80 /mo
Still Practicing: The Medlife Crisis Podcast​
medlifecrisis.co.uk, medlifecrisis.substack.com. Podcast not listed on Nebula​
48.9k22.2kNANA
Mia Mulder​
"Mia Mulder" (fake)​
159k559; $2073 /mo
Leechfest​
Y
Swedish troon politician. Podcast not listed on Nebula​
99.7kNANANA
Michael Wuerth​
Michael Wuerth​
3.02kNA
thelongislandsoundstudios.com. Director for Nebula Classes and other Nebula shows. Wannabe creator.​
Middle 8​
Frank Furtado​
707k14; $26.50 /mo77564199NANA
MinutePhysics​
Henry Reich​
5.77M656; $1845 /mo
Also MinuteEarth, which isn't listed on Nebula. Minutephysics.com​
158.2kNANANA
misteramazing​
Shae​
285k2; $1.83 /mo
misteramazing.org. Possibly insane. Claims to be a teacher.​
3647NANANA
Mobox Graphics​
Mike Ridolfi​
182k93; $465+ /mo
moboxgraphics.com​
13714244NANA
Money & Macro​
Joeri Schasfoort​
361k175; $766.10 /mo
moneymacro.rocks. Belgian.​
4741NANANA
Ms Beautyphile​
Trina Espinoza​
12.3kNA
Producer PBS Vitals. Crazy eyes.​
17441862NANA
münecat​
Georgie Taylor​
454k773; $3092+ /mo
Twitch thot/DJ​
31.2k21.6kNANAY
Mustard​
?​
1.89M476; $1530/ CREATION FFS
mustardchannel.com​
69153474NANA
My True North​
Kalle Flodin​
NA111; $546.20 /mo
My True North​
Podcast only on Nebula. Has eponymous YT channel with 279k subs. Swede. Kalleflodin.com​
NA77.7kNANA
Nando v Movies​
Nando​
296k308; $924+ /mo
Mostly Nitpicking​
nandovmovies.com. Podcast not listed on Nebula​
27.1NANANAY
Neo​
?​
1.93MNA
Autistic troon vibes​
9530NANANA
NerdSync​
Scott Niswander​
534k609; $2096 /mo
It’s Probably (not) Aliens!​
Podcast with Tristan Johnson (Step Back)​
18.2k6164NANA
Neuro Transmissions​
Alie and Micah Caldwell​
228k23; $125.70 /mo
Married couple​
NT: 5074 MC: 800 AC: 92385986NAY
Not Just Bikes​
Jason Slaughter​
1.22MPrivate
The Urbanist Agenda​
Insufferable. Mastodon. Canadian living in NL, likely cow​
NANANANA
Not Overthinking​
Ali and Taimur Abdaal​
44.2kNA
Not Overthinking​
Podcast only. Notoverthinking.com. Ali Abdaal is a MD with a eponymous YT channel with 5.54M subs, NOT repped by Nebula​
NO: 12.6k AA: 349.3k TA: 21.5k1898NANA
NotesByNiba​
Niba Nirmal​
1.77kNA
Was on SciShow. Genetics, toxicology​
NA73113742NA
Now You See It​
Jack Nugent​
964k47; $104.40 /moNANANANA
Our Changing Climate​
Charlie Kilman​
507k722; $2842 /mo
Ecosocialist he/him​
35695686NANA
PantslessPajamas​
?​
706kNAY
Genderblob anime-poisoned woman fka PajamaParty Doodles​
60.9k14.3kNANA
Paper Skies​
?​
265k123; $184.5+ /mo
Ukrainian, living in Canada​
455NANANA
Patrick (H) Willems​
Patrick Willems​
512k1310; $3930+ /mo
Night of the Coconut movie. Pushed hard by Nebula.​
56.2k12.2kNANA
People Make Games​
Chris Bratt, Quinton Smith​
517k3525; $15690 /mo
Quinton Smith is also in non-Nebula Quinns Quest, other things​
CB: 30.6k QS: 105.7kNANANA
Philosophy Tube​
Oliver Lennard (Thorn)​
1.57M7000; $14000+ /mo
Kill James Bond​
Y
"Abigail Thorn". Podcast not listed on Nebula.​
337k107k110.8kNAY
PolyMatter​
Evan​
1.89M109; $109+ /mo
polymatter.yt​
7034NANANA
Polyphonic​
?​
1.08M155; $291.40 /mo
Ghost Notes​
10.8kNANAY
Practical Engineering​
Grady Hillhouse​
3.73M1190; $1190+ /mo
practical.engineering​
NA16.5kNANA
Princess Weekes​
Princess Weekes​
244k1517; $1517+ /mo
aka Melina Pendulum​
40.2kNANANAY
Rare Earth​
Evan Hadfield​
1.08M685; $685+ /mo21.9k6726NANA
Razbuten​
?​
833k274; $906.70 /mo
Once Upon A Roll​
30.1kNA102NAY
Real Engineering​
Brian James McManus​
4.4M438; $876+ /mo
Showmakers* Modulus**​
*Podcast with Sam from Wendover Productions; **Podcast with Stephanie Sammann; both podcasts Nebula original​
34.5k18.7kNANA
Real Horror​
?​
413k284; $852+ /mo911260888.6kNA
Real Life Lore​
Joseph Pisenti​
7.46MNA22.6kNANANA
Real Science​
Stephanie Sammann​
1.59M59; $118+ /mo
Modulus​
Partner channel of Real Engineering. Podcast with Brian McManus, Nebula original​
NA4577NANA
Release Notes​
Joe Cieplinski, Charles Perry​
NANA
Release Notes (defunct 2022)​
Podcast only​
1009NANANA
ReligionForBreakfast​
Andrew Mark Henry​
815k715; $1430+ /mo
religionforbreakfast.com​
13.3kNANANA
Rene Ritchie​
Rene Ritchie​
320kNA
Apple Talk Rene Ritchie​
YouTube liason, serial podcaster. Reneritchie.net​
142.7k53.9k3922NA
Sam O’Nella Academy​
Sam Miller​
4.55MNA346.3kNANANA
Sarah Renae Clark​
Sarah Renae Clark​
318kNA
sarahrenaeclark.com​
NA40.6kNANA
Sarah Z​
Sarah​
597k988; $2964+ /mo
She/they lol. Married to soydude.​
NA17.2kNANA
Science with Katie​
Katie​
20.9k12; $36+ /mo
aka It's Not Rocket Science​
NA1095 (private)NANA
Simon Clark​
Simon Clark​
527k903; $3612+ /mo
How to Make A Science Video​
Podcast w/Sophie Ward. Simonoxfphys.com​
NA36.3kY?NAY
Skip Intro​
Jackson Maher​
204k394; $788+ /moY
He/they. Formerly at The Ringer, Wisecrack.​
2124NANANA
Soph’s Notes​
Sophie Ward​
29.1k48; $164+ /mo
How to Make A Science Video​
?
Podcast w/Simon Clark. Handmaiden lesbian w/bad man-face.​
20561363NANA
Sounds Good​
Sarah Feldman (fake)​
10.3k12; $36+ /moY
sarah-feldman.com.​
5161818NANA
Spectacles​
Harry, Philip​
146kPrivate
spectacles.news.​
NANANAY
Step Back​
Tristan Johnson​
133k197; $615.70 /mo
It’s Probably (not) Aliens!​
Cow for sure. Podcast with Scott Niswander. Mastodon.​
TJ: 9118 IPNA: 2959NANAY
Steven Bridges​
Steven Bridges​
552kNA
Name spelled as Stephen, not Steven, on Nebula lol. "Magician turned card counter". Magicians of Discord.​
741412k101.9kY
Stewart Hicks​
Stewart Hicks​
447kNA
Professor UIC Architecture and design​
NA4919NANA
Strange Parts​
Scotty Allen​
193MPrivate
strangeparts.com. Mastodon. Brain injury.​
49.7k29.8k41kYY
Suibhne​
James Suibhne​
652k54; $413.10 /mo2768NANANA
Super Bunnyhop​
George Weidman​
434k310; $892.30 /mo
Bunnyhop Book Club Dad & Sons​
30kNANANAY
T1J​
Kevin​
342k367; $1013 /mo
Tranny chaser? T1j.me​
NA3803NANA
Tale Foundry​
Benjamin Cook​
1M273; $932 /mo
thetalefoundry.com​
42196032NAY
Tantacrul​
Martin Keary​
416k601; $1094 /mo
VP of Product at Muse. Composer. Martinkeary.com​
25k1858NANA
Taran Van Hemert​
Taran Van Hemert​
317kNA
Former Linus Media Group lead editor. taranvh.com​
81.3kNANANA
TechAltar​
Marton Barcza​
714k16; $72.90 /mo
The Friday Chillout​
Podcast with Tristan from the Friday Checkout. Mastodon. NOT techaltar.com. Cowish​
33.1k8084NAY
Terrible Writing Advice​
Joseph P. Beaubien​
449kNA
jpbeaubien.com, jpbeaubien.deviantart.com. Author​
2940NANANA
The Back Focus​
Brandon Hardesty​
40.4k41; $41+ /mo
Why is he here? Writes for IMDB (owned by Amazon)​
2395NANANA
The Climate Denier’s Playbook​
Climate Town (Rollie Williams)​
NA469; $2345+ /mo
The Climate Denier’s Playbook​
Podcast only, with Nicole Conlan. Climate Town has 566k YT subs, 4250 Patreons ($21250+/mo) but is NOT listed on Nebula​
RW: 16.6kNANANA
The Closer Look​
Henry Boseley​
1.06M95; $339.40 /mo3203NANAY
The Coding Train​
Daniel Shiffman​
1.68MNA
thecodingtrain.com​
27.915.5kNAY
The Cursed Judge​
?​
383k76; $152+ /mo1018NANAY
The Dalrymple Report​
Jim Dalrymple, Dave Mark​
NANA
The Dalrymple Report​
Podcast only. Retired EIC LoopInsight. Apple. Mastodon​
33.9kNANANA
The Efficient Engineer​
?​
1.05M317; $822.60 /mo
efficientengineer.com​
3823NANANA
The Exploration with William C. Fox​
William C. Fox​
176k56; $168+ /mo
williamcfox.com​
1545412866NA
The Great War/ Real Time History​
Jesse Alexander​
1.73M1410; $5640+ /mo
Real Time History Podcast​
RTH YT subs 351k. Realtimehistory.net​
40.7k93.2k
The Octopus Lady​
?​
119k203; $406+ /mo2781NA312kNA
The Royal Ocean Film Society​
Andrew M Saladino​
311k73; $151.60 /vid
andrewsaladino.work​
3655NANANA
The Science Asylum​
Nick Lucid​
675k1110; $1110+ /mo
scienceasylum.com; cow tendencies​
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The Thought Emporium​
Justin Atkin​
1.77M558; $1722 /mo
thethoughtemporium.ca​
12.2k157k280.8kNA
TheAMaazing​
Maaz​
1.29M5; $10+ /mo
Pakistani-Australian medical doc and animator​
149.8k149kYY
Thomas Flight​
Thomas Flight​
1M317; $951+ /mo
thomasflight.com; thomasflight.substack.com​
9475NANANA
Thomas Frank​
Thomas Frank​
2.97MNA
Cinema of Meaning* Odd Time The Inforium**​
Nebula co-founder. Also Thomas Frank Explains, YT subs 238k. *Podcast Nebula original with Tom van der Linden **With Martin Boehme​
139.7k110kNANA
Tier Zoo​
Patrick Lacey​
3.73M385; $385+ /mo125.5k12.8kNANA
TLDR News (UK)​
Jack Kelly, Zac Michaelis​
752kPrivate
The Daily Briefing* The Editorial* TLDR News Podcast*​
TLDR News EU has 810k YT subs. *Nebula original​
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Todd in the Shadows​
Ken Munson​
582k3501; $7962 /video
Song vs Song​
aka "Todd Nathanson". Podcast with Dany "Alina Morgan" Roth​
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Tom Nicholas​
Tom Nicholas​
525k416; $832+ /mo
Induction​
21.2kNANAY
Trace Dominguez​
Trace Dominguez​
88.2k24; $48+ /mo
That’s Absurd Please Elaborate​
Video producer and writer. PBS (Lindsay?). Tracedominguez.com​
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Up & Atom​
Jade Tan-Holmes​
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Volksgeist​
Philip Damico​
406kNA
Nebula Cofounder (insecure)​
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Welcome to Macintosh​
Mark Bramhill​
NANA
Welcome to Macintosh (defunct 2018)
Podcast only; https://www.macintosh.fm/ on Apple & Spotify​
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Wendover Productions​
Sam Denby​
4.52MPrivate
Extremities (defunct) Showmakers*​
Nebula Chief Content Officer *Podcast with Brian McManus from Real Engineering; Nebula original​
84.1k30.2kNANA
WonderWhy​
?​
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Zach Highley​
Zach Highley-Gergel​
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The Zach Highley Show​
zhighley.com, Skillshare​
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Shameful doublepost to add that OzTalksHW, RM Transit, Sexplanations and Bright Sun Films are not listed on Nebula's creators page but all have released videos on the platform within the month. So the only creators confirmed to have left are Jill Bearup (fired for basedness) and Tom Scott (retired).
 
Elaborate on this one, probably a petty reason?
Yes. People smeared her as a "transphobe."

She resigned from Standard and her videos are no longer on Nebula due to the controversy of her being a sane human. Both she and Tom Scott were signed to Standard and that was part of why the collaboration came about, but the trannies freaked out. Scott has 4.82M subs on YouTube and Jill Bearup has 355K; I'd never heard of the guy but him having that many subs explains why Lindsay got smacked down for trying to get him in woke-trouble. I'd never heard of Jill Bearup before either but her videos are great, much recommended for fighting and swords and things.
 
Yes. People smeared her as a "transphobe."
Maaan, is so sad to see someone wholesome like Tom Scott being a massive pushover when it comes to leftists politics, maybe he just is the "what makes me look right at this time in history" type , maybe he is the devil in disguise or just simply a person that is blindly trying to to be good, either way is plain disheartening how contemporary issues makes people do these things
 
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There was a Medium article posted on the Nebula subreddit a few weeks ago that, while pure PR dicksucking, is rather illuminating about the company. The Medium article is by a low-tier actor whose career is receding almost as fast as his hairline: (link/archive)

With the rise of bundles, more looming strikes, and a crawling production schedule, the future of the working class in Hollywood looks grim.

While many of us are glancing at our crystal balls and Deadline articles for advice on what happens after the current contraction, a select few are trying to build a better future. And that future looks like Nebula.
What is Nebula? It’s a streaming platform whose tagline is “Creator-built and creator-owned.” For just $5/month (or $50 a year), subscribers get access to hundreds of creators who post regularly on the site, with a focus on high-budget exclusive pieces.

Nebula then gives 50% of the platform’s profits to those creators, divvied up based on view time. Nebula also sponsors the creators to advertise Nebula on YouTube. It functions a lot like Patreon, but at Nebula the laborers themselves get a piece of the action and are incentivized to grow Nebula.

The more subscribers Nebula has, the more money it can pay creators to advertise. The more creators push new consumers to Nebula, the more profits they get from the company’s growth. This cycle is central to the platform’s survival and promise of “Creator-built and creator-owned.” And it’s working.

There are other platforms that are trying to find creative ways to stay out of the streamer wars. Odysee, a blockchain-based streamer, pays creators with their own cryptocurrency. Floatplane allows creators to set their own subscription prices. Each platform, including Nebula, requires advertising on other platforms, such as YouTube, to bring viewers into the ecosystem.
But Nebula keeps gaining momentum. 2023 was a banner year for the platform. It had almost 700,000 paying subscribers by the end of last year. Bucking current market trends, Nebula unbundled from its biggest investor, and offered more expensive subscription tiers to bridge the gap, which customers signed up for in droves. The platform is currently evaluated at over $150 million.

What would it look like if Nebula became independent from its YouTube marketing push? A great example would be Dropout. Most of their advertising comes from free social media clips and word of mouth, which helps keep production costs down and creates a community culture where the creators and viewers feel like they’re building this together. Last year, Dropout shared profits with every person who worked on a show throughout the year — and even every actor who auditioned.
Dropout may be a single indie studio, while Nebula’s platform hosts creators from all over the world. But success at Dropout has shown the industry that creator-first businesses can thrive culturally and economically without outside help. Nebula may soon have the chance to be the largest labor-owned marketplace on the web that stands on its own merits.

Which brings us to the dangers in the future. Nebula can easily be picked up by Amazon and become another tile just like any other streaming platform. The creators would have to sign off on the sale, and they would split 50% of the profits from it, but there is no knowing how their new overlords will treat this creator-first mentality.

Of course, there are countless stories of startups and disruptors that replace pre-existing business structures only to replicate them; Netflix is just one of the latest examples. Should Nebula become self-sufficient and no longer need to advertise on YouTube to survive, it could absorb channels in a bid to grow its content offering and become over-bloated.

Nebula currently has a growth strategy and is throwing money at its creators, but at some point, the business might switch to a profit strategy as all successful startups focused on growth do. If that moment comes, Nebula will have some questions to answer about where, and on whom, its money is best spent. The founders of Nebula, when forced to choose, could place the creators in a tier-based revenue system that more lavishly rewards those at the top, or do away with revenue sharing for good.
It’s entirely possible for services like Nebula to go sideways. Nebula can be a safe harbor for niche artists who can’t bring in the astronomical and sometimes mysterious numbers that larger networks and streamers are looking for, or it can turn into the next Netflix. That’s why creators have to fight for it.

Large businesses don’t protect their workers; not even Scarlett Johansson is safe. With shows being taken off streaming services left and right, and AI here to stay, the rights and wages of artists, even those won in the strikes, may already be in danger.

Banded together, creators and viewers can keep services like Nebula alive. Revenue sharing lets audiences directly support the artists they love; supported artists make more content for the platforms; and a growing platform brings in more audience. This intertwining of the audience, artists, and platform may be the best way to keep working-class artists afloat.

Nebula may look like any other streaming service, but this creator-first system could be the future of economically sustainable art. A future in which the art pays the artists, and not just the people who own the servers. And that future is now.

There is a link in the article to yet another PR puff piece that repeats Denby's claim that Nebula is valued at $150M. This article is by a Filipino entrepreneurial think tank? Sure, why not. (link/archive)

Think you can grow a $100,000 minimum viable product into a $150 million business? Nebula did it – without any venture capital funding.

In just 4 years, the innovative video-streaming platform grew from around 4000 subscribers to over 600,000 paying subscribers. While on the surface, it may look like any other streaming platform with exclusive content, an ad-free watching experience, and a huge catalog of shows, Nebula’s inner workings are what sets it apart from the rest.

So how exactly is Nebula different than the video-on-demand streaming platform giants we use? Sam Denby from Wendover Productions revealed in a video how he, and several other creators, launched Nebula.
Nebula is a video-on-demand streaming platform that former YouTube freelance sponsorship agent Dave Wiskus and many famous YouTubers founded. The platform hosts informational and entertaining mini-documentaries, classes, and podcasts on various topics ranging from geopolitics to movie analyses.

Some of the famous YouTubers who founded the platform include Wendover Productions, CGP Grey, Real Engineering, and Real Life Lore. Today, the group of creators on the platform includes some of the most popular YouTube channels like LegalEagle, Johnny Harris, Extra History, and over 100 other creators.

In an interview with The Verge, Nebula CEO Dave Wiskus compared the platform to being an “expansion pack to YouTube” instead of being a direct YouTube competitor. Why?

Nebula subscribers have access to additional exclusive content made by the YouTube creators they already watch and subscribe to on YouTube. Branded as “Nebula Originals,” these documentary-style videos give YouTubers a chance to create videos on topics they want to cover – topics that may not do as well on YouTube.
Additionally, subscribers can also get advance access to some videos before they’re uploaded to YouTube. One popular TV show that Nebula subscribers get early access to is Jet Lag: The Game – an Amazing Race-style travel competition that sees YouTubers Sam Denby, Ben Doyle, and Adam Chase race each other all across the world accomplishing certain tasks.

Now, all of these make Nebula seem like just like any other on-demand streaming platform. Netflix and Amazon have their own exclusive original shows, just like Nebula. Audiences can just wait for the YouTube release of videos instead of subscribing to the new streaming platform.

But Nebula innovated three key aspects of the regular streaming platform business model to set itself apart from YouTube and other platforms.
Over the past few years, numerous paid streaming platforms have failed.

CNN+ shut down in April 2022, just one month after Warner Bros. Discovery launched the paid streaming platform. Shortform streaming platform Quibi closed in 2020, just under a year after it launched.

But Nebula managed to stay afloat despite these failures. It has rapidly grown since it started in 2019. Here are three ways it innovated the streaming platform business model:

1. Creators Are Partners Not Service Providers
One of the main problems for creators earning solely through YouTube is that earnings from views are not enough. This is why creators commonly supplement their YouTube income with sponsorships or ad placements on their videos.

Thus, Nebula’s creators wanted to fix this. How?

Nebula proportionally distributes 50% of its profits to the content creators on the platform. Furthermore, the content creators are entitled to half of what the company sells for in the event its owners decide to sell Nebula.

“We developed a system where 50% of Nebula profits were distributed to creators including, crucially, if the platform were to be sold. That means if one day the platform were to sell for, let’s say a billion dollars, the creators would get half of that,” said Denby.

Effectively, Nebula doesn’t treat each creator as just a service provider. The platform sees each creator as a partner in their continued success and growth in the future.

Logically, this makes sense – the platform is nothing without the hard work of its hundreds of creators. Thus, giving each creator a stake in the company’s success is only fair – giving each creator a direct role to play to ensure the future success of Nebula while, at the same time, fairly compensating them for their work.

2. Allows Creators To Earn From Videos That Wouldn’t Perform Well On YouTube
On YouTube, the revenue-generation potential of a certain video is fully in the hands of advertisers and the platform itself. Whether a creator’s hard work translates into revenue is more or less out of their control.

In the past, YouTube demonetized many creators for swearing within the first few seconds of a video and for a variety of other issues – including covering topics on a list that the platform deems as not “advertiser-friendly.”

Videos that cover the topics on this list have a high chance of having limited or no ads – severely limiting the revenue-generation potential of that content, in turn, discouraging creators from creating content on these topics. Thus, videos that touch on or contain violence, inappropriate language, controversial issues, sensitive events, and more will most likely not perform well on YouTube.

But many audiences on YouTube still want to watch content on these topics – leaving a gap in the market. Nebula’s unique profit-sharing model allows creators to continue producing content on these topics – satisfying their audiences while still ensuring that their hard work would result in monetary compensation.

“We have control of how it all runs, and we can produce content that wouldn’t necessarily work on YouTube, like full-on original productions or exclusives, with more of a premium vibe,” said Wiskus in an interview with The Verge.

3. Carved Its Own Niche In The Sea Of Streaming Platforms
Instead of directly competing with other streaming platforms like YouTube, Netflix, and Amazon Prime, Nebula found its spot in the market.

Its value proposition doesn’t lie in the ad-free watching experience or the early access to videos – that’s just YouTube Premium. It lies in the higher-budget content that content creators exclusively release on Nebula.

While that sounds like any other streaming platform like Netflix with its multi-million dollar TV shows and movies, Nebula puts a spin on it. The content on Nebula is mostly educational and informative – with an emphasis on short 20-minute long documentaries to multi-episode long analyses on current issues.

Nebula also has another ace up its sleeve – the millions of followers and subscribers that its content creators already have outside the platform. Unlike Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, and many other streaming platforms that mostly rely on a movie’s or TV show’s name recognition, plenty of Nebula’s creators already had pre-existing audiences.

Of course, a fraction of these subscribers would be willing to pay a few dollars a month to gain access to more content from the creators they love.

A $150 Million Success Story
All of these have created a multi-million dollar success story in a space where dozens of platforms and companies have failed.

Denby shared in a video in 2023 that Nebula has a conservative valuation of around $150 million – an astonishing feat considering that Nebula’s minimum viable product only cost around $100,000 to get up and running in 2019.

From 2019 to the present, a variety of factors led to the booming growth of Nebula.

For starters, early in its growth, it found great synergy with what seemed to be a competing platform. Just a few months after its launch, Nebula started offering a bundle deal with Curiosity Stream – a streaming platform that Discovery Channel founder John Hendriks created.

Denby described Curiosity Stream as a similar platform that also offers non-fiction content but appeals to a “different, complementary market.” The bundle deal, where audiences could get free access to Nebula by subscribing to Curiosity Stream, rocketed Nebula’s subscriber counts.

Needless to say, the 2020 lockdowns further boosted Nebula’s subscriber counts with the rise of demand for video-on-demand platforms. However, there were some failures along the way that helped the platform get to where it is today and show why iteration is important in any innovation and new product-building process.

In early 2022, Nebula began offering paywalled classes that users had to pay extra to access, on top of their regular Nebula subscription fees. But, they offered these classes a little too late as the world was reopening again and the demand for online classes was falling.

Thus, its experiment didn’t perform too well. “The problem was, the concept just wasn’t resonating with customers,” said Denby. So, content creators refocused on creating more Nebula Originals videos and the platform started offering classes at no extra fee for subscribers.

Nebula is also testing new approaches to its marketing campaigns on YouTube. The platform started running ad blocks on content creator videos that have driven even more signups – with plenty of new subscribers opting to pay for their annual subscription on day 1.

The platform doesn’t show any signs of slowing down and it is interesting to see how its innovative business model will revolutionize the video-on-demand streaming space. “We have learned so much so now, we understand what people want and have a company configured to offer that,” concluded Denby.

There are some comments by chief attention whore Dave Wiskus in the Reddit comments too.
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Okay, so there are quite a few details to unpack here. Let's start with subscriber numbers. Wiskus published a blog post on 27 November 2022 to commemorate reaching 600000 Nebula subs after almost exactly 4 years of business since 2018, after starting with $100000 and 4000 subs. By 19 March 2024, this had grown to over 680000 subs per Fast Company. The primary growth engine of the company was their bundle with Curiosity Stream (CS), which started around 1 June 2020 from what I can tell, when CS had about 13M subs and Nebula had started their streaming platform activity around May 2019. In 2 September 2021, CS purchased a minority stake in Nebula which increased Nebula's valuation to $50M, though how that is consider minority in a business previously valued in the single digits of millions idk. I already rambled about how by 2024, CS took an equity hit of almost $3M on their $50M investment in Nebula. The deal was definitely better for Nebula than CS, with at most an increase in say 700000 subs or about 5% of CS's total paypigs. The bundle deal ended at the start of 2024 because Wiskus claimed CS stopped paying Nebula creators for signups via sponsorship.
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That brings us to 2024, with Nebula claiming a valuation of $150M and 700k subs with no venture capital (except as I pointed out in my previous ramble, they both did take $1.9M in VC to start and are actively pursuing multiple VC investors right now). They have no SEC or investor filings, so it's impossible to verify any of their claims. All that can be proven is none of their creators appear to have stopped their Patreons or post exclusively on Nebula (except Our Lady of Perpetual Victimhood Lindsay Ellis, whose latest book just tanked), so they aren't making enough to thrive on from that avenue alone.

The comments by Denby about the failure of paywalling Nebula Classes is also interesting, and shows that even the most ardent of paypigs have limits. These were SkillShare-type courses (creating competition even though SkillShare was a sponsor for numerous Nebula creators) that cost extra to access for existing Nebula subscribers. Double charging their marks didn't go so well, it seems. Now the classes are included for free, the concept mostly abandoned, and original exclusive content is Nebula's focus which is a great way to burn money, as many streaming services have discovered.

Nebula started offering lifetime memberships for $300 or so early in 2024 (I remember Todd in the Shadows shilling it) to help bridge the funding gap from the loss of CS, but I do wonder how many people actually cared enough to either swap their sub from CS to Nebula or god forbid, pay for both luxury entertainment packs in this economy.

Nebula still hasn't made a strong case for why anyone should pay for what they can get from YouTube for free, including the desire to directly support creators which can be done via Patreon, SubscribeStar, Gumroad or OF. I'm all for alternative tech platforms, but this one feels built on a foundation of sand and slight-of-hand. I expect Nebula will figure out soon enough what CS learned the hard way as well: your good intentions don't mean shit when you're out of capital and I'm not convinced they mean all that well.
 
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Shameful double posting because I missed this PR announcement which was even in Deadline and Variety (the wording is exactly the same in both, so no reason to read one over the other) on 4 June 2024:

Spotify Teams With Creator Hub Nebula On Video Streaming Initiative​

Streaming giant Spotify and creator-focused Nebula are teaming up on a video content initiative.

The partnership will bring videos from Nebula to Spotify’s 615 million-plus global users. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

Creators who are part of the initial Nebula slate include CinemaWins, Charles Cornell, Hello Future Me, Captain Midnight, Tale Foundry, Game Makers ToolKit, Todd in the Shadows, Adam Neely, The Closer Look, FD Signifier, and Kat Blaque.

While Spotify has previously explored original video, only to later back away from the space amid a cluster of new competition and a need to streamline and refine its focus, the new partnership fits its current strategy of embracing the creator economy. Across its other businesses, the company has shifted toward creators after a number of talent deals with more conventional names yielded mixed results.
“Creators are at the core of everything we do at Spotify, so we are eager to partner with Nebula, a creator-built and creator-operated platform, to bring this content to our users across the globe,” said Jordan Newman, Head of Content Partnerships. “Video greatly deepens our creators’ engagement, growth and retention with their fans—so we are thrilled to introduce such an innovative and diverse slate of video content to our audience.”

Nebula’s content will be hosted on Spotify for Podcasters, Spotify’s all-in-one hub that provides podcast and video creators with tools for community building and fan engagement. With more than 2.5M video episodes already on Spotify, the partnership is a natural extension of Spotify’s emphasis on video podcasting,” a press release said.

“Nebula is home to so many talented and thoughtful creators. It’s important for us to build partnerships that highlight the amazing work our creators are doing,” said Nebula CEO Dave Wiskus. “Spotify gives us an opportunity to expand our reach, not just in numbers but with the exact kind of audience who would most enjoy what we do.”

This collaboration follows Nebula’s launch of studio arm Nebula Motion Pictures and the company’s 2024 originals slate announcement.

The content used for this collab are an uh interesting selection using Todd in the Shadows as an example. He has not, to my knowledge, promoted these audio feeds on his Twitter, in his latest videos or anywhere else, so maybe the goal is to see how much organic interest they can garner on Spotify from a non-invested audience. Todd also has an actual podcast but that isn't being promoted, just the audio files of his YouTube videos.

There's no mention of the Nebula deal in Spotify's Q1 2024 Shareholders report released 31 March 2024 or the prepared remarks, in which it says podcast content costs and deals fall under it's Ad-Supported segment. So it's either too new or too insignificant to matter to the money people at Spotify. The Q2 earnings call is scheduled for the 23rd and we'll see if it's worth mentioning compared to their 5% dip in stock price and tussling with songwriters' royalties in the quest to make services bundles.
 

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The content used for this collab are an uh interesting selection using Todd in the Shadows as an example. He has not, to my knowledge, promoted these audio feeds on his Twitter, in his latest videos or anywhere else, so maybe the goal is to see how much organic interest they can garner on Spotify from a non-invested audience. Todd also has an actual podcast but that isn't being promoted, just the audio files of his YouTube videos.
Well that's a move. I have to wonder if Todd isn't one of the creators Nebula is banking on to make the site lucrative.
 
Interesting: I posted back in April about Nebula having a couple venture capital deals in progress, including this screenshot from Pitchbook
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As of today July 24th, 2024, those "in progress" deals are shown as cancelled.
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Whether this is from Nebula deciding they didn't need the money (press X to doubt) or the potential investors bailing is unclear.

I checked in on the Spotify Q2 investors report and while they are posting record numbers, there was no mention of the Nebula deal anywhere; it's not even a footnote in their Ad-Supported content section.

Nothing else new, really. Imperial joined Nebula, they've been promoting the fuck out of The Getaway to all 400 fans that seem excited about it, an in-house Dracula movie starring britbong troon Olly Thorn will be out soon after his starmaking turn in the Acolyte.
 
Interesting: I posted back in April about Nebula having a couple venture capital deals in progress, including this screenshot from Pitchbook
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As of today July 24th, 2024, those "in progress" deals are shown as cancelled.
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Whether this is from Nebula deciding they didn't need the money (press X to doubt) or the potential investors bailing is unclear.

I checked in on the Spotify Q2 investors report and while they are posting record numbers, there was no mention of the Nebula deal anywhere; it's not even a footnote in their Ad-Supported content section.

Nothing else new, really. Imperial joined Nebula, they've been promoting the fuck out of The Getaway to all 400 fans that seem excited about it, an in-house Dracula movie starring britbong troon Olly Thorn will be out soon after his starmaking turn in the Acolyte.
Looks like they are raising their prices now (crosspost from Not Just Bikes thread, lolcow creator on Nebula):
And they're going to be paying even more soon!

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Isn't this the guy that thinks that every black person that isn't liberal is a house negro?
Yeah. He thinks all black conservatives are secret white supremacists and refers to them as "race traitors" (or in Candace Owen's case, a c00n. No, seriously - he calls her that).

Anyway, I got a kick out of that one time Tree of Logic read him to filth on Twitter:

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