#monoculture — Public Fediverse posts

Fuck yeah, here’s one of the original youtube video essayists (back in the day he pioneered the genre together with a small bunch of other formerly Channel Awesome-affiliated folks like Dan Olson/Folding Ideas, Leon Thomas and Lindsay Ellis) reminding us what a video essay can still aspire to be. I’ve often had kind of a hard time with Kyle Kallgren’s essays in recent years, not because he hadn’t worthy things to communicate but rather because he’s grown a tendency to go way overboard with the goofy bits, something he’s not that good at to begin with and a bit of a tired cliché (of youtubers aspiring to be seen as goddamn filmmakers or actors or comedians) i can only take in moderation these days. It’s exactly why i can’t ever make it through, say, a Patrick Willems video (that, plus a number of pretty shallow-to-genuinely-bad, middle-of-the-road takes that had me tune out at some point). I’m actually kinda glad the Channel Awesome-informed days when half-assed comedy bits were deemed mandatory are long gone.

This newest Kallgren video is pure brilliance though. Don’t be too alarmed by that whole youtube standard “Top 20 List” schtick, which is indeed just another satirical bit he thankfully tones down fairly quick to act as more of a springboard for a deeper discussion and commentary on issues regarding the culture we’re fed by the Hollywood- and comic book industrial complex. Give it a spin. It’s worth your time and attention in an era when things worth your time and attention have become kinda hard to find in youtube culture criticism.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Iez8_C8F8A

#VideoEssays #Youtube #Monoculture #Film #CulturalCriticism

Replacing native birds with an invasive species of birds

"The Invasive Species Council has raised concern about the spread of the Indian myna in country Australia. When Indian mynas move into an area they force native birds out of their wood hollows and kill their chicks, leading to a decline in native bird numbers."

"People in rural areas are seeing them spread along the highways...They like well-manicured gardens, they like grass and lots of places they can sit. So planting native trees is something people can do to help our native birds out."

Any council actions in Bellingen and Sawtell?
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-31/indian-myna-spread-rural-australia-invasive-species-council/103404894
#birds #NativeBirds #InvasiveSpecies #NSW #Bellingen #Sawtell #WaterfallWay #ChurchSt #HydeSt #roads #impacts #BellingenShire #monoculture #landscapes

Replacing native birds with an invasive species of birds

"The Invasive Species Council has raised concern about the spread of the Indian myna in country Australia. When Indian mynas move into an area they force native birds out of their wood hollows and kill their chicks, leading to a decline in native bird numbers."

"People in rural areas are seeing them spread along the highways...They like well-manicured gardens, they like grass and lots of places they can sit. So planting native trees is something people can do to help our native birds out."

Any council actions in Bellingen and Sawtell?
>>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-31/indian-myna-spread-rural-australia-invasive-species-council/103404894
#birds #NativeBirds #InvasiveSpecies #NSW #Bellingen #Sawtell #WaterfallWay #ChurchSt #HydeSt #roads #impacts #BellingenShire #monoculture #landscapes

Replacing native birds with an invasive species of birds

"The Invasive Species Council has raised concern about the spread of the Indian myna in country Australia. When Indian mynas move into an area they force native birds out of their wood hollows and kill their chicks, leading to a decline in native bird numbers."

"People in rural areas are seeing them spread along the highways...They like well-manicured gardens, they like grass and lots of places they can sit. So planting native trees is something people can do to help our native birds out."

Any council actions in Bellingen and Sawtell?
>>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-31/indian-myna-spread-rural-australia-invasive-species-council/103404894
#birds #NativeBirds #InvasiveSpecies #NSW #Bellingen #Sawtell #WaterfallWay #ChurchSt #HydeSt #roads #impacts #BellingenShire #monoculture #landscapes

Replacing native birds with an invasive species of birds

"The Invasive Species Council has raised concern about the spread of the Indian myna in country Australia. When Indian mynas move into an area they force native birds out of their wood hollows and kill their chicks, leading to a decline in native bird numbers."

"People in rural areas are seeing them spread along the highways...They like well-manicured gardens, they like grass and lots of places they can sit. So planting native trees is something people can do to help our native birds out."

Any council actions in Bellingen and Sawtell?
>>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-31/indian-myna-spread-rural-australia-invasive-species-council/103404894
#birds #NativeBirds #InvasiveSpecies #NSW #Bellingen #Sawtell #WaterfallWay #ChurchSt #HydeSt #roads #impacts #BellingenShire #monoculture #landscapes

Replacing native birds with an invasive species of birds

"The Invasive Species Council has raised concern about the spread of the Indian myna in country Australia. When Indian mynas move into an area they force native birds out of their wood hollows and kill their chicks, leading to a decline in native bird numbers."

"People in rural areas are seeing them spread along the highways...They like well-manicured gardens, they like grass and lots of places they can sit. So planting native trees is something people can do to help our native birds out."

Any council actions in Bellingen and Sawtell?
>>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-31/indian-myna-spread-rural-australia-invasive-species-council/103404894
#birds #NativeBirds #InvasiveSpecies #NSW #Bellingen #Sawtell #WaterfallWay #ChurchSt #HydeSt #roads #impacts #BellingenShire #monoculture #landscapes