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Our new video is live and ad-free on Nebula! In 1949, a tragic episode of railway sabotage threw Japan into crisis. It was emblematic of a dark turn in the country's politics. It'll be out on YouTube soon!

Watch the video here: nebula.tv/videos/spectacles-japan-in-1949-was-insa…

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Our new video is live and ad-free on Nebula! In 1980, South Koreans rose up against a brutal dictatorship. This is their story. Watch it here:

nebula.tv/videos/spectacles-this-is-south-koreas-t…

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We love working with Nebula—a creator-owned and operated streaming service that hosts some of the most thoughtful video content on the internet. Signing up helps us and many other creators do our best work for you, our audience.

Thanks as always,
Harry and Philip

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🚨 UPDATE 🚨 — NEW video on CHINA incoming! Here's hoping it doesn't get demon(et)ized. 🤞🤞

❗️❗️❗️ If you want to watch it two days early and ad-free, it's live right now on Nebula:
➡️ nebula.tv/videos/spectacles-china-in-1976-was-insa…

Nebula is a creator-owned streaming platform that depends on user subscriptions instead of ads, which allows us to focus on the stories, instead of corporate bottom lines. It's why so many of the internet's best creators are there developing tons of incredible original series you can't watch (and couldn't make) anywhere else.

Subscribing is a great way to help the channel, but even if you don't, thanks for tuning in! And keep your eyes peeled for that new video, coming Friday @ 8am pacific / 11am eastern US time. 🫡🫡🫡

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🚨 UPDATE 🚨 Age-restrictions have been removed, the video is back up and alive on the algorithm. If you haven't watched it yet, please go check it out, and let's get this thing moving so more can see!

Thanks for your support!
-- Harry and Philip

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8 months ago | [YT] | 686

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Okay so the latest video has just been nuked by YouTube (delisted and demonetized). Sensing a pattern that anything critical of China with respect to Falun Gong seems to be prone to de-listing.

This kind of thing is legitimately ruinous for us. We are losing out on what is essentially a month of pay for our work. If you want to support what we do and reject censorship, we sincerely encourage you to check out Nebula, where this kind of thing simply doesn't happen.

The video is there, but Nebula has so much more to offer as well. Please check it out. Signing up with this link is the best way to support us right now. nebula.tv/videos/spectacles-chinas-cult-war-full-d…

You’ll also gain access to hours of exclusive, thoughtful original content from us and other creators, many of whom have also suffered from YouTube’s opaque “safety” policies and also benefit from the support.

In the meantime, we're going to fight YouTube on this, though we are not holding out much hope.

As always, thanks for watching.
-- Harry and Philip

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Hey everyone, new video was supposed to drop about 45 minutes ago, but we've hit a snag. We caught a small error this morning, that we somehow missed in our other pre-upload final checks.

We tried fixing it with YouTube's built-in editor, but now the video appears doomed to be processing forever.

Issues like this are why we really wish YouTube had a system where we could just replace the existing video with a new file -- it would make addressing corrections and errors so much easier.

But YouTube will never do this. Too much liability. However, Nebula does allow us to replace videos, which we've already gone and done over there.

We're working to get the video up as fast as we can, but in the meantime, you can watch it right now (ad-free) over on Nebula: nebula.tv/videos/spectacles-chinas-cult-war-full-d…

Thank you for your patience.
-- Harry and Philip

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Honestly, working with sponsors is typically the worst part of doing YouTube. We get lots of questions about how we choose sponsors to work with. The truth is, we mostly choose sponsors we *don't* want to work with, because we turn down over 90% of the proposals we get.

So when we say we like a product, are excited about a sponsor, or anything else, we really mean it. It's why we've worked with so few brands over the past year and change.

And it's why we genuinely hope you'll check out Ground News. They're one of the few brands advertising on YouTube that actually have a real product that does what it says it does. They do a great job of expanding my horizons and breaking my media and perspective bubbles. I really hope you'll give it a try. Every sign-up is a huge help to the channel, too.

If you want to check it out, go to ground.news/spectacles to compare news coverage, spot media bias, and avoid algorithms. Our link there gets you 50% off unlimited access.

Thanks.

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Hilarious video, and a great imitation of yours truly. Show this guy some love

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🚨REMINDER🚨If you want your name n the credits of our next video for free...

VOTE!!! It's not too late to figure it out, if you don't have a plan!

Anyone who shares a picture of their "I VOTED" on our discord will get their name in Friday's video!

Discord: www.discord.gg/VWcpybH683
How can I vote? -- www.google.com/search?q=how+to+vote+guide

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Want your name in the credits of our next video for free? Here's how:

VOTE!!!

Go cast your ballot, join our discord, and share a picture of your "I VOTED" sticker, and we'll include your username in our video coming out on Friday!

Discord: www.discord.gg/VWcpybH683
How can I vote? -- www.google.com/search?q=how+to+vote+guide

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