Hey all!
For those that have yet to see it, my latest video about the COVID-19 pandemic, global vaccine inequality and Big Pharma profiteering is out now!
It's a slightly long one, but it was a topic I was keen to ensure I did justice to by providing all the relevant context.
I hope you find it interesting! Let me know what you think!
And, as ever, thanks for making it possible through your generous support!
Tom
2022-03-12 18:36:24 +0000 UTC
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Welcome to this week’s edition of the Friday Update, in which I give a little insight into what I’ve been up to for the past seven days.
Apologies that there’s been a bit of a gap prior to this one. As often occurs, the mammoth task of editing my upcoming video meant dedicating all my work hours to that and this got put on the back-burner a little.
What have I been up to this week?
This week, I’ve been putting the final touches to...
2022-03-06 09:27:27 +0000 UTC
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Hey all!
I wanted to make sure to share some behind the scenes shots from the shoot for my next video with you.
Although the set-up is much simpler for this video than it was last time around, the length of the video itself meant that Monday was a really, really long day of filming. By the end of the day my voice was shot and my brain was next to useless. I was also pretty lucky to fit all of the footage onto my two camera hard drives. It was very good that a moment of fear the da...
2022-02-19 14:00:21 +0000 UTC
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Welcome to this week’s edition of the Friday Update, in which I give a little insight into what I’ve been up to for the past seven days.
What have I been up to this week?
This week has been all about writing the final section of the script to the next video! I’ve once again managed to set-out trying to write a short, snappy 20-minute video and, instead, put together something of an epic. The script is sitting at 12,000 words, which I’m predictin...
2022-02-11 13:27:43 +0000 UTC
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Welcome to this week’s edition of the Friday Update, in which I give a little insight into what I’ve been up to for the past seven days.
What have I been up to this week?
Last week’s productivity boost seems to have rolled into this week and I’ve continued to bash out more and more of the script for the next video. I’m now on the penultimate part and will be wrapping things up next week ready to film on Monday!
This week, I’ve...
2022-02-04 13:57:27 +0000 UTC
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Welcome to this week’s edition of The Friday(ish) Update, in which I give a little insight into what I’ve been up to for the past seven days.
NB: I’ve noticed that we recently passed 500 supporters on the Patreon page! Thanks so much, that’s a goal I’ve been hoping to hit for some time. It really means the world that so many people like some of the stuff I create enough to be willing to support it financially! The “reward” (I’m not sure that’s the...
2022-01-30 22:39:17 +0000 UTC
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Hey all!
Here's the latest Patreon Q&A!
Thanks to everyone who sent in questions—a really good batch which hopefully elucidated some insights into my process.
As ever, I've popped timestamps to each question in the description so that you can hop around a bit if you'd like.
Hope everyone's having a great start to the week!
Thanks as ever for your generous support!
Tom
2022-01-24 17:49:50 +0000 UTC
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Welcome to this week’s edition of the Friday Update, in which I give a little insight into what I’ve been up to for the past seven days.
What have I been up to this week?
This week, work has continued on my upcoming video about how COVID-19 vaccine patents are stopping people in the Global South from having access to vaccines and how this is, through allowing the SARS-CoV-2 virus to mutate into new variants, prolonging the pandemic.
I...
2022-01-22 15:11:08 +0000 UTC
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Welcome to this week’s edition of the Friday Update, in which I reveal the topic of my next video!
Also, as a note for those who might've missed it, I’m currently taking submissions for my next Patreon Q&A. Drop any questions you’d like me to answer either in the comments to that post or this one and I’ll add them to my list!
What have I been up to this week?
So, as promised, I’m going to use this week’s edition o...
2022-01-14 17:04:10 +0000 UTC
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Hey all!
I hope everyone’s well and having a great start to the New Year!
Some of you will remember that, prior to releasing my last video, I had started to pull together some submissions for a Q&A. However, I timed it really badly and had to postpone it in order to be able to put all my efforts into completing the video.
As promised, with the Metaverse video completed, and work on the next release picking up speed, this is the call-out for a new Q&A!
So, if ...
2022-01-11 16:23:04 +0000 UTC
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Happy New Year Everyone! The fact I’m releasing this edition of the Friday Update on a Sunday suggests I may not be embracing any kind of “new year, new me” sentiment…
Nevertheless, I hope fellow users of the Gregorian calendar (and your loved ones) had a great last few days of 2021 and have had an even better start to this latest spin around the sun.
The last year was very good to me, with the channel continuing to do really well, giving me ...
2022-01-02 17:09:36 +0000 UTC
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Hello all!
I hope everyone is currently having a great festive period, whichever holidays you celebrate; or, if you celebrate none, then I just hope you’re having a fantastic week!
Having skipped out on a couple of Friday Updates lately due to being up-to-my-neck in filming and editing, I wanted to just post a quick note to let you know how it’s all gone and to share some festive cheer!
As is always the case when I hit what I call my “production weeks”, the ...
2021-12-24 13:45:04 +0000 UTC
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Hi Everyone!
Apologies for the slight radio silence over the past week; this upcoming video is, as you might be able to tell from the range of screenshots above, a little ambitious... As such, I've been ruthlessly focussed on filming and editing!
It is very nearly there now. I'm hoping to have an Early Access version of the video up in the next couple of days, with the video going out on general release shortly after.
While it's taken a lot of hard work to get to this point,...
2021-12-14 23:36:39 +0000 UTC
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Welcome back to another edition of the Friday Update!
A quick note about the November Patreon Q&A. I didn’t quite think about the timing of it this time around and have realised that I really need to be focussing on the production of the next video. So, I’m afraid I’m going to postpone it a little. Nevertheless, I will launch straight into doing another Q&A after this video is done and out!
What have I been up to this week?
...
2021-12-03 11:18:35 +0000 UTC
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Welcome back to another edition of the Friday Update, here seen in its rare actually-published-on-a-Friday form.
Before we get going, I wanted to remind you that I recently published a call-out for the November 2021 Patreon Exclusive Q&A. If you’d like to submit a question then either add it to the comments to that post or to this one!
What have I been up to this week?
In last week’s Friday Update, I wrote that I...
2021-11-26 16:27:10 +0000 UTC
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Hey Everyone!
Consider this the call-out post for the November 2021 Patreon Q&A!
As ever, this is your chance to ask any question you might have about me, my process for creating videos, any of the topics I’ve covered or… pretty much anything else for that matter!
These are always really good fun. They’re usually pretty brain-stretching for me too as the questions are always really perceptive (although silly ones are allowed!).
It’ll be at least a week unti...
2021-11-24 21:26:33 +0000 UTC
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Welcome to another edition of the Friday(ish) Update!
Yes, it’s Monday again... But if I rename it the Monday Update, I’ll inevitably just end up not posting it until Wednesday…
What have I been up to this week?
This week, I’ve primarily been continuing with work on my next video about the "metaverse" and platform capitalism. I’m now at the stage where the structure for the video is pretty solid both in terms of the educa...
2021-11-22 17:19:05 +0000 UTC
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Welcome to the Friday(ish) Update! On a Monday! Time is a social construct anyway so…
What have I been up to this week?
This week, work has really picked up on writing my next video which… *drumroll*… is going to be about… *drumroll gets a bit louder*… platform capitalism and the “metaverse”. I’m sure many of you will have seen clips from Mark Zuckerberg’s ...
2021-11-15 18:05:36 +0000 UTC
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Hey all!
Here's the commentary track to accompany my latest video.
Apologies it's taken a little while longer than usual, I was away on a work trip and then my partner had COVID and then I thought I had COVID—it's been quite the week!
Thanks as ever for all your thoughts and responses to the video and for your generous support.
Tom
2021-11-10 16:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Welcome to another edition of the Friday(ish) Update, my weekly blog-type-thing about what I’ve been up to.
My excuse for being slightly late with it this week—hey, I did manage to get it out on Friday last week!—is that I’ve been away! Read on for a little more about that…
What have I been up to this week?
Although I doubt I’ll finish it until I’m safely back on the ground, I’m writing the beginning of this week...
2021-11-08 12:36:38 +0000 UTC
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Hello! Welcome to another edition of the Friday Update: my weekly round-up of what I've been working on and how I've been spending my time!
Without further ado...
What have I been up to this week?
As I tend to do in weeks following a video being released, I've spent a decent chunk of this week monitoring the latest video, responding to comments and preparing some of the Patreon treats such as the accompanying script. While, these days, I format the script...
2021-10-29 20:04:37 +0000 UTC
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Welcome to the first Friday Update in a couple of weeks!
For any new Patreon backers, this is my weekly(ish) update in which I tell you about what I've been up to for the previous 7 days.
Apologies that I took a brief hiatus on this, the past fortnight has been extremely hectic what with filming and editing a 52-minute video!
What have I been up to this week(s)?
The last time I wrote one of these posts, I had just finished writing the scrip...
2021-10-23 16:24:35 +0000 UTC
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Hey all!
Attached is the link to the premiere for my new video, currently titled "Veritasium: A Story of YouTube Propaganda".
Thanks to all the Early Access folks who have sent over thoughts and responses—it's always great to know that a topic I cover has been interesting or otherwise inspired further thinking!
If you'd like to join the premiere, it'll be kicking off at 8pm UK time (or whatever the equivalent is in your time zone). I'll be hanging out in the chat from arou...
2021-10-20 17:00:11 +0000 UTC
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Hello all!
I hope everyone's well and having a good start to the week!
Apologies that there wasn't a Friday Update at the end of last week—editing the next video has been somewhat all-consuming.
My new camera is a joy to work with and the quality of the footage is great, but it has meant there's been a few new things to get my head around as I started editing.
Those kinks have now been ironed out, however, and I'm charging ahead with it. I think it's going to be a re...
2021-10-11 23:54:43 +0000 UTC
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Welcome to the Friday(ish) Update!
Read on to hear more about my upcoming video!
FYI: In the final section of this week's Friday Update, I briefly discuss an instance of police violence. While I don't go into much detail about the event discussed, if that's something you'd rather not read about, you might want to give this one a miss.
What have I been up to this week?
This week, I'm delighted to say that I finished the scri...
2021-10-04 09:31:15 +0000 UTC
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Hello all!
Here's the September 2021 Patreon Q&A!
It's a short but perfectly formed video this time round focusing on my research and reading process.
For those that have been around since the days when I used to do my "Essay Tips" videos, this should be like a bit of a trip down memory lane. It also includes me having to watch one of my very, very old videos which was mildly excruciating, haha!
Anyway, I hope you enjoy it. We'll do another Patreon Q&A shortly....
2021-09-30 11:06:25 +0000 UTC
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Welcome to the Friday Update!
This is my weekly post in which I pull back the curtain on how progress on my next video is going. Enjoy!
What have I been up to this week?
It's been a week of ups and downs at my desk this week... In previous editions of the Friday Update, I've reflected how upbeat I've been about my upcoming video and how easily the writing was coming. Well, as ever, that optimistic high tide had a brief ebb this week.
<...
2021-09-24 17:41:12 +0000 UTC
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Welcome to the Friday Update!
Before we get going, a quick reminder that I recently posted a call-out for the next Patreon Exclusive Q&A. If you've got a question you'd like me to answer, just drop it into the comments of any post over the next week!
What have I been up to this week?
In last week's Friday update, I revealed the topic of my next video. For those who missed it, the video is partly a sequel to my video about Johnny Harri...
2021-09-20 09:30:27 +0000 UTC
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Hello all!
As promised in my latest Friday Update, this is the call-out for the September 2021 Patreon Exclusive Q&A.
If you've got any questions or topics you'd like to hear me talk a little bit about, feel free to pop them below.
It might be you want me to expand on something I said in a recent video, it might be you want to hear about my research/writing/filming/editing process or it could be something else entirely.
I'm likely to film the video next Wednesday. ...
2021-09-15 15:40:32 +0000 UTC
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Welcome back to another edition of the Friday(ish) update!
I will never forgive myself for being so specific with the day when I named these but Saturday Night Live had already stolen the more usefully vague Weekend Update...
What have I been up to this week?
This week, I've been splitting my focus between two main tasks...
Firstly, I've been building a bit of momentum with the writing of my next video. To give you an insight into ...
2021-09-12 16:39:18 +0000 UTC
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