Dr_BombayStephen Colbert has a new YouTube channel, spread the word. Nothing on it besides his hilarious “Only In Monroe” cable access video from this past weekend, but… stay tuned, I presume?
Mastodon MigrationIt is great the Colbert is doing this, but it is super frustrating to wade through the YouTube commercials. It would be so fantastic if these videos were also available on Peertube or some other streaming network.
Raindrops and Roses@mastodonmigration @Dr_Bombay @crazyeddie
That would be pretty cool. It's worth putting it out there as a comment on his channel. Somebody from his team would probably see it at the very least.
@raindrops_and_roses @mastodonmigration @crazyeddie we should all do it. The more presence everywhere, the better for him, anyway.
@Dr_Bombay @raindrops_and_roses @crazyeddie
Of course, since anyone can create a Peertube instance, in theory, If he didn't want his shows constantly interrupted, Colbert could actually create his own "network".
All he would need is some technical people and some money to pay for the bandwidth.
Certainly there would be plenty of people here that would love to help with the project.
@mastodonmigration @Dr_Bombay @crazyeddie @ricci @jerry @tchambers
Absolutely! Let's make it happen.
Walt Baldwinublock origin will sort the commercials
Yes, for now it does. Good point. If you are going to watch YouTubes it is now pretty necessary to use uBlock origin.
Lots of people however do not know this, and if Colbert wants to reach a huge audience he can not expect them to be sophisticated enough to use uBlock.
Also, Google is constantly figuring out ways to shovel their crap into our faces. Would not be surprised to see them circumvent uBlock at some point.
These leads into a bigger discussion about how dangerous to democracy it is to have one company with a veritable monopoly on streaming video.
There is no guarantee that Google will continue to provide the same free service. They can also effectively shadow ban content by algorithmic suppression or even just loading things up with awful commercials.
At this point there is no viable alternative to YouTube.
OldCoderScreenshot: Stephen Colbert's "Only in Monroe" episode on PeerTube.
#PeerTube is a viable alternative. I spun up an instance today and dropped Stephen #Colbert's "Only in Monroe" video into it. Here's a link to the current "Only in Monroe" page:
https://peertube.dansu.org/w/33DdUEaLMMisarSuTNjkU1
The home page for the instance is located at:
https://peertube.dansu.org/
This is experimental. However, if I can do this, any PeerTube host can do this as well.
Technical notes: This is PeerTube 8.2.0 running under Debian 13 on a VPS that costs only $7.25 per month. The VPS has 8 GB of RAM, 10 cores, and about 145 GB of SSD disk. A box with about half those specs would probably work, though transcoding of uploaded videos would be slower.
I recommend LibreWolf in general, but note that LibreWolf probably won't work with PeerTube instances like this one. However, most other browsers should work.
If I'm required to do a takedown of this video, I might boot a PeerTube instance in Luxembourg and host a copy there. DMCA isn't applicable in that jurisdiction, though EU rules do apply.
#PeerTube is a viable alternative. I spun up an instance today and dropped Stephen #Colbert's "Only in Monroe" video into it. Here's a link to the current "Only in Monroe" page:
https://peertube.dansu.org/w/33DdUEaLMMisarSuTNjkU1
The home page for the instance is located at:
https://peertube.dansu.org/
This is experimental. However, if I can do this, any PeerTube host can do this as well.
Technical notes: This is PeerTube 8.2.0 running under Debian 13 on a VPS that costs only $7.25 per month. The VPS has 8 GB of RAM, 10 cores, and about 145 GB of SSD disk. A box with about half those specs would probably work, though transcoding of uploaded videos would be slower.
I recommend LibreWolf in general, but note that LibreWolf probably won't work with PeerTube instances like this one. However, most other browsers should work.
If I'm required to do a takedown of this video, I might boot a PeerTube instance in Luxembourg and host a copy there. DMCA isn't applicable in that jurisdiction, though EU rules do apply.
@oldcoder @waltbaldwin @Dr_Bombay
Colbert's Only In Monroe on PeerTube
OK this is really cool!
As a technology demonstration OldCoder has hosted Steven Colber's Only In Monroe episode on Peertube.
https://peertube.dansu.org/w/33DdUEaLMMisarSuTNjkU1
The thread above is about how YouTube inserts their commercials and if Colbert wanted to, he could spin up his own PeerTube 'network' free from Google's ads and algorithmic control.
Credit to OldCoder for showcasing this capability! Go Fedi!
2026 Colbert - 260522 Only in Monroe
John StorjohannIf you use Duck Duck Go as your browser, it has a viewer built in that allows you to view ad free.
derptron@Dr_Bombay Wonder if he could be talked into using peertube or something. He may not know about it. That would be awesome.
@crazyeddie he’s a savvy guy. I bet he’d be up for it.
Airplanista 🇺🇦@Dr_Bombay Just subscribed, eager to see what is next for him. I know he's loaded, maybe retirement? I doubt it, the dude is a supreme entertainer, and very good at what he does. Here's hoping he lands somewhere that does not require me to shell out more streaming dollars to continue watching him.
CBS lackey suits can kiss my ass.
Toni Aittoniemi@Dr_Bombay Super cool show!
I hope he goes on tour of local broadcasting shows from here 😊
I hope he goes on tour of local broadcasting shows from here 😊
smjn@Dr_Bombay You can subscribe to Invidious RSS feed for updates: https://inv.nadeko.net/feed/channel/UCGtZHv5KB7V8G2THzaQHcaA . And also watch the videous via Invidious. But I'd recommend using yt-dlp to download Youtube videos.
FreediverX@Dr_Bombay
Same Colbert who interrogated Mamdani like a war criminal while interviewing Slotkin with the white glove treatment?
Same Colbert who interrogated Mamdani like a war criminal while interviewing Slotkin with the white glove treatment?
@freediverx we must have watched different things…