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Barges into Youtube
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Uploads interesting videos weekly for a decade
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Refuses to elaborate further
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Heads off into the sunset
Image of Tom Scott flying under a helicopter in a harness
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In case you have missed, there’s a second channel where he tried stuff, like stage fighting, with guests.
https://www.youtube.com/c/tomscottplus
Tom Scott has also done a lot of hilarious stuff with his mates.
https://www.youtube.com/@mattandtom
https://www.youtube.com/@techdif
Also Matt Gray (that face from that image from that video) has started doing a new series of trying cool stuff, like road painting.
https://www.youtube.com/@MattGrayYES
Also previously he bought a soft-serve ice cream machine for a while and tried what ingredients would work in it.
Let’s also not forget Lateral, which he said he’ll still be doing and is quickly becoming my favorite podcast!
He’s also in a few Numberphile videos, I recommend them regardless if you like maths
More on the Computerphile side, especially the timezone one.
Be free!!
how about mrwhosetheboss for making a video on calyx
Cheers, Tom.
I hope he enjoys his break. He’s earned it.
at least hes still doing the lateral podcast for the time being.
and Technical Difficulties
On one side I’m partly sad that he’s stopping those, but on another respect, he earned it and more!
@[email protected] just testing
The sprint is over but the race is not yet won. Tom Scott isn’t gone. He is just doing basic self preservation
Genuinely heartbroken but happy for him at the same time.
What’s he doing?
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Literally flying off into the sunset. He will no longer make YouTube videos. He said he might make the occasional one from time to time, but he might not.
He’s taking a break for a while, and won’t do something as regimented as weekly researched videos again. He’s still doing Lateral, his podcast, and a few smaller projects like the newsletter.
I’m hoping after he takes his break, he’s able to find a healthy balance where he can create several videos a year when he really wants to, and finds it creatively fulfilling. It really seems like he loves exploring the topics he tends to cover, so it seems unlikely he won’t return at some point. How long the break will be seems to be the biggest unknown.
Legendary exit for a legendary creator
Godspeed, you magnificent bastard
His brother, Joe Scott, is still uploading skits and interesting videos, just not as ‘on location’ as little brother Tom.
his other brother, Tim Scott (from the channel The Tim Traveller) still upload on location videos, just like Tom
Wait, he is really Tom’s brother?
no, I was just joking (Joe Scott isn’t his brother either, right?)
Lol sometimes I’m too naive
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Definitely going to miss Tom.
Legend.
Absolutely zero disrespect intended here, but what does he do? Like, what’s sort of vibe/stuff does he do? Only curious as I’m looking for a channel to peruse…
You know those shows that your parents might’ve had you watch as a kid that were about exploring and learning about new places? Basically that for adults
My best answer would be for you to go to his YouTube channel, find a video that even mildly piques your interest, and watch him. Like the other person said, he’s hard to pin down because he doesn’t cover one specific field of interest, but he does make sure to research everything he’s talking about. He can even make talking about poorly designed road intersections interesting.
Thank fucking hell! I was looking for a link or YouTube channel name.
Hard to pin Down. Most of his stuff is going to unique and unusual places and customs and why they end up like that. But he also does some pretty great videos on linguistics and computer science.
I would say the best to describe his content is that he is a journalist doing those old school “general interest” style news stories.
Mostly short form explainers about interesting subjects, presented in a sort of breathless British TV presenter style. Like a young Attenborough but less posh. Pretty good channel.
Like a young Attenborough but less posh
*Middle aged, maybe. Certainly not young anymore
Wasn’t he on conputerphile a lot too? That channel is amazing
I think short form is more like tiktok/youtube shorts length now. I’d put tom scott as medium length.
You’re right, the term has taken on that meaning by now. It’s just relatively short compared to the multi hour video essays I tend to consume the most.
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