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Happy new year (and a poll)

Topic Poll

G'day all - as flagged in the last video, it's time for another Patron topic poll as we head into the tail end of the year.

As always, multiple choice is enabled and I've tried to tag these entries with the broad category they fit into. Also feel free to add any other suggestions you might have and I'll pull those into a spreadsheet I've just created for user suggestions (otherwise there's a real risk I forget them).

I can't guarantee I will follow the results of the poll exac...

Quick Update

G'day all.

As noted in a community post I put up on the channel, I had some monetisation/ad suitability issues with YT on the most recent video release. The good news is that those problems were eventually overturned after an appeal.

I did want to do two things here though:

• Thank all of you who support me here. It's the primary reason I can be confident producing content that I think is worth making even when there's a risk of this kind of thing happening

  2025-08-26 13:11:16 +0000 UTC View Post

Topic Poll

G'day all.

As promised, I'm back with a topic prioritisation poll (with multiple choice enabled as normal). The Ukraine update may or may not get bumped up simply to reflect recent events but the rest are in various stages of preparation and can probably be accelerated based on feedback and interest.

Also, wanted to say thanks more broadly for the patience over a chaotic last month or so. I've done my best but There are a few more weeks of time zone changes ahead before I retu...

Patron update & Poll

G'day all - We've just kicked off the second half of the year (I know, that snuck up on me as well) and so I wanted to give an update and put up a poll.

2025 so far has been a solid year year for the channel with a few videos I've really enjoyed making and an absolute barrage of major international events.

I do think it's fair to admit that after the sudden pivot to cover events in the Middle East for two weeks, I'm tired. When those major shifts happen it's always a surge of wo...

Topic Priority Poll

Hope you all enjoyed the special Patreon release (post below this one if you didn't get a notification).

I was also hoping to get a steer on topic prioritisation and so here's the poll! Multiple choice is enabled so you don't have to pick only one.

Patron Special: Interceptor Drones, Ukraine, & Affordable Air Defence

As promised, as a way to thank you all for your much appreciated support, my hope is to start producing some content exclusively for you here on Patreon. I expect this content to vary from cut content to interesting topics that, for whatever reason, don't make it into their own public release.

For our first one, I wanted to take a quick look at interceptor drones and the way these anti-drone drones have already impacted the war in Ukraine and might change warfare beyond it as well. I...

Final Call for Q&A Questions

G'day all,

As noted in the video just released, now that I'm recovering I'm finally going to be doing the long delayed Q&A episode. I'm mostly working with the original question list collected last year, but given times have changed I wanted to give you an extra chance to suggest questions (and upvote those you want to see that are suggested by other) before the video is recorded.

Please throw your new questions below as comments on this post (or add a comment or like to an...

First Topic Poll of 2025

As promised, our first topic prioritisation poll of 2025 is here.

Next week we'll likely be talking about China's new prototype fighters and the next generation aircraft race (including some discussion with returning channel guest Justin Bronk), but from there things are more fluid and open to

I don't treat this as a directive on what order videos have to be done, but it does help me prioritise where I think more than one video might be ready for finalisation and release in the...

My thanks and the plan for 2025

G'day all,

At this point just about all of you should have clicked over to the 1st of Jan so I can actually say Happy New Year to you all.

I wanted to include a few thoughts and updates on what you can expect to see from the channel (and as Patrons) in 2025 but first, let me say the most important part.

Thank you.

Getting the chance to run this channel is an incredible privilege, and one that continues to owe an enormous amount to all of you and the support you ...

Where to host extra short video content?

This is more just a convenience question for all of you:

Now that I've finally recorded some extra content for the Patrons, would it generally be more convenient for you all to get links to unlisted YT videos or would you prefer I host the videos here on Patreon itself?

Just to keep things consolidated I'd probably prefer to only make those extra posts in one location - but can do both if that would be meaningfully more convenient for you all as well.

Poll on topic timing

G'day all,

Firstly an apology that I've had to delay some of the extra Patron content (and gaming content) I wanted to do until next week given how eventful this one has been.

Second question is a poll to get a steer from you all.

Before the US election I framed up two videos - one per outcome, looking at what this might mean for the war in Ukraine, looking at levers, options, and the math in more depth. They're not finished, but the skeletons were there are ready to go.<...

Extra KADEX content

As noted during the episode on KADEX, I have a lot of footage and images that didn't make it into the episode but which I thought might be good for some Patron only content.

Having gone through what I have, there are a few things that might be of interest to people, so thought I'd gauge interest on which are worth editing up and posting here. It's not mutually exclusive, just want to get a steer on what to do first.

• The unedited (or mostly unedited) footage of the ground...

  2024-10-22 03:50:36 +0000 UTC View Post

Seeking Questions for potential Q&A

G'day all,

As flagged in the last episode, I'm considering doing a second Q&A episode in the coming weeks.

 I'd like to give you all a chance to put up questions as thanks for your ongoing support for me and the channel.

If you'd like to, please leave your question suggestions as comments under this post, and if you particularly like any of the others you see people leave, feel free to like them so I can see any that generate particularly high interest.

I...

Travel & Charity Update

G'day all, brief update as promised.

Firstly - results of the charity poll are now locked, thank you for your participation. Given the split and number of votes I've decided the best approach is to split contributions proportionally across the causes in the remaining months of the year. I'll keep you updated on that.

So far I've resisted promoting specific charities on the channel despite the immense importance they have precisely because I get requests to do so roughly once a ...

Charity Poll

G'day all.

As noted last video, I'm once again looking to get your feedback on where you'd like me to prioritise the channel's charitable contributions in the second half of 2024. The way I have historically handled this is to look at the spread of votes (as well as people's suggestions) and then picked a range of charities operating in Ukraine to support over the course of the following months.

Thank you again for your suggestions (I've discovered some foundations I'd never h...

Snap topic poll

G'day all.

As hinted in the last channel update, I have a few topics in the works and there are a few where I want to determine the extent, if any, of Patron interest for. Depending on the results I may also poll the wider YT audience.

The three topics of note are:

The next episode in the Nation studies series looking at the DPRK (given their increased relevance to Ukraine)

The how voting systems shape (or destroy) countries episode - I'm nervous about this ...

Videos will be resuming this week

G'day all, just an update to let you all know that I feel I've recovered enough to begin releases again this week. I'll start by finishing an episode I was working on before I got sick and then work on the next Ukraine update next week once my voice has entirely returned.

I was more than a little stressed about deciding to put my upload schedule on hold for two weeks and still don't know how the algorithm and audience will ultimately respond. The support you all provide is a major reas...

Brief Health Update

G'day all. Just a quick update from my end.

As you probably guessed from the fact I had to miss a video last week, I've been more than a little unwell for more than a week know. Think sleeping 18 hours a day while hoping for the antibiotics to do their job sooner rather than later.

I'm still not in great shape and don't have much of a voice but I'm still hoping I'll be able to take one of the episodes that was at least mostly recorded and work that up to release ready for thi...

Channel Update & June Plans

G'day all.

I wanted to provide an update here as it's been a hectic few weeks and we are absolutely due for an update. May has been a very busy month on my end which has driven limited updates here, but with June likely to be a slightly better month there are a few things that I want to flag as being on the Agenda

1 - The next charity poll to decide where the channel should target donations in June & July. While I've been happy to select causes myself in the background, It...

Longer topic list poll

G'day all.

As promised, I've rolled out a much longer list of topics under consideration (this still isn't all of them) for feedback and voting. Suggestions are of course also welcome.

I have generally tried to group these into clusters, though the list is still a little chaotic.

Note that general coverage of the Ukraine war is not included on this list - as I intend to maintain those updates as regular - but driven by substantial changes in the nature or status of the wa...

Short-term topic poll

G'day All,

It's the middle of the month so it's time for a series of polls to help me plan the forward schedule.

First vote today is in relation to topics that are well developed and which I'm trying to prioritise release order for.

The larger list will come later this week and feature a much wider away of topics (and request for your suggestions as well) to go into the pipeline for the coming months. Of all the votes - this is the one today is the one where I'm most lik...

Interest in drone footage analysis?

G'day all

I said a while back that I want to provide more cut content or similar material for Patrons, but I haven't really run into cases where I'm cutting enough for it to make sense to do a special segment here.

The recent Russia update get me thinking though - because I couldn't actually post the Russian drone footage videos I was analysing in full because of YT content guidelines.

In future, Are people here interested in me recording my run through of footage like ...

First Topic Poll of 2024

G'day all - hope the Q&A episode hit the mark on what you were expecting. It was, above all else, really a thanks to you all before we jump into the year ahead.

As explained in that video, I have about 15 topics in different development stages, but wanted to test the waters on some of the ones that might be potential Jan or Feb releases (some March slots are already reserved, more on that later)

Multi-vote was meant to be enabled (and may be but usually only works 50% of the...

Doing an "Ask Perun" segment?

G'day all - I've been thinking for some time about what I might be able to do just as a little something extra for the channel for the end of a year as a way to say thankyou for the ongoing engagement and support.

One thing I've been considering is taking questions from Patrons and maybe doing a post or a short video trying to answer some of the most popular ones.

Obviously there will be things I can't answer, but if you have a question you've long wanted to ask about me, my w...

Topic for the week

G'day all.

As noted, I haven't been feeling great but am going in the right direction and should be good to finalise the episode this week as planned.

I have two topics that are close to completion so am putting them to a vote here.

The Indian episode should also release in November if all goes well  (I'll include more details in the channel update) which I am both excited and nervous about given it's taken more reading and work than any other episode I've done to d...

Demonetisation

Hi all - just an update to let you know that the IDF video was demonetised by YT within an hour or so of it going online, which means its future reach and revenue will be severely curtailed.

I was going to make a post on YT in general but settled for updating this much smaller group instead. Since it's been a while since I've talked about what happens which this occurs, here are two quick points:

1- I'll still make a donation as described in the video once I can decide on a chari...

Covering Israel?

G'day all.

So my email inbox and comments are making it pretty clear that there is a lot of interest in a video covering Israel (and recent events there) next week.

I have been working on a video on the IDF for something like 5 months at this point, but the question of whether to try and complete it and integrate recent events is one I wanted some feedback on.

My thoughts and concerns on the matter are basically as follows:

1) Israel's defence strategy, strategic ...

Topic Poll Time

G'day all,

As promised, it's time for a topic poll ahead of tonight's release (continuing the 6th generation fighter series by looking at next generation air-combat drones and manned unmanned teaming)

As always names are descriptive not final, and I may deviate from voting results if a video proves particularly relevant or easier than expected to finish.

I have made very sure to enable multi-vote so if it isn't working, please blame Patreon

Returning to normal (and my thanks)

G'day all.   

Just wanted to say we're coming up on the point where I can take a break from living out of a suitcase. It's very important to me that I continue to do what I do outside the channel, but it's always good to get home.  

Please give me a week or so to recover and get back on top of things, then I'll start working through backlogged items like message responses or getting the uncut Anders ready to put up here.   

After last week I also...