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AIDS denialists are filing takedown notices against a YouTube vlogger who uses their claims to shred their batshittery. Via Boing Boing: Myles Power, a debunker who goes after junk science and conspiracy theorists, has gone after AIDS denialists and a terrible, falsehood-ridden, dangerous documentary called “House of Numbers,” which holds that HIV/AIDS isn’t an actual viral illness, but rather a …

“Our friend Miche Braden returned to help us show what Guns N’ Roses’ Sweet Child O’ Mine would have sounded like if New Orleans blues legend Bessie Smith had recorded it back in the ’20s. That note at 3:58 was so powerful that the room literally shook.”

From YouTube’s Whisper Mister, here’s an oddly fascinating bit of talk therapy meant to induce something called the autonomous sensory meridian response, which Wikipedia calls “a perceptual phenomenon characterized as a distinct, pleasurable tingling sensation in the head, scalp, back, or peripheral regions of the body in response to visual, auditory, olfactory, and/or cognitive stimuli.”  You’ll have to turn it …

“A homage to thousands of ambitious YouTube users and video bloggers, gifted and less gifted self-promoters on the Internet.” It just gets weirder and weirder. (Tipped by JMG reader Molly)

If you don’t have HBO, the network has posted the full first episode of Looking to YouTube. Embedding disabled, of course. (Tipped by JMG reader Bernard)

New video by YouTube’s viral stars, The Gregory Brothers.

Popular vlogger Cult Of Dusty went viral a couple weeks ago with a hilarious and potty-mouthed rant about Duck Dynasty. This weekend he’s back to read some of the messages sent him by God’s Gentle People.

A super-gay version of Mean Girls. (Tipped by JMG reader Kyriell)

YouTube viral stars Postmodern Jukebox took over the Manhattan office of Cosmopolitan Magazine yesterday to perform a great mashup of some of their hits of 2013.  There’s no appearance by Puddles, sadly. Stick around for the last note.

You might recall teenage Limbaugh wannabe Caiden Cowger, whose virulently anti-gay rants have appeared on JMG in years past. Well, it appears that YouTube has had enough of him. From their email to Cowger: We’d like to inform you that due to repeated or severe violations of our Community Guidelines, your YouTube account CaidenCowgerShow has been suspended. After review we …

YouTube yesterday issued the lists of their most-watched viral and music videos for 2013. The Washington Post reports: It turns out we’re all really interested in knowing what the fox says. According to YouTube’s annual list of top-trending videos, Norwegian comedy duo Ylvis had the hottest video of the year with “What Does the Fox Say?” The posting drew 276 …

YouTube: “To celebrate 2013, we invited some YouTubers to star in a mashup of popular moments this year. Can you spot all the references?”

Dunnigan is a former cast member of Reno 911 and is Sarah Silverman’s current boyfriend. From the YouTube comments: “The whole macho straight guys turn gay as humor thing is really played out. It would have been funnier if they ended up creating some secret paranoid society or religion blaming all the worlds problems on mistletoe. Could have done a …