I downloaded the most recent video of him flying VFR to IMC into smoke, stalling the plane, and getting 90* off heading, last night since I figured he would delete it, and can upload if anyone is interested.
This reddit thread has some interesting commentary.
I flew the day after he did in the same area, and am a VFR pilot. I truly regret making that flight and feel stupid, awful and selfish for doing so. I though I was better than that. I've read many NTSB reports, taken semester long class on human factors at CC and thought "I'm not stupid like that pilot, I won't make that mistake". Well let me tell you, those pilots aren't stupid, they're human and humans make mistakes. I am too.
I made many mistakes deciding to begin/continue that flight. Lots of takeaways from Jerrys flight, but in my flight at least I can say I had Get-there-itis, normalization of deviance, poor ADM, not discontinuing and turning around, and a poor weather briefing. The only good decision I made that day was deciding not to fly the plane back home in those conditions. Also, FU is extremely deceptive and IMO poorly depicted (or understood on my part) on Metars, ceilings are not accurate, visibility is much worse than stated, and flying above it leaves you with no visible horizon and no ground reference.
If you have fires in your area, please do not fly VFR, and strongly consider not even flying IFR. I am taking a few weeks off flying to get my head back in a good place again. I was too concerned with my logbook and building hours, instead of being focused on the safety aspect of each flight. I am taking a different approach to my flying in the future, will be taking it slow and immediately begin my Instrument training. I will not be doing any long x-c trips out of the local area until I have proven to my self and my peers that this ADM on my part has improved.
Lastly, remember it can happen to you.