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Arotrios

@Arotrios@kbin.social

For Amusement Purposes Only.

Changeling poet, musician and writer, born on the 13th floor. Left of counter-clockwise and right of the white rabbit, all twilight and sunrises, forever the inside outsider.

Seeks out and follows creative and brilliant minds. And crows. Occasional shadow librarian.

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Right on - welcome to the 13th Floor! I'm listening through now - you chose perfect imagery to go along with the tale, and have an excellent storyteller's voice. I wanted to mention that we're more than open to self-promotion here, and wanted add the link to your site from the video:

https://inkican.com/braintacos-science-fiction-audio-books-and-short-stories/

In fact - you've got tons of fine tools and stories there - if you feel like posting up your site on its own thread, please feel free to do so - its great to have your work here!

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I see you found the Camden entrance - nice work! Careful though, the staircase past that door leads up over the domain of Madness, and you may be taken more than one step beyond.

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Sick of lemming shenanigans? Come to kbin.social. It's better here, like an internet Jamacia - a land of special people where champions grow. Aussie local instance at kglitch.social.

The Historic Writers Strike Will Soon Be Over (www.huffpost.com)

Nearly five months after thousands of film and TV writers went on strike over more equitable pay and working conditions in the streaming era, effectively shutting down the entertainment industry, Hollywood studio and streaming executives at long last have reached a tentative deal with the Writers Guild of America, East and West....

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well if i was in newjeans i'd have made a car bomb

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@momo Now this is stuck in my head

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@momo I don't care if you're the real Momo or not - you're now officially my favorite Momo.

Expanding on the Cherry Bomb concept, I would pay serious money to see you do a cover of Infected Mushroom's Artillery - done in the style of your particular style of brilliant genius, of course.

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@momo Production is tight, as are your lyrics - I don't think you need any help from rappers - got enough talent to spare. Found the poetry too:

Pour oil into your dry heart uh
Made to be fire, overheated atmosphere ayy
I'm too ill, everyone knows this
The temperature that swallowed the sun don’t you forget it
Armageddon when I get it, make the world shake
Is this your first time? A character like this I'm a rare case
Run the city all night like the mayor, ayy
Too fly, get you out of my airspace

The slow beat and the bass is solid - gives you the range to play with those angelic vocals, but the spot above is where the soul is - both in the music and the performance. I'm beginning to think the three of you are best when you're bad and let that fire out. Plus, it's clear that you've got the skills to play with a faster beat - as that link @ 2:00 minutes proves.

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@jeaton Your profile pic absolutely demanded I send this to you, but that might just be the soup talking.

[News - Colorado] Judge overseeing case to remove Trump from ballot agrees to order banning threats and intimidation (apnews.com)

DENVER (AP) — The Colorado judge overseeing the first significant lawsuit to bar former President Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 presidential ballot on Friday issued a protective order prohibiting threats and intimidation in the case, saying the safety of those involved — including herself and her staff — was...

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It is incredibly frustrating that the only thing more stupid than Patreon is all the alleged Patreon substitutes that clearly don't even understand what Patreon does.

Pro tip: Patreon has no meaningful competitors, and also it sucks, so there's a huge opportunity for somebody to kick sand in its face and take its lunch money. But to do that you would have to understand what actually Patreon does that is worth it to creators to allow Patreon to take 5% of their proceeds (and then pass on to them a second 5% in payment processing fees).

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@siderea This is an epic post, well written with excellent points - it's quite informative to get an inside view of how Patreon has been treating its content creators, and where you feel it's failed. The shortform Mastodon format doesn't do your work justice. Have you posted it other spots in its entirety yet? I'd like to see it posted it as a thread on the @13thFloor - I think it brings up great discussion points for content creators everywhere.

The Mabinogion - the earliest prose stories of Wales - 1350 (pdfhost.io)

The Mabinogion (Welsh pronunciation: [mabɪˈnɔɡjɔn] ⓘ) are the earliest Welsh prose stories, and belong to the Matter of Britain. The stories were compiled in Middle Welsh in the 12th–13th centuries from earlier oral traditions. There are two main source manuscripts, created c. 1350–1410, as well as a few earlier...

"It's the content, stupid." - Quick Notes to Supercharge K.Bin

Like you, I'm a passionate user of K.Bin but lately, I'm noticing that things are getting kinda stale around here. The most recent thread in this, the top-level magazine on K.Bin, is 4 days old. Many other top 25 magazines are also suffering from a similar lack of fresh content. I run /m/scifi and it's been continuing to grow...

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@inkican - Agreed - Kbin will live or die based on its content. One thing that should be mentioned to those on the fence about contributing is how powerful Kbin is as a publishing platform in comparison to either Mastodon or Lemmy - this is one of the few places where you can post and get your content on both style of instances.

There are a couple of factors degrading contribution that could be alleviated by more stringent moderation - particularly the bot networks and downvote spammers. I've seen a couple of instances where folks have gotten bullied out of trying to run a forum, and Kbin's flaws in blocking (a blocked user can still downvote your posts and message you), make ongoing harassment an issue for contributors. No one wants to submit something to have it shat upon.

The other factor is that a number of users set up magazines, grabbing popular names from Reddit, then did nothing to maintain them. I think removing or reassigning these ghost magazines to interested moderators would go a long way in improving the content quality here now that the dust has settled from the Reddit collapse.

From a moderator standpoint, if you're looking to expand the reach of your magazine and get new subscribers (and thus, hopefully, more contributors), one thing I've found that helps expand the audience is using a Lemmy account to crosspost, as the cross-posting functionality is built into that architecture and provides a link back to the original. This both expands the range of the content, and draws subscribers from Lemmy that normally wouldn't see you on Kbin to subscribe to your magazine. Mastodon is similar - a single supportive account there boosting magazine content expands your reach dramatically.

Side note: I run @13thFloor and wanted to say if you or your users ever feel like cross-posting our scifi content from there, or cross-posting your content to our magazine, feel free to do so - we fucking love scifi over here.

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For those having issues with the aforementioned downvote trolls, @some_guy and @YourContentSucks kindly showed up to illustrate the problem. These two accounts are accompanied by a third, @cre0 -all the same user. If you're pre-emptively looking to protect your users from downvote spam, keep these accounts out of your magazines - he likes to try to dox folks. This is his theme song.

On Writing: A Memoir Of The Craft - Stephen King - 2000 (pdfhost.io)

In the early nineties (it might have been 1992, but it’s hard to remember when you’re having a good time) I joined a rock-and-roll band composed mostly of writers. The Rock Bottom Remainders were the brainchild of Kathi Kamen Goldmark, a book publicist and musician from San Francisco. The...

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That's nothing - at least they can see. You should have seen 2018. Simone Smash It has my vote for 2024 regardless.

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@some_guy @YourContentSucks Poor little lonely downvote pumpkins...

autoerot1ca, to random
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Why do so many people make absolute assholes famous so that they can poison and damage society with their bigoted and toxic views?

Asking for a civilisation.

Arotrios,
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@autoerot1ca because even though they stink and are full of crap, assholes make amusing sounds. And a loud fart always distracts from the discussion at hand.

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quoth the raven never(mo)re

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@momo This is a frequent misquote. Poe wasn't in a good state when my grandad's godfather tried to cheer him up. It's actually "Evermore", as in the Battle of Evermore. That tune has been rockin' the woodlands since the bards began to sing, so if you're hearing a raven squawk that at you, that means the Morrigan is looking to rock out and has sent you a request via corvid.

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Did they ever reveal how the Statue of Liberty gets transported to the Planet Of The Apes? 🤔

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@CrypticMirror

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Oh shit. There goes the planet.

Complete History Of The Gorn In Star Trek (screenrant.com)

The Gorn made their first appearance in the iconic Star Trek: The Original Series episode "Arena," but Star Trek: Strange New Worlds has introduced a whole new version of the vicious reptilians. After Starfleet learns of the existence of the Gorn in Strange New Worlds, they begin developing weapons and technology to defend...

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The Arena terrified me as a child - I still don't know why, but that Gorn haunted my nightmares as a child. I'm glad SNW has gone into depth with them - it's one of my main draws to the series.

How can India have a strong leftist movement like in the US? (www.reddit.com)

The Indian media is filled with so much BJP/right wing propaganda right now. Especially on YouTube and Instagram. That stupid modi has brainwashed so many young Indians into his hateful ideology. Its hard to find a rational indian who thinks for themselves on social media....

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I'm not Indian, but coming across Gaddaar by Bloodywood gave me hope that the left hasn't lost its voice over there. If you ever wanted hear Rage Against the Machine in Hindi, check these guys out.

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momo stfu

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@momo

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Whatever happened to Saturday Night?

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Holy shit - this rocks - fantastic set!

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