Notices by Robert Kingett (weirdwriter@caneandable.social)

@FediThing @cwebber This is why fiction is so important! I used to say these people don’t read, but that’s clearly not true because they read a ton of nonfiction/self help/productivity books but fiction teaches empathy and different points of view which is why they don’t like art

Recently, I decreased looking for things on #YouTube because the platform, at least on mobile, is becoming an absolute nightmare. Instead, if I wanna find a review, like a book or movie review, I open the podcast app and search via keywords. Found some interesting podcasts this way, with an RSS feed so I don't have to be stuck with one app!

Creators, YouTube is actively harming your reach. On the viewer side, it's becoming a chore to open the mobile app and I don't watch 4 hour video essays at my computer. There isn't 4 hour video essays on podcasts yet, at least, none I could find anyway, but the experience is far less hostile! No product ads in search results, far less than 20 ads in one video, and feeds don't hide your content from me after I follow your podcast.

#Podcast #Podcasts

Hi, I’m Robert! But you can call me the Fediverse Twink :D

I’m a proud cis gay male twink from planet Earth (GenY y/o)

I’m currently writing Romance books and short stories, with a touch of hand hugging, and sometimes erotica, featuring non twinks, and I'm begging offline people to bake me all the cookies, especially my international friends because America does weird things to our cookies. I dropped out of college, did a bunch of journalism internships anyway that saved me a truckload of money on gaining journalism experience, but then I decided that writing two boys kissing and having giant hand obsessions and palm kinks was more fun! I also blog about a lot of stuff, from my thoughts about keeping Pokémon as pets, to what I think about hunkish gay hackers in my town.

My website is in transition but you can add my RSS feed because, frankly, not enough people are sharing their cookies with me to give me writing fuel, so I need you to share my website and articles instead for a while so I can amass a legion of fans and then sick my mob of fans on you if you accuse my writing of avoiding the woke anti-capitalist agenda.

My website is https://robertkingett.com/ but my feed URL is https://robertkingett.com/feed/

#Introduction #Introductions

@tchambers @pfefferle @index I love this idea!

So much this! A number of us indie authors will donate our books if you just ask, but nobody asks, just pirates. I even have a page on my website explaining I will give a copy to anyone that asks for one. https://robertkingett.com/free/ @guerrillarain

Hey all, the easiest way I can find #Ghost blogs using #ActivityPub is to search for @index and you will get some Friendica results, etc, but for now, that should be a sure way to find almost all the blogs that have enabled this feature so far. I couldn't tell if replies appear as comments, so if you don't want your comments on their blog, don't reply to their fediverse posts. A few told me they can see my comments on their dashboard but I don't know what that means. #FediTips #Fediverse

@jaharmi What #video playlists would you recommend about EMacs? Would love some more links!

Found this interesting podcast where someone plays video games. An audio only let's play content if you will. https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/lokathor/ #Gaming #GameDev #Podcast #Podcasts

The Eugenics Logic Behind Running a Government Like a Startup Under the Trump Administration https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2025/03/17/the-eugenics-logic-behind-running-a-government-like-a-startup-under-the-trump-administration/ #Disability

It's time to leave Substack https://www.garbageday.email/p/its-time-to-leave-substack #Substack

Grace Lavery - Belatedly, I’m Leaving Substack https://www.gracelavery.org/leaving-substack/ #Substack

#NoPaywall Substack: home of Nazis, Covid misinformation, anti-vaccine propaganda & transphobia | Patreon https://www.patreon.com/posts/substack-home-of-124180170 #Substack

Indie game’s ‘lesbian toggle’ makes it hilariously unplayable | Polygon https://www.polygon.com/gaming/538959/blobun-lesbian-toggle-steam-lgbtq-option-setting #Gaming #IndieGame ##GameDev

Readers, because of this, I highly recommend you start sharing your favorite #SelfPublished authors because bookstores will be flooded.
OpenAI brings you statistically average literary fiction https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/17/openai-brings-you-statistically-average-literary-fiction/ #Publishing

Hey other Blind folks, what native software do you use to listen to internet radio stations on the Windows desktop and iPhone? @mastoblind @main #Radio #Accessibility #A11y

Me: “Hello.”
NOT-Microsoft support: “Hello. This is Bob Bobson from Microsoft Support. We are seeing a lot of virus activity from your device.”
Me: “Oh no. My device? Are you sure?”
NOT-Microsoft support: “Oh yes, we have many reports.”
Me: “Oh jeez. How can I fix it?”
NOT-Microsoft support: “It’s okay Sir. We can help you right now. Are you in front of your device Sir?”
Me: “Yes. I was just about to use it. I’m glad you called.”
NOT-Microsoft support: “Yes Sir, we are going to help you. Can you please push the Start button?”
Me: “I think it’s already on.”
NOT-Microsoft support: “Okay, Sir. Now you want to click on Control Panel.”
Me: “I don’t see that.”
NOT-Microsoft support: “Do you see a bunch of information above the Start button?”
Me: “Yes.”
NOT-Microsoft support: “That is your Control Panel.”
Me: “Wow, I didn’t realise it had a name.”
NOT-Microsoft support: “Yes Sir, now press on Internet Options.”
Me: “Yeah, I definitely don’t see any Internet options. I don’t think I purchased that feature. This is just a cheap one.”
NOT-Microsoft support: “They all have the Internet, Sir. Press the Start button again.”
Me: “Okay, it’s the same as before.”
NOT-Microsoft support: “That’s okay Sir. We are going to restart your device. Can you please turn it off?”
Me: “Um … I don’t know how. I’ve never turned it off. Since I bought it, it just kind of stays on all the time.”
NOT-Microsoft support: “There must be an off button on your device. How do you stop it when it’s running?”
Me: “In those cases, I usually press the big button.”
NOT-Microsoft support: “Okay sir. Please press that button.”
Me: “Okay.”
NOT-Microsoft support: “Is your device off?”
Me: “No. The door popped open.”
NOT-Microsoft support: “Door? Is there a disc inside the door?”
Me: “No, there’s a burrito.”
NOT-Microsoft support: “Why is there a burrito in your computer?”
Me: “Computer? I thought you said this was microwave support”.

The Media Treated Trump's Tesla Stunt Like a Car Show, Not Corruption https://www.readtpa.com/p/the-media-treated-trumps-tesla-stunt #Journalism

I wish I could tell #YouTube creators that YouTube will make it that much harder to watch videos, and they will lose audiences as a result, as this DRM experiment ramps up. https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12563 #Video #DRM

Holy Gods can people stop using modern #AI for transcriptions? Mainly because Generative. Machine. Learning. Is. Not. Designed. To. Transcribe. Speech, especially some bullshit hooked into GPT but moreover because it takes *longer* for editors like me to edit out the made up nonsense than it would have taken for me to edit out the word, "unintelligible."

But this is the crux of modern generative machine learning though. Because tech needs a quick buck, average people are using it for the completely wrong things and this makes us actually good at our jobs forced to put up with the incorrect usage. For example, cleaning up closed caption files or spoken word transcripts, removing half the made up crap when it would have taken me less time to just type what someone said the machine couldn't understand.

Moving forward, I'm charging people $2,000 or more if I detect any AI in their transcriptions they want me to edit. They'll stop hiring me but I honestly don't want them as clients if they're gonna have me edit made up CC files and audio transcripts.

Seriously! Why do people assume it's safe for them to travel here? I don't get it. @aral