Mykeru Media Up and Running
Sorry about the excessively long time between videos.
I was just getting into the swing of things when my admittedly ancient computer managed to blow its capacitors on the video and sound cards. In short order I bought a new computer, but the process of transferring files, archives and the like took much longer than expects. What I didn't expect was that the learning curve of programs five years more advanced than the ones I was using was pretty steep. I not only had to learn new versions of the programs but, and this was the hellacious part, I had to unlearn how things worked on the older versions.
While all that was going on, the clown car that is Freethought Blogs and related cons just didn't let up. A planned video on Greg Laden's doxing began including all the subsequent shenanigans, which is why the damned thing is 45 minutes long. Unfortunately, I had to get that out of the way, address the tactics of Freethought Blogs, Atheism Plus, Skepchick and The Center for Inquiry in the persons of Greg Laden, Stephanie Svan, Ophelia Benson -with her minions Aratina Cage (a rat in a cage, get it?)and Oolon the slimy shit -- Rebecca Watson, and Melody Hensley, before I could move onto more fun things.
Now that I've got it down, the turn around time on Mykeru Media will be significantly reduced.
February 10th, 2013 - 12:46
Greetings Mykeru,
I just wanted to give you mad props for you Creepy Clowns video–BRILLIANT mate! I got quite the education from it.
While I’m drawn to “free thinking” and sometimes check out related online content, the only people in your vid I had heard about before were PZ Myers and Rebecca Watson (her tedious snarkiness on SGU grew so wearing that I gave up on the show). I didn’t even know about “elevatorgate” (the incident, not the person) until last week, when I read an email posted on Pharyngula. Somehow, this led me to your video–which kicked off a lot of googling…until my head started hurting. I knew about “doxxing” as a practice, but hadn’t heard the term before. Thanks for that. I also didn’t know about “Atheism+” until your video–illustrating how far outside the loop on all the stuff I reside.
I believe critical voices like yours are important, and the fact that your presentation is both informative AND entertaining gives me some hope for the future. That last thing we need is some sort of “freethought orthodoxy” signed-off by certain (incestuous) “authorities” in the “movement.” The gleeful entry about “elevatorgate” in Conservapedia underscores this.
And dude, I LOVE the dog stories!
Peace out, and keep up the good works!!!
PL
p.s. Money’s a little tight for me now, otherwise I’d be leaving you a few ducats in support of your valiant efforts.