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D (she/her) @aarlone.bsky.social · Aug 22

The final episode of my podcast is out now. If you've been listening this whole time, thanks so much!

If not, you now can blast through the whole thing in about 90 minutes!

crimeoftheweekpodcast.podbean.com/e/episode-8-...

Episode 8: FAFO | Crime Of the Week

FAFO closes their report with an update on Iggy Sever and Crime Of the Week, following the attack on Sever's home several months ago. Written and produced by Dawn Irwin - @aarlone.bsky.social‬ FAFO ...

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D (she/her) @aarlone.bsky.social · Jul 18

In which it is revealed that So-Lar City is chock full of animal hybrid creatures!

www.podbean.com/eas/pb-avba7...

Episode 3: Attack Of the Centisloths

Huge genetically modified creatures run amok! Written, performed, and produced by Dawn Irwin - @aarlone.bsky.social‬ Music by Josh Burgess - https://maninjumpsuit.com/ Content warning: discussion...

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D (she/her) @aarlone.bsky.social · Jul 4

Finally, FINALLY, this weird project I started back in 2021 is here! Crime of the Week episode 1 is available now! www.podbean.com/ep/pb-7y4fg-...

Episode 1: When Hogs Fly

What's the link between medical malfeasance and an early morning heist on a sex shop? It's your Crime of the Week! Written, performed, and produced by Dawn Irwin - @aarlone.bsky.social‬ Music by Jos...

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D (she/her) @aarlone.bsky.social · Jun 20

Trailer release day treat for meeeeeeee

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D (she/her) @aarlone.bsky.social · Jun 20

I did it! The trailer for Crime Of the Week is out now!
www.podbean.com/ew/pb-fhtw4-...

D (she/her) @aarlone.bsky.social · Jun 16

Crime Of the Week has a release date! The trailer drops June 20th, and episode 1 is out July 4th! And there's already an RSS feed!

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D (she/her) @aarlone.bsky.social · May 13

I am gonna make a podcast this year if it kills me

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D (she/her) @aarlone.bsky.social · May 13

Crime Of the Week status report: this weekend I did re-takes of troublesome lines. Once those get edited into place, the majority of the audio work will be done. Music is lined up and I have a logo image I'm content with.

My current hope is to have a trailer out by mid-June, for a July release.

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MaxFunHQ @maximumfun.org · May 1

Power In A Union - The Mountain Goats

YouTube video by NAreT

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D (she/her) @aarlone.bsky.social · May 1

Counterpoint: it'd be real cool if you did

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D (she/her) @aarlone.bsky.social · Apr 8

[indistinct screaming]

D (she/her) @aarlone.bsky.social · Mar 30

It's wild how much better your audio will sound when you remember to turn your mic around and speak into the front of it.

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D (she/her) @aarlone.bsky.social · Mar 18

I've been a @maximumfun.org member for years, so here's a short list of my own fave Rad Boco Eps (including a couple deep cuts):

TAZ: Charlieverse
Yanni: Live at the Acropolis 2: Live at the Grand Canyon
Judge John Hodgman - Animal Supercut
Shootin' the Bries
Dead Pilot's Society - Weekend Dracula

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Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · Mar 16

In advance of #stpatricksday, here's a thread of essential articles about Irish stuff which you can present to international friends who wish to understand us better.

First up: a tale of two Taytos, by Róisín Lanigan.

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/4005...

A tale of two Taytos: How an anthropomorphic crisp became a symbol for Irish identity

How a half-man half-crisp in a suit became a symbol of the Irish diaspora—and an important part of the Brexit deliberations

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk

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Terri Windling @terriwindling.bsky.social · Mar 14

This ground-breaking book came out in 1974 (back when fantasy by women was still thin on the ground) and so many writers of my generation were hugely influenced by it, as well as by her subsequent work. She was an absolutely master of fantasy literature, and deserves to be more widely known as such.

Simon Spanton @simonguy.bsky.social · Mar 13

"She rode home slowly through the snow, the Falcon circling above her head, sometimes soaring to heights where he looked to her like a faint dark star in the day sky, then dropping down to her, lightning swift. She spoke to no one, her eyes black, blind and no one she passed stopped her."

A photo of a copy of the 2015 Gollancz edition of The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia McKillip. The cover art is by Delphine Lebourgeois.

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D (she/her) @aarlone.bsky.social · Mar 14

Audio drama peeps should check this one out - I know you love a good gothic mystery!

Conor Reid @cedreid.bsky.social · Nov 21

So here I am on Bluesky, following the #audiodrama crowd and excited to see lots of people here! I'm in mid-run of my own audiodrama - The Greatest Matter - so check it out if you're looking for a full-cast Victorian gothic tale with lots of immersive sound design. thegreatestmatter.com

Home - thegreatestmatter.com

Listen and follow on your podcast player of choice On a cold winter’s evening in Victorian Dublin, a renowned criminologist arrives in the city… Episodes Praise for the The Greatest Matter HeadStuff P...

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Student Loans @rikdraws.com · Mar 12

Hey wait I think I have the perfect response to this.

Master Shake proclaiming that he is "30 or 40 years old and does not need this" To a little wad of meat in a fetching headband on the tennis court.

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D (she/her) @aarlone.bsky.social · Mar 9

Pre-show music for Murder On the Orient Express is all songs that talk about trains, which is... a choice.

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D (she/her) @aarlone.bsky.social · Mar 8

You're good, YouTube is the one who should be sorry for breaking everything. Jerks.

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D (she/her) @aarlone.bsky.social · Mar 8

Currently I can't install the YT app in Kobi, nor play YT links in VLC. It runs ok in Chromium but any vid w/speaking does not line up with video. YT in Firefox is depressingly bad.

I think I can get the thing I'm missing for Kobi from github, but I've never used it, so I have lots of reading to do

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D (she/her) @aarlone.bsky.social · Mar 8

My biggest issue seems to be coming from YouTube's unrelenting enshittification - all the easy solutions from years past appear fucked for now.

It does lofi videos in browser fine enough for now. A problem for another day.

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D (she/her) @aarlone.bsky.social · Mar 8

Me, a fool, who has not done any programming since Windows 95 was a thing: I'm going to get a Raspberry Pi for my home entertainment, that seems like a much simpler option than what we're currently using

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D (she/her) @aarlone.bsky.social · Mar 5

Ah fuck I might need to buy the audio book as well

Emily "Babe" St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social · Feb 24

Woodworking, a novel by Emily St. James (*Karina Longworth voice* that's me), is out in NINE DAYS.

There's an AUDIO version coming. If you're an @ardenpod.bsky.social listener, good news! Saoirse Ní Shúilleabháin (who played Olivia) is one of the narrators!

Preorder here: libro.fm/audiobooks/9...

Woodworking Audiobook on Libro.fm

One of Them’s 10 Most Anticipated Books of 2025 • One of Book Riot’s and The Mary Sue’s 15 Most Anticipated Queer Books of 2025 • One of The Millions’, Kirkus’s, and The AV Club's Most Anticipated Boo...

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D (she/her) @aarlone.bsky.social · Feb 27

I got my copy early, and will be finishing it this evening. I can tell you that this will easily be one of the best books I read this year. She is setting an incredibly high bar for everything else I read this year.

Emily "Babe" St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social · Feb 27

Woodworking is out in FIVE DAYS. Order it here: bookshop.org/p/books/wood...

I want to talk about cisgendered representation. It was important to me to get the cis experience right, so when cis readers said I got it wrong, I LISTENED. These are some of the cis characters in the book. 🧵

Woodworking

Check out Woodworking - "Big-hearted and hilarious, an ode to authenticity and a must-read in our current times." --Shelby Van Pelt, New York Times bestselling author of Remarkably Bri...

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D (she/her) @aarlone.bsky.social · Feb 23

I turned off Google Gemini and other smart features on my Google account a few days ago. Yesterday I noticed my Gmail inbox has switched to a non-default view and won't switch back.

OH HOW ODD

I wonder if my Hotmail account still works...