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Monarkie
@monarkie.blacksky.app
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Disposable Dagger Out Now: https://kielenki.ng/dd
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Music, Games, Sci-fi, + stuff
Owner/operator at: @hotsalts.blacksky.app
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At #CapitalCityComicSwap today in Salem, OR! Stop by & say hi OR pick up any of my books (on sale this weekend at: kielenki.ng/books) & get a free Star Pilot's Demesne CD to celebrate its 10th anniversary!

#BookSale #FreeMusic

Check the album here: monarkie.music/star-pilots-...
November 8, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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"I see comments about my wife coming... I Will Smith, he saw comments about his wife coming... he Ted Cruz."
Still frame from the animated show, "The Boondocks," with Riley Freeman standing in front of a building staircase with serious expression and hands extended as though making an argument.
November 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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"hair on"
October 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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October 24, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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Just re-ordered bottle & pkg labels for my pepper-infused salts. If you're gonna be cooking this holiday season, you're gonna want these in the kitchen!

Pick one (or all) up at: hotsalts.com
Save 15% on your 1st order w/ code: GIFT15

#HotSalts #Spices #Serrano #Jalapeno #Habanero #BlackSkyBusiness
Three spice bottles containing pepper-infused salts. From L to R: Serrano Salt, Habanero Salt, Jalapeno Salt.
October 10, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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At this point...just install Linux and be done with it. It's not as hard as it seems and there's likely a way to get any app you need running on it. I promise you, it's not worth it anymore...

#Windows #Windows11 #Microsoft #Linux #Ubuntu

Take a look --> ubuntu.com/desktop/flav...
Microsoft blocks bypass to skip Microsoft Account during setup on Windows 11 Microsoft locks down Windows 11 setup, no more easy bypasses for local accounts.
October 7, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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#DidYouKnow If you're Fediversal (I just made that up!) You can follow my live stream OMYAG (Old Man Yells At Game) directly?
#BlackSkyGamers #Fediverse #Owncast #Gamers #Musicians

babyhollywood.social/@monarkie@st...
cartoon bear with game controller and headset screaming intensely over a comic book style background
September 21, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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My daughter asked me to make a game for her. Her one rule, it had to have a cat.

So, I taught myself how to build a game.

No win/loss...no failure. No enemies. Just a cat, stars, & her fav hiding spot...

#GameDev #CatGame

It's a free (PC) download at:
monarkie.itch.io/a-cat-game/p...
Yellow rounded text with red shadowing over a blue sky with clouds. Text: A Cat Game
September 16, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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Got some scary news today, but trying to stay upbeat.
Good news is...there is now a cat game with 5 whole levels and a hefty number of stars! I still have some level music to compose, but it's coming together to make a little girl's day!
#GameDev #CatGame
Title screen for A Cat Game. Simple blue sky with "A Cat Game" and "Start" appearing in a playful font. Screen cap from level 1 of side-scroller, "A Cat Game" with the player (cat) standing on grassy ground with trees and greenery, approaching a collectible star Screen cap from level 2 of side-scroller, "A Cat Game" with the player (cat) standing in a desert-like setting with palm trees and pyramids in the background, approaching a collectible star Screen cap from level 3 of side-scroller, "A Cat Game" with the player (cat) standing in an autumn-like setting with browning trees, pumpkins, and a scarecrow in the background, approaching collectible stars
September 10, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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My daughter asked me to make her a game... It had to be about a cat. So, I've been teaching myself how to make this game... No win/loss conditions, no enemies, no death, jist a cat grabbing stars and hopping into their fav. spot to finish up! Level 1 is coming along! #GameDev #CatGame
September 2, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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We in here! #Blacksky
Photo: Myself wearing a black bubble coat glasses and black cap with my logo on it, sitting to the right of author, David F. Walker who is wearing khaki pants, a white patterned shirt and glasses
August 12, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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Someone at Apple needs to have their ass beat for this...
User forum with a user asking for help locating a command in Apple's Logic Pro DAW software. User. grumblepig: "'m assuming it's a simple thing to do, but after two years of using Logic, I still can't find the trick! In Pro Tools, there's a "Duplicate" option under Track, but where is the equivalent in Logic? Thanks!" Response from user, fuzzfilth: "It's a key command which is aptly named New Track With Duplicate Settings And Content."
August 5, 2025 at 5:46 AM
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We will win!!!...We will win!!!...We will win!!!...
July 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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You know what's the most upsetting to me about #TheHobbit films?

...the way they just went in and cleaned that man house OUT. This cat came home to empty rooms and scraps on the floor.

EVERYBODY in The Shire would have got a taste of Sting if that was me...ain't no fkn way
July 25, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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Looking for some quick sci-fi adventures? Check out #BrokenHourglass and #DisposableDagger
First, take on a tech-banning religious sect. Then secure a deal & avoid being involuntarily retired

🤏📚Paperbacks and eBook: kielenki.ng/books

#booksky #blacksky #blackbooksky #blackauthors #writingcommunity
Two books inside of an illuminated book stand. Left: Broken Hourglass. Right: Disposable Dagger.
July 9, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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I don't know why The Division 2 thought they needed to make changes, but these skin tones are damn near a hate crime... jfc
July 8, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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My man @scottdjr.bsky.social is a winner and a purveyor of the finest nuts. #BeerNuts
Man, sitting at a bar, leaning to the side and pointing to a package of Beer Nuts. Text: Whatcha know about these nuts?
June 14, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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TFW you're driving your daughter to the doctor on Tuesday and you spot the tablet you inadvertently left on top of your car when your hands were full before driving her to swim class the previous Saturday on the side of the road.

Moral of the story: Don't be like me, kids.
Shattered tablet found on side of the road
June 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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All set for #CapitalCityComicSwap here in Salem, OR! Come see me at table B2 from Noon to 5PM. I've got short stories, children's books, and music!

#SciFi #Books #Music #Convention
May 31, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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This Saturday (5/31)! Find me at table B6 at the #CapitalCityComicSwap in Salem OR. I'll have copies of #BrokenHourglass and #DisposableDagger along with CDs of #StarPilotMusic and my #Farscape 20th Anniversary tribute EP, #TouchinWormholes

Come say 'hi!'
Infographic with superimposed images of characters from the books, Disposable Dagger and Broken Hourglass on each side with a cover of their respective books in front of them along with CD cover art for Kielen King's Star Pilot's Demesne and Touchin' Wormholes albums. Text: Saturday May 31st. Capital City Comics, Sci-Fi, and Fantasy Swap. Noon until 5PM. Holiday Inn Events Center.
May 28, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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Job sent me out near Bonneville Dam today. Pristine view from the Lodge
#Washington #Outdoors #Nature #ColumbiaRiver #NoEdit
Panoramic image of grassy field in front of a line of tall evergreen trees with mountains across the Columbia River in the distance. Photo taken from the Washington side of the river.
May 2, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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"Extracting our artistic input, expertise, years of training, hours of long work writing, recording, composing, and singing only to pay us nothing while spreading our music around the world is one thing: Theft."

Read at: utc.kielenking.com/post/stop-op...

#MusicBusiness #Theft #StreamingServices
Burglar in ski mask and all black clothing putting on a pair of gloves at night.
April 7, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Today in random news...

Be more like the French!
Pull up your earbuds and check it out!

Season 2 in the works!

#Fediverse #FediPodcast #Castopod #Podcast #DIYMusic #IndependentMusic

kielenki.ng/WASAILTHIHIG
Your podcast WASAILTHIHIG has good performance in Apple Podcasts rankings (last 30 days): Position 173 in the category Music Commentary (France)
March 24, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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First print copies of the book have arrived! Super excited...and there's still time for you to get access to those digital exclusives before release (3/6)!
#DisposableDagger #SciFi #BookRelease

kielenki.ng/dd
Copy of Disposable Dagger by Kielen King. Book is resting on a black background. Cover depicts a Black man in a black shirt standing in front of a sci-fi style window, looking intently at the viewer; surrounded by light blue ambient light
March 4, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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BHM Lesser Celebrated — Hidden Heroes: The Lady of Rage
One of the illest emcees around with a flow that ages like fine wine, it's The Lady of Rage!

#HipHop #BHM #BlackHistory #HipHopHistory

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Artist Lady of Rage wearing a dark colored button-up short sleeve shirt, with hair styled in two large puffs. She is sitting to the left of frame leaning to her left in front of railroad tracks with graffitied buildings and palm trees in the background at dusk.
March 4, 2025 at 7:46 PM