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Mike Rugnetta

<h2 style="">Hi! I'm Mike. I make internet things.</h2><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4ea001f2-1802-4f71-8927-8336c9ae12b3_3456x1940.png" title="">This Patreon is a place to support my occasional personal work: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6XP4ZzCKEfAJJBcfVrlsHyjxFWRtvuT1" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Think Twice video essays</a>, the sporadic essay-essay, music and multimedia experimentation (e.g. maybe you're here from a <a href="http://twitch.tv/mikerugnetta" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Brick Bear stream)</a>, and a <a href="http://reasonablysound.com" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">podcast</a> here and there. In the back catalog you'll find software, original tabletop games, keynote presentations and more.The Patron Tiers are segmented by media type: $3 🎧 patrons get access to music and multimedia work (incl. <a href="http://mikerugnetta.bandcamp.com" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">bandcamp</a> download codes), $5 🔎 patrons get access to music, multimedia, video and writing, as well as work in progress posts, and early access to finished works. See the sidebar for explanation of the higher tiers.The pace here is relaxed. You can expect 2 or 3 Think Twice videos a year, and 4 to 6 Other Things, whether its stream archives, pieces of writing, music, software, etc. I like to take my time, and find I'm most happy with my personal work when I don't need to rush.You tend to get access to things early in the process of their creation, and in a somewhat granular presentation (this is a little easier for things with scripts, than for anything else). 🔎 patrons get access to finished pieces long before they go public, sometimes weeks.This Patreon is also an archive of my older "drip" posts – Kickstarter's failed Patreon competitor. This includes original versions of the essays The Ontology of Boys, Canon is an Abyss, A Material Semiotics of Tacticality, Seatback Problems, and more... as well as audio versions of those essays, distributed via a private (non-Patreon) podcast feed.--I also make two podcasts. One is called <a href="http://funcity.ventures" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Fun City</a>, which has <a href="http://patreon.com/funcityventures" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">its own Patreon</a> if you're looking for that. The other is called <a href="http://reasonablysound.com" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Reasonably Sound</a>. The RS Patreon was recently (purposefully) deactivated as I figure out what comes next for that project.

Free

Access to a Patron's Only sound effects library, and a private podcast feed (the "ISoS") with audio versions of the essays I write, as well as ongoing experimental music projects. Also download codes for Bandcamp releases, and archives of past expired checkpoint ("Brick Bear") Twitch streams.

🎧

In progress and pre-release access to <a href="http://rugnetta.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">writing</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6XP4ZzCKEfAJJBcfVrlsHyjxFWRtvuT1" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Think Twice videos</a>, and <a href="http://reasonablysound.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Reasonably Sound episodes</a>, plus everything from the previous tier.

🔎

Everything from the previous tiers, but you're so generous, it's spooky. Did you cancel your Netflix subscription to pay for this? I'm honored.

👻

Cold brew iced coffees at the coffee shop closest to my apartment are $3.50 and I get one – on average – about 20 days out of every (yes) month. So, basically, you'd be funding my coffee habit. If you want, I can post pictures of the coffee and what I heard people talking about in the shop that day. Plus all the other tiers, ofc.

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