After a long hiatus, the Meme of the Week returned on last night’s Darkstream. Several strong entries, including two 10/10s. But this deeply sobering meme was clearly the winner:
Meme of the Week 23
Tag: UATV
Weekly Meme Review
You know the drill. One meme per customer. But lay off the memes about the Ukrainian girl murdered by the young man who didn’t do nuffin and was going to be a college student as there are a million of them around now.
Also remember that the paywall is up, so if you haven’t renewed your subscription to UATV yet, you should get that process started so you can take part in the next one.
Girls Love Guitars
This was going to be the final track for the SOULSIGMA CD, until I received permission from the original songwriter to include a cover of one of his songs on it as well. However, this is not the Rock Stars mix that will appear on the CD, this is the original Still in School mix. UATV subscribers, please remember that the paywall goes up in one week.
September 1 Paywall
An announcement from UATV.
August has been a relatively quiet month on Unauthorized, as creators, viewers, and devs alike have been getting out and enjoying the dog days of summer. With global payments having returned in July, subscriptions have continued ticking upwards and the team has been able to spend some time on research and planning the future development of the platform.
While this naturally means that there aren’t many new developments to announce, we are pleased to report that the bank transfer payment system put in place last month has been successful enough to allow the reinstatement of the hard paywall. As of September 1st, an active paid subscription to Unauthorized will be required in order to view livestreams and/or published videos.
The plan is to give creators individual control over their content, so that specific videos of their choosing can be made available to the general public after publication. For now, livestreams will remain behind the paywall, at least until the chat system has received the upgrades it is due for.
Read the rest on the UATV substack.
Why UATV Exists
Because sooner or later, YouTube is going to get rid of every single YouTuber who contradicts the Narrative.
YouTube has removed the 2-million-subscriber account of exiled Ukrainian Journalist of the Year Diana Panchenko, a fierce critic of Vladimir Zelensky. In 2023, Kiev imposed personal sanctions on the former TV presenter and started criminal proceedings against her for her alleged anti-Ukrainian reporting.
Panchenko has long criticized Zelensky for rampant corruption in Ukraine, as well as his clampdown on freedom of speech. She has also condemned Kiev’s military actions in Donbass since 2014, and later accused the former actor of dragging the nation into a “forever war.”
“Diana Panchenko @Panchenko_X is one of the most famous women in Ukraine, former Journalist of the Year and opponent of the grossly corrupt Zelensky regime,” Irish journalist Chay Bowes wrote on X on Friday. “YouTube just banned her and erased her account. She had 2 million followers,” he wrote. “The most dangerous weapon is Truth.”
Panchenko’s YouTube account is deleted as of the time of writing, but an archived snapshot shows that at least 2.09 million people subscribed to her channel as of last month.
It’s only a matter of time and popularity. For some reason, creators still believe that their popularity is going to protect them, when the truth is the exact opposite and the more popular one becomes on YouTube, the more important it is to deprive them of their channel.
And channel deletions are only one of the ways YouTube reduces a creator’s reach. As JDA, The Quartering, and others have chronicled, algorithmic suppression can reduce a YouTuber’s active viewership by as much as 90 percent.
The more people who subscribe to UATV, the easier it is going to be for these suppressed creators to make the move there. And although President Trump has addressed debanking, it doesn’t appear that he’s going to do anything about social media anytime soon given the restrictions on certain subjects at Truth Social.
Broken Idol
I read every line you’re drawing in the dark
Every deviation screaming across the chart
But knowing isn’t saving, seeing isn’t being there
I’m drowning in the patterns inside of your despair
The numbers never lie, and yet they can’t repair
What’s breaking in the spaces behind your empty stare
Inspired, of course, by William Gibson’s IDORU.
Shadows Ride mix
I’m not quite as out of control as you might think. I’m just experimenting with some new techniques to accomplish different things, including a few things you’re not supposed to be able to do, with 4.5+. This is a new model I’ve created that gives a different sound than my previous models; I used to remix CHIBA CITY BLUES with less techno, more rock, and it’s pretty promising based on the Shadows Ride mix, although the third verse might need to be tweaked for flow.
Lost in the sprawl of endless night
Where shadows ride their dreams
Hunting the scores to make it right
Nothing here is what it seems.
I Stand Corrected
I genuinely, but in respect mistakenly, thought THE LONG AND LONESOME SKYWAY was my musical magnum opus. I could not have been more wrong. And you probably thought that the last thing the world needed was an authentic 80’s New Wave cover of the old folksong GOD’S GONNA CUT YOU DOWN, but you, too, could not have been more wrong.
I think I can guarantee anyone who likes 80’s music is going to absolutely love GOD’S GONNA CUT YOU DOWN (Dancing on Your Grave mix).
If you’re interested in the technical details, they’re explained at AI Central, but let’s just say this started with a cassette tape from 1989 that we all thought was lost long ago.
Seas of Blood (Hold the Line)
The Hold the Line mix is a significantly updated remix of one of the first songs I wrote after Suno was released. I think you’ll agree it was well worth revisiting and bringing the audio quality up to date.
The battle raged til nightfall
Forty thousand died that day
The Venetians were avenged
And the blood-debt was repaid
The heroes praised the Virgin
For their victory at sea
200 strong remembered
As long as Christendom is free!
And the seas flowed red
Amidst the countless drowning dead
The sailors bled
The seas flowed red
Seas of blood!
Seas of blood!
The new Midnight Rider mix of GOD’S GONNA CUT YOU DOWN is also up on UATV for subscribers.
Book of Ephesians
I suppose you might consider it a modern psalm of sorts given how many of them are devoted to God crushing His enemies. Anyhow, I had the impression there might be a Christian or two in our community who could use the reminder and the encouragement in these times of ceaseless Clown World retardery and incessant satanic inversion.
There is also the Cradle to Cavalry version of THE WORD DESCENDED.