Mike Nalley
@theaisshort.bsky.social
Devoted husband. Dad to two creative, caring sons. Retired IT pro. Balterer. Acts when someone casts him, writes when he can. He/him.
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Mike Nalley
@theaisshort.bsky.social
· Jan 21
First 7 jobs 🎢
Ice rink tickets/skate rental🎟️⛸️
Bookseller📚
Writing & academic tutor✍️🏼📖
PoliSci datalab assistant🖥️
Mail runner📨📟
Pretreatment specialist💩💦🪣🧪📋📷
IT professional🖥️💻🖨️🕸️
Those + occasional acting = what I've been paid to do over the last nearly 40 years. Now retired, but still acting 😀
Ice rink tickets/skate rental🎟️⛸️
Bookseller📚
Writing & academic tutor✍️🏼📖
PoliSci datalab assistant🖥️
Mail runner📨📟
Pretreatment specialist💩💦🪣🧪📋📷
IT professional🖥️💻🖨️🕸️
Those + occasional acting = what I've been paid to do over the last nearly 40 years. Now retired, but still acting 😀
Looking for a fun journaling RPG? You need look no further than my friend @ragekagegames.com's Delivered!
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Get 60% off my solo RPG Delivered! on @drivethrurpg.com
Delivered! is a solo journaling RPG where you are the pilot of a solo-captained courier vessel tasked with completing deliveries all over the galaxy.
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...
Get 60% off my solo RPG Delivered! on @drivethrurpg.com
Delivered! is a solo journaling RPG where you are the pilot of a solo-captained courier vessel tasked with completing deliveries all over the galaxy.
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...
October 25, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Looking for a fun journaling RPG? You need look no further than my friend @ragekagegames.com's Delivered!
Just saw a video in which a guy suggested tips for Angel Reese to improve her layups. Naturally, the comments were all from more guys, who also had recommendations. @thegistsports.bsky.social, this reminds me of the "I could win a point from Serena" bunch. #WomensSports are fine w/o them, amirite?
June 6, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Just saw a video in which a guy suggested tips for Angel Reese to improve her layups. Naturally, the comments were all from more guys, who also had recommendations. @thegistsports.bsky.social, this reminds me of the "I could win a point from Serena" bunch. #WomensSports are fine w/o them, amirite?
"Cobalt kobold" reminded me of the sapphire dragonborn fighter I recently painted. He's ready to stand with his draconic friends, if they need him.
May 8, 2025 at 9:55 PM
"Cobalt kobold" reminded me of the sapphire dragonborn fighter I recently painted. He's ready to stand with his draconic friends, if they need him.
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A thing I’m especially coming to grow extremely distasteful of with regards to AI is, beyond “AI to replace people,” there remains an insidious “well this AI may in abstract be less knowledgeable than this expert on my team, but I have greater implicit trust for the computer than another person”
April 22, 2025 at 5:34 PM
A thing I’m especially coming to grow extremely distasteful of with regards to AI is, beyond “AI to replace people,” there remains an insidious “well this AI may in abstract be less knowledgeable than this expert on my team, but I have greater implicit trust for the computer than another person”
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This is pedantic, but we all need to update our general lexicon and stop calling it "AI Art".
It's not art. Call it "generative AI" or "AI images".
It's not art. Call it "generative AI" or "AI images".
April 22, 2025 at 3:53 PM
This is pedantic, but we all need to update our general lexicon and stop calling it "AI Art".
It's not art. Call it "generative AI" or "AI images".
It's not art. Call it "generative AI" or "AI images".
Having so much fun DMing a party of international players through 🗝️Keys from the Golden Vault.🔑 Because we're in a *wide* range of time zones--most of us Eastern US/Canada, one player in Australia--scheduling is of course a challenge. These folks & their chaotic PCs are FUN to play with! #DnD #TTRPG
April 22, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Having so much fun DMing a party of international players through 🗝️Keys from the Golden Vault.🔑 Because we're in a *wide* range of time zones--most of us Eastern US/Canada, one player in Australia--scheduling is of course a challenge. These folks & their chaotic PCs are FUN to play with! #DnD #TTRPG
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(cw suicide) i probably think about this image set more than anything else i saw on tumblr a decade ago. That's Dr. Johanna Olson-Kennedy btw.
![Hoda Kotb in a 2012 interview for NBC News, telling Dr. Johanna Olsen-Kennedy "To me, it seems ridiculous to have a [trans] kis at age 12, 13, 14 deciding whether they want to have biological children when they're 20, 30, or 40."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ig6rogc4wmmw5dzfl2ryzlq4/bafkreigwlk5rsalxabv7ul3ov4ogfmxac23cgzso7ss7ggtwwqtmsjkeru@jpeg)
January 29, 2025 at 4:32 PM
(cw suicide) i probably think about this image set more than anything else i saw on tumblr a decade ago. That's Dr. Johanna Olson-Kennedy btw.
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I don’t care if you’re a relative, a fantasy novelist, or an elected official, transphobia is manufactured outrage and transphobe are trash.
None of America’s problems are cause by trans people. None.
But a LOT are caused by bigots.
None of America’s problems are cause by trans people. None.
But a LOT are caused by bigots.
January 27, 2025 at 1:29 AM
I don’t care if you’re a relative, a fantasy novelist, or an elected official, transphobia is manufactured outrage and transphobe are trash.
None of America’s problems are cause by trans people. None.
But a LOT are caused by bigots.
None of America’s problems are cause by trans people. None.
But a LOT are caused by bigots.
I have to remind myself that not everything I create has to be amazing. But that nothing I create will be amazing, if I don't create anything. I sometimes hesitate because I'm worried the result won't be what I'd hoped. Let that go, make a first attempt, and build from there.
January 23, 2025 at 5:37 AM
I have to remind myself that not everything I create has to be amazing. But that nothing I create will be amazing, if I don't create anything. I sometimes hesitate because I'm worried the result won't be what I'd hoped. Let that go, make a first attempt, and build from there.
First 7 jobs 🎢
Ice rink tickets/skate rental🎟️⛸️
Bookseller📚
Writing & academic tutor✍️🏼📖
PoliSci datalab assistant🖥️
Mail runner📨📟
Pretreatment specialist💩💦🪣🧪📋📷
IT professional🖥️💻🖨️🕸️
Those + occasional acting = what I've been paid to do over the last nearly 40 years. Now retired, but still acting 😀
Ice rink tickets/skate rental🎟️⛸️
Bookseller📚
Writing & academic tutor✍️🏼📖
PoliSci datalab assistant🖥️
Mail runner📨📟
Pretreatment specialist💩💦🪣🧪📋📷
IT professional🖥️💻🖨️🕸️
Those + occasional acting = what I've been paid to do over the last nearly 40 years. Now retired, but still acting 😀
January 21, 2025 at 8:36 PM
First 7 jobs 🎢
Ice rink tickets/skate rental🎟️⛸️
Bookseller📚
Writing & academic tutor✍️🏼📖
PoliSci datalab assistant🖥️
Mail runner📨📟
Pretreatment specialist💩💦🪣🧪📋📷
IT professional🖥️💻🖨️🕸️
Those + occasional acting = what I've been paid to do over the last nearly 40 years. Now retired, but still acting 😀
Ice rink tickets/skate rental🎟️⛸️
Bookseller📚
Writing & academic tutor✍️🏼📖
PoliSci datalab assistant🖥️
Mail runner📨📟
Pretreatment specialist💩💦🪣🧪📋📷
IT professional🖥️💻🖨️🕸️
Those + occasional acting = what I've been paid to do over the last nearly 40 years. Now retired, but still acting 😀
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Make something strange and wonderful that only you could make.
It’s what David Lynch would have wanted.
It’s what David Lynch would have wanted.
January 16, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Make something strange and wonderful that only you could make.
It’s what David Lynch would have wanted.
It’s what David Lynch would have wanted.
Amen. Whether you're reading it, watching it, listening to it, creating it, sharing it--art matters.
Art is what helps us through every other fucking thing.
January 16, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Amen. Whether you're reading it, watching it, listening to it, creating it, sharing it--art matters.
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Total coincidence, I assure you 😉
January 5, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Total coincidence, I assure you 😉
My late mentor told me almost 30 years ago:
"You have two priorities in life.
#1 is your family.
#2 is everything else."
I've always felt you should feel free to define "family" however works best for you (born/chosen/etc.) So this advice has held me in good stead ever since.
"You have two priorities in life.
#1 is your family.
#2 is everything else."
I've always felt you should feel free to define "family" however works best for you (born/chosen/etc.) So this advice has held me in good stead ever since.
December 21, 2024 at 4:27 AM
My late mentor told me almost 30 years ago:
"You have two priorities in life.
#1 is your family.
#2 is everything else."
I've always felt you should feel free to define "family" however works best for you (born/chosen/etc.) So this advice has held me in good stead ever since.
"You have two priorities in life.
#1 is your family.
#2 is everything else."
I've always felt you should feel free to define "family" however works best for you (born/chosen/etc.) So this advice has held me in good stead ever since.
This powerhouse lineup has sewn up an intriguing new subclass for the warlocks out there! Nicely done, friends!
🧵The Stitcher: An Otherworldly Patron🪡 a #DnD5e fiber arts—themed warlock subclass with new spells, features, backgrounds, weapons, gear, and equipment pack that I co-wrote with @thejenya.bsky.social and @writejess.bsky.social is now available on #DriveThruRPG!
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
November 26, 2024 at 8:13 PM
This powerhouse lineup has sewn up an intriguing new subclass for the warlocks out there! Nicely done, friends!
Takes only a few moments to alt text your images, but makes a big difference for people who need it!
To new accounts here: If you want your posts with images to actually be seen, use alt-text. It’s a big deal here (an accessibility thing), a lot of accounts have a filter to simply omit viewing any posts that don’t use alt-text.
“Settings -> Accessibility -> Require alt text before posting” Do it.
“Settings -> Accessibility -> Require alt text before posting” Do it.
November 15, 2024 at 3:48 AM
Takes only a few moments to alt text your images, but makes a big difference for people who need it!
I see this button first thing every morning, reminding me to vigorously acknowledge Black women consistently being there for a country that has so frequently not been there for them. And to do something about it.
November 15, 2024 at 3:43 AM
I see this button first thing every morning, reminding me to vigorously acknowledge Black women consistently being there for a country that has so frequently not been there for them. And to do something about it.
Post a picture of yourself to show the newbies what they’re dealing with.
November 14, 2024 at 11:06 PM
Post a picture of yourself to show the newbies what they’re dealing with.
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The notion that the fall of Roe would matter less to people the further in time we get from Dobbs has always been absurd. People will always need abortions!
www.nytimes.com/2024/10/08/u...
www.nytimes.com/2024/10/08/u...
October 8, 2024 at 3:17 PM
The notion that the fall of Roe would matter less to people the further in time we get from Dobbs has always been absurd. People will always need abortions!
www.nytimes.com/2024/10/08/u...
www.nytimes.com/2024/10/08/u...
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The video game studio that brought me to France is shutting down. I’ve got all the feelings but especially for the employees of the studio.
I know so very fun and very skilled programmers, producers, community/PR manager, and a narrative/game designer (me) if you have the jobs.
I know so very fun and very skilled programmers, producers, community/PR manager, and a narrative/game designer (me) if you have the jobs.
October 2, 2024 at 9:22 AM
The video game studio that brought me to France is shutting down. I’ve got all the feelings but especially for the employees of the studio.
I know so very fun and very skilled programmers, producers, community/PR manager, and a narrative/game designer (me) if you have the jobs.
I know so very fun and very skilled programmers, producers, community/PR manager, and a narrative/game designer (me) if you have the jobs.
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Those are some nice characters you are writing backstory for. I’d hate to see something life altering happen to them in the inciting incident…
July 5, 2024 at 10:22 PM
Those are some nice characters you are writing backstory for. I’d hate to see something life altering happen to them in the inciting incident…
Nothing like your calendar popping up a reminder for "Retirement paperwork" this Thursday to remind you the eclipse isn't the only big thing you have going on this week.
#TimeFliesLikeAnArrow #FruitFliesLikeABanana #SunFliesLookLikeBees
#TimeFliesLikeAnArrow #FruitFliesLikeABanana #SunFliesLookLikeBees
April 8, 2024 at 1:20 PM
Nothing like your calendar popping up a reminder for "Retirement paperwork" this Thursday to remind you the eclipse isn't the only big thing you have going on this week.
#TimeFliesLikeAnArrow #FruitFliesLikeABanana #SunFliesLookLikeBees
#TimeFliesLikeAnArrow #FruitFliesLikeABanana #SunFliesLookLikeBees