Michael C. Bailey - Indie Author, Stage Combat Guy
@mbaileywriter.bsky.social
Independent author (superhero, fantasy, urban fantasy), stage combat director/instructor in the central MA area. Native Cape Codder. Shares a bed with one wife, two dogs, and three cats. He/him/his.
https://innsmouthlook.com
https://innsmouthlook.com
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Your Home for Quality Snark Fiction by Michael C. Bailey
innsmouthlook.com
Pinning this for folks who might be interested in my writing:
WEBSITE: innsmouthlook.com
AMAZON AUTHOR CENTRAL: www.amazon.com/kindle-dbs/a...
You can order print editions through the website. I'll happily sign them, too!
WEBSITE: innsmouthlook.com
AMAZON AUTHOR CENTRAL: www.amazon.com/kindle-dbs/a...
You can order print editions through the website. I'll happily sign them, too!
Homemade cinnamon chip scones to start our day, which will include our annual trek to do our pre-Thanksgiving cheese shopping.
Getting excited over a cheese shop may be a sign of being an old, but come on. It's cheese, in many wonderous varieties.
www.mullahys.com
Getting excited over a cheese shop may be a sign of being an old, but come on. It's cheese, in many wonderous varieties.
www.mullahys.com
Mullahy's Artisan Cheeses
Mullahy's is a retail shop selling artisan cheeses and specialty foods at 63A Main Street Hudson MA.
www.mullahys.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Homemade cinnamon chip scones to start our day, which will include our annual trek to do our pre-Thanksgiving cheese shopping.
Getting excited over a cheese shop may be a sign of being an old, but come on. It's cheese, in many wonderous varieties.
www.mullahys.com
Getting excited over a cheese shop may be a sign of being an old, but come on. It's cheese, in many wonderous varieties.
www.mullahys.com
Same energy.
November 22, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Same energy.
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This supposed traditional artist and musician followed me. Despite having an explicit "fuck ai" in his bio, something about him set off my bullshit detector.
So, I checked out his Bandcamp. Over 70 albums and EPs, all done since March of this year.
Come on, man, at least be subtle about it.
So, I checked out his Bandcamp. Over 70 albums and EPs, all done since March of this year.
Come on, man, at least be subtle about it.
November 22, 2025 at 12:05 PM
This supposed traditional artist and musician followed me. Despite having an explicit "fuck ai" in his bio, something about him set off my bullshit detector.
So, I checked out his Bandcamp. Over 70 albums and EPs, all done since March of this year.
Come on, man, at least be subtle about it.
So, I checked out his Bandcamp. Over 70 albums and EPs, all done since March of this year.
Come on, man, at least be subtle about it.
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PayPal has rolled out a new "feature" that prompts you to leave feedback about an artist that you've commissioned via invoice.
Whatever you do, DO NOT fill this out! To quote Admiral Ackbar, "IT'S A TRAP!!!" It is meant to misguide you.
(continue...)
Whatever you do, DO NOT fill this out! To quote Admiral Ackbar, "IT'S A TRAP!!!" It is meant to misguide you.
(continue...)
November 22, 2025 at 12:13 AM
PayPal has rolled out a new "feature" that prompts you to leave feedback about an artist that you've commissioned via invoice.
Whatever you do, DO NOT fill this out! To quote Admiral Ackbar, "IT'S A TRAP!!!" It is meant to misguide you.
(continue...)
Whatever you do, DO NOT fill this out! To quote Admiral Ackbar, "IT'S A TRAP!!!" It is meant to misguide you.
(continue...)
FYI, if you ever see a white dude sitting at a table with a sign to the effect of "[hot button topic designed to piss off liberals] change my mind," the proper course of action is NOT to engage in a fruitless discussion with him, but to flip the table and keep on walkin'.
No credit to the actual student members of TPUSA who should reconsider their club choice, but it does seem the campus based content-seeking tabling sessions are run almost exclusively by adult men with no official role on campus. Note: they have also been trying the same shtick at UCLA.
November 22, 2025 at 11:07 AM
FYI, if you ever see a white dude sitting at a table with a sign to the effect of "[hot button topic designed to piss off liberals] change my mind," the proper course of action is NOT to engage in a fruitless discussion with him, but to flip the table and keep on walkin'.
Obviously this is not first date stuff, but yeah, when you sense things are heading in a serious direction, you need to talk about the big things -- and with complete honesty. Five years into a relationship is not the time to find out your partner in fact does not ever want to be a parent.
November 22, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Obviously this is not first date stuff, but yeah, when you sense things are heading in a serious direction, you need to talk about the big things -- and with complete honesty. Five years into a relationship is not the time to find out your partner in fact does not ever want to be a parent.
Hm. Should I use the Jeremy Clarkson "Oh no! Anyway..." GIF or the Tom Hiddleston "Yes, very sad. Anyway!" GIF?
November 22, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Hm. Should I use the Jeremy Clarkson "Oh no! Anyway..." GIF or the Tom Hiddleston "Yes, very sad. Anyway!" GIF?
I guess firing Colbert didn't save them all that much money.
Paramount+ will cost even more in 2026 💸
Paramount+ Promises Price Hikes In 2026
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November 22, 2025 at 10:46 AM
I guess firing Colbert didn't save them all that much money.
Appropriate, given that a cat with the zoomies at 2 AM is everything everywhere all at once.
November 22, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Appropriate, given that a cat with the zoomies at 2 AM is everything everywhere all at once.
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Just a friendly PSA if you want to commission artists for Christmas presents, which is a great idea btw, you have to get on the ball about it BEFORE Thanksgiving. Like do it today. I'm not doing commissions personally I just want to save you panic or disappointment. Get on that dream artist ASAP 💛
November 21, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Just a friendly PSA if you want to commission artists for Christmas presents, which is a great idea btw, you have to get on the ball about it BEFORE Thanksgiving. Like do it today. I'm not doing commissions personally I just want to save you panic or disappointment. Get on that dream artist ASAP 💛
I say this as someone well outside the TV industry, so I'm not speaking from the most knowledgeable place, but it seems to me that every series should have a clean ending to every season and not leave things open for continuation, just given how often networks pull the plug out of the blue.
November 22, 2025 at 10:30 AM
I say this as someone well outside the TV industry, so I'm not speaking from the most knowledgeable place, but it seems to me that every series should have a clean ending to every season and not leave things open for continuation, just given how often networks pull the plug out of the blue.
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Hell yeah @rianjohnson.bsky.social (reposting with alt text)
November 22, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Hell yeah @rianjohnson.bsky.social (reposting with alt text)
Do not use gAI to dunk on gAI. That makes you part of the problem.
November 22, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Do not use gAI to dunk on gAI. That makes you part of the problem.
Money is the best weapon people in power have. UBI basically neuters them, and of course, they can't have that.
There has literally never been a universal basic income trial program that didn't deliver real and measurable results above and beyond any other form of social welfare, and every time another concludes with the same findings the powers that be go "interesting! Anyway," and pretend it wouldn't work.
November 22, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Money is the best weapon people in power have. UBI basically neuters them, and of course, they can't have that.
Logging on
November 22, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Logging on
Huh. Google's AI thinks the woman who edited my novella The Great Rock & Roll Time Trip Tour is a character in the book. Great work, AI. Great tech you got there.
November 22, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Huh. Google's AI thinks the woman who edited my novella The Great Rock & Roll Time Trip Tour is a character in the book. Great work, AI. Great tech you got there.
Oh, look, a list of Democrats who need to be primaried because they don't understand the difference between democratic socialism and actual socialism. Not surprised at how many entrenched dolts from Massachusetts are on the list, all the usual suspects.
www.newsweek.com/full-list-of...
www.newsweek.com/full-list-of...
Full list of Democrats voting to condemn socialism as Zohran Mamdani comes to town
The House of Representatives voted on a resolution condemning socialism ahead of President Trump's meeting with Zohran Mamdani.
www.newsweek.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Oh, look, a list of Democrats who need to be primaried because they don't understand the difference between democratic socialism and actual socialism. Not surprised at how many entrenched dolts from Massachusetts are on the list, all the usual suspects.
www.newsweek.com/full-list-of...
www.newsweek.com/full-list-of...
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It's true, it's so fucking true. The first thing outta the holster when these jokers try to square up is how looooong their little prompt took them to write.
Like a 12-year-old on DeviantArt. This drawing took me THREE DAYS, so you better comment!
Like a 12-year-old on DeviantArt. This drawing took me THREE DAYS, so you better comment!
AI art guys try to sell the tech as a great time-saver/labor-equalizer but also insist it requires LOTS of skill and work. It’s a funny negotiation that gets to the emptiness in how some people see art. Hyper outcome-focused but unsure of how to measure that artistic outcome except by time invested.
November 21, 2025 at 4:46 PM
It's true, it's so fucking true. The first thing outta the holster when these jokers try to square up is how looooong their little prompt took them to write.
Like a 12-year-old on DeviantArt. This drawing took me THREE DAYS, so you better comment!
Like a 12-year-old on DeviantArt. This drawing took me THREE DAYS, so you better comment!
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“waaah my art isn’t good enough to fully portray my GREAT IDEAS, I need to use AI” listen i spend years putting my terrible art online and having strangers tell me it was terrible and off-putting and then i did it long enough that it got less terrible so sorry if I have 0 sympathy for your plight
November 21, 2025 at 4:49 PM
“waaah my art isn’t good enough to fully portray my GREAT IDEAS, I need to use AI” listen i spend years putting my terrible art online and having strangers tell me it was terrible and off-putting and then i did it long enough that it got less terrible so sorry if I have 0 sympathy for your plight
Okay, aspiring professional #writers and #authors, since it's on my mind, let's chat a bit about the idea of giving your labor away for free. 🧵
Your basic rule of thumb is: don't do it.
When you work for free, you devalue yourself, your labor, and the profession as a whole. So don't do it. (1/)
Your basic rule of thumb is: don't do it.
When you work for free, you devalue yourself, your labor, and the profession as a whole. So don't do it. (1/)
November 21, 2025 at 1:07 PM
FDR said it years ago: "No business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country."
if not paying your writers is part of how you “set yourself up to publish for years to come” then you’re not set up correctly
November 21, 2025 at 12:34 PM
FDR said it years ago: "No business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country."
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Want some good news?
www.cbsnews.com/news/new-mex...
www.cbsnews.com/news/new-mex...
New Mexico will become the first state to offer free universal child care next week
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, who championed the new initiative, told CBS News it would save families an average of $12,000 a year.
www.cbsnews.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Want some good news?
www.cbsnews.com/news/new-mex...
www.cbsnews.com/news/new-mex...
Yesterday, I had the honor of ruining a coworker on Ted Nugent forever by telling him to go read the lyrics for Nugent's "Jailbait." He removed all Nugent songs from all his playlists on the spot because "I had no idea the song was THAT vile."
November 21, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Yesterday, I had the honor of ruining a coworker on Ted Nugent forever by telling him to go read the lyrics for Nugent's "Jailbait." He removed all Nugent songs from all his playlists on the spot because "I had no idea the song was THAT vile."
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The misogynistic fucks in the admin are trying to make it so that grad school certifications in female-dominated professions (nursing, therapy, education) no longer count as “professional degrees” & you can’t get loans to go to grad school.
The DoE has reclassified numerous health professional and other degrees, limiting access to federal student loan programs eligible for the higher OBBBA loan caps from thousands to a few hundred.
As ALWAYS, this is about $$.
We're about to become REALLY "great"...
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As ALWAYS, this is about $$.
We're about to become REALLY "great"...
shorturl.fm/xs7gY
November 21, 2025 at 6:13 AM
The misogynistic fucks in the admin are trying to make it so that grad school certifications in female-dominated professions (nursing, therapy, education) no longer count as “professional degrees” & you can’t get loans to go to grad school.