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Mike Headley (He/Him)

@mikeheadley

Dayjob: Marketing for Insurance. It's fine. Otherwise: I write books. I design games. I play TTRPGs. I talk about cats. Bi. He/him.

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I saw somewhere another major fund had a private credit loan that they wrote down *100%* in like 6 weeks.

So. Yeah. Totally going great.

06.03.2026 16:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is totally fine and good, right?

06.03.2026 16:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This summarizes my thoughts exactly.

06.03.2026 16:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh gosh Good Place just is such a great show, and it nailed the landing in the way so many other big shows just WISHED they could.

Yes I'm looking at you LOST.

06.03.2026 16:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a cartoon robot with the word witnessed written on it Alt: Optimus Prime giving a thumbs up saying "Witnessed"
06.03.2026 16:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

*spittake*

06.03.2026 15:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I once had a blacksmith want to kill me.

Like. Made swords in his forge at night. Sold them in the mall by day.

I got tricked into meeting him and he had a khukari beside him.

06.03.2026 15:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yes, I persevered. Yes, I managed to pass the exam and the class. I fuckin nailed it.

Still, hardest exam I've ever encountered for reasons completely unrelated to the material.

06.03.2026 15:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And like. What can I tell my professor? Please stop typing it is unreasonably soothing?

Nope. Couldn't say that.
Thus I proceeded to head bob and take this final exam for what felt like HOOOOOUUUURS.

Like. Head bob ohmigod how long was I out oh okay a minute that's not loooonnnngzzzzzz OH FUK

06.03.2026 15:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a purple cartoon character says oh no Alt: It's some sort of purple cute cartoony thing going oh, no!

So. It comes down to this: FINALS. Let's fuckin GO. I am ready to ROLL I've got this shit down I've busted my ass I'm fuckin PUMPED.

Dr. Malloy hands out the test. I'm like bring it bring it flip through it alright let's go I know this shit-

She pulls out her laptop.
And starts typing.

06.03.2026 15:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Context 2: Grad school was a rough time. I realized I didn't actually know how to study and I was tossed into a grad level stats course knowing precisely mean, median, and mode.

It was. Rough. But I persevered and I busted my ass learning how to study.

06.03.2026 15:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Okay so I have sort of the opposite story.
Context 1 : I grew up going over to friends and playing video games together. And I was always the first to go to bed, so I fell asleep MANY times to the clicky clicky of button presses.

It's a soothing trigger for me.

06.03.2026 15:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Cassie WAT?

Ok I have the opposite story lol.

06.03.2026 14:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

AAAAAHHH THAT PEN IS SO PRETTTTTTY!!!!!

06.03.2026 02:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My top 9 games. This was a fun and interesting exercise because I've come to realize when I play a game, I play it DEEP.

It's also fascinating to me that all of the big cinematic 3D games are note games I've played.

Honorary mention: Metal Gear Solid on the PS1. Because that game SLAPPED.

06.03.2026 02:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

OH RIGHT! I'd forgotten about him specifically. But. Yeaaah.

06.03.2026 02:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Look. Our cat is named Inara. The first movie my wife and I watched together was Serenity. It was the first time I ever wanted to write fanfic.

And yet that said?

Let the dead franchises stay dead. Esp what with Josh-the-creep and his fingerprints all over the icky parts.

06.03.2026 00:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

For my birthday I got myself a treat.
I GOT MYSELF A FANCY MECHANICAL KEYBOARD. Because pretty pretty backlighting and nice buttery smooth typing and it goes THOCKY THOCKY THOCK THOCK.

It's so nice.
I've literally been doing typing tests just to hear myself type.

06.03.2026 00:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Optical illusion of a woman bent over some papers. Her sunglasses are pushed up and she is wearing a hair band so the top of her head looks exactly like a Muppet face

Optical illusion of a woman bent over some papers. Her sunglasses are pushed up and she is wearing a hair band so the top of her head looks exactly like a Muppet face

Sorry I know the world is in a terrible fix but I've been laughing at this for ten minutes now

05.03.2026 21:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 7361 ๐Ÿ” 1734 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 89 ๐Ÿ“Œ 90
Automate Your Lettering, Save Your Wrists! - NIB & INK FESTIVAL 2026 Put down that mouse, and set up your lettering workflow to make your computer work for you! Weโ€™ll cover text styles, keyboard shortcuts, scripts, and more in Adobe InDesign and [โ€ฆ]

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Iโ€™ll be running a panel for @cartoonist.coopโ€™s Nib & Ink Festival about how to make your computer do more work and prevent injury while lettering!

Time: May 9 @ 2PM EDT
Place: Zoom / remote

More info here: nif.cartoonist.coop/event/automa...

05.03.2026 19:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 81 ๐Ÿ” 50 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

less than two months after release, highguard is shutting down. the usual suspects are chalking up its demise to culture war nonsense when the truth is more mundane: mismanagement sank another project. the video game industry punishes success and failure alike, but hubris most of all

04.03.2026 02:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 363 ๐Ÿ” 66 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8 ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

I'm using Bluehost to host the Wordpress setup for me. I think it's like $15 a month + I paid something upfront for the domain and renewal. I believe the something up front was a few hundred but that's because I paid for like 4 or 5 years in advance.

03.03.2026 19:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hello, book people! I am the book content editor for Reactor Mag and I'm looking for 2026 sci-fi, fantasy, horror, romantasy, and speculative books coming out in the second half of the year! If you have an adult or YA SFF/H book out July-Dec (or publicist), share the link/info here!

03.03.2026 18:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 505 ๐Ÿ” 336 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 104 ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

Yay! I'm glad you had some progress and that you're getting some encouraging changes.

03.03.2026 18:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh yay! Congratulations!

03.03.2026 18:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

OH YAY! Happy birthday!

03.03.2026 18:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a man is sitting in a car with a group of women and says `` that 's bait . '' Alt: Mad Max. The new one. It's Max, waving a finger and pointing, saying "That's bait."
02.03.2026 04:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 23 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

EEEEEEE

I actually got the print editions of Clarksworld precisely because it makes me excited to see my friends work in paper!

02.03.2026 04:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

...I just googled it and was about to be like

WELL THANKS JOHN. I'MA TOTALLY SLEEP WELL TONIGHT.

02.03.2026 04:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 15 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

ilu

02.03.2026 04:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0