Matt C @mattcivico.bsky.social · 25/04/2026A smartphone is a great tool. All it takes to keep it from being a millstone around your neck is to opt out of (mobile) social media. Messages, calls, music, maps, and Merlin Bird ID is all you really need. Post to bsky from a desktop computer — we’d all be better off! 000
Matt C @mattcivico.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Somewhere the fire is still burning, faithfully tended to, even if not by you. That’s an image that helps me. 010
Matt C @mattcivico.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Asynchronous communication shouldn’t come with an expectation of immediate response, even if it’s instant. 090
Matt C @mattcivico.bsky.social · 04/04/2026Made hot cross buns today and the yeast didn’t proof AND I managed to burn them. Tenebrae indeed. 020
Matt C @mattcivico.bsky.social · 24/03/2026I think Rian Johnson shared in an interview that the church culture was modeled on the evangelical ones he grew up in, but visually a Catholic parish was better on screen. 350
Reposted by Matt CTom Emanuel @realtomemanuel.bsky.social · 24/03/2026Bilbo is no more Tolkien's explicit, one-to-one self-insert than Frodo or Faramir. But knowing what we knnow about JRRT's final years and his relationship with Christopher, this reads as the most Tolkienian exchange imaginable. 28516
Matt C @mattcivico.bsky.social · 15/03/2026The gateway homebrew, IMO. It’s too easy to not try at least once. Give it a shot, and then get into meads 😁 030
Reposted by Matt CPhil Klay @philklay.bsky.social · 08/03/2026“Oppressed beneath the weight of their own corruption and of military violence, they for a long while preserved the sentiments, or at least the ideas, of their freeborn ancestors.” —Gibbon, History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 0284
Matt C @mattcivico.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Perfectmedia.tenor.coma man wearing headphones and an orange suit looks at the cameraAlt: a man wearing headphones and an orange suit looks at the camera 010
Matt C @mattcivico.bsky.social · 27/02/2026This is the dream. What’s the background music? Brass or strings? 100
Matt C @mattcivico.bsky.social · 26/02/2026I want to be that dragon (reading pulp swords & sorcery stories) 010
Matt C @mattcivico.bsky.social · 21/02/2026Just came back from some skating with my 4yo! I keep telling her even adults need to practice to be good at stuff 🙂 110
Matt C @mattcivico.bsky.social · 20/02/2026I’m a fan of the that cover. I haven’t read Kingsnorth since 2020 though, so I’d be interested in your take on it. I tend to agree with reactionary diagnoses but the solutions, not so much! 120
Matt C @mattcivico.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Thank you for your support during this difficult time 😭 010
Reposted by Matt CSt. Simeon the Holy Fool @simeonthefool.bsky.social · 18/02/2026[opening the envelope] "Jim, the results of this test say..... you ARE mortal and will one day die!" —Memento Maury 2146
Matt C @mattcivico.bsky.social · 13/02/2026That sounds like… the best. Ganging up on the Big Bad sounds much better than fussing with brackets. Besides, I love being part of scrappy group that eventually loses to a more powerful opponent — epic losses are fun! 110
Reposted by Matt CThe Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 12/02/2026A few of the stunning illustrations from a 16th-century treatise on comets — known as The Comet Book — created anonymously in Flanders (now northern France). More info and images from the book here: publicdomainreview.org/collection/t… 010239
Matt C @mattcivico.bsky.social · 07/02/2026My favourite part is that the American athletes got a big cheer before the cameras cut to him. 010
Matt C @mattcivico.bsky.social · 02/02/2026Ah, well then home-brewing. Definitely small batch home-brewing, lol. 010
Matt C @mattcivico.bsky.social · 30/01/2026My suegra would 100% do this. Marrying a Salvadoreña was the best decision I ever made! 010
Matt C @mattcivico.bsky.social · 25/01/2026And you still get a nice little graph and breakdown of your year in reading. 100
Matt C @mattcivico.bsky.social · 25/01/2026If you don’t need social features, the Reading List app is a real winner. It’s all local on your device. apps.apple.com/ca/app/readi...apps.apple.comReading List: Book Tracker App - App StoreDownload Reading List: Book Tracker by Andrew Bennet Ltd on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips and more games like Reading List:… 110
Matt C @mattcivico.bsky.social · 17/01/2026I’m just getting into Magic and Lorwyn seems like a great set! 110
Matt C @mattcivico.bsky.social · 02/01/2026This is why I try my best to call restaurants directly for orders, and do pick up when possible. It limits choices, but I don’t *need* to choose from hundreds of restaurants for delivery. 130
Matt C @mattcivico.bsky.social · 02/01/2026The series finale vindicated my take on Hopper here, which I’m quite pleased about. 011
Reposted by Matt CBCP Minus Context @bcpminuscontext.bsky.social · 01/01/2026O God, make speed to save us. 1208
Matt C @mattcivico.bsky.social · 31/12/2025I recommend a splash of lemon juice to really make it sing! 010
Reposted by Matt CMad Scholar Frights @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 30/11/2025It's wild that people used to go to movie theaters for films about people going through people type stuff. 1111
Matt C @mattcivico.bsky.social · 01/12/2025I played a mini adventure with my 4yo today, and it was such fun. She tackled a puzzle and a battle! 030
Matt C @mattcivico.bsky.social · 25/11/2025The deep sadness one feels when their 4yo refuses to let you play the Bluey soundtrack… 010
Matt C @mattcivico.bsky.social · 02/11/2025I’ve never watched a baseball game before. Why am I still up?? 000
Matt C @mattcivico.bsky.social · 30/10/2025I heard a new bird on a run recently, stopped, and then I FOUND IT! It was a gray catbird. 10/10 would do it again. 110
Matt C @mattcivico.bsky.social · 28/10/2025I enjoyed this on my transit ride to work today. The whole Fall issue has been excellent 🙂 111
Reposted by Matt CMartyn Wendell Jones @martynwendell.bsky.social · 27/10/2025this is astonishing 041
