Matt Fossen @mattfossen.com · 01/10/2026It's why I'm doing black light insect collecting right now and you'd think it was mid-July with what I'm seeing. 110
Matt Fossen @mattfossen.com · 01/10/2026Here, have a tiny leafmining moth (genus Stigmella) with shiny blue scale highlights (those aren't chromatic aberration camera artifacts)! #entomology 051
Matt Fossen @mattfossen.com · 01/10/2026Love getting an after-hours email from your dentist saying "with open enrollment ending next week, we want you to know we're considering dropping participation in your employer's dental plan." 210
Matt Fossen @mattfossen.com · 30/09/2026If none of them are going to be re-Mastered, I don't approve. 000
Matt Fossen @mattfossen.com · 30/09/2026Oh, I tried a different black light setup on the back porch tonight and collected a handful of new species: a couple of leafhoppers, a microlepidoptera or two, a caddisfly, and a very tiny parasitoid I'll likely never ID. Not a bad night! #entomology 061
Matt Fossen @mattfossen.com · 30/09/2026Had a great night in WoW tonight... Raid went well, timed a +13 Temple of Sethraliss and bonus-rolled the shoulders I wanted, and just had a good time with some great folks. 1110
Matt Fossen @mattfossen.com · 28/09/2026Post an image from your photo roll with your current mental state. 010
Reposted by Matt FossenKathy Keatley Garvey @bugsrule.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Halloween. When skeletons ride bikes. Vacaville, Calif. 131
Matt Fossen @mattfossen.com · 27/09/2026And clearly, individuals with varying musical tastes don't exist because we all MUST be listening to the same stuff! Never mind that I'm an old grump who loathes pop and country and thinks that Social Distortion's cover of Ring of Fire is superior to the original. Forgive me, Rolling Stone! 020
Matt Fossen @mattfossen.com · 26/09/2026I finally got around to properly photographing this tiny firefly I found in my backyard over five years ago (the ONLY one I've ever seen there). It's Pyropyga minuta, also known as the Flower Elf. #entomology 031
Matt Fossen @mattfossen.com · 26/09/2026There's a place near us that's almost $9/gallon for diesel. I'm so tired of winning. 110
Matt Fossen @mattfossen.com · 24/09/2026Reminds me of when I wrote a tiny addon Back In The Day that did nothing but block the /spit emote from showing up in your chat. 111
Matt Fossen @mattfossen.com · 24/09/2026As an entomologist, I have to say it's a pretty good sign! 010
Matt Fossen @mattfossen.com · 24/09/2026Apropos of nothing in particular, but I have to say I grill a DAMN good cheeseburger. 050
Matt Fossen @mattfossen.com · 24/09/2026We just got Normal cleared for the first time last night... I can't even imagine how tough Heroic will be! 101
Matt Fossen @mattfossen.com · 24/09/2026The problem with devouring two amazing books (Wickhills by @premeemohamed.com and Wolf Worm by @tkingfisher.com) so quickly is that I'm already done with them. 040
Matt Fossen @mattfossen.com · 24/09/2026I guess folks were having downloaded store assets (like 3-d model poses) deleted for being perceived as too spicy. Which sucks, but isn't something that would make me stop using the only software I've found adequate for my drawing use. 010
Matt Fossen @mattfossen.com · 23/09/2026Wait, so now we're not supposed to use CSP (for reasons I don't fully know)? Unless the parent company is bludgeoning kittens for profit that's not gonna happen, since the alternatives are basically Adobe PS (NOPE) or stop drawing digitally. 110
Matt Fossen @mattfossen.com · 22/09/2026I wonder what part of the "generative AI-free zone" in my profile seems to make AI art accounts clamor to follow me. At least I know the Block button still works! 040
Matt Fossen @mattfossen.com · 22/09/2026Taking some of my older and/or intentionally janky insect art and repurposing it for our indie game is pretty fun! 050
Matt Fossen @mattfossen.com · 21/09/2026Finally got around to starting @tkingfisher.com's Wolf Worm... I feel EXTREMELY called out by the scene with the artist having a conversation with the insect specimens... Well done! 160
Matt Fossen @mattfossen.com · 20/09/2026I really wish I had the wherewithal to regret my career choices (which in fairness were made for perfectly legit reasons Back In The Day) a decade ago, instead of now when it's way too late do do anything about it. 250
Matt Fossen @mattfossen.com · 17/09/2026Probably disappointed. I don't know what exactly I thought my future might hold, but I doubt that being a government desk drone for two decades and not using my education at all was part of it. 020
Matt Fossen @mattfossen.com · 17/09/2026But, if the VOID sees ALL possible futures, doesn't this mean nothing is truly random? 170
Reposted by Matt Fossenfranz @franzanth.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Finally listening to @tkingfisher.com's dipteran-based horror Wolf Worm. Not even finished yet but it's a solid 🪰🪰🪰🪰🪰/5, would recommend to botfly nerds. 5554
Matt Fossen @mattfossen.com · 16/09/2026Yep. I run into this with pretty much EVERY insect clade, since I'm in California. Want to identify that cool bee/beetle/moth/fly you found? Sorry, gonna need a specialist for that. There MAY be an ancient key published somewhere, behind a $60 paywall. 130
Matt Fossen @mattfossen.com · 16/09/2026They're evil! I never have insect pest problems, but the rodents (squirrels, in my case) will destroy my plants every time! 120
Matt Fossen @mattfossen.com · 15/09/2026I'm not much for praising myself, but I'm confident that I'm better than AI at EVERYTHING I do. 1150
Matt Fossen @mattfossen.com · 15/09/2026Barred how, and by whom? What a bunch of cowardly "journalists"; an average middle school yearbook reporter would have more guts than these idiots. 0340
Matt Fossen @mattfossen.com · 14/09/2026Sorry, @rifftrax.com, even your incredible new MST3K episode "Sting of Death" won't convince me to try olive loaf. Probably. I think. 120
Matt Fossen @mattfossen.com · 13/09/2026Ha! I don't need no stinking pedal to make ME sound like failure! Wait, I may be missing some nuance there. 110
Matt Fossen @mattfossen.com · 11/09/2026My daughter and I are going on Sunday, and we're both thrilled to see you (and the rest of the crew, I GUESS) on the big screen! 010
Matt Fossen @mattfossen.com · 10/09/2026You think he likes lasagna, wait until you see ME like lasagna! 120
Matt Fossen @mattfossen.com · 10/09/2026Got tickets to see the new MST3K episode in the theater this weekend... I'm excited! 050
