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Matt “We’ve Talked About This” Ringel

@ringel.bsky.social

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Plans global networks, lives in a world of pure approximation, juggles metaphorical chainsaws for theoretical fun and actual profit. Not the comic book writer. He’s here too, though. He/him

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Matt “We’ve Talked About This” Ringel @ringel.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

When Boston has rendering issues…

A picture of the Boston skyline, with the iconic CITGO sign being partially deconstructed in order to move it.

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Matt “We’ve Talked About This” Ringel @ringel.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Star Trek TOS title card, with the clearly fake title “PUT THAT THING BACK WHERE IT CAME FROM”

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Matt “We’ve Talked About This” Ringel @ringel.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

This morning’s wake-up process, summarized:

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Matt “We’ve Talked About This” Ringel @ringel.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

The words “Yes, Tim, I’m aware.” handwritten on a piece of paper, pictured with a fountain pen, specifically a Hongdian “Forest Black” pen with a Fine nib, using Hongdian black cartridge ink.

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Matt “We’ve Talked About This” Ringel @ringel.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

<slaps top of set-top box> You can fit a whole Space Knight in this much ROM!

The spec label from the back of a TV set-top box, which includes the spec “ROM: 32GB”.

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Matt “We’ve Talked About This” Ringel @ringel.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Q: Why does a baker’s dozen mean ‘thirteen’? A: Because a yeasted batter is a differential equation.

Thirteen freshly-made crumpets on a cooling rack. Funny thing about a batter that has yeast in it… it doesn’t stop rising just because you’re ready to use it. So, if you’re not using it all at once (say, you made enough batter for 12 crumpets, but your griddle only has space for 6 at a time), you’ll end up with more than 6 crumpets of batter (by volume) when it’s time for the second batch.

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Matt “We’ve Talked About This” Ringel @ringel.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Take myself to the ball game…

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Matt “We’ve Talked About This” Ringel @ringel.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Life comes at you fast…

From the Unsolicited Manuscripts account:

Well, that was quick.
I'm now a former literary agent.
Thank you all.

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Matt “We’ve Talked About This” Ringel @ringel.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

It can’t rain all the time.

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Matt “We’ve Talked About This” Ringel @ringel.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Okay. Who pushed the debugging build to prod?

Small annotations near each posting saying “friends” “following”, and “cluster:” with a five-digit number after it.

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Matt “We’ve Talked About This” Ringel @ringel.bsky.social · 29/10/2024

סתיו בניו אינגלנד. זה מושלם. תשאל אותי בעוד חודשיים, אבל כרגע זה יפה.

An evening with multicolored fall foliage, in New England.

A morning streetscape with multicolored fall foliage, in New England.

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Matt “We’ve Talked About This” Ringel @ringel.bsky.social · 31/12/2023

WE HAVE ASTLEY SIGN. REPEAT. WE HAVE ASTLEY SIGN.

A concert stage with a big “RICK ASTLEY” sign at the top.

A television showing Rick Astley singing.

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Matt “We’ve Talked About This” Ringel @ringel.bsky.social · 25/11/2023

Greetings from Saturday morning of a four-day weekend.

A picture of my legs leaning on an ottoman, wearing plaid Bermuda shorts with another ottoman in the background with the same pattern blanket as my shorts, and I’m wearing mustard-yellow socks. Because I can.

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Matt “We’ve Talked About This” Ringel @ringel.bsky.social · 29/10/2023

And yet though we cast about for truth We know in our heart of hearts that there’s just One answer to all the questions we ask It has been, is, and will be DNS.

A dialog window with the title “Shakespeare Quote of the Day”, and the contents of the window saying “An SSL error has occurred and a secure connection to the server cannot be made.”

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Matt “We’ve Talked About This” Ringel @ringel.bsky.social · 12/10/2023

I've got nothing right now, so here's a picture of a Tyranitar standing on a table in a café in Tel Aviv. (Also, read the alt-text. Just sayin'.)

A Tyranitar from the Pokemon GO video game, superimposed on a café table in Tel Aviv. Specifically, the Nabi Yuna Café at Yona HaNavi St. 43. Did you know that asking for an "iced" drink in Israel typically means what people in the us would call a "slushie"? Fun fact, right there. Also, Nabi Yuna's Iced Passionfruit is *really* good.

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