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

A picture of the Boston skyline, with the iconic CITGO sign being partially deconstructed in order to move it.
Star Trek TOS title card, with the clearly fake title “PUT THAT THING BACK WHERE IT CAME FROM”
Turns out that a Bodum 1 liter teapot looks a whole lot like the Kool-Aid man, but, you know, tea.
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.
The spec label from the back of a TV set-top box, which includes the spec “ROM: 32GB”.
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.
From the Unsolicited Manuscripts account: Well, that was quick. I'm now a former literary agent. Thank you all.
Small annotations near each posting saying “friends” “following”, and “cluster:” with a five-digit number after it.
An evening with multicolored fall foliage, in New England.
A concert stage with a big “RICK ASTLEY” sign at the top.
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.
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.”
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.