Greymattersplat
greymattersplat.bsky.social
Greymattersplat
@greymattersplat.bsky.social
Bargain basement Gimli.
Somewhat displaced IT guy.

Saturdays at ‪@comiccarnival.bsky.social‬ come say hi!
I have moisturized the shit out of my hands and this is the AFTER. Cannot tell you how unpleasant it is.stupid winter…
December 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Well…fuck.

There goes Marvel and Star Wars.
BREAKING: Disney is making a $1 billion investment in OpenAI, and will allow its iconic characters to be on the company's Sora AI video generator.
December 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
It is not the coldest it has been recently, but somehow I am freezing.
December 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Easier to hate people if you've never met them...
It's like they are actively trying to kill the tourist industry.
This is INSANE www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/t...

and these are our closest allies!
December 10, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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Tubi is such a crazy streaming service. It’s like if the Criterion Closet was in a gas station
December 9, 2025 at 10:49 PM
He really IS real!!

And he knows!!!

(Thanks, @rpyatt.bsky.social!!)
December 10, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Co-worker asked me to print them a stand for their Apple Watch, and apparently I don’t need much of an excuse to go buy filament at MicroCenter.

What color should I get?
December 9, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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The first annual High Evolutionary Peace Prize
December 9, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I don't know how I feel about the whole Warner/Netflix thing, but If you had told me YESTERDAY that it was the best possible option?
December 9, 2025 at 2:03 AM
I feel physically better today than I have in weeks, which is still a pretty low bar, but also I do not trust it.
December 8, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Dammit Blokees, why must you be so cool?!

@comiccarnival.bsky.social
December 6, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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There, I bought a Christmas tree.
December 6, 2025 at 4:59 AM
I don't know that there's a "wrong" way to make a BLT, but if your process doesn't include the steps:

"Start with double the amount of bacon you need"

and

"eat half the damn bacon"

Then are you really doing it right?
December 6, 2025 at 4:18 AM
So…if Netflix buys Warners, do they get DC too?

Asking because I don’t know if I can deal with Snyderbros all over again…
December 6, 2025 at 2:42 AM
There, I bought a Christmas tree.
December 6, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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This is your occasional reminder that, if you like Neil Gaiman's stuff, but can't bring yourself to like it anymore for justifiable reasons, Tanith Lee is the author he is credibly accused of extensively cribbing from, and her work is on Audible, and AMAZING.
December 5, 2025 at 9:49 PM
They’re going to privatize the mail once and for all, aren’t they?

And use that as an excuse to do the same with as many public works as they can.

Indentured servitude, here we…well okay we’re basically already here, but you get me…
🚨SCOOP: Amazon is preparing to sever ties with USPS and expand its shipping network as a true coast-to-coast rival.

It could cost USPS more than *$6 billion* a year in lost revenue, and lead Amazon to dominate yet another facet of the economy.

USPS posted a *$9 billion* loss in 2025.
Amazon explores cutting ties with USPS, building its own delivery network
Amazon looks into expanding its nationwide delivery network and giving up its longstanding partnership with the U.S. Postal Service.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Just once, I’d like to be outside of the comic shop and still feel like I know at all what I’m doing…
December 5, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Hey look, I did it! No pending messages to be found!

(Don’t judge me)
December 4, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Wanna hear something both awesome and depressing?

There are only four Mondays left in 2025.
December 2, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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December 2, 2025 at 2:26 AM
If you're driving around Indy tonight, don't do that.

Lots of dumb out there tonight. Took me almost 2.5 hours to get home from work.
December 2, 2025 at 1:33 AM
So, the weather forecast has changed since this morning.

Fuck.
December 1, 2025 at 9:54 PM
That’s TWO GODDAMN WORDS!!!!



Oh goddammit…
Oxford University Press has announced its word of the year for 2025: "rage bait."
December 1, 2025 at 9:18 PM