Should I draw something soon? And if so, what?

Did the scary thing once again (submitted an application for a promotion). Third time is the charm, right?

Do you want one of our super cool early dev shirts? Does your ghost hunting kit need more stickers? Do you want journals to track your paranormal investigations? @mattfossen.com has you covered! Check out our store! www.redbubble.com/people/mattf...

I say this in the kindest, most level way that I can: Freelance artists have to promote. If anyone complains about me reposting my own art, you will catch a block. If you bring it up in person, you might catch hands. We have to promote as best we can. Curate your damn feed if it bothers you.

Grand opening of UC Davis mural project at 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21 at UC Davis Arboretum Nursery entnem.ucdavis.edu/news/grand-o...

As we are constantly reminded, Discord is not a viable substitute for forums. I'd like to point out that conversely, forums are not a viable substitute for Discord.

Collected three new species in the backyard today: a weird little fungus gnat with striped wings, a tiny parasitoid wasp, and a green lacewing I can't ID because it's part of a species complex that can only be separated by the tiny sounds they make. #entomology

My big goal for the weekend is to not spend it in a depressive haze of sleep and inactivity like I have for the last few weekends. I may not be very ambitious.

In 2023, I managed to slip out before the layoffs hit me, and landed a new role in 2 business days. In 2024, I managed to secure a new role in 31 days, leaving 3 weeks before those layoffs hit. Unfortunately, I couldn't keep dancing through the lightning strikes. I'm now looking for work.

So a couple of people have asked if they can get one of our shirts. (We got shirts for conventions.) www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1783... Well, here's some options! @mattfossen.com has populated his Redbubble with our logo! XD

If you want to help, here's Ghost Hunter Simulator. store.steampowered.com/app/3256780/... It's a chill ghost hunting game. :D

My portfolio website - www.emberdione.com/portfolio/

My linkedin - www.linkedin.com/in/kimacuffs...

As long as the overall effect of the football game is to piss off a bunch of MAGA shitheads, I'm happy.

It kind of sucks knowing that I'm not qualified for any entomology-related jobs despite having worked in the field for over 35 years and basing my education and hobbies around insects. I have no publications or "specializations" because I've been in government for 20 years, so I'm not a real one.

It's valid to take a mental health day in order to prepare for submitting a couple of job applications, right?

Here ya go! www.kickstarter.com/projects/rif...

My game is even on SALE. If you buy it - feel free to leave a positive review and request shit. We will add it. The toilets even flush now.

Oh, here's a fruit fly I photographed during my lunch break today, Paracantha cultaris. #entomology #Bugsky

Everything is awful so I'm making a big batch of bacon ranch mac and cheese for dinner. It can't hurt, and it might help a little.

Tell me five classes you took in college: Forensic Entomology Bowling Renaissance Art History Introduction to Wine Making C Programming

Wow, I guess y'all really liked this piece, Thanks everyone!

First completed art of 2026! It's a leafhopper assassin bug, Zelus renardii. #entomology #Bugsky #SciArt

First completed art of 2026! It's a leafhopper assassin bug, Zelus renardii. #entomology #Bugsky #SciArt

We're still on sale and working on a build to push this weekend!

me when i realize cloudheim's still on sale (and we got a free demo!!) #Cloudheim #SteamGames

Big update + hefty sale? NOW'S THE TIME to play Cloudheim! 😁

Yes, my last post was a bit crude. Trust me, what you got was a MUCH sanitized version of what's been going through my head lately.

If you support ICE/Trump/GOP in any way, I hope all your meals taste like the aedeagus of a dung beetle. I also hope you hate my art and photos, since I don't create them to be enjoyed by morally and intellectually bereft assholes. You don't deserve them. Sorry not sorry.

Here are all three leafhopper species I collected in my backyard yesterday: Sophonia orientalis, Eupteryx decemnotata, and Matsumurasca elongata. #entomology #Bugsky

Here are all three leafhopper species I collected in my backyard yesterday: Sophonia orientalis, Eupteryx decemnotata, and Matsumurasca elongata. #entomology #Bugsky

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One of the three new leafhoppers I collected in the backyard yesterday (and the most vividly-marked I've EVER collected): Sophonia orientalis, the two-spotted leafhopper. #entomology #Bugsky

Leave it to me to go out to the backyard for five minutes for a quick work break, during which I sweep the shrubbery for 30 seconds and find THREE leafhoppers species I've never see before. Sheesh!

Funny how Thursdays at work have become the "do as much as you can so that Fridays aren't impossibly crowded" days.

My two newest additions to the backyard insect menagerie: Drosophila suzukii (the invasive spotted wing drosophila) and Dicyphus paddocki (a plant bug with no common name). #entomology #Bugsky

My list of backyard insects has grown to 412 species as of this afternoon. I'm actually kind of amazed, especially knowing that there are likely at least a hundred more I haven't encountered yet!

MITCHELL’S!!! Ice cream.

New art WIP! A leafhopper assassin bug (Zelus renardii). #entomology #Bugsky

New art WIP! A leafhopper assassin bug (Zelus renardii). #entomology #Bugsky

Yo' momma's so stupid she thinks due process is a hair treatment.

I've worked with insects that live and breed in literal piles of shit, and they're infinitely more lovable and productive than any ICE "agent". Cleaner too. And much more photogenic.

Full disclosure: I have interacted with genAI precisely once, in a mandatory AI training course for work. We had to write a query for Copilot: I asked it a question for which I knew the answer and it made some shit up. I still feel dirty.

I'd love for this tweet to go viral and potentially give my life some stability. I'd take the bad with the good there. (But also we would share our success with those who worked on this and hopefully hire some unemployed peeps too.)

⛈️Enter the Vault of the Gods now!🏛️ The Vault of the Gods has appeared on Odin Shell, alongside a brand new island, 2 new characters, combat and skill changes, and loads more! youtu.be/Qu7IJCFBYak

Social media: Average Americans: standing up to fascism with remarkable courage and increasing numbers every day. Everyone else: "when are you going to do something about your shithole of a country? You deserve every bit of scorn we send your way and all the suffering you receive." Um, hello?

Had a pretty good day at work today, then I made the mistake of coming home and reading the news. I'm really regretting my lack of secondary (or heck, even primary) skills capable of making money right now.

I don't follow football at all, but it's fun and refreshing to see people lose their shit over something that ISN'T some form of political horror for a change.

NEW YEAR, SAME ME... BUT STRONGER!! For those of you who don't yet know, I'm your cool ass pal POS INDUSTRIES, fighting game commentator extraordinaire, multi-time grand finals hollerer for EVO, COMBO BREAKER, CEO, AND MORE! Check out my brand new shiny, slightly-modified 2026 reel TODAY!