Tim Feinstein @timnfeinstein.bsky.social · 26/09/2026What a great set! As much as I grump about phones vs traditional cameras, you have to admit that all that processing sometimes makes the shot, like the sun through that arch. I got this in Rome, there must be > six stops of light between the shadows and the basilica. 000
Tim Feinstein @timnfeinstein.bsky.social · 17/09/2026If you remember these, you probably used corded phones and had a favorite dial-up internet provider. Sure, car bras were faddish and kind of dorky. But they had a purpose! That bug goo would eat the paint if you didn’t clean the car every week. The little hood spoilers kept yr windshield clean. 010
Tim Feinstein @timnfeinstein.bsky.social · 28/07/2026What dark sorcery is this. I got amazingly close to this red-tail hawk (by hawk standards) and it’s slightly distinguishable from a shmoodge on the lens, if you squint. 210
Tim Feinstein @timnfeinstein.bsky.social · 28/07/2026You also need a crappy phone to take photos that are meaningful to you even though the bird is like three semi-focused pixels 2180
Tim Feinstein @timnfeinstein.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Pittsburgh people - do you see fewer bees this year? My plants have almost no visitors this year, even the fan favorite mountain mint, and I’ve seen the same all over on my dog walks. The only exception is this bush, Deutzia I think?, that was hopping with bumbles. No other bees there either. 201
Tim Feinstein @timnfeinstein.bsky.social · 18/07/2026I’ve got all kinds of feelings about the guy who buys a Jaguar E-type, maybe the most elegant car ever made, and says I’m going to take this thing to vintage races and drive it like I stole it. 000
Tim Feinstein @timnfeinstein.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Our pumpkin from Halloween last year. 12yo daughter loves Jerboas! 020
Tim Feinstein @timnfeinstein.bsky.social · 25/05/2026And now Bowie’s teaching himself door handles, like he’s a velociraptor from Jurassic Park. He got the push side a year ago. Now he’s practicing the pull side: turn the handle, pull the door in with his nose, let it swing open, push it shut, repeat. 010
Tim Feinstein @timnfeinstein.bsky.social · 26/04/2026You see an individual at war with himself, pinioned between precisely balanced needs, on the one hand, to chase the ball, and on the other, a just as terrible need to not put the ball down. Bo has a whole dance he does negotiate an agreement with himself, then the ball drops, and we go again. 030
Tim Feinstein @timnfeinstein.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Pictured: Hobbes and Nietszsche attend some poor 2nd year’s departmental presentation on moral philosophy, and take turns asking increasingly pointed questions-that-are-also-comments without directly acknowledging each other 030
Tim Feinstein @timnfeinstein.bsky.social · 19/04/2026You will never believe what the dog who drops balls in places he can’t reach, so that he can stand around crying over it, just did. 000
Tim Feinstein @timnfeinstein.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Bowie’s paw on the large branch telegraphs his concern I might not know the rule that dragging a large branch around the yard for fifteen minutes means you officially own it. 020
Tim Feinstein @timnfeinstein.bsky.social · 24/03/2026Solid Viggo the Carpathian energy (Ghostbusters 2 reference for the youngs) 021
Tim Feinstein @timnfeinstein.bsky.social · 16/03/2026It’s been 10+ years and I feel like The Magicians is one of the rare two-fers: an incredible book series that became a different, equally incredible multi-season show. I can’t even pick ten favorite moments, though the Mar-golem ranks up with the musical episodes. 110
Tim Feinstein @timnfeinstein.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Holy balls, Morgan Freeman just very seriously pointed out the ‘thagomizer’ on the Netflix/Spielberg dinosaurs show. Like 100% educational tone of voice, that is what professionals call it, because I looked it up and they do now? How cool is that. 022
Tim Feinstein @timnfeinstein.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Sock turnover rate has become unacceptably high lately. Without unduly prejudicing the investigation, a leading suspect has emerged. 250
Tim Feinstein @timnfeinstein.bsky.social · 01/03/2026Typical Doberman aggression, right here: as soon as I’m in the shower, Bowie stretches himself out like this over all my clothes, sort of a whole body version of putting your paw on a stick to claim it. 000
Tim Feinstein @timnfeinstein.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Bowie has decided that our fish situation is not ok. Unclear at this time what further steps are needed, so monitoring will continue as the situation develops. 000
Tim Feinstein @timnfeinstein.bsky.social · 21/01/2026After three years in this house our dog discovered that we have a fish tank, and now he barks at the fish. They seem pretty stoic about it, all things considered. I don’t have a pic of the action yet, so here’s a quiet moment instead. 140
Tim Feinstein @timnfeinstein.bsky.social · 01/01/2026Finishing the year with a cool cloud! I don’t think I have seen this kind before. It must be a neat effect of the mountains. 032
Tim Feinstein @timnfeinstein.bsky.social · 26/11/2025“…malware that can use large language models to write custom code for each hacking attempt” That’s basically a digital version of Stephen King’s flu from The Stand. 000
Tim Feinstein @timnfeinstein.bsky.social · 08/11/2025Our 12yo determined that her current favorite animal, the jerboa, go on our pumpkin this year. But talk about a cool Golgi pumpkin! Following convention, it looks like cis- is down. 061
Tim Feinstein @timnfeinstein.bsky.social · 21/10/2025I saw this weird atmospheric phenomenon in Pittsburgh the other day. Rainbows usually happen opposite the sun, making a ring about 40 degrees around where your shadow. But here the sun’s just out of frame to the left, and you see this persistent rainbow bit just next to it. Any ideas? 220
Tim Feinstein @timnfeinstein.bsky.social · 07/10/2025For how much birria stew my family has eaten in the last few days, I still have a shocking amount of birria stew. 12yo takes it in tacos. I try to argue that cuts down on the total birria she can remove in a sitting, but resistance is strong. 160
Tim Feinstein @timnfeinstein.bsky.social · 10/09/2025For example, let’s say the door on a pass-through breaks. No prob, call up the DLAR office and coordinate with a facilities manager (you have one, right?) to replace it. If you don’t have either of those, I suppose you could [spoiler], and then, for the love of christ, [spoiler]. 000
Tim Feinstein @timnfeinstein.bsky.social · 06/09/2025Post a PERFECT album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana or Pearl Jam. 010
Tim Feinstein @timnfeinstein.bsky.social · 03/08/2025My tween daughter’s review: good movie, everyone wants their own demon cat. The thing is ridiculously cute. 160
Tim Feinstein @timnfeinstein.bsky.social · 27/07/2025Herps! Can someone identify a friend I made near the top of mount Rhune in SW France? I’m leaning towards an asp (Vipera aspis) based on coloring (plus altitude) but it doesn’t feel right. Fortunately it was a cool day for mid-summer, so no one felt too frisky. 120
Tim Feinstein @timnfeinstein.bsky.social · 27/07/2025No cheating, post your lock screen! #ArbreMana 040
Tim Feinstein @timnfeinstein.bsky.social · 13/07/2025Translator app: the pictured dog is either reflecting on the unique uses of metaphor by Proust, or else begging you to fetch the toy out of the laundry bin so he can circle back when no one’s watching and drop it in again. If only they weren’t so inscrutable. 000
Tim Feinstein @timnfeinstein.bsky.social · 12/07/2025Honestly, I’m pretty sure I can tell what he is trying to say most of the time. 251
Tim Feinstein @timnfeinstein.bsky.social · 10/07/2025If you see this, quote post with. Robot that isn't from Star Wars, Star Trek, Dr Who or Transformers. 000
Tim Feinstein @timnfeinstein.bsky.social · 30/05/2025Also Epicurus and Metrodorus, who started the atomist school of philosophy over dinner & drinks. No double meaning this time, I’m just a fan of their work. 000
Tim Feinstein @timnfeinstein.bsky.social · 30/05/2025Omero e Cicero, in the Capitoline Museum in Rome. A sensible pairing! #bioimageanalysis #dadjokes 111