Tim Feinstein
@timnfeinstein.bsky.social
Ph.D. ex-academic, self-published author of “A Heuristic Guide To Quantitative Imaging”. Lead, operations and technical sales at Coastal Microscopes.
Felicitations! I can’t wait to read up on the analysis workflow
January 12, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Felicitations! I can’t wait to read up on the analysis workflow
Looked this up to respond to someone about a thing, decided to burden you all with it.
It’s when the golf ball comes back down that secretary birds become my new favorite bird.
youtu.be/ij_5TMwqi4A?...
It’s when the golf ball comes back down that secretary birds become my new favorite bird.
youtu.be/ij_5TMwqi4A?...
Bird bounces golf ball on the cart path!
YouTube video by Alex Baggett
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January 12, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Looked this up to respond to someone about a thing, decided to burden you all with it.
It’s when the golf ball comes back down that secretary birds become my new favorite bird.
youtu.be/ij_5TMwqi4A?...
It’s when the golf ball comes back down that secretary birds become my new favorite bird.
youtu.be/ij_5TMwqi4A?...
Legit surprised to find out that they also can fly! They shot up on my list of favorite birds after I saw this:
youtu.be/ij_5TMwqi4A?...
youtu.be/ij_5TMwqi4A?...
Bird bounces golf ball on the cart path!
YouTube video by Alex Baggett
youtu.be
January 12, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Legit surprised to find out that they also can fly! They shot up on my list of favorite birds after I saw this:
youtu.be/ij_5TMwqi4A?...
youtu.be/ij_5TMwqi4A?...
The main thing that surprised me so far is how long it took to start working with Veritas-like polemicists to create a feedback loop of fake ‘sting’ hysteria vids and really awful knee-jerk policy decisions.
January 12, 2026 at 6:14 PM
The main thing that surprised me so far is how long it took to start working with Veritas-like polemicists to create a feedback loop of fake ‘sting’ hysteria vids and really awful knee-jerk policy decisions.
Reposted by Tim Feinstein
Have a friend who's joining bluesky after deleting his Twitter account. Is there a good starter pack for reporters/breaking news that any of you know of?
January 12, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Have a friend who's joining bluesky after deleting his Twitter account. Is there a good starter pack for reporters/breaking news that any of you know of?
That, sadly, being the goal of the entire operation
January 12, 2026 at 6:00 PM
That, sadly, being the goal of the entire operation
This is just to say
I have noticed
An exception
To the rule
That you made
And which
You were probably
Getting fond of
Forgive me
It was unexpected
So odd
And I was curious
I have noticed
An exception
To the rule
That you made
And which
You were probably
Getting fond of
Forgive me
It was unexpected
So odd
And I was curious
It's the first in an academia horror trilogy
I Have Made: an Observation
I Have Made: an Observation That Contradicts the Original
I Have Made: a Replication Crisis
I Have Made: an Observation
I Have Made: an Observation That Contradicts the Original
I Have Made: a Replication Crisis
January 12, 2026 at 2:00 PM
This is just to say
I have noticed
An exception
To the rule
That you made
And which
You were probably
Getting fond of
Forgive me
It was unexpected
So odd
And I was curious
I have noticed
An exception
To the rule
That you made
And which
You were probably
Getting fond of
Forgive me
It was unexpected
So odd
And I was curious
Someone had to say it. Are the grasshoppers out? It blew my mind, last time I visited, how dense they could get on the ground.
January 11, 2026 at 5:51 AM
Someone had to say it. Are the grasshoppers out? It blew my mind, last time I visited, how dense they could get on the ground.
And Bayard Rustin should have a statue
January 10, 2026 at 7:51 PM
And Bayard Rustin should have a statue
Some on the ground clearly know, most don’t. We teach civil rights pike we teach WWII, as if it was all battles and not the incredibly important logistics that happened in the background.
January 10, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Some on the ground clearly know, most don’t. We teach civil rights pike we teach WWII, as if it was all battles and not the incredibly important logistics that happened in the background.
Not that anyone particularly needs my advice, but now would be a good time to review the invisible parts of civil rights era organizing: the workshopping, operational planning, discipline that went into everything they did. People didn’t just spontaneously show up at the Pettis bridge.
January 10, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Not that anyone particularly needs my advice, but now would be a good time to review the invisible parts of civil rights era organizing: the workshopping, operational planning, discipline that went into everything they did. People didn’t just spontaneously show up at the Pettis bridge.
Is that a discharge? He’s walking around with a rifle, loaded, ready to firs, with the safety off?
January 10, 2026 at 1:57 AM
Is that a discharge? He’s walking around with a rifle, loaded, ready to firs, with the safety off?
Uhhh yeah apparently I had a very different initial reaction than the OP. Get this guy talking about what he thinks marriage is. People will learn some things.
January 10, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Uhhh yeah apparently I had a very different initial reaction than the OP. Get this guy talking about what he thinks marriage is. People will learn some things.
It’s Bannon. The right verb could get you thrown out of a port side dive bar. And that’s my own answer to the question up top. What kind of person really wants to be the local John Galt with his hands on the community’s air supply.
January 10, 2026 at 12:18 AM
It’s Bannon. The right verb could get you thrown out of a port side dive bar. And that’s my own answer to the question up top. What kind of person really wants to be the local John Galt with his hands on the community’s air supply.
Didn’t Steve Bannon help run one of the Biosphere projects? There’s more I could say, but that’s on the nose like zinc oxide at a beach volleyball game in 1985.
January 9, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Didn’t Steve Bannon help run one of the Biosphere projects? There’s more I could say, but that’s on the nose like zinc oxide at a beach volleyball game in 1985.
You could have your own isolated homestead in the Atacama desert and I guarantee anyone walking by would 100% leave you alone. If you can make it there, with spare parts and supplies coming ~every 2 years and a 30-month lead on emergency requests, you’re ready for Mars! Well kind of. 10% ready.
January 9, 2026 at 11:03 PM
You could have your own isolated homestead in the Atacama desert and I guarantee anyone walking by would 100% leave you alone. If you can make it there, with spare parts and supplies coming ~every 2 years and a 30-month lead on emergency requests, you’re ready for Mars! Well kind of. 10% ready.
Actin is a classic resolution tester. The detail in branching structures is almost fractal, so it tests everything from WF to STED. Lots of great stains.
January 9, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Actin is a classic resolution tester. The detail in branching structures is almost fractal, so it tests everything from WF to STED. Lots of great stains.
$10 says they are under instructions to escalate and make examples of random citizens
January 9, 2026 at 7:10 PM
$10 says they are under instructions to escalate and make examples of random citizens
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If you are looking for a position in a microscopy facility, we will also be recruiting very soon, be in touch as well :)
January 9, 2026 at 3:19 PM
If you are looking for a position in a microscopy facility, we will also be recruiting very soon, be in touch as well :)
It is more expensive to have a bad one
January 9, 2026 at 5:22 PM
It is more expensive to have a bad one
Told to go wilding on the civs, make some examples
January 9, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Told to go wilding on the civs, make some examples
Literally exactly what everyone expected from the gotta hoard guns to resist tyranny crowd. Most are nothing more than a boot looking for a face.
January 9, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Literally exactly what everyone expected from the gotta hoard guns to resist tyranny crowd. Most are nothing more than a boot looking for a face.
MOM hang up the phone I want to dial the internet
Without revealing your actual age,what's something you remember that if you told a younger person they wouldn't understand?
January 9, 2026 at 1:16 PM
MOM hang up the phone I want to dial the internet
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Looking for someone who studies vaccine hesitancy for a story in Nature. Short turnaround, so need someone today or Monday. If that's you, drop me a line!
January 9, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Looking for someone who studies vaccine hesitancy for a story in Nature. Short turnaround, so need someone today or Monday. If that's you, drop me a line!
They probably do, but he didn’t open with ‘bonjour’ so they pretended not to hear him
January 9, 2026 at 11:23 AM
They probably do, but he didn’t open with ‘bonjour’ so they pretended not to hear him