Matthias Stone
@matthiasstone.com
Lover of birds, bikes, books, and building stuff.
I'm still watching the Blue Jays play.
November 17, 2025 at 5:36 AM
I'm still watching the Blue Jays play.
Blue Jays are yesterday's news.
Today is about the Pileated Woodpecker.
Today is about the Pileated Woodpecker.
November 6, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Blue Jays are yesterday's news.
Today is about the Pileated Woodpecker.
Today is about the Pileated Woodpecker.
Dear Google photos app: I am never trying to take a picture of the dust on a window. Focusing on it is not helping.
October 31, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Dear Google photos app: I am never trying to take a picture of the dust on a window. Focusing on it is not helping.
Successful portrait of a very black cat!
May 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Successful portrait of a very black cat!
I appreciate that cats spend so much time licking their butts.
It makes me confident they're putting clean things on my face.
It makes me confident they're putting clean things on my face.
May 6, 2025 at 5:48 AM
I appreciate that cats spend so much time licking their butts.
It makes me confident they're putting clean things on my face.
It makes me confident they're putting clean things on my face.
Guess which side is the edge of the camera frame.
May 1, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Guess which side is the edge of the camera frame.
This sizable Pileated Woodpecker was hammering on a hollow log next to the trail. Loud, bright, hard to miss. I went a few steps away to watch strangers get excited spotting them.
April 21, 2025 at 11:11 PM
This sizable Pileated Woodpecker was hammering on a hollow log next to the trail. Loud, bright, hard to miss. I went a few steps away to watch strangers get excited spotting them.
Waxwings hit up the mountain ash berries today. An intimidating reminder that they outnumber me.
April 7, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Waxwings hit up the mountain ash berries today. An intimidating reminder that they outnumber me.
This might be more iconic than, "Nobody wants to work anymore."
A Brief History of Parents Today Are Controlled By Their Kids
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March 26, 2025 at 5:44 AM
This might be more iconic than, "Nobody wants to work anymore."
Flirting in Montreal is just the local Minnesota nice.
March 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Flirting in Montreal is just the local Minnesota nice.
Sometimes you just get lucky.
This blue jay with its meal.
Me, with this picture of this blue jay with its meal.
You, reading this post about my picture of this blue jay with its meal.
This blue jay with its meal.
Me, with this picture of this blue jay with its meal.
You, reading this post about my picture of this blue jay with its meal.
February 25, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Sometimes you just get lucky.
This blue jay with its meal.
Me, with this picture of this blue jay with its meal.
You, reading this post about my picture of this blue jay with its meal.
This blue jay with its meal.
Me, with this picture of this blue jay with its meal.
You, reading this post about my picture of this blue jay with its meal.
"Timeliness is thoughtfulness," I remind myself again hitting send on a text that isn't perfect — but maybe didn't need an hour of revisions.
February 11, 2025 at 6:07 AM
"Timeliness is thoughtfulness," I remind myself again hitting send on a text that isn't perfect — but maybe didn't need an hour of revisions.
Reposted by Matthias Stone
Reposted by Matthias Stone
I realized that when I think of writing a book or a script, or creating a podcast or doing a TikTok video, that that is the best part. Thinking about it. No one understands the trauma of the really lazy.
January 27, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I realized that when I think of writing a book or a script, or creating a podcast or doing a TikTok video, that that is the best part. Thinking about it. No one understands the trauma of the really lazy.
Today I learned that Facebook has settings you can change to show less low-quality and unoriginal content.
The default settings are... not less.
The default settings are... not less.
January 22, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Today I learned that Facebook has settings you can change to show less low-quality and unoriginal content.
The default settings are... not less.
The default settings are... not less.
There are many photos of tonight's wolf moon.
But this one is mine.
But this one is mine.
January 14, 2025 at 6:31 AM
There are many photos of tonight's wolf moon.
But this one is mine.
But this one is mine.
My mom's dog knows how to celebrate a holiday.
December 26, 2024 at 5:15 AM
My mom's dog knows how to celebrate a holiday.
I love the light at winter's minimum up north. Here the sun peaks at 13 degrees above the horizon so sunrise slowly eases into sunset.
This looks due south at 1230. Waking up before the sun is miserable, but the light all day can be ethereal.
This looks due south at 1230. Waking up before the sun is miserable, but the light all day can be ethereal.
December 25, 2024 at 5:35 AM
I love the light at winter's minimum up north. Here the sun peaks at 13 degrees above the horizon so sunrise slowly eases into sunset.
This looks due south at 1230. Waking up before the sun is miserable, but the light all day can be ethereal.
This looks due south at 1230. Waking up before the sun is miserable, but the light all day can be ethereal.
"I promised the boy I wouldn't tell anyone." - My brother, declining to tell an embarassing story about his 6 week old son.
He's gonna be such a good dad.
He's gonna be such a good dad.
December 9, 2024 at 7:13 AM
"I promised the boy I wouldn't tell anyone." - My brother, declining to tell an embarassing story about his 6 week old son.
He's gonna be such a good dad.
He's gonna be such a good dad.
Friend: Why are we stopping the car?
Me: 👇 (Calgary, 2022)
Me: 👇 (Calgary, 2022)
December 6, 2024 at 4:32 AM
Friend: Why are we stopping the car?
Me: 👇 (Calgary, 2022)
Me: 👇 (Calgary, 2022)
Waiting for more data, but after changing my handle to a domain fewer bots are adding me as a follow.
Kinda wanna spin up some bots just to measure this effect...
Kinda wanna spin up some bots just to measure this effect...
December 3, 2024 at 6:27 AM
Waiting for more data, but after changing my handle to a domain fewer bots are adding me as a follow.
Kinda wanna spin up some bots just to measure this effect...
Kinda wanna spin up some bots just to measure this effect...
Hard work and patience led to this lucky shot.
By, "hard work and patience," I mean holding down the shutter button and terabyte sized storage cards.
By, "hard work and patience," I mean holding down the shutter button and terabyte sized storage cards.
November 30, 2024 at 5:42 AM
Hard work and patience led to this lucky shot.
By, "hard work and patience," I mean holding down the shutter button and terabyte sized storage cards.
By, "hard work and patience," I mean holding down the shutter button and terabyte sized storage cards.
Reposted by Matthias Stone
Repost if BlueSky is now your primary social media site.
November 28, 2024 at 8:06 PM
Repost if BlueSky is now your primary social media site.
Made the difficult decision to learn something instead of being right today.
November 29, 2024 at 8:42 AM
Made the difficult decision to learn something instead of being right today.