Tim
@jtimothyking.bsky.social
Full-time software developer, coffee drinker, music lover. I've trained the algorithm to show me primarily pictures of cats. #AskMeHow
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We have to reach a point where skin color never outweighs humanity or empathy.
Why, for Too Many, Alex Pretti’s Murder Counted More
We must find sympathy for those unlike ourselves
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January 28, 2026 at 1:51 PM
We have to reach a point where skin color never outweighs humanity or empathy.
“No, their friend hadn’t forgotten about them. Their friend knew they were in trouble. He decided he wasn’t powerless. Even at 10 years of age. And so he decided to rescue them.”
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My Trip to Texas Confirmed We Can’t Fund this Version of ICE
The young father was shaking as he held his fidgety two-year-old daughter who impatiently sucked on a lollipop.
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January 26, 2026 at 8:35 PM
“No, their friend hadn’t forgotten about them. Their friend knew they were in trouble. He decided he wasn’t powerless. Even at 10 years of age. And so he decided to rescue them.”
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“I just checked—it turns out that Art. II, Sec. 1 of the Constitution of the United States does *not* say ‘The executive Power shall be vested in a bunch of sociopaths who think they can do whatever the f*ck they want and make sh*t up as they go along.’” — George Conway
January 26, 2026 at 12:37 PM
“I just checked—it turns out that Art. II, Sec. 1 of the Constitution of the United States does *not* say ‘The executive Power shall be vested in a bunch of sociopaths who think they can do whatever the f*ck they want and make sh*t up as they go along.’” — George Conway
« Beginning in 1943, the War Department published a series of pamphlets for U.S. Army personnel in the European theater of World War II… On March 24, 1945, the topic for the week was “FASCISM!” »
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January 9, 2026
Beginning in 1943, the War Department published a series of pamphlets for U.S.
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January 10, 2026 at 2:29 PM
« Beginning in 1943, the War Department published a series of pamphlets for U.S. Army personnel in the European theater of World War II… On March 24, 1945, the topic for the week was “FASCISM!” »
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open.substack.com/pub/contrari... This mind-blowing attack is the direct result of a Supreme Court MAGA majority, and Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. specifically, who granted him broad immunity never envisioned by the Framers. He has taken that and run with it—now headfirst into war.
Headfirst Into War
The horrific attack on Venezuela overnight puts the U.S. in the same camp as Russia.
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January 3, 2026 at 3:21 PM
open.substack.com/pub/contrari... This mind-blowing attack is the direct result of a Supreme Court MAGA majority, and Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. specifically, who granted him broad immunity never envisioned by the Framers. He has taken that and run with it—now headfirst into war.
We are not—and have never been—a Christian nation. We are a diverse, secular nation, which guarantees the right of individual conscience. But evangelical Christian nationalists have been waging a long-fought campaign to do away with that right.
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December 21, 2025
Speaking today at Turning Point USA’s annual “AmericaFest” conference, Vice President J.D.
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December 22, 2025 at 1:45 PM
We are not—and have never been—a Christian nation. We are a diverse, secular nation, which guarantees the right of individual conscience. But evangelical Christian nationalists have been waging a long-fought campaign to do away with that right.
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Please stop asking whether Donny Orange-Rind "actually believes" whatever story he's telling. It's an irrelevant question. He doesn't care whether the story is true. He only cares whether it's a good story. Not even he knows whether or not he "actually believes" it. Nor does he give a damn.
December 19, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Please stop asking whether Donny Orange-Rind "actually believes" whatever story he's telling. It's an irrelevant question. He doesn't care whether the story is true. He only cares whether it's a good story. Not even he knows whether or not he "actually believes" it. Nor does he give a damn.
From @pkrugman.bsky.social's newsletter a couple days ago:
“‘Populist’ leaders like Trump — I don’t like the term, but it has come to mean politicians who have disdain for responsible policy and the rule of law…”
This lit up a lightbulb for me.
“‘Populist’ leaders like Trump — I don’t like the term, but it has come to mean politicians who have disdain for responsible policy and the rule of law…”
This lit up a lightbulb for me.
December 19, 2025 at 1:33 PM
From @pkrugman.bsky.social's newsletter a couple days ago:
“‘Populist’ leaders like Trump — I don’t like the term, but it has come to mean politicians who have disdain for responsible policy and the rule of law…”
This lit up a lightbulb for me.
“‘Populist’ leaders like Trump — I don’t like the term, but it has come to mean politicians who have disdain for responsible policy and the rule of law…”
This lit up a lightbulb for me.
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The GOP is gone. What remains is the Trump cult.
Words & Phrases That Have Lost All Meaning
The year a political party vanished
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December 16, 2025 at 1:03 PM
The GOP is gone. What remains is the Trump cult.
By @thedanrather.bsky.social: steady.substack.com/p/worlds-apa...
“Over the weekend, two senseless shootings were separated by 10,000 miles. During both, innocent people were murdered, but the reaction of the countries’ leaders was as far apart as the deadly incidents.”
“Over the weekend, two senseless shootings were separated by 10,000 miles. During both, innocent people were murdered, but the reaction of the countries’ leaders was as far apart as the deadly incidents.”
Worlds Apart In More Ways Than One
Two mass shootings separated by miles and leadership
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December 16, 2025 at 4:41 PM
By @thedanrather.bsky.social: steady.substack.com/p/worlds-apa...
“Over the weekend, two senseless shootings were separated by 10,000 miles. During both, innocent people were murdered, but the reaction of the countries’ leaders was as far apart as the deadly incidents.”
“Over the weekend, two senseless shootings were separated by 10,000 miles. During both, innocent people were murdered, but the reaction of the countries’ leaders was as far apart as the deadly incidents.”
I'm going to start using the word 'catchfart' more now.
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(With thanks to @himself.bsky.social, who used it in a piece earlier this year. I was today years old when I learned that this word exists.)
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(With thanks to @himself.bsky.social, who used it in a piece earlier this year. I was today years old when I learned that this word exists.)
Oxford English Dictionary
The OED is the definitive record of the English language, featuring 600,000 words, 3 million quotations, and over 1,000 years of English.
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December 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I'm going to start using the word 'catchfart' more now.
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(With thanks to @himself.bsky.social, who used it in a piece earlier this year. I was today years old when I learned that this word exists.)
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(With thanks to @himself.bsky.social, who used it in a piece earlier this year. I was today years old when I learned that this word exists.)
Every time I read his name in an article, I substitute the word "Donny." It works wonders! I suggest writers begin doing this themselves so that I don't have to fix it in post.
December 12, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Every time I read his name in an article, I substitute the word "Donny." It works wonders! I suggest writers begin doing this themselves so that I don't have to fix it in post.
The words you want to recite: "Another Republican cover-up."
December 10, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The words you want to recite: "Another Republican cover-up."
“Anne Frank didn’t die because her world was filled with monsters. She died because enough ordinary people decided that the monsters weren’t their problem.”
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The Mainstreaming of Extremism
This is how the normalization of hatred works. Not with a bang, but with a shrug.
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November 29, 2025 at 1:17 PM
“Anne Frank didn’t die because her world was filled with monsters. She died because enough ordinary people decided that the monsters weren’t their problem.”
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The truth is that Republicans were in a no-win situation, so they rolled over and played dead. But Mike Johnson can't admit that, so he lies.
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Lawrence: Humiliated Trump's dictatorship over Republicans is coming apart with the Epstein vote
YouTube video by MS NOW
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November 19, 2025 at 12:44 PM
The truth is that Republicans were in a no-win situation, so they rolled over and played dead. But Mike Johnson can't admit that, so he lies.
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Yeah. This was not supposed to be prophetic. 😂
“What do you think about the government now?”
“I think I'm going to go into the private sector.”
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“What do you think about the government now?”
“I think I'm going to go into the private sector.”
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How a Bill Does Not Become a Law - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
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November 14, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Yeah. This was not supposed to be prophetic. 😂
“What do you think about the government now?”
“I think I'm going to go into the private sector.”
youtu.be/JUDSeb2zHQ0
“What do you think about the government now?”
“I think I'm going to go into the private sector.”
youtu.be/JUDSeb2zHQ0
“What Axios published isn’t journalism. It was just a hit piece disguised as news. It’s a cynical attempt to take down a candidate who scares [those people] who’ve built their careers pretending that Christianity and cruelty are the same thing.”
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Axios tried to shame Christian U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico—and ended up exposing itself
The so-called scandal over who a progressive Christian follows on Instagram says more about lazy journalism than it does about faith or politics
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November 11, 2025 at 9:20 PM
“What Axios published isn’t journalism. It was just a hit piece disguised as news. It’s a cynical attempt to take down a candidate who scares [those people] who’ve built their careers pretending that Christianity and cruelty are the same thing.”
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“Forget ‘moderates.’ There are ‘fighters’ and there are ‘defeatists’”
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Words & Phrases We Could Do Without
Forget ‘moderates.’ There are ‘fighters’ and there are ‘defeatists’
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November 11, 2025 at 9:04 PM
“Forget ‘moderates.’ There are ‘fighters’ and there are ‘defeatists’”
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