Tim Watts
@tmwatts.bsky.social
Me: passable martial artist, pedestrian photographer, talentless musician, obsessive tea drinking family historian, slowly recreating an obscure freight train yard in my basement.
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Go Bills!
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Tim Watts
@tmwatts.bsky.social
· Jun 15
My daughter with a birthday message on #NoKings Day in Chicago
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The U.S. military is being used inside the United States. There's a lot we don't know about how, why, and under what authorities.
Lawfare's new project–which includes a tracker and a map–follows where and how the military is being domestically deployed. www.lawfaremedia.org/projects-ser...
Lawfare's new project–which includes a tracker and a map–follows where and how the military is being domestically deployed. www.lawfaremedia.org/projects-ser...
November 11, 2025 at 8:47 PM
The U.S. military is being used inside the United States. There's a lot we don't know about how, why, and under what authorities.
Lawfare's new project–which includes a tracker and a map–follows where and how the military is being domestically deployed. www.lawfaremedia.org/projects-ser...
Lawfare's new project–which includes a tracker and a map–follows where and how the military is being domestically deployed. www.lawfaremedia.org/projects-ser...
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Business rent is way too high on Mag (not Miracle) Mile so companies are just shuffling around. H&M moved two blocks down the road to save cash.
He's blaming "murder and crime" in one of the safest parts of the city because the real problem is "landlords." Almost like that's the whole gambit.
He's blaming "murder and crime" in one of the safest parts of the city because the real problem is "landlords." Almost like that's the whole gambit.
Call in the troops to solve the commercial real estate crisis in our swanky downtown cores
You can’t make this shit up, folks
You can’t make this shit up, folks
November 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Business rent is way too high on Mag (not Miracle) Mile so companies are just shuffling around. H&M moved two blocks down the road to save cash.
He's blaming "murder and crime" in one of the safest parts of the city because the real problem is "landlords." Almost like that's the whole gambit.
He's blaming "murder and crime" in one of the safest parts of the city because the real problem is "landlords." Almost like that's the whole gambit.
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The Brits have stopped sharing drug trafficking intel w/us in the Caribbean, Latin American region. They believe our extra judicial killings are illegal. If you’ve worked on this stuff or w/ the Brits, you know this is really a big deal. DOD folks—your professional liability insurance won’t work.
November 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The Brits have stopped sharing drug trafficking intel w/us in the Caribbean, Latin American region. They believe our extra judicial killings are illegal. If you’ve worked on this stuff or w/ the Brits, you know this is really a big deal. DOD folks—your professional liability insurance won’t work.
Random Photo of the Day
#ArchitecturePhotography #UrbanTextures #MidwestArchitecture
#OakParkIllinois
#ArchitecturePhotography #UrbanTextures #MidwestArchitecture
#OakParkIllinois
November 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Random Photo of the Day
#ArchitecturePhotography #UrbanTextures #MidwestArchitecture
#OakParkIllinois
#ArchitecturePhotography #UrbanTextures #MidwestArchitecture
#OakParkIllinois
November 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
A new day; a new season
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November 10, 2025 at 7:21 PM
A new day; a new season
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This is most directly about the fake electors (none of whom face any federal charges anyway) but the actual wording of it is much broader: it's effectively a full and complete blanket pardon for anybody who had anything to do with trying to steal the 2020 election, not just the Jan 6-ers.
The language of this pardon is extremely broad.
It includes “all United States citizens for conduct relating to the advice, creation, organization, execution, submission, support, voting, activities, participation in, or advocacy for or of any slate or proposed slate of Presidential
electors…”
It includes “all United States citizens for conduct relating to the advice, creation, organization, execution, submission, support, voting, activities, participation in, or advocacy for or of any slate or proposed slate of Presidential
electors…”
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
This is most directly about the fake electors (none of whom face any federal charges anyway) but the actual wording of it is much broader: it's effectively a full and complete blanket pardon for anybody who had anything to do with trying to steal the 2020 election, not just the Jan 6-ers.
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A reminder - last March, republicans promised to restore $1.1B in funding to DC in exchange for funding the government, and Mike Johnson never took it up in the House.
a cartoon girl in a blue dress is kneeling in a field holding a bag
ALT: a cartoon girl in a blue dress is kneeling in a field holding a bag
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:07 AM
A reminder - last March, republicans promised to restore $1.1B in funding to DC in exchange for funding the government, and Mike Johnson never took it up in the House.
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Today's #Buffalo Book of the Week is "Get on the Job and Organize," a memoir and how-to guide written by Jaz Brisack, one of the leaders of the Starbucks unionization campaign on Elmwood Avenue.
bookshop.org/a/10994/9781...
bookshop.org/a/10994/9781...
Get on the Job and Organize: Standing Up for a Better Workplace and a Better World
Standing Up for a Better Workplace and a Better World
bookshop.org
November 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Today's #Buffalo Book of the Week is "Get on the Job and Organize," a memoir and how-to guide written by Jaz Brisack, one of the leaders of the Starbucks unionization campaign on Elmwood Avenue.
bookshop.org/a/10994/9781...
bookshop.org/a/10994/9781...
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What was even the point? Weak.
November 10, 2025 at 2:00 AM
What was even the point? Weak.
I was intending to ignore politics for the weekend
Then fucking ICE comes to terrorize our village
You know when America was great? Before we decided to terrorize any county that voted for empathy and against Project 2025
Then fucking ICE comes to terrorize our village
You know when America was great? Before we decided to terrorize any county that voted for empathy and against Project 2025
November 9, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I was intending to ignore politics for the weekend
Then fucking ICE comes to terrorize our village
You know when America was great? Before we decided to terrorize any county that voted for empathy and against Project 2025
Then fucking ICE comes to terrorize our village
You know when America was great? Before we decided to terrorize any county that voted for empathy and against Project 2025
November 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Sitting down to read one of my favorite college professors
November 8, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Sitting down to read one of my favorite college professors
Meanwhile on the other platforms…
Never have i ever considered changing my post because that dweb zuckerwhater was triggered
No one ever changes their post
It’s just fucking irritating
Never have i ever considered changing my post because that dweb zuckerwhater was triggered
No one ever changes their post
It’s just fucking irritating
November 8, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Meanwhile on the other platforms…
Never have i ever considered changing my post because that dweb zuckerwhater was triggered
No one ever changes their post
It’s just fucking irritating
Never have i ever considered changing my post because that dweb zuckerwhater was triggered
No one ever changes their post
It’s just fucking irritating
November 8, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Today I received a written public “thank you” for supporting a colleague over the past couple of weeks as she dealt with a rough project, and ya know what, it feels nice
🙂
🙂
November 8, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Today I received a written public “thank you” for supporting a colleague over the past couple of weeks as she dealt with a rough project, and ya know what, it feels nice
🙂
🙂
It’s Friday. There is so much wrong in the world, and my country has fallen far from the aspirations we made progress toward over the past two and a half centuries. But it’s Friday, and I need to pause my exposure to the banality of evil dragging us down.
November 7, 2025 at 3:55 PM
It’s Friday. There is so much wrong in the world, and my country has fallen far from the aspirations we made progress toward over the past two and a half centuries. But it’s Friday, and I need to pause my exposure to the banality of evil dragging us down.
Random Photos of the Day
Three murals, three moods
#Murals #CityArt
#HarrisonStreetArtDistrict
#OakParkFinds
#ArtTriptych
Three murals, three moods
#Murals #CityArt
#HarrisonStreetArtDistrict
#OakParkFinds
#ArtTriptych
November 7, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Random Photos of the Day
Three murals, three moods
#Murals #CityArt
#HarrisonStreetArtDistrict
#OakParkFinds
#ArtTriptych
Three murals, three moods
#Murals #CityArt
#HarrisonStreetArtDistrict
#OakParkFinds
#ArtTriptych
November 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Introducing the #Buffalo Book of the Week. Every Monday morning I'll post an affiliate Bookshop.org link to a Buffalo book that I like, mostly nonfiction with some novels thrown in for variety. Proceeds benefit indie booksellers and BuffaloResearch.com
Bookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.
An online bookstore that financially supports local independent bookstores and gives back to the book community.
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November 6, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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November 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
November 5, 2025 at 11:11 PM