Tim Walker
@twalk.bsky.social
Science- & nature-loving writer, dad, & fitness buff in ATX. ❤️🔥 of a hype man. Happily partnered. Intersectional feminist & LGBTQ 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ ally. ⚽️. (he/him)
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Tim Walker
@twalk.bsky.social
· Jul 14
Three upsides of leaving Substack:
1. Cuts the flow of material into my inbox, which simplifies my life.
2. Frees up funds to support my writer friends by buying their books. :)
3. Means I'm putting my money where my mouth is vis-à-vis Substack's values.
1. Cuts the flow of material into my inbox, which simplifies my life.
2. Frees up funds to support my writer friends by buying their books. :)
3. Means I'm putting my money where my mouth is vis-à-vis Substack's values.
Speaking of unsubscribing from e-mail newsletters, recently I cancelled all of my Substack subscriptions. I've wanted to support my friends who have newsletters there, but I also don't want my money going to the Substack founders.
An aside: Please expect to see some random reposts of older stuff here.
As part of my bigger digital cleanup project (see quoted item et seq.), I've been clearing out my Bluesky likes. I tend to use them as informal bookmarks & then forget about them for months, which isn't ideal. Spring cleaning!
As part of my bigger digital cleanup project (see quoted item et seq.), I've been clearing out my Bluesky likes. I tend to use them as informal bookmarks & then forget about them for months, which isn't ideal. Spring cleaning!
Just back from a lovely walk in the woods at my friend’s place.
November 9, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Just back from a lovely walk in the woods at my friend’s place.
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It's not a coincidence that they published that right after women just took a lot of power in an election.
November 6, 2025 at 1:59 PM
It's not a coincidence that they published that right after women just took a lot of power in an election.
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I choose being in the woods with a bear over reading/listening to this.
November 6, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I choose being in the woods with a bear over reading/listening to this.
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I don't really understand the compulsion to trash-talk something/someone that other people are celebrating/reveling in, but I do know that I'll block you for it.
November 5, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I don't really understand the compulsion to trash-talk something/someone that other people are celebrating/reveling in, but I do know that I'll block you for it.
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if you're ever Photoshopping your own face into the smoke of the Twin Towers, Adobe should have a pop-up that says "are you sure that whatever it is you're doing is a good idea"
November 5, 2025 at 6:45 PM
if you're ever Photoshopping your own face into the smoke of the Twin Towers, Adobe should have a pop-up that says "are you sure that whatever it is you're doing is a good idea"
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Republican barely squeeks out a win: Mandate! Mandate!
Dem wins overwhelmingly: Not so fast...
Dem wins overwhelmingly: Not so fast...
November 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Republican barely squeeks out a win: Mandate! Mandate!
Dem wins overwhelmingly: Not so fast...
Dem wins overwhelmingly: Not so fast...
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Outside of school board elections, disappointing Texas results last night. People voted overwhelmingly for a bunch of largely unnecessary or shitty changes to the state constitution, and Prop Q, a very necessary property tax increase in Austin, went down in flames
November 5, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Outside of school board elections, disappointing Texas results last night. People voted overwhelmingly for a bunch of largely unnecessary or shitty changes to the state constitution, and Prop Q, a very necessary property tax increase in Austin, went down in flames
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the age of woke is over, the age of dark woke begins
November 5, 2025 at 1:37 AM
the age of woke is over, the age of dark woke begins
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So much for the tolerant Left (laudatory)
the age of woke is over, the age of dark woke begins
November 5, 2025 at 1:50 AM
So much for the tolerant Left (laudatory)
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this is genuinely wild
Looks like the Dems will pick up 12 seats in the VA House of Delegates, which will go from 51-49 to 63-37 D-R. That's an honestly shocking result.
November 5, 2025 at 2:17 AM
this is genuinely wild
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There were millions of dollars spent on anti-trans ads in NJ and VA. Anyone care to comment on those campaigns getting blown out, since we were told trans issues lost Democrats the election in 2024?
so where are the op-eds about republican overreach today? where’s the commentary about donald trumps war against american citizens or his terror campaign targeting brown people? where’s the pearl clutching over the conservative social media bubble reliant on nazi propagandists?
November 5, 2025 at 1:28 PM
There were millions of dollars spent on anti-trans ads in NJ and VA. Anyone care to comment on those campaigns getting blown out, since we were told trans issues lost Democrats the election in 2024?
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Politicians should probably get on Bluesky to get better in touch with the American electorate.
November 5, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Politicians should probably get on Bluesky to get better in touch with the American electorate.
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Perhaps my favorite thing about yesterday is that it feels like communities all over may have surprised themselves.
We were the ones we were waiting for.
We were the ones we were waiting for.
Georgia Democrats had not won a statewide race that wasn't for a federal office since 2006.
They won two races tonight, both against GOP incumbents.
The margins? 62% to 38% in both.
They won two races tonight, both against GOP incumbents.
The margins? 62% to 38% in both.
November 5, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Perhaps my favorite thing about yesterday is that it feels like communities all over may have surprised themselves.
We were the ones we were waiting for.
We were the ones we were waiting for.
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I know all politics are local, but I would love to believe that "I believe in the dignity of all people" is a clear, simple, and winning political platform anywhere. I hope more people run with that message.
November 5, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I know all politics are local, but I would love to believe that "I believe in the dignity of all people" is a clear, simple, and winning political platform anywhere. I hope more people run with that message.
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had a dream last night about a journalist interviewing politicians, replying to each waffling, mealy-mouthed answer (or flat out lie) from their subjects with an increasingly adamant WRONG ANSWER, then pulling out notecards and asking pointed follow-up questions. pols looked TERRIFIED. it was GREAT!
November 5, 2025 at 1:41 PM
had a dream last night about a journalist interviewing politicians, replying to each waffling, mealy-mouthed answer (or flat out lie) from their subjects with an increasingly adamant WRONG ANSWER, then pulling out notecards and asking pointed follow-up questions. pols looked TERRIFIED. it was GREAT!
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the entire twitter and group chat poisoned elite of American society who decided Trump winning an election by 1.5% heralded a thousand year reich may have miscalculated a bit
November 5, 2025 at 3:50 AM
the entire twitter and group chat poisoned elite of American society who decided Trump winning an election by 1.5% heralded a thousand year reich may have miscalculated a bit
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TURN THE VOLUME UP is the new rallying cry.
November 5, 2025 at 4:49 AM
TURN THE VOLUME UP is the new rallying cry.
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I gotta say it’s nice to look at a magazine cover and know that it’s not about hopes dashed or lost opportunities
Inbox— next cover of the New Yorker: “Mayor Mamdani,” by Edel Rodriguez
November 5, 2025 at 3:22 AM
I gotta say it’s nice to look at a magazine cover and know that it’s not about hopes dashed or lost opportunities
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But then what are people supposed to do with their “democrats in disarray” templates, Greg?!
The factional grifters will hate this, but the Mamdani-Spanberger-Sherrill axis actually suggests the outlines of a broad, emerging Dem coalition organized around both anti-Trump *and* affordability politics, not a party bitterly divided against itself.
These big wins will embolden Dems to take on Trump's lawbreaking and show there's a price for GOP enabling of him. Folks hate to hear this, but normal patterns are asserting themselves: Liberalism isn't dead, Rs are likely to lose in 2026, and Trump is really unpopular, not a magical exception.
November 5, 2025 at 3:56 AM
But then what are people supposed to do with their “democrats in disarray” templates, Greg?!
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Time for the full Democratic Party to embrace addressing basic needs wholeheartedly.
November 5, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Time for the full Democratic Party to embrace addressing basic needs wholeheartedly.
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you don't have to put on blackface to get social media attention. you can simply develop mild depression, join a menswear forum, spend the next 15 years arguing about pants, and then weaponize the knowledge against your enemies on social media.
November 4, 2025 at 12:42 AM
you don't have to put on blackface to get social media attention. you can simply develop mild depression, join a menswear forum, spend the next 15 years arguing about pants, and then weaponize the knowledge against your enemies on social media.
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I've been watching a shitload of PBS lately, so I once against encourage you to subscribe to PBS Passport and be a Viewers Like You with me.
November 4, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I've been watching a shitload of PBS lately, so I once against encourage you to subscribe to PBS Passport and be a Viewers Like You with me.
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Death, like life, is neutral. It happens regardless of position, contribution, or virtue.
But whether your life is celebrated, or your death is, is within the compass of your agency. People who do the celebrating are merely doing you the last courtesy of acknowledging your moral capacity.
But whether your life is celebrated, or your death is, is within the compass of your agency. People who do the celebrating are merely doing you the last courtesy of acknowledging your moral capacity.
November 4, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Death, like life, is neutral. It happens regardless of position, contribution, or virtue.
But whether your life is celebrated, or your death is, is within the compass of your agency. People who do the celebrating are merely doing you the last courtesy of acknowledging your moral capacity.
But whether your life is celebrated, or your death is, is within the compass of your agency. People who do the celebrating are merely doing you the last courtesy of acknowledging your moral capacity.
…and was then proselytized by a friendly man who wanted to know if I know Jesus.
This made me (a) look up the etymology of “proselytize,” and (b) wonder if any of you have ever been approached cold by a proselytizer from any non-Christian religion.
www.etymonline.com/word/prosely...
This made me (a) look up the etymology of “proselytize,” and (b) wonder if any of you have ever been approached cold by a proselytizer from any non-Christian religion.
www.etymonline.com/word/prosely...
November 4, 2025 at 8:19 PM
…and was then proselytized by a friendly man who wanted to know if I know Jesus.
This made me (a) look up the etymology of “proselytize,” and (b) wonder if any of you have ever been approached cold by a proselytizer from any non-Christian religion.
www.etymonline.com/word/prosely...
This made me (a) look up the etymology of “proselytize,” and (b) wonder if any of you have ever been approached cold by a proselytizer from any non-Christian religion.
www.etymonline.com/word/prosely...
Walked to my polling place, chatted with a nice neighbor & her kid in line, voted, then walked to get myself some lunch.
November 4, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Walked to my polling place, chatted with a nice neighbor & her kid in line, voted, then walked to get myself some lunch.