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)
Get into using alt text. Get WAY into it.
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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!
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He takes the name personally. 😤
"Did you just call me basic?"
This Common Yellowthroat seems to take real issue with his species name. He is staring me down like he’s ready to fight the entire ornithology department.
#birds #commonyellowthroat #nature #wildlife #photography
"Did you just call me basic?"
This Common Yellowthroat seems to take real issue with his species name. He is staring me down like he’s ready to fight the entire ornithology department.
#birds #commonyellowthroat #nature #wildlife #photography
January 29, 2026 at 12:49 PM
He takes the name personally. 😤
"Did you just call me basic?"
This Common Yellowthroat seems to take real issue with his species name. He is staring me down like he’s ready to fight the entire ornithology department.
#birds #commonyellowthroat #nature #wildlife #photography
"Did you just call me basic?"
This Common Yellowthroat seems to take real issue with his species name. He is staring me down like he’s ready to fight the entire ornithology department.
#birds #commonyellowthroat #nature #wildlife #photography
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Have a good day, or at least try.
January 29, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Have a good day, or at least try.
I’m not especially a fan of Mourinho, but I do love to see Real Madrid take a beating, and the finish of that match was WILD.
www.record.pt/futebol/fute...
www.record.pt/futebol/fute...
José Mourinho: «O Benfica é o meu país. E fazer isto com o Benfica significa algo mais»
Treinador das águias radiante com a vitória sobre o Real Madrid, por 4-2
www.record.pt
January 29, 2026 at 2:17 PM
I’m not especially a fan of Mourinho, but I do love to see Real Madrid take a beating, and the finish of that match was WILD.
www.record.pt/futebol/fute...
www.record.pt/futebol/fute...
E.R.
Name a TV show that overstayed it's welcome
January 29, 2026 at 12:46 AM
E.R.
Today’s bookmail* brings five slim volumes by Gabriel García Márquez to join the many I already have. There are three volumes of his journalism and speeches on backorder, but now I have his whole literary output. Time to get this (re)reading project started in earnest. 📚
* from @bookshop.org, natch
* from @bookshop.org, natch
January 28, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Today’s bookmail* brings five slim volumes by Gabriel García Márquez to join the many I already have. There are three volumes of his journalism and speeches on backorder, but now I have his whole literary output. Time to get this (re)reading project started in earnest. 📚
* from @bookshop.org, natch
* from @bookshop.org, natch
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The fastest way to get a correct ID on iNaturalist is to post it under the wrong ID. Don't go vague-but-correct. Don't go kingdom or class or order. (Obviously, that's a Carnivora sp.) Go species or subspecies level and be wrong. Someone will correct it. (THAT'S NOT A FUCKING MOUNTAIN LION!) 🤣
stop using AI to do your research. it hallucinates too often. if you want an answer to something, post something arrogant on the appropriate subreddit. something like: "this item performs 10% better than everything else. only idiots deny this." this will bait nerds into doing your research for you.
January 26, 2026 at 6:22 PM
The fastest way to get a correct ID on iNaturalist is to post it under the wrong ID. Don't go vague-but-correct. Don't go kingdom or class or order. (Obviously, that's a Carnivora sp.) Go species or subspecies level and be wrong. Someone will correct it. (THAT'S NOT A FUCKING MOUNTAIN LION!) 🤣
I can tell when the sun heats the roof above freezing because I can hear the water running down the gutter outside my office window. (I mostly work in silence as I edit all day.)
Thawing didn't start until around 12:45 p.m. It will be interesting to note what time it stops.
Thawing didn't start until around 12:45 p.m. It will be interesting to note what time it stops.
January 26, 2026 at 7:17 PM
I can tell when the sun heats the roof above freezing because I can hear the water running down the gutter outside my office window. (I mostly work in silence as I edit all day.)
Thawing didn't start until around 12:45 p.m. It will be interesting to note what time it stops.
Thawing didn't start until around 12:45 p.m. It will be interesting to note what time it stops.
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If the jackboot fits...
Bovino: "When politicians, community leaders, & some journalists engage in that heated rhetoric we keep talking about, when they make the choice to vilify law enforcement calling law enforcement 'Gestapo' or using the term 'kidnapping,' that is a choice & there are actions & consequences."
January 25, 2026 at 8:19 PM
If the jackboot fits...
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That was, of course, the idea. They thought they could make the whole country this way with their dipshittery and algorithms. But instead it just made the dipshits much easier to see
I feel like so much of what we're seeing is the endgame of stuff like referring to those with differing opinions as NPCs and declaring that empathy is a sin.
The overarching message is that those you don't like don't actually count as people. And even if they did, caring about them would be wrong.
The overarching message is that those you don't like don't actually count as people. And even if they did, caring about them would be wrong.
January 25, 2026 at 7:35 PM
That was, of course, the idea. They thought they could make the whole country this way with their dipshittery and algorithms. But instead it just made the dipshits much easier to see
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This will either be THE MOST IMPORTANT FILM about immigration EVER MADE or a MASSIVE MISSED OPPORTUNITY. 🤔
Warner Bros. Animation has announced director Jorge R. Gutierrez is developing a Speedy Gonzales feature film.
SPEEDY GONZALES Movie in the Works from Warner Bros.
nerdist.com
January 25, 2026 at 6:41 PM
This will either be THE MOST IMPORTANT FILM about immigration EVER MADE or a MASSIVE MISSED OPPORTUNITY. 🤔
I have nothing against Arsenal, but it’s going to be hilarious if City (or Villa!) ends up winning this title.
January 25, 2026 at 6:39 PM
I have nothing against Arsenal, but it’s going to be hilarious if City (or Villa!) ends up winning this title.
The real MVP of snow day is this fantastic Wies Made cardigan my gf gave me for Christmas.
January 25, 2026 at 6:17 PM
The real MVP of snow day is this fantastic Wies Made cardigan my gf gave me for Christmas.
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How many times do we go past the point of no return?
January 24, 2026 at 4:09 PM
How many times do we go past the point of no return?
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i think about this picture of fred shuttlesworth looking at his bombed out house every day because it is in my classroom and so i see it five times a week. tired and defiant.
a face that says well, on we go
a face that says well, on we go
January 25, 2026 at 2:47 AM
i think about this picture of fred shuttlesworth looking at his bombed out house every day because it is in my classroom and so i see it five times a week. tired and defiant.
a face that says well, on we go
a face that says well, on we go
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Fam, I found the robins.
January 25, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Fam, I found the robins.
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Prince would have hated this shit
January 25, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Prince would have hated this shit
Frigid weather in Austin — that snow has a hard icy crust — but we’re nice and toasty indoors.
January 25, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Frigid weather in Austin — that snow has a hard icy crust — but we’re nice and toasty indoors.
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… I want
the whole bolt
of love
// sending a love poem out today ❤️
the whole bolt
of love
// sending a love poem out today ❤️
January 24, 2026 at 9:24 PM
… I want
the whole bolt
of love
// sending a love poem out today ❤️
the whole bolt
of love
// sending a love poem out today ❤️
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That's doomerism, folks, and it's not useful
seeing a lot of comments along the lines of “they’ll just lie and it’ll work” and I cannot stress enough that you do not have to preemptively hand it to their propaganda efforts
January 24, 2026 at 8:21 PM
That's doomerism, folks, and it's not useful
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Gonna need — more than ever — journalists doing “govt quotes as social media posts” to give those quotes context!!!!!!!! Please!!!! Call them out for lying in the first post!!!
January 24, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Gonna need — more than ever — journalists doing “govt quotes as social media posts” to give those quotes context!!!!!!!! Please!!!! Call them out for lying in the first post!!!
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LRP: "The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."
January 24, 2026 at 8:09 PM
LRP: "The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."
Lesson 1 from ON TYRANNY, by Timothy Snyder.
January 24, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Lesson 1 from ON TYRANNY, by Timothy Snyder.
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seeing a lot of comments along the lines of “they’ll just lie and it’ll work” and I cannot stress enough that you do not have to preemptively hand it to their propaganda efforts
January 24, 2026 at 8:10 PM
seeing a lot of comments along the lines of “they’ll just lie and it’ll work” and I cannot stress enough that you do not have to preemptively hand it to their propaganda efforts
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That’s all you got?
Even the Baileys think you suck at this.
You have shown us who you are. Please just get out of the way.
Even the Baileys think you suck at this.
You have shown us who you are. Please just get out of the way.
ICE out of Minnesota NOW.
Breaking News: Federal law enforcement agents shot and killed a person in Minneapolis on Saturday morning, state and local officials said. Follow live updates.
January 24, 2026 at 8:10 PM
That’s all you got?
Even the Baileys think you suck at this.
You have shown us who you are. Please just get out of the way.
Even the Baileys think you suck at this.
You have shown us who you are. Please just get out of the way.
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"Spider" Estes, a fourteen-year-old doffer at the Guadalupe Valley Cotton Mills in Cuero, 1913. A doffer is someone who changes bobbins on spinning frames in textile mills. I just learned that, but I'm hoping you already knew it. 😉
Taken by the great Lewis Wickes Hine.
Taken by the great Lewis Wickes Hine.
January 24, 2026 at 7:59 PM
"Spider" Estes, a fourteen-year-old doffer at the Guadalupe Valley Cotton Mills in Cuero, 1913. A doffer is someone who changes bobbins on spinning frames in textile mills. I just learned that, but I'm hoping you already knew it. 😉
Taken by the great Lewis Wickes Hine.
Taken by the great Lewis Wickes Hine.