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Tim Walker

@twalk.bsky.social

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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. Av: bearded middle-aged guy Banner: wall map of world weather

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Tim Walker @twalk.bsky.social · Jul 14

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!

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.

Tim Walker @twalk.bsky.social · Jul 14

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.

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Tim Walker @twalk.bsky.social · 2h

YES. For example, my sister (50s) and father (80s) are both retired librarians, and they’re both plenty tech-savvy.

Julie Goldberg @juliegoldberg.bsky.social · 18h

Write about libraries without assuming librarians are backward technophobes challenge 2025.

Tim Walker @twalk.bsky.social · 11h

Amen to this.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 20h

Discworld QOTD, from Snuff

Aristocrats don't notice philosophical conundra. They just ignore them. Philosophy includes contemplating the possibility that you might be wrong, sir, and a real aristocrat knows that he is always right. It's not vanity, you understand, it's built-in absolute certainty. They may sometimes be as mad as a hatful of spoons, but they are always definitely and certainly mad.

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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 13h

Fan wearing a "Dump Here" jersey with 61 caught Cal's HR 🔥

Immediately changes into an identical 62 jersey

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Tim Walker @twalk.bsky.social · 17h

a man in a black shirt is making a face and saying that 's correct .

Alt: Dan Levy in character on Schitt's Creek is making a face and saying "That's correct".

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Tim Walker @twalk.bsky.social · 17h

I'll move it higher on my TBR list!

Tim Walker @twalk.bsky.social · 17h

I hope it all goes as smoothly as possible!

Tim Walker @twalk.bsky.social · 17h

😁 That would be delightful.

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Tim Walker @twalk.bsky.social · 18h

[nodding]

Tim Walker @twalk.bsky.social · 18h

I want to know what happens to the cat. 🍿

Tim Walker @twalk.bsky.social · 18h

Right. Little kids say / repeat all kinds of things — often with limited or no context. It pays to investigate!

Tim Walker @twalk.bsky.social · 18h

Looking forward to reading them! :)

Tim Walker @twalk.bsky.social · 19h

That seems nice. 🙂

Tim Walker @twalk.bsky.social · 19h

I’m sure I will! 🙂

Tim Walker @twalk.bsky.social · 19h

Absolutely agreed. I mean, I always tried to be aware as a parent of what was going on with my kids (who are in their mid-20s now), but you also have to give them room to breathe.

Tim Walker @twalk.bsky.social · 19h

Raided my @bookshop.org wishlist:

—EDINBURGH and THE QUEEN OF THE NIGHT by @alexanderchee.bsky.social b/c it's absurd I don't already own them.

—THE RIDDLE OF THE ROSETTA, coauthored by @dianejosefowicz.bsky.social — great background for a story I'm cooking up.

—The Pinckney memoir as a treat.

The cover of the novel EDINBURGH, by Alexander Chee.

The cover of the novel THE QUEEN OF THE NIGHT, by Alexander Chee.

The cover of THE RIDDLE OF THE ROSETTA: How an English Polymath and a French Polyglot Discovered the Meaning of Egyptian Hieroglyphs, by Jed Z. Buchwald and Diane Greco Josefowicz.

The cover of COME BACK IN SEPTEMBER: A Literary Education on West Sixty-seventh Street, Manhattan, by Darryl Pinckney.

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Tim Walker @twalk.bsky.social · 19h

[nods ruefully]

Tim Walker @twalk.bsky.social · 19h

This resonates with me.

You could make a lot of hay visiting the restaurants named in local articles in the vein of "The 8 Best Diners in [Your Locale]."

Tim Walker @twalk.bsky.social · 20h

I'm remembering some community halls (and church fellowship halls) where I've enjoyed that kind of experience. 🫖

Tim Walker @twalk.bsky.social · 20h

How nice!

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Stacey Burns @wentrogue.bsky.social · 20h

Literally three blocks from the house where my brother—my only sibling—died of an accidental fentanyl overdose in July 2021.

Thank you to CM Chavez and all who are dedicated to expanding his program.

Harm reduction saves lives.

Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 21h

Dear neighbor,

I’m excited to share that the City of Minneapolis has installed a new NARCAN® vending machine in Ward 9. You can find this new vending machine in Phillips at Fire Station 5 (2700 Bloomington Ave South). 1/

Jason taking a phone at fire station 5 and the new NARCAN vending machine

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Tim Walker @twalk.bsky.social · 20h

Seems attainable. :)

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Tim Walker @twalk.bsky.social · 20h

I love Bookshop.org — and they’re offering free shipping today and tomorrow…

[heads off to order some books]

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Tim Walker @twalk.bsky.social · 22h

Yecch.

Tim Walker @twalk.bsky.social · 22h

This is the way. 👇

Sheila Liming @seeshespeak.bsky.social · 22h

About once a year, I get a request for a bagpipe gig that is so bizarre sounding, I wonder if I will live to tell the tale of it later on.

Anyway, it just happened again and of course I said ‘yes.’