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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Get into using alt text. Get WAY into it.
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Banner: wall map of world weather
Speaking of poetry, I’m breaking myself out of a mini-rut with these two very different gems by the masters.
February 16, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Speaking of poetry, I’m breaking myself out of a mini-rut with these two very different gems by the masters.
Rebooting my practice of writing poetry. I even had an excellent empty notebook sitting around for it.
February 16, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Rebooting my practice of writing poetry. I even had an excellent empty notebook sitting around for it.
In case it brings you any cheer, today I got to meet DAISY.
February 15, 2026 at 9:57 PM
In case it brings you any cheer, today I got to meet DAISY.
I’m trying to remember which one of my mutuals here recommended COYOTE RUN by @lilithsaintcrow.com some months back, but it is a DELIGHT. Can’t wait for the next installment!
cc: @hornedlarkpress.com
cc: @hornedlarkpress.com
February 15, 2026 at 9:37 PM
I’m trying to remember which one of my mutuals here recommended COYOTE RUN by @lilithsaintcrow.com some months back, but it is a DELIGHT. Can’t wait for the next installment!
cc: @hornedlarkpress.com
cc: @hornedlarkpress.com
Post a tree you photographed.
February 14, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Post a tree you photographed.
February 9, 2026 at 9:56 PM
The most important part of the big game in this house.
February 8, 2026 at 11:56 PM
The most important part of the big game in this house.
Pulled out some thematically appropriate reading for the Olympics.
February 7, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Pulled out some thematically appropriate reading for the Olympics.
I’ve been a little under the weather the past couple of days, but I can report that my Saturday morning is lovely so far.
February 7, 2026 at 3:26 PM
I’ve been a little under the weather the past couple of days, but I can report that my Saturday morning is lovely so far.
Excellent outing with my firstborn today, one small highlight of which was finding these cool (and v. comfortable) burnt-orange Pumas, which immediately become my go-to kicks for any informal UT event. #HookEm
February 1, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Excellent outing with my firstborn today, one small highlight of which was finding these cool (and v. comfortable) burnt-orange Pumas, which immediately become my go-to kicks for any informal UT event. #HookEm
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
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.
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.
Lesson 1 from ON TYRANNY, by Timothy Snyder.
January 24, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Lesson 1 from ON TYRANNY, by Timothy Snyder.
My gf and I are having coffee at my parents’ breakfast table, chitchatting while we watch the birds out the window — sparrows, cardinal, bluebird, chickadee, etc., plus a hawk perched up high on a tree across the pond.
January 3, 2026 at 4:04 PM
My gf and I are having coffee at my parents’ breakfast table, chitchatting while we watch the birds out the window — sparrows, cardinal, bluebird, chickadee, etc., plus a hawk perched up high on a tree across the pond.
Thanks to my partner, I’m curling up with Seamus Heaney this Christmas.
December 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Thanks to my partner, I’m curling up with Seamus Heaney this Christmas.
The judges have conferred and noted that there are too many clear exceptions for your statement to be applied universally.
December 21, 2025 at 10:27 PM
The judges have conferred and noted that there are too many clear exceptions for your statement to be applied universally.
These are my favorite cookies to make, and this batch turned out especially well. These have pecans, candied ginger, and unsweetened baking chocolate.
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cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1023...
December 21, 2025 at 9:01 PM
These are my favorite cookies to make, and this batch turned out especially well. These have pecans, candied ginger, and unsweetened baking chocolate.
cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1023...
cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1023...
Spent the day downtown at a business meeting — this was our view. The building on the far left, called The Waterline, is the new tallest building in Texas.
December 18, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Spent the day downtown at a business meeting — this was our view. The building on the far left, called The Waterline, is the new tallest building in Texas.
My The-New-Yorker-a-day project continues swimmingly — today makes three straight weeks of going through at least one back issue daily.
As the markup on the table of contents in this photo suggests, parsing what's most worth reading is a significant contributor to progress.
As the markup on the table of contents in this photo suggests, parsing what's most worth reading is a significant contributor to progress.
December 5, 2025 at 9:10 PM
My The-New-Yorker-a-day project continues swimmingly — today makes three straight weeks of going through at least one back issue daily.
As the markup on the table of contents in this photo suggests, parsing what's most worth reading is a significant contributor to progress.
As the markup on the table of contents in this photo suggests, parsing what's most worth reading is a significant contributor to progress.
Friday night chez nous. 🤘
November 29, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Friday night chez nous. 🤘
An excellent holiday dinner was had.
November 28, 2025 at 12:23 AM
An excellent holiday dinner was had.
…in the form of this Very The New Yorker sentence, from Hannah Goldfield’s article about Anthony Bourdain’s piece “Don’t Eat Before Reading This.” The phrase set off by em dashes is 27 words long and contains five commas to frame three appositive phrases. The main sentence is 19 words long.
November 24, 2025 at 3:04 PM
…in the form of this Very The New Yorker sentence, from Hannah Goldfield’s article about Anthony Bourdain’s piece “Don’t Eat Before Reading This.” The phrase set off by em dashes is 27 words long and contains five commas to frame three appositive phrases. The main sentence is 19 words long.
Today’s issue of The New Yorker. I’ve been reading one issue per day to work through the big backlog stacked up in my office. I like the Hilton Als piece on Robert Rauschenberg. Plus I found an editorial gem… [more]
November 24, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Today’s issue of The New Yorker. I’ve been reading one issue per day to work through the big backlog stacked up in my office. I like the Hilton Als piece on Robert Rauschenberg. Plus I found an editorial gem… [more]