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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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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Quicksort explained IKEA-style
idea-instructions.com/quick-sort/
idea-instructions.com/quick-sort/
KVICK SÖRT
Quicksort is an efficient sorting algorithm based on a divide and conquer approach. Choosing the dividing element at random is a good strategy to avoid bad worst-case runtime.
idea-instructions.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Quicksort explained IKEA-style
idea-instructions.com/quick-sort/
idea-instructions.com/quick-sort/
I always learn new things from @dieworkwear.bsky.social threads like this one.
Yesterday, Roger Stone announced his partnership with a menswear company, where together they've released a collection of tailored clothing items.
Here is my review of those pieces. 🧵
Here is my review of those pieces. 🧵
November 29, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I always learn new things from @dieworkwear.bsky.social threads like this one.
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Really enjoying this Texas game because, as a Red Raider, I'm not really used to winning, but I very much am into spoiling other teams' perfect seasons.
November 29, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Really enjoying this Texas game because, as a Red Raider, I'm not really used to winning, but I very much am into spoiling other teams' perfect seasons.
AGAIN!! 🏈
November 29, 2025 at 4:08 AM
AGAIN!! 🏈
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I truly do not care about nitpicking the accuracy of the D&D rules jargon in Stranger Things but then they go and do one that’s referencing an edition of the game that won’t exist until these children have mortgages and I can’t help it.
November 29, 2025 at 3:39 AM
I truly do not care about nitpicking the accuracy of the D&D rules jargon in Stranger Things but then they go and do one that’s referencing an edition of the game that won’t exist until these children have mortgages and I can’t help it.
Friday night chez nous. 🤘
November 29, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Friday night chez nous. 🤘
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ASTOUNDINGLY high quality work here. And I don’t even like deviled eggs!
November 28, 2025 at 5:16 AM
ASTOUNDINGLY high quality work here. And I don’t even like deviled eggs!
My 27yo is telling me about this now, and I’m mostly just disappointed I didn’t know about it earlier.
If you haven't seen this episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver about Chuck Schumer & his pretend friends "the Baileys", you need to. The man is not well
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youtu.be/dijMKwZMU2Q?...
The Baileys: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
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November 28, 2025 at 1:26 AM
My 27yo is telling me about this now, and I’m mostly just disappointed I didn’t know about it earlier.
An excellent holiday dinner was had.
November 28, 2025 at 12:23 AM
An excellent holiday dinner was had.
1960s — Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid
1970s — The Godfather
1980s — Raising Arizona
1990s — Pulp Fiction
1970s — The Godfather
1980s — Raising Arizona
1990s — Pulp Fiction
Name 4 Films from 4 Decades.
November 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
1960s — Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid
1970s — The Godfather
1980s — Raising Arizona
1990s — Pulp Fiction
1970s — The Godfather
1980s — Raising Arizona
1990s — Pulp Fiction
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]
Today’s TNY: April 15, 2024. It has a very good Sharon Olds poem, plus this witty cover by Peter de Sève.
November 20, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Today’s TNY: April 15, 2024. It has a very good Sharon Olds poem, plus this witty cover by Peter de Sève.
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Since these emails came out, I’ve had the same thoughts. If I emailed/texted anyone with half of the shitty syntax they use, they’d wonder if I had a stroke.
Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
November 13, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Since these emails came out, I’ve had the same thoughts. If I emailed/texted anyone with half of the shitty syntax they use, they’d wonder if I had a stroke.
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"Every punctuation mark we include when transcribing spoken language is there by implication, through context and convention."
—beautifully expressed by @cussedwench.bsky.social
—beautifully expressed by @cussedwench.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 12:35 AM
"Every punctuation mark we include when transcribing spoken language is there by implication, through context and convention."
—beautifully expressed by @cussedwench.bsky.social
—beautifully expressed by @cussedwench.bsky.social
In a couple of hours I get to haul several things to the curb for bulk pickup tomorrow, and I'm stoked about it.
It's the little (in this case bulky) things, you know? 🙂
It's the little (in this case bulky) things, you know? 🙂
November 19, 2025 at 9:12 PM
In a couple of hours I get to haul several things to the curb for bulk pickup tomorrow, and I'm stoked about it.
It's the little (in this case bulky) things, you know? 🙂
It's the little (in this case bulky) things, you know? 🙂
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One of the things that the great Irish painter Bacon does not get enough recognition for is the colours he uses in his backgrounds. This gray-blue, mustard, sand combination seem to pull the figure apart as it squirms inwards. As always nihilism & existentialism are in balance, or are they?
Study for Self-Portrait | Francis Bacon
1984
1984
November 19, 2025 at 8:49 PM
One of the things that the great Irish painter Bacon does not get enough recognition for is the colours he uses in his backgrounds. This gray-blue, mustard, sand combination seem to pull the figure apart as it squirms inwards. As always nihilism & existentialism are in balance, or are they?
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THIS IS COOL. The artist, Marilou Schultz, has been creating chip rugs since 1994, when Intel commissioned a rug based on the Pentium as a gift to AISES (American Indian Science & Engineering Society).
A Navajo weaving of an integrated circuit: the 555 timer
The noted Diné (Navajo) weaver Marilou Schultz recently completed an intricate weaving composed of thick white lines on a black background, ...
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November 19, 2025 at 8:30 PM
THIS IS COOL. The artist, Marilou Schultz, has been creating chip rugs since 1994, when Intel commissioned a rug based on the Pentium as a gift to AISES (American Indian Science & Engineering Society).
As I was saying earlier to @thebrooklynlove.bsky.social — who pointed me to this article — our current “…FO” period in human history is FASCINATING. 🍿
(Often also horrifying, but fascinating.)
(Often also horrifying, but fascinating.)
November 19, 2025 at 8:32 PM
As I was saying earlier to @thebrooklynlove.bsky.social — who pointed me to this article — our current “…FO” period in human history is FASCINATING. 🍿
(Often also horrifying, but fascinating.)
(Often also horrifying, but fascinating.)
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Eternal comics truths, from a 2006 article in the Hackensack, NJ, Record:
November 19, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Eternal comics truths, from a 2006 article in the Hackensack, NJ, Record:
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What kind of #earlymodern knee pad would you choose to look fancy around the year 1500? I would totally be wearing number 7 or 10. #skystorians
November 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
What kind of #earlymodern knee pad would you choose to look fancy around the year 1500? I would totally be wearing number 7 or 10. #skystorians
Well this looks fascinating.
November 19, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Well this looks fascinating.