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Tim Walker
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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)

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Friday night chez nous. 🤘
A big TV showing ABC’s 🏈 broadcast: Texas A&M 0 - Texas 3.
November 29, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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An excellent holiday dinner was had.
Thanksgiving dishes arrayed on the stove for serving: sweet potato casserole, potato gratin casserole, green beans. Two people are serving themselves. A plate with all the foods described from the previous photo, plus glazed ham.
November 28, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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…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.
When the article found its way into The New Yorker — after Bourdain's mother suggested to a New York Times colleague, Esther Fein, that Fein's husband, David Remnick, the magazine's new editor, might want to take a look — "it transformed my life within two days," he said.
November 24, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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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]
The cover of The New Yorker issue of November 17, 2025, which is a colored drawing of a smiling Zohran Mamdani riding in a crowded subway car filled with a diverse mix of people (plus a little dog riding in its owner’s bag). There are also a couple of pigeons perching on the title of the magazine.
November 24, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Today’s TNY: April 15, 2024. It has a very good Sharon Olds poem, plus this witty cover by Peter de Sève.
The cover of The New Yorker issue of April 15, 2024: in this drawing, Peter de Seve has positioned a number of wittily drawn birds of different species on or near a network of flowering vines that crisscrosses the entire space.
November 20, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Here’s four that spring to mind that I happen to have close at hand.
Four books arrayed against a striped cloth backdrop: 1. BRAIDING SWEETGRASS by Robin Wall Kimmerer 2. MAN’S SEARCH FOR MEANING by Viktor Frankl 3. THE CREATIVE ACT by Rick Rubin 4. THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER AND CLAY by Michael Chabon
November 19, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Today’s TNY issue completed: May 30, 2024. Besides a John McPhee piece (he’s one of my faves), there’s a nice review-essay from Kathryn Schulz about the Westminster Dog Show.
A close-up photograph of a woman handling a VERY well-groomed Pomeranian at a dog show.
November 19, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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I’m on a jag of getting rid of one issue per day from my massive stack of New Yorkers. Lots of reading, lots of skimming, lots of skipping.

Here’s today’s victim.
The cover of The New Yorker issue of June 16, 2025. It’s a witty drawing of a white cat sitting on a table, its eyes narrowed as it looks squarely at the viewer. The cat is coolly tipping a glass of red wine onto the exquisite white rug on the floor.
November 18, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Just back from a lovely walk in the woods at my friend’s place.
Autumnal forest, lots of colors, with a stream in the foreground. Same forest with a view up the stream — lots of dark rocks with water flowing among them.
November 9, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Octavia Butler, “The Monophobic Response”
No wonder we need aliens. No wonder we're so good at creating aliens. No wonder we so often project alienness onto one another. This last of course has been the worst of our problems the human alien from another culture, country, gender, race, eth-nicity. This is the tangible alien who can be hurt or killed. There is a vast and terrible sibling rivalry going within the human family as we satisfy our desires for territory, dominance, and exclusivity. How strange: In our ongoing eagerness to create aliens, we express our need for them, and we express our deep fear of being alone in a universe that cares no more for us than it does for stones or suns or any other fragments of itself. And yet we are unable to get along with those aliens who are closest to us, those aliens who are of course ourselves.
November 3, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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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.
October 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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If you’re not going to follow those brisket nachos with some ice cream, what’s the point?
A close-up of two paper bowls, one containing vanilla ice cream sandwiched between chocolate-chip cookies from Tiff’s Treats, the other with vanilla ice cream from Gati and Oreo crumbles on top of a brownie.
October 5, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Feed me brisket nachos so I know it’s real. #ACLFest
A picnic table with two paper baskets of nachos topped with shredded brisket. There are also water bottles and hats on the table.
October 5, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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These dogs have a hard life, I tell you.
A big brown-&-white dog snoozes on the floor, half on a rug and half under the edge of the bed. (She does this trick with the sofa in the living room, too.) An American bulldog mix, mostly white with brindled patches, sleeps hard in a big leather armchair.
October 4, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Loved getting my preorder of @ladiwoods.bsky.social’s book!
A paperback copy of The Great Grown-Up Game of Make-Believe, by Lauren D. Woods.
October 1, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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A tiny-ass tabby kitten sits on a wooden floor, looking pensive. It is wearing a tiny black witch’s hat and has a little jack-o-lantern. The caption says “It’s October 1st. It’s spooky time.”
October 1, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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ENVY ME NOW, PEOPLE; today’s #bookmail features my longtime online pal @runwithskizzers.bsky.social — teenage rom-com, here I come!
A paperback copy of Preeti Chhibber’s new novel, PAYAL MEHTA’S ROMANCE REVENGE PLOT.
September 26, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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BREAKING NEWS: First morning this season that’s been cool enough for us to sit outside with our coffee.
A backyard scene with a black metal patio table, mugs of coffee, notebooks, partial view of cute girlfriend reading the news on her phone, etc.
September 26, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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Currently: #RugbyWorldCup and another pot of tea.

(Not shown: piles of notes I’m working through as I plan my work for the coming week.)
France in blue, England in white in a Rugby World Cup semifinal match. Tea stuff on a kitchen counter, including a Brown Betty teapot in a knit tea cozy.
September 20, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Very nice!
A black t-shirt spread out on a bedspread. It has a skull and crossbones — like on a pirate flag — and the words “ST. PAULI” in large block letters.
September 18, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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I'll miss watching Bundesliga and La Liga games, and I guess my gf and I could squeeze in the rest of Only Murders in the Building in the couple of weeks remaining on my subscription. But there are *plenty* of entertainment options out there.
A screenshot that says "Subscription Details" and shows the logos for Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN. The premium bundle for the three services costs $26.99 per month. A screenshot from the Disney+ site that says "Ok, your subscription has been cancelled" and says that I'll be receiving a confirmation via e-mail. I have until October 5th to use my subscription. A screenshot from the Disney+ site that says "Please tell us why you canceled. By the way, this is optional." It lists a bunch of possible reasons including "Billing confusion," "Technical issues," "Too expensive," and so on. Under "Other" at the bottom of the list, this message is typed into the freeform response box: "Caving on the Jimmy Kimmel issue rather than standing up for the First Amendment. Shame on The Walt Disney Company!"
September 18, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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Robert Redford, of fond memory, wore the HELL out of a tweed jacket.
A photograph of a flat-screen TV showing a scene from SPY GAME in which Redford is wearing the absolute HELL out of a gray tweed jacket with a medium-blue shirt, a dark tie, and tortoiseshell glasses.
September 17, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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Bookmail du jour, part 3: a lovely-looking memoir by @jallenpaisant.bsky.social — which I preordered after seeing it in a @milkweededitions.bsky.social newsletter.
A lovely paperback of THE POSSIBILITY OF TENDERNESS: A Jamaican Memoir of Plants and Dreams, by Jason Allen-Paisant. It has a vivid color drawing of a mango against a dark background.
September 15, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Bookmail du jour, part 2: in which @theferocity.bsky.social & @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social descend upon my house.
The cover of THE PEOPLE’S PROJECT, curated by Saeed Jones and Maggie Smith. It’s a small book with a blue-and-white cover and black lettering. The front flyleaf of THE PEOPLE’S PROJECT, which shows a full-bleed black-and-white photo of protestors of different races marching with a United States flag, inverted. Table of Contents for THE PEOPLE’S PROJECT, first page: Contents Introduction: Saeed and Maggie Let's All Stay Alive by Alexander Chee Catching the Light by Joy Harjo Chile, I'm not playing with you! Look at it! by Patricia Smith Ode to Joy by Victoria Chang My Own Project 2025 by Maggie Smith Transness as Freedom: An Offering by Chase Strangio An Education by Eula Biss PERFORMANCE SCORES FOR THE ENDINGS AND BEGINNINGS OF WORLDS by Sam Sax Raising the Resistance by Aubrey Hirsch Watching the Valley Oaks While Waiting to Become Braver by Ada Limón Resisting Despair Amidst Know-Your-Place Aggression by Koritha Mitchell Look Ahead, Look Back by Jason Bryan Silverstein Non-Citizen by Jill Damatac Noni, Are You Home? by Aruni Kashyap Table of Contents for THE PEOPLE’S PROJECT, second page: And. But. Ugh. Yet. Y'all. Mmm. Yes. by Kiese Laymon My Project 2025 by Saeed Jones Snail's Pace: The Art of Cripping Time by Alice Wong For Hope by Abi Maxwell Good Pain! by Tiana Clark Fix Up, Look Sharp by Marlon James The Right Question by Ashley C. Ford Portrait of Myself as a Boat by Kay Jones Return Ghazal by Hala Alyan Time of War by Danez Smith You Are Here by Mira Jacob Weathered Hands by Imani Perry Puzzle by Randall Mann Notes
September 15, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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Bookmail du jour, part 1: @poopraven.bsky.social knows how to package a book.
The edge of a slim white shipping box that says RAVENSWORD PRESS *SPECIAL* in light purple ink. There is also a cool bird logo. Inside the opened box, with purple, red, and fuchsia paper accents, plus a bookmark and a business card. The unwrapped book: The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: A Charlie Hart Novel, by Roxy Chambers. The cover and edge of the book, showing the cool bands of color that extend the design of the cover along the edges of the pages.
September 15, 2025 at 11:27 PM