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Tim Lockette

@timlockette.bsky.social
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Writer, teacher, former journalist. Author of “Atty at Law,” “Atty in Love” and “Tell It True” — a winner of the Whippoorwill Book Award. (he/him) timlockette.com

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Tim Lockette @timlockette.bsky.social · 3h
No one promised us a fairy tale — and yet, somehow, everyone promised us a fairy tale. thenorthmeridianreview.org/blog/review-...
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Review, “Magic Can’t Save Us: Eighteen Tales of Likely Failure,” by Josh Denslow. — North Meridian Press
Josh Denslow. Magic Can’t Save Us: Eighteen Tales of Likely Failure. New Orleans: University of New Orleans Press, 2025. Reviewed by Tim Lockette One night, as I was working my way through Josh De...
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Tim Lockette @timlockette.bsky.social · 4h
What a moron. He’s saying he’s losing because voters have moved to Alabama from blue states, where they have public school. Absolute moron.
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Tim Lockette @timlockette.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Phoebe Cates bit a Muppet in “Gremlins 2” and y’all didn’t say nothin’https://abcnews.com/amp/GMA/Culture/selma-blair-arrested-after-alleged-altercation-delta-flight/story?id=137202403.
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Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
As you get older, you realize the importance of having a large amount of shallow bowls in which to put small amounts of discrete objects
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Tim Lockette @timlockette.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Come out and read with us! Jax State’s Merrill Hall, 4 p.m. Monday. www.jsuchanticleer.com/news/jax-sta...
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Jax State to host Banned Books Read-In
Jax State’s English Department will host its annual Banned Books Read-In on Monday in the Merrill Hall Atrium at 4 p.m.
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Tim Lockette @timlockette.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
“Tell It True” is a book about a teen who witnesses an execution. Drawn from my own experiences as a reporter covering the death penalty. May be useful for teachers and parents who want to talk to kids about the horror that is coming. www.amazon.com/Tell-True-Ti...?
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Tell It True
Amazon.com: Tell It True: 9781644210826: Lockette, Tim: Books
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Tim Lockette @timlockette.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
“Tell It True” is a book about a teen who witnesses an execution. Drawn from my own experiences as a reporter covering the death penalty. May be useful for teachers and parents who want to talk to kids about the horror that is coming. www.amazon.com/Tell-True-Ti...?
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Tell It True
Amazon.com: Tell It True: 9781644210826: Lockette, Tim: Books
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Tim Lockette @timlockette.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Reading is an act of defiance. Your defiance is beautiful. Come out and read with us. www.annistonstar.com/news/educati...
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JSU English department counters censorship with read-in
The Jax State English Department is tackling censorship with a read-in. From beloved classics to young adult favorites, the annual Banned Books Read-In brings the campus community together to celebrat...
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Tim Lockette @timlockette.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
In Canada, Smarties is a name for weird M &Ms and Rockets is the name for Smarties.
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Tim Lockette @timlockette.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Our veterinarian has “Dance of the Yao People” as his hold music and now I can’t get it out of my head. Did anybody here play “Way of the Exploding Fist” on C-64? m.youtube.com/watch?v=o-95...
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“Dance of the Yao People” for Chinese Orchestra-2022 New Year Concert of Chinese Orchestral Music
YouTube video by China NCPA
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Tim Lockette @timlockette.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
What is up with the cotton this year? I always think of November as the month with fields that look like snow. And now everybody’s rushing out to harvest, to beat the hurricane, I guess. It’s the first week of October!
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Tim Lockette @timlockette.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Brace yourselves, Gulf Coast. www.politico.com/news/2026/05...
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‘Holding our breath’: Hurricane season is here, and FEMA is shorthanded
The agency’s workforce has shrunk by almost 20 percent under President Donald Trump.
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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Speak out. Show up. Then consider taking a seat at the table. This Banned Books Week, learn what it takes to serve on the local boards and councils that shape our libraries. ➡️ Start at ReadLeadRun.org.
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Seven Stories Press @sevenstories.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Please don’t buy our books on Amazon. If you can’t afford to buy them from a real bookstore or from us directly, pirate them from Anna’s Archive like God intended.
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Tim Lockette @timlockette.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
If the Iranians wipe out two American cities, that’s a small price to pay to keep them from getting a weapon that could wipe out one American city.
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Tim Lockette @timlockette.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Proud to be Alabamian, proud to be unusual. Like Sun Ra, Juliette Hampton Morgan or Birmingham Batman.
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Tim Lockette @timlockette.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
If Tuberville won’t debate Jones and the Alabama Supreme Court won’t rule on Tuberville’s residency, perhaps we should hold a series of public events in which regular Alabamians debate Tuberville’s residency.
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Tim Lockette @timlockette.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Some people love AI, but I prefer the old-school solution: poisoning Mozart slowly.
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Salieri in Period Costume
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Tim Lockette @timlockette.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I’m sure it’s tough to be in prison in your 80s, but some people deserve it. www.cnn.com/2026/10/01/b...
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Another Trump meme coin contest promises an ‘exclusive’ dinner with the president | CNN Business
The firm behind President Donald Trump’s crypto keepsake known as a meme coin is promoting yet another contest for investors to secure an invitation to “the most exclusive dinner in the world” — a seq...
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Tim Lockette @timlockette.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Good lord. The whole point of polling is to get a REAL data point to correct your assumptions. Why on Earth would someone want an AI poll, which is based on PAST polling data? www.pewresearch.org/data-labs/20...
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How well synthetic polls capture the diversity of public opinion
AI survey respondents are more likely than humans to agree on one answer choice or avoid a response option entirely.
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Tim Lockette @timlockette.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Investors expect a big return from AI because it’s the biggest act of theft since Columbus. Stealing the intellectual labor of every writer, artist, musician and programmer who ever existed.
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Tim Lockette @timlockette.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Please listen to the people with experience in implementing the death penalty. It’s cruel to everyone involved, even the people who carry it out. It’s an empty promise to victims’ families. deathpenaltyinfo.org/resources/po...
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Ron McAndrew, Former Florida Warden Who Presided Over Executions | Death Penalty Information Center
In the latest episode of “ Discussions with DPIC ,” Anne Holsinger, Managing Director of DPIC, interviews Ron McAndrew, a former Florida Prison Warden who…
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Tim Lockette @timlockette.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Nobody tell Tuberville about our furry visitors from a Communist country. He’ll lose his shit. Worse, he’ll post about it. www.cnn.com/2026/09/26/a...
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2 giant pandas arrive at Atlanta airport bound for Zoo Atlanta in a rare loan from China | CNN
Two giant pandas on loan from the Chinese government as part of Beijing’s long tradition of “panda diplomacy” have landed in Atlanta Sunday and are headed to the city’s zoo, according to CNN’s team at...
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Tim Lockette @timlockette.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Americans: “Lower gas prices, please. Let’s end this war.” GOP: “Flock cameras and AI will help us finally hunt down the furries!”
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Tim Lockette @timlockette.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Gotta love it.
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Tim Lockette @timlockette.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
When the AI sector crashes, let’s NOT bail them out.
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Tim Lockette @timlockette.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The Alabama Supreme Court could do the GOP a favor today by disqualifying Tommy Tuberville from running for governor. This would allow party leaders to nominate someone who isn’t in the back pocket of AI moguls, someone who cares about gas prices and doesn’t care about furries.
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Tim Lockette @timlockette.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It’s terrifying to think that a tiny percentage of pilots and flight attendants are doing completely legal things in the privacy of their own homes. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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Alabama’s Tuberville worries aloud about airline personnel joining ‘the furry community’
In the closing weeks of his campaign, the senator is focused on “bringing back mental institutions” and fearing furries who fly airplanes.
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Tim Lockette @timlockette.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is for real, people. Last time I flew, one of the flight attendants was dressed like the San Diego Chicken. Could barely fit down the aisle. We crashed because of this. Not a single one of us survived. www.yahoo.com/news/politic...
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Alabama’s Tuberville worries aloud about airline personnel joining ‘the furry community’
In the closing weeks of his campaign, the senator is focused on “bringing back mental institutions” and fearing furries who fly airplanes.
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Tim Lockette @timlockette.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
There has never been majority support for this war. There was never a Congressional authorization for this war. If Trump had followed the law, we wouldn’t be in this bind. www.cnn.com/2026/09/22/p...
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Republican support for Trump’s handling of war in Iran shows cracks in new CNN poll | CNN Politics
Americans’ opposition to the war in Iran has hardened, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS, with almost two-thirds saying the US is not winning the conflict and more saying President Donald ...
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Tim Lockette @timlockette.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This is how Alabama’s conservative media acknowledges that a) Trump has driven gas prices up 76 percent and b) Democrat Doug Jones wants to give you a tax break.
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Tim Lockette @timlockette.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
It’s like a liberal’s fever dream. The Republican Party has decided to back AI over humans, and anti-humanity is the hill they’re prepared to die on.
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Tim Lockette @timlockette.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
When I hear people say AI will make us all rich, I think about how Theranos revolutionized medicine.
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Tim Lockette @timlockette.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
For those who say “no one has explained how AI would kill us all” I’d counter with “no one has explained how AI will make us all rich.” AI advocates say it will cure cancer or fix the climate — but where is the evidence AI is being used for this kind of research?
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Tim Lockette @timlockette.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Most corrupt administration in history. www.propublica.org/article/dona...
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
A bully shouts "fight me, loser" at a random guy. The guy holds up a Pokéball to which the bully replies "a Pokéball? What are you? Some sort of asshole?" The man puts the pokéball up to his forehead, closes his eyes and says "Bees... I choose you!" The man throws the pokéball and a swarm of bees emerge, stinging the fleeing assailant.
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Tim Lockette @timlockette.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
There is perhaps a 10 percent chance that my books will cause the extinction of humanity in the next decade. Please keep buying my books, because I intend to go on writing them. Timlockette.com
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Tim Lockette
A young activist learns about love, principle and the choices we all must make.
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Tim Lockette @timlockette.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Oops, I forgot my promise and gave your $5,000 to an Argentine cattle rancher.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
9/11 victim Michael Massaroli’s son: "You do my dad's legacy & the legacy of all victims no honor using this tragedy to spread hate. I've had to spend 25 years seeing people use it to hate on our Muslim brothers & sisters, people who don't look like them."
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Tim Lockette @timlockette.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
While the Saudis begged for air support, Trump was busy with his made-up political convention. Now a small enemy force has managed to open up a second front in the war. www.cnn.com/2026/09/12/m...
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‘A f***-up of epic proportions’: Blame game begins after Iran-backed Houthis’ lightning advance down Red Sea coast | CNN
Desperate pleas for air cover from Yemeni generals started coming mid-morning on Thursday. As the Houthis advanced, backup support from Saudi Arabia was nowhere in sight.
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Appalachian Blue @republicofcascadia.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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Tim Lockette @timlockette.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Next to Gomez and Morticia, I think Baby Billy and Aint Tifny are my favorite TV couple.
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Baby Billy Freeman Blows a Kiss
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Tim Lockette @timlockette.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I’m so glad the GOP is pulling candidates off the campaign trail for a convention in which nothing will be decided, to tout messages that should have died in the primary, for an America that would rather watch football.
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Tim Lockette @timlockette.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Given the current situation, I think we should name it after Mark Knopfler and his band. thehill.com/homenews/adm...
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Trump floats renaming Strait of Hormuz after himself
President Trump on Wednesday floated changing the name of the Strait of Hormuz to the Trump Strait, despite the waterway not having a single owner. “Now that we have it under U.S.A. control, should…
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Tim Lockette @timlockette.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
It’s the one between Lake Epstein and Lake Bonespurs. apnews.com/article/lake...
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Trump signs order renaming Lake Ontario as 'Lake America' in the United States
President Donald Trump says he's renaming Lake Ontario to be known as “Lake America” in the United States as he escalates his trade war with Canada.
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Tim Lockette @timlockette.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Everything from the Tuberville camp is about the inevitability of bad things. No point in debate, they say. No point in primaries. No fighting AI. No way to save Social Security. Just lie down and take it. But no. We actually have a chance to vote. www.al.com/news/huntsvi...
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Tommy Tuberville on why he won’t debate governor challenger Doug Jones: ‘There’s no reason’
People know where candidates stand on issues, senator says.
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Tim Lockette @timlockette.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Canada should end all energy exports to the U. S. No more oil, no cross-border energy service. Risky for the Canucks, but Trump would cave in 36 hours.
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Tim Lockette @timlockette.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
.@Canada, I’m thinking of ways we can make it up to you when this all blows over. How about a law that requires Trump to literally kiss Doug Ford’s ass? Would that be enough?
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Tim Lockette @timlockette.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Trump seems determined to find ways to insult our friends and allies in the deepest, most senseless and most lasting ways possible. Exactly what you’d do if you if Putin hired you to destroy our alliances. www.cnn.com/2026/08/24/b...
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French has become a sticking point in the Canada-US trade dispute. Here’s why | CNN Business
As a trade war between the United States and Canada looms following the collapse of talks last week, a key issue has emerged: French language laws.
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Tim Lockette @timlockette.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Republicans should be cheering for the effort to disqualify Tuberville. It would give them a chance to dump a candidate who loves AI datacenters and hates Social Security.
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