Tim Lockette

What our society is doing is the exact opposite of Asimov’s Laws of Robotics. We realized that harming humans is the short-term profitable use of AI and robots, so we prioritized AI’s use in weapons, hacks and scams.

I’ve said again and again that if there’s a violent civil conflict in this country, it’ll be Trump v. Vance, not left v. right. Right-wing morons on Twitter are now spreading theories about a conspiracy to oust Trump before Jan. 3. There’s one plausible target for that….

Here’s a thought: maybe he should just butt out of it and let preachers preach what they want to preach. www.al.com/politics/202...

I was half-joking when I told my class today that I was in a manic state. But my Fitbit credited me with 45 minutes of cardio for that hour.

Let’s oust Trump and call the whole damn country New America. abcnews4.com/news/nation-...

Tech bros don’t care about our jobs. Let’s NOT bail them out when the AI bubble bursts!

Impeach. Convict. www.cnn.com/2026/10/16/e...

No one promised us a fairy tale — and yet, somehow, everyone promised us a fairy tale. thenorthmeridianreview.org/blog/review-...

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.

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.

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

Come out and read with us! Jax State’s Merrill Hall, 4 p.m. Monday. www.jsuchanticleer.com/news/jax-sta...

“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...?

Reading is an act of defiance. Your defiance is beautiful. Come out and read with us. www.annistonstar.com/news/educati...

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...

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!

Brace yourselves, Gulf Coast. www.politico.com/news/2026/05...

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.

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.

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.

Proud to be Alabamian, proud to be unusual. Like Sun Ra, Juliette Hampton Morgan or Birmingham Batman.

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.

Some people love AI, but I prefer the old-school solution: poisoning Mozart slowly.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

Americans: “Lower gas prices, please. Let’s end this war.” GOP: “Flock cameras and AI will help us finally hunt down the furries!”

Gotta love it.

When the AI sector crashes, let’s NOT bail them out.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

When I hear people say AI will make us all rich, I think about how Theranos revolutionized medicine.

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?

Most corrupt administration in history. www.propublica.org/article/dona...

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

Oops, I forgot my promise and gave your $5,000 to an Argentine cattle rancher.

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."

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...

Next to Gomez and Morticia, I think Baby Billy and Aint Tifny are my favorite TV couple.

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.

Given the current situation, I think we should name it after Mark Knopfler and his band. thehill.com/homenews/adm...

It’s the one between Lake Epstein and Lake Bonespurs. apnews.com/article/lake...