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timnokken.bsky.social
Political Scientist - Texas Tech University, MN Sports Fan, Lover of Music, Player of Golf. Increasingly radicalized. Opinions my own.
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It’s outrageous that a masked ICE thug can punch a man in the face and escape consequences anonymously. That’s not America. America is for the thug cop to be identified and THEN escape all significant consequences for lawless brutality after a brief period of paid leave bsky.app/profile/news...

submitted 14 hours ago • 91 comments

There's an updating/initial conditions quip in here somewhere www.yahoo.com/news/recover...

submitted 14 hours ago • 1 comment

I was briefed on the intelligence last week. Iran posed no imminent threat of attack to the United States. Iran was not close to building a deliverable nuclear weapon. The negotiations Israel scuttled with their strikes held the potential for success.

submitted 2 days ago • 484 comments

Public service announcement. The boulevardier is a mighty fine cocktail. Y'all should try one. You'll thank me.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Ask your doctor what treatment the supreme court decided is right for you.

submitted 5 days ago • 134 comments

On campus, this is the divide I see about AI. Faculty who view writing as thinking versus those who see it as a simple chore. The former are in liberal arts and the latter usually includes folks in the business school.

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

This is one reason I don't think these should be in airports. It could've been something that's actually open for service on a Sunday (one where I'm delayed for 2 and a half hours).

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

From STrib 12:24 p.m. - President Donald Trump still hadn’t called Gov. Tim Walz as of noon Sunday, per the governor’s spokesman. Former President Joe Biden called Walz “right away” on Saturday, the spokesman said.

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

I often make references to The Big Lebowski in my classes. Last fall one of the students referred to it as "a dad movie." I couldn't disagree

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

We should've made a bigger national crisis of someone breaking into Nancy Pelosi's home & trying to kill her husband. But then, we should've made a bigger national crisis about hundreds of someones breaking into the Capitol & trying to steal an election. But then, we should've done lots of things.

submitted 9 days ago • 170 comments

I was on a flight from Fargo to Minneapolis with Ryan O'Neal. A girl I went to high school with introduced me. I believe she was seeing Mr O'Neal at the time. Ryan O'Neal also had great hair.

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

Netanyahu wanted to strike Iran when Obama was president. Obama said no and he didn’t. Netanyahu wanted to strike Iran when Biden was president. Biden said no and he didn’t. Netanyahu wanted to strike Iran when Trump is president. Trump said no and he did.

submitted 11 days ago • 46 comments