@challenbrook.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Political Science at California State University, Dominguez Hills. Political theorist. Educator. Hobbes Scholar. Opinions my own.
15.02.2026 20:28 — 👍 229 🔁 46 💬 9 📌 4
Celsius is the scientist temperature measurement in that it’s the most conceptually coherent , Fahrenheit is the engineer temperature measurement in that it’s actually optimized to be useful for it’s main use case of communicating everyday temperatures.
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This is the best edited volume I've read in quite a while and will be a big help when I teach my political violence class in the fall @sbmitche.bsky.social #politicalscience #violence #teaching
09.02.2026 21:48 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1This contract has less than zero value added for our students
01.02.2026 20:05 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
My filibuster primer on Quick Civics #Civics #congress #politics
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Did an executive orders primer for Quick Civics #civics #politics #politicalscinece #potus
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One of the best parts of telling my infant daughter "Cleopatra lived closer in time to you than did to the construction of the Great Pyramid at Giza" is watching my wife's exasperated face as I trot the fact out for the 10,000th time
13.01.2026 20:24 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0"Lying on the floor feels good for my back" is a sure sign I've hit middle age
13.01.2026 20:22 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0If I ever finish this book, which will bring me no obvious economic benefit, the ten or so readers can at least take comfort and joy knowing that no AI was used in its production at any point.
12.01.2026 15:33 — 👍 33 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
If you want to have an extended blue Christmas, pick this up from Anexity Press and benefit Feed the Children #gritlit #indylit
07.01.2026 22:49 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Still time to get someone you love (or hate) my book as a Christmas present! #politicalscience #justice #books #booksky
20.12.2025 17:10 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Forgot what the 3rd Amendment is? That's what Quick Civics is for! #politics #politicalscience #billofrights
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The 2nd Amendment is next up on Quick Civics #gunrights #guncontrol #politics
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Asking your library (university or public) to buy my book is a big help and gets the ideas out there! #politcs #justice #politicalscience #booksky
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Freedom of religion has arrived on Quick Civics as I work my way through the Bill of Rights #politics #religion #billofrights
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My current nightstand reading. When the beautiful pain of @jdclappwrites.bsky.social becomes to much for me, I switch over to the Bosnian genocide #literature #reader #gritlit #Bosnia @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social
09.11.2025 21:58 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Prop 50 returns to Quick Civics as I discuss what's next after it passed on Tuesday #politics #California #gerrymandering
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dialed up a primer on term limits for "Quick Civics" #politics #politicalscience #uspolitics
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Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
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couldn't have done it without my friend and co-author @ryanreed.bsky.social
28.10.2025 19:11 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Publication Day came early! My #book on intergenerational justice is now published and if you buy it at the link below I get a much bigger cut of the sale price than if you buy it elsewhere! #justice #philosophy #politicalscience #booksky
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It’s been six months since the release of my debut collection, THE LOWEST BASIN: ARIZONA STORIES @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social
A sincere thank you to everyone who bought a copy, came to a reading, asked for an interview, wrote a review, you name it. Seriously means the world.
If you’re interested, you can purchase a copy here: www.amazon.com/Lowest-Basin...
27.10.2025 14:51 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
I made a quick primer on what we mean by ideology #civics #politics #ideology
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#mariners fans getting ready for #ALCS game 7
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This week on Quick Civics: Federalism #civics #politics #federalism
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Political violence is a big topic for this week's Quick Civics #politics
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Freedom of Speech is my latest "Quick Civics" topic #politics #freespeech #firstamendment #billofrights
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I think my response was "wait...what? we are still doing that?...okay, I could write a book" #booksky
01.10.2025 18:56 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
I'm starting doing YouTube shorts examining political concepts
#politics #politicalscience
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