Tim O'Coin
@trokie.bsky.social
Murrow & Emmy Award-winning News Producer at WPRI.
Trekkie 🖖 since 1988.
Opinions are my own.
Trekkie 🖖 since 1988.
Opinions are my own.
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Happy 17 01 day to all who celebrate.
January 17, 2026 at 9:45 AM
Happy 17 01 day to all who celebrate.
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#BREAKING: Police are investigating possible ties between the Brown University shooting and a deadly attack on an MIT professor just days later.
Get details as this story develops: https://www.wpri.com/target-12/police-probe-potential-ties-between-brown-university-attack-and-mit-professor-slaying/
Get details as this story develops: https://www.wpri.com/target-12/police-probe-potential-ties-between-brown-university-attack-and-mit-professor-slaying/
December 18, 2025 at 6:35 PM
#BREAKING: Police are investigating possible ties between the Brown University shooting and a deadly attack on an MIT professor just days later.
Get details as this story develops: https://www.wpri.com/target-12/police-probe-potential-ties-between-brown-university-attack-and-mit-professor-slaying/
Get details as this story develops: https://www.wpri.com/target-12/police-probe-potential-ties-between-brown-university-attack-and-mit-professor-slaying/
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#BREAKING: A student intern at Rhode Island Superior Court was briefly taken into custody by ICE this afternoon before a judge intervened, 12 News has learned. Story by @jusolyn.bsky.social and @timwhiteri.bsky.social: ⤵️
RI judge intervenes after ICE mistakenly detains Superior Court intern
A teenager was nearly taken into federal immigration custody in Providence Thursday afternoon before a Superior Court judge intervened, according to the Rhode Island Judiciary.
www.wpri.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:51 PM
#BREAKING: A student intern at Rhode Island Superior Court was briefly taken into custody by ICE this afternoon before a judge intervened, 12 News has learned. Story by @jusolyn.bsky.social and @timwhiteri.bsky.social: ⤵️
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For Ron Rudat, working at Hasbro was more than just a paycheck — it was a passion.
He shared his story with Shiina LoSciuto: https://www.wpri.com/business-news/gi-joe-designer-reminisces-about-working-at-hasbro/
He shared his story with Shiina LoSciuto: https://www.wpri.com/business-news/gi-joe-designer-reminisces-about-working-at-hasbro/
September 11, 2025 at 12:32 AM
For Ron Rudat, working at Hasbro was more than just a paycheck — it was a passion.
He shared his story with Shiina LoSciuto: https://www.wpri.com/business-news/gi-joe-designer-reminisces-about-working-at-hasbro/
He shared his story with Shiina LoSciuto: https://www.wpri.com/business-news/gi-joe-designer-reminisces-about-working-at-hasbro/
The Tuvix sidequest is gonna be something...
🚨BREAKING - New Voyager Game!
A second new #StarTrek game was just announced!
“#StarTrekVoyager - Across the Unknown” is a new story-driven strategy game coming to PC & consoles coming soon from GameXcite.
Release date: TBA
A second new #StarTrek game was just announced!
“#StarTrekVoyager - Across the Unknown” is a new story-driven strategy game coming to PC & consoles coming soon from GameXcite.
Release date: TBA
August 20, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The Tuvix sidequest is gonna be something...
If you see this, quote with a robot that isn’t from “Star Wars,” “Star Trek,” “Dr. Who,” or “Transformers.”
July 5, 2025 at 2:34 PM
If you see this, quote with a robot that isn’t from “Star Wars,” “Star Trek,” “Dr. Who,” or “Transformers.”
Any fellow #TalkingHeads fans out there?
When RISD acquired a collection of materials from a New York artist and former lecturer, archivists had no idea it included a piece of music history that could be traced right back to Providence.
Story by @hannahcotter.bsky.social and @jusolyn.bsky.social: www.wpri.com/dont-miss/pr...
Story by @hannahcotter.bsky.social and @jusolyn.bsky.social: www.wpri.com/dont-miss/pr...
February 20, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Any fellow #TalkingHeads fans out there?
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NEW: After more than 50 years, an early demo of Talking Heads hit “Psycho Killer” has surfaced at RISD.
The tape of The Artistics, the first band of frontman David Byrne and drummer Chris Frantz, was recorded in a Providence apartment.
I spoke with Frantz:
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/14/m...
The tape of The Artistics, the first band of frontman David Byrne and drummer Chris Frantz, was recorded in a Providence apartment.
I spoke with Frantz:
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/14/m...
After more than 50 years, an early demo of Talking Heads hit “Psycho Killer” has surfaced at RISD - The Boston Globe
The tape of The Artistics, the first band of frontman David Byrne and drummer Chris Frantz, was recorded in a Providence apartment and is now in the RISD Archives.
www.bostonglobe.com
February 14, 2025 at 12:46 PM
NEW: After more than 50 years, an early demo of Talking Heads hit “Psycho Killer” has surfaced at RISD.
The tape of The Artistics, the first band of frontman David Byrne and drummer Chris Frantz, was recorded in a Providence apartment.
I spoke with Frantz:
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/14/m...
The tape of The Artistics, the first band of frontman David Byrne and drummer Chris Frantz, was recorded in a Providence apartment.
I spoke with Frantz:
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/14/m...
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i started playing balatro while i’m staying in vegas
January 12, 2025 at 6:06 AM
i started playing balatro while i’m staying in vegas
How I’m COUNTing down to the new year.
January 1, 2025 at 2:31 AM
How I’m COUNTing down to the new year.
Good journalism at work:
dallasexpress.com/tarrant/excl...
dallasexpress.com/tarrant/excl...
EXCLUSIVE: Where is Congresswoman Kay Granger?
Amid the ongoing drama in D.C. with Congress debating on an interim spending bill a key question has arisen, "Where is Congresswoman Kay Granger?"
dallasexpress.com
December 22, 2024 at 5:58 PM
Good journalism at work:
dallasexpress.com/tarrant/excl...
dallasexpress.com/tarrant/excl...
#StarTrekLowerDecks spoilers without context.
a close up of a person 's face with lightning coming from it
Alt: Ryu preparing to perform his signature hadoken from the opening of Street Fighter II the animated movie.
media.tenor.com
December 21, 2024 at 10:03 PM
#StarTrekLowerDecks spoilers without context.
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I am greatly surprised and gratified by this honor, but I feel bound to say in the same breath that #StarTrekIITheWrathofKhan stands on the shoulders of many who contributed to the film as well as those who have gone before. Alas, they are not here to take their well-deserved bows. 1/3
National Film Registry: ‘Dirty Dancing’, ‘Beverly Hills Cop’, ‘Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan’ & ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ Among 25 Movies Added This Year
The National Film Registry added 25 titles for 2024 including 'Dirty Dancing', 'Beverly Hills Cop', 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre' and more.
deadline.com
December 17, 2024 at 5:07 PM
I am greatly surprised and gratified by this honor, but I feel bound to say in the same breath that #StarTrekIITheWrathofKhan stands on the shoulders of many who contributed to the film as well as those who have gone before. Alas, they are not here to take their well-deserved bows. 1/3
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*walking in a winter wonderland*
ME: where's bluebird?
BIRD: gone
ME: w... who are you?
*bird looks around shiftily*
BIRD: I'm new bird
ME: where's bluebird?
BIRD: gone
ME: w... who are you?
*bird looks around shiftily*
BIRD: I'm new bird
December 16, 2023 at 4:33 PM
*walking in a winter wonderland*
ME: where's bluebird?
BIRD: gone
ME: w... who are you?
*bird looks around shiftily*
BIRD: I'm new bird
ME: where's bluebird?
BIRD: gone
ME: w... who are you?
*bird looks around shiftily*
BIRD: I'm new bird
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We put some chopped-up gourds in the backyard. Enjoy this moment of zen.
December 15, 2024 at 12:33 AM
We put some chopped-up gourds in the backyard. Enjoy this moment of zen.
Episode 509 of #LowerDecks is peak Star Trek in all the best ways.
It's such a shame the show is ending next week.
It's such a shame the show is ending next week.
December 12, 2024 at 2:08 PM
Episode 509 of #LowerDecks is peak Star Trek in all the best ways.
It's such a shame the show is ending next week.
It's such a shame the show is ending next week.
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To be clear: Sen. Cotton's excuse that he was concerned over national security is pure pretext. The bill has a carve-out that would remove the reporter's protections if national security or public safety is at risk.
This bill passed unanimously in the House earlier this year.
This bill passed unanimously in the House earlier this year.
Sen. Tom Cotton thwarts passage of bill protecting press, journalists from feds nypost.com/2024/12/10/u...
Sen. Tom Cotton thwarts passage of bill protecting press, journalists from feds
Sen. Tom Cotton stymied the Senate from passing the first-ever federal press shield law on Tuesday, contending that if enacted, the bill could put national security in jeopardy.
nypost.com
December 11, 2024 at 3:14 PM
To be clear: Sen. Cotton's excuse that he was concerned over national security is pure pretext. The bill has a carve-out that would remove the reporter's protections if national security or public safety is at risk.
This bill passed unanimously in the House earlier this year.
This bill passed unanimously in the House earlier this year.
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"I got an Android on Cyber Monday" is a sentence our grandparents all assumed we'd be saying by now, but for much radder reasons
December 2, 2024 at 1:32 PM
"I got an Android on Cyber Monday" is a sentence our grandparents all assumed we'd be saying by now, but for much radder reasons
WICKED is pretty great. Cynthia Erivo is phenomenal. I will be seeing Part II in the theater next year.
November 30, 2024 at 4:44 AM
WICKED is pretty great. Cynthia Erivo is phenomenal. I will be seeing Part II in the theater next year.