Robin G Nelson
@robingnelson.blacksky.app
Biocultural Bio Anthropologist at SHESC ASU;
studying familial & community dynamics, child growth, health outcomes across the lifespan, & parental investment; parent to 2; happy introvert; loves exercise; NJ ---> AZ
studying familial & community dynamics, child growth, health outcomes across the lifespan, & parental investment; parent to 2; happy introvert; loves exercise; NJ ---> AZ
Time for folks to wake up. we are in the thick of it
I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
January 13, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Time for folks to wake up. we are in the thick of it
quite seriously!! that offense was hard to watch all season -
Eagles fans, rejoice.
January 13, 2026 at 9:06 PM
quite seriously!! that offense was hard to watch all season -
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They fixed it! My article is now open access. academic.oup.com/ahr/article/...
Revisiting the “Comfort Girls” of Report 49: Race, Sex, and Information in Asia’s War for Empire
Abstract. In 1944, a Japanese American intelligence officer stationed in Ledo, India, unwittingly composed a famous historical document: “Japanese Prisoner
academic.oup.com
January 12, 2026 at 10:56 PM
They fixed it! My article is now open access. academic.oup.com/ahr/article/...
My new paper on time and studies of human behavior and evolution is out - Just FYI it's a theory paper
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Adjusting the Aperture: Decolonizing Time in Studies of Human Behavior and Evolution
Biological anthropology has long positioned foraging and often pastoralist populations as the most appropriate referent communities for the rigorous study of human behavior and evolution. With this, ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 12, 2026 at 10:30 PM
My new paper on time and studies of human behavior and evolution is out - Just FYI it's a theory paper
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Slightly diminish a band:
Two Dog Night
Two Dog Night
Slightly diminish a band:
Men On Break
Men On Break
Slightly diminish a band:
Injury Uber for Cutie
Injury Uber for Cutie
January 11, 2026 at 2:41 AM
Slightly diminish a band:
Two Dog Night
Two Dog Night
I can't be the only one who hates reading my own proofs 🥴
January 7, 2026 at 5:21 PM
I can't be the only one who hates reading my own proofs 🥴
My kids have one more day of break before they head back to school, and the little one got up, got her breakfast (nutella on toast) and cranked on the tablet at volume 10 - she's living her best life and we're in the home office
a close up of a person holding a brown and white dog with its tongue out .
ALT: a close up of a person holding a brown and white dog with its tongue out .
media.tenor.com
January 5, 2026 at 6:49 PM
My kids have one more day of break before they head back to school, and the little one got up, got her breakfast (nutella on toast) and cranked on the tablet at volume 10 - she's living her best life and we're in the home office
laptop, running sneakers, noise cancelling headphones
8. You are being sold as an action figure. What accessories would you come with?
January 5, 2026 at 5:35 PM
laptop, running sneakers, noise cancelling headphones
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My whole life, advocating war has been fed to me as “the adult position,” akin to drinking your coffee black or reading the business section of the newspaper. Let’s be very clear — war is the childish nonsense of impulsive destructive idiots playing baby-brained video games with real human lives.
January 4, 2026 at 2:02 AM
My whole life, advocating war has been fed to me as “the adult position,” akin to drinking your coffee black or reading the business section of the newspaper. Let’s be very clear — war is the childish nonsense of impulsive destructive idiots playing baby-brained video games with real human lives.
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Can't help but feel like this is one of the reasons why the Constitution says If a dude in office does an insurrection, don't let that motherfucker hold office again
Bc clearly they cannot be trusted with power & control over the levers of government, & they do not care about democratic constraints
Bc clearly they cannot be trusted with power & control over the levers of government, & they do not care about democratic constraints
January 3, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Can't help but feel like this is one of the reasons why the Constitution says If a dude in office does an insurrection, don't let that motherfucker hold office again
Bc clearly they cannot be trusted with power & control over the levers of government, & they do not care about democratic constraints
Bc clearly they cannot be trusted with power & control over the levers of government, & they do not care about democratic constraints
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Anyone ever talk to you like you’re so stupid that you start to wonder if maybe you are or you not a woman?
December 30, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Anyone ever talk to you like you’re so stupid that you start to wonder if maybe you are or you not a woman?
My kids got me a baby saguaro cactus 🌵 they were with me one day when I was searching for one for our yard and they remembered ❤️
December 25, 2025 at 5:08 PM
My kids got me a baby saguaro cactus 🌵 they were with me one day when I was searching for one for our yard and they remembered ❤️
I love having the holiday just with our little family - we just decided the menu, we lounge around during Christmas day - it's very low stress and I'm grateful for that.
December 23, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I love having the holiday just with our little family - we just decided the menu, we lounge around during Christmas day - it's very low stress and I'm grateful for that.
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People may not realize that this is the birth place of Ethnic Studies and the first Black Studies program. SFSU is a school of historic significance.
December 23, 2025 at 12:55 PM
People may not realize that this is the birth place of Ethnic Studies and the first Black Studies program. SFSU is a school of historic significance.
One of my dissertation committee members/mentors snowbirds in Phoenix so I get to see him every year. It brings me so much happiness to see his face (a face that used to low key scare me a little 😅) - his continued check-ins and support are a gift
December 16, 2025 at 6:35 PM
One of my dissertation committee members/mentors snowbirds in Phoenix so I get to see him every year. It brings me so much happiness to see his face (a face that used to low key scare me a little 😅) - his continued check-ins and support are a gift
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I think this is the fourth of the horsemen.
The Ellison family’s desire to take over Warner Bros should alarm anyone concerned with U.S. propaganda & media consolidation—
They would own Paramount, Warner Bros, CNN, CBS, HBO, TikTok & a host of major cable channels
They would own Paramount, Warner Bros, CNN, CBS, HBO, TikTok & a host of major cable channels
December 9, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I think this is the fourth of the horsemen.
One of my students told me I am "effortlessly cool" - so you really can't tell me anything for the rest of the week.
*It's not effortless at all AND "cool" is questionable but I'll take it 😂
*It's not effortless at all AND "cool" is questionable but I'll take it 😂
December 9, 2025 at 9:40 PM
One of my students told me I am "effortlessly cool" - so you really can't tell me anything for the rest of the week.
*It's not effortless at all AND "cool" is questionable but I'll take it 😂
*It's not effortless at all AND "cool" is questionable but I'll take it 😂
Took so long to feel good on my run today - the moment it clicked? 2.67 miles into a tempo run (!!) Anyway - it's done. and of course...I feel better having done it.
December 9, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Took so long to feel good on my run today - the moment it clicked? 2.67 miles into a tempo run (!!) Anyway - it's done. and of course...I feel better having done it.
I should not be worried about teaching this empirically grounded and well-researched section on race/racism in sports in my upcoming sports and culture course but here we are
December 8, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I should not be worried about teaching this empirically grounded and well-researched section on race/racism in sports in my upcoming sports and culture course but here we are
I really wanted to run today but had to accept that it was a rest day. When I let myself sit with that - I realized tat I am so exhausted. This time of year is so draining. I need to sleep for week.
December 8, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I really wanted to run today but had to accept that it was a rest day. When I let myself sit with that - I realized tat I am so exhausted. This time of year is so draining. I need to sleep for week.
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Next week, we welcome @rebeccasear.bsky.social in our Lecture Series. Rebecca will talk about 21st century eugenics, scientific racism and the role of academia in promoting political ideology. Just register here to participate 👉 rotorub.wordpress.com/roto-lecture...
#PhilSci #HPBio
#PhilSci #HPBio
December 1, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Next week, we welcome @rebeccasear.bsky.social in our Lecture Series. Rebecca will talk about 21st century eugenics, scientific racism and the role of academia in promoting political ideology. Just register here to participate 👉 rotorub.wordpress.com/roto-lecture...
#PhilSci #HPBio
#PhilSci #HPBio
Not me sitting through my required yearly bloodborne pathogens lab training where they discuss the risks of exposure to Hep B on the same day that RFK Jr. officially removes the recommendation for Hep B vaccination for newborns.
We are living through the most stupid and dangerous timeline
We are living through the most stupid and dangerous timeline
December 5, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Not me sitting through my required yearly bloodborne pathogens lab training where they discuss the risks of exposure to Hep B on the same day that RFK Jr. officially removes the recommendation for Hep B vaccination for newborns.
We are living through the most stupid and dangerous timeline
We are living through the most stupid and dangerous timeline
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Just finished my last class of the semester🎉Reminded of how much I love teaching this academic writing class for grad students. We focus on improving our writing but also reducing anxiety and becoming a more consistent & productive writer
Some of the students favorite writing tips/learnings below:
Some of the students favorite writing tips/learnings below:
December 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Just finished my last class of the semester🎉Reminded of how much I love teaching this academic writing class for grad students. We focus on improving our writing but also reducing anxiety and becoming a more consistent & productive writer
Some of the students favorite writing tips/learnings below:
Some of the students favorite writing tips/learnings below:
My close friends from high school are Black women - 1 who is a nurse and one who is a geochemist whose family also owns a farm - the political conversations are rage filled to say the least.
December 5, 2025 at 5:36 PM
My close friends from high school are Black women - 1 who is a nurse and one who is a geochemist whose family also owns a farm - the political conversations are rage filled to say the least.
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"The message was clear. Let ChatGPT redesign your class. Let ChatGPT tell you how to evaluate your students. Let ChatGPT tell students how to use ChatGPT. Let ChatGPT solve the problem of human education. It was like being handed a Mad Libs puzzle for automating your syllabus."
Absolutely devastating account of the CSU's $17 million capitulation to ChatGPT, from a fellow faculty member watching it happen www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 3, 2025 at 4:25 AM
"The message was clear. Let ChatGPT redesign your class. Let ChatGPT tell you how to evaluate your students. Let ChatGPT tell students how to use ChatGPT. Let ChatGPT solve the problem of human education. It was like being handed a Mad Libs puzzle for automating your syllabus."