Todd Temkin
@toddtemkin.bsky.social
Poet, author, Patagonian alpaca farmer. A Wisconsin boy living in Chile between Valparaiso & Futaleufú. Please don’t ask about book #3. It’s coming. All llamas, alpacas & Icelandic horses are Green Bay Packers fans. No DMs. No porn. No crypto.
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Todd Temkin
@toddtemkin.bsky.social
· Nov 20
Here are the sights & sounds of Chile’s Futaleufú River for my new friends on #Bluesky #blueskysocial
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Advice from our 2-year old Icelandic stallion, Ori:
The same folks saying Minneapolis protesters are paid said Dems were drinking the blood of trafficked children, 1/6 was perpetuated by ANTIFA, and the Biden presidency was a hologram in a basement. Why be distracted by unserious people? Focus.
The same folks saying Minneapolis protesters are paid said Dems were drinking the blood of trafficked children, 1/6 was perpetuated by ANTIFA, and the Biden presidency was a hologram in a basement. Why be distracted by unserious people? Focus.
January 27, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Advice from our 2-year old Icelandic stallion, Ori:
The same folks saying Minneapolis protesters are paid said Dems were drinking the blood of trafficked children, 1/6 was perpetuated by ANTIFA, and the Biden presidency was a hologram in a basement. Why be distracted by unserious people? Focus.
The same folks saying Minneapolis protesters are paid said Dems were drinking the blood of trafficked children, 1/6 was perpetuated by ANTIFA, and the Biden presidency was a hologram in a basement. Why be distracted by unserious people? Focus.
Advice from our 2-year old Icelandic stallion, Ori:
The same folks saying Minneapolis protesters are paid said Dems were drinking the blood of trafficked children, 1/6 was perpetuated by ANTIFA, and the Biden presidency was a hologram in a basement. Why be distracted by unserious people? Focus.
The same folks saying Minneapolis protesters are paid said Dems were drinking the blood of trafficked children, 1/6 was perpetuated by ANTIFA, and the Biden presidency was a hologram in a basement. Why be distracted by unserious people? Focus.
January 27, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Advice from our 2-year old Icelandic stallion, Ori:
The same folks saying Minneapolis protesters are paid said Dems were drinking the blood of trafficked children, 1/6 was perpetuated by ANTIFA, and the Biden presidency was a hologram in a basement. Why be distracted by unserious people? Focus.
The same folks saying Minneapolis protesters are paid said Dems were drinking the blood of trafficked children, 1/6 was perpetuated by ANTIFA, and the Biden presidency was a hologram in a basement. Why be distracted by unserious people? Focus.
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How did a kid from the North Shore suburbs of Milwaukee end up raising alpacas & Icelandic horses in remote Chilean Patagonia? This wasn’t the result of a single decision, but the accumulation of thousands of little ones. Every time we choose love over fear, we inch closer to our destination.
January 24, 2026 at 1:53 PM
How did a kid from the North Shore suburbs of Milwaukee end up raising alpacas & Icelandic horses in remote Chilean Patagonia? This wasn’t the result of a single decision, but the accumulation of thousands of little ones. Every time we choose love over fear, we inch closer to our destination.
How did a kid from the North Shore suburbs of Milwaukee end up raising alpacas & Icelandic horses in remote Chilean Patagonia? This wasn’t the result of a single decision, but the accumulation of thousands of little ones. Every time we choose love over fear, we inch closer to our destination.
January 24, 2026 at 1:53 PM
How did a kid from the North Shore suburbs of Milwaukee end up raising alpacas & Icelandic horses in remote Chilean Patagonia? This wasn’t the result of a single decision, but the accumulation of thousands of little ones. Every time we choose love over fear, we inch closer to our destination.
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A lovely, but bittersweet sunset over beautiful Lonconao Lake in Futaleufú, Chile Sunday evening. You can clearly see smoke from the fires across the border in Los Alerces National Park, Chubut, Argentina 🥲🥲🥲
January 20, 2026 at 4:31 PM
A lovely, but bittersweet sunset over beautiful Lonconao Lake in Futaleufú, Chile Sunday evening. You can clearly see smoke from the fires across the border in Los Alerces National Park, Chubut, Argentina 🥲🥲🥲
A lovely, but bittersweet sunset over beautiful Lonconao Lake in Futaleufú, Chile Sunday evening. You can clearly see smoke from the fires across the border in Los Alerces National Park, Chubut, Argentina 🥲🥲🥲
January 20, 2026 at 4:31 PM
A lovely, but bittersweet sunset over beautiful Lonconao Lake in Futaleufú, Chile Sunday evening. You can clearly see smoke from the fires across the border in Los Alerces National Park, Chubut, Argentina 🥲🥲🥲
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Yours truly at Yelcho Lake this morning. Greetings Bluesky family from Chilean Patagonia.
January 19, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Yours truly at Yelcho Lake this morning. Greetings Bluesky family from Chilean Patagonia.
Yours truly at Yelcho Lake this morning. Greetings Bluesky family from Chilean Patagonia.
January 19, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Yours truly at Yelcho Lake this morning. Greetings Bluesky family from Chilean Patagonia.
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Breaking news: New baby alpaca born a few hours ago. So we moved the moms & young ones to another prairie so the big boys—male llamas and horses—don’t play too rough with the baby.
Please accept our timeline cleanse as you battle to preserve the 250-year old experiment of American Democracy.
Please accept our timeline cleanse as you battle to preserve the 250-year old experiment of American Democracy.
January 17, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Breaking news: New baby alpaca born a few hours ago. So we moved the moms & young ones to another prairie so the big boys—male llamas and horses—don’t play too rough with the baby.
Please accept our timeline cleanse as you battle to preserve the 250-year old experiment of American Democracy.
Please accept our timeline cleanse as you battle to preserve the 250-year old experiment of American Democracy.
Breaking news: New baby alpaca born a few hours ago. So we moved the moms & young ones to another prairie so the big boys—male llamas and horses—don’t play too rough with the baby.
Please accept our timeline cleanse as you battle to preserve the 250-year old experiment of American Democracy.
Please accept our timeline cleanse as you battle to preserve the 250-year old experiment of American Democracy.
January 17, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Breaking news: New baby alpaca born a few hours ago. So we moved the moms & young ones to another prairie so the big boys—male llamas and horses—don’t play too rough with the baby.
Please accept our timeline cleanse as you battle to preserve the 250-year old experiment of American Democracy.
Please accept our timeline cleanse as you battle to preserve the 250-year old experiment of American Democracy.
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Best failed selfie attempt ever.
This young Icelandic stallion is named Ori. He possesses my whole heart. During these tumultuous times, find an animal that loves you.
This young Icelandic stallion is named Ori. He possesses my whole heart. During these tumultuous times, find an animal that loves you.
January 16, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Best failed selfie attempt ever.
This young Icelandic stallion is named Ori. He possesses my whole heart. During these tumultuous times, find an animal that loves you.
This young Icelandic stallion is named Ori. He possesses my whole heart. During these tumultuous times, find an animal that loves you.
Best failed selfie attempt ever.
This young Icelandic stallion is named Ori. He possesses my whole heart. During these tumultuous times, find an animal that loves you.
This young Icelandic stallion is named Ori. He possesses my whole heart. During these tumultuous times, find an animal that loves you.
January 16, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Best failed selfie attempt ever.
This young Icelandic stallion is named Ori. He possesses my whole heart. During these tumultuous times, find an animal that loves you.
This young Icelandic stallion is named Ori. He possesses my whole heart. During these tumultuous times, find an animal that loves you.
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These guys are standing vigil in Futaleufú, Chile just in case ICE shows up to repatriate their dad back to the new USA.
January 13, 2026 at 11:53 PM
These guys are standing vigil in Futaleufú, Chile just in case ICE shows up to repatriate their dad back to the new USA.
These guys are standing vigil in Futaleufú, Chile just in case ICE shows up to repatriate their dad back to the new USA.
January 13, 2026 at 11:53 PM
These guys are standing vigil in Futaleufú, Chile just in case ICE shows up to repatriate their dad back to the new USA.
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Yours truly at “Hosteria El Hoyo” in El Hoyo, Chubut, Argentina in 2018. This is one of the adorable towns devastated by recent fires. Good news? It rained yesterday which is a very good thing. I pray that this lovely inn has survived. They were such lovely folks. #fuerzachubut
January 12, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Yours truly at “Hosteria El Hoyo” in El Hoyo, Chubut, Argentina in 2018. This is one of the adorable towns devastated by recent fires. Good news? It rained yesterday which is a very good thing. I pray that this lovely inn has survived. They were such lovely folks. #fuerzachubut
Yours truly at “Hosteria El Hoyo” in El Hoyo, Chubut, Argentina in 2018. This is one of the adorable towns devastated by recent fires. Good news? It rained yesterday which is a very good thing. I pray that this lovely inn has survived. They were such lovely folks. #fuerzachubut
January 12, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Yours truly at “Hosteria El Hoyo” in El Hoyo, Chubut, Argentina in 2018. This is one of the adorable towns devastated by recent fires. Good news? It rained yesterday which is a very good thing. I pray that this lovely inn has survived. They were such lovely folks. #fuerzachubut
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Am I sad that my beloved NFL team humiliated themselves last night against their arch rival? Of course. But I am MUCH MORE devastated about the 5000+ hectares burning in neighboring Chubut Province, Argentina. Los Alerces National Park, Epuyen, El Hoyo, El Bolsón, all places I love. All burning. 🥵
January 11, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Am I sad that my beloved NFL team humiliated themselves last night against their arch rival? Of course. But I am MUCH MORE devastated about the 5000+ hectares burning in neighboring Chubut Province, Argentina. Los Alerces National Park, Epuyen, El Hoyo, El Bolsón, all places I love. All burning. 🥵
Am I sad that my beloved NFL team humiliated themselves last night against their arch rival? Of course. But I am MUCH MORE devastated about the 5000+ hectares burning in neighboring Chubut Province, Argentina. Los Alerces National Park, Epuyen, El Hoyo, El Bolsón, all places I love. All burning. 🥵
January 11, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Am I sad that my beloved NFL team humiliated themselves last night against their arch rival? Of course. But I am MUCH MORE devastated about the 5000+ hectares burning in neighboring Chubut Province, Argentina. Los Alerces National Park, Epuyen, El Hoyo, El Bolsón, all places I love. All burning. 🥵
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They lied when they said they voted for him because “he’s against pedophilia.”
They lied when they said they voted for him because “we don’t want to bomb other countries or engage in nation building.”
They lied when they said “we’re free speech absolutists.”
Here is a baby alpaca & 2 baby llamas
They lied when they said they voted for him because “we don’t want to bomb other countries or engage in nation building.”
They lied when they said “we’re free speech absolutists.”
Here is a baby alpaca & 2 baby llamas
January 9, 2026 at 12:17 PM
They lied when they said they voted for him because “he’s against pedophilia.”
They lied when they said they voted for him because “we don’t want to bomb other countries or engage in nation building.”
They lied when they said “we’re free speech absolutists.”
Here is a baby alpaca & 2 baby llamas
They lied when they said they voted for him because “we don’t want to bomb other countries or engage in nation building.”
They lied when they said “we’re free speech absolutists.”
Here is a baby alpaca & 2 baby llamas
They lied when they said they voted for him because “he’s against pedophilia.”
They lied when they said they voted for him because “we don’t want to bomb other countries or engage in nation building.”
They lied when they said “we’re free speech absolutists.”
Here is a baby alpaca & 2 baby llamas
They lied when they said they voted for him because “we don’t want to bomb other countries or engage in nation building.”
They lied when they said “we’re free speech absolutists.”
Here is a baby alpaca & 2 baby llamas
January 9, 2026 at 12:17 PM
They lied when they said they voted for him because “he’s against pedophilia.”
They lied when they said they voted for him because “we don’t want to bomb other countries or engage in nation building.”
They lied when they said “we’re free speech absolutists.”
Here is a baby alpaca & 2 baby llamas
They lied when they said they voted for him because “we don’t want to bomb other countries or engage in nation building.”
They lied when they said “we’re free speech absolutists.”
Here is a baby alpaca & 2 baby llamas
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I spent 5 wonderful years in the Twin Cities. I visit annually. I went to grad school at UM, bought my first home on Harriet Ave, & I was discovered as a poet there. Renee Good was a talented poet in the same writing scene that embraced me. No words.
Your timeline cleanse from Chilean Patagonia.
Your timeline cleanse from Chilean Patagonia.
January 8, 2026 at 12:20 PM
I spent 5 wonderful years in the Twin Cities. I visit annually. I went to grad school at UM, bought my first home on Harriet Ave, & I was discovered as a poet there. Renee Good was a talented poet in the same writing scene that embraced me. No words.
Your timeline cleanse from Chilean Patagonia.
Your timeline cleanse from Chilean Patagonia.
I spent 5 wonderful years in the Twin Cities. I visit annually. I went to grad school at UM, bought my first home on Harriet Ave, & I was discovered as a poet there. Renee Good was a talented poet in the same writing scene that embraced me. No words.
Your timeline cleanse from Chilean Patagonia.
Your timeline cleanse from Chilean Patagonia.
January 8, 2026 at 12:20 PM
I spent 5 wonderful years in the Twin Cities. I visit annually. I went to grad school at UM, bought my first home on Harriet Ave, & I was discovered as a poet there. Renee Good was a talented poet in the same writing scene that embraced me. No words.
Your timeline cleanse from Chilean Patagonia.
Your timeline cleanse from Chilean Patagonia.
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From now on when friends from abroad ask me about the quality of life in Patagonia I will tell them how our son’s girlfriend’s mother gifted us an homage to La Trochita—The Old Patagonian Express—made of cookies 😀😀😀.
January 7, 2026 at 6:07 PM
From now on when friends from abroad ask me about the quality of life in Patagonia I will tell them how our son’s girlfriend’s mother gifted us an homage to La Trochita—The Old Patagonian Express—made of cookies 😀😀😀.
From now on when friends from abroad ask me about the quality of life in Patagonia I will tell them how our son’s girlfriend’s mother gifted us an homage to La Trochita—The Old Patagonian Express—made of cookies 😀😀😀.
January 7, 2026 at 6:07 PM
From now on when friends from abroad ask me about the quality of life in Patagonia I will tell them how our son’s girlfriend’s mother gifted us an homage to La Trochita—The Old Patagonian Express—made of cookies 😀😀😀.
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Good morning! Yesterday my son, Nico, successfully defended his thesis and is now an engineer. Here we are celebrating with dinner overlooking Valparaíso & Viña del Mar. What a day. Back to Patagonia tomorrow.
January 6, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Good morning! Yesterday my son, Nico, successfully defended his thesis and is now an engineer. Here we are celebrating with dinner overlooking Valparaíso & Viña del Mar. What a day. Back to Patagonia tomorrow.