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Robin G Nelson

@robingnelson.blacksky.app

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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

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Robin G Nelson @robingnelson.blacksky.app · 22h

this was great - I migrated over. Thank you!

Robin G Nelson @robingnelson.blacksky.app · 1d

even if you do - enjoy it right now. you've inspired me to make my own maybe not great decisions

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Robin G Nelson @robingnelson.blacksky.app · 2d

thank you!

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Robin G Nelson @robingnelson.blacksky.app · 2d

ok but how do I join? I think i missed the boat 🫠

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Robin G Nelson @robingnelson.blacksky.app · 3d

the fact that it's easier for me run on weekdays before the day truly begins is a reality check about how this term is wearing me out & the pace of our weekends - 2 days is not long enough to get your entire life in gear for the week

Robin G Nelson @robingnelson.blacksky.app · 4d

🤣😩🫠🫠🫠 my bad. It is very regional though

Robin G Nelson @robingnelson.blacksky.app · 4d

soda on the east coast and most of west coast, southwest US - pop in many places in the midwest and I am actually not sure about the South. LOL. sorry it varies - you're not wrong to be confused

Robin G Nelson @robingnelson.blacksky.app · 5d

right!!! the straight uninterrupted care until 530-6 is KEY. I feel this deeply.

Robin G Nelson @robingnelson.blacksky.app · 5d

so very rich cause on top of all this - new shoes, new clothes, class trip, etc etc etc

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Robin G Nelson @robingnelson.blacksky.app · 5d

This 2 wk "fall break" where 1 kid has reading for 3 hrs in the morning, and my other kid has sports camp for a diff 3 hours in the morning & the first kid has camp in the afternoon, and my other kid has aged out of camp and has no afternoon activity all while we both work full time might kill me.

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Robin G Nelson @robingnelson.blacksky.app · 6d

Happy Black Dog Day from Junebug

Black lab dog lying on a flower pattern rug in a living room

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Rachel Hall-Clifford, PhD, MPH, MSc @rahallclifford.bsky.social · 6d

RIP to a real hero. An example to us all -- to walk the walk every day, to the very end. 💔 #Anthro #JaneGoodall
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...

Jane Goodall, Eminent Primatologist Who Chronicled the Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91

www.nytimes.com

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Science Vs @sciencevs.bsky.social · 7d

This moment from our latest episode with science writer @edyong209.bsky.social is 🔥

We asked Ed — how do we talk up the benefits of science in the face of government cuts? He told us that's the wrong approach. 🧪

Listen wherever, or watch on Spotify 👇

open.spotify.com/episode/7Evh...

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Laura Lopez @ohdearz.bsky.social · 8d

Ohio State just advised all staff and students not to attend the SACNAS (Society for the advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science) annual meeting of 6000+ scientists -- which is in Columbus, OH this year! -- saying it may be exclusionary, even though it is open to all.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 8d

YES! THIS on GenAI!

Please read this absolutely splendid piece of writing that had me cheering, a little bit weepy, and writing in the margins:

"An extraordinary amount of money is spent by the AI industry to ensure that acquiescence is the only plausible response. But marketing is not destiny."

Large Language Muddle | The Editors

The AI upheaval is unique in its ability to metabolize any number of dread-inducing transformations. The university is becoming more corporate, more politically oppressive, and all but hostile to the ...

www.nplusonemag.com

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Robin G Nelson @robingnelson.blacksky.app · 9d

same.

Robin G Nelson @robingnelson.blacksky.app · 9d

Watch to renew your faith in the possibility of good things happening . This looks like a wonderful evolution of the show - So glad to see Mychal hosting.

Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 9d

🎶 Take a look, it's in a book 🎶

🥹 After nearly 20 years... Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course... new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈

#FollowTheRainbow

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Robin G Nelson @robingnelson.blacksky.app · 9d

❤️ thank you

Robin G Nelson @robingnelson.blacksky.app · 9d

I have entered my "working from home in a caftan w/the window cracked and an iced coffee in hand" era and it is glorious

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Robin G Nelson @robingnelson.blacksky.app · 9d

🤣🤣🤣 thank you!

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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 9d

I haven't seen them all, and I'm sure I won't make much progress before we move, but this is my favorite Philly mural among all those I've seen: a huuuuuge Amy Sherald on 11th + Sansom

A Black woman in a boldly patterned -- black flowers on white background — raincoat with black pants and jaunty yellow cap, on a turquoise background

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Robin G Nelson @robingnelson.blacksky.app · 9d

reviews came back on a theory paper - minor revisions 🙌🏾

a cat standing on its hind legs next to a window

Alt: a cat standing on its hind legs dancing next to a window

media.tenor.com

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Robin G Nelson @robingnelson.blacksky.app · 11d

whew!! I thought our 1x a week 7-9 pm was too much. solidarity!

Robin G Nelson @robingnelson.blacksky.app · 11d

nahhh i love watching the kids play - but a break every now and then is always welcome

Robin G Nelson @robingnelson.blacksky.app · 11d

YIKES! Sending support and coffee vibes.