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Robin G Nelson @robingnelson.blacksky.app · 09/09/2026

I'm tired. Life tired, normal tired, but then super extra tired b/c - looks around and waves hands frantically - I'm sure we could all use good news, positivity, a little less existential dread

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Conservatives have a major political interest in rejecting Lindsay Clancy’s legal defense. If they concede postpartum psychosis is real, they’ll also have to admit that pregnancy and childbirth are dangerous for women’s mental health. And that could take down their abortion politics entirely

jessica.substack.com

The Real Stakes of the Lindsay Clancy Gender War

Conservatives are using a Massachusetts murder case to argue for an end to women’s voting rights

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Robin G Nelson @robingnelson.blacksky.app · 08/09/2026

100% this. that is not a privilege extended to brown & Black folks and it's always rough seeing someone learn this lesson in real time

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Robin G Nelson @robingnelson.blacksky.app · 31/08/2026

AZ has so trained me to be a crack of dawn early morning runner that I am sitting here at a loss b/c there's thunder & lightening and I can't run until...9:30 am. that's practically noon.

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Woman's Pout in Pink Fur Coat

ALT: Woman's Pout in Pink Fur Coat

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Robin G Nelson @robingnelson.blacksky.app · 30/08/2026

I miss NSF SBE. I miss science funding in the US. I miss literacy. I miss intellectualism. I miss when people cared about others' well-being. I miss funding for scientific discovery. I miss dreaming about the future.

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Robin G Nelson @robingnelson.blacksky.app · 24/08/2026

Also as far as science goes - this is a repeatedly asked and answered question (no for the trolls) and yet somehow it remains a talking point for the "intellectually curious" crowd. Go test the validity of gravity - it's just as stupid a question.

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Robin G Nelson @robingnelson.blacksky.app · 21/08/2026

and this is what I needed to hear - thank you Doc

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Robin G Nelson @robingnelson.blacksky.app · 15/08/2026

Really can't take when the study acronym isn't coming together 😤

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Robin G Nelson @robingnelson.blacksky.app · 07/08/2026

so well said - it's been a hard moment for me to work through but I'm getting there

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Robin G Nelson @robingnelson.blacksky.app · 31/07/2026

Saw an amazing grant that fits one of my projects - started reading the fine print. *must be <10 years out from receiving one's doctorate* le sigh. someone is going to thrive with that $$

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Robin G Nelson @robingnelson.blacksky.app · 30/07/2026

we are here to hear your complaints (even if rare) - i'm sorry this was happening behind the scenes!!

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Robin G Nelson @robingnelson.blacksky.app · 30/07/2026

I'm so sorry - glad you're taking care of yourself

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Robin G Nelson @robingnelson.blacksky.app · 29/07/2026

Things I never thought I'd say but now I live in AZ: I'm about to buy a countertop ice maker - the freezer aint enough

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Robin G Nelson @robingnelson.blacksky.app · 25/07/2026

thank you for doing what you can - I appreciate that.

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Robin G Nelson @robingnelson.blacksky.app · 25/07/2026

I have to allow myself to sit with the fact that the administration's destruction of scientific research in the US is absolutely devastating. I am actively grieving all that we're losing ~

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Robin G Nelson @robingnelson.blacksky.app · 24/07/2026

I think about this a lot re: professional athletes - the money opens doors and brings proximity to power. But in the end - there are always limits. They only find out when it's too late and the people have left them and/or when they are excluded from actual power.

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Robin G Nelson @robingnelson.blacksky.app · 24/07/2026

"The times moved too fast for him" ---> this is a whole word. If we think about hip hop culture when he was at the height of his fame - it was all yachts, bottles, Maybachs getting chopped up in videos, etc. - and the social and political moment changed

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Robin G Nelson @robingnelson.blacksky.app · 21/07/2026

I just want to show you my new office fridge. Isn't she pretty? it's the small things #academia

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Robin G Nelson @robingnelson.blacksky.app · 15/07/2026

Why is the air quality so poor right now?

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Robin G Nelson @robingnelson.blacksky.app · 13/07/2026

Comment on the OMB proposal here - today is the last day! www.regulations.gov/commenton/OM...

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Regulations.gov

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Robin G Nelson @robingnelson.blacksky.app · 13/07/2026

I woke up & was so happy it was a dream but couldn't figure out what it meant until I asked my husband - he said "oh something to do with money (or note having it) ruining your career." Y'all - I'm fucking stressed about science funding & my career - it's seeping into my dreams

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Robin G Nelson @robingnelson.blacksky.app · 13/07/2026

Why did I dream that me & 2 friends pulled off a bank heist, got a ton of money, & divvied it up between us. We got away with it - we thrived & then 1 yr. later, we tried again w/ far less planning & got caught. I turned myself in & lawyered up. I realized that I ruined my career & I was devastated

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 13/07/2026

There is still time to submit your comment and tell the government that you don't want US research to be completely destroyed by politicians meddling in individual grants. You can submit your comments here: www.regulations.gov/commenton/OM...

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Robin G Nelson @robingnelson.blacksky.app · 12/07/2026

Damn - this is upsetting to learn. I'm sorry Chanda

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Robin G Nelson @robingnelson.blacksky.app · 08/07/2026

I'm deep in my Radiohead bag right now - and I'm worried about what that says about the state of the world (and relatedly - my mental health). Last time I remember this happening - I was analyzing data and writing my dissertation in grad school 😳 iykyk

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Robin G Nelson @robingnelson.blacksky.app · 08/07/2026

Not going to lie - definitely depressing to hear my husband explaining grad admissions in Tr*mp's America to a very talented international prospective student. It's grim.

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Robin G Nelson @robingnelson.blacksky.app · 05/07/2026

We're hiring an associate/full professor in paleoanthropology in the School of Human Evolution and Social Change at Arizona State University - As Katie Hinde says - come join our science party in the desert!!

careercenter.americananthro.org

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Robin G Nelson @robingnelson.blacksky.app · 24/06/2026

Sometimes I'm just working away and then I remember that they're making (made?) a film about my dad's life. Completely unreal - like a real film w/ famous actors and a famous director. What is life??

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Robin G Nelson @robingnelson.blacksky.app · 19/06/2026

No but what if I told you I see road runners and coyotes all the time 😂 straight cartoon material out here

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Robin G Nelson @robingnelson.blacksky.app · 19/06/2026

Saw a coyote on my run today - first sighting in a long time.

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Samantha Michaels @samanthamichaels.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Imagine being a kid and learning both your parents were arrested by ICE. You’ll have to pay rent and survive on your own. I shadowed four siblings—US citizens near Mar-a-Lago—as they try to do that. I'll be thinking about their story for a long time 1/x www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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ICE took Mom and Dad. Now the Perez kids are home alone.

Four American siblings left to fend for themselves—and they're not the only ones.

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Robin G Nelson @robingnelson.blacksky.app · 15/06/2026

I feel this way about research - I do it b/c I love it. The process is where the growth happen. I'm not looking for shortcuts. Shortcuts don't helping me get better at this skill -

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Robin G Nelson @robingnelson.blacksky.app · 10/06/2026

Yesterday, my teen son told me that he hasn't heard me be excited about my work in forever - he said all I do is worry and vent about it now. And that friends is the reality of being an anthropologist during this administration

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Robin G Nelson @robingnelson.blacksky.app · 05/06/2026

I love a fast Interlibrary loan and ASU's ILL is just 🤌🏾💋

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Robin G Nelson @robingnelson.blacksky.app · 02/06/2026

I'm absolutely stunned to hear of Raúl Pacheco-Vega's passing 💔He was a very generous and open scholar. May his memory be a blessing to all who knew him well and all of us who learned with and from him.

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Robin G Nelson @robingnelson.blacksky.app · 01/06/2026

Happened to everyone on my dad's side (including me) - sad state of affairs over here. Now I know I can have exactly 6 deliciously plump shrimp before I get itchy

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Robin G Nelson @robingnelson.blacksky.app · 25/05/2026

It is really hard to suppress the joy on campus during commencement weekend. It is a magical place -

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