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Robin Kimball

@robinkimball.bsky.social
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Middle school science teacher in Southern *New Mexico*; PG-13 vocabulary. Cooking, movies, dogs, eyebrows, and bodily autonomy. Make no machine in the likeness of a human mind.

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Robin Kimball @robinkimball.bsky.social · 4h
It is unpaved, and a lovely drive!
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Robin Kimball @robinkimball.bsky.social · 7h
This is WILD, that's a huge road for central NM transits. The other way up to the VLA from the south (me...) is literally unpaved!
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Robin Kimball @robinkimball.bsky.social · 10h
My dad, who will sometimes wear every shirt from the previous week all at once on Saturday, will love that his haute couture moment is here.
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Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
5 potatoes cubed is still 5 potatoes because potatoes are root vegetables
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Kevin Church @beaucoupkevin.com · 29/09/2026
itsnotyouits.ai
What Makes Us Human
That uneasy feeling you have about AI is real. An initiative from the Center for Humane Technology.
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Marcus Luther @marcusluther.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"The goal was to destabilize U.S. educational infrastructure and carve out a large space for reactionary indoctrination within it." This is 100% part of the story—of Alpha School's momentum and education overall—and far too often gets left out. Very glad it's appropriately hammered here.
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Maybe It Will Happen Today @today-maybe.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A digital recreation of a panel from the 1960s Hungarian comic strip Jucika by Pál Pusztai. In the image (drawn with black outlines and limited color that is also charmingly, wildly out of register) we see the main character, Jucika, a brunette woman with a short, kicky haircut wearing a striped, green, knee-length, sleeveless dress. She is dancing with a delighted-looking man in a military uniform who is holding one of her hands while in the other she's carrying a red portable radio by its little handle. She's grinning back over her shoulder to the left to see an attractive woman – red hair in curly bangs and a pony tail and wearing a different sort of green dress – who is dancing to the music from the radio with a different delighted-looking man in a brown suit. Everyone is having a great time. Below the drawing is all lower case script lettering with a brown drop that reads 'talán ma fog megtörténni', which my Hungarian-speaking friend Matilda assures me translates to 'Maybe it will happend today'
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🎃 Matthew Jack-o'-lantern 🎃 @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This October I will write 31 essays in 31 days about THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE. They'll be at @popheist.com for subscribers only. That's a serialized book-length analysis of one of the greatest horror films of all time from a noted Texan horror critic. 7 bucks a month. Let's fucking go.
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Pop Heist | Products
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Laura Hollister @xenolith.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I guess my biggest Takeaway is that there is no software or curriculum that you can purchase they can do anything better than well trained teachers. Invest the time and money needed to help Ts understand how students learn subjects and how to teach them those subjects and you will see improvement. 
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Robin Kimball @robinkimball.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Twice in the last week, I've had the RIF (reduction in force) dream. In one dream, it was me; in last night's, a colleague. And I realize, two years ago was when it was alllllll starting to go pear-shaped at school. So, echos of work trauma make sense!
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Robin Kimball @robinkimball.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
There are only two country songs about Texas: this one and the one by Lyle Lovett.
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Ashley Lynch ✂️🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Robin Kimball @robinkimball.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
People who think "being nice" is naïve. People who think stories without a GRITTY EDGE are immature. People who think sophistication means being cruel and that in order to "grow up" you have to be willing to hurt people. All of a piece with this.
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Robin Kimball @robinkimball.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The joke at our house, among many, is that our dearly departed Chico dog LOVED machine gun action movies. So every time we are watching a bullet film we're like, aw, Chico would have loved this.
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Robin Kimball @robinkimball.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Reminds me of a certain old saw. "Red sky and Yankees, sailors be cranky; red sky and rainbow, sailors go mellow."
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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Bison have returned to Mexico’s Chihuahuan Desert. 44 bison were released at Coahuila’s El Santuario reserve late last year, followed by 29 more into Sonora’s Cuenca Los Ojos region in February 2026, where the herd produced 10 calves within months. Yucatán Magazine buff.ly/0SEucl3 #ShareGoodNewsToo
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The Return of the Bison to Mexico's Chihuahua Desert
A species lost for over a century is once again shaping northern Mexico's landscape.
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Robin Kimball @robinkimball.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I did not leave the East Coast for THIS, Mr. L. Niño if indeed that IS your real name...
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 25/09/2026
Pour yourself a cup of ambition. It’s Dolly Parton Day.
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It's officially Dolly Parton Day, with parades, pink lights and book drives
Communities worldwide are dedicating Friday to honoring Dolly Parton. The day falls on Sept. 25, a wink at her hit song “9 to 5.”
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Robin Kimball @robinkimball.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Crack open yet another box of "Oops! All Gender."
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Robin Kimball @robinkimball.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
SCREAMING.
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Yell In a War @jelenawoehr.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
it really needs to be more openly discussed that all the people advocating for “we should be fine with losing basic skills if we get more systems thinking” are men, meaning socialized to expect to be able to offload basic tasks of daily living onto a wife as part of their compensation for existing
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Robin Kimball @robinkimball.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Whaaaaaaaat.
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Brian Jay Jones @brianjayjones.com · 24/09/2026
Jim Henson would have been 90 (yup, you read that right: NINETY) years old today. You can celebrate his life by celebrating creativity, diversity, peace, imagination, and silliness.
A tuxedoed Jim Henson sits in a sea of Muppets.
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Karla Monterroso @karlaliliana.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This man so deeply understands that life should be more than just work. That you communicate something to people about what they deserve when you make art accessible.
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Old Sam @pdfmerchant.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
[pulls up next to you in an unrated 14-gun brig-rigged sloop] get in loser. oceans are battlefields
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Kevin Church @beaucoupkevin.com · 24/09/2026
David Lynch had a million dollar idea.
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Robin Kimball @robinkimball.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Former Kansan here, deep roots and family still there. This is a Big Deal. So believe me when I say: ROCK, CHALK.
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Robin Kimball @robinkimball.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is almost unbearably beautiful.
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Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández @fernandez.house.gov · 23/09/2026
On Sunday, we celebrated Route 66 and lowrider culture en comunidad. The Route 66 National Historic Trail Designation Act and my National Lowrider Day resolution honor the people and traditions that make this culture part of New Mexico’s story. Let’s make them the law of the land!
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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 23/09/2026
The history of corn is so fascinating.
ambrook.com
Freaks in the Cornfield
The strange reproductive science behind the invention of modern corn.
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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Two great tastes that go well together: Moomin and tower-tunnel. By Paul Antoine Takahashi on instagram.
Moomin with lantern looks down into tower-tunnel with the words from the wall in Annihilation represented next to the steps.
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Christopher Sebela @xtop.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
happy LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS day to those who observe it (it's me, i'm the one who observes it)
opening titles to LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS that read: "on the twenty-third day of the month of September, in an early year of a decade not too long before our own, the human race suddenly encountered a deadly threat to its very existence"
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AP Stylebook @apstylebook.com · 23/09/2026
Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics.
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https://apnews.com/article/openai-safety-ai-framework-089e75b95bc935af092da7b79d92706d
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Chris Sims @theisb.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Darmok AND Jalad? In THIS economy?
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New town every hour @townsusa.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Bentley, Iowa Pop: 105 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bentley,_Iowa Images: commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?c… commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?c… commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?c…
picture of Bentley, Iowapicture of Bentley, Iowapicture of Bentley, Iowapicture of Bentley, Iowa
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Kevin Church @beaucoupkevin.com · 22/09/2026
 TIL about a hardcore punk band Minor Threat, which brought an alcohol-, sex- and drug-free culture to the youth called the Straight Edge. It was focused on keeping the mind clean by rejecting all recreational drugs and activities. Followers would put a big letter X on their palm The ancient alien dying in COCOON (1985)
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New town every hour @townsusa.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
La Motte, Iowa Pop: 254 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Motte,_Iowa Images: commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?c… commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?c… commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?c…
picture of La Motte, Iowapicture of La Motte, Iowapicture of La Motte, Iowapicture of La Motte, Iowa
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Jose Vilson, PhD @thejosevilson.com · 22/09/2026
What do we mean when we say a school is a "good school?" It sounds simple, but in my experience, it's a whole lot deeper. Read on: "What We Mean When We Say “Good School” (pt. 1)." thejosevilson.com/what-we-mean-when…
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What We Mean When We Say “Good School” (pt. 1)
One problem is that American ideas of what it means to be a "good school" start from places of racism and deficit. In my first year of teaching, teachers shared tales of the district superintendent ripping down bulletin boards and tossing notebooks. The dean would call a "Code Blue" on the loudspeaker to mark his appearance for every adult. His slovenly appearance belied his desire to impose his will on schools from Harlem to Inwood.
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Maybe It Will Happen Today @today-maybe.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Digital illustration done in a rough comic ink style. A possum mother trundled along with four possum babies on her back. Each possum is speaking a string of connected speech balloons reading ‘maybe it will happen today’.
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Stardust 🌏🎬 @stardustbluepr.com · 22/09/2026
Tribal consultation isn’t optional, but the corporations building data centers in New Mexico are acting like it is.
truthout.org
Big Tech Is Trampling Native Treaty Rights to Build Data Centers
Tribal consultation isn’t optional, but the corporations building data centers in New Mexico are acting like it is.
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Kate Jewell @katejewell.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
My kid has launched a petition to change his high school’s handbook policy on AI use. He’s pissed. (He really hates AI)
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This is a petition to change the BHS Al policy from this, which was copy & pasted directly from the student Handbook google document on Monday, September 21st of 2026.
BHS Al Policy
Unauthorized use of generative Al tools to substantially complete an assignment is not permitted.
This petition to change the Al policy would like to change the following:
• Remove the word substantially from the policy all together
a. The usage of the word substantially is ambiguous at best, and disingenuous at worst. For example, who is it that decides when Al was used substantially, who decides what substantially means, and why is any amount permitted
when the use itself is unauthorized?
Require a more descriptive decision on how Al is and is not permitted in assignments and projects
a. If students do not know what is permitted, how do they know what is not
b. If Al is used in 100% of the creation process except for editing, would that count as substantial usage? Most would probably argue yes, but it is possible for an argument to be posed of the opposite, that the baseline was made with Al but the final product was made by humans. That argument could be made,
and could be accepted., even if it goes against what the policy means.
c. If Al is used for the basis of the brainstorming of talking points, but nothing
else, would that count as substantial usage? Most would probably argue no,but again, it is possible to argue the opposite. It could be argued that because the baseline of the passage was Al generated, everything else built on that foundation does not count as real work.
Have a more active description of why Al is prohibited
a. Why is Al prohibited? Is it because you just don't like it? Is it because it harms the environment? Is it because it harms the learning capabilities of people no matter the age or gender? Specifics are important.
• Expand restrictions on Al and what possible punishments might be
a. What happens when you break the rules? Nothing? Suspension? A grade drop? Or should it be decided by the teacher?
b. What specifically is not permitted when using Al? Is image generation allowed? Probably not in art. Is source generation allowed? Who knows, not
us.
c. Are teachers allowed to use Al? Why or why not? It sends mixed messages when teachers use Al in their classroom slides and then turn around and say
"No! This technology is really bad and horrible and don't use it?"
• Require a more expansive curriculum on Al and its problems
a. Anything would be helpful. Even an assembly would be helpful because people do not know anything about what Al does to them, or the environment. This is a BARE MINIMUM.
Each request will be signed on individually in this petition. Each change would be requested individually and discussed with those who have the power to change it individually.
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Robin Kimball @robinkimball.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Excellent facts today. www.maptap.gg September 21 95🏅 99🎯 88🎉 80👏 91👑 Final score: 883
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🎯MapTap Daily Geography Game
Play MapTap - the daily geography game! Find 5 world locations on a 3D globe with historical stories. Free browser-based daily game for geography lovers.
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Matthew Reichbach @fbihop.com · 21/09/2026
Earth, Wind AND Fire? In this economy?
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Riker Googling @rikergoogling.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
21st of september sheet music trombone part
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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Two panel comic. Panel 1: a whale fall lies at the bottom of the ocean. The bones are covered in a variety of bottom feeders and ocean critters. Panel 2: closer up, the group of bottom feeders are holding red solo cups and chatting with each other. Among the group is a tiger prawn, who thinks to himself, “I needed this…”
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Robin Kimball @robinkimball.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I can't make this (classes!) but maybe [you] can?
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Robin Kimball @robinkimball.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
AAAAUUUUUUUGHFHFJFNFSKKSJEJNSJJDJJSJJJAKDKLSJCNJE so cute
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Robin Kimball @robinkimball.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
At least I was always in the right country! www.maptap.gg September 20 93🏆 92🏆 89🎉 80👏 67🤫 Final score: 804
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🎯MapTap Daily Geography Game
Play MapTap - the daily geography game! Find 5 world locations on a 3D globe with historical stories. Free browser-based daily game for geography lovers.
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Robin Kimball @robinkimball.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Super relevant to my past week!
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