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
I feel so lucky that I am still cool with my friends from high school - I don't live close to them, we don't get to see each other often enough but we are forever friends
November 11, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I feel so lucky that I am still cool with my friends from high school - I don't live close to them, we don't get to see each other often enough but we are forever friends
Younger people in Congress please. We deserve to have options - new ideas and diff. views about how to do politics -
November 10, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Younger people in Congress please. We deserve to have options - new ideas and diff. views about how to do politics -
I love hearing people's chickens in the morning
November 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I love hearing people's chickens in the morning
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the funny (not funny) thing is this is a fundamental bit of knowledge that black and brown folks in the US carry with them—often because we’re the ones against whom this is often ‘weaponized’
One thing the NYC mayoral race underscored for me is how easily the phrase "I don't feel safe" can be weaponized. It's an argument I would hesitate ever to use again, even for a good cause. I hope we can all agree that we have the right to BE safe. Maybe we should leave it at that.
November 7, 2025 at 5:54 PM
the funny (not funny) thing is this is a fundamental bit of knowledge that black and brown folks in the US carry with them—often because we’re the ones against whom this is often ‘weaponized’
you wonder why anyone would make a short sleeve sweater until you move to Arizona or the South Bay in Northern CA. Perfect short sleeve sweater weather
November 6, 2025 at 10:00 PM
you wonder why anyone would make a short sleeve sweater until you move to Arizona or the South Bay in Northern CA. Perfect short sleeve sweater weather
I have to go to a high school information session for this kid who is still about this age in my heart
November 3, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I have to go to a high school information session for this kid who is still about this age in my heart
Middle school band performances will renew your hope in humanity - the kids are earnest and entertaining and up there jamming. They're a gift.
Last night I watched about 100 middle school musicians rip an orchestra cover of Thriller, complete with zombie dancers in the aisles.
Whatever eventually remains of this civilization, I hope it’s half as good as that.
Whatever eventually remains of this civilization, I hope it’s half as good as that.
October 29, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Middle school band performances will renew your hope in humanity - the kids are earnest and entertaining and up there jamming. They're a gift.
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"are you not embarazzed?"
What’s your favorite “chronically online” saying?
Mine, “we are so back”
Mine, “we are so back”
October 29, 2025 at 2:23 PM
"are you not embarazzed?"
The coyotes are howling so loudly this morning
October 29, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The coyotes are howling so loudly this morning
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Happy to be featured on my thoughts on metformin for (long) covid in this great new piece by @sweetsciencewriter.bsky.social
Metformin has been shown to reduce the risk of Long COVID. Why isn’t it more widely used? - The Sick Times
Recent studies add evidence to a prior phase 3 clinical trial, suggesting that taking the diabetes drug during acute COVID-19 reduces the risk of long-term symptoms.
thesicktimes.org
October 28, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Happy to be featured on my thoughts on metformin for (long) covid in this great new piece by @sweetsciencewriter.bsky.social
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The government of Jamaica has set up a portal for contributing to official relief efforts. I will update this thread if anything analogous opens up for Haiti, Cuba, or the DR
supportjamaica.gov.jm
supportjamaica.gov.jm
Support Jamaica
supportjamaica.gov.jm
October 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The government of Jamaica has set up a portal for contributing to official relief efforts. I will update this thread if anything analogous opens up for Haiti, Cuba, or the DR
supportjamaica.gov.jm
supportjamaica.gov.jm
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KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 storm, the strongest direct hit to the island in 174 years.
October 28, 2025 at 5:04 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 storm, the strongest direct hit to the island in 174 years.
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Apropos of nothing: "... we find that the number of lynching victims in a county is a positive and significant predictor of Confederate memorializations in that county, even after controlling for relevant covariates."
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
October 28, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Apropos of nothing: "... we find that the number of lynching victims in a county is a positive and significant predictor of Confederate memorializations in that county, even after controlling for relevant covariates."
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Had to teach a (relatively) math heavy lecture on developing scales in my grad level ethnographic methods class. The students were ambivalent at best about the material but they *clapped* for me when I finished lecturing. Made my whole week 🥹♥️
October 28, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Had to teach a (relatively) math heavy lecture on developing scales in my grad level ethnographic methods class. The students were ambivalent at best about the material but they *clapped* for me when I finished lecturing. Made my whole week 🥹♥️
This is wildly spot on. I have (too) many examples of the fact that Black women do friendship very differently. Once you are in the circle of friendship - you are handled with a kind of care that is very culturally specific
Black women and Friendship…
October 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
This is wildly spot on. I have (too) many examples of the fact that Black women do friendship very differently. Once you are in the circle of friendship - you are handled with a kind of care that is very culturally specific
There's a tiktok begging kids to get back in their garages to make music - someone commented "No one has a garage any more" - truer words have never been spoken 😔
makes me weep to think of the gifts robbed from us because unaffordable housing has made it difficult for people to pursue their passions and hobbies
October 26, 2025 at 9:06 PM
There's a tiktok begging kids to get back in their garages to make music - someone commented "No one has a garage any more" - truer words have never been spoken 😔
I'm having a hard time sitting with this - Please keep Jamaica in your prayers or whatever it is you do.
Jamaica, in particular, will likely suffer catastrophic impacts from now rapidly-intensifying (but slow-moving) Hurricane #Melissa. A *Category 5* landfall now appears to be the most likely outcome, & 30-40+ inches of *additional* rain in mountains will lead to extreme flooding.
October 26, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I'm having a hard time sitting with this - Please keep Jamaica in your prayers or whatever it is you do.
Parenting real talk: I don't have the energy for what Friday night is about to require of me
October 25, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Parenting real talk: I don't have the energy for what Friday night is about to require of me
Every time my Garmin gives me a "relax reminder" b/c "higher than normal stress detected" ---- I'm just like 🥴 - this is all I got. Working on a deadline here
October 24, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Every time my Garmin gives me a "relax reminder" b/c "higher than normal stress detected" ---- I'm just like 🥴 - this is all I got. Working on a deadline here
October 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
One day you're grad school roommates in the dankest apt in Ann Arbor; 20 years later you write a paper together. To friendship and scholarship -
On populations & our poor operationalization of the concept w/
@apv2600.bsky.social
onlinelibrary-wiley-com.ezproxy1.lib.asu.edu/doi/10.1002/...
On populations & our poor operationalization of the concept w/
@apv2600.bsky.social
onlinelibrary-wiley-com.ezproxy1.lib.asu.edu/doi/10.1002/...
October 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
One day you're grad school roommates in the dankest apt in Ann Arbor; 20 years later you write a paper together. To friendship and scholarship -
On populations & our poor operationalization of the concept w/
@apv2600.bsky.social
onlinelibrary-wiley-com.ezproxy1.lib.asu.edu/doi/10.1002/...
On populations & our poor operationalization of the concept w/
@apv2600.bsky.social
onlinelibrary-wiley-com.ezproxy1.lib.asu.edu/doi/10.1002/...
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Excited to finally have this article out with @robingnelson.blacksky.app. Although we have nominally centered populations as our unit of evolutionary analysis in biological anthropology, we have no coherent understanding of what a population is. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
The Population Problem: Biological Anthropology and the Many Definitions of a Population
Objectives With a focus on variability, biological anthropology has nominally centered the population as a key unit of analysis and node of evolutionary change. In this paper, we examine constructio...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 23, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Excited to finally have this article out with @robingnelson.blacksky.app. Although we have nominally centered populations as our unit of evolutionary analysis in biological anthropology, we have no coherent understanding of what a population is. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
It just came back and I have about 30 min before I have to go pick up the kids and do the next homework/dinner/reconnect/bed shift. I would have preferred it be out all day 😞
Cannot prep for tomorrow's grad seminar 🫠
Canvas has been down alllll day. Maybe monopolies ARE bad!
October 20, 2025 at 11:38 PM
It just came back and I have about 30 min before I have to go pick up the kids and do the next homework/dinner/reconnect/bed shift. I would have preferred it be out all day 😞
Cannot prep for tomorrow's grad seminar 🫠
Canvas has been down alllll day. Maybe monopolies ARE bad!
October 20, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Cannot prep for tomorrow's grad seminar 🫠
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NEW: a study published today identifies a fundamental energetic limit of the human body—one that even the most elite ultramarathoners seem unable to break
my first for @sciam.bsky.social, with sharp edits from @tanyalewis.bsky.social 🧪
my first for @sciam.bsky.social, with sharp edits from @tanyalewis.bsky.social 🧪
Even Elite Athletes Can't Exceed This Fundamental Metabolic Limit
A new study finds that even elite endurance athletes run up against a hard metabolic ceiling
www.scientificamerican.com
October 20, 2025 at 9:27 PM
NEW: a study published today identifies a fundamental energetic limit of the human body—one that even the most elite ultramarathoners seem unable to break
my first for @sciam.bsky.social, with sharp edits from @tanyalewis.bsky.social 🧪
my first for @sciam.bsky.social, with sharp edits from @tanyalewis.bsky.social 🧪