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Robin Kimball

@robinkimball.bsky.social

Middle school science teacher in Southern NM; PG-13 vocabulary. Cooking, movies, dogs, eyebrows, and bodily autonomy. Make no machine in the likeness of a human mind.

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Hagai Palevsky (he/him)@dialhforhagai.bsky.social · 21m ago

Crucial to note that Image said they “will not be working with Warren on anything further until he has made amends to the satisfaction of all involved” back in 2021… it took them just three years to break this promise by reprinting DESOLATION JONES in 2024

ComicsXF@comicsxf.com · 7h ago

As a reminder, in 2020, more than 60 people accused Warren Ellis of grooming and sexual impropriety, coming together to create the website somanyofus.com. In its most recent update, in 2023, the site posted: "To the best of our knowledge, Warren Ellis took none of the steps we hoped he would."

A screenshot of an Image Comics press release announcing the reprinting of Warren Ellis and Chris Sprouse's Ocean.
Victoria Rose Richards@aerialembroidery.bsky.social · yesterday

'You'll choke too' - an aerial embroidery landscape inspired by all the wildfires happening right now... I'm upset every time I smell smoke outside and somehow we have people starting them maliciously too! But we all breathe the same air so they'll choke too (1/2 - see thread for close-ups)

An embroidery hoop containing a sewn landscape from above. It shows a forest on the right, a line of fire and charred ground with smoke on the left. The smoke is felted wool.
Stephen Schwartz@atomicanalyst.bsky.social · yesterday

“Today is August 4, 2026, in the city of Allendale, California ....” Listen below to Leonard Nimoy’s recording of Ray Bradbury’s powerful 1950 science fiction short story “There Will Come Soft Rains,” set on this very day.

Stephen Schwartz@atomicanalyst.bsky.social · last mo.

Listen here to Nimoy’s 1975 recording of Ray Bradbury’s 1950 science fiction short story (and chapter in “The Martian Chronicles”) “There Will Come Soft Rains,” which hauntingly envisioned one potential future arising from unconstrained nuclear testing and arms races. archive.org/details/brad...

A screenshot from the linked Internet Archive page for the 1975 recording, "Ray Bradbury, The Martian Chronicles — There Will Come Soft Rains • Usher II — Read By Leonard Nimoy" It shows the cover of the album, a somewhat abstract-looking painting of a vaguely futuristic-looking white house sitting amidst what looks like a pile of branches. Up in the blue sky, stars and two planets (one red, one green) are visible.
Robin Kimball@robinkimball.bsky.social · 2d ago

And THIS is why I got Emily's book in my middle school reading room. Middle grade ain't dead and the kids LOVE the safe engagement with big scary feelings that horror can provide!

Emily C. Hughes@emilyhughes.bsky.social · 2d ago

kicking off week three of the @darkertimes.bsky.social subscriber drive with this kickass piece from @allyoutthere.bsky.social, which should put to rest any lingering ignorant comments along the lines of "horror for kids isn't scary" or "middle grade is dead" www.darkertimes.com/middle-grade...

Chuck Taggart 🔜 STLV@sazeracla.bsky.social · 3d ago

This is a very important thread if you have a dog or are attacked by a dog yourself. I didn't know about the hip grab!

Alex de Campi@alexdecampi.bsky.social · 3d ago

I’m feeling a way about this because my dog got attacked on a walk today too, by a dog that ran out of its yard and tried to bite him. Luckily Bruce only got scratches. But let me tell you THE most important thing to know about breaking up a dog fight: (1/2) (imma also tell you some legal stuff)

Robin Kimball@robinkimball.bsky.social · 4d ago

A quick shout out to @heymrsbond.com for the technique I'm nearly certain I'm borrowing from her: the 8th graders shall write their own progress reports to their home adults! Started this week with strong framing, samples, and sentence starters. I am looking forward to watching this develop!

Robin Kimball@robinkimball.bsky.social · 4d ago

Another arrow in my "how we make middle school actually matter" quiver is along these lines: redefine our goal/success metric. theconversation.com/students-are...

Students are anxious – and it’s no surprise, since we are teaching them to be that way

Whether students feel pressure to get good grades or keep up with classmates, the anxiety this effort produces can have long-term effects on their brains.

theconversation.com

The Conversation U.S.@us.theconversation.com · 4d ago

What if school isn't just exposing student anxiety—but helping create it? As anxiety among students continues to rise, a neuroscientist says the way we teach and define success may be part of the problem, by emphasizing success and limiting the joy of curiosity-based learning.

Robin Kimball@robinkimball.bsky.social · 5d ago

"When women ask for the basic infrastructure that would make raising children more sustainable [...] children are treated as a private lifestyle choice. Yet when politicians discuss falling birthrates, family values or the future workforce, motherhood suddenly becomes a national concern...."

Sarah Tuttle@niais.bsky.social · 5d ago

All of this and more. I wouldn't trade my children for the world. But this country has meant that I've traded a lot to be their mom. www.seattletimes.com/opinion/wond...