let's try .bash_profile instead?

nim/tasks/main.yml

@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@
 - name: Copy .profile file to add nimble to PATH
   ansible.builtin.template:
     src: .profile
-    dest: "/home/{{ NITTER_USER }}/.profile"
+    dest: "/home/{{ NITTER_USER }}/.bash_profile"
   become: true
   become_user: "{{ NITTER_USER }}"

nim/templates/.profile

@@ -1,29 +1 @@
-# ~/.profile: executed by the command interpreter for login shells.
-# This file is not read by bash(1), if ~/.bash_profile or ~/.bash_login
-# exists.
-# see /usr/share/doc/bash/examples/startup-files for examples.
-# the files are located in the bash-doc package.
-
-# the default umask is set in /etc/profile; for setting the umask
-# for ssh logins, install and configure the libpam-umask package.
-#umask 022
-
-# if running bash
-if [ -n "$BASH_VERSION" ]; then
-    # include .bashrc if it exists
-    if [ -f "$HOME/.bashrc" ]; then
-        . "$HOME/.bashrc"
-    fi
-fi
-
-# set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists
-if [ -d "$HOME/bin" ] ; then
-    PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"
-fi
-
-# set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists
-if [ -d "$HOME/.local/bin" ] ; then
-    PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
-fi
-
 export PATH=/home/{{ NITTER_USER }}/.nimble/bin:$PATH