Keri Cronin
@kericronin.bsky.social
Historian of Visual Culture. Human-Animal History. Writer. Pteridomaniac. Kayaker. Has a chronic illness you probably haven’t heard of. Fan of #PWHL hockey 😷 🍁 🏳️🌈 🌱 she/her
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Keri Cronin
@kericronin.bsky.social
· Nov 8
Hello new followers! 👋 I’m a professor by day and am writing a #historicalfiction novel about an early 20thC photographer by night. I teach, research, and write about: #arthistory #visualculture #historyofphotography #animalstudies #environmentalhistory
I live with 2 sassy cats and a house rabbit.
I live with 2 sassy cats and a house rabbit.
Wait. We get both the #PWHL schedule and a new #TaylorSwift album in the same week? Nice!
October 1, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Wait. We get both the #PWHL schedule and a new #TaylorSwift album in the same week? Nice!
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If your position is secure enough to permit it, be the person in the room who says no. Be the person in the room prepared to articulate why your organization has no business adopting AI into its operations, why doing so is harmful.
Something really important about organizations’ decisions to adopt AI tools which people need to understand is this: it often comes down to a room of a handful of people who are simply uninformed and think it’s just a new norm they’ll be left behind on if they don’t find a use for it in their work.
June 27, 2025 at 4:53 PM
If your position is secure enough to permit it, be the person in the room who says no. Be the person in the room prepared to articulate why your organization has no business adopting AI into its operations, why doing so is harmful.
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just saw someone sincerely arguing that they need AI bc they don't have "natural" artistic talent and idk how to make you understand that nobody comes by this shit naturally. it's just...work. it's being bad at it for a really, really, really long time. it's intention, pursued over time! wtf!!!
August 17, 2025 at 1:57 PM
just saw someone sincerely arguing that they need AI bc they don't have "natural" artistic talent and idk how to make you understand that nobody comes by this shit naturally. it's just...work. it's being bad at it for a really, really, really long time. it's intention, pursued over time! wtf!!!
I think we can all agree that a do-it-yourself writing retreat requires cake. But which kind and how much? 🤔 🍰
#writing #writinglife #writingretreat #cake
#writing #writinglife #writingretreat #cake
August 17, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I think we can all agree that a do-it-yourself writing retreat requires cake. But which kind and how much? 🤔 🍰
#writing #writinglife #writingretreat #cake
#writing #writinglife #writingretreat #cake
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Air Filtration Doesn’t Work To Prevent Illness Says Study Done By People Who Didn’t Switch The Air Filters On Properly
August 4, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Air Filtration Doesn’t Work To Prevent Illness Says Study Done By People Who Didn’t Switch The Air Filters On Properly
When you know eating a healthy, balanced diet helps manage your chronic illnesses but your symptoms have you feeling like you have a hangover and you crave “junk” food. #chronicillness #sickofbringsick
a cartoon of alice from alice in wonderland looking down
Alt: A cartoon clip of Alice from Alice in Wonderland looking down and sighing with exasperation. She has yellow blonde hair and wears a blue dress with a white pinafore over it.
media.tenor.com
August 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
When you know eating a healthy, balanced diet helps manage your chronic illnesses but your symptoms have you feeling like you have a hangover and you crave “junk” food. #chronicillness #sickofbringsick
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Sarah Nurse ready to make waves with new PWHL team in Vancouver
Sarah Nurse ready to make waves with new PWHL team in Vancouver
When Sarah Nurse first stepped onto the Aquabus dock at Vancouver’s Granville Island, she was a little apprehensive.
bit.ly
August 3, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Sarah Nurse ready to make waves with new PWHL team in Vancouver
Oh, this is sad news. ☹️ Visiting the Parliament Hill cats was always on the top of my list when in Ottawa. 🐈⬛ #cat #cats #Canada
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
The end of an era: Last feline from Parliament Hill cat colony dies | CBC News
After putting his name furrward for prime minister and bringing joy to millions of people, the last feline from the beloved former cat colony on Parliament Hill has died.
www.cbc.ca
July 9, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Oh, this is sad news. ☹️ Visiting the Parliament Hill cats was always on the top of my list when in Ottawa. 🐈⬛ #cat #cats #Canada
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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The New York Times has installed *Visual Studies*, a series that explores how images move through and shape culture.
Great to see this kind of public attention! Hopefully the academic field with its research traditions is reflected in future contributions too.
www.nytimes.com/card/2025/04...
Great to see this kind of public attention! Hopefully the academic field with its research traditions is reflected in future contributions too.
www.nytimes.com/card/2025/04...
Opinion | There’s More to Selfies Than Meets the Eye
Is a selfie embarrassing? It depends on how you think about it.
www.nytimes.com
April 7, 2025 at 4:32 AM
The New York Times has installed *Visual Studies*, a series that explores how images move through and shape culture.
Great to see this kind of public attention! Hopefully the academic field with its research traditions is reflected in future contributions too.
www.nytimes.com/card/2025/04...
Great to see this kind of public attention! Hopefully the academic field with its research traditions is reflected in future contributions too.
www.nytimes.com/card/2025/04...
I had a dream last night in which I turned to my sister and said “Have I talked to you about the magic of freewriting?”
#wordnerd #writinglife #freewriting
#wordnerd #writinglife #freewriting
May 24, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I had a dream last night in which I turned to my sister and said “Have I talked to you about the magic of freewriting?”
#wordnerd #writinglife #freewriting
#wordnerd #writinglife #freewriting
Alright @pwhlcharge.bsky.social - let’s goooo!! Excited for the Walter Cup final. Game 1 tonight. I love the energy of the Ottawa fans. #PWHL #hockey 🏒 🇨🇦
May 20, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Alright @pwhlcharge.bsky.social - let’s goooo!! Excited for the Walter Cup final. Game 1 tonight. I love the energy of the Ottawa fans. #PWHL #hockey 🏒 🇨🇦
Everyone thinks rabbits are quiet. 😆 📦 🐇
May 20, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Everyone thinks rabbits are quiet. 😆 📦 🐇
Argh. What a heartbreaker tonight. #TorontoSceptres #PWHL 🏒
May 15, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Argh. What a heartbreaker tonight. #TorontoSceptres #PWHL 🏒
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Don't do this, people! Make your own art. AI is straight up stealing.
This thing I found on Instagram seems to be a generative AI version of a comic I made about photographing birds (second image)? Can’t say I like this.
May 13, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Don't do this, people! Make your own art. AI is straight up stealing.
Is it just me, or does my rabbit look like Poirot? 😆 🐇 🕵️
May 13, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Is it just me, or does my rabbit look like Poirot? 😆 🐇 🕵️
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The Terrebonne riding just had a judicial recount and the Liberals ended up winning by a single vote. I don't want to ever hear anyone saying their vote doesn't matter. Democracies are led by those who participate.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Quebec riding of Terrebonne flips to Liberals after recount shows candidate won by single vote | CBC News
After a judicial recount, sources tell CBC News the Quebec riding of Terrebonne has flipped to the Liberals, who have beaten the Bloc Québécois by one vote. The result means the Liberals have 170 seat...
www.cbc.ca
May 11, 2025 at 1:24 AM
The Terrebonne riding just had a judicial recount and the Liberals ended up winning by a single vote. I don't want to ever hear anyone saying their vote doesn't matter. Democracies are led by those who participate.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Unsolicited writing advice, no. 489:
You don't need a paper qualification to be a writer. Some courses may give you confidence; or access to other writers; or teach you the nuts and bolts of how to build a novel. But the piece of paper itself doesn't count for anything. Only what you write counts.
You don't need a paper qualification to be a writer. Some courses may give you confidence; or access to other writers; or teach you the nuts and bolts of how to build a novel. But the piece of paper itself doesn't count for anything. Only what you write counts.
May 10, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 489:
You don't need a paper qualification to be a writer. Some courses may give you confidence; or access to other writers; or teach you the nuts and bolts of how to build a novel. But the piece of paper itself doesn't count for anything. Only what you write counts.
You don't need a paper qualification to be a writer. Some courses may give you confidence; or access to other writers; or teach you the nuts and bolts of how to build a novel. But the piece of paper itself doesn't count for anything. Only what you write counts.
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Unsolicited writing advice, no. 118:
Don't just write what you know. But make sure you know what you're writing about. That means due diligence; research; talking to people with specialist expertise or experience. And it means never stop learning; exploring; questioning; listening; being curious.
Don't just write what you know. But make sure you know what you're writing about. That means due diligence; research; talking to people with specialist expertise or experience. And it means never stop learning; exploring; questioning; listening; being curious.
May 4, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 118:
Don't just write what you know. But make sure you know what you're writing about. That means due diligence; research; talking to people with specialist expertise or experience. And it means never stop learning; exploring; questioning; listening; being curious.
Don't just write what you know. But make sure you know what you're writing about. That means due diligence; research; talking to people with specialist expertise or experience. And it means never stop learning; exploring; questioning; listening; being curious.
Ok, I need some suggestions for shows to watch. We enjoy mysteries but nothing too violent or dark. We love The Chelsea Detective, Midsomer Murders, Moonflower Murders, Poirot, Father Brown, etc. Anything come to mind that we might have missed?
May 4, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Ok, I need some suggestions for shows to watch. We enjoy mysteries but nothing too violent or dark. We love The Chelsea Detective, Midsomer Murders, Moonflower Murders, Poirot, Father Brown, etc. Anything come to mind that we might have missed?
Finally made it to a @pwhlsceptres.bsky.social game! And we saw Sarah Nurse score! 🏒 #pwhl
May 3, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Finally made it to a @pwhlsceptres.bsky.social game! And we saw Sarah Nurse score! 🏒 #pwhl
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“This is and always will be Indian land”: First Nations challenge #Alberta’s separatist rhetoric.
Treaties predate Alberta and cannot be hand-waved away even as the premier fuels separatist fantasies.
@brandimorin.bsky.social reports:
ricochet.media/indigenous/l...
#AlbertaSeparation #abpoli
Treaties predate Alberta and cannot be hand-waved away even as the premier fuels separatist fantasies.
@brandimorin.bsky.social reports:
ricochet.media/indigenous/l...
#AlbertaSeparation #abpoli
“This is and always will be Indian land”: First Nations challenge Alberta’s separatist rhetoric
Treaties governing Canada’s relationship with First Nations predate Alberta, and cannot be hand-waved away even as the premier fuels separatist fantasies
ricochet.media
May 1, 2025 at 8:08 PM
“This is and always will be Indian land”: First Nations challenge #Alberta’s separatist rhetoric.
Treaties predate Alberta and cannot be hand-waved away even as the premier fuels separatist fantasies.
@brandimorin.bsky.social reports:
ricochet.media/indigenous/l...
#AlbertaSeparation #abpoli
Treaties predate Alberta and cannot be hand-waved away even as the premier fuels separatist fantasies.
@brandimorin.bsky.social reports:
ricochet.media/indigenous/l...
#AlbertaSeparation #abpoli
Watching @thepwhl.com hockey with this little button. He is cheering for the @pwhlcharge.bsky.social tonight 🐇 🏒
#hockey #pwhl #rabbit #houserabbit
#hockey #pwhl #rabbit #houserabbit
April 30, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Watching @thepwhl.com hockey with this little button. He is cheering for the @pwhlcharge.bsky.social tonight 🐇 🏒
#hockey #pwhl #rabbit #houserabbit
#hockey #pwhl #rabbit #houserabbit