Bryn Robinson, PhD
@brynphd.com
A creative and curious sort, writing poetry and photographing all the birds on Wolastoqey lands.
UNB PhD '10. Wife, stepmom, she/her. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️☕️
Campfire Notebook: brynphd.com
Book Reviews: @theseaboardreview.ca
UNB PhD '10. Wife, stepmom, she/her. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️☕️
Campfire Notebook: brynphd.com
Book Reviews: @theseaboardreview.ca
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Bryn Robinson, PhD
@brynphd.com
· Apr 16
A sudden influx today of new followers. Not sure why but welcome!
I’m Bryn (she/her). Live in #NewBrunswick in Menahqesk (Saint John).
Some things I post on:
🩵 Writing poetry, writing #BookReviews, #Birds photography, #FlyTying)
🩵 Sharing #SciArt
🩵 #PatientEngagement
I’m Bryn (she/her). Live in #NewBrunswick in Menahqesk (Saint John).
Some things I post on:
🩵 Writing poetry, writing #BookReviews, #Birds photography, #FlyTying)
🩵 Sharing #SciArt
🩵 #PatientEngagement
A magical and introspective read for autumn days 🐝
Latest for @theseaboardreview.ca:
#CanLit #Poetry #Writing
Latest for @theseaboardreview.ca:
#CanLit #Poetry #Writing
The Pollination Field by Kim Fahner
A mixture of feminist fairy tale and fantastical verse
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October 24, 2025 at 9:46 AM
A magical and introspective read for autumn days 🐝
Latest for @theseaboardreview.ca:
#CanLit #Poetry #Writing
Latest for @theseaboardreview.ca:
#CanLit #Poetry #Writing
My latest for @theseaboardreview.ca.
In Goose, “…the reader is invited to open their minds to a poetic deconstruction and rebuilding of Fort McMurray history - a history that is an oil sands history, but before and throughout that, a Métis history.” #Poetry #CanLit
In Goose, “…the reader is invited to open their minds to a poetic deconstruction and rebuilding of Fort McMurray history - a history that is an oil sands history, but before and throughout that, a Métis history.” #Poetry #CanLit
Goose by Melanie Dennis Unrau
Reviewed by Bryn Robinson
www.theseaboardreview.ca
October 11, 2025 at 3:24 PM
My latest for @theseaboardreview.ca.
In Goose, “…the reader is invited to open their minds to a poetic deconstruction and rebuilding of Fort McMurray history - a history that is an oil sands history, but before and throughout that, a Métis history.” #Poetry #CanLit
In Goose, “…the reader is invited to open their minds to a poetic deconstruction and rebuilding of Fort McMurray history - a history that is an oil sands history, but before and throughout that, a Métis history.” #Poetry #CanLit
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The covers of the books reviewed in the October 8th issue of The Seaboard Review of Books. www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/the-Seaboa... #canlit
October 10, 2025 at 12:28 PM
The covers of the books reviewed in the October 8th issue of The Seaboard Review of Books. www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/the-Seaboa... #canlit
A great - free! virtual! recorded for future watching! - conference for those in the #MECFS community and their supporters.
Please share!
#PatientEngagement
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Please share!
#PatientEngagement
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2025 ME Conference - ICanCME
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October 2, 2025 at 7:50 PM
A great - free! virtual! recorded for future watching! - conference for those in the #MECFS community and their supporters.
Please share!
#PatientEngagement
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@icancmeresearch.bsky.social
Please share!
#PatientEngagement
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@icancmeresearch.bsky.social
New lifer! #Birds #Birding #Autumn #Fall #Sandpiper
Alt: A juvenile solitary sandpiper stands in shallow water on an early fall evening; the water is blurry fall colours of yellow-greens and oranges.
Alt: A juvenile solitary sandpiper stands in shallow water on an early fall evening; the water is blurry fall colours of yellow-greens and oranges.
Solitary
Usually I find shorebirds in massive flocks – so I was concerned that this little fellow was foraging solo along the shores of the Nerepis River. Turns out, that’s just their nature. Li…
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September 17, 2025 at 11:43 PM
New lifer! #Birds #Birding #Autumn #Fall #Sandpiper
Alt: A juvenile solitary sandpiper stands in shallow water on an early fall evening; the water is blurry fall colours of yellow-greens and oranges.
Alt: A juvenile solitary sandpiper stands in shallow water on an early fall evening; the water is blurry fall colours of yellow-greens and oranges.
This is a big moment for me because I have a distaste for butterflies, to put it mildly. (Their erratic fluttering and potential to land on me.)
#NatureSky #Butterfly #MonarchButterfly #Nature #Photography
#NatureSky #Butterfly #MonarchButterfly #Nature #Photography
Road Trip
A monarch butterfly resting on thistle in Lorneville before setting off for wintering grounds.
brynphd.com
September 5, 2025 at 4:07 PM
This is a big moment for me because I have a distaste for butterflies, to put it mildly. (Their erratic fluttering and potential to land on me.)
#NatureSky #Butterfly #MonarchButterfly #Nature #Photography
#NatureSky #Butterfly #MonarchButterfly #Nature #Photography
“…Is there any value to resuming the trajectory of “before times”? Can we (or should we) ever truly “let go” of the past?”
Today in @theseaboardreview.ca - my review of @premeemohamed.com’s latest post-apocalyptic novella, coming later this month.
#CanLit #Books
Today in @theseaboardreview.ca - my review of @premeemohamed.com’s latest post-apocalyptic novella, coming later this month.
#CanLit #Books
The First Thousand Trees by Premee Mohamed
Reviewed by Bryn Robinson
www.theseaboardreview.ca
September 1, 2025 at 4:34 PM
“…Is there any value to resuming the trajectory of “before times”? Can we (or should we) ever truly “let go” of the past?”
Today in @theseaboardreview.ca - my review of @premeemohamed.com’s latest post-apocalyptic novella, coming later this month.
#CanLit #Books
Today in @theseaboardreview.ca - my review of @premeemohamed.com’s latest post-apocalyptic novella, coming later this month.
#CanLit #Books
Reposted by Bryn Robinson, PhD
Our first Call for Papers is live! If you are interested in writing the history of New Brunswick, engaging with popular audiences, and supporting small museums, then we would love to hear from you! Proposals for submissions are due 30 September 2025. See below for details:
August 26, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Our first Call for Papers is live! If you are interested in writing the history of New Brunswick, engaging with popular audiences, and supporting small museums, then we would love to hear from you! Proposals for submissions are due 30 September 2025. See below for details:
“We focus on doing photo-perfect performances for social media...And yet it's the ongoing, often messy, private practice of any of the arts that connects us to ourselves, to each other, that calms us and potentially helps us transcend troubles.”
On #art in times of authoritarianism by Sue Clancy.
On #art in times of authoritarianism by Sue Clancy.
Art is tangible love
creativity and community
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August 9, 2025 at 11:03 AM
“We focus on doing photo-perfect performances for social media...And yet it's the ongoing, often messy, private practice of any of the arts that connects us to ourselves, to each other, that calms us and potentially helps us transcend troubles.”
On #art in times of authoritarianism by Sue Clancy.
On #art in times of authoritarianism by Sue Clancy.
“Regardless of the relationship between sender and recipient, the written letter stands out amongst the “immedia-sea” of artificial art and content creation as a profoundly romantic act of rebellion.”
#Writing #Letters
#Writing #Letters
Postcards
There’s a romanticism that comes with the written letter. This came to mind with Mark DeLong’s piece for Three Quarks Daily; his piece initially explores handwriting as a technology tha…
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August 3, 2025 at 3:44 PM
How your email finds me.
July 30, 2025 at 8:11 PM
How your email finds me.
East Coast Bistro is easily the best restaurant in Saint John send skeet.
Clockwise from bottom right: Smoked salmon/goat cheese/dill quiche; pain au chocolat; double chocolate puff pastry pop tart; vanilla crueller; ham/pesto/cheese croissant. #NewBrunswick
Clockwise from bottom right: Smoked salmon/goat cheese/dill quiche; pain au chocolat; double chocolate puff pastry pop tart; vanilla crueller; ham/pesto/cheese croissant. #NewBrunswick
July 26, 2025 at 1:53 PM
East Coast Bistro is easily the best restaurant in Saint John send skeet.
Clockwise from bottom right: Smoked salmon/goat cheese/dill quiche; pain au chocolat; double chocolate puff pastry pop tart; vanilla crueller; ham/pesto/cheese croissant. #NewBrunswick
Clockwise from bottom right: Smoked salmon/goat cheese/dill quiche; pain au chocolat; double chocolate puff pastry pop tart; vanilla crueller; ham/pesto/cheese croissant. #NewBrunswick
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Last week on my 3rd trip to the mighty Miramichi I landed my first salmon! A nice little grilse on a royal undertaker. Definitely a great experience!
June 24, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Last week on my 3rd trip to the mighty Miramichi I landed my first salmon! A nice little grilse on a royal undertaker. Definitely a great experience!
“…knowledge is advanced by many…working on chipping away at boundaries of knowledge little bit at a time. Sometimes doing so leads to world-changing discovery. Other times it just tells us 1 more thing that doesn’t work, a vital step toward eventually learning what does work.“
Great read for all.
Great read for all.
My latest for American Scientist Magazine helps give scientists the tools to fight back against politicized charges that our research is silly or pointless- tools that will work whether you’re asked “why are we funding this” from your asshole uncle at Thanksgiving or an asshole US Senator.
🧪🌎
🧪🌎
“Why Are We Funding This?”
Long-standing myths about “silly science” have contributed to the reckless slashing of government-supported research.
www.americanscientist.org
June 19, 2025 at 9:51 AM
“…knowledge is advanced by many…working on chipping away at boundaries of knowledge little bit at a time. Sometimes doing so leads to world-changing discovery. Other times it just tells us 1 more thing that doesn’t work, a vital step toward eventually learning what does work.“
Great read for all.
Great read for all.
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For Lorneville, Saint John is bound by tradition to shatter underprivileged communities.
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For Lorneville, Saint John is bound by tradition to shatter underprivileged communities.
Photo Credit: Ian Maceachern
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June 17, 2025 at 10:30 AM
For Lorneville, Saint John is bound by tradition to shatter underprivileged communities.
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