Kristen Jeanveau
@kjeanveau.bsky.social
This year, get them English Muffins™️
Non-binary PhD Candidate History @ Western University. My research looks at London tube shelter newspapers in the Blitz. I spent too much time playing Baldur's Gate 3 in 2024...and 2025.
Non-binary PhD Candidate History @ Western University. My research looks at London tube shelter newspapers in the Blitz. I spent too much time playing Baldur's Gate 3 in 2024...and 2025.
Day 1 Clementine Cheer:
Recall your youth. It is 1988. Your t-ball team has just won the city championship and you've gathered round a keg of watered down "McDonalds orange drink." The drink of champions.
Imagine that, but hot. And slightly bitter. 6/10
Off to a rocky start!
#221TeaBakerStreet
Recall your youth. It is 1988. Your t-ball team has just won the city championship and you've gathered round a keg of watered down "McDonalds orange drink." The drink of champions.
Imagine that, but hot. And slightly bitter. 6/10
Off to a rocky start!
#221TeaBakerStreet
December 1, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Day 1 Clementine Cheer:
Recall your youth. It is 1988. Your t-ball team has just won the city championship and you've gathered round a keg of watered down "McDonalds orange drink." The drink of champions.
Imagine that, but hot. And slightly bitter. 6/10
Off to a rocky start!
#221TeaBakerStreet
Recall your youth. It is 1988. Your t-ball team has just won the city championship and you've gathered round a keg of watered down "McDonalds orange drink." The drink of champions.
Imagine that, but hot. And slightly bitter. 6/10
Off to a rocky start!
#221TeaBakerStreet
That would be Detective Inspector Waffles. (She's pint sized with a black nose.) Professor Pancakes is significantly larger with a pink nose. And also prone to melting in front of the fireplace. They're sisters and share half a brain between the two of them.
December 1, 2025 at 12:39 AM
That would be Detective Inspector Waffles. (She's pint sized with a black nose.) Professor Pancakes is significantly larger with a pink nose. And also prone to melting in front of the fireplace. They're sisters and share half a brain between the two of them.
The best marking assistant.
November 30, 2025 at 11:48 PM
The best marking assistant.
Someone in Lawson Hall must have watched Twin Peaks for the first time.
November 26, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Someone in Lawson Hall must have watched Twin Peaks for the first time.
I love this article and tried to get my students to read it. (Guess how successful that was?)
Education, as it turns out, is much like life: one goddamn problem after another.
activehistory.ca/blog/2025/06...
Education, as it turns out, is much like life: one goddamn problem after another.
activehistory.ca/blog/2025/06...
November 22, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I love this article and tried to get my students to read it. (Guess how successful that was?)
Education, as it turns out, is much like life: one goddamn problem after another.
activehistory.ca/blog/2025/06...
Education, as it turns out, is much like life: one goddamn problem after another.
activehistory.ca/blog/2025/06...
Cats and wellbutrin over here!
November 19, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Cats and wellbutrin over here!
Today I'll be thinking about William Dawson, CAMC & Harry G. Dickson Jr, RCAF who died in the First & Second World Wars. Both from London, Ontario, and the same age (22/20) as many of the students that I teach today. It's a privilege to share William & Harry's stories with them every year 🗃️ #cdnhist
November 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Today I'll be thinking about William Dawson, CAMC & Harry G. Dickson Jr, RCAF who died in the First & Second World Wars. Both from London, Ontario, and the same age (22/20) as many of the students that I teach today. It's a privilege to share William & Harry's stories with them every year 🗃️ #cdnhist
The fun thing about doing a Canadian history comp field is that you never know when Granatstein is going to leap out from behind a metaphorical bush when you least expect him.
(For the record I think The Canadian war on queers is essential reading now more than ever 🤔) 🗃️ #cdnhist
(For the record I think The Canadian war on queers is essential reading now more than ever 🤔) 🗃️ #cdnhist
November 10, 2025 at 1:40 AM
The fun thing about doing a Canadian history comp field is that you never know when Granatstein is going to leap out from behind a metaphorical bush when you least expect him.
(For the record I think The Canadian war on queers is essential reading now more than ever 🤔) 🗃️ #cdnhist
(For the record I think The Canadian war on queers is essential reading now more than ever 🤔) 🗃️ #cdnhist
Mentally, I'm here right now.
November 8, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Mentally, I'm here right now.
Happy Halloween from 1988? 1992, 1999, and 2003.
I want to say the 1999 look was for Halloween but that was everyday wear for me when I was an angsty 17 year old.
No idea what the last one was. Inebriated university student who liked emo music? (I miss that Jimmy Eat World shirt!)
I want to say the 1999 look was for Halloween but that was everyday wear for me when I was an angsty 17 year old.
No idea what the last one was. Inebriated university student who liked emo music? (I miss that Jimmy Eat World shirt!)
October 31, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Happy Halloween from 1988? 1992, 1999, and 2003.
I want to say the 1999 look was for Halloween but that was everyday wear for me when I was an angsty 17 year old.
No idea what the last one was. Inebriated university student who liked emo music? (I miss that Jimmy Eat World shirt!)
I want to say the 1999 look was for Halloween but that was everyday wear for me when I was an angsty 17 year old.
No idea what the last one was. Inebriated university student who liked emo music? (I miss that Jimmy Eat World shirt!)
More thoughts no one asked for: the 2024 rule re-haul completely nerfs the twinned spell metamagic option (goodbye, dual casted haste) but the transmute spell option is ridiculously good.
Also meet Pfeffernusse. Every sorcerer needs a jaunty hat.
Also meet Pfeffernusse. Every sorcerer needs a jaunty hat.
October 26, 2025 at 7:34 PM
More thoughts no one asked for: the 2024 rule re-haul completely nerfs the twinned spell metamagic option (goodbye, dual casted haste) but the transmute spell option is ridiculously good.
Also meet Pfeffernusse. Every sorcerer needs a jaunty hat.
Also meet Pfeffernusse. Every sorcerer needs a jaunty hat.
Evidently I once cared about baseball!
October 24, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Evidently I once cared about baseball!
I am watching this game out of spite because of a bizarre fantasy nhl pool/bet that I made with my PhD office mate (a die hard Leafs fan) in which I inexplicably chose the Kraken solely "on vibes" to perform better than the Leafs for the entire season.
October 18, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I am watching this game out of spite because of a bizarre fantasy nhl pool/bet that I made with my PhD office mate (a die hard Leafs fan) in which I inexplicably chose the Kraken solely "on vibes" to perform better than the Leafs for the entire season.
Seven years of almost (or actually) coming in last, half-way point stroopwafel selfies, & reducing my already glacial speeds. Another Phoenix 25k trail race* in the books.
This medal will join its brethren in a cardboard box in my closet.
*Per tradition, I mostly walked after 7-8km. Whoops.
This medal will join its brethren in a cardboard box in my closet.
*Per tradition, I mostly walked after 7-8km. Whoops.
October 18, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Seven years of almost (or actually) coming in last, half-way point stroopwafel selfies, & reducing my already glacial speeds. Another Phoenix 25k trail race* in the books.
This medal will join its brethren in a cardboard box in my closet.
*Per tradition, I mostly walked after 7-8km. Whoops.
This medal will join its brethren in a cardboard box in my closet.
*Per tradition, I mostly walked after 7-8km. Whoops.
Happy "10th Anniversary Edition of Carly Rae Jepsen's masterpiece E.mo.tion with unreleased bonus tracks" day to all who celebrate.
October 17, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Happy "10th Anniversary Edition of Carly Rae Jepsen's masterpiece E.mo.tion with unreleased bonus tracks" day to all who celebrate.
Trying to determine if this "trench art vase" I bought for $10 off fb marketplace is real, but I don't know enough about shells. The base seems off?
Seems more like post war tourist claptrap. Either way, it's a fun knick knack to have. #cdnhist 🗃️
Seems more like post war tourist claptrap. Either way, it's a fun knick knack to have. #cdnhist 🗃️
October 16, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Trying to determine if this "trench art vase" I bought for $10 off fb marketplace is real, but I don't know enough about shells. The base seems off?
Seems more like post war tourist claptrap. Either way, it's a fun knick knack to have. #cdnhist 🗃️
Seems more like post war tourist claptrap. Either way, it's a fun knick knack to have. #cdnhist 🗃️
Keeping this & a bag of chips for right after the race next week.
October 12, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Keeping this & a bag of chips for right after the race next week.
Me, last October after limping across a finish line: "I'm going to register for this 25k trail race again and really train over the next 12 months"
Me, this afternoon, one week prior to the 25k race, forgetting that I registered last year and having not run in 8 months: "Well, shit."
Me, this afternoon, one week prior to the 25k race, forgetting that I registered last year and having not run in 8 months: "Well, shit."
October 10, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Me, last October after limping across a finish line: "I'm going to register for this 25k trail race again and really train over the next 12 months"
Me, this afternoon, one week prior to the 25k race, forgetting that I registered last year and having not run in 8 months: "Well, shit."
Me, this afternoon, one week prior to the 25k race, forgetting that I registered last year and having not run in 8 months: "Well, shit."
I'm only forty pages in and this is already knocking my socks off. I've read so little about queer spaces in mid 20th century Canada that were not Toronto/Montreal/Vancouver and this is a welcome addition. 🗃️
October 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I'm only forty pages in and this is already knocking my socks off. I've read so little about queer spaces in mid 20th century Canada that were not Toronto/Montreal/Vancouver and this is a welcome addition. 🗃️
Tori Amos tour/album announcement time
✅ info leaked beforehand
✅ Endless debate about whether the title is a joke or not.
✅ Fake tracklist gags
✅ Typos or issues with website
✅ Launch graphics that will have nothing to do with the project
✅ Head tilting explanation of album
We're so back, baby!
✅ info leaked beforehand
✅ Endless debate about whether the title is a joke or not.
✅ Fake tracklist gags
✅ Typos or issues with website
✅ Launch graphics that will have nothing to do with the project
✅ Head tilting explanation of album
We're so back, baby!
October 6, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Tori Amos tour/album announcement time
✅ info leaked beforehand
✅ Endless debate about whether the title is a joke or not.
✅ Fake tracklist gags
✅ Typos or issues with website
✅ Launch graphics that will have nothing to do with the project
✅ Head tilting explanation of album
We're so back, baby!
✅ info leaked beforehand
✅ Endless debate about whether the title is a joke or not.
✅ Fake tracklist gags
✅ Typos or issues with website
✅ Launch graphics that will have nothing to do with the project
✅ Head tilting explanation of album
We're so back, baby!
We are moving to weird new heights to soothe our ever-anxious Waffles by trying a Thunder Shirt.
She didn't hate it - progress!
She didn't hate it - progress!
October 4, 2025 at 7:37 PM
We are moving to weird new heights to soothe our ever-anxious Waffles by trying a Thunder Shirt.
She didn't hate it - progress!
She didn't hate it - progress!
Obligatory Cher quote:
October 1, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Obligatory Cher quote:
BRB, going to find an early 20th century "group of moneyed men" so I can quit my day job and conduct research in Canadian history. 🗃️
October 1, 2025 at 12:07 AM
BRB, going to find an early 20th century "group of moneyed men" so I can quit my day job and conduct research in Canadian history. 🗃️
So kind of @dropout.tv President @vicmmic.bsky.social to grace Toronto with their presence. (Micro celebrity Kurt Maloney was ok, I guess.)
The real comedy was the ~ 7 hour~ round trip drive from London that usually takes 4.5 hours. Hats off to the Gardiner Expressway.
The real comedy was the ~ 7 hour~ round trip drive from London that usually takes 4.5 hours. Hats off to the Gardiner Expressway.
September 28, 2025 at 4:02 AM
So kind of @dropout.tv President @vicmmic.bsky.social to grace Toronto with their presence. (Micro celebrity Kurt Maloney was ok, I guess.)
The real comedy was the ~ 7 hour~ round trip drive from London that usually takes 4.5 hours. Hats off to the Gardiner Expressway.
The real comedy was the ~ 7 hour~ round trip drive from London that usually takes 4.5 hours. Hats off to the Gardiner Expressway.