N.P. Thompson 🍁
@nptwrites.bsky.social
Canadian author of magical middle grade books. Probably in the garden.
CHALICE OF CALADRIAI, book 4 of The Arcanium Saga now available!
books2read.com/NPTwrites | shop.nptwrites.com/ | nptwrites.com/links
CHALICE OF CALADRIAI, book 4 of The Arcanium Saga now available!
books2read.com/NPTwrites | shop.nptwrites.com/ | nptwrites.com/links
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This is a series for fans of action-packed fantasy adventures that don't skimp on character or world-building (you're even going to love the side-characters!) It's also funny. And there are layers and sub-plots that really draw you in. 🧙♂️✨ #ReaderSky #Reading
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I have got to stop making tea and then forgetting that I made tea and then finding a cup of tea on my counter that is cold and *super-strong* 'cause it's been steeping since I forget when I made this.
Also, if I can't remember tea I think it means I am old and should be allowed to retire dammit.
Also, if I can't remember tea I think it means I am old and should be allowed to retire dammit.
January 26, 2026 at 6:56 PM
I have got to stop making tea and then forgetting that I made tea and then finding a cup of tea on my counter that is cold and *super-strong* 'cause it's been steeping since I forget when I made this.
Also, if I can't remember tea I think it means I am old and should be allowed to retire dammit.
Also, if I can't remember tea I think it means I am old and should be allowed to retire dammit.
Canada should do this, too. (Note this "Visio" is a different entity than Microsoft Visio, which does flowcharts and such.)
France announced today it’s phasing out Teams, Zoom, etc. to be replaced with a French/European solution called Visio. The data is hosted on Outscale. Transcripts and subtitles are also handled by French providers. The target is set on 2027 for government agencies.
January 26, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Canada should do this, too. (Note this "Visio" is a different entity than Microsoft Visio, which does flowcharts and such.)
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THIS.
I really wish people understood that the fake-ass apology to get you to shut up is part of the abuse cycle and we don't have to fucking participate in this shit.
I really wish people understood that the fake-ass apology to get you to shut up is part of the abuse cycle and we don't have to fucking participate in this shit.
This behavior of theirs is SO abusive.
"Welcome them with open arms, they've admitted they were wrong"
Yeah, I did that with my abuser many times, all it meant was he said one thing to get back into my good graces so he could abuse me more.
Go play your tiny violin, motherfuckers.
"Welcome them with open arms, they've admitted they were wrong"
Yeah, I did that with my abuser many times, all it meant was he said one thing to get back into my good graces so he could abuse me more.
Go play your tiny violin, motherfuckers.
January 26, 2026 at 3:24 PM
THIS.
I really wish people understood that the fake-ass apology to get you to shut up is part of the abuse cycle and we don't have to fucking participate in this shit.
I really wish people understood that the fake-ass apology to get you to shut up is part of the abuse cycle and we don't have to fucking participate in this shit.
Interesting and I hadn't thought about this before.
If Google stopped providing GMail for free tomorrow, there is nothing any Canadian government could do about it.
And quite frankly, nor should they.
If you want e-mail as a critical service, make Canada Post an e-mail provider.
And make it accountable to the people through Government.
And quite frankly, nor should they.
If you want e-mail as a critical service, make Canada Post an e-mail provider.
And make it accountable to the people through Government.
January 26, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Interesting and I hadn't thought about this before.
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This is fantastic reporting. Award-worthy.
Everyone should read this and understand that the problem is not limited to Australia. This think tank, dark money problem is American too.
Read this and understand how the world got fucked up.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Everyone should read this and understand that the problem is not limited to Australia. This think tank, dark money problem is American too.
Read this and understand how the world got fucked up.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
A discreet intellectual network has been reshaping the world for 70 years. Here's how
A constant battle of ideas reshapes the world we live in, and few groups have been more successful in winning the war than the little-known Atlas Network.
www.abc.net.au
January 26, 2026 at 12:03 AM
This is fantastic reporting. Award-worthy.
Everyone should read this and understand that the problem is not limited to Australia. This think tank, dark money problem is American too.
Read this and understand how the world got fucked up.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Everyone should read this and understand that the problem is not limited to Australia. This think tank, dark money problem is American too.
Read this and understand how the world got fucked up.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Just realized the original post in the repost I just posted does not have ALT text. Reposting again, with ALT text added.
(Note: I just deleted my previous repost since it didn't copy the full ALT text in. Think I've got it all this time, though!)
(Note: I just deleted my previous repost since it didn't copy the full ALT text in. Think I've got it all this time, though!)
January 25, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Just realized the original post in the repost I just posted does not have ALT text. Reposting again, with ALT text added.
(Note: I just deleted my previous repost since it didn't copy the full ALT text in. Think I've got it all this time, though!)
(Note: I just deleted my previous repost since it didn't copy the full ALT text in. Think I've got it all this time, though!)
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Incredible
January 25, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Incredible
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Blistering piece on ed tech in @economist.com.
‘Although ed-tech companies tout huge learning gains, independent research has made clear that technology rarely boosts learning in schools—and often impairs it.’
economist.com/united-state...
‘Although ed-tech companies tout huge learning gains, independent research has made clear that technology rarely boosts learning in schools—and often impairs it.’
economist.com/united-state...
Ed tech is profitable. It is also mostly useless
Independent research identifies few learning gains
economist.com
January 24, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Blistering piece on ed tech in @economist.com.
‘Although ed-tech companies tout huge learning gains, independent research has made clear that technology rarely boosts learning in schools—and often impairs it.’
economist.com/united-state...
‘Although ed-tech companies tout huge learning gains, independent research has made clear that technology rarely boosts learning in schools—and often impairs it.’
economist.com/united-state...
Thread.
This isn't really new, either. "The greatest way to defend democracy is to make it work." - Tommy Douglas. "If American democracy ceases to move forward as a living force, seeking day and night by peaceful means to better the lot of our citizens, fascism will grow in strength in our land." - FDR
Democratic politicians have, though, pursued growth in GDP at the expense of other values. One response to @jburnmurdoch.ft.com pessimistic scenario is refocus on those values, combined with egalitarianism, sufficiency and quality of life. Not "it's the economy, stupid" but "it's the the society"
January 25, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Thread.
Thread.
Let's also bring in the connection with tech giants: Google hosted a CBP app that used facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable group.
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
www.404media.co
January 25, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Thread.
Found a new seed site and there are SO MANY COOL PLANTS and I want them all and why do I keep tormenting myself like this? I cannot afford to spend $$ on plants this year! 😭🌱
January 25, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Found a new seed site and there are SO MANY COOL PLANTS and I want them all and why do I keep tormenting myself like this? I cannot afford to spend $$ on plants this year! 😭🌱
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Canadians, remember, these people are already here in Canada. They are already organizing. The conditions for their organization and growth have been fostered not only by the US regime, but by decades and decades of Liberal and Conservative erosion of the relationship between government and society.
For those who don't know, remigration is a European far-right concept of ethnic cleansing via the mass deportation of non-white minority populations.
I took this photo today in SASKATOON within hours of the ICE remigration Gestapo executing another person in the US.
#CrimesAgainstHumanity
I took this photo today in SASKATOON within hours of the ICE remigration Gestapo executing another person in the US.
#CrimesAgainstHumanity
January 25, 2026 at 3:50 AM
Canadians, remember, these people are already here in Canada. They are already organizing. The conditions for their organization and growth have been fostered not only by the US regime, but by decades and decades of Liberal and Conservative erosion of the relationship between government and society.
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Would really love to get a couple more people to join us for this bundle! There's still time to sign up if you're interested. #BookSky #AmWriting #CanLit #CanKidLit
Okay, so it looks like we've got enough interest to make this worthwhile. If you are a Canadian author and want to participate in a group #Itchio promo for the first 2 weeks of March, here's the sign up form and details!
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Canadian Authors Itchio Bundle Sign Up
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January 25, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Would really love to get a couple more people to join us for this bundle! There's still time to sign up if you're interested. #BookSky #AmWriting #CanLit #CanKidLit
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#NewYearResolution2026: Never let people tell you it's impossible to deGoogle your life. 💪
➡️ Find out the names to the icons: tuta.com/blog/degoogl...
➡️ Find out the names to the icons: tuta.com/blog/degoogl...
January 25, 2026 at 1:20 PM
#NewYearResolution2026: Never let people tell you it's impossible to deGoogle your life. 💪
➡️ Find out the names to the icons: tuta.com/blog/degoogl...
➡️ Find out the names to the icons: tuta.com/blog/degoogl...
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Canada's 2022 convoy protests were fuelled by Russian propaganda, in preparation for the invasion of Ukraine. When they failed to destabilize Canada, their Russian handlers pivoted to open anti-Ukraine positions.
They won in the US, and are already working with Trump to astroturf for AB separatism.
They won in the US, and are already working with Trump to astroturf for AB separatism.
January 25, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Canada's 2022 convoy protests were fuelled by Russian propaganda, in preparation for the invasion of Ukraine. When they failed to destabilize Canada, their Russian handlers pivoted to open anti-Ukraine positions.
They won in the US, and are already working with Trump to astroturf for AB separatism.
They won in the US, and are already working with Trump to astroturf for AB separatism.
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A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
January 25, 2026 at 12:28 PM
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
Would really love to get a couple more people to join us for this bundle! There's still time to sign up if you're interested. #BookSky #AmWriting #CanLit #CanKidLit
Okay, so it looks like we've got enough interest to make this worthwhile. If you are a Canadian author and want to participate in a group #Itchio promo for the first 2 weeks of March, here's the sign up form and details!
📦📚 #BookSky #AmWriting #CanLit #CanKidLit
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
📦📚 #BookSky #AmWriting #CanLit #CanKidLit
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Canadian Authors Itchio Bundle Sign Up
Are you a Canadian author interested in joining a group promo on Itchio? I'm setting up a bundle that will run March 1st to 15th and I'm hoping we can pull together 6 to 10 books to feature. NOTE: Thi...
docs.google.com
January 25, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Would really love to get a couple more people to join us for this bundle! There's still time to sign up if you're interested. #BookSky #AmWriting #CanLit #CanKidLit
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Despite a marked increase in mothers’ labour force participation over the last thirty years, having children still hinders women’s earning power, job security, and advancement. How equal can the workplace truly be if the motherhood penalty persists? https://thewalrus.ca/fired-on-maternity-leave/
January 24, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Despite a marked increase in mothers’ labour force participation over the last thirty years, having children still hinders women’s earning power, job security, and advancement. How equal can the workplace truly be if the motherhood penalty persists? https://thewalrus.ca/fired-on-maternity-leave/
I do not know how to stay focused and "be productive" with everything the way it is right now. 😔
January 24, 2026 at 7:31 PM
I do not know how to stay focused and "be productive" with everything the way it is right now. 😔
Excellent thread. All of Canada needs the NDP to step up.
🧵(1/n) Some unsolicited advice for the federal @ndp.ca, after several months of trying to get them to acknowledge the existence of the #longCOVID community. Please repost and maybe they'll pay attention.
@ndp.ca enough with the plastic Left™ machine politics, focus grouped BS, and message control.
@ndp.ca enough with the plastic Left™ machine politics, focus grouped BS, and message control.
a picture of a cartoon character with the words hellooooo anybody home
ALT: a picture of a cartoon character with the words hellooooo anybody home
media.tenor.com
January 24, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Excellent thread. All of Canada needs the NDP to step up.
Interesting!
Want to see a cost breakdown and some solid modelling for how public grocery stores could work in Canada? Read a detailed new report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives:
How public grocery stores could work in Canada - CCPA
Chances are you spent some of your holiday gatherings talking about the price of food. Costs to consumers have increased by almost 30 per cent since 2020, while mega-grocers doubled their profit margins, and total profits ballooned by over 120 per cent. The growing distrust of Canada's oligopolistic food retail system, where five large chains…
avilewis.link
January 24, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Interesting!
Why are Conservatives allowed to demand that rags like Rebel have to be allowed in as "journalists" to other parties' events and Parliament, but also simultaneously allowed to refuse access to actual journalists at *their* events? 🤔
When Conservatives gather in Calgary at their convention next weekend, right-wing “content creators” will be welcomed as journalists. Some journalists, such as @nationalobserver.com, not so much www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/24/a...
Federal Conservatives trade journalists for partisan cheerleaders
When Conservatives gather in Calgary at their convention next weekend, right-wing “content creators” will be welcomed as journalists. This publication, not so much.
www.nationalobserver.com
January 24, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Why are Conservatives allowed to demand that rags like Rebel have to be allowed in as "journalists" to other parties' events and Parliament, but also simultaneously allowed to refuse access to actual journalists at *their* events? 🤔
A trade deal with this unhinged idiot is not possible. Even if some "agreement" is inked, the terms will ever be adhered to. He has already proved that they will be broken whenever he wants to ignore them, for whatever reason he decides to invent.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Trump threatens 100% tariffs on all Canadian goods if Canada 'makes a deal with China' | CBC News
U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening to impose a 100 per cent tariff on all Canadian goods entering the United States if Canada "makes a deal with China" — a forceful message that comes days aft...
www.cbc.ca
January 24, 2026 at 2:30 PM
A trade deal with this unhinged idiot is not possible. Even if some "agreement" is inked, the terms will ever be adhered to. He has already proved that they will be broken whenever he wants to ignore them, for whatever reason he decides to invent.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Happy Saturday!!
It is FREEZING Out today! We are closed Sat to Monday (Winter hours) at our store BUT we a re open online as always and 20% off the entire website this weekend!
www.maritimetartancompany.ca
Maritime Tartan CO
It is FREEZING Out today! We are closed Sat to Monday (Winter hours) at our store BUT we a re open online as always and 20% off the entire website this weekend!
www.maritimetartancompany.ca
Maritime Tartan CO
January 24, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Happy Saturday!!
It is FREEZING Out today! We are closed Sat to Monday (Winter hours) at our store BUT we a re open online as always and 20% off the entire website this weekend!
www.maritimetartancompany.ca
Maritime Tartan CO
It is FREEZING Out today! We are closed Sat to Monday (Winter hours) at our store BUT we a re open online as always and 20% off the entire website this weekend!
www.maritimetartancompany.ca
Maritime Tartan CO
Wow!
I finally finished this Enterprise D LCARS cross stitch! Was supposed to take about a year, but longcovid had other plans for my brain and ability to count. So it's been over four years instead. It has a bazillion-jillion stitches in it.
January 23, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Wow!