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!
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CHALICE OF CALADRIAI, book 4 of The Arcanium Saga now available!
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Any horror writers out there looking for new material? 🤢
grease floats.
when it flows in sewage and into our plants, it thickens as temps fall, separating in our settling tanks.
the churning water forms grease globs that build like snowballs, and operators remove them so they don’t clog the process.
listen. don’t pour grease down your drains.
when it flows in sewage and into our plants, it thickens as temps fall, separating in our settling tanks.
the churning water forms grease globs that build like snowballs, and operators remove them so they don’t clog the process.
listen. don’t pour grease down your drains.
November 26, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Any horror writers out there looking for new material? 🤢
Yep.
And I'm still upset about today's work "we're going to do AI" thing.
And I'm still upset about today's work "we're going to do AI" thing.
"Bubble" is cute. Bubble goes pop. This isn't going to go "pop," it's going to go "kaboom," and it's going to take out so many with it, leaving collateral damage across every industry, down to the individual.
November 26, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Yep.
And I'm still upset about today's work "we're going to do AI" thing.
And I'm still upset about today's work "we're going to do AI" thing.
Feeling this as an author. It's exhausting. You have a full time job if you actually want to eat and have a roof over your kids' heads. You have another full time job trying to write books. And then you have yet another one trying to figure out how to market said books. It's unsustainable. 😔
People are very coy about being sponsored by someone else but I swear to God behind 90% of successful journalists there's a spouse in IT or a family that made good
And good for them. They're making it work. I'm not mad at them, but I am furious at this entire industry and inches from quitting
And good for them. They're making it work. I'm not mad at them, but I am furious at this entire industry and inches from quitting
November 26, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Feeling this as an author. It's exhausting. You have a full time job if you actually want to eat and have a roof over your kids' heads. You have another full time job trying to write books. And then you have yet another one trying to figure out how to market said books. It's unsustainable. 😔
Coming soon to Canadian cities near you!
Everyone knows data centers use a ton of water.
What hardly anyone knows: they can poison the water that remains.
And in eastern Oregon, Amazon is doing exactly that.
What hardly anyone knows: they can poison the water that remains.
And in eastern Oregon, Amazon is doing exactly that.
AI’s water problem is worse than we thought
A new investigation reveals how Amazon is amplifying Oregon’s nitrate pollution crisis.
heated.world
November 25, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Coming soon to Canadian cities near you!
I am also a fan of burrowing owls.
They are small and perpetually grumpy, just like me. 😠
They are small and perpetually grumpy, just like me. 😠
I’m a MAJOR owl fan, but my favourite is the burrowing owl:
✔️v frowny & grumpy-they know what you did last Tuesday
✔️digs holes then peeps out of them
✔️EXPERTS at the wobbly head bendy neck owl thing
✔️long leggies
✔️does very silly running on said leggies
10/10 no owly notes HIGHLY recommended
✔️v frowny & grumpy-they know what you did last Tuesday
✔️digs holes then peeps out of them
✔️EXPERTS at the wobbly head bendy neck owl thing
✔️long leggies
✔️does very silly running on said leggies
10/10 no owly notes HIGHLY recommended
November 25, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I am also a fan of burrowing owls.
They are small and perpetually grumpy, just like me. 😠
They are small and perpetually grumpy, just like me. 😠
Thread!
Libraries are free for you to use, serve the public good, are great, support creators financially and, I cannot be clear enough about this-- ARE FREE FOR YOU TO USE-- so pirating books makes you kind of an asshole, not some Marxist revolutionary.
If the book you want isn't there *request it.*
If the book you want isn't there *request it.*
November 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Thread!
AND NOW THERE IS KID SCHOOL STUFF BECAUSE OF COURSE THERE IS. 😫
Gah. I am in an absolutely foul mood today. It's been AI crap all day. And political crap now. And I am fed up. And there is medical stuff. Everything is annoying me. I just want to scream. I should probably just lock myself in a room and avoid people for the rest of... oh, I don't know... eternity?
a penguin peeking out from behind a door with the word pengu written on the bottom
Alt: An angry looking penguin with twitching eyes peeks out from behind a door and then slams it shut so hard the doorknob falls off.
media.tenor.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:58 PM
AND NOW THERE IS KID SCHOOL STUFF BECAUSE OF COURSE THERE IS. 😫
Gah. I am in an absolutely foul mood today. It's been AI crap all day. And political crap now. And I am fed up. And there is medical stuff. Everything is annoying me. I just want to scream. I should probably just lock myself in a room and avoid people for the rest of... oh, I don't know... eternity?
a penguin peeking out from behind a door with the word pengu written on the bottom
Alt: An angry looking penguin with twitching eyes peeks out from behind a door and then slams it shut so hard the doorknob falls off.
media.tenor.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Gah. I am in an absolutely foul mood today. It's been AI crap all day. And political crap now. And I am fed up. And there is medical stuff. Everything is annoying me. I just want to scream. I should probably just lock myself in a room and avoid people for the rest of... oh, I don't know... eternity?
Oh, FFS. The sheer incompetence of this government just boggles the mind. They're not just bloody wind sails, they will block lines of sight and lead to MORE accidents. How much is this going to cost us and who even comes up with this kind of thing?! 😡
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
New school-zone signs to replace photo radar cameras won’t fit Ottawa’s poles
The temporary 12-foot-tall school-zone signs intended to replace photo radar cameras on Ottawa streets will not fit on municipal street poles, according to a councillor.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 25, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Oh, FFS. The sheer incompetence of this government just boggles the mind. They're not just bloody wind sails, they will block lines of sight and lead to MORE accidents. How much is this going to cost us and who even comes up with this kind of thing?! 😡
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
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Simple changes like this make such a huge difference.
Unfortunately dangerous decisions from our provincial government make things like this impossible, grinding our cities to a half and destroying local control.
Bill 60 is a huge mistake and will have lasting negative impacts for decades.
Unfortunately dangerous decisions from our provincial government make things like this impossible, grinding our cities to a half and destroying local control.
Bill 60 is a huge mistake and will have lasting negative impacts for decades.
The 14th Street Busway has been a smashing success: faster commutes, fewer crashes, calmer streets.
So why is Eric Adams blocking a similar plan for 34th Street?
So why is Eric Adams blocking a similar plan for 34th Street?
November 25, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Simple changes like this make such a huge difference.
Unfortunately dangerous decisions from our provincial government make things like this impossible, grinding our cities to a half and destroying local control.
Bill 60 is a huge mistake and will have lasting negative impacts for decades.
Unfortunately dangerous decisions from our provincial government make things like this impossible, grinding our cities to a half and destroying local control.
Bill 60 is a huge mistake and will have lasting negative impacts for decades.
Everyone who condescendingly told me "it could never happen here" can take a very long walk off a very short pier into electric eel infested waters. 😑
And after Doug does that, he'll knock down the east wing of Queens Park to make room to build a Stag n Doe ballroom.
November 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Everyone who condescendingly told me "it could never happen here" can take a very long walk off a very short pier into electric eel infested waters. 😑
Welp. It was a losing battle and I knew it would be, but I had to try. Work is going to be implementing all sorts of AI stuff into our product because "we don't want to be left behind".
(Also, pretty sure everyone hates me now and is tired of hearing about how terrible AI is.)
(Also, pretty sure everyone hates me now and is tired of hearing about how terrible AI is.)
November 25, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Welp. It was a losing battle and I knew it would be, but I had to try. Work is going to be implementing all sorts of AI stuff into our product because "we don't want to be left behind".
(Also, pretty sure everyone hates me now and is tired of hearing about how terrible AI is.)
(Also, pretty sure everyone hates me now and is tired of hearing about how terrible AI is.)
Yep.
And that doesn't even touch on what climate catastrophe is going to do. They're talking about forcibly relocating a city of 10 million people in Iran because THERE IS NO WATER. That's just ONE city, and it's just the first. There will be more. Welcome to all the dystopias, all at once.
And that doesn't even touch on what climate catastrophe is going to do. They're talking about forcibly relocating a city of 10 million people in Iran because THERE IS NO WATER. That's just ONE city, and it's just the first. There will be more. Welcome to all the dystopias, all at once.
You think wealth inequality is bad now? In two years, this planet will be economically unrecognizable, as AI tech wealth is streamlined into a handful of pockets while hundreds of millions of people are suddenly rendered unemployable. Yes, two years. The "Big Compression" is coming: 2028-2033.
November 25, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Yep.
And that doesn't even touch on what climate catastrophe is going to do. They're talking about forcibly relocating a city of 10 million people in Iran because THERE IS NO WATER. That's just ONE city, and it's just the first. There will be more. Welcome to all the dystopias, all at once.
And that doesn't even touch on what climate catastrophe is going to do. They're talking about forcibly relocating a city of 10 million people in Iran because THERE IS NO WATER. That's just ONE city, and it's just the first. There will be more. Welcome to all the dystopias, all at once.
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Any political “leader” still selling the obviously false choice between #ClimateAction and “the economy” is just reminding us that they clearly don’t understand either the climate crisis OR the economy.
Or they’re cynically hope that WE don’t understand the difference.
Or both.
Or they’re cynically hope that WE don’t understand the difference.
Or both.
November 25, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Any political “leader” still selling the obviously false choice between #ClimateAction and “the economy” is just reminding us that they clearly don’t understand either the climate crisis OR the economy.
Or they’re cynically hope that WE don’t understand the difference.
Or both.
Or they’re cynically hope that WE don’t understand the difference.
Or both.
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It’s the Big Day for GEORGIA WATSON AND THE 99 PERCENT CAMPAIGN! So much appreciation to so many. Will spend the next year trying to thank you all!
@regalhouse.bsky.social
@mgescapades.bsky.social
#PublicationDay
#BookBirthday
@regalhouse.bsky.social
@mgescapades.bsky.social
#PublicationDay
#BookBirthday
October 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
It’s the Big Day for GEORGIA WATSON AND THE 99 PERCENT CAMPAIGN! So much appreciation to so many. Will spend the next year trying to thank you all!
@regalhouse.bsky.social
@mgescapades.bsky.social
#PublicationDay
#BookBirthday
@regalhouse.bsky.social
@mgescapades.bsky.social
#PublicationDay
#BookBirthday
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Carney’s approach here is very much in keeping with an observation Paul Wells made back in the summer, that he’s focused on short-term deliverables, not long-term governance challenges.
The problem is, neglecting and failing to improve governance will leave Canada with weaker foundations.
The problem is, neglecting and failing to improve governance will leave Canada with weaker foundations.
So the PM intended to inform B.C.'s premier once the negotiations with Alberta have been finalized?
Nation-building promised, sausage-making delivered.
Regardless of whether this pipeline will ever be built, the process itself is profoundly damaging.
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Nation-building promised, sausage-making delivered.
Regardless of whether this pipeline will ever be built, the process itself is profoundly damaging.
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Carney and Smith to unveil energy deal in Calgary Thursday, source says
B.C. Premier says he spoke with Carney about concerns over potential oil pipeline
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Carney’s approach here is very much in keeping with an observation Paul Wells made back in the summer, that he’s focused on short-term deliverables, not long-term governance challenges.
The problem is, neglecting and failing to improve governance will leave Canada with weaker foundations.
The problem is, neglecting and failing to improve governance will leave Canada with weaker foundations.
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A few of the items headed to the shop this week! I'll add to this thread as new things are added (and sales are announced)! #bsnm 🧶
November 24, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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I periodically go and check on the status of my books at OPL and have been excited to see that the paperbacks have always been checked out when I've looked.
Turns out they weren't in high demand, it's just that someone checked them out ages ago and never returned them, so now I am sad. 😢
Turns out they weren't in high demand, it's just that someone checked them out ages ago and never returned them, so now I am sad. 😢
November 24, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I periodically go and check on the status of my books at OPL and have been excited to see that the paperbacks have always been checked out when I've looked.
Turns out they weren't in high demand, it's just that someone checked them out ages ago and never returned them, so now I am sad. 😢
Turns out they weren't in high demand, it's just that someone checked them out ages ago and never returned them, so now I am sad. 😢
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Big news! Ricochet has become just the fourth English-language media outlet in Canada to earn para-charitable RJO status!
This makes us a qualified donee in tax parlance, and means all donations are fully tax deductible — just like donations to charities.
Read more:
ricochet.media/announcement...
This makes us a qualified donee in tax parlance, and means all donations are fully tax deductible — just like donations to charities.
Read more:
ricochet.media/announcement...
Big news! Ricochet earns para-charitable RJO status
We are the fourth English-language outlet in Canada to qualify as a Registered Journalism Organization
ricochet.media
November 19, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Big news! Ricochet has become just the fourth English-language media outlet in Canada to earn para-charitable RJO status!
This makes us a qualified donee in tax parlance, and means all donations are fully tax deductible — just like donations to charities.
Read more:
ricochet.media/announcement...
This makes us a qualified donee in tax parlance, and means all donations are fully tax deductible — just like donations to charities.
Read more:
ricochet.media/announcement...
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One of the creepier geology papers I've read was about how in the end-Permian mass extinction (which is characterized by extreme volcanic CO2 outgassing and warming) the actual kill mechanism might have been when pulses of sulfur aerosols masking the warming rained out and the temperature spiked
A lot of people are going to lose money on this. Solar radiation modification only makes sense if followed by large-scale carbon dioxide removal, and we ain't got that.
A 25-person startup is developing technology to block the sun and turn down the planet’s thermostat.
The stakes are huge — and the company and its critics say regulations need to catch up.
Read more: politi.co/4iaojIc
The stakes are huge — and the company and its critics say regulations need to catch up.
Read more: politi.co/4iaojIc
November 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
One of the creepier geology papers I've read was about how in the end-Permian mass extinction (which is characterized by extreme volcanic CO2 outgassing and warming) the actual kill mechanism might have been when pulses of sulfur aerosols masking the warming rained out and the temperature spiked
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This story should be covered waaaaayy more than it is.
The US has sanctioned six judges if the international criminal court ICC, because Trump didn’t like them issuing arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant.
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
The US has sanctioned six judges if the international criminal court ICC, because Trump didn’t like them issuing arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant.
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
Nicolas Guillou, French ICC judge sanctioned by the US: 'You are effectively blacklisted by much of the world's banking system'
Six judges and three prosecutors at the International Criminal Court have been sanctioned by the Trump administration. In an interview with Le Monde, Guillou discusses the impact of these measures on ...
www.lemonde.fr
November 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
This story should be covered waaaaayy more than it is.
The US has sanctioned six judges if the international criminal court ICC, because Trump didn’t like them issuing arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant.
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
The US has sanctioned six judges if the international criminal court ICC, because Trump didn’t like them issuing arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant.
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
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Signed books make great gifts. If you'd like to order mine, you can order personalized copies from @phoenixbooks.biz, a fabulous Vermont indie! You get to support a great store, encourage reading, and look super cool. Win-Win-Win!
phoenixbooks.biz/catalog/darc...
phoenixbooks.biz/catalog/darc...
November 20, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Signed books make great gifts. If you'd like to order mine, you can order personalized copies from @phoenixbooks.biz, a fabulous Vermont indie! You get to support a great store, encourage reading, and look super cool. Win-Win-Win!
phoenixbooks.biz/catalog/darc...
phoenixbooks.biz/catalog/darc...
Found some very cool stickers from an artist's online shop that I was absolutely going to buy as part of a gift until I got to the checkout and discovered they were going to charge $23 for shipping. For two stickers. 😭
November 24, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Found some very cool stickers from an artist's online shop that I was absolutely going to buy as part of a gift until I got to the checkout and discovered they were going to charge $23 for shipping. For two stickers. 😭
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Huge thread from Tyche Books, a Canadian publisher. Her authors are every day folks, with bills and rent and the physical requirement to eat every day.
Stealing the books she publishes is not a progressive act. It's not activism. It's not punk.
It's just stealing from people trying to live.
Stealing the books she publishes is not a progressive act. It's not activism. It's not punk.
It's just stealing from people trying to live.
Some of my authors are on disability. Some struggle to pay monthly bills. Some are retired & on limited income. Some were laid off in the past couple years & have yet to find new work. Some would love to quit the day job & write full time, but don't earn enough from royalties to do that.
November 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Huge thread from Tyche Books, a Canadian publisher. Her authors are every day folks, with bills and rent and the physical requirement to eat every day.
Stealing the books she publishes is not a progressive act. It's not activism. It's not punk.
It's just stealing from people trying to live.
Stealing the books she publishes is not a progressive act. It's not activism. It's not punk.
It's just stealing from people trying to live.
So does this mean if people start suing companies that are forcing this crap into every single aspect of our lives without even giving us a choice we can a) stop this infuriating overreach from continuing, and b) take down some of our corporate overlords by torching their bottom lines? 🤔
Insurers are now seeking to exclude AI from corporate policies because the risks are too unpredictable and liability is unclear. This is a signal: we cannot rely on insurance markets or tort law to protect against AI harms. We need actual governance and policy.
Insurers AIG, Great American, and WR Berkley seek permission to limit liability from AI agents and chatbots and to retreat from coverage of AI risk as multibillion-dollar claims mount
www.ft.com/content/abfe...
www.ft.com/content/abfe...
November 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
So does this mean if people start suing companies that are forcing this crap into every single aspect of our lives without even giving us a choice we can a) stop this infuriating overreach from continuing, and b) take down some of our corporate overlords by torching their bottom lines? 🤔