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N.P. Thompson 🍁
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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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N.P. Thompson 🍁 @nptwrites.bsky.social · Nov 9
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

➡️ books2read.com/rl/TheArcanium
A stormy blue and purple background with the covers of the four currently published books in my Arcanium series lined up in a row: River of Crows, Mirror of Wolves, Stone of Serpents, Chalice of Caladriai. Gold text at the top says: "The Arcanium Saga". Smaller white snippets of text are arrayed at angles all around the covers. Those snippets give an overview of what to expect in the series and they say: - epic magic battles - awesome origami magic - told from multiple points of view - magic manifests differently for everyone - tyrant emperor with dark magic - enchanted army of birds - new friends become there-for-you-always friends - siblings - a villain and henchman you love to hate - action! danger! mayhem! snark! - people tell me they bought it for their kids then stayed up all night to read it themselves - a mysterious crow with a white feather - a different take on shapeshifters - grumpy gardening sorcerer with an apothecary shop - hobs and gnomes and dragons (oh my!) - Chosen One (... maybe...?)
nptwrites.bsky.social
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.

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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...
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January 24, 2026 at 2:30 PM
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maritimetartanns.bsky.social
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!

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January 24, 2026 at 1:14 PM
nptwrites.bsky.social
Wow!
writercrafter.bsky.social Kimberly Chapman @writercrafter.bsky.social · 19h
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.
A very large cross stitch on black aida fabric of the Enterprise D as shown by an LCARS style screen with lots of other sub-windows around.
January 23, 2026 at 11:28 PM
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vortexegg.com
The hypothetical “opsec for normie citizens engaging in activism” guide people were talking about needs to include deleting tiktok off their phones.
January 23, 2026 at 10:33 PM
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maritimetartanns.bsky.social
Weird...offering 20% off everything on our website an NO orders today...lots of people looking though and that is AWESOME!!!!

THANK YOU!!

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January 23, 2026 at 6:18 PM
nptwrites.bsky.social
Only Alberta could look at the world right now and decide they want to give up their freedom, healthcare, and pensions and replace it with polio and jackboots arresting infants and children.
January 23, 2026 at 6:05 PM
nptwrites.bsky.social
Reaaalllly hate this timeline.
explaintrade.com Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 22h
-laughs nervously in Ukrainian-

So er, I don't want to be alarmist my Canadian friends but it's not a GREAT sign when the superpower next door starts talking about how the people of a resource rich region of yours yearn for the freedom to join them and suggesting referendums...
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Bessent pushes Albertan independence from Canada: "Albertans are very independent people. There's a rumor they may have a referendum on whether they want to stay in Canada or not. People are talking. People want sovereignty. They want what the US has got."
January 23, 2026 at 5:00 PM
nptwrites.bsky.social
I hate this timeline.
January 23, 2026 at 4:59 PM
nptwrites.bsky.social
This is why I pulled my books off Kindle.
susankayequinn.bsky.social Susan Kaye Quinn is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱 @susankayequinn.bsky.social · 1d
Readers... this AI shit in Amazon ebooks is something authors can't opt out of and it's frankly illegal, but when did that stop tech companies? The only thing they respond to (sometimes) is customer backlash — don't use this feature and tell Amazon you hate it.

kindlepreneur.com/amazon-ask-t...
What Amazon’s 'Ask This Book' Feature Means for Authors | Kindlepreneur
Amazon’s Ask This Book feature adds AI-generated explanations inside Kindle ebooks. Here’s what it does, how it works, and why authors are pushing back.
kindlepreneur.com
January 23, 2026 at 2:31 PM
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drakovin.bsky.social
And it's important to mention when its NOT generating those things, even when its being used to "play around" its being powered by data centres spewing pollution often into low income neighbourhoods. There is no "playing around" with AI, its harmful. Full stop. www.bbc.com/news/article...
'I can't drink the water' - life next to a US data centre
Residents in rural Georgia say the data centre next door has disrupted their water supply.
www.bbc.com
January 22, 2026 at 6:50 PM
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pookleblinky.bsky.social
If you, a cishet white guy, notice an increase in fascism, you are guaranteed to be underestimating it by orders of magnitude.
January 30, 2025 at 4:04 AM
nptwrites.bsky.social
He's "not a conservative candidate" but everyone on his team is a Harper acolyte or infamously associated with Canada Proud. Pay attention, Ottawa. If it isn't obvious by now, the person we elect as mayor has a LOT of influence over the priorities in this city. 🤨
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Homebuilder plans to run for Ottawa mayor | CBC News
A candidate with the backing of some big political operators plans to enter this year's race to be Ottawa’s mayor.
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January 23, 2026 at 2:05 PM
nptwrites.bsky.social
AND with all the documented harms that it is *already* causing!
ubisurv.net keep your electric eye on me @ubisurv.net · 1d
It should be a huge issue that a single industrial sector is demanding and receiving a greater and greater share of both state and private investment and global energy use, without any clear idea of how the product might be either profitable or, more importantly, useful. #ArtificialIntelligence #AI
January 23, 2026 at 1:10 PM
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georgemonbiot.bsky.social
9. We’ve become so used to all this that we hardly notice it. But isn’t it extraordinary? Almost everyone wants one thing, and almost everyone who represents us – whether in politics or the media – wants the opposite. Yet we tell ourselves we live in a democracy.
January 23, 2026 at 11:37 AM
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georgemonbiot.bsky.social
8. You cannot have both a free market in media ownership and a free market in information and ideas. The oligarchs who dominate the sector stifle inconvenient thoughts and promote the policies that protect their fortunes.
January 23, 2026 at 11:36 AM
nptwrites.bsky.social
This is infuriating. Ontario already has the least-funded hospitals in the country. We don't need a pointless tunnel under some Toronto highway (that even people in Toronto say they don't want), what we NEED is for this wretched Ford government to fund our hospitals and health care system!
canadahealthwatch.ca Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 7d
Ontario hospitals facing 'difficult decisions,' association warns https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/hospitals-difficult-decisions-funding

News and analysis ⇢ canadahealthwatch.ca
A file photo of a sign directing visitors to the emergency department at CHEO in Ottawa.
January 23, 2026 at 12:42 PM
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jonathanconp.bsky.social
Brilliant thoughts contained in a brilliant thread capped by a brilliant column in the final post.

All problems lie at the feet of billionaires.
georgemonbiot.bsky.social George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 1d
1. This short thread is about the issue that dominates almost every aspect of politics, and causes or exacerbates most of our problems: the extreme wealth of a small number of people. Here’s the amazing thing: almost the entire political class aligns with the ultra-rich against the rest. 🧵1/10
January 23, 2026 at 12:27 PM
nptwrites.bsky.social
And still the Canadian government refuses to do anything about it. What's a little "industrial-scale abuse" in the face of AI "innovation", right? /sarcasm/
kateconger.com kate conger @kateconger.com · 2d
We set out to determine how many images of women and girls Grok created during its nudifying spree. What we found was “industrial-scale abuse,” experts said. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/t...
Musk’s Chatbot Flooded X With Millions of Sexualized Images in Days, New Estimates Show
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January 23, 2026 at 1:21 AM
nptwrites.bsky.social
Thread.
mark-ungrin.bsky.social Mark Ungrin @mark-ungrin.bsky.social · 1d
This is an important read regarding what Canadian public health officials had been made aware of by subject matter experts as of March 19, 2020. I can see this being significant in legal actions, including Westray prosecutions once the special treatment ends.

Full text: hsabc.org/sites/defaul...
Relevance of the 2009 Report Entitled Advisory Report for the Health Sciences Association of British Columbia and the National Union of Public and General Employees on Respiratory Protection During Care of Influenza Patients to the Current COVID-19 Situation All of the content of the 2009 report continues to be accurate and consistent with the literature that has been produced from 2009 to date on the subjects of interest. A large amount of research has been conducted in the past decade, which has largely strengthened the analysis and conclusions contained ithe 2009 report. The discussion below elaborates on the reasons for this being the case. The “Controversy” Over Aerosol Transmission As you will appreciate, arguments over the need for and benefit of using N95 or better respiratory protection over SMs are based on views with respect to the relative contribution of aerosol person-toperson transmission in relation to droplet and contact transmission, and the relative effectiveness of both types of airway protection. Aerosol transmission of influenza and coronaviruses is often said to be “controversial”. This seems an odd characterization, as there is a substantial quantity of high-quality research literature that indicates it is plausible and probable. In fact, many authors have gone as far as suggesting that it is likely to be a dominant mode for person-to-person transmission of influenzas6. Juxtaposed against this is a comparatively sparse knowledge base in support of droplet and contact transmission for these particular types of viral infections. My consideration of the literature referenced herein makes it difficult for me to comprehend the basis for any scientific “controversy”. The science strongly points to the likelihood of aerosol transmission of influenza and coronaviruses7 as a significant mode of person-to-person infection. At the same time, many public health authorities persist in discounting aerosol transmission while ascribing to theories of droplet…
January 23, 2026 at 1:15 AM
nptwrites.bsky.social
A kindergarten-aged child. I do not understand how any society allows infants and children to be incarcerated as though they were criminals. The long-term trauma these little ones will have to live with for the rest of there lives is heartbreaking. Anyone involved in this is a monster.
shannonheffernan.bsky.social Shannon Heffernan @shannonheffernan.bsky.social · 1d
The 5-year-old arrested by ICE In Minnesota is detained at Dilley. We reported on conditions there in the below article.

Parents said the food was contaminated with mold and worms & that children were so under so much stress that they were hitting their own faces & wetting themselves.
themarshallproject.org The Marshall Project @themarshallproject.org · Dec 17
Analysis by The Marshall Project of ICE data obtained by the Deportation Data Project found that the Trump administration’s revival of family detention has swept thousands of children into ICE custody. At least 3,800 children under 18, including 20 infants, have been booked since Trump took office.
January 23, 2026 at 1:08 AM
nptwrites.bsky.social
This is why gutting Health Canada and Statistics Canada is currently infuriating me. What's next -- CFIA? We can't pour all our tax money into AI and pretend we're "investing in our future" if we're slashing everything else.
January 22, 2026 at 9:20 PM
nptwrites.bsky.social
Thread. Important one. It is *criminal* that we have *allowed* anti-vaxxers to hijack the discourse on vaccines. When population-level vaccination rates tank, it increase the risk for *everyone*.
dimitridrekonja.bsky.social Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 1d
People don't understand just how terribly bad this is going to be (and already is). Right now the people I talk to about this have the reaction of "yeah, can't believe these anti-vaccine parents, they're just nuts. Glad me and my kids are vaccinated" 1/6
melodyschreiber.com Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 3d
The measles outbreak in South Carolina now stands at 664 cases, basically doubling in a week, and it's spread to several other states. The outbreak first began in Texas a year ago this week - which means the U.S. is going to lose its elimination status. My latest:
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
January 22, 2026 at 8:15 PM
nptwrites.bsky.social
Who needs a functional department of health experts, right?
/sarcasm/
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
Health Canada the latest federal department to issue layoff notices
More than 1,000 employees at Health Canada have been notified their jobs may be affected as federal departments continue to issue notices about possible layoffs in the public service.
www.ctvnews.ca
January 22, 2026 at 7:39 PM
nptwrites.bsky.social
If this province continues to strangle our post-secondary institutions, it WILL have downstream affects for all our futures. If you want to keep the services you like running, we need to teach the people who will one day take over the doing of them how!
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
Algonquin College looking to cut another 30 programs in 2026
Staff at Ottawa’s Algonquin College say a recommendation is being made to the college’s Board of Governors next month that could see up to 30 programs cut at the school.
www.ctvnews.ca
January 22, 2026 at 7:36 PM
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Human rights advocates warn that new legislation could erode constitutional protections and expose Canadian marginalized communities and dissidents to U.S. investigations, surveillance and political repression
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‘Unprecedented’: Canada’s new border bills pave the way for American law enforcement overreach
Human rights advocates warn that new legislation could erode constitutional protections and expose Canadian marginalized communities and dissidents to U.S. investigations, surveillance and political r...
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December 28, 2025 at 10:40 PM