Ness 🎃🇨🇦
@vriccithode.bsky.social
aka Vanessa Ricci-Thode. Nebula Award-winning trashbag & queer SFF writer. SFWA & TWUC. Dogs, gardening and Canadian rage. she/they 💙💜🩷
I'm only here for the food
thodestool.ca
I'm only here for the food
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Ness 🎃🇨🇦
@vriccithode.bsky.social
· Oct 11
i'm ness (she/they), queer & disabled & the 1st self-pub author to win a nebula award! i mostly post about my dogs, writing, & health stuff, and seasonally about gardening, monarch butterflies, & halloween. there’s swearing & rants. details in thread & more about me on my website: thodestool.ca 1/12
Boycotting Amazon? Good! Fuck 'em! But remember there are lots of other ways to support #IndieAuthors. Check out Kobo+ and itchio. ✨IN 2 DAYS✨ get the Fireborn series for a steal! Only on itch, all 6 books for only $20! 🌈📚 #booksky #QueerAdultSFF #CompleteSeries
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November 25, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Boycotting Amazon? Good! Fuck 'em! But remember there are lots of other ways to support #IndieAuthors. Check out Kobo+ and itchio. ✨IN 2 DAYS✨ get the Fireborn series for a steal! Only on itch, all 6 books for only $20! 🌈📚 #booksky #QueerAdultSFF #CompleteSeries
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omg i've actually got the will (and time!) to write today (lol i have no idea how that happened either) so i'm gonna log off and try to actually do some words. i'm 5k behind par if i want to actually write 30k by the end of the month 🥲
November 25, 2025 at 7:24 PM
omg i've actually got the will (and time!) to write today (lol i have no idea how that happened either) so i'm gonna log off and try to actually do some words. i'm 5k behind par if i want to actually write 30k by the end of the month 🥲
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THIS is why no-buys and underconsumption challenges are political.
Because the oligarchs get REAL upset when you do them.
Because the oligarchs get REAL upset when you do them.
stupid young people, stop buying a new phone every year if you don't want to be broke. wait no, not like that.
November 25, 2025 at 6:32 PM
THIS is why no-buys and underconsumption challenges are political.
Because the oligarchs get REAL upset when you do them.
Because the oligarchs get REAL upset when you do them.
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This is what happens when you DON’T VOTE!
November 25, 2025 at 6:47 PM
This is what happens when you DON’T VOTE!
i cannot stress enough how much i *hate* every last motherfucker who voted for this piece of shit little nazi weasel. and everyone who sat out because the opposition wasn't charismatic enough or whatever the fuck? you can also get in the fucking bin 🚮
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 7:14 PM
i cannot stress enough how much i *hate* every last motherfucker who voted for this piece of shit little nazi weasel. and everyone who sat out because the opposition wasn't charismatic enough or whatever the fuck? you can also get in the fucking bin 🚮
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True for all allies in marginalized spaces.
You're there to help? Great! Help!
Don't try to lead a community that's not your own.
You're there to help? Great! Help!
Don't try to lead a community that's not your own.
Cis people should have no influence or power in trans spaces, no matter how good of an ally they are, how many trans people know and trust them, or who they're fucking. Online or offline. This is the hill I will die on.
November 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
True for all allies in marginalized spaces.
You're there to help? Great! Help!
Don't try to lead a community that's not your own.
You're there to help? Great! Help!
Don't try to lead a community that's not your own.
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only a few days left!
Nominations for the #IndieInkAwards are open till Nov 30! Head over and nominate your faves! Some categories to consider for Dragon Next Door: ace rep, LGBTQ+ rep, book cover, friendship, side character MVP, made me hungry #IndieAuthor #booksky #QueerAdultSFF
indiestorygeek.com/story/10108
indiestorygeek.com/story/10108
November 25, 2025 at 3:55 AM
only a few days left!
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local friends! here's one of the last markets i'm doing this year! want to grab the new book? or get the signed series as a gift? come out on sunday! #KitchenerWaterloo #ExploreWR #SupportLocal #LocalArtist
November 25, 2025 at 4:04 AM
local friends! here's one of the last markets i'm doing this year! want to grab the new book? or get the signed series as a gift? come out on sunday! #KitchenerWaterloo #ExploreWR #SupportLocal #LocalArtist
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Staying cozy on a cold day
November 25, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Staying cozy on a cold day
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IT'S LIVE YOU CAN BUY IT :D
THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST is up on @libro.fm and probably other sites idk I'm too excited
This has been a long time coming!
Step into the forest and don't lose your nerve...
THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST is up on @libro.fm and probably other sites idk I'm too excited
This has been a long time coming!
Step into the forest and don't lose your nerve...
The Butcher of the Forest Audiobook on Libro.fm
A world-weary woman races against the clock to survive a deadly forest in this dark, otherworldly fairytale from Nebula and World Fantasy Award-winning author Premee Mohamed.At the northern edge of a ...
libro.fm
November 25, 2025 at 5:37 PM
IT'S LIVE YOU CAN BUY IT :D
THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST is up on @libro.fm and probably other sites idk I'm too excited
This has been a long time coming!
Step into the forest and don't lose your nerve...
THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST is up on @libro.fm and probably other sites idk I'm too excited
This has been a long time coming!
Step into the forest and don't lose your nerve...
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Join Spectrum Waterloo Region, SHORE Centre, and Willow River Centre host a community conversation on how we can keep each other safe. The community conversation will be held featuring panelists Amy Smoke, Teneile Warren, and Kamil Ahmed. Sign up for a free ticket: bit.ly/SpectrumEventbrite
November 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Join Spectrum Waterloo Region, SHORE Centre, and Willow River Centre host a community conversation on how we can keep each other safe. The community conversation will be held featuring panelists Amy Smoke, Teneile Warren, and Kamil Ahmed. Sign up for a free ticket: bit.ly/SpectrumEventbrite
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100 yrs ago meds cld be marketed as cure-all. This did great harm as ppl took aspirin 4 cancer, liver-harming meds 4 liver ills etc. Regulation requiring meds to be *for something* reduced harm
Just so, even if LLMs are useful 4 specific things, they must not be marketed as universal search engines
Just so, even if LLMs are useful 4 specific things, they must not be marketed as universal search engines
"LLM search results are even worse."
it depends on the subject
I work with computer programming, and LLMs are very reliable in this field ... also, it's possible to learn *a lot* with LLMs
it depends on the subject
I work with computer programming, and LLMs are very reliable in this field ... also, it's possible to learn *a lot* with LLMs
November 25, 2025 at 5:13 PM
100 yrs ago meds cld be marketed as cure-all. This did great harm as ppl took aspirin 4 cancer, liver-harming meds 4 liver ills etc. Regulation requiring meds to be *for something* reduced harm
Just so, even if LLMs are useful 4 specific things, they must not be marketed as universal search engines
Just so, even if LLMs are useful 4 specific things, they must not be marketed as universal search engines
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tech bro: i have made Artificial General Intelligence
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
I’ve been running around asking tech execs and academics if language was the same as intelligence for over a year now - and, well, it isn’t. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social explains how the bubble is built on ignoring cutting-edge research into the science of thought www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
November 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
tech bro: i have made Artificial General Intelligence
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
I was gonna get up a tad early and take the dogs for a walk before it rained, but when I woke up and checked the radar it showed widespread rain in my area so I dawdled. But when I got up and saw the radar was lying, I rushed for walkies. We got to the midpoint of the walk when it started pouring 🫠
November 25, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I was gonna get up a tad early and take the dogs for a walk before it rained, but when I woke up and checked the radar it showed widespread rain in my area so I dawdled. But when I got up and saw the radar was lying, I rushed for walkies. We got to the midpoint of the walk when it started pouring 🫠
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26 different people commented to tell me libraries exist.
That's what I get for trying to mention options people might *not* have been aware of!
I do get tired of the tendency people have online to mention the most obvious solution without checking to see if it was already mentioned.
That's what I get for trying to mention options people might *not* have been aware of!
I do get tired of the tendency people have online to mention the most obvious solution without checking to see if it was already mentioned.
As an author, I don't make a whole lot of money, but at the same time I need to read a lot of books to stay aware of trends and support my fellow authors. Obviously if I spend all my profits on other people's books, I'm not coming out ahead!
So: ways to read lots of indie books for cheap.
So: ways to read lots of indie books for cheap.
November 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
26 different people commented to tell me libraries exist.
That's what I get for trying to mention options people might *not* have been aware of!
I do get tired of the tendency people have online to mention the most obvious solution without checking to see if it was already mentioned.
That's what I get for trying to mention options people might *not* have been aware of!
I do get tired of the tendency people have online to mention the most obvious solution without checking to see if it was already mentioned.
it's here! the final book in the fireborn series is available everywhere now! want to see three generations of powerful, firebending women (and friends) kicking a whole lot of ass? get it now!🌈📚 #CompleteSeries #QueerAdultSFF #booksky
books2read.com/u/mqxAa8
books2read.com/u/mqxAa8
November 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
it's here! the final book in the fireborn series is available everywhere now! want to see three generations of powerful, firebending women (and friends) kicking a whole lot of ass? get it now!🌈📚 #CompleteSeries #QueerAdultSFF #booksky
books2read.com/u/mqxAa8
books2read.com/u/mqxAa8
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goooood morning it is brisk and damp out there, but nothing we couldn’t handle so yes, you know it: Lucy Loved That Walk
November 25, 2025 at 4:52 PM
goooood morning it is brisk and damp out there, but nothing we couldn’t handle so yes, you know it: Lucy Loved That Walk
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Here are my top 10 dogs carrying big sticks!
November 25, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Here are my top 10 dogs carrying big sticks!
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Hey #BookSky — if you’re looking for some novellas for your end-of-year goal, and you’re also feeling the mood now the snow is flying (if you’re somewhere like me, anyway), my indie stories are all available in #KoboPlus, which includes "Handmade Holidays" (gay romance holiday novella).
Handmade Holidays ebook by 'Nathan Burgoine - Rakuten Kobo
Read "Handmade Holidays" by 'Nathan Burgoine available from Rakuten Kobo. At nineteen, Nick is alone for the holidays and facing reality: this is how it will be from now on. Refusing to give up ...
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November 25, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Hey y’all Sydette really needs a boost. Can you help her out right now?
She is one of the smartest, kindest people I know and she has put a lot in with very little reward.
She is one of the smartest, kindest people I know and she has put a lot in with very little reward.
Welp it’s gotten real real if you can please help. If you can’t it’s really hard out here so share
gofund.me/a5ee0064
gofund.me/a5ee0064
November 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Hey y’all Sydette really needs a boost. Can you help her out right now?
She is one of the smartest, kindest people I know and she has put a lot in with very little reward.
She is one of the smartest, kindest people I know and she has put a lot in with very little reward.