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!
shop.nptwrites.com/ | books2read.com/NPTwrites | nptwrites.com/links
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Looking for gifts for the readers in your life? Check out my Arcanium series! Available via most bookstores in paperback and e-book formats. Plus, there are enchanted crows! ✨🐦⬛🎄
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The nomination period is open until November 30th, so there is still time to nominate my books in this year's Indie Ink Awards if anyone is of a mind to! 😊 #BookSky #Reading
Just learned that the first 3 books of my Arcanium series are all eligible for #IndieInkAwards nomination! So, if you read and enjoyed these, I would be so grateful if you would please consider doing just that. (Click link > cover > green button.) 😊 #IndieAuthor #BookSky
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November 27, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you have seen in the wild:
- Beluga whale
- Moose
- Canada Goose
- Beaver
- Kestrel
- Beluga whale
- Moose
- Canada Goose
- Beaver
- Kestrel
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you have seen in the wild:
-Kea
-Humpback whale
-Moose
-Wolf
-Burmese python (invasive)
I'm lucky to live in a very biodiverse continent but also to have been able to travel now and then <3
-Kea
-Humpback whale
-Moose
-Wolf
-Burmese python (invasive)
I'm lucky to live in a very biodiverse continent but also to have been able to travel now and then <3
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you have seen in the wild:
-Roe deer
-European hare
-Purple sea urchin
-Pheasants
-Saker falcon
While pheasants might not seem so interesting, being so common, one of my fondest memories is seeing a family of pheasants with chicks from a train once.
-Roe deer
-European hare
-Purple sea urchin
-Pheasants
-Saker falcon
While pheasants might not seem so interesting, being so common, one of my fondest memories is seeing a family of pheasants with chicks from a train once.
November 29, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you have seen in the wild:
- Beluga whale
- Moose
- Canada Goose
- Beaver
- Kestrel
- Beluga whale
- Moose
- Canada Goose
- Beaver
- Kestrel
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If you want all writers to be rich dorks born rich who don’t need the money this is how you get all writers to be rich dorks born rich
If you want writers who were poor dorks born poor because maybe just maybe they have something different to say, this ain’t it
If you want writers who were poor dorks born poor because maybe just maybe they have something different to say, this ain’t it
Using the belief that creators are the "petite bourgeoisie" to justify pirating books/stealing art is EXACTLY what makes it so hard for anyone who isn't rich to pursue their creative dreams
If you steal our art, you PERSONALLY are preventing us from building sustainable careers
If you steal our art, you PERSONALLY are preventing us from building sustainable careers
Honestly, people calling creators the "petite bourgeoisie" makes me want to snap.
We're working folk. And we work really hard. For next to nothing.
We're not lounging around eating bonbons. We're trying to figure out how we're going to be able to pay rent next month.
We're working folk. And we work really hard. For next to nothing.
We're not lounging around eating bonbons. We're trying to figure out how we're going to be able to pay rent next month.
November 27, 2025 at 10:47 PM
If you want all writers to be rich dorks born rich who don’t need the money this is how you get all writers to be rich dorks born rich
If you want writers who were poor dorks born poor because maybe just maybe they have something different to say, this ain’t it
If you want writers who were poor dorks born poor because maybe just maybe they have something different to say, this ain’t it
OK but nevermind concerts, introduce yourself with five musicals you've seen:
Cats
Phantom of the Opera (twice!)
Starlight Express
Les Misérables
Cats
Phantom of the Opera (twice!)
Starlight Express
Les Misérables
OK but nevermind concerts, introduce yourself with five musicals you've seen:
Cats
Phantom of the Opera
Evil Dead: The Musical
Cannibal! The Musical
Wicked
Cats
Phantom of the Opera
Evil Dead: The Musical
Cannibal! The Musical
Wicked
ok but never mind concerts, introduce yourself with five musicals you've seen:
Cats
Wicked
Phantom
Hamilton
RENT
Cats
Wicked
Phantom
Hamilton
RENT
November 27, 2025 at 11:43 PM
OK but nevermind concerts, introduce yourself with five musicals you've seen:
Cats
Phantom of the Opera (twice!)
Starlight Express
Les Misérables
Cats
Phantom of the Opera (twice!)
Starlight Express
Les Misérables
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I love this idea. My dad died when I was three and I had to figure out simple things like how to tie a tie and even shave on my own. Please retweet this because I know there are a lot of kids out there who could use some help with day to day life.
November 26, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I love this idea. My dad died when I was three and I had to figure out simple things like how to tie a tie and even shave on my own. Please retweet this because I know there are a lot of kids out there who could use some help with day to day life.
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This afternoon, I informed the Prime Minister of my decision to resign as Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture, Minister responsible for Official Languages, Minister of Nature and Parks Canada, as well as his Lieutenant in Quebec.
You can find my full statement below.
You can find my full statement below.
November 27, 2025 at 10:32 PM
This afternoon, I informed the Prime Minister of my decision to resign as Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture, Minister responsible for Official Languages, Minister of Nature and Parks Canada, as well as his Lieutenant in Quebec.
You can find my full statement below.
You can find my full statement below.
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After becoming Trudeau’s climate minister, Guilbeault was a prolific supporter and architect of many of the climate policies that came to define the previous government’s vision — many of which were abandoned on Thursday in Mark Carney’s deal with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith.
Hours after Carney’s pipeline deal unveiled, Steven Guilbeault resigns
After becoming Trudeau’s climate minister, Guilbeault was a prolific supporter and architect of many of the climate policies that came to define the previous government’s vision — many of which were a...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:55 PM
After becoming Trudeau’s climate minister, Guilbeault was a prolific supporter and architect of many of the climate policies that came to define the previous government’s vision — many of which were abandoned on Thursday in Mark Carney’s deal with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith.
The nomination period is open until November 30th, so there is still time to nominate my books in this year's Indie Ink Awards if anyone is of a mind to! 😊 #BookSky #Reading
Just learned that the first 3 books of my Arcanium series are all eligible for #IndieInkAwards nomination! So, if you read and enjoyed these, I would be so grateful if you would please consider doing just that. (Click link > cover > green button.) 😊 #IndieAuthor #BookSky
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November 27, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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4. More bad stuff
- lifting oil tanker ban (Coastal First Nations will not let that one go without a fight).
- Weakening industrial carbon price (now goes to $130/tonne rather than $170)
- New transmission lines between BC, AB & SK are for fossil fuel expansion rather than climate solutions
- lifting oil tanker ban (Coastal First Nations will not let that one go without a fight).
- Weakening industrial carbon price (now goes to $130/tonne rather than $170)
- New transmission lines between BC, AB & SK are for fossil fuel expansion rather than climate solutions
November 27, 2025 at 6:06 PM
4. More bad stuff
- lifting oil tanker ban (Coastal First Nations will not let that one go without a fight).
- Weakening industrial carbon price (now goes to $130/tonne rather than $170)
- New transmission lines between BC, AB & SK are for fossil fuel expansion rather than climate solutions
- lifting oil tanker ban (Coastal First Nations will not let that one go without a fight).
- Weakening industrial carbon price (now goes to $130/tonne rather than $170)
- New transmission lines between BC, AB & SK are for fossil fuel expansion rather than climate solutions
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I monitored these same sorts of white supremacists for years (to fight them), and let me tell you.
You have to CONSTANTLY, aggressively deprogram yourself.
Even just, the language. We are social creatures and we absorb the language we're around. Guess what words enter your mental vocabulary
You have to CONSTANTLY, aggressively deprogram yourself.
Even just, the language. We are social creatures and we absorb the language we're around. Guess what words enter your mental vocabulary
This is the correct take. Stewing in white supremacist propaganda is bad for your thinking. And if think you are so savvy that it won’t impact you, you are the exact kind of mark they are slowly converting (I’m looking at you, centrist pundits).
It’s really funny how a generation will roll its eyes at parents who watch Fox News but doesn’t see why being immersed in Twitter is having the same effect. Lots of serious people show up on Fox News too but that shouldn’t be your primary source on the news.
November 27, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I monitored these same sorts of white supremacists for years (to fight them), and let me tell you.
You have to CONSTANTLY, aggressively deprogram yourself.
Even just, the language. We are social creatures and we absorb the language we're around. Guess what words enter your mental vocabulary
You have to CONSTANTLY, aggressively deprogram yourself.
Even just, the language. We are social creatures and we absorb the language we're around. Guess what words enter your mental vocabulary
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1/ Hoekstra’s statements are mind boggling and supported by Americans.
Hoekstra: Canadians shouldn’t be upset about becoming the 51st state - it’s a compliment.
Canadians: No country on 🌎 sees a foreign country seizing their country as a compliment.
It’s to take our natural resources.
Hoekstra: Canadians shouldn’t be upset about becoming the 51st state - it’s a compliment.
Canadians: No country on 🌎 sees a foreign country seizing their country as a compliment.
It’s to take our natural resources.
US Ambassador to Canada: But let me tell you, I go around the country and people will say, “Pete, you just don’t understand why we’re so mad about the 51st state.” And it’s kind of like, “Yeah, you’re right. I don’t.
November 27, 2025 at 12:08 PM
1/ Hoekstra’s statements are mind boggling and supported by Americans.
Hoekstra: Canadians shouldn’t be upset about becoming the 51st state - it’s a compliment.
Canadians: No country on 🌎 sees a foreign country seizing their country as a compliment.
It’s to take our natural resources.
Hoekstra: Canadians shouldn’t be upset about becoming the 51st state - it’s a compliment.
Canadians: No country on 🌎 sees a foreign country seizing their country as a compliment.
It’s to take our natural resources.
I have lived in Canada my entire life and this is the first I have heard of this tradition. Fascinating.
As the Christmas season begins, Canadians look to their traditions.
One of the most most unique traditions in the country is mummering.
Dating back centuries in Newfoundland and Labrador, it has spread to other parts of Canada.
This is its story.
📸 Greg Locke
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One of the most most unique traditions in the country is mummering.
Dating back centuries in Newfoundland and Labrador, it has spread to other parts of Canada.
This is its story.
📸 Greg Locke
🧵 1/10
November 27, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I have lived in Canada my entire life and this is the first I have heard of this tradition. Fascinating.
THIS.
This whole thread!
This whole thread!
We need to be really aware of the danger of this. GenAI is a tool of oppression & conformity. When all art looks & sounds the same, it has no impact to change the world.
November 27, 2025 at 2:58 PM
THIS.
This whole thread!
This whole thread!
Apparently I need to start watching Murdoch Mysteries. 😂
I directed the episode of MURDOCH MYSTERIES set in 1910 where they invented the internet AND the concept of the nude selfie.
best we've got right now is Murdoch Mysteries, a detective show set in late 1800's Toronto, where the lead characters regularly invent modern technology by accident. Detective Murdoch created the Roomba. Tatiana Maslany's brother plays a gay jewish cop. It's incredible.
November 27, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Apparently I need to start watching Murdoch Mysteries. 😂
Splurged & bought myself a stainless steel mortar & pestle set & used it for the first time to grind rosemary into a powder for turkey burgers & it was worth every penny b/c holy cow, those burgers turned out great. Think I have finally perfected the recipe.
Sadly, I did not write any of it down. 🙃
Sadly, I did not write any of it down. 🙃
November 27, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Splurged & bought myself a stainless steel mortar & pestle set & used it for the first time to grind rosemary into a powder for turkey burgers & it was worth every penny b/c holy cow, those burgers turned out great. Think I have finally perfected the recipe.
Sadly, I did not write any of it down. 🙃
Sadly, I did not write any of it down. 🙃
I'm going to give it a go...
"This sowing of mistrust in our relationship with media is... a huge effect of this synthetic media moment we’re in..."
“I’ve been thinking about ways to refuse it, and the simplest, dumbest way to do that is to only search before 2022.”
Something to try out and be thankful for this year!
#Pinks
“I’ve been thinking about ways to refuse it, and the simplest, dumbest way to do that is to only search before 2022.”
Something to try out and be thankful for this year!
#Pinks
'Slop Evader' Lets You Surf the Web Like It’s 2022
Artist Tega Brain is fighting the internet’s enshittification by turning back the clock to before ChatGPT existed.
www.404media.co
November 27, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I'm going to give it a go...
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Listen, people who say this shit are just lazy thieves. If they had all the money in the world, they'd still steal your stuff, and they throw insults around because they're perfectly aware it's wrong.
AND!
Not paying artists is exactly what ensures only the wealthy can make art, you numpties.
AND!
Not paying artists is exactly what ensures only the wealthy can make art, you numpties.
Just saw someone claim that authors who want to be paid for their work are "class traitors" because we "only let the wealthy" read our books, and I think I need to go into the woods to scream into the night for a bit.
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
November 26, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Listen, people who say this shit are just lazy thieves. If they had all the money in the world, they'd still steal your stuff, and they throw insults around because they're perfectly aware it's wrong.
AND!
Not paying artists is exactly what ensures only the wealthy can make art, you numpties.
AND!
Not paying artists is exactly what ensures only the wealthy can make art, you numpties.
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I will believe in the end of identity politics when steel and lumber (28,000 jobs and 105,000 jobs respectively) stop getting bailouts, while higher education (310,000 jobs) collapses in front of our eyes because it's full of ivory tower elites
November 26, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I will believe in the end of identity politics when steel and lumber (28,000 jobs and 105,000 jobs respectively) stop getting bailouts, while higher education (310,000 jobs) collapses in front of our eyes because it's full of ivory tower elites
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I saw someone call Ai a Thneed and I can't stop thinking about it. It's a PERFECT analogy. The Thneed was an all-purpose tool that didn't do anything really useful. It was a fad that did major damage to the environment to make the Onceler a billionare. It left no real lasting impact, only damage.
October 28, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I saw someone call Ai a Thneed and I can't stop thinking about it. It's a PERFECT analogy. The Thneed was an all-purpose tool that didn't do anything really useful. It was a fad that did major damage to the environment to make the Onceler a billionare. It left no real lasting impact, only damage.
Hey, hivemind -- I keep seeing references to Supernatural. I have never watched this show. Do I need to watch this show?
November 26, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Hey, hivemind -- I keep seeing references to Supernatural. I have never watched this show. Do I need to watch this show?
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This could be Canada.
Australia now has so much solar power that the government will require utilities to sell customers free electricity for 3 hours per day.
techcrunch.com/2025/11/05/m...
techcrunch.com/2025/11/05/m...
Millions to receive free electricity in 2026 thanks to Australia’s solar boom | TechCrunch
Australia now has so much solar power that the government will require utilities to sell customers free electricity for three hours per day.
techcrunch.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:39 PM
This could be Canada.
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Here’s the Halifax Examiner’s AI policy
Morning File by me
Morning File by me
Here's the Halifax Examiner's AI policy - Halifax Examiner
As with everything the Examiner does, the foremost concern for use of computer programs is the environmental and social impact of our work.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
November 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Here’s the Halifax Examiner’s AI policy
Morning File by me
Morning File by me
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.