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Canadian author of magical middle grade books. Probably in the garden. CHALICE OF CALADRIAI 2025-11-04 shop.nptwrites.com/ | books2read.com/NPTwrites | nptwrites.com/links

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N.P. Thompson 🍁 @nptwrites.bsky.social · Aug 10

‪CHALICE OF CALADRIAI (book 4 of The Arcanium) drops on November 4th on all major book sites, plus Itchio and Payhip! Here's what's happening between now and then...
#BookSky #KidLit

Pre-order your copy today:
books2read.com/ChaliceOfCaladriai

A pale purple square image. Header at the top reads: "Countdown to Launch Day!"

Below that, the cover of Chalice of Caladriai is on the right, and on the left is the following list:

- Aug 12: About arrows
- Aug 19: Hardest part of writing this one
- Aug 26: Easiest part of writing this one
- Sep 2: Thing I'm most excited for you to read
- Sep 9: Story Snippet
- Sep 16: Themes
- Sep 23: Character art teaser!
- Sep 30: Character art: Simon
- Oct 7: Character art: Shea
- Oct 14: Character art: Sasha
- Oct 21: Character art: AySlenne
- Oct 28: Character art: Ty
- Nov 4: Launch Day!

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N.P. Thompson 🍁 @nptwrites.bsky.social · 3h

This is what Carney and Solomon are going to bring here. 😑

Kate Clancy @kateclancy.bsky.social · 5h

I am being asked to tell my department which pieces of lab equipment should be supported with backup power because they expect rolling blackouts and brownouts in 2026 due to increased energy demands from AI. In case you're wondering how my day is going.

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 3h

“What’s happening here is a very specialized industry that’s enabling some of the world’s worst dictators and despots to undermine the foundational pillars of liberal democracy.”

The surveillance empire that tracked world leaders, a Vatican enemy, and maybe you

We uncovered a massive data trove. It revealed the hidden world of First Wap, whose untraceable tech has targeted politicians, journalists, celebrities, and activists around the globe.

www.motherjones.com

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N.P. Thompson 🍁 @nptwrites.bsky.social · 4h

Damn. Should have kept all my cassettes from back in the day. Might have funded upcoming university tuition for my kids. 🙃

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N.P. Thompson 🍁 @nptwrites.bsky.social · 4h

Feel like absolute crap today.
Want to just go back to bed.
Still have to do the work thing.
Cold. Want tea. Afraid it's going to set my stomach off again.
At least I can work from home.
Sigh.
😣

a chihuahua dog is wrapped in a blanket on a bed .

Alt: A chihuahua dog is wrapped in a blanket and fall over onto its side on a bed.

media.tenor.com

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 6h

Every future imagined by a tech company is worse than the previous iteration. www.theverge.com/news/798174/...

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N.P. Thompson 🍁 @nptwrites.bsky.social · 8h

deal with any customer issues with shipping/quality, etc. or would that be on me to act as intermediary), and what the quality of the end product is like. Right now I'm just looking at individual paperbacks, but want to do a box set in future, too.

N.P. Thompson 🍁 @nptwrites.bsky.social · 8h

Hey, #WritingCommunity friends -- anyone have any personal experience with Book Vault? Am looking for a way to sell paperbacks directly and thinking this might be the solution, but would like to know whether the company is good to deal with (responsive to author questions/issues, do they ../

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

Hmm. Interesting points raised in this one. Not sure I agree, but definitely still thinking about this.
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...

The left should defend democracy, not Ottawa’s bid to curb the notwithstanding clause

Ottawa wants the Supreme Court to curb provincial use of the notwithstanding clause, but progressives shouldn’t cheer. Limiting Section 33 risks eroding democratic accountability and inflaming nationa...

canadiandimension.com

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

Aaaand I apparently also forgot to link this one in the main thread, too. 🙃
bsky.app/profile/nptw...

N.P. Thompson 🍁 @nptwrites.bsky.social · 6d

And today you get to see the second of the gorgeous character art portraits that Efa_finearts (IG) drew for my middle grade Arcanium series! Meet Shea. He's Sasha and Simon's older brother and the oldest member of Team Arcania. #KidLit #BookTok #BookSky

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

Okay, so apparently I can't read a calendar and posted it a day early. 😂 #KidLit #BookSky #BookTok
bsky.app/profile/nptw...

N.P. Thompson 🍁 @nptwrites.bsky.social · 1d

In just 3 more weeks, Chalice of Caladria hits the shelves! This week you get to meet Sasha, my tiny and distressingly energetic, only-slightly-stabby book-kid. She's Simon's twin sister and the glue with a heart of gold that holds Team Arcania together.

N.P. Thompson 🍁 @nptwrites.bsky.social · 19h

You too! :)

N.P. Thompson 🍁 @nptwrites.bsky.social · 19h

I remember this one. 😂

Emily J. Edwards (but witchy) @msemilyedwards.bsky.social · 21h

i feel like i need to share this oldie but a goodie today

A tumblr post that reads "WHo would have believed that the perfect wikipedia photo caption could have been improved upon?" Two identical images are then side by side. The first caption is "Piper Kerr, a member of the Scottis National Antarctix Expedition, plays the bagpipes for an indifferent penguin, March 1904". The Caption for the image on the left reads, "Piper Kerr (right), a member of the Scottis National Antarctix Expedition, plays the bagpipes for an indifferent penguin, March 1904"

N.P. Thompson 🍁 @nptwrites.bsky.social · 19h

Ooo... #CookieParty feed is already hopping and it isn't even November yet.

Taking notes on interesting looking ones to try for my holiday baking spree.

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N.P. Thompson 🍁 @nptwrites.bsky.social · 20h

Ugh. Same. I've even been doing my stretches and they are NOT HELPING. 😒

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Mark Ungrin @mark-ungrin.bsky.social · 1d

They've made no progress since 2020, which is hard to explain away if they had good intentions.

Mark Ungrin @mark-ungrin.bsky.social · Feb 5

I want to highlight a story from May 2020 that really hammers home the mismanagement of the pandemic by public health and infection control leaders.

Nursing home in Montreal, COVID everywhere, staff sick, people dying. It killed a significant proportion of the people there.

“All the patients were positive. Not even one was not positive,” said FIQ vice-president Denyse Joseph.

She said 68 patients have died of COVID-19 at Vigi Mont-Royal since the beginning of the pandemic.

With dozens of regular staff at home with COVID-19, the West-Central CIUSSS sent people to help care for the home’s 273 residents.

“After one day of working there, they were coming back with symptoms, testing positive for COVID-19,” Joseph said.

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N.P. Thompson 🍁 @nptwrites.bsky.social · 20h

Awww....

Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 1d

Timeline cleanse:

This guy hanging out with his pet kittens

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N.P. Thompson 🍁 @nptwrites.bsky.social · 20h

Thank you! I would wish you the same, but I see you're in the US, so still a month early for you lot. :)

N.P. Thompson 🍁 @nptwrites.bsky.social · 21h

I have badly mistimed tonight's dinner. Figured the turkey pieces would take about as long to cook as chicken breasts.

They do not, in fact, cook in the same amount of time as chicken breasts.

Sigh.

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N.P. Thompson 🍁 @nptwrites.bsky.social · 21h

I was worried I'd been pronouncing it wrong all this time. 😂

N.P. Thompson 🍁 @nptwrites.bsky.social · 21h

I thought it was pronounce "chee-bee"...?

N.P. Thompson 🍁 @nptwrites.bsky.social · 1d

Omg.

bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 1d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 1d

We don’t speak enough about the actual monetary cost of climate change.

Bentley @bigclimate.bsky.social · 1d

#CostOfClimate #ClimateChange www.weforum.org/stories/2023...

Climate change is costing the world $16 million per hour: study

Climate change costs $16 million per hour in damage, mostly due to extreme weather events. Policymakers should use this data to allocate funds to help countries rebuild.

www.weforum.org

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N.P. Thompson 🍁 @nptwrites.bsky.social · 1d

I'd be more organized if I was doing a full turkey, but the pieces don't take that long to cook, so it should be fine.

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N.P. Thompson 🍁 @nptwrites.bsky.social · 1d

I've been brining my turkey pieces since noon-ish and baked a pie yesterday. Haven't yet progressed to the organizing for tonight's dinner yet, aside from knowing (more or less) what I plan to make. Keepin' it low-key around here. 😂

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N.P. Thompson 🍁 @nptwrites.bsky.social · 1d

Every techbro ever

caasbrey @caasbrey.bsky.social · 1d

“Phillip K. Dick. Ray Bradbury. Like so many in tech, I draw in completely misunderstanding the authors.”

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