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N.P. Thompson 🍁 @nptwrites.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Briefly breaking my social media hiatus to let you know that all my books are $4.99 or less (in both Canada and the US) on #Kobo until September 7th for their #BackToSchool promo. ➡️ www.kobo.com/en/series/th... #BookSky #ReaderSky #reading #KidLit #MGLit #YoungYA #BuyCanadian #books #EduSky

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...?)

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N.P. Thompson 🍁 @nptwrites.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Hey, so, my Boynton calendar informs me that today is #BookLoversDay. I write books. They are good. You should read them or buy them for your kids. Also, they have enchanted crows. 🐦‍⬛✨ #BookSky #reading ➡️ shop.NPTwrites.com ➡️ www.kobo.com/en/series/th...

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N.P. Thompson 🍁 @nptwrites.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

This is why I am SO angry with Mark Carney. We. Do. Not. Have. Time. We cannot keep fucking around and kicking this climate can down the road to a future generation. We either fix this now or literally billions of people will die IN MY LIFETIME (and I am 50!)

The other scenario, which scientists now say “recent data aligns more closely with,” is 3C of warming. At that level, the Exeter authors warn of up to 4 billion deaths. Four billion. That is half the planet. In 26 years or less. Even for those lucky enough to survive the worst weather events, life as we know it would cease to exist due to war, involuntary mass migration, and “catastrophic mortality events from disease, malnutrition, thirst and conflict.” According to the lead author of the report, there is no realistic plan in place to avoid this scenario.

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N.P. Thompson 🍁 @nptwrites.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Also being ignored by virtually every media outlet & politician out there: human civilization as we've come to know it developed during a stable climate period that we have now destroyed. The future we are staring down will be beyond the worst dystopian hellscape imaginable if we don't fix this.

Let’s do the context thing again: 2C will mean we have completely left the stable climate period known as the Holocene. This is the 11,000-year-old era that has given us large-scale crop and livestock agriculture, which gave us cities, written language, modern science and medicine, and warm beds and showers.

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N.P. Thompson 🍁 @nptwrites.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

🧵 This is what people are just not getting. Ten years ago, the abnormal planetary warming we are currently seeing would have been unthinkable. Catastrophic. But we're like that frog in the pot... the water keeps heating up but we refuse to jump out and deal. www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-mas...

For some badly-needed context, the last three years, likely for the first time in over 100,000 years, have averaged above the Paris Accords’ “do not cross” 1.5 degrees celsius planetary warming. Only ten years ago, that was considered catastrophic, but now mainstream news tells us it’s just a number.

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N.P. Thompson 🍁 @nptwrites.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Anyone in the #gardening space know anything about #grapes? Most of my Somerset grape clusters look like this. At first I thought I just wasn't watering enough and they were drying out, but now I think it might some kind of disease. My Trollhaugen grapes do not look like this. 🌱

A cluster of immature grapes, with many of them shrivelled and turning brown and black.

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N.P. Thompson 🍁 @nptwrites.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Looking for magical adventures without propping up ethically challenged billionaires? Check out my Arcanium series! 100% HP-free and available via Itchio and Payhip so you can avoid the 'zon. PLUS... you get enchanted crows! 😎✨ #BookSky ⏰📚 ➡️ shop.NPTwrites.com ($ CAD) ➡️ NPTwrites.itch.io ($ USD)

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N.P. Thompson 🍁 @nptwrites.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Just got confirmation that all my #books are now direct with #Kobo, which is a wonderful alternative to Amazon if you're looking for ebooks. You can even read them free if you have Kobo Plus! You get magic and mayhem and enchanted CROWS! 😊🐦‍⬛✨ #BookSky #ReaderSky #reading www.kobo.com/ca/en/series...

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N.P. Thompson 🍁 @nptwrites.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Some purple and blue garden flowers. (FINALLY! A couple of ACTUALLY BLUE flowers!) 🌱 #Bloomscrolling #FlowerReport

Spiky blue sea holly flowers with green foliage in the background

Blue and white bachelor's buttons peeking through the garlic stems.

"Sweet Kate" or "Blue and Gold" spiderwort, with bonus little green sweat bee stuffing his pockets with pollen.

Volunteer columbine (possibly "Winky Blue" but I'm not sure... I didn't plant it, it just came in on the wind) in very bright sun against garden path wood chips.

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N.P. Thompson 🍁 @nptwrites.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

I have an unknown #beetle thing on one of my grape vines. Never seen one like this before. It's huge - over an inch long. Orange-brown colour. Three spots on each side. Black legs. Anyone have any idea what it is? 🌱 #BugSky #entomology

A really big orangey-brown beetle with 3 spots along the edge and black legs.

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N.P. Thompson 🍁 @nptwrites.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Psst... all of my books are available via Kobo Plus, so if you take advantage of this promo you'll be able to read them all for free! 😊

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N.P. Thompson 🍁 @nptwrites.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Purple Air map is showing really bad AQHI in the core. And even worse in Kanata, Barrhaven, and areas further west and south of those. Better in the eastern parts for now. I miss being able to open my windows on cool days. Never seem to get a chance to cool the house down anymore. 🫠

Screen shot of a map of Ottawa and surrounding suburbs with coloured circles. Red circles with numbers ranging from 8 to 12 in the core and to the south and west (indicating very poor air quality) and two yellow circles with numbers 4 and 5 (indicating moderate air quality) can be seen to the east.

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N.P. Thompson 🍁 @nptwrites.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Today I learned that Carney is one of those Albertans who still seems to have anti-Trudeau issues related to the national energy policy of decades ago. This explains so much. 😑 www.hilltimes.com/2026/07/13/c...

In a revealing “forward guidance” video, one of the prime minister’s regular meditations on the “world as it is, not as we wish it to be,” Carney said that, as a boy in Edmonton, he watched the devastating impact of Pierre Elliott Trudeau’s national energy policy on his neighbours. He thereby revived a cherished—and only half-true—myth about Alberta’s repeated mistreatment at the hands of eastern bastards. Unhelpful.

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N.P. Thompson 🍁 @nptwrites.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Everything's making me online cranky today, so here are some garden yellows as penance. 🙃🌱 #bloomscrolling

Yellow daisy surrounded by unopened buds and green foliage.

Standard white-petalled Shasta daisies with yellow centres.

Not sure what this one is... some sort of coreopsis, perhaps. Yellow petals with a darker yellow centre, with blurred out Shasta daisies in the background.

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N.P. Thompson 🍁 @nptwrites.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

If you are strapped for cash but still want to read my books, they are all available (in both paperback and e-book formats) via the Ottawa Public Library. They're also available at the Toronto Public Library and a number of others. You can also request that your local library pick copies up!

A white square image with the covers of River of Crows, Mirror of Wolves, Stone of Serpents, and Chalice of Caladriai lined up in a row. Purple text at the top reads: "The Arcanium Saga... the story so far!" and text under the books reads "Find all four books at the Ottawa Public Library."

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N.P. Thompson 🍁 @nptwrites.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

And then you're probably going to have to click Search Engine again, select your newly added AI-free one, and make it your default. It should now automatically bypass the AI crap and send you actual search results again.

Screenshot showing a list the available search engines in Chrome, which should have the newly added one.

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N.P. Thompson 🍁 @nptwrites.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Scroll to the "Site Search" section and click the "Add" button to create a new search engine and call it "GoogleNoAi" or whatever you want. Use this as the URL: www.google.com/search?q=%s&...

Screenshot from Chrome settings showing where to put the URL I pasted into the body of the post.

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N.P. Thompson 🍁 @nptwrites.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

In Chrome, go to Settings > Search Engines. Click where it says "Manage search engines and site search"

Screenshot showing initial screen when selecting Settings > Search Engine

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N.P. Thompson 🍁 @nptwrites.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Should mention I also have a whole bunch of #FictionFest books that were bought before Fiction Fest was a thing! 😆

A grid of book covers:
- Bloody Spade by Brittany M. Willows
- Ben Archer and the Cosmic Fall by Rae Knightly
- The Wings of Ashtaroth by Steve Hugh Westenra
- Winner Takes All by Claris Law
- Stealing From Wizards by R.A. Consell
- The Absence of Sparrows by Kurt Kirchmeier
- The Dragon Next Door by Vanessa Ricci-Thode
- The Erstwhile Tyler Kyle by Steve Hugh Westenra
- Your Blood and Bones by J. Patricia Anderson
- Goblin Girl by K.A. Mielke
- The Clockwork Empire by Lucas J.W. Johnson
- The Shadow Road by K.D. Kirchmeier
- The Lion by Lee Burton
- The Young Necromancer's Guide to Ghosts by Vanessa Ricci-Thode
- The Flaws of Gravity by Stephanie Caye

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N.P. Thompson 🍁 @nptwrites.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

If you still have to use Chrome, be aware that the latest update added this on-by-default charmer to your settings. 😑

Screen shot from Chrome settings. I check my settings regularly and this is new and it was set to on, despite my having already turned all other AI shit off. It says: "On-device AI:
To power features like scam detection, Chrome can use AI models that run directly on your device. When this is off, these features might not work."

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N.P. Thompson 🍁 @nptwrites.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

My "Joker" peony has bloomed. Year 3 and it's the first real show I've had from it! (Last year I had one flower and it was very small and short-lived.) #Bloomscrolling 🌱

"Joker" peony, not yet fully open. It's white with both dark pink and pale pink streaks along the petals.

Another flower from the same plant. "Joker" peony, fully opened. A large white flower and the pink streaks are mostly gone except for the furthest from the centre petals, and in the centre you can see yellow and red pollen-covered stringy things (the proper name of which escapes me at the moment).

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N.P. Thompson 🍁 @nptwrites.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Anyhow, lots of depressing stuff this morning, so here are some garden purples. (Some day, I am going to buy a flower that is marketed as "blue" in colour that actually ends up being BLUE and not purple. Hasn't happened yet, but someday... one of my great gardening pet peeves.) 🌱 #bloomscrolling

A small green bee collecting pollen from a purple spiderwort flower. It's a "Sweet Kate", aka "Blue & Gold" variety so the purple flower really stands out against the yellow leaves.

Clematis "Multi Blue" flower which is a blatant lie, it's actually a dark purple and NOT blue.

Small lupins in a garden bed. My camera makes these look like they could be a very dark blue, but in reality they are a dark purple in colour even though they were sold as a "blue" lupin.

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N.P. Thompson 🍁 @nptwrites.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Part two of my #iris pics for your #bloomscrolling pleasure. 😊 🌱

These are some of my smaller irises (seriously, these lovelies are tiny). Two irises, dwarfed by larger green plants behind them. They are blue toward the edges, with a prominent darker blue striping patterns, and become white and then yellow toward the centre.

A pale purple iris against green foliage. There are delicate darker purple striping patterns on the petals, and they become white toward the centre.

Another of the very small irises. This one is a delicate peachy colour with a touch of blue toward the centre of each petal.

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N.P. Thompson 🍁 @nptwrites.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

More flowers for #bloomscrolling -- this time it's the #iris edition! 🌱

Iris, not yet fully open. The petals are covered in water droplet from last night's rain. It looks red in the picture, but it's actually a deep shade of maroon on the edge and turns yellow in the centre.

Frilly irises covered in water droplets. Again, in the picture these look a pale blue colour, but in reality they are a lavender with pale yellow towards the centre.

Iris in the sun. This one is a deep, dark raspberry pink shade, with yellow striping patterns toward the centre of each petal, and an orange fuzzy bit through the centre of the striped areas.

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N.P. Thompson 🍁 @nptwrites.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Flowers from the other day. Garden is just starting to show its colours. 🌱🌷 #bloomscrolling

Pink flowers against a red lattice fence. Not sure what kind of flowers they are.

They look blue in the picture because the phone on my camera is terrible, but these are purple columbines.

Bright pink flowers. Some kind of penstemon, I think.

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N.P. Thompson 🍁 @nptwrites.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

I just don't understand how we're pushing this stuff into *everything* without any consideration whatsoever for human or even basic infosec concerns. To hell with anyone who gets their life destroyed in the process, I guess. Can't stand in the way of "progress", now can we?

Finally, the document says Canada will try to solve national challenges through AI missions — the first being in health care, then other priority sectors like energy and natural resources, agriculture, transportation, manufacturing and robotics and government services.

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N.P. Thompson 🍁 @nptwrites.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Seriously, do people not see how nonsensical this is? AI is going to *create* 250,000 jobs? 90,000 for youth? (I call BS. It's destroying jobs, not creating them.) And we're going to push AI into libraries and schools, but somehow, nebulously "protect Canadians and children from AI harms"?

By 2031, the draft strategy seeks to do the following, among other goals:

Protect Canadians and children against the risks from AI and online harms.
Provide Canadians access to free AI literacy training, including reaching one million entry-level post-secondary students.
Create up to 90,000 AI-related jobs and work opportunities for young Canadians.
Support creating up to 250,000 new jobs through AI adoption.
Boost Canada's business adoption of AI from 12 per cent today to more than 50 per cent by 2030.
Help small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) access public compute to strengthen commercialization and adoption.
Build a multilateral alliance so Canada moves from reliance to resilience by having sovereign autonomy in key AI capabilities.

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N.P. Thompson 🍁 @nptwrites.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

The latest book in the series is Chalice of Caladriai. It picks up 6 months after the end of book 3 and pitches the team into a series of deadly trials in an effort to save a friend, while uncovering a long-buried secret on the way! #BookSky #books ➡️ books2read.com/ChaliceOfCaladriai

A paperback copy of Chalice of Caladriai against a snowy purple background. Text in the bottom-right corner reads "Book 4" and "books2read.com/ChaliceOfCaladriai".

The cover of Chalice of Caladriai is centred on a pale purple background. The cover features two kids standing in a circle of stones inscribed with mysterious symbols that encircle a stone triquetra. A beam of light is coming out of the centre of the triquetra and a ghostly bird is in the beam of light. There are sections of text around the cover with arrows point toward the cover. Text sections say:

- a desperate quest to save Sasha
- a mysterious recluse
- flying carpet with attitude
- fire-breathing dragon-chickens
- Archimedes & Althea cameos
- an old secret is revealed
- dangerous ruins
- an explosive magical malady
- a test of trials
- friendship drama
- Jackson joins the team

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N.P. Thompson 🍁 @nptwrites.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

The saga continues with Stone of Serpents, which picks up right after book two's cliff-hanger ending. This one sees the Sakuma siblings visit our world with Ty and Ayslenne. There are more magic battles and some MAJOR plot twists in this one! #BookSky #BookTok 🪐📚 ➡️ books2read.com/StoneOfSerpents

A paperback copy of Stone of Serpents against a snowy green background. Text in the bottom-right corner reads "Book 3" and "books2read.com/StoneOfSerpents".

The cover of Stone of Serpents is centered on a green background. Cover features a giant snake chasing two kids who are running away from it. There are sections of text around the cover with arrows point toward the cover. Text sections say:

- A deadly weapon that could destroy the worlds
- a best friend in danger
- REALLY. BIG. SNAKE!!!
- Sasha discovers indoor plumbing
- hilarity and mayhem (of course!)
- epic magic battles
- mysterious ruins
- daring rescues
- SO. MANY. PLOT TWISTS!
- bad-tempered plants
- crow attacks!

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N.P. Thompson 🍁 @nptwrites.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Next in the series is the action-packed Mirror of Wolves, in which the team hunts down a mystical artifact said to reveal one's true destiny and the parents get caught up in all sorts of trouble while trying to find their kids. Also, EPIC magic battles! #ReaderSky 🪐📚 ➡️ books2read.com/MirrorOfWolves

A paperback copy of Mirror of Wolves against a snowy teal background. Text in the bottom-right corner reads "Book 2" and "books2read.com/MirrorOfWolves".

The book cover for Mirror of Wolves on a pale green background, surrounded by text with arrows pointing at the cover. In the background on the cover are two bas-relief wolf statues carved into a mountain, with a waterfall cascading between them. In the foreground, a dark-haired boy excitedly tugs on the sleeve of a red-haired girl who looks decidedly unimpressed. Text surrounding the cover reads:
- a destiny-revealing mystical artifact
- a quest for answers
- the hot air balloon of doom
- a hob with a class to teach
- a deadly weapon that could destroy the worlds
- treasure
- a wild river ride
- mysterious ruins
- don't touch the flowers
- Sasha still wants a team name
- epic magic battles
- awesome origami

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N.P. Thompson 🍁 @nptwrites.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

The series starts with River of Crows, in which 12yo Ty Baxter accidentally teams up with the weird girl from school to try and help an injured crow... and discovers that magic and other worlds are real. #BookSky #MiddleGrade 🐦‍⬛ 🪐📚 ➡️ books2read.com/RiverOfCrows

A paperback copy of River of Crows against a blurred snowy blue background. Text to the right says Book 1 and the URL books2read.com/RiverOfCrows.

The book cover for River of Crows on a blue background, surrounded by text with arrows pointing at the cover. Text points read:
- a boy who is always in trouble for daydreaming
- a daring rescure
- a grumpy sorcerer with an apothecary shop
- an enchanted army
- a girl who really isn't from around here
- a shocking secret
- 3 siblings on a mission
- an evil henchman
- a crow with a white feather
- a tyrant emperor with dark magic
- a Scottish hob with a best-seller
- awesome origami

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N.P. Thompson 🍁 @nptwrites.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Need a fun read? I have a series for fans of action-packed #fantasy adventures that don't skimp on character or world-building (you'll even 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

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N.P. Thompson 🍁 @nptwrites.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Some garden #Bloomscrolling from last week (I think). Most of these are done now, and the garden is in an in-between stage where the bulbs are done, but the perennials aren't quite ready to open yet. 🌱

White pear blossoms with raspberry canes in the background.

Fritillaria. Such a weird flower -- looks like a bare stick with a bunch of long green leaves sticking out all over the place at the top and bell-shaped orange flowers hanging down under the leaves. Smell like a skunk, too. BUT... it's so cool!

A clump of multi-coloured tulips in a mulch-covered bed.

A small, very pale peach coloured iris in a mulch-covered bed. The flower is covered in water-droplets.

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N.P. Thompson 🍁 @nptwrites.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

RIP to my gorgeous Red Castle lupin that I grew from seed and which gave me such joy. There is still no sign of growth from it at all, so I think the winter has officially killed it. Photo from last year. I think the late cold snaps we've had this spring have also killed my little apricot tree. 😢🌱

An enormous lupin with stunning brick red flower spires against a lattice fence, with chives and cat mint poking out from underneath.

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N.P. Thompson 🍁 @nptwrites.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Found it! The "fruit salad" was fruit cocktail, and you're not supposed to drain it or anything -- the whole thing gets dumped into the batter. (And if I make this, I will definitely be reducing the amount of sugar in it... but that was probably what made it taste so good when I was a kid. 😂)

Gateau à la Salade Aux Fruits

2 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 egg
19 oz fruit salad (canned)
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup shredded coconut

Grease two 8-inch cake pans. Beat egg with a fork.
Mix flour and sugar in large bowl. Add fruit
salad and egg. Add vanilla and baking powder.
Mix well. Pour batter into pans. Mix brown
sugar and coconut. Sprinkle over top of two
cakes. Bake in a 350F oven for 40 to 60 minutes.

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N.P. Thompson 🍁 @nptwrites.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Holy crap, this article. I don't know whether this is an RCMP or CSIS thing, but *somebody* better be doing something about this. Anyone in Alberta who is working or did work with the Americans to try and destroy this country should face jail time. 😡

What the US gains from a broken Canada##

The "I wasn't aware" framing papers over a question of motive. What does the Trump administration, or its aligned operatives, actually get from a destabilised Canada?

Alberta sits on approximately 167 billion barrels of proven oil reserves, nearly four times the volume of the entire United States. It accounts for 84% of Canada's total oil production and 60% of its natural gas output. The value of Alberta's energy production reached $139 billion in 2024. Bitumen production alone generated $95.8 billion that year. The oil sands can sustain current production rates for more than 140 years.

The US already buys nearly all of it: approximately 95-97% of Alberta's crude exports flow south. The problem, from a USian energy-dominance perspective, is that Canada controls the regulatory environment, the pipeline policy, and the pricing. A separated or annexed Alberta removes all three constraints simultaneously.

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N.P. Thompson 🍁 @nptwrites.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

LOOK AT THESE GORGEOUS MASTERPIECES!!! One of the teachers from the class visit I did a couple of weeks ago sent me scans of all the beautiful crow art, featuring Streak going through the portal, that the kids did for my book! These are just a few of them! 😊🥹 #MiddleGrade #Booksky

Tiled photographs of children's art, all of which show a crow and a magic portal.

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N.P. Thompson 🍁 @nptwrites.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

It's fine. This is fine. Who needs to breathe anyway, right? 😰😣 #allergies

A screenshot with a graph showing "very high" oak, birch, and ash pollen levels in Ottawa today, tomorrow and Wednesday.

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N.P. Thompson 🍁 @nptwrites.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Everything else may be going wrong lately, but my daffodils are blooming. 😊💛🌱 #bloomscrolling

A cluster of white daffodils with frilly orange centre cups that fade to yellow on the inside. I believe this one was called "Hawaiian Sunset".

White daffodils with large frilly centre cups that become a pale yellow in the inside.

Small multi-headed yellow daffodils with small orange centre cups. I think this one might be "Congress".

A yellow daffodil with a large yellow centre cup, all the same colour. I think it's a standard "Dutch Master" variety.

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N.P. Thompson 🍁 @nptwrites.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

I have shops on Itchio and Payhip where people can buy my fantasy books directly! The Payhip shop is in $ CAD (and it's the only place you can get my 3-book bundle), and the Itchio shop is $ USD. 😊 ➡️ shop.NPTwrites.com ➡️ nptwrites.itch.io #BookSky #Reading

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N.P. Thompson 🍁 @nptwrites.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Well, hello there, you gorgeous thing! When did you pop up? 😍🌱 #bloomscrolling #NewFlower

A dwarf iris, which is a gorgeous dark purple colour in real life, but my phone camera sucks so it looks more blue-ish in the photo, against brown mulch.

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N.P. Thompson 🍁 @nptwrites.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Oooo... pretty! I have a few crocuses but nothing else is up yet. Squirrels keep digging these up and running off with them, which is very annoying, but I did manage to get a couple of pics.🌱 #bloomscrolling

A close up shot of an open crocus that has mid-purple tones at the edges of the petals, fading to very pale purple in the centre.

A cluster of white crocuses with yellow centres against brown mulch.

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N.P. Thompson 🍁 @nptwrites.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Somebody is taking full advantage of the rare sunbeam that has finally decided to show up in this never-ending winter. Can't say I blame her.

A white and dark grey cat is stretched out on her back with both front paws stretched above her head on a doormat with blocky green and red colours in front of a patio door. There is a sunbeam falling across her belly.

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N.P. Thompson 🍁 @nptwrites.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

I have an upper middle grade fantasy series and 2 places to buy direct. There's a bundle deal for the first 3 books available in my Payhip author shop, and all books are also available on Itchio (but not as a bundle - that's only in my author shop). 😊 🐦‍⬛✨ ➡️ shop.nptwrites.com ➡️ nptwrites.itch.io

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N.P. Thompson 🍁 @nptwrites.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Looking for long-weekend reads? You can read ALL of my Arcanium books (so far!) for FREE on #KoboPlus! ➡️ www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/... #BookSky #ReaderSky #books #reading

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