Kingfisher & Wombat
@tkingfisher.com
Wrote some books, won some awards. Strong feelings about plants. She/her
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Kingfisher & Wombat
@tkingfisher.com
· Oct 20
Two books for spooky season:
COFFIN MOON, Keith Rosson: Best modern vampire story ever (although it's set in the 70s).
THE TWISTED ONES, by T. Kingfisher: It lures you in with chatty good humor (especially about NPR Pledge Week) and a lovely dog...then slams the door and bites you in the dark.
COFFIN MOON, Keith Rosson: Best modern vampire story ever (although it's set in the 70s).
THE TWISTED ONES, by T. Kingfisher: It lures you in with chatty good humor (especially about NPR Pledge Week) and a lovely dog...then slams the door and bites you in the dark.
Is this my beautiful house? Is this my beautiful life?
I went to the Utilikilt store and the clerk looked at my legs and said “Can I make a suggestion? Get some sun.”
…the store was in Seattle.
…the store was in Seattle.
What's an insult you'll never forget?
December 26, 2025 at 8:33 AM
I went to the Utilikilt store and the clerk looked at my legs and said “Can I make a suggestion? Get some sun.”
…the store was in Seattle.
…the store was in Seattle.
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have a merry Christmas or else
December 26, 2025 at 4:21 AM
have a merry Christmas or else
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I wish we could explain to small children that some day, getting in bed and going to sleep will become the highlight of their lives.
December 26, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I wish we could explain to small children that some day, getting in bed and going to sleep will become the highlight of their lives.
Merry Dies Natalis Solis Invicti!
I spent a chunk of today finally unpacking the boxes in the garage that have been there for a year and setting up my potting bench. Now I have leftover Chinese food. At no point have I had to put on a bra.
I hope you, too, are living the dream.
I spent a chunk of today finally unpacking the boxes in the garage that have been there for a year and setting up my potting bench. Now I have leftover Chinese food. At no point have I had to put on a bra.
I hope you, too, are living the dream.
December 26, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Merry Dies Natalis Solis Invicti!
I spent a chunk of today finally unpacking the boxes in the garage that have been there for a year and setting up my potting bench. Now I have leftover Chinese food. At no point have I had to put on a bra.
I hope you, too, are living the dream.
I spent a chunk of today finally unpacking the boxes in the garage that have been there for a year and setting up my potting bench. Now I have leftover Chinese food. At no point have I had to put on a bra.
I hope you, too, are living the dream.
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December 25, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Damn, I found a “Catholics aren’t Christians because they worship Mary” in the wild! I thought those only lived in message boards and Utah.
December 26, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Damn, I found a “Catholics aren’t Christians because they worship Mary” in the wild! I thought those only lived in message boards and Utah.
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We're watching Labyrinth which is in reality a Christmas Movie because David Bowie delivers his package
December 25, 2025 at 3:21 AM
We're watching Labyrinth which is in reality a Christmas Movie because David Bowie delivers his package
The next time someone tells you Coca-Cola invented modern Santa, you can lay one helluva WELL ACTUALLY on them.
One of the earliest-ever modern portrayals of Santa Claus features him gifting Union soldiers with a jumping-jack doll of Jefferson Davis dangling from a noose - as drawn by political cartoonist Thomas Nast.
www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
![HARPERS WEEKLY.
JOURNAL OF CIVILIZATION
Vor. VII.-No. 314.]
NEW
YORK, SATURDAY, JANUARY
1863.
GELCOM
SANTA CLAUS
SANTA CLAUS IN CAMP.-[SEE PAGE 6]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qiknc4t5rq7yngvz7g4aezq7/bafkreiez4d5lsrpbn3mrwkwrnbrhb3ra7dmvagbxjaz7hg5be7njnsbary@jpeg)
December 25, 2025 at 7:20 AM
The next time someone tells you Coca-Cola invented modern Santa, you can lay one helluva WELL ACTUALLY on them.
Dude here clearly has no idea what Holy Week is like.
December 25, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Dude here clearly has no idea what Holy Week is like.
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The reason why older generations burnt the shit out of their meat and boiled the shit out of their vegetables, was your kid died if you didn't.
Medium rare steaks and roasted Brussels sprouts are a side effect of an intact food safety infrastructure
Medium rare steaks and roasted Brussels sprouts are a side effect of an intact food safety infrastructure
"The Agriculture Department will not require poultry companies to limit salmonella bacteria in their products, halting a Biden Administration effort to prevent food poisoning from contaminated meat."
www.seattletimes.com/business/usd...
www.seattletimes.com/business/usd...
USDA withdraws a plan to limit salmonella levels in raw poultry
The Agriculture Department says it is withdrawing a plan to limit salmonella bacteria in poultry products.
www.seattletimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 2:47 AM
The reason why older generations burnt the shit out of their meat and boiled the shit out of their vegetables, was your kid died if you didn't.
Medium rare steaks and roasted Brussels sprouts are a side effect of an intact food safety infrastructure
Medium rare steaks and roasted Brussels sprouts are a side effect of an intact food safety infrastructure
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Hey it’s time to take Rare Exports out of the freezer.
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010) Trailer #1 | Ilmari Järvenpää, Jorma Tommila, Onni Tommila
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December 24, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Hey it’s time to take Rare Exports out of the freezer.
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Government services aren't businesses. Delivering mail to citizens is something we pay for.
But if these are businesses, you won't believe how much money the military loses.
But if these are businesses, you won't believe how much money the military loses.
The USPS faces a tight squeeze. With fewer people using the mail, it’s lost more and more money: $9 billion in the 12 months ending in September alone.
https://cnn.it/4qkeNoF
https://cnn.it/4qkeNoF
December 24, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Government services aren't businesses. Delivering mail to citizens is something we pay for.
But if these are businesses, you won't believe how much money the military loses.
But if these are businesses, you won't believe how much money the military loses.
Had a dream I was writing a script for an animated police procedural, except it was Anubis as a coroner-priest solving crimes in ancient Egypt.
Anyway, call me, Hollywood, we’ll talk.
Anyway, call me, Hollywood, we’ll talk.
December 24, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Had a dream I was writing a script for an animated police procedural, except it was Anubis as a coroner-priest solving crimes in ancient Egypt.
Anyway, call me, Hollywood, we’ll talk.
Anyway, call me, Hollywood, we’ll talk.
It’s D&D night and the party is trying to use old Boy Scout tricks to plug a magical leak.
December 24, 2025 at 2:12 AM
It’s D&D night and the party is trying to use old Boy Scout tricks to plug a magical leak.
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love that software developers are advertising AI functionality in every single app now and it's up to you to try to figure out if they mean "this has spellcheck" or "everything you create in this app will sync in real-time to sam altman's personal laptop" or something in between
December 23, 2025 at 3:04 PM
love that software developers are advertising AI functionality in every single app now and it's up to you to try to figure out if they mean "this has spellcheck" or "everything you create in this app will sync in real-time to sam altman's personal laptop" or something in between
I am back on my bullshit again.
Had we but falcons enough, and time,
This widening gyre would be no crime.
Yet the blood-dimmed tide shall flow,
Vaster than empires, far less slow.
And if the center cannot hold—
Well then, lady, let’s be bold!
This widening gyre would be no crime.
Yet the blood-dimmed tide shall flow,
Vaster than empires, far less slow.
And if the center cannot hold—
Well then, lady, let’s be bold!
December 23, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I am back on my bullshit again.
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This was such a wild talk. With the best graphics!!
December 23, 2025 at 1:35 PM
This was such a wild talk. With the best graphics!!
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every day I wake up and try not to sound like a conspiracy theorist and every day this world tests me harder
DOJ briefly uploaded this letter from Jeff Epstein to serial child molester Larry Nassar:
"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
December 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
every day I wake up and try not to sound like a conspiracy theorist and every day this world tests me harder
ARAGORN: You have my sword.
GIMLI: And my axe!
BILL: And my saxophone!
COUNCIL: …um.
ELROND: Wtf, Glorfindel, you were supposed to be watching the doors, you KNOW how I feel about this guy
GIMLI: And my axe!
BILL: And my saxophone!
COUNCIL: …um.
ELROND: Wtf, Glorfindel, you were supposed to be watching the doors, you KNOW how I feel about this guy
Bill Clinton releasing a statement saying 'release the Epstein files, you cowards' was not on my bingo list.
December 23, 2025 at 1:22 AM
ARAGORN: You have my sword.
GIMLI: And my axe!
BILL: And my saxophone!
COUNCIL: …um.
ELROND: Wtf, Glorfindel, you were supposed to be watching the doors, you KNOW how I feel about this guy
GIMLI: And my axe!
BILL: And my saxophone!
COUNCIL: …um.
ELROND: Wtf, Glorfindel, you were supposed to be watching the doors, you KNOW how I feel about this guy
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Annabelle Lee and The Cremation of Sam McGee have the same meter and rhyme scheme and my insomnia hobby is swapping lines between them.
Twas many and many a year ago,
in a kingdom by the sea,
lived a maiden fair whom you may know
by the name of Sam McGee.
Twas many and many a year ago,
in a kingdom by the sea,
lived a maiden fair whom you may know
by the name of Sam McGee.
December 22, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Annabelle Lee and The Cremation of Sam McGee have the same meter and rhyme scheme and my insomnia hobby is swapping lines between them.
Twas many and many a year ago,
in a kingdom by the sea,
lived a maiden fair whom you may know
by the name of Sam McGee.
Twas many and many a year ago,
in a kingdom by the sea,
lived a maiden fair whom you may know
by the name of Sam McGee.
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Pink Ghost Pipe plant at my hometown, Logy Bay, #Newfoundland Canada. Ghost Pipes are most commonly white, but some have pink or even red colouration. Pic from a couple of years ago, in August.
#wildflower #flower #botany #plants #fungifriends
#wildflower #flower #botany #plants #fungifriends
December 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Pink Ghost Pipe plant at my hometown, Logy Bay, #Newfoundland Canada. Ghost Pipes are most commonly white, but some have pink or even red colouration. Pic from a couple of years ago, in August.
#wildflower #flower #botany #plants #fungifriends
#wildflower #flower #botany #plants #fungifriends
Oh god.
The Thriftbooks cover for @tkingfisher.com 's Snake-Eater gives a very different impression than the others.
December 22, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Oh god.
Waiting patiently in line to turn into the drive-thru and a woman pulls up from the other direction, cuts me off when I try to go, and flips me off, yelling “No you don’t, bitch!”
After 5 min waiting in line, she pulls out and drives off. She is clearly having a bad day, and *I* am having a burger.
After 5 min waiting in line, she pulls out and drives off. She is clearly having a bad day, and *I* am having a burger.
December 22, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Waiting patiently in line to turn into the drive-thru and a woman pulls up from the other direction, cuts me off when I try to go, and flips me off, yelling “No you don’t, bitch!”
After 5 min waiting in line, she pulls out and drives off. She is clearly having a bad day, and *I* am having a burger.
After 5 min waiting in line, she pulls out and drives off. She is clearly having a bad day, and *I* am having a burger.