Kingfisher & Wombat
@tkingfisher.com
Wrote some books, won some awards. Strong feelings about plants. She/her
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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?
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Joyce Carol Oates: Demonstrating the Value of the Humanities through Public Ownership of the Richest Man on Earth
November 11, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Joyce Carol Oates: Demonstrating the Value of the Humanities through Public Ownership of the Richest Man on Earth
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One more skeet for Edmund Fitzgerald Day. Behind this historical marker is the famed Whitefish Bay. Today the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum in Paradise, Mich., rang the recovered bell 31 times, 29 for the victims of the wreck, once for all Great Lakes shipwreck victims, and once for Gordon Lightfoot.
November 11, 2025 at 5:37 AM
One more skeet for Edmund Fitzgerald Day. Behind this historical marker is the famed Whitefish Bay. Today the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum in Paradise, Mich., rang the recovered bell 31 times, 29 for the victims of the wreck, once for all Great Lakes shipwreck victims, and once for Gordon Lightfoot.
I climbed into bed and Kevin waited until I was in, then tapped his phone and it began playing the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, and anyway, this is why I love him.
November 11, 2025 at 6:24 AM
I climbed into bed and Kevin waited until I was in, then tapped his phone and it began playing the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, and anyway, this is why I love him.
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Once I told a teacher I didn’t have my algebra homework because the gales of November came early. She failed me, which was very disrespectful to the sailors lost that day.
November 11, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Once I told a teacher I didn’t have my algebra homework because the gales of November came early. She failed me, which was very disrespectful to the sailors lost that day.
I would just live my life so that Joyce Carol Oates does not feel the need to destroy me.
November 11, 2025 at 5:56 AM
I would just live my life so that Joyce Carol Oates does not feel the need to destroy me.
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Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
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Boy you can just realllllllly fucking tell who's never had to get on the horn with an insurance company huh
I was at an event yesterday where Rand Paul spoke via video and talked about how great it was to send ACA money "directly to the people" so that they could work collectively to get better deals on health care.
November 11, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Boy you can just realllllllly fucking tell who's never had to get on the horn with an insurance company huh
Apparently there was a joke about a hamster princess in Bob’s Burgers and I genuinely have no idea what to make of that.
I mean, surely it isn’t…but that’s a very specific combination…but surely not…?
I mean, surely it isn’t…but that’s a very specific combination…but surely not…?
November 11, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Apparently there was a joke about a hamster princess in Bob’s Burgers and I genuinely have no idea what to make of that.
I mean, surely it isn’t…but that’s a very specific combination…but surely not…?
I mean, surely it isn’t…but that’s a very specific combination…but surely not…?
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Incidentally, Barilla’s owner is a big Trump supporter and has said he doesn’t want gay people buying his pasta.
November 10, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Incidentally, Barilla’s owner is a big Trump supporter and has said he doesn’t want gay people buying his pasta.
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For everyone who needs to hear this today: dogs still exist.
November 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM
For everyone who needs to hear this today: dogs still exist.
AHAHAHAHA *incoherent sobbing*
EPA To Monarch Butterflies: ‘Count Your Fucking Days’ https://theonion.com/epa-to-monarch-butterflies-count-your-fucking-days/
November 10, 2025 at 7:21 PM
AHAHAHAHA *incoherent sobbing*
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Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
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Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
November 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
I’m looking forward to this one!
TOMORROW
TOMORROW
I LOVE YA
TOMORROW
YOU'RE ALWAYS A
DAAAAAAAAAAAAAY
AAAAAAAAAAAA
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY
TOMORROW
I LOVE YA
TOMORROW
YOU'RE ALWAYS A
DAAAAAAAAAAAAAY
AAAAAAAAAAAA
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY
November 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I’m looking forward to this one!
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
Schumer would sell his soul to the devil for a box of Cheezits and a promise that Satan will totally think about torturing him less.
Democrats have been fighting for months to address America's healthcare crisis
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
November 10, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Schumer would sell his soul to the devil for a box of Cheezits and a promise that Satan will totally think about torturing him less.
This is a fantastic series of posts about subsistence farming and why your ancestors will rise from the grave and smack you if you return to it after they got out.
@bretdevereaux.bsky.social did a fantastic series on that reality recently.
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Collections: Life, Work, Death and the Peasant, Part I: Households
This is the first post in a series discussing the basic contours of life – birth, marriage, labor, subsistence, death – of pre-modern peasants and their families. Prior to the industria…
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November 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM
This is a fantastic series of posts about subsistence farming and why your ancestors will rise from the grave and smack you if you return to it after they got out.
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Update! This flight is also cancelled, flying home tomorrow.
The Dems better hold the fucking line and make it worth it. They cave now and I’m gonna be extra pissed.
The Dems better hold the fucking line and make it worth it. They cave now and I’m gonna be extra pissed.
And my flight home has been reshuffled to tonight due to the reduced schedule. At least I got the notice before I got to the airport.
Home at almost 11pm instead of 3pm. At least @lasrina.bsky.social is gracious about hosting me for a few more hours.
Home at almost 11pm instead of 3pm. At least @lasrina.bsky.social is gracious about hosting me for a few more hours.
November 9, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Update! This flight is also cancelled, flying home tomorrow.
The Dems better hold the fucking line and make it worth it. They cave now and I’m gonna be extra pissed.
The Dems better hold the fucking line and make it worth it. They cave now and I’m gonna be extra pissed.
I love how they say “appearing to close his eyes,” like there’s a possibility he’s wearing remarkably lifelike eyelid-colored sunglasses.
Also the drooping side definitely has not gone away, which makes me wonder if he’s doing something to try to hold it up when awake. (Can you do that?)
Also the drooping side definitely has not gone away, which makes me wonder if he’s doing something to try to hold it up when awake. (Can you do that?)
Images of Donald Trump appearing to close his eyes at an Oval Office announcement this week rocketed around social media this weekend, with the president’s opponents seizing on the footage to raise questions about Trump’s on-the-job performance.
Images of Trump appearing to close his eyes during Oval Office event spread across social media | CNN Politics
Images of Donald Trump appearing to close his eyes at an Oval Office announcement this week rocketed around social media this weekend, with the president’s opponents seizing on the footage to raise qu...
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November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I love how they say “appearing to close his eyes,” like there’s a possibility he’s wearing remarkably lifelike eyelid-colored sunglasses.
Also the drooping side definitely has not gone away, which makes me wonder if he’s doing something to try to hold it up when awake. (Can you do that?)
Also the drooping side definitely has not gone away, which makes me wonder if he’s doing something to try to hold it up when awake. (Can you do that?)
This is honestly one of the cleverest lines I’ve ever written and I remain ungodly proud of it.
Because @tkingfisher.com has a new book out, I finally got around to reading "Swordheart ", which led me to "Clockwork Boys", and this ✨absolutely delightful✨ line:
"Hours passed, like a kidney stone."
10/10, no notes.
"Hours passed, like a kidney stone."
10/10, no notes.
November 9, 2025 at 8:10 PM
This is honestly one of the cleverest lines I’ve ever written and I remain ungodly proud of it.
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Me to the wife in the other room: did you see there's a new @tkingfisher.com book coming out?
*two minute delay*
Wife from other room: ok
Me: that was quite the delay
WIfe: had to preorder it before i responded so i didn't forget
*two minute delay*
Wife from other room: ok
Me: that was quite the delay
WIfe: had to preorder it before i responded so i didn't forget
November 9, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Me to the wife in the other room: did you see there's a new @tkingfisher.com book coming out?
*two minute delay*
Wife from other room: ok
Me: that was quite the delay
WIfe: had to preorder it before i responded so i didn't forget
*two minute delay*
Wife from other room: ok
Me: that was quite the delay
WIfe: had to preorder it before i responded so i didn't forget
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I just finished the new T Kingfisher @tkingfisher.com #book “Snake Eater” and it is delightful. A modern fantasy in the Southwestern desert about running away and finding oneself, replete with the odd characters one finds in a very small town, some old gods, and a Very Good Dog. Highly recommend.
November 9, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I just finished the new T Kingfisher @tkingfisher.com #book “Snake Eater” and it is delightful. A modern fantasy in the Southwestern desert about running away and finding oneself, replete with the odd characters one finds in a very small town, some old gods, and a Very Good Dog. Highly recommend.
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Every day I log onto this website and read sentences
November 9, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Every day I log onto this website and read sentences
Mamdani is going to implement Daria law or whatever.
Mamdani is going to implement SSHaria law. Communications will be end to end encrypted.
Mamdani is going to implement Shakira law. Hips will no longer be able to lie.
November 9, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Mamdani is going to implement Daria law or whatever.