Ness 🎃🇨🇦
@vriccithode.bsky.social
aka Vanessa Ricci-Thode. Nebula Award-winning trashbag & queer SFF writer. SFWA & TWUC. Dogs, gardening and Canadian rage. she/they 💙💜🩷
I'm only here for the food
thodestool.ca
I'm only here for the food
thodestool.ca
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Ness 🎃🇨🇦
@vriccithode.bsky.social
· Oct 11
i'm ness (she/they), queer & disabled & the 1st self-pub author to win a nebula award! i mostly post about my dogs, writing, & health stuff, and seasonally about gardening, monarch butterflies, & halloween. there’s swearing & rants. details in thread & more about me on my website: thodestool.ca 1/12
SURPRISE! if you're a kobo user/in canada (or some combination thereof, i'm not actually sure) you can buy my series-ender, favour fire, a week early! Queer dragon riders, super-powered best friends, and globe-spanning adventure to save the world. ✨complete series✨ 🌈📚
books2read.com/u/mqxAa8
books2read.com/u/mqxAa8
November 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
SURPRISE! if you're a kobo user/in canada (or some combination thereof, i'm not actually sure) you can buy my series-ender, favour fire, a week early! Queer dragon riders, super-powered best friends, and globe-spanning adventure to save the world. ✨complete series✨ 🌈📚
books2read.com/u/mqxAa8
books2read.com/u/mqxAa8
(okay fine im going to bed)
November 11, 2025 at 7:41 AM
(okay fine im going to bed)
Also some dogs because it's always dog o'clock somewhere
November 11, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Also some dogs because it's always dog o'clock somewhere
For the late night/timezone crowd ✨️
Indie Ink Award nominations are now open! The Dragon Next Door is eligible! Head over to indiestorygeek.com/story/10108 and hit the “nominate” button at the bottom. Some categories to consider: ace rep, LGBTQ+ rep, book cover, friendship, side character MVP, made me hungry 😂 #booksky 🌈📚
November 11, 2025 at 7:39 AM
For the late night/timezone crowd ✨️
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they're the same picture
November 11, 2025 at 7:06 AM
they're the same picture
okay, i got some words done and finished the second chapter! i'm hoping there will be fewer distractions tomorrow and i can maybe get two chapters done
November 11, 2025 at 6:26 AM
okay, i got some words done and finished the second chapter! i'm hoping there will be fewer distractions tomorrow and i can maybe get two chapters done
same.
well, i pingpong between *all the crafts* and just fucking hibernating 😂
well, i pingpong between *all the crafts* and just fucking hibernating 😂
Me in summer: I hate crafts. I hate hobbies. Sun on my sunscreened face only.
Me settling into a Canadian winter: ok I have three repair projects set up, I am going to knit a scarf, a blanket, and a hat. I'm going to re-teach myself how to hand sew the scrap blankets of my people.
Yes. Hand sew.
Me settling into a Canadian winter: ok I have three repair projects set up, I am going to knit a scarf, a blanket, and a hat. I'm going to re-teach myself how to hand sew the scrap blankets of my people.
Yes. Hand sew.
November 11, 2025 at 5:09 AM
same.
well, i pingpong between *all the crafts* and just fucking hibernating 😂
well, i pingpong between *all the crafts* and just fucking hibernating 😂
TIL that the indieverse awards organizer is not only frequently a nominee in the awards she created, runs, and *judges* but that she has won in the past. fucking gross. hard pass on that from me. i know being indie is rough! but this is not the way. 🚮
November 11, 2025 at 4:04 AM
TIL that the indieverse awards organizer is not only frequently a nominee in the awards she created, runs, and *judges* but that she has won in the past. fucking gross. hard pass on that from me. i know being indie is rough! but this is not the way. 🚮
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Tell your MPP that Bill 33 isn’t about supporting students and strengthening education – it’s about silencing parents and the local communities who know our schools best. #onted #onpoli
Stronger Schools Start with Local Voices | Know More
Email Your MPP!
nwmd.social
November 11, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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since we want a Hugo for translations, we want translations, right?
and I DO read outside of sffh every once in a while, actually. I think it's important to just. READ. Especially things that come from outside my perspective, expectations, and experiences!
and I DO read outside of sffh every once in a while, actually. I think it's important to just. READ. Especially things that come from outside my perspective, expectations, and experiences!
The small African press, writers, and translators we are funding have a very cool plan for these two books you're making happen. But we need to close up the funding on this second book. Can you help? Last stretch! #AfricanTranslationProject #AfricanLiterature #HumanTranslation
Support African Translation Project
African Translation Project / Month 8 / Need to complete funding for Shona → English translation / still needed: $2920, 58% / isiZulu translation is now funded / Kiswahili translation is currently off...
ko-fi.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:15 AM
since we want a Hugo for translations, we want translations, right?
and I DO read outside of sffh every once in a while, actually. I think it's important to just. READ. Especially things that come from outside my perspective, expectations, and experiences!
and I DO read outside of sffh every once in a while, actually. I think it's important to just. READ. Especially things that come from outside my perspective, expectations, and experiences!
Little Miss Snoozybutt says goodnight
November 11, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Little Miss Snoozybutt says goodnight
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When you spend 20 minutes de-fluffyeing a dog who is not noticeably less fluffye
November 11, 2025 at 1:59 AM
When you spend 20 minutes de-fluffyeing a dog who is not noticeably less fluffye
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Hello to this old man and this old man only
November 11, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Hello to this old man and this old man only
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Age verification? I passed a random truck on the highway with a picture of a badger on it and immediately started singing the song
a bunch of badgers are dancing in a field
ALT: a bunch of badgers are dancing in a field
media.tenor.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Age verification? I passed a random truck on the highway with a picture of a badger on it and immediately started singing the song
yes, let's just give doug fucking ford more federal money to "lose" in his buddy's fucking pockets 🚮
"Ontario claims it needs more federal money before it will sign. But the federal government has been increasing its contributions and provides 52.4% of the cost of the program, while Ontario’s child care funding has decreased since 2018-19 and in 2023-24 was $94.19 million less than in 2022-23."
www.therecord.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:21 PM
yes, let's just give doug fucking ford more federal money to "lose" in his buddy's fucking pockets 🚮
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Waterloo Region has one of the highest rates of unsheltered homelessness in the country. 43% of unhoused residents live completely outside — compared to just 10% in Toronto.
Petition here: www.change.org/p/demand-wat...
Petition here: www.change.org/p/demand-wat...
November 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Waterloo Region has one of the highest rates of unsheltered homelessness in the country. 43% of unhoused residents live completely outside — compared to just 10% in Toronto.
Petition here: www.change.org/p/demand-wat...
Petition here: www.change.org/p/demand-wat...
At this stage of burnout and hatred for the industry, I would welcome it. 🫠
Writers, do you ever fear running out of story ideas? This is one fear I don’t have #writingq #WritingCommunity
November 10, 2025 at 10:31 PM
At this stage of burnout and hatred for the industry, I would welcome it. 🫠
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Shopping for gifts? Don't forget we have both Ulla Thynell's Faraway Dreaming and their 2026 calendar available! 💜
2026 Ulla Thynell Calendar - Atthis Arts
Beautifully illustrated hanging wall calendar, designed and illustrated by Ulla Thynell. Now shipping!
atthisarts.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Shopping for gifts? Don't forget we have both Ulla Thynell's Faraway Dreaming and their 2026 calendar available! 💜
this good old man is here to let you know it's dog o'clock
November 10, 2025 at 10:24 PM
this good old man is here to let you know it's dog o'clock
i just have to say, with the deepest sincerity, that stallion shipping has the absolute worst fucking UI i have ever encountered in my entire fucking life. i will never ever use them again. the extra paid to canada post is worth not having to put up with these bullshit headaches
November 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
i just have to say, with the deepest sincerity, that stallion shipping has the absolute worst fucking UI i have ever encountered in my entire fucking life. i will never ever use them again. the extra paid to canada post is worth not having to put up with these bullshit headaches
i *think* i have shipping to the US figured out? 🥲
November 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
i *think* i have shipping to the US figured out? 🥲
okay so i'm doing the paid version of buffer and i only started yesterday and i already love it. i scheduled an entire week's worth of dog o'clock, plus a couple of promo things, and i could just fuck off entirely till saturday and no one would know! (wait, why am i on here then)
November 10, 2025 at 6:09 PM
okay so i'm doing the paid version of buffer and i only started yesterday and i already love it. i scheduled an entire week's worth of dog o'clock, plus a couple of promo things, and i could just fuck off entirely till saturday and no one would know! (wait, why am i on here then)
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MPP @aislinnclancy.bsky.social and I are hosting an end-of-year party and we'd love to have you join us!
We'll be at Catalyst on Thursday November 27th at 7:15, and I'm thrilled that we'll be joined by the leader of the Green Party of Canada Elizabeth May.
RSVP: app.gvote.ca/rsvp/eve_507...
We'll be at Catalyst on Thursday November 27th at 7:15, and I'm thrilled that we'll be joined by the leader of the Green Party of Canada Elizabeth May.
RSVP: app.gvote.ca/rsvp/eve_507...
November 10, 2025 at 5:29 PM
MPP @aislinnclancy.bsky.social and I are hosting an end-of-year party and we'd love to have you join us!
We'll be at Catalyst on Thursday November 27th at 7:15, and I'm thrilled that we'll be joined by the leader of the Green Party of Canada Elizabeth May.
RSVP: app.gvote.ca/rsvp/eve_507...
We'll be at Catalyst on Thursday November 27th at 7:15, and I'm thrilled that we'll be joined by the leader of the Green Party of Canada Elizabeth May.
RSVP: app.gvote.ca/rsvp/eve_507...
