Wendy Sparrow
@wendysparrow.bsky.social
Author of books, lover of HEA, dog person, happily-married mom of 2, disabled, Fibro, EDS, agoraphobia, PTSD, OCD. Bi She/her
Sci-fi rom series on KU: How to Choose a Gaiian in Seven Days https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CH7HSKWH
Sci-fi rom series on KU: How to Choose a Gaiian in Seven Days https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CH7HSKWH
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Sometimes, you just really need cozy reads. Sci-fi romance for fans of Galaxy Quest, Doctor Who, or Lower Decks. Fated mates, alpha heroes / heroines, paranormal abilities, a few grumpy-sunshines and close proximity...even an accidentally married. #Booksky #Ad #Romance
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A truly great thread.
Long ago on the hell site I made long list of historically interesting things to use in dnd ttrpgs and I'll start dragging them over here starting with
2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia.
2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia.
November 14, 2025 at 3:22 AM
A truly great thread.
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we need a department of kerning
November 13, 2025 at 2:54 AM
we need a department of kerning
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Anyway he coughed to death eventually
November 14, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Anyway he coughed to death eventually
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Just thinking about the part in the silly YA fantasy series THE HUNGER GAMES when it turned out the president was part of an elite sex-trafficking ring of often underage survivors and the other powerful people from the Capitol all knew about it. Fantasy!! What an imaginative genre!
November 14, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Just thinking about the part in the silly YA fantasy series THE HUNGER GAMES when it turned out the president was part of an elite sex-trafficking ring of often underage survivors and the other powerful people from the Capitol all knew about it. Fantasy!! What an imaginative genre!
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I hope the people who need to learn the lessons offered today are starting to realize that when you endlessly give certain folks the benefit of the doubt, this is the kind of evil that happens.
November 13, 2025 at 6:23 AM
I hope the people who need to learn the lessons offered today are starting to realize that when you endlessly give certain folks the benefit of the doubt, this is the kind of evil that happens.
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An interesting tidbit in the joint status report filed in the Broadview ICE facility case today:
ICE says video from inside the facility "between October 19, 2025, and October 31, 2025, has been irretrievably destroyed" and can't be produced in discovery.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71832...
ICE says video from inside the facility "between October 19, 2025, and October 31, 2025, has been irretrievably destroyed" and can't be produced in discovery.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71832...
November 13, 2025 at 6:39 PM
An interesting tidbit in the joint status report filed in the Broadview ICE facility case today:
ICE says video from inside the facility "between October 19, 2025, and October 31, 2025, has been irretrievably destroyed" and can't be produced in discovery.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71832...
ICE says video from inside the facility "between October 19, 2025, and October 31, 2025, has been irretrievably destroyed" and can't be produced in discovery.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71832...
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Prohibited activities include advising Chinese graduate students. For reference, a recent Georgetown report estimated 16% of STEM graduate students in the US are Chinese nationals.
This would take out entire fields at the knees, which is perhaps the point.
This would take out entire fields at the knees, which is perhaps the point.
“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”
U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations
Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students
www.science.org
November 14, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Prohibited activities include advising Chinese graduate students. For reference, a recent Georgetown report estimated 16% of STEM graduate students in the US are Chinese nationals.
This would take out entire fields at the knees, which is perhaps the point.
This would take out entire fields at the knees, which is perhaps the point.
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Give a man a fish and someone with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about people getting free handouts. Teach a man to fish? Yeah, that person with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about that too.
November 14, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Give a man a fish and someone with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about people getting free handouts. Teach a man to fish? Yeah, that person with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about that too.
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No one brings this up enough:
-Acosta gives Epstein a sweetheart deal
-Becomes Secretary of Labor
-In that capacity tries to gut anti-human trafficking funding
It's like a poorly written paperback legal thriller
-Acosta gives Epstein a sweetheart deal
-Becomes Secretary of Labor
-In that capacity tries to gut anti-human trafficking funding
It's like a poorly written paperback legal thriller
The Secretary of Labor Wants to Cut Funding for an Agency That Combats Human Trafficking
Acosta, who is currently under scrutiny for his 2008 plea deal for Jeffrey Epstein, has proposed an 80 percent cut to the Bureau of International Labor Affairs' budget.
psmag.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:32 AM
No one brings this up enough:
-Acosta gives Epstein a sweetheart deal
-Becomes Secretary of Labor
-In that capacity tries to gut anti-human trafficking funding
It's like a poorly written paperback legal thriller
-Acosta gives Epstein a sweetheart deal
-Becomes Secretary of Labor
-In that capacity tries to gut anti-human trafficking funding
It's like a poorly written paperback legal thriller
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Gotta be honest, it absolutely sucks watching the same people who call me a groomer just for being trans say that Epstein did nothing wrong because his victims were teenagers.
PEOPLE WOULD RATHER THEIR KIDS BE RAPED THAN BE TRANS.
And it is INFURIATING.
PEOPLE WOULD RATHER THEIR KIDS BE RAPED THAN BE TRANS.
And it is INFURIATING.
November 14, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Gotta be honest, it absolutely sucks watching the same people who call me a groomer just for being trans say that Epstein did nothing wrong because his victims were teenagers.
PEOPLE WOULD RATHER THEIR KIDS BE RAPED THAN BE TRANS.
And it is INFURIATING.
PEOPLE WOULD RATHER THEIR KIDS BE RAPED THAN BE TRANS.
And it is INFURIATING.
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No darkness lasts forever. And even there, there are stars.
November 14, 2025 at 4:15 AM
No darkness lasts forever. And even there, there are stars.
Doing a revision tonight, and I'm cutting as much as I can in early chapters for pacing, which is the hardest revision for me. I'm hoping to cut 1K words from the early chapters. *fingers crossed* I've had to do this with the 1st book in other series too. I lore dump in 1st books. *sighs*
November 14, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Doing a revision tonight, and I'm cutting as much as I can in early chapters for pacing, which is the hardest revision for me. I'm hoping to cut 1K words from the early chapters. *fingers crossed* I've had to do this with the 1st book in other series too. I lore dump in 1st books. *sighs*
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Anthem BC/BS came back, 10 months later, and decided that it was going to deny me and my son's rabies treatments, after already approving the claim last December.
Denying a claim where if treatment were not given, results in death 100% of the time!
Denying a claim where if treatment were not given, results in death 100% of the time!
November 13, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Anthem BC/BS came back, 10 months later, and decided that it was going to deny me and my son's rabies treatments, after already approving the claim last December.
Denying a claim where if treatment were not given, results in death 100% of the time!
Denying a claim where if treatment were not given, results in death 100% of the time!
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To be fair, they don't all look like that. This couple is clearly having marital issues and headed for divorce.
November 13, 2025 at 6:13 AM
To be fair, they don't all look like that. This couple is clearly having marital issues and headed for divorce.
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But I’ve been establishing a good relationship with our future raccoon overlords, they probably have a shared governance agreement, right? The octopus get the oceans, raccoons get the land and fresh water?
November 13, 2025 at 11:56 PM
But I’ve been establishing a good relationship with our future raccoon overlords, they probably have a shared governance agreement, right? The octopus get the oceans, raccoons get the land and fresh water?
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This is Archie. He's deaf and doesn't hear when his humans get home. Luckily, his little brother Frankie lets him know with a gentle nudge to make sure he doesn't miss the moment. 14/10 for both (TT: melissamilne)
November 13, 2025 at 11:56 PM
This is Archie. He's deaf and doesn't hear when his humans get home. Luckily, his little brother Frankie lets him know with a gentle nudge to make sure he doesn't miss the moment. 14/10 for both (TT: melissamilne)
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these are not even the files lol
November 13, 2025 at 11:40 PM
these are not even the files lol
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I see the “technically it’s ephebophelia” crowd is out today, so just a reminder that A) this is NOT a case where technically correct is the best kind of correct and B) the minute you say this, the gods dump you in the “irredeemable creeper” basket and wash their hands thoroughly after touching you.
November 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I see the “technically it’s ephebophelia” crowd is out today, so just a reminder that A) this is NOT a case where technically correct is the best kind of correct and B) the minute you say this, the gods dump you in the “irredeemable creeper” basket and wash their hands thoroughly after touching you.
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Not sure “He was raping teenagers, not raping children” lands with the qualifier impact Megyn Kelly intended.
November 13, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Not sure “He was raping teenagers, not raping children” lands with the qualifier impact Megyn Kelly intended.
Great thread 🧵 consolidating a lot of what is going on with the "family values" party.
I really hope we are entering the "finding out" era. I'm so tired of its predecessor.
I really hope we are entering the "finding out" era. I'm so tired of its predecessor.
I can't even fathom what January will look like, except probably very bad for the Trump regime.
Absent a major black swan event, I don't see a path to power consolidation for them at this point.
For a number of reasons, not just Epstein.
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Absent a major black swan event, I don't see a path to power consolidation for them at this point.
For a number of reasons, not just Epstein.
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The timetable evidently has been accelerated.
What's your new predication for when we get to January?
I'll just throw a random one out there: They do release the Epstein files but only after Trump had time to preemptively pardon himself and he tells his base he had to cause it was a Dem smear job.
What's your new predication for when we get to January?
I'll just throw a random one out there: They do release the Epstein files but only after Trump had time to preemptively pardon himself and he tells his base he had to cause it was a Dem smear job.
November 13, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Great thread 🧵 consolidating a lot of what is going on with the "family values" party.
I really hope we are entering the "finding out" era. I'm so tired of its predecessor.
I really hope we are entering the "finding out" era. I'm so tired of its predecessor.
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A fire in the eastern Sierra Nevada mountains is spreading at a critical rate and forcing evacuations, as an atmospheric river drops rain in much of Northern California.
Pack Fire in California's Mono County forces mandatory evacuations, spreads at critical rate
A fire in the eastern Sierra Nevada mountains is spreading at a critical rate and forcing evacuations, as an atmospheric river drops rain in much of Northern California.
www.cbsnews.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:03 PM
A fire in the eastern Sierra Nevada mountains is spreading at a critical rate and forcing evacuations, as an atmospheric river drops rain in much of Northern California.
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Why do conservatives age as fast as the guy who drank from the wrong chalice
a man in a knight 's armor is standing in a dark room and says `` he chose poorly '' .
ALT: a man in a knight 's armor is standing in a dark room and says `` he chose poorly '' .
media.tenor.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Why do conservatives age as fast as the guy who drank from the wrong chalice
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This is good reporting and all that but here's the thing I learned the other day: Bill Pulte, the 50-year-mortgage dude and the guy who keeps pulling the mortgage docs of Trump's enemies is only 37 years old.
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
Exclusive | Fannie Mae Watchdogs Probed How Pulte Obtained Mortgage Records of Key Democrats
FHFA’s acting inspector general handed the probe report to the U.S. attorney office that had indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James.
www.wsj.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:49 PM
This is good reporting and all that but here's the thing I learned the other day: Bill Pulte, the 50-year-mortgage dude and the guy who keeps pulling the mortgage docs of Trump's enemies is only 37 years old.
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
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If you have tenure at Texas A&M and aren't maliciously emailing the president a dozen times every day to ask if you can say this or you can say that, then what's the point in having tenure?
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 13, 2025 at 11:18 PM
If you have tenure at Texas A&M and aren't maliciously emailing the president a dozen times every day to ask if you can say this or you can say that, then what's the point in having tenure?
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November 13, 2025 at 10:52 PM