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Wendy Sparrow

@wendysparrow.bsky.social

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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

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Wendy Sparrow @wendysparrow.bsky.social · Jun 7

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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Images of all the book covers in the Love, Gaiians, and Monsters series and universe. They are available on Kindle Unlimited. There are fated mates and alien hotness. They can be read out of order due to a helpful "previously in the universe" intro, and they're funny and quirky.

Book covers shown in the main series:
How to Choose a Gaiian in Seven Days
Earthen Girls are Rarely Easy
Gaiian Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
The Gaiian Who Secretly Loved Me
The Good-ish, the Sexy Kind of Bad, and the AI
Blasterfight at the OK Outpost
Catch Me if You Can, Gaiian
Feer and Loving in Lost Vegas
Ms. Belle and the Gaiian Beast
The Really Great Lab Escape

Novellas in the same universe:
Barrten & Robin
A Spaceship's Rear Window
A Gaiian's Runaway Bride

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chiller @thechiller.bsky.social · 18h

Unsolicited Bic pic.

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Fred Pierre @fred-pierre.bsky.social · 10h

Online scams are multiplying.

Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 3d

Scam alert: there's an IngramSpark impersonator at ingramsparkbookpublishers dot com. Part of a wave of publishing/ghostwriting scams from Pakistan that hijack authors looking to self-publish--they often "borrow" well-known publisher names but this one also "borrows" the real IngramSpark's logo

Screenshot of IngramSpark impersonator's contact form, with chat window where scammer sales rep "Travis Clark" claims that "We are Ingram Spark's hands-on services department. You will be able to find our information here: https://www.ingramsparkbookpublishers.com/

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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 12h

mariners fans are my favorite bunch of fans of any team in any sport. i watched the bottom half of the last seven innings standing up in my living room. thanks for letting me hitch a ride

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 11h

As I said a couple hours ago about a different fake video, you don't need to feel stupid if you fell for it.

The entire internet is drowning in this AI shit. And there's no easy solution. We're just fucking cooked as a society.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 13h

Don’t feel stupid if you fell for fake video. It can be really hard to tell these days. But we do have to try and be careful with what we share because there’s so much AI video out there.

It’s just the world we live in now.

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Cortana 👻 @cortanav.bsky.social · 12h

When will my husband return from the Mariner’s game

Oil painting of a woman waiting by the sea

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Wendy Sparrow @wendysparrow.bsky.social · 10h

Meet the First Woman to Complete This Wild, 3,600-Mile Thru-Hike - Backpacker share.google/ZHDzLWarKALt...

She Became the First Woman to Complete This 3,600-Mile Thru-Hike—and Brought Thousands Along for the Journey

This September, Jessica "Stitches" Guo finished thru-hiking the Continental Divide and Great Divide Trails in one five-month push, a deep-backcountry journey that saw her spend weeks without seeing a ...

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Wendy Sparrow @wendysparrow.bsky.social · 10h

VCR tapes to DVDs to Blu-ray to digital copy to using a streaming service so you don't have to hunt for it.

And I don't know what to do with old VCR tapes. I'm not sure they're even accepted as donations.

ProdigalHoosier @prodigalhoosier.medsky.social · 14h

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If anybody wants to know why Gen X is always mad, it's because we had to replace our record collections with a tape collection that we had to replace with a CD collection that we had to replace with an MP3 collection...

And now we need a subscription to listen to music

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Joe Boomgard-Zagrodnik @joeboomzag.bsky.social · 11h

You can’t script it. The Mariners are willed to victory by Humpy the fish finally winning his first race in the middle of the 15th inning. The crowd chants “Humpy Humpy” as the trident crosses off the ALDS win.

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reed eliot 🤌 🤌 @reedeliot.bsky.social · 20h

Hundreds of people

Did you all know you can be one of hundreds of people keeping your neighbors safe?

Practice early and often.

Slackermom @slackermom.bsky.social · 21h

Was just at a neighborhood school at dismissal. Hundreds of people with whistles surrounding the school and stationed down every block making sure ICE doesn’t snatch anyone. The same is happening at all the schools around here. I love my neighborhood and I love Chicago.

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Wendy Sparrow @wendysparrow.bsky.social · 12h

Fireworks going off outside. 😁 #Mariners

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 13h

So after Bazardo what happens do they just find the biggest dude they can spot in the crowd and tell him to warm up

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Sen. Pumpkin Gogurt @ugarles.bsky.social · 13h

it is the 12th inning and you grounded into a double play against a pitcher wearing a retainer

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 13h

this game gonna be decided by the first team to hit an in the park home run

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Wendy Sparrow @wendysparrow.bsky.social · 13h

Yes! This! The last time I remember thinking an animated movie was perfectly done like this was "How to Train Your Dragon."

Wendy Sparrow @wendysparrow.bsky.social · 13h

I need to take a paintbrush to my mug and add "or derpy tiger."

A mug that says, "I don't care who dies in a movie as long as the dog lives."

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Wendy Sparrow @wendysparrow.bsky.social · 13h

Like...this movie was magic caught in a jar and I might think that every time I watch KPop Demon Hunters since I'll always notice new things.

Wendy Sparrow @wendysparrow.bsky.social · 14h

Eldest pointed out, laughing, this time, that the fan who tears off their shirt after the final battle to reveal a Huntrix shirt is wearing, inexplicably, a Gwi-Ma shirt...the demon overlord that just came topside...as if that's how fast fandoms erupt and have tshirts made.

#LPOEKPDH

The fan tearing off the shirt while yelling, "We love you, Huntrix "

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Wendy Sparrow @wendysparrow.bsky.social · 14h

I'm grateful for that last look at the derpy tiger at the end so that you know the tiger and bird remained.
Like genuinely. I was yelling at the screen when we watched it last week, "Wait! Where's the tiger? Is the tiger okay?!!"
#LPOEKPDH

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Wendy Sparrow @wendysparrow.bsky.social · 14h

This song goes hard and never relents.

Wendy Sparrow @wendysparrow.bsky.social · 14h

There is so much emotional impact in KPop Demon Hunters and that might actually increase on a rewatch. Such incredible writing, animation, and voice talent.

#LPOEKPDH

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Fred Coppersmith @unrealfred.bsky.social · 14h

So the tiger's name is apparently Derpy. That checks out. #LPOEKPDH

a blue cat with orange eyes and sharp teeth stands in a dark forest

Alt: a blue cat with orange eyes and sharp teeth stands in a dark forest

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Wendy Sparrow @wendysparrow.bsky.social · 14h

On a weird personal note, my brother and his daughter went to a costume party pickleball event a week ago. It was my brother's first time playing. He and his daughter were dressed up as Jinu and Zoey when he blew out his knee. He got surgery on it yesterday. He'd broken some bones too. #LPOEKPDH

A text from my brother saying:
I was dressed up as Jinu and my daughter was Zoey when I ruptured my patellar tendon.

You should have seen the people in the emergency room when I arrived.

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Wendy Sparrow @wendysparrow.bsky.social · 14h

It's a testament to how well this was written that the derpy tiger doesn't overshadow everything completely with its need to right tipped over items.

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Boo London @cmdrsue.bsky.social · 15h

"It's just social media, Bobby, not the end of the world."
(But it's obviously the end of the world.)

I totally didn't recognize Ken Jeong's voice in Bobby, glad I started looking the voice talent up.
#LPOEKPDH

a man wearing a mask and a lanyard with a vip badge around his neck

Alt: Bobby, the Huntrix agent and manager

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Wendy Sparrow @wendysparrow.bsky.social · 14h

We didn't realize it was him until after...and now I feel like a fool.

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