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Becca Gomez Farrell

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Author of fictions and strong leisure-time opinions. My Wings Rising epic fantasy duology is from Meerkat Press. I also write horror, funny sci-fi, and maybe essays soon. Food & Drink Blog @ TheGourmez.com. 📍Bay Area, CA

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Becca Gomez Farrell @becca.gomezfarrell.com · Feb 10

Since I am actually writing again, I may actually post about writing again, which means this is a great time to remind y'all that my Wings Rising epic fantasy duology is available from Meerkat Press! Here's a Linktree to find your preferred vendor: linktr.ee/rebeccagomez...

Both my book covers in a promo graphic, Wings Unseen and Wings Unfurled. A small mosquito-like creature is also in the top L corner, and a hand holding a flame in the bottom R corner.

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Becca Gomez Farrell @becca.gomezfarrell.com · 6h

My full review of Drake's Barrel House is now up on my blog! I'm a fan of their barley wines, their space, and their fancy tater tots. In a season of many brewery closures, I'm hoping to keep this one in San Leandro! thegourmez.com/blog/2025-10... 🍽️🍺

Drake's Barrel House

I can recommend the herbaceous Santa’s Brass: barley wine aged in whiskey and port barrels. Also the Death of the Sun, a bourbon barrel-aged imperial stout with gravitas.

thegourmez.com

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Caitlin Starling @caitlinstarling.com · 6h

book’s out! hospital gothic, more claustrophobia and slippage of reality, more medical minutiae than most people need, a sinister whiteboard. get it where you get your books but here’s an option:

www.powells.com/book/gracevi...

A promo photo of The Graceview Patient. The hardcover is stacked on the left, and also face out in the center. There’s a sharps container to the right, two decorative medicine vials, a craft syringe filled with food coloring, some alcohol prep swabs, and a package of cotton gauze.

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Becca Gomez Farrell @becca.gomezfarrell.com · 7h

Yeah, the article is supposedly more fair than the lede, as per usual. But I can't help defending my fave beverage!

Becca Gomez Farrell @becca.gomezfarrell.com · 7h

I started drinking coffee in high school, and definitely preferred mochas then. But over time, I grew to appreciate just the coffee flavor itself, and don't like milk-based drinks nearly as much as I used to, as they mask it. Only if I'm craving dessert.

Becca Gomez Farrell @becca.gomezfarrell.com · 7h

No nutritional value equals no calories -- this is frankly one of the reasons I drink coffee (black, yes, I drink it black)

The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 8h

Tariffs have rapidly increased the price of coffee—a drink with almost no nutritional value and lots of functional substitutes. Yet coffee may also be the one thing Americans can’t live without, @elcush.bsky.social writes:

The Drink That Americans Won’t Give Up Without a Fight

Coffee has almost no nutritional value and lots of substitutes. It’s also, apparently, too important to lose.

bit.ly

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News 📰 @some-news.bsky.social · 17h

Authorities in Tennessee have identified the 16 people killed last week in an explosives plant blast that remains under investigation.

Authorities identify victims of Tennessee plant explosion - UPI.com

www.upi.com

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Becca Gomez Farrell @becca.gomezfarrell.com · 1d

love tiny blooms, thank you!

Becca Gomez Farrell @becca.gomezfarrell.com · 1d

😂 I roast them all

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News 📰 @some-news.bsky.social · 2d

The shooting occurred just before 1 a.m., according to the sheriff's office.

At least 4 killed, 20 hurt in bar shooting in St. Helena Island, South Carolina: Sheriff

abcnews.go.com

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Becca Gomez Farrell @becca.gomezfarrell.com · 2d

NECESSARY THREAD

Bevis Musson @bevismusson.bsky.social · 3d

You know what, let's do the Annual Mister Global National Costume thread tonight after all. Usual rules apply - this is all in fun, this isn't about the contestants looks or making fun of them, it's about the costumes and appreciating them (or, you know, making fun of them...)

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Becca Gomez Farrell @becca.gomezfarrell.com · 2d

Time to lounge in the hot tub with a bourbon? Yes, yes, I think so.

Becca Gomez Farrell @becca.gomezfarrell.com · 3d

Saw some nice practice maneuvers yesterday!

Becca Gomez Farrell @becca.gomezfarrell.com · 3d

😄 they are very pretty in person, I can tell you that

Becca Gomez Farrell @becca.gomezfarrell.com · 3d

Ooh, nice!! I'm intrigued it's in the amaranth family. Thanks!

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Becca Gomez Farrell @becca.gomezfarrell.com · 3d

Who can tell me what these beauties are? 🌱🪻

Flower stalks covered in white hair with tiny pink blossoms

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Becca Gomez Farrell @becca.gomezfarrell.com · 3d

Lord protect this man

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 3d

Is it cancel culture when they threaten to kill you?

www.nj.com/news/2025/10...

Sold-out Ta-Nehisi Coates speaker appearance in N.J. canceled over security reasons

Organizers canceled a sold-out Ta-Nehisi Coates event in Montclair citing undisclosed security concerns.

www.nj.com

Becca Gomez Farrell @becca.gomezfarrell.com · 3d

Good thread

Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 4d

It’s true: the cities are lawless and scary, if you live here sell your property as fast as possible, particularly if you have a 2 family row house from the 1920s with those nice bay windows.

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 4d

The Virginia Senate just told UVA it’s not getting state funding if it accepts the compact since UVA exists to serve Virginia, its residents, & their interests—not be a tool of the federal govt. Scoop from our student newspaper, who’ve been doing vital reporting www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...

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Becca Gomez Farrell @becca.gomezfarrell.com · 4d

*nods*

Becca Gomez Farrell @becca.gomezfarrell.com · 4d

I did emerge from my mother's womb with all my opinions fully formed and never, in any way, changing. Didn't you? Also, those opinions are always right.

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Becca Gomez Farrell @becca.gomezfarrell.com · 4d

That definitely makes sense as a book to film adaptation! But I fear that not enough info was really included about the greater issues at play. But maybe the filmmaker felt the audience would infer enough to enjoy the story he was telling.

Becca Gomez Farrell @becca.gomezfarrell.com · 4d

I am 100% sure you're correct.

Becca Gomez Farrell @becca.gomezfarrell.com · 4d

I have lived in the Bay Area for 13 years now, and somehow, today is the first time I am taking the Oakland to San Francisco ferry. Let's go!

A view from the top of the ferry, with a cargo ship very close and Alameda across the water

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Becca Gomez Farrell @becca.gomezfarrell.com · 4d

I am amazed this happened to anyone in real life.

Becca Gomez Farrell @becca.gomezfarrell.com · 4d

One Battle After Another: Good performances in this film, but the strong focus on a few characters felt like a disservice to me, as I wanted to understand more about the movement resisting fascism throughout--What were the stakes? The plans? Just survival? Nice action scenes, though! #filmsky 🎥📽️

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