El
@lokisflyting.bsky.social
29, They/Them, Owner and Bookseller at @toqs.bsky.social
Sometimes I try to write.
Reviews at: literaturegremlin.wordpress.com
Sometimes I try to write.
Reviews at: literaturegremlin.wordpress.com
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Hi All! There's a lovely new queer space opening near us that needs some help with funding. We know times are tough, so if you're able to help, please do. If you can't, don't worry! Sharing and letting others know is helpful too!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/sapphos-co...
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/sapphos-co...
Sappho's Cafe & Community Space
Sappho's is a new cafe and community space for the LGBTQ+ community and their allies. A place for community, creativity, and local heritage.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Hi All! There's a lovely new queer space opening near us that needs some help with funding. We know times are tough, so if you're able to help, please do. If you can't, don't worry! Sharing and letting others know is helpful too!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/sapphos-co...
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/sapphos-co...
I have a feeling if I ever meet Chuck Tingle, I'll vibrate so hard with nervousness that my bones will just disintegrate
Like, he's not scary
I am just a weenie and can't talk to people I think are cool and it is a ✨️problem✨️
Like, he's not scary
I am just a weenie and can't talk to people I think are cool and it is a ✨️problem✨️
November 4, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I have a feeling if I ever meet Chuck Tingle, I'll vibrate so hard with nervousness that my bones will just disintegrate
Like, he's not scary
I am just a weenie and can't talk to people I think are cool and it is a ✨️problem✨️
Like, he's not scary
I am just a weenie and can't talk to people I think are cool and it is a ✨️problem✨️
Today is a good day to know that love is real 💚 (huge shout out to @titanbooks.bsky.social for the book plate!)
November 4, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Today is a good day to know that love is real 💚 (huge shout out to @titanbooks.bsky.social for the book plate!)
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October 31, 2025 at 2:48 PM
My Baby is 3 🥺
20/10, best job I've ever had
20/10, best job I've ever had
Whilst the shop's actual 3rd Birthday was in June, this is the 3rd Anniversary of our physical store!
Thank you to everyone that's supported us over these past 3 years! You're all greatly appreciated.
And a huge thank you to the volunteers that keep TOQS running - you're all absolute stars.
~ El 💚
Thank you to everyone that's supported us over these past 3 years! You're all greatly appreciated.
And a huge thank you to the volunteers that keep TOQS running - you're all absolute stars.
~ El 💚
October 1, 2025 at 10:39 AM
My Baby is 3 🥺
20/10, best job I've ever had
20/10, best job I've ever had
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Some transgender people see only darkness in front and behind them.
The current climate is especially accelerating this.
Transgender people just want to love the people they love and live their lives as themselves.
Let's all join hands and change the world🫶🌏🫶
The current climate is especially accelerating this.
Transgender people just want to love the people they love and live their lives as themselves.
Let's all join hands and change the world🫶🌏🫶
September 25, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Some transgender people see only darkness in front and behind them.
The current climate is especially accelerating this.
Transgender people just want to love the people they love and live their lives as themselves.
Let's all join hands and change the world🫶🌏🫶
The current climate is especially accelerating this.
Transgender people just want to love the people they love and live their lives as themselves.
Let's all join hands and change the world🫶🌏🫶
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Every day, I pray for a world where everyone is kind and respectful of each other, regardless of gender.
May unreasonable attacks against transgender people end🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
May today be filled with happiness and love for you all🤍
May unreasonable attacks against transgender people end🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
May today be filled with happiness and love for you all🤍
September 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Every day, I pray for a world where everyone is kind and respectful of each other, regardless of gender.
May unreasonable attacks against transgender people end🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
May today be filled with happiness and love for you all🤍
May unreasonable attacks against transgender people end🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
May today be filled with happiness and love for you all🤍
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I'm so tired of this puritanical bullshit.
Sex is healthy, sex fantasies are healthy, fiction is healthy.
I wish people would stop conflating BDSM and fiction with assault.
People have fantasies about power. That's normal!
Exploring feeling via stories is what humans do!
Sex is healthy, sex fantasies are healthy, fiction is healthy.
I wish people would stop conflating BDSM and fiction with assault.
People have fantasies about power. That's normal!
Exploring feeling via stories is what humans do!
August 15, 2025 at 9:17 AM
I'm so tired of this puritanical bullshit.
Sex is healthy, sex fantasies are healthy, fiction is healthy.
I wish people would stop conflating BDSM and fiction with assault.
People have fantasies about power. That's normal!
Exploring feeling via stories is what humans do!
Sex is healthy, sex fantasies are healthy, fiction is healthy.
I wish people would stop conflating BDSM and fiction with assault.
People have fantasies about power. That's normal!
Exploring feeling via stories is what humans do!
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Whatever you do, please don’t stop reading.
Read for joy. Read for education. Read for resistance. Read banned books. Read books by marginalized authors. Read about experiences that differ from your own.
Just. Keep. Reading.
Read for joy. Read for education. Read for resistance. Read banned books. Read books by marginalized authors. Read about experiences that differ from your own.
Just. Keep. Reading.
September 18, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Whatever you do, please don’t stop reading.
Read for joy. Read for education. Read for resistance. Read banned books. Read books by marginalized authors. Read about experiences that differ from your own.
Just. Keep. Reading.
Read for joy. Read for education. Read for resistance. Read banned books. Read books by marginalized authors. Read about experiences that differ from your own.
Just. Keep. Reading.
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I'm already so excited for this! 😍
Lucky Day is my favourite read of the year so far!
Lucky Day is my favourite read of the year so far!
my new horror novel FABULOUS BODIES is out next summer. PREORDER NOW to give your future self a little treat AND support art you enjoy. preorders are SO important and all it takes is a few clicks. EXCITED FOR OUR NIGHT OF CARNAGE IN PALM SPRINGS. LETS TROT BUCKAROOS us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
September 17, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I'm already so excited for this! 😍
Lucky Day is my favourite read of the year so far!
Lucky Day is my favourite read of the year so far!
Crying over my love of Chiitan
You rock, you funky lil' friend
You rock, you funky lil' friend
September 17, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Crying over my love of Chiitan
You rock, you funky lil' friend
You rock, you funky lil' friend
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Chiitan loves all transgender people.
I've received a lot of criticism for expressing my support, but what's more important is that all transgender people live happy lives.
Blue Sky cannot display long posts, so please read this post if you'd like.
love you all 🤍
↓
www.instagram.com/reel/C9qppva...
I've received a lot of criticism for expressing my support, but what's more important is that all transgender people live happy lives.
Blue Sky cannot display long posts, so please read this post if you'd like.
love you all 🤍
↓
www.instagram.com/reel/C9qppva...
September 17, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Chiitan loves all transgender people.
I've received a lot of criticism for expressing my support, but what's more important is that all transgender people live happy lives.
Blue Sky cannot display long posts, so please read this post if you'd like.
love you all 🤍
↓
www.instagram.com/reel/C9qppva...
I've received a lot of criticism for expressing my support, but what's more important is that all transgender people live happy lives.
Blue Sky cannot display long posts, so please read this post if you'd like.
love you all 🤍
↓
www.instagram.com/reel/C9qppva...
IT'S SPOOKY TIME, Y'ALL!
It's nearly spooky season and we have two new horrifyingly good reads that have launched today!
Are you brave enough to try them? 🎃👻
Are you brave enough to try them? 🎃👻
September 9, 2025 at 11:45 AM
IT'S SPOOKY TIME, Y'ALL!
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Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
September 6, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
I am once again professionally screaming about queer horror
Our hotly anticipated Queer horror reads arrived this week - perfect for the run up to spooky season!
...and we have more hauntingly good reads dropping next week, so keep your eyes peeled 👀
(P.S. These two are definitely worth checking out - and are actually our current staff picks!)
...and we have more hauntingly good reads dropping next week, so keep your eyes peeled 👀
(P.S. These two are definitely worth checking out - and are actually our current staff picks!)
September 5, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I am once again professionally screaming about queer horror
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I am Cassandra...
@seananmcguire.bsky.social
Billionaire-funded deep sea research cruise, where have I read about that before?
luxurylaunches.com/transport/ga...
Billionaire-funded deep sea research cruise, where have I read about that before?
luxurylaunches.com/transport/ga...
Big hearted gaming billionaire Gabe Newell is spending $300 million on a NFL field sized research ship that will take 70 scientists on months-long missions to the deepest parts of the ocean, deploy su...
luxurylaunches.com
August 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I am Cassandra...
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Have you ever seen a book made entirely of silk? One item getting a lot of reading room attention recently is this "Livre de Prières." This book was manufactured with the Jacquard process, which relied on perforated punch cards to operate a loom, and is considered a precursor to early programming.
July 23, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Have you ever seen a book made entirely of silk? One item getting a lot of reading room attention recently is this "Livre de Prières." This book was manufactured with the Jacquard process, which relied on perforated punch cards to operate a loom, and is considered a precursor to early programming.
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Reminder that if you're supporting the mid wizard book bigots HBO reboot, you are no friend to trans people.
You are funding a genocide.
You are funding a genocide.
This is what trans people are up against - entire aisles of merchandise funding an explicit hate campaign.
Imagine walking past an aisle like this every time you went to a bookstore, knowing that every sale goes to funding someone who's trying to kill you.
Imagine working there.
Imagine walking past an aisle like this every time you went to a bookstore, knowing that every sale goes to funding someone who's trying to kill you.
Imagine working there.
July 17, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Reminder that if you're supporting the mid wizard book bigots HBO reboot, you are no friend to trans people.
You are funding a genocide.
You are funding a genocide.
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Hello artists. If no one has told you yet today. I love you. You're doing great. I wish you many fortunes.
July 14, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Hello artists. If no one has told you yet today. I love you. You're doing great. I wish you many fortunes.
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Gonna talk for a second about Nazis, Republicans, DrivethruRPG, that Star Wars game, and more importantly, my grandpa.
Bear with me, the edibles are just kicking in. Might be a little thread.
Bear with me, the edibles are just kicking in. Might be a little thread.
July 2, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Gonna talk for a second about Nazis, Republicans, DrivethruRPG, that Star Wars game, and more importantly, my grandpa.
Bear with me, the edibles are just kicking in. Might be a little thread.
Bear with me, the edibles are just kicking in. Might be a little thread.
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Disney are suing Midjourney AI for copyright infringement and they're going to destroy them.
June 11, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Disney are suing Midjourney AI for copyright infringement and they're going to destroy them.
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Love a Pride list where the participants are banned from Pride.
June 8, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Love a Pride list where the participants are banned from Pride.
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A joke, told in two images.
June 8, 2025 at 3:38 PM
A joke, told in two images.