Gwen Tolios ✒️ 💜🖤🤍💚
@gwentolios.bsky.social
Reader. Fangirl. Analyst. Ace. Shower singer. Author: RETURNING TO YOU + HEALING CRYSTALS & OTHER BREAKABLES
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Healing Crystals & Other Breakables is almost here! 📚💙🏳️🌈 This fantasy book is full of queer stories where anything from bones to the belief in gods is eligible for a good cracking. Preorders are up on Amazon!
www.amazon.com/Healing-Crys...
www.amazon.com/Healing-Crys...
My purse can fit two books, which is everything i need a purse to fit.
January 10, 2026 at 2:21 AM
My purse can fit two books, which is everything i need a purse to fit.
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“I’m sure you’re aware of our connections with the Trump Administration,” the North Carolina Republican Party's communications director wrote in an email response to us. “I would strongly suggest dropping this story.”
We didn't. #ICYMI, read the story that he wanted dropped:
We didn't. #ICYMI, read the story that he wanted dropped:
“Biblical Justice, Equal Justice, for All”: How North Carolina’s Chief Justice Transformed His State and America
Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well be...
www.propublica.org
January 2, 2026 at 4:00 AM
“I’m sure you’re aware of our connections with the Trump Administration,” the North Carolina Republican Party's communications director wrote in an email response to us. “I would strongly suggest dropping this story.”
We didn't. #ICYMI, read the story that he wanted dropped:
We didn't. #ICYMI, read the story that he wanted dropped:
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Child exploitation content on X/Twitter sharply increased under Musk, who not only abruptly disbanded the group of volunteer experts advising the platform on child safety, image exploitation, and other abuses in 2022, but tried to blame them for the company's CSAM problem www.npr.org/2022/12/12/1...
January 2, 2026 at 1:57 AM
Child exploitation content on X/Twitter sharply increased under Musk, who not only abruptly disbanded the group of volunteer experts advising the platform on child safety, image exploitation, and other abuses in 2022, but tried to blame them for the company's CSAM problem www.npr.org/2022/12/12/1...
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Thinking this is wrong is not radical.
Thinking it isn’t is.
Thinking it isn’t is.
January 1, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Thinking this is wrong is not radical.
Thinking it isn’t is.
Thinking it isn’t is.
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a coppery wyrm in flight to cap off 2025! this was the final patron-sponsored print of the year, and a sketch I had sitting around unfinished until in a skedaddling eight hours it became a panting
January 1, 2026 at 6:54 PM
a coppery wyrm in flight to cap off 2025! this was the final patron-sponsored print of the year, and a sketch I had sitting around unfinished until in a skedaddling eight hours it became a panting
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Heyo! The annual Barnes & Noble pre-order sale is here! Nearly all upcoming books are 25% off... including BEING ARO, a collection of aromantic stories about love, connection, and empowerment, edited by @rosieethor.bsky.social & @madelinetheauthor.bsky.social!
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/being-aro-...
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/being-aro-...
December 30, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Heyo! The annual Barnes & Noble pre-order sale is here! Nearly all upcoming books are 25% off... including BEING ARO, a collection of aromantic stories about love, connection, and empowerment, edited by @rosieethor.bsky.social & @madelinetheauthor.bsky.social!
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/being-aro-...
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/being-aro-...
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A federal judge ruled that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s funding cannot be cut off. The Trump administration argued that the agency’s financing structure was unlawful.
December 30, 2025 at 7:40 PM
A federal judge ruled that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s funding cannot be cut off. The Trump administration argued that the agency’s financing structure was unlawful.
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Heads up, the annual year-end free trial period for Publishers Marketplace is live.
Great way to do research for those of you gearing up to query in the New Year. lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2025/12/a-pm...
Great way to do research for those of you gearing up to query in the New Year. lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2025/12/a-pm...
December 30, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Heads up, the annual year-end free trial period for Publishers Marketplace is live.
Great way to do research for those of you gearing up to query in the New Year. lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2025/12/a-pm...
Great way to do research for those of you gearing up to query in the New Year. lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2025/12/a-pm...
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I joined with 55 other authors to share free SFF stories this holiday season 🩵📚❄️ Snag any of these titles before Jan 1st books.bookfunnel.com/fantasyscifi...
December 21, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I joined with 55 other authors to share free SFF stories this holiday season 🩵📚❄️ Snag any of these titles before Jan 1st books.bookfunnel.com/fantasyscifi...
I'm at the hardest part of this short story - titling it.
December 30, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I'm at the hardest part of this short story - titling it.
Made drinking chocolate with red wine
December 29, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Made drinking chocolate with red wine
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The Department of Justice has been publicly posting files related to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation since Friday. n.pr/4jfepWm
Justice Department releases more Epstein files and some mention Trump
The Department of Justice has been publicly posting files related to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation since Friday.
n.pr
December 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
The Department of Justice has been publicly posting files related to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation since Friday. n.pr/4jfepWm
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The point was never to save money. That was only ever a convenient justification for an effort to decimate the public sector and dismantle the US social safety net.
On DOGE’s watch, federal spending did not go down at all. It went up. But is still led to cuts that closed offices, canceled programs and deprived people of food, medicine and other aid.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
How Did DOGE Disrupt So Much While Saving So Little?
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:14 PM
The point was never to save money. That was only ever a convenient justification for an effort to decimate the public sector and dismantle the US social safety net.
Today's home conversation: are cryptids, like bigfoot, mythology creatures, such as dragons, or are they different?
December 23, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Today's home conversation: are cryptids, like bigfoot, mythology creatures, such as dragons, or are they different?
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So, SFWA is very much not my circus, not my monkeys, but here are my two general thoughts right now:
1) clear rules excluding AI-created content are important to hold the line, especially for publishers who would want nothing more than to toss their editors into the drink.
1) clear rules excluding AI-created content are important to hold the line, especially for publishers who would want nothing more than to toss their editors into the drink.
December 20, 2025 at 5:29 PM
So, SFWA is very much not my circus, not my monkeys, but here are my two general thoughts right now:
1) clear rules excluding AI-created content are important to hold the line, especially for publishers who would want nothing more than to toss their editors into the drink.
1) clear rules excluding AI-created content are important to hold the line, especially for publishers who would want nothing more than to toss their editors into the drink.
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You've got a lot of choices out there for good contemporary sapphic romance books. But how many of them include Amtrak details relevant to the plot because of the author's extremely neurotypical hyperfixation?
Probably just one. (Mine.)
Probably just one. (Mine.)
December 21, 2025 at 12:50 AM
You've got a lot of choices out there for good contemporary sapphic romance books. But how many of them include Amtrak details relevant to the plot because of the author's extremely neurotypical hyperfixation?
Probably just one. (Mine.)
Probably just one. (Mine.)
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Hotez: "They picked Denmark because they administer the fewest vaccines of any Western country... depriving Americans of vaccines for meningitis and rotavirus which are major causes of morbidity and mortality of America’s children. They’ve not done their epidemiological homework."
December 19, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Hotez: "They picked Denmark because they administer the fewest vaccines of any Western country... depriving Americans of vaccines for meningitis and rotavirus which are major causes of morbidity and mortality of America’s children. They’ve not done their epidemiological homework."
I joined with 55 other authors to share free SFF stories this holiday season 🩵📚❄️ Snag any of these titles before Jan 1st books.bookfunnel.com/fantasyscifi...
December 21, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I joined with 55 other authors to share free SFF stories this holiday season 🩵📚❄️ Snag any of these titles before Jan 1st books.bookfunnel.com/fantasyscifi...
Really trying to finish this nonfiction book before 2026, but i have to escape the house first because chores & the Internet (ahem ao3) are loud at home. But also, i got this kashmiri ginger latte & my eyes went wide because that is truly a large coffee.
December 12, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Really trying to finish this nonfiction book before 2026, but i have to escape the house first because chores & the Internet (ahem ao3) are loud at home. But also, i got this kashmiri ginger latte & my eyes went wide because that is truly a large coffee.
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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There’s a new Humble book bundle featuring a set of No Starch Press books on Hacking. For a limited time, pay what you want AND support EFF’s fight for privacy and free speech online! www.humblebundle.com/books/hacki...
Humble Tech Book Bundle: Hacking by No Starch
Turn your curiosity about computer hacking into a fast-paced, proven, and practical career with the latest Humble Tech Book Bundle!
www.humblebundle.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:00 PM
There’s a new Humble book bundle featuring a set of No Starch Press books on Hacking. For a limited time, pay what you want AND support EFF’s fight for privacy and free speech online! www.humblebundle.com/books/hacki...
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It's the first day of the Advent Calendar! Don't miss it. Every day, a new LGBT book will be available, but it's only free for one day, so be sure to check in daily!
www.jmsbooksllc.com/advent-calen...
#mmromance #gayromance #booksky
www.jmsbooksllc.com/advent-calen...
#mmromance #gayromance #booksky
December 1, 2025 at 2:45 PM
It's the first day of the Advent Calendar! Don't miss it. Every day, a new LGBT book will be available, but it's only free for one day, so be sure to check in daily!
www.jmsbooksllc.com/advent-calen...
#mmromance #gayromance #booksky
www.jmsbooksllc.com/advent-calen...
#mmromance #gayromance #booksky
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Contrary to popular reports, DOGE has “burrowed into the agencies like ticks,” government sources tell WIRED. www.wired.com/story/what-i...
DOGE Isn’t Dead. Here’s What Its Operatives Are Doing Now
Contrary to popular reports, DOGE has “burrowed into the agencies like ticks,” government sources tell WIRED.
www.wired.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Contrary to popular reports, DOGE has “burrowed into the agencies like ticks,” government sources tell WIRED. www.wired.com/story/what-i...
She's gorgeous.
December 1, 2025 at 2:47 AM
She's gorgeous.