Lauren C. Teffeau
@teffeau.bsky.social
Writer | ACCELERATED GROWTH ENVIRONMENT - Spring 2026 w/ @ShirakiPress.com | A HUNGER WITH NO NAME w/ @Utampapress.bsky.social | Award-nominated IMPLANTED w/ @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social | Rep: @gabrielle-h.bsky.social | she/her | www.laurencteffeau.com
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Lauren C. Teffeau
@teffeau.bsky.social
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A Hunger With No Name by Lauren C. Teffeau - University of Tampa Press
“Lauren C. Teffeau’s A Hunger with No Name is a powerful story of survival—personal, ecological, and cultural—in the presence of overwhelming technological power. The textures and politics of Teffeau’...
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Hello, new followers! I'm a sf/f writer from NM. My latest is an eco fantasy novella from University of Tampa Press. Think the movie Metropolis set in the desert but instead of labor rights it's water rights. Plus automata, alien goats, & stories written in the stars! utampapress.org/product/a-hu...
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Exactly right.
Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.
Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.
Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.
Every possible angle.
Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.
Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.
Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.
Every possible angle.
They are wounded and flailing. Press the advantage.
January 27, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Exactly right.
Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.
Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.
Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.
Every possible angle.
Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.
Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.
Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.
Every possible angle.
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In my story, "Return to Sender," I decided to explore why a city that utilizes nuclear power (like Phoenix) might store that waste in full public view right in the middle of the city, and how those heavily insulated casks could become a touchstone of the culture around all types of waste. 💙📚
Our Radioactive Neighbors is free to download, read, and share. Through science fiction, visual art, and essays by experts across fields, it provides resources to help communities imagine their futures and make informed choices about nuclear siting. Download here: csi.asu.edu/books/radnei...
January 16, 2026 at 3:03 AM
In my story, "Return to Sender," I decided to explore why a city that utilizes nuclear power (like Phoenix) might store that waste in full public view right in the middle of the city, and how those heavily insulated casks could become a touchstone of the culture around all types of waste. 💙📚
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Fun fact: Your local bookstore is doing more to protect you and your neighbors than Amazon is.
January 26, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Fun fact: Your local bookstore is doing more to protect you and your neighbors than Amazon is.
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You hear amateurs complaining about how cell phones ruined a lot of their thriller plots, but truthfully THIS is what makes my job as a grimly hopeful science fiction author harder. "We got the information out to the public! Now everything will be okay!" is no longer in the optimistic ending toolbox
HOW IT WORKS IN MOVIES:
1. Government lies
2. Brave heroes release video showing the truth
3. Press says “the government is lying!”
HOW IT APPARENTLY WORKS IN REAL LIFE
1. Brave heroes release video showing the truth
2. Government lies
3. Press says “Oh no, what now? So confusing! So hard!”
1. Government lies
2. Brave heroes release video showing the truth
3. Press says “the government is lying!”
HOW IT APPARENTLY WORKS IN REAL LIFE
1. Brave heroes release video showing the truth
2. Government lies
3. Press says “Oh no, what now? So confusing! So hard!”
A battle over the truth erupts after deadly Minneapolis shooting
January 26, 2026 at 1:18 PM
You hear amateurs complaining about how cell phones ruined a lot of their thriller plots, but truthfully THIS is what makes my job as a grimly hopeful science fiction author harder. "We got the information out to the public! Now everything will be okay!" is no longer in the optimistic ending toolbox
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Wow. This sorta nails is.
Life, now.
Life, now.
The Minority Report (@theminorityreport1)
CLASS WARFARE IS BACK.
and it’s f******* brillant.
This is what happens when you stop pretending class warfare isn't real.
The UK Green Party of England and Wales just dropped the most dangerous...
substack.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Wow. This sorta nails is.
Life, now.
Life, now.
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we didn't finish denazification. we didn't finish desegregation. we didn't finish reconstruction. every opportunity for transformative change was deliberately sabotaged by american leaders who knew their wealth would not survive a world freed from eugenics, white supremacy, and war profiteering.
January 25, 2026 at 8:36 PM
we didn't finish denazification. we didn't finish desegregation. we didn't finish reconstruction. every opportunity for transformative change was deliberately sabotaged by american leaders who knew their wealth would not survive a world freed from eugenics, white supremacy, and war profiteering.
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Worth noting that one reason you’re benefitting so fully from the Star-Tribune’s timely, extensive coverage of unfolding events is that it’s a metro newspaper that hasn’t been systematically starved to further enrich shareholders and executives.
January 24, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Worth noting that one reason you’re benefitting so fully from the Star-Tribune’s timely, extensive coverage of unfolding events is that it’s a metro newspaper that hasn’t been systematically starved to further enrich shareholders and executives.
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hey everybody lifelong tech expert here
> "system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility
that's not how anything works they're lying and destroying evidence hope that helps
> "system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility
that's not how anything works they're lying and destroying evidence hope that helps
And what is happening inside ICE detention centers? 404 Media also learned that the federal government claimed that the day after it was sued for allegedly abusing detainees at an ICE detention center, a “system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility.
ICE Says Critical Evidence In Abuse Case Was Lost In 'System Crash' a Day After It Was Sued
The government also said "we don't have resources" to retain all footage and that plaintiffs could supply "endless hard drives that we could save things to."
www.404media.co
January 25, 2026 at 5:26 PM
hey everybody lifelong tech expert here
> "system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility
that's not how anything works they're lying and destroying evidence hope that helps
> "system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility
that's not how anything works they're lying and destroying evidence hope that helps
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Domestic Terrorist
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January 25, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Domestic Terrorist
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Follow my work and writing on Substack: nickanderson.substack.com
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January 25, 2026 at 1:45 PM
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I think a lot of us get hope wrong. Hope, I do not believe, is an emotion. In fact, hope makes space for lots of emotions to exist alongside it. You can DO hope scared, angry, sad etc...
Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
January 25, 2026 at 2:05 AM
I think a lot of us get hope wrong. Hope, I do not believe, is an emotion. In fact, hope makes space for lots of emotions to exist alongside it. You can DO hope scared, angry, sad etc...
Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
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Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
January 25, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
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Memory is a fragile thing in this moment, so it is important to keep in mind that Hakeem Jeffries refused to whip his caucus against ICE funding earlier this week.
January 24, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Memory is a fragile thing in this moment, so it is important to keep in mind that Hakeem Jeffries refused to whip his caucus against ICE funding earlier this week.
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they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.
January 24, 2026 at 7:48 PM
they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.
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I have spent my entire adult life being lectured by Republican politicians and conservative legal movement types about how important it is to preserve the sacred constitutional right to self-defense of *specifically this person* and then secret police murdered him in the street
Minneapolis police chief Brian O'Hara says that the victim was a 37-year-old white man and US citizen with no criminal record and that he was a legally permitted gun owner.
January 24, 2026 at 6:29 PM
I have spent my entire adult life being lectured by Republican politicians and conservative legal movement types about how important it is to preserve the sacred constitutional right to self-defense of *specifically this person* and then secret police murdered him in the street
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All but one have AIPAC as their biggest donor. (And it's their second biggest donor.) Israel loves ICE. Massie is one of few congressmen in either party who refuses money from AIPAC.
NEW: DHS appropriations bill funding ICE passes 220-207
7 Democrats voted YES on the bill:
- Jared Golden
- Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
- Henry Cuellar
- Tom Suozzi
- Laura Gillen
- Don Davis
- Vicente Gonzalez
One Republican voted NO: Thomas Massie
7 Democrats voted YES on the bill:
- Jared Golden
- Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
- Henry Cuellar
- Tom Suozzi
- Laura Gillen
- Don Davis
- Vicente Gonzalez
One Republican voted NO: Thomas Massie
January 22, 2026 at 11:37 PM
All but one have AIPAC as their biggest donor. (And it's their second biggest donor.) Israel loves ICE. Massie is one of few congressmen in either party who refuses money from AIPAC.
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Seriously, a statewide general strike with backing from the AFL-CIO is unprecedented in modern times
It's extremely telling that this isn't getting media coverage ahead of time
It's extremely telling that this isn't getting media coverage ahead of time
National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
January 22, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Seriously, a statewide general strike with backing from the AFL-CIO is unprecedented in modern times
It's extremely telling that this isn't getting media coverage ahead of time
It's extremely telling that this isn't getting media coverage ahead of time
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In ONE month we will be celebrating the launch of Accelerated Growth Environment by @teffeau.bsky.social at @nookandcrannybooks.bsky.social in Seattle's University District. February 22, 2026 7-9 PM
RSVP now to meet the author and publishers!
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RSVP now to meet the author and publishers!
www.eventbrite.com/e/1980223449...?
Accelerated Growth Environment pre-launch party at Nook & Cranny
Celebrate the launch of Accelerated Growth Environment with Lauren C. Teffeau and Shiraki Press!
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January 22, 2026 at 6:02 PM
In ONE month we will be celebrating the launch of Accelerated Growth Environment by @teffeau.bsky.social at @nookandcrannybooks.bsky.social in Seattle's University District. February 22, 2026 7-9 PM
RSVP now to meet the author and publishers!
www.eventbrite.com/e/1980223449...?
RSVP now to meet the author and publishers!
www.eventbrite.com/e/1980223449...?
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Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."
January 22, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."
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weird i must've been out sick when they first asked for permission to fuck up the power grid
Delicious to me
January 21, 2026 at 11:06 PM
weird i must've been out sick when they first asked for permission to fuck up the power grid
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![My friends check in from time to time.
Text: I got rubber-bulleted by ICE just on my way back from work. Ouch.
Text: Hey I'm gonna observe tomorrow at the protest. I'll text every hour, and if you don't hear from me, please call [number] and give them my identifying information. I'd probably be at the Whipple. Okay?
Text: They knocked on my door, but I'm okay.
I demanded a signed judicial warrant, and they couldn’t provide one, so they left.
I’m worried all the time.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cb6uhto6bwvcx4anaq55konv/bafkreiejn4yr42v63dgduydsv6fnjqqci2yfdwj6sishctyicaqfyrcouy@jpeg)
January 19, 2026 at 3:03 AM
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January 16, 2026 at 1:27 PM
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Introducing: Emily O'Malley Liu!
Her story was Uncharted Magazine's Fall 2022 Novel Excerpt Contest winner, Roses, and we are delighted to bring you the rest of Ethan's story, now titled Wine for Roses, on April 14, 2026.
Learn more about Emily at www.shirakipress.com/authors/emil...
Her story was Uncharted Magazine's Fall 2022 Novel Excerpt Contest winner, Roses, and we are delighted to bring you the rest of Ethan's story, now titled Wine for Roses, on April 14, 2026.
Learn more about Emily at www.shirakipress.com/authors/emil...
January 21, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Introducing: Emily O'Malley Liu!
Her story was Uncharted Magazine's Fall 2022 Novel Excerpt Contest winner, Roses, and we are delighted to bring you the rest of Ethan's story, now titled Wine for Roses, on April 14, 2026.
Learn more about Emily at www.shirakipress.com/authors/emil...
Her story was Uncharted Magazine's Fall 2022 Novel Excerpt Contest winner, Roses, and we are delighted to bring you the rest of Ethan's story, now titled Wine for Roses, on April 14, 2026.
Learn more about Emily at www.shirakipress.com/authors/emil...
ICYMI -- My new novella Accelerated Growth Environment has a cover! This hopepunk ecothriller is coming to you this March so stay tuned! 😱
The team at @shirakipress.com did an amazing job thanks to the art by Stephan Martiniere and the design by @joshsutphin.com. Stay tuned for more info: www.shirakipress.com/books/accele...
January 20, 2026 at 4:26 PM
ICYMI -- My new novella Accelerated Growth Environment has a cover! This hopepunk ecothriller is coming to you this March so stay tuned! 😱