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Lauren C. Teffeau

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Lauren C. Teffeau @teffeau.bsky.social · Oct 21

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...

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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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 1d

Apparently arts degrees are so worthless they need to be stopped, yet the product of those degrees is so valuable paying for it would bring down an entire industry.

Make it make sense.

Headline screenshot. The leader of the Conservative Party saying we need to "Curb students taking 'rip-off' degrees such as English."

Headline screenshot. The former leader of the Liberal Democrats, also former Meta employee, claiming that asking artists for permission to use their work (i.e. paying for it) would "kill" the A.I. industry.

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Gareth Watkins @garethwatkins.bsky.social · 20d

Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 1d

Bank of England flags risk of ‘sudden correction’ in tech stocks inflated by AI - on.ft.com/4o3RheA

Bank of England flags risk of ‘sudden correction’ in tech stocks inflated by AI

Financial Policy Committee warns equity prices are at levels comparable with dotcom bubble

on.ft.com

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Dan Lamothe @danlamothe.bsky.social · 22h

Urgent new statement from the Pentagon Press Association, on Pete Hegseth’s new, forthcoming media restrictions:

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 2d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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Susan Kaye Quinn is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱 @susankayequinn.bsky.social · 1d

Hopeful Climate Fiction list on @bookshop.org : bookshop.org/lists/hopefu...

(Anti-Prime Days Oct 7th & 8th: FREE SHIPPING)

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GunnyJKJ @gunnyjkj.bsky.social · 3d

Whether you like it or not, this is our painful truth in America.

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Lauren C. Teffeau @teffeau.bsky.social · 2d

thanks! I never get tired of the sky out here...

Lauren C. Teffeau @teffeau.bsky.social · 2d

Full moon this morning over Albuquerque

Full moon on the westward horizon and a view overlooking Albuquerque. The morning sky is filled with dawn colors, rose pink, orange yellowing into pale blue and purple while the city wakes up

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 2d

I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections

After Dinner Conversation® @afterdinnerconversation.com · 2d

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 2d

PSA:

If reading wasn’t political, they wouldn’t be banning books.

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 4d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 4d

They largely want the studios & sports and don’t care about the news org. In fact, they would love it gone. Why? Because rich men, especially tech men, think they deserve no criticism and also need constant fluffing. They value a mirrortocracy over a meritocracy and welcome a mediocrity.

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Classical Studies Memes for Hellenistic Teens @csmfht.bsky.social · 4d

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 4d

“All of this feels ridiculous because that’s exactly what it is. But the larger goal is to inure you to the strangeness of it all so that when these products — be they movies, shows, or TikToks — finally come to market, your reaction is ‘Sure, why not?’”

Tilly Norwood is a gen AI psyop

The point is to normalize generative AI in your mind.

www.theverge.com

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Lauren C. Teffeau @teffeau.bsky.social · 4d

Google's back on its bullshit: Here's how to remove AI Mode from Google Chrome's address bar

piunikaweb.com/2025/10/02/g...

Here's how to remove AI Mode from Google Chrome's address bar

Don't want the new AI Mode button or "Press tab then enter to ask AI Mode" text in Chrome's address bar? Here's how to remove it.

piunikaweb.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5d

EPSTEIN FILES: @aoc.bsky.social explains why Republicans won’t bring the U.S. House back into session 👇

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 5d

Macron remarks are notable- some quotes: "We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies."

Defend Democracy @defenddemocracy.bsky.social · 5d

President Macron: “Europeans, let's wake up!

We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.”

defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...

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Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association @sfwa.bsky.social · 5d

SFF Writers are #InThisTogether amid the Anthropic/AI settlement, which is why SFWA has launched an FAQ section dedicated to updating creators on need-to-knows throughout this process--and beyond. Spread the word, because writer education and defense goes well beyond one case. sfwa.org/anthropic-faq

FAQ for the Anthropic/AI Settlement. Stay informed. Inform Others. SFF Writers are #InThisTogether. sfwa.org/anthropic-faq

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 6d

Everyone should listen to Chris Murphy's extraordinary warning about Trump on our pod. First, he says the logic must be that the more lawless he gets, the stiffer the resistance.

"If I give in and consent to these kinds of tactics then it just normalizes it all." 1/

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Susan Kaye Quinn is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱 @susankayequinn.bsky.social · 5d

Solarpunk Creatures (also includes stories by @teffeau.bsky.social @brightflame.bsky.social @nroshak.bsky.social ) is also part of the #solarpunk Starter Pack on the Bright Green Futures website:
brightgreenfutures.substack.com/p/solarpunk-...

Come to bookclub to discuss these great stories!

Solarpunk Starter Pack

Wondering where to start with hopeful climate fiction?

brightgreenfutures.substack.com

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Susan Kaye Quinn is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱 @susankayequinn.bsky.social · 5d

Our pick for #solarpunk (online) bookclub for October is in! We'll be reading Solarpunk Creatures!
**October 23rd, 8pm ET**

Subscribe to get reminders and Jitsi links! www.subscribepage.com/solarpunk_bo...

@sarenaulibarri.bsky.social @singingtotigers.bsky.social @tashanmehta.bsky.social

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Sarena Ulibarri @sarenaulibarri.bsky.social · 6d

My book Another Life, published by @stelliform.press, won the 2025 New Mexico Book Awards for the Sci-Fi category!

Here’s the full list of winners and finalists: nmwriters.org/nm-book-awar... #booksky 🪐📚

NM Writers, supporting and connecting the literary community. NM Book Awards, Fiction -Sci-Fi, Winner, Another Life, Sarena Ulibarri, Stelliform Press

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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 7d

I know it is only an email auto-response but this illuminates the fantasy of the right wing tech fascists. They dream of systems without consent, where they can flip a switch to target the newest enemy, suppress the newest victim, and deny you a single iota of autonomy in their world.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 7d

NEW—US Department of Education sent out standard Out of Office language to employees on Wednesday in light of shutdown. Later yesterday, workers tell me they found someone had updated their auto-responses without consent to a new one blaming Democrats.

Version of original on left, updated on right:

Thank you for your email. There is a temporary shutdown of the U.S. government due to a lapse in appropriations. I will respond to your message as soon as possible after the temporary shutdown ends. Please visit ED.gov for the latest information on the
Department's operational status.
Thank you.

Thank you for contacting me. On September 19, 2025, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 5371, a clean continuing resolution. Unfortunately, Democrat Senators are blocking passage of H.R. 5371 in the Senate which has led to a lapse in appropriations. Due to the lapse in appropriations I am currently in furlough status. I will respond to emails once government functions resume.

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Alie Catze @aliecatze.bsky.social · 7d

variety.com/2025/film/ne...

Jane Goodall, Iconic Chimpanzee Expert Who Was Subject of Dozens of Films, Dies at 91

Jane Goodall, the foremost expert on chimpanzees whose work was captured in more than 40 documentaries, died Wednesday in California. She was 91.

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