Lauren C. Teffeau

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

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

Hopeful Climate Fiction list on bookshop.org

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

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

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

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

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

Full moon this morning over Albuquerque

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

PSA:

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

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

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.

Tilly Norwood is a gen AI psyop The point is to normalize generative AI in your mind.

“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?’”

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.

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

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

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."

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

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

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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Solarpunk Starter Pack Wondering where to start with hopeful climate fiction?

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:
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Come to bookclub to discuss these great stories!

Solarpunk creatures

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

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

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 🪐📚

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.

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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FCC moves to end discounts for Wi-Fi hotspot lending and school bus connectivity The Federal Communications Commission voted to end discounts for library and school Wi-Fi hotspot lending programs on Tuesday, drawing criticism from lawmakers and librarians who say the move will mak...

Trump's FCC yesterday voted to kill a program that provided free Wi-Fi to rural school kids at no cost to taxpayers, falsely claiming the program was "illegal" and was being used to "censor Conservative ideology."

Hegseth spoke at length about the military focusing on lethality in its operations.

Trump spoke at length about the military being used to quell domestic dissent.

Put those things together, and that’s the takeaway.

The Art of Literary Stewardship Writing is often considered a solitary pursuit, but none of us make it alone. Behind every finished manuscript is a whole network of support, other writers who have read our messy drafts, celebrate…

Love this idea of Literary Stewardship and what it means in practice: writerunboxed.com/2025/09/30/t...

The Canarviers have arrived!

A stack of A PHILOSOPHY of Thieves and gold mask

A gold mask an a thieves multitool

Tonight! LITTLE DISTRICT BOOKS!

Guard your valuables and keep your eyes peeled! There are THIEVES about!

The Canarviers have arrived and I’ll be at Little District books with Venessa Vida Kelley tonight to celebrate! See you there, DC!

🎶 Take a look, it's in a book 🎶

🥹 After nearly 20 years... Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course... new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈

#FollowTheRainbow

Local News Trump seems to back off Portland military plan: 'Am I watching things on television that are different from what's happening?'

I have been haunted by this statement all day www.kgw.com/article/news...

OTHERSIDE'S KICKSTARTER IS HERE IT'S TIME PLEASE GO SUPPORT OUR QUEER MAGAZINE'S KICKSTARTER SO WE CAN EXIST AND MAKE A COOL GAY MAGAZIIIINE ✨

It was sooo amazing!