@LucasESchaefer

Debut novel THE SLIP out now from @simonbooks. Winner of 2025 Kirkus Prize for fiction. Paperback 6/23/26.

 Austin, Texas
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Joined October 2012
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Hugely honored to see THE SLIP win the 2025 Kirkus Prize in fiction. Thank you @KirkusReviews!
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I think the fact that Marissa Mayer would voluntarily disclose this to a reporter is a pretty good demonstration of how deeply the culture of Silicon Valley has diverged from the rest of humanity
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@keithedwards18h
this is so bleak
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For those of you who weren’t old enough to pay attention when Obama was president, this is the kind of stuff conservatives mean when they say he was the most divisive president in history. Same night Trump said that 98% of Somalis are low IQ and refuse to work, btw.
Michael Shindler
@MichaelShindlerOct 25
The majority of Americans like the cheesecake factory. It's a very profitable business. People go there on dates, for family meals, and to hang out. A good speechwriter or strategist would know this.
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Lincoln Michel@TheLincolnOct 24
Tech people want to write it off as "ludditism" but people intuit the oligarchs are buying up the country, the government, the land, and everything while openly disdaining the populace. Fanfic fantasies about tech oligarchs giving us UBI aren't fooling anyone anymore.
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Lincoln Michel@TheLincolnOct 24
I do think you have to understand the data center / tech backlash in the context of anti-democratic tech oligarchs who openly disdain voters and believe (correctly, to a large degree) they can buy the government
The Washington Post
@washingtonpostOct 23
Elon Musk has cemented his record as the largest individual political donor in modern American history. Musk poured $446 million of his own money into this year’s midterm elections, mostly aimed at preserving the Republican Party’s control of Congress. wapo.st/4igb5Kq
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Christopher Hooks@cd_hooksOct 24
These people live in a state that usually votes 40-45% Democrat and have never had to accept that those neighbors are full human beings. It’s going to be a difficult period of adjustment.
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Christopher Hooks@cd_hooksOct 23
can somebody set up a bot to remind people that there’s no party registration in Texas?
Justin
@JustinVosOct 23
I said this yesterday, that in Texas Republicans took the lead in Early Voting. NBC has now verified this information.
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Happy to be featured in the November issue of @TexasHighways as a “Texas author changing the literary landscape” alongside May Cobb, LaToya Watkins and Lawrence Wright. Story by Dina Gachman, photo Marshall Tidrick, in the ring at Lord’s Boxing Gym 🥊
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James Talarico
@jamestalaricoOct 22
There is something deeply wrong with a political system that allows one trillionaire to buy his own personal U.S. Senator.
Elon Musk
@elonmuskOct 21
There is something deeply wrong with Talarico
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An interesting thing about AI types is they seem to have a hard time imagining that anyone could find meaning, purpose or usefulness in a job that is not their job.
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A particularly noxious stew of pomposity and incuriousness.
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@hunteryharrisOct 20
Dylan Byers
@DylanByersOct 20
NEW: Bari Weiss Derangement Syndrome puck.news/why-media-reporter… @PuckNews

Bari Weiss Derangement Syndrome

The more nuanced and complicated reality is that Bari Weiss’s CBS News has become a proxy for all the anxieties of the news business itself.

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You had your 30 years of inanity, Texas GOP, time to wrap it up. @jamestalarico @GinaHinojosaTX 🥊🥊🥊
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Scott Braddock
@scottbraddockOct 19
It's gettin' real now: Sources tell @quorumreport that the Texas Senate GOP is quietly considering stripping all legislative power from the Lt. Gov. if the Democrat beats Little Gov Patrick: bit.ly/4Bfnnvb #TxLege
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Dr. Abdul El-Sayed
@AbdulElSayedOct 18
This is Tommy. Tommy had a question about my allegiances. Listen to the end to hear about his.
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Lincoln Michel@TheLincolnOct 17
This is truly my favorite AI guy argument. "You know what makes me avant-garde? Using tech products that the richest corporations on earth----along with the reigning political administration--are pushing as hard as possible. It's super edgy to do what you're told!"
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How is this not constitutional crisis territory? nbcnews.com/politics/trump-a…

Feds seized Rep. Ilhan Omar’s phone, subpoenaed family members in immigration status probe

The subpoenas were sent just days before federal agents searched the progressive “Squad” member’s home, a person familiar with the investigation told NBC News.

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Lincoln Michel@TheLincolnOct 14
Insanity theguardian.com/uk-news/2026…

Sally Rooney says she can no longer sell books in UK due to Palestine Action support

Irish writer of Normal People says she can no longer receive royalties from British sales and she cancelled UK trip due to fear of arrest

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A.Rihn@RihnAndrewOct 15
Looking at how THE SLIP considers the act of boxing and the space of the boxing gym. It offers up the heavy bag as a space for imagination, for communing with our better possible selves.
A.Rihn@RihnAndrewOct 14
#HittingTheBooks Sections “Tomato Can” and “Like Me” We meet two characters, David Dalice and Nathaniel Rothstein, back in 1998. NR is the disappeared teen and DD is his mentor. But in these photos, I’m choosing to highlight some of THE SLIP’s depiction of the boxing world.
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Evan@evan7257Oct 13
New Talarico scandal: At home with the flu for a week New Paxton scandal: At a previously unreported New Year’s Eve 2024 celebration in Dubai with two fugitives from U.S. justice and a woman who wasn’t his wife. wsj.com/politics/policy/ken-…

Exclusive | Ken Paxton Partied in Dubai With Fugitives Ahead of High-Stakes Texas Senate Race

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Talking Texas with the Boerne Star ⭐️
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Texas diverse as books about lone star state

Writers’ panel has different views on Lone Star State

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