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Beck

@beck280.bsky.social

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Public health-y, Cruces’ first queer city councilor, zoning nerd. New Mexican by choice. Just me, not official, never fancy-pants. 🏳️‍🌈

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Beck @beck280.bsky.social · Sep 13

Happy Caturday, yinz. Kleya has been serving as campaign volunteer in my re-election bid. Want to help elect a cat-adoring, queer YIMBY public health person to local government? 👇

A tabby teen cat, sitting on top of a pile of campaign signs that say Becky Corran.

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Beck @beck280.bsky.social · 1d

Hold on while I frantically check to see if I immediately replied “Stop” to a federal government lawyer about to spill some tea….

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 1d

EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.

I glanced down at the message.

“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.

So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...

"Anna, Lindsey Halligan Here."
Anna Bower
Monday, October 20, 2025, 5:40 PM
Share On: f X inK My Signal exchange with the interim U.S. attorney about
the Letitia James grand jury.

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Just Kevin @kevinleecaster.bsky.social · 8d

Batteries are now cheap enough to unleash solar’s full potential, getting as close as 97% of the way to delivering constant electricity supply 24 hours across 365 days cost-effectively.
ember-energy.org/latest-insig...

Solar electricity every hour of every day is here and it changes everything | Ember

Batteries are now cheap enough to unleash solar energy’s full potential, getting as close as 97% of the way to delivering constant electricity supply 24 hours across 365 days cost-effectively in the s...

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Beck @beck280.bsky.social · 9d

I am (once again!) encouraging everyone to watch the lone season of Braindead. It could not be more of the moment:
✅ polarized US
✅ screwworms
✅ shutdown
It is diverting in it’s premise, but also so parallel. Just go! Right now.

a man in a suit and tie is smiling while standing in a hallway

Alt: a man (Tony Shaloub) in a suit and tie is wagging a finger while standing in a hallway of the Us House

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 10d

Mamdani talking lucidly and passionately about trans rights and history in a video that should frankly shame every politician who has hemmed and hawed and triangulated and said, "Well, but sports..." It's not that hard to tell the truth and stand for what's right. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEvV...

Until It's Done: Sylvia Rivera

YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC

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Beck @beck280.bsky.social · 12d

I love this research…I try to convince my students that their worries about violence should not eclipse their worries about heart disease.
Also lest you wonder what shapes people yelling in public comment (where just this week someone suggested I’m a narcoterrorist) this tells a story.

Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 12d

How over- and underrepresented are different causes of death in the media?

Another way to visualize this data is to measure how over- or underrepresented each cause is.

To do this, we calculate the ratio between a cause’s share of deaths and its share of news articles.

Beck @beck280.bsky.social · 12d

Thank you! I’m so proud of our city!

Beck @beck280.bsky.social · 14d

Such a cool event!

Stevie @spzzzen.bsky.social · 14d

If you’re in Las Cruces this weekend, come check out the book festival at the DACC East Mesa Campus!

Admission is free, and there's something for every reader and writer in your life. 📚

Beck @beck280.bsky.social · 15d

Las Cruces’ values showed out today. Let’s keep moving forward and keep our communities safe and our families together.

Algernon D’Ammassa @algernonwrites.bsky.social · 15d

A divided city council approved an updated “welcoming community” resolution calling for additional protections for immigrants in Las Cruces with clearer guardrails concerning how the city interacts with federal law enforcement.

As ICE raids escalate, Las Cruces strengthens 'welcoming community' resolution

LAS CRUCES — A divided city council approved an updated “welcoming community” resolution calling for additional protections for immigrants in Las Cruces with clearer guardrails concerning how the city...

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Beck @beck280.bsky.social · 15d

Just one for my race! Ronnie Sisneros, who also ran against me last time.

Beck @beck280.bsky.social · 15d

Re-election to Las Cruces City Council. So real.

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Beck @beck280.bsky.social · 15d

I’ve been feeling this a lot lately: I’m on the campaign trail, doing forums. Three separate older, white dudes have suggested that I had the questions in advance, because I *couldn’t possibly* have such good answers with just my lady-brain.

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 20d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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Beck @beck280.bsky.social · 21d

I’m here for all these convos, but extra for anyone so accurately shouting out Oil City as the worst in a region of rust, strip mines and overgrown train tracks. 👏🏼

Beck @beck280.bsky.social · 21d

Ppl keep posting “Imagine how those military commanders feel being lectured by this hack.” May I introduce you to Every. Single. Public. Health. Professional?

Beck @beck280.bsky.social · 21d

Quite the “nothing to see here!” day, eh?

Seth Edmunds @phealthy.bsky.social · 21d

This is pretty crazy, study models millions of indirect hurricane deaths potentially driving/contributing to the life expectancy disparity in the US:

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

a, Total incidence of TCs on CONUS by month. Bar height is sum of average maximum wind speeds for all state-by-storm events. Colours correspond to decades. b, Stacked overlapping excess mortality responses to each storm for all of CONUS. Each storm response aggregates state-level responses nationally, accounting for state-level population and adaptation. Outline colours correspond to the decade when the TC occurred. The upper envelope is the total estimated mortality burden for CONUS resulting from all TCs occurring during the prior 172 months (see Supplementary Fig. 3). c, Official deaths directly resulting from TCs for each month according to NOAA National Hurricane Center and NOAA National Weather Service6,7. The y-axis scale is the same for b and c.

Beck @beck280.bsky.social · 22d

I would also love to see this in paper: both reflective AND demonstrating a keen knowledge of the fked system? *chefs kiss*

Beck @beck280.bsky.social · 26d

Filmed some PSAs today about our updated animal ordinance, and a star was born. Chowder, available for adoption at the ASCMV. www.ascmv.org/adoptable-an...

A fluffy gray kitten sits on a red blanket next to a blue toy.

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Beck @beck280.bsky.social · 28d

Project Jupiter = Sam Altman, icymi.

WIRED @wired.com · 28d

The new sites will boost Stargate’s planned capacity to nearly 7 gigawatts—about equal to the output of seven large nuclear reactors. www.wired.com/story/openai...

OpenAI Teams Up With Oracle and SoftBank to Build 5 New Stargate Data Centers

The new sites will boost Stargate’s planned capacity to nearly 7 gigawatts—about equal to the output of seven large nuclear reactors.

www.wired.com

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Algernon D’Ammassa @algernonwrites.bsky.social · 29d

The city was honored for its role in a $15.6 million supportive housing project under construction. Separately, Tierra del Sol director Rose Garcia was presented with a lifetime achievement award.

Housing NM names Las Cruces 'Developer of the Year'

Housing New Mexico, the quasi-governmental housing agency previously known as the New Mexico Mortgage Finance Authority, honored the city of Las Cruces as its “Developer of the Year” during an

www.abqjournal.com

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Beck @beck280.bsky.social · Sep 17

I’m proud to recognized as an Equality Champion by Equality New Mexico. I’m ready to fight for LGBTQ joy for four more years: we’ve got a lot to do.

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Beck @beck280.bsky.social · Sep 16

Glad you are not fired. Distinctly less than glad about all the things crumbling.

Beck @beck280.bsky.social · Sep 13

This request is for everyone: vote in your local elections this November! In Las Cruces, this means early voting starting on October 7th. Friendly reminder, that NM’s elections are the most secure in the US and we offer same day registration. www.donaanacountyelections.com/voter-inform...

Voter Information – Dona Ana County Elections Bureau

www.donaanacountyelections.com

Beck @beck280.bsky.social · Sep 13

Share my info with anyone you know in Las Cruces, NM: beckycorran.com

Becky Corran Las Cruces City Council District 5 – corran candidate for las cruces city council district five

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Beck @beck280.bsky.social · Sep 13

Donate any amount to my campaign: secure.actblue.com/donate/becky...

I just donated to Becky Corran!

Support a sustainable and accessible future today.

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Beck @beck280.bsky.social · Sep 13

Happy Caturday, yinz. Kleya has been serving as campaign volunteer in my re-election bid. Want to help elect a cat-adoring, queer YIMBY public health person to local government? 👇

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