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Beck
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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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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? 👇
Hold on while I frantically check to see if I immediately replied “Stop” to a federal government lawyer about to spill some tea….
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...
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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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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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.
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.
Thank you! I’m so proud of our city!
Such a cool event!
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. 📚
Las Cruces’ values showed out today. Let’s keep moving forward and keep our communities safe and our families together.
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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Just one for my race! Ronnie Sisneros, who also ran against me last time.
Re-election to Las Cruces City Council. So real.
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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We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
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. 👏🏼
Ppl keep posting “Imagine how those military commanders feel being lectured by this hack.” May I introduce you to Every. Single. Public. Health. Professional?
Quite the “nothing to see here!” day, eh?
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...
I would also love to see this in paper: both reflective AND demonstrating a keen knowledge of the fked system? *chefs kiss*
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...
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.
Glad you are not fired. Distinctly less than glad about all the things crumbling.
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
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? 👇