Beck
@beck280.bsky.social
Public health-y, Cruces’ first queer city councilor, zoning nerd. New Mexican by choice. Just me, not official, never fancy-pants. 🏳️🌈
And we’ve been working hard to REDUCE these numbers (for Las Cruces…) Feels like we are asking to sit in “No Smoking” circa 1984.
Applications for air quality permits confirm figures that Source NM previously reported: If approved, Project Jupiter could emit more than 14 million tons of greenhouse gases per year. By comparison, Albuquerque and Las Cruces emit a combined 6.7 million metric tons of greenhouse gases annually.
Data center Project Jupiter’s greenhouse gas emissions could rival NM’s largest cities • Source New Mexico
Project Jupiter's developers have asked the state for permission to emit as many greenhouse gases as the state's largest cities combined.
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December 6, 2025 at 3:17 PM
And we’ve been working hard to REDUCE these numbers (for Las Cruces…) Feels like we are asking to sit in “No Smoking” circa 1984.
👀👀”A life in conservative politics is a shabby, grifting thing; that movement is a sweaty and stupid scrum of influencers and opportunists and true-blue sociopaths scrabbling for monetizable attention or one of the lucrative public-facing sinecures funded by reactionary billionaires.”
The Conservative Grievance Business Is Always Hiring | Defector
Given his age when he first came to the world’s attention and assuming continued good health in the intervening decade and change, Marine Todd would be in his late 30s today. That would be if he was a...
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December 2, 2025 at 3:02 PM
👀👀”A life in conservative politics is a shabby, grifting thing; that movement is a sweaty and stupid scrum of influencers and opportunists and true-blue sociopaths scrabbling for monetizable attention or one of the lucrative public-facing sinecures funded by reactionary billionaires.”
Listen to @danielwerwath.bsky.social , Santa Fe pals. Join the progressive zoning gang.
Why so many car washes? We talked to Housing Advocate @danielwerwath.bsky.social and City Councilwoman Jamie Cassutt to learn what exactly "land use" is and why we should know something about it when it comes to the future of Santa Fe.
Car Wash Land
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November 30, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Listen to @danielwerwath.bsky.social , Santa Fe pals. Join the progressive zoning gang.
This is Fawn, a 4(ish) month old viszhuahua (or a red chihuahua on stilts?) looking for a home. I will sponsor your adoption and deliver if you are up for giving her a home for the holidays.
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November 28, 2025 at 9:10 PM
This is Fawn, a 4(ish) month old viszhuahua (or a red chihuahua on stilts?) looking for a home. I will sponsor your adoption and deliver if you are up for giving her a home for the holidays.
www.ascmv.org/adoptable-an...
www.ascmv.org/adoptable-an...
This is complicated, but worth diving in to…but basically: moving money around between investors, bundlers and (alarmingly) government when the money is unsecured by anything at all is…not good.
From the people who brought you the financial crisis, Theranos, and Juicero: say hello to data center financial engineering!
I'm pretty nervous about this ending badly, but everyone's dug in because AI is the only pulse in the economy.
prospect.org/2025/11/19/a...
I'm pretty nervous about this ending badly, but everyone's dug in because AI is the only pulse in the economy.
prospect.org/2025/11/19/a...
The AI Bubble Is Bigger Than You Think - The American Prospect
It’s not just OpenAI that looks overhyped. There’s a whole mountain of sketchy financial engineering underneath.
prospect.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:21 PM
This is complicated, but worth diving in to…but basically: moving money around between investors, bundlers and (alarmingly) government when the money is unsecured by anything at all is…not good.
In Las Cruces, New Mexico. 32°21′37″ N
November 12, 2025 at 5:35 AM
In Las Cruces, New Mexico. 32°21′37″ N
Same, as ever.
my heart wants a beautiful, neatly arranged home like the ones featured in architectural digest. but my spirit wants to adopt as many cats and dogs as my living space humanely allows. very difficult dilemma.
November 11, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Same, as ever.
Zoning reform, welcoming immigrants, free transit and housing for the houseless (and underserved) are LIFE.
New members of Las Cruces council look ahead to next four years
John Muñoz, Becky Corran and Michael Harris were elected to the Las Cruces City Council.
www.lcsun-news.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Zoning reform, welcoming immigrants, free transit and housing for the houseless (and underserved) are LIFE.
“If you are concerned about the lives of others, in one way or another you have to deal with capitalist structures and institutions.”
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
Public Health Was a Place for Warriors Once. It Needs to Be Again.
It's time for us to reconnect with the radical, system-changing spirit that was once at the heart of our field.
www.thenation.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
“If you are concerned about the lives of others, in one way or another you have to deal with capitalist structures and institutions.”
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
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The politics of abundance are winning — from Albuquerque to Las Cruces and beyond. 🏘️ Ending exclusionary zoning and saying yes to homes isn’t just right, it’s popular. Read more → reimaginingalbuquerque.com/2025/11/05/t...
The Tide Is Turning: Pro-Housing Wins Across New Mexico
For years, exclusionary zoning, NIMBYism, and procedural obstruction defined local politics in New Mexico. But in 2025, voters across the state sent a clear message: the era of NIMBYism is fading, …
reimaginingalbuquerque.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:22 PM
The politics of abundance are winning — from Albuquerque to Las Cruces and beyond. 🏘️ Ending exclusionary zoning and saying yes to homes isn’t just right, it’s popular. Read more → reimaginingalbuquerque.com/2025/11/05/t...
Today is the day! Please vote in your local elections, as City Councils and School Boards can make a huge impact on your everyday life. In our city, your vote will determine if we keep on building affordable housing, have emissions-free, free transit and welcoming our immigrant neighbors.
November 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Today is the day! Please vote in your local elections, as City Councils and School Boards can make a huge impact on your everyday life. In our city, your vote will determine if we keep on building affordable housing, have emissions-free, free transit and welcoming our immigrant neighbors.
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I vascillated on sharing this. My grandma wouldn’t approve.
I am sharing it because Milo is a doll, I’ve had a rough few weeks, I never got a proper libra season and he describes me the one way that makes me feel seen: I am curious.
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I am sharing it because Milo is a doll, I’ve had a rough few weeks, I never got a proper libra season and he describes me the one way that makes me feel seen: I am curious.
thehometownholler.substack.com/p/the-very-m...
The Very Model of a Modern Public Intellectual
Choose Your Fighter! This week I pick Tressie McMillan Cottom.
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November 3, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I vascillated on sharing this. My grandma wouldn’t approve.
I am sharing it because Milo is a doll, I’ve had a rough few weeks, I never got a proper libra season and he describes me the one way that makes me feel seen: I am curious.
thehometownholler.substack.com/p/the-very-m...
I am sharing it because Milo is a doll, I’ve had a rough few weeks, I never got a proper libra season and he describes me the one way that makes me feel seen: I am curious.
thehometownholler.substack.com/p/the-very-m...
I love any refutation of Vance’s divisive BS…but it is even sweeter from @dieworkwear.bsky.social as he outlines the fashion of solidarity.
JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
October 30, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I love any refutation of Vance’s divisive BS…but it is even sweeter from @dieworkwear.bsky.social as he outlines the fashion of solidarity.
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I firmly believe, with every single atom of my being, that instead of amplifying unreliable information that discourages helping, our focus as 42 million Americans face hunger must be on providing factual information that enables people to help.
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How To Help People Who Rely On SNAP While Minimizing Risk To Their Benefits | Matthew Cortland
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October 29, 2025 at 1:35 AM
I firmly believe, with every single atom of my being, that instead of amplifying unreliable information that discourages helping, our focus as 42 million Americans face hunger must be on providing factual information that enables people to help.
www.patreon.com/posts/142285...
www.patreon.com/posts/142285...
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In case I’ve not made myself clear—no family in America should go hungry. Period.
Trump’s decision to withhold SNAP is unconscionable and immoral. The GOP needs to come back to DC and reopen the government. And the Admin needs to release the funds so families can put food on the table on Saturday.
Trump’s decision to withhold SNAP is unconscionable and immoral. The GOP needs to come back to DC and reopen the government. And the Admin needs to release the funds so families can put food on the table on Saturday.
October 29, 2025 at 2:26 PM
In case I’ve not made myself clear—no family in America should go hungry. Period.
Trump’s decision to withhold SNAP is unconscionable and immoral. The GOP needs to come back to DC and reopen the government. And the Admin needs to release the funds so families can put food on the table on Saturday.
Trump’s decision to withhold SNAP is unconscionable and immoral. The GOP needs to come back to DC and reopen the government. And the Admin needs to release the funds so families can put food on the table on Saturday.
In case you wonder where my political orientation/class solidarity comes from: we visited the Johnstown Flood Museum every year of elementary school. Exploitation and extraction, traversing centuries (aka the story of Western PA.)
Timothy Mellon is a vile Republican with zero accountability, as has always been the case for his family. They were partially responsible for the Johnstown Flood, which killed 2000 people and for which they and others were never held accountable.
October 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
In case you wonder where my political orientation/class solidarity comes from: we visited the Johnstown Flood Museum every year of elementary school. Exploitation and extraction, traversing centuries (aka the story of Western PA.)
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there's a lot of misinfo out there about what works to counter misinfo (womp womp). this is a great resource and a must-read for public health: awspntest.apa.org/fulltext/202...
October 23, 2025 at 3:21 PM
there's a lot of misinfo out there about what works to counter misinfo (womp womp). this is a great resource and a must-read for public health: awspntest.apa.org/fulltext/202...
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 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...
October 20, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Hold on while I frantically check to see if I immediately replied “Stop” to a federal government lawyer about to spill some tea….
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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.
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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...
ember-energy.org
October 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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...
ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
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.
✅ 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
media.tenor.com
October 12, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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.
✅ polarized US
✅ screwworms
✅ shutdown
It is diverting in it’s premise, but also so parallel. Just go! Right now.
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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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October 11, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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...
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.
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.
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.
October 9, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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.
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.
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. 📚
Admission is free, and there's something for every reader and writer in your life. 📚
October 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Such a cool event!
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...
www.abqjournal.com
October 7, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Las Cruces’ values showed out today. Let’s keep moving forward and keep our communities safe and our families together.
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We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.