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Cora Neas
@corabora.bsky.social
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Reporter covering courts, housing, TX lege, and our queer community. Currently @kxan.com Views are my own, sometimes jokes. 🏳️‍⚧ Anti-AI Tips: neasnews @ proton.me muckrack.com/cora-neas/
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Cora Neas @corabora.bsky.social · 12d
Alter said that the Texas State University president's post was how he learned he was fired:

“It was heart-wrenching. I mean, it was at my son’s soccer practice ... Besides watching them play soccer, I was preparing for class next day," he said.
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KXAN News @kxan.com · 12d
BREAKING: A tenured Texas State University professor, who was fired earlier this month over comments he made at an online conference, will get his job back while his lawsuit proceeds in court.
Fired Texas State professor to be reinstated while lawsuit against school proceeds
On Friday, a Hays County judge ruled that a fired Texas State University (TXST) professor will get his job back while his lawsuit against the school proceeds, according to the professor’s att…
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 7h
repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself
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violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 7h
An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.
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The Barbed Wire @thebarbedwire.com · 13h
“He was also young himself. God has forgiven him,” Rirhandzu Manganyi wrote. 

“AND HIS MINISTRY WILL BE BIGGER THAN EVER,” user Shannon Liddle wrote.

“I still will listen to him!” Pam Ullo wrote.

Meanwhile, Morris must register as a sex offender.

thebarbedwire.com/2025/10/08/s...
Supporters Say ‘God Has Forgiven’ Ex-Megachurch Pastor Robert Morris, Who Admitted to Sexual Abuse of a 12-Year-Old
Comments have rolled in expressing forgiveness for the convicted child sex offender and megachurch founder.
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 16h
twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross
photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 1d
This framing is a perfect example of the constant “it only ratchets up” criminal justice coverage from mainstream media.

No focus on the fact that Trump’s premise is a lie, but a “gotcha” that Trump’s inane “there’s no crime” comments are not factually correct.
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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 1d
Trump tells Canada’s prime minister that DC was a “raging hellhole” but claims that his crackdown fixed it.

TRUMP: “There is no crime in DC… no one’s being shot.”

There’s evidence that Trump’s crackdown helped curb crime — but it’s not true that it’s gone.

Example: this headline today.
Local Crime & Public Safety Three people found fatally shot in D.C. in three days Three youths, one with a gun, took a moped in broad daylight on Capitol Hill. Today at 2:01 a.m. ET
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Cora Neas @corabora.bsky.social · 1d
The press release really doesn't say anything specific
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Cora Neas @corabora.bsky.social · 1d
Not sure why you'd announce that you have people trying to infiltrate "leftist terror cells." I figure that sort of covert action would be kept quiet, but it is an election year...
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Cora Neas @corabora.bsky.social · 1d
Paxton announcement: The Texas OAG has begun undercover investigations into "engaged in or providing support" to those doing political violence.
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Emily Ramshaw @eramshaw.bsky.social · 1d
“My biggest fear is going to the hospital,” she said.

Extraordinary reporting and storytelling by Mel Leonor Barclay and @shefali.bsky.social for @19thnews.org.

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ICE fears put pregnant immigrants and their babies at risk
Fear of deportation is deterring people without permanent legal status from critical care. Doctors are worried for their health — and the health of their pregnancies.
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demi lawrence @deminlawrence.bsky.social · 1d
SURELY NO ONE SAW THIS COMING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Matthew Gault @mjgault.bsky.social · 1d
It's laughably easy to remove the watermark from Sora 2 generated videos. 404 Media found dozens of websites and pieces of software that will do it.
Sora 2 Watermark Removers Flood the Web
Bypassing Sora 2's rudimentary safety features is easy and experts worry it'll lead to a new era of scams and disinformation.
www.404media.co
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Sam Levin @samtlevin.bsky.social · 2d
NEW: Christian legal group Alliance Defending Freedom "deceived" the Supreme Court + "profoundly misrepresented" LGBTQ+ research, according to scholars cited by ADF.

Quoted experts speak out about ADF's "distortions" + "false evidence" in major case, on deck tomorrow, to revive "conversion therapy"
Christian group ‘deceived’ supreme court about LGBTQ+ research, cited scholars say
Exclusive: Experts say Alliance Defending Freedom, arguing to revive conversion therapy, ‘profoundly misrepresented’ their work in case threatening trans and queer youth
www.theguardian.com
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Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 2d
Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔
zeldawilliams 20m From Create Mode •• Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad. Stop believing I wanna see it or that I'll understand, I don't and I won't. If you're just trying to troll me, I've seen way worse, i'll restrict and move on. But please, if you've got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop. It's dumb, it's a waste of time and energy, and believe me, it's NOT what he'd want. To watch the legacies of real people be condensed down to 'this vaguely looks and sounds like them so that's enough, , just so other people can churn out horrible TikTok slop puppeteering them is maddening. You're not making art, you're making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else's throat hoping they'll give you a little thumbs up and like it. Gross. And for the love of EVERYTHING, stop calling it 'the future. Al is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be reconsumed. You are taking in the Human Centipede of content, and from the very very end of the line, all while the folks at the front laugh and laugh, consume and consume.
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Jean-Claude Van Justice {bird cult aficionado} @justsomefucker.bsky.social · 9d
Except it didn't get bad. That person in bloc, who was at the head of the charge pushing Joey Gibson out, was not a comrade. He climbed into the backseat of the truck and they took off together.

That entire incident was orchestrated.
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ghostly gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 3d
One of the largest school districts in the nation, which was taken over by the state of Texas, deciding to shut out local media (us at chron.com and the Houston Chronicle included) should be a bigger story imo
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Chron.com @chron.com · 3d
Get ready for the news, straight from the source.
HISD plans to shut out outside media, hire its own news crew
Get ready for the news, straight from the source.
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alboo @captainacab.airbud.website · 4d
my most radical take is that i think machines and computers got no soul so it’s ok to beat them into pieces with a hammer
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Ashleigh Talbot 🏳️‍⚧️ @ashleigh.whatthetrans.com · 4d
We've worked with @wearequeeraf.com and @clairestranstalks.bsky.social for months pulling all of this together and now finally we can talk about it publicly. I wish we had better news to talk about though. Spoiler alert: it's all pretty rough.
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What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · 4d
The gender clinic files is out now!

www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clini...

Check out our podcast on Monday for our coverage on this.
Latest waiting times for gender identity clinics in the UK
Revealed waiting times of all GICs in UK: Most Trans+ people in the UK will wait more than a third of their adult life to get an appointment, and some will never receive care
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 4d
“They dragged little Greta (Thunberg) by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” says Turkish activist and Sumud Flotilla participant Ersin Celik
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Jordan Uhl @jordanuhl.com · 4d
Absolutely heinous.
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KXAN News @kxan.com · 5d
Parents of a teen who died from fentanyl claim a judge issued an "unsettling and inconsistent" sentence of 10 years probation to the man who sold the pills to their son. However, it fell within the sentencing guidelines for the conviction. Here's why:
Why a man convicted after teen’s fentanyl-related death in 2022 wasn’t tried for murder
Two local parents issued a press release Tuesday to criticize a Travis County judge for how she sentenced a man, who they claim killed their 17-year-old son by supplying a fentanyl-tainted drug, to…
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Cora Neas @corabora.bsky.social · 5d
Yeah ... and you'd also expect them to have read the law they're citing, which says it can't be applied retroactively.
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Cora Neas @corabora.bsky.social · 5d
My story about the case.

Parents of a teen who died from fentanyl in 2022 are mad at a local judge for "inconsistent" sentencing in the case, and point to several post-2023 murder convictions.

The dealer was not convicted of murder, however: www.kxan.com/news/crime/w...
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KXAN News @kxan.com · 5d
The majority of intimate partner murders involved a gun, according to the Texas Council on Family Violence.
Texas had 161 domestic violence murders in 2024: report
The Texas Council on Family Violence, or TCFV, released a report that names the 161 Texans died from intimate partner violence in 2024. It also states that 104 children lost a parent from that viol…
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Kit boO'Connell (🎃For Hire👻) @kitoconnell.com · 6d
My latest for @texasobserver.org ...
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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 6d
New today: “SB 8 seeks to establish a precedent that treats marginalized communities in the Lone Star State as less than equal. In reality, trans folks are parts of Texas families, workplaces, schools, and communities, and we are here to stay.”
How the Bathroom Bill Weaponizes Transphobia Against Public Institutions
A legal expert called the new anti-trans Texas bathroom law “the most plainly unlawful, undemocratic, legislation I’ve seen in recent history.”
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Cora Neas @corabora.bsky.social · 6d
Today I had to ask a paralegal if they understand what ex post facto means
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ghostly gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 6d
it's cool how it takes a herculean effort to get a meaningful story about trans people that doesn't treat us as like freaks but there are 1,000 articles about JK Rowling and Emma Watson fighting and Elon Musk complaining about a two-year old Netflix show
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Riki Wilchins @rikiwilchins.bsky.social · 6d
2 Oct 2025 - Elon Musk is cancelling his Netflix account and calling for a boycott after Libs of TikTok protested trans character on a cartoon animated fantasy horror show, "Dead End: Paranormal Park." Musk's estranged adult daughter in trans. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social
Elon Musk says he canceled his Netflix account — and urges his followers to as well
Elon Musk's posts come amid some online criticism of the Netflix animated show, "Dead End: Paranormal Park," and its creator.
www.businessinsider.com
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Cora Neas @corabora.bsky.social · 6d
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