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@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 · 26/09/2026
I know we are living in a pile of spuriousness, but this seems like a powerful piece of evidence (for when we return to that.)
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Beck @beck280.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
These conversations are critical and heavy, and I hope that any solution we embark on centers the youth experiencing the weight.
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Beck @beck280.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Let’s do this. If you are in Las Cruces, hope you’ll join us tomorrow evening for a housing discussion at City Hall.
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Beck @beck280.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
We are going to have a long and painful reckoning to get back to a policy world that is grounded in legitimate evidence. (I say this an elected and a public health professional.)
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Beck @beck280.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Exactly. Abolish ICE.
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Beck @beck280.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Excellent thread.
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Beck @beck280.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Bleak.
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Beck @beck280.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
“we want revolution!” -Binkini Kill forever.
A stage with a screen saying Bikini Kill with many people in the foreground
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Beck @beck280.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
If only we were in a world where policies grounded in data, economy AND compassion were the norm. Instead: evidence like this will be put in the “why we will never do this” file. 😭😭
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Beck @beck280.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Grateful to my Rep. (Rubio) for the thoughtful and critical look. If your representative is saying “BUT DON’T YOU USE GOOGLE PHOTOS?” As what they bring to the convo, I do hope you are out knocking on doors for their opponent right now.
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Beck @beck280.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Take it back, I guess.
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🎃HalloDeeny🎃 they/them @geraldinepiche.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Like no being right will not cure your insecurity about your lack of intellect. Be a bimbo willing to learn like the rest of us
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Beck @beck280.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
I love a pre-order, as they end up a delightful gift to my future self. AND this identity/insult/empowering community is among my favorites. So, happy Caturday to you (generally) and especially those who pre-order this book.
A tabby cat laying on a lap looking smoldering
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Beck @beck280.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
A glimmer of hope to stop Project Jupiter…thanks to Land Commissioner Garcia Richard standing up.
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Beck @beck280.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
It’s been painful to see public health and all forms of prevention be systematically derided and defunded. The costs, by every measure, are going to add up very quickly.
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Beck @beck280.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
I’m gonna borrow from St. Stevie… Rulers make bad lovers ….Gold dust woman.
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Beck @beck280.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
New Mexico getting it done, using the state’s wealth to keep folks insured (and in child care, and with college.)
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Beck @beck280.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Critical work documenting the (nascent? Adolescent?) concentration camp in our backyard. Thanks to @palabrasdeabajo.bsky.social .
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Beck @beck280.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
“What’s happened to going to the Walgreens or Target is a store-sized version of what’s happened to living in America. It’s the experience of …a ruling class that responds to every challenge with authoritarianism, greed, and the same levels of poise and wisdom as an inbred Pomeranian.”
open.substack.com
We used to be able to buy things in this country
Locking up toothpaste was a warning sign that our executive class was crazy
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Beck @beck280.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Bougie Caturday.
A yawning tabby cat laying on Food and Wine magazines.
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Beck @beck280.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
I know that saying something is Orwellian is trite these days, but we public health/science folks sure are crying unironically.
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Beck @beck280.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
No collaboration in Las Cruces. Since we were literally being targeted with social media ads from the Feds, thought it was critical to go on the record.
lcsun-news.com
DOJ's Model City Initiative is a Trojan horse for Las Cruces | Opinion
It’s not difficult to understand the real intent of this initiative.
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Beck @beck280.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
@jortsthecat.bsky.social evergreen.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
No hell too hot. www.sunjournal.com/2026/07/13/i...
The little girl was still in Bluey pajamas.

No older than 3, she was trying to smell the flowers.

At her side, a pink rolling bag.

Her father, Joan Sebastian Guerrero, had just been fatally shot and yanked from a car he’d been driving. Now, he lay handcuffed in the street, where he would remain for five hours.

 “You took her dad, you took her dad!” a woman nearby yelled, according to Cecelia Humiston, 22, who witnessed the interaction in Biddeford on Monday morning.
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Beck @beck280.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
It seems not coincidental that the fake comments (and, I’d argue, the ones that have nothing to do with air quality) all come from the same “side.” Cynical corruption of a public comment process is absolutely a contributor to a fair number of messes we are currently in.
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Beck @beck280.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
How are so many folks just arriving to “They walk among us and sometimes become important.”? It feels like maybe you haven’t been listening/reading/watching?
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
It’s homophobic to send me emails in June.
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Beck @beck280.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Like so many things today: relatable AND horrifying.
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Beck @beck280.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
An entire article focused on the egos and panderability of these potential “leaders”. Not one word about what their party brings to the people they might represent, other than ego. A contest of big loser energy! Go on.
sourcenm.com
Northern NM Republicans jockey for who will challenge ousted chair to lead party through November • Source New Mexico
Two northern New Mexico Republicans are deciding between themselves who would have the best shot of defeating ousted RPNM Chair Amy Barela.
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Beck @beck280.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
These folks want to carry outsized influence and spread their harmful BS, which has been soundly rejected across New Mexico. They’ll keep trying, but I’m glad to know that every salvo they make will be condemned: no comfort for jerks here.
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Beck @beck280.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
What a great day to dive in to some peer-reviewed research. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com
When Is Masculinity “Fragile”? An Expectancy-Discrepancy-Threat Model of Masculine Identity - Adam Stanaland, Sarah Gaither, Anna Gassman-Pines, 2023
Academic Manhood is a precarious social status. Under perceived gender identity threat, men are disproportionately likely to enact certain stereotype-consistent...
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mechanical twerk @ruhee.ca · 12/06/2026
folks: the 15-minute city
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Beck @beck280.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
This is the second article about Santa Fe’s struggle to build affordable homes I’ve read today. We (Las Cruces) are happy to come and chat about land-use reforms, if you’d like? Alternatively, might I suggest this: housingnm.org/uploads/docu...
housingnm.org
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Beck @beck280.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
We are here because our information environment has been manipulated and it’s worse for local elections and news deserts. (And and…)
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Beck @beck280.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Yes. You are amazing! 🙌💙
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Beck @beck280.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Happy Pride, especially to @jortsthecat.bsky.social
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Beck @beck280.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Bleak. Really bleak. We will feel the impacts of this undermining of research for decades.
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Beck @beck280.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Gratitude to @ecimino.bsky.social for this synthesis: fundamentally, extractive industries will be able to carry on without care, while ratepayers (most of whom are already committed to conservation) pay the price, until there is no more for anyone.
elainecimino652909.substack.com
The Rio Grande Settlement Is a Warning to All of New Mexico
The years of cheap water are over — and the public is being positioned to absorb the costs
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Beck @beck280.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
“Under the settlement, New Mexico must reduce annual groundwater depletions by 18,200 acre-feet, or about 5.9 billion gallons. Officials expect to achieve most of the necessary reductions from buying water rights from willing sellers, meaning more than 14 square miles of farmland would be retired.”
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Beck @beck280.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Our model is broken, morally and fiscally unsustainable. I hope the folks who want to send more people to jail for new/made up crimes (like having a cart or sitting on a sidewalk) are taking note.
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Beck @beck280.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Air pollution 🤷‍♂️ Water usage 🤷‍♂️ Obviously fictional job promises ✅ A lot of people who have been eased into grifty lies as a norm ✅
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Beck @beck280.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
We know what works…and criminalization absolutely doesn’t. “ In 2025…more than 3,000 trespassing charges were handed out, the highest for any year since 2017; and cases of unlawful camping increased to 704 from 113 the year before, according to previously unreported county data.”
propublica.org
Albuquerque Officials Take Steps to Curb Surge in Citations, Jail Stays Related to Homelessness
The changes come after ProPublica reported that charges for crimes related to homelessness have skyrocketed under Mayor Tim Keller. In 2025, people were charged 1,256 times for obstructing sidewalks —...
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Beck @beck280.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
“For men who feel displaced, accusing women and minorities of benefiting from an unfair advantage, demanding that their supposedly ill-gotten gains be rolled back and their subordinate position restored, might be an appealing“ @espiers.bsky.social evergreen.
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Beck @beck280.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
This is a fascinating tale of DARVO, and basically a ringing endorsement of one candidate for everyone who cares. Also, cheers to friends in Santa Fe discomfiting this crew so deeply with your glares 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
sourcenm.com
NM Oil and Gas Association president tells conference crowd to oppose Deb Haaland’s bid for governor • Source New Mexico
New Mexico Oil and Gas Association President Missi Currier told a crowd to oppose former Interior Secretary Deb Haaland's bid for governor.
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Beck @beck280.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
This is a cat checkpoint. Relinquish your most recent cat picture from your phone.
A small gray  tabby cat with green eyes looks at the camera in a room with a tv and purple wall
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Beck @beck280.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
I suspect that no company has “Death Camp Management” on their list of skills (as tents in the Chihuahuan desert in August will be) but the open grifting is really quite something.
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 05/05/2026
So this is definitely about "being homeless." The only part of this that is a "real taste of freedom" is the way that communities form and support each other among people who have very little.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 06/05/2026
is the postdoc speak in the city council room with us right now
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Beck @beck280.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Seems promising…and also evidence of the ever-growing science/tech gap. The US will be left behind unless we reverse course quickly.
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