Cora Neas
@corabora.bsky.social
Reporter covering courts, housing, TX lege, and our queer community. Currently @kxan.com
Views are my own, sometimes jokes. 🏳️⚧ Anti-AI
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Views are my own, sometimes jokes. 🏳️⚧ Anti-AI
Tips: neasnews @ proton.me
muckrack.com/cora-neas/
I wouldn't be surprised if the cost of Texas' SB 8 reaches into the millions, one way or another
December 3, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I wouldn't be surprised if the cost of Texas' SB 8 reaches into the millions, one way or another
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Let me get this straight: we trained this guy to be an elite killer, abandoned his country to the Taliban, isolated him, arbitrarily banned him from working and so left his family unsupported.
I don’t know if there’s any more efficient way of producing a mental health crisis outside of torture.
I don’t know if there’s any more efficient way of producing a mental health crisis outside of torture.
Alleged D.C. Shooter Begged CIA for Help as He Tried to Find Work newrepublic.com/post/203784/... via @newrepublic.com
Alleged D.C. Shooter Begged CIA for Help as He Tried to Find Work
The National Guard shooting suspect felt abandoned by the CIA after working together for so long, his fellow unit member said.
newrepublic.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Let me get this straight: we trained this guy to be an elite killer, abandoned his country to the Taliban, isolated him, arbitrarily banned him from working and so left his family unsupported.
I don’t know if there’s any more efficient way of producing a mental health crisis outside of torture.
I don’t know if there’s any more efficient way of producing a mental health crisis outside of torture.
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the only reason i’m not completely losing my mind over what has happened at OU
is because
of what has already been happening at public K-12 schools for years
they’ve *been* purging trans folks from academia since the rise of LibsOfTikTok
you’re only paying attention now because of a news cycle
is because
of what has already been happening at public K-12 schools for years
they’ve *been* purging trans folks from academia since the rise of LibsOfTikTok
you’re only paying attention now because of a news cycle
December 2, 2025 at 10:41 PM
the only reason i’m not completely losing my mind over what has happened at OU
is because
of what has already been happening at public K-12 schools for years
they’ve *been* purging trans folks from academia since the rise of LibsOfTikTok
you’re only paying attention now because of a news cycle
is because
of what has already been happening at public K-12 schools for years
they’ve *been* purging trans folks from academia since the rise of LibsOfTikTok
you’re only paying attention now because of a news cycle
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The Trans Journalists Association is building a future of journalism where stories about trans people are just, ethical, and informed by our leadership.
This #GivingTuesday, we’re asking you to support our movement: bit.ly/tja_pride. 🧵
This #GivingTuesday, we’re asking you to support our movement: bit.ly/tja_pride. 🧵
December 2, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The Trans Journalists Association is building a future of journalism where stories about trans people are just, ethical, and informed by our leadership.
This #GivingTuesday, we’re asking you to support our movement: bit.ly/tja_pride. 🧵
This #GivingTuesday, we’re asking you to support our movement: bit.ly/tja_pride. 🧵
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Texas desperately needs a place where we can tell our stories, where we can be ourselves, mourn our losses, and celebrate our victories.
My introduction to Big & Bright 🌈⭐👏 is trending on @thebarbedwire.com, so I'll use that excuse to share again! I'm honored to be their new LGBTQ+ correspondent.
My introduction to Big & Bright 🌈⭐👏 is trending on @thebarbedwire.com, so I'll use that excuse to share again! I'm honored to be their new LGBTQ+ correspondent.
I’m a Trans Journalist Choosing to Live in Texas. Here’s Why That Matters.
My name is Kit O’Connell. I’ll be covering queer and trans life in Texas for Big & Bright — The Barbed Wire’s first underwritten vertical.
thebarbedwire.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Texas desperately needs a place where we can tell our stories, where we can be ourselves, mourn our losses, and celebrate our victories.
My introduction to Big & Bright 🌈⭐👏 is trending on @thebarbedwire.com, so I'll use that excuse to share again! I'm honored to be their new LGBTQ+ correspondent.
My introduction to Big & Bright 🌈⭐👏 is trending on @thebarbedwire.com, so I'll use that excuse to share again! I'm honored to be their new LGBTQ+ correspondent.
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Headline: "AI can replace 11.7% of workforce"
Actual study: Anthropic paid MIT to use a "labor simulation tool" that said 11.7% of TASKS could be done by AI
Actual study: Anthropic paid MIT to use a "labor simulation tool" that said 11.7% of TASKS could be done by AI
MIT study finds AI can already replace 11.7% of U.S. workforce
Artificial intelligence can already replace 11.7% of the U.S. labor market, across finance, health care and professional services, according to MIT's study.
www.cnbc.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Headline: "AI can replace 11.7% of workforce"
Actual study: Anthropic paid MIT to use a "labor simulation tool" that said 11.7% of TASKS could be done by AI
Actual study: Anthropic paid MIT to use a "labor simulation tool" that said 11.7% of TASKS could be done by AI
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This is an extremely cool time to be a teacher. When students aren't using ChatGPT to do their homework for them, they're asserting they have a First Amendment right to get an A and your administration fires you if you don't give them an A.
I'm so tired.
I'm so tired.
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
December 1, 2025 at 1:51 AM
This is an extremely cool time to be a teacher. When students aren't using ChatGPT to do their homework for them, they're asserting they have a First Amendment right to get an A and your administration fires you if you don't give them an A.
I'm so tired.
I'm so tired.
In Expedition 33,,,,
To heal our divided nation I propose splitting Game of the Year awards into two categories:
- Game of the Year That’s 3D and You Use a Sword and/or Gun to Explode a Guy
- Game of the Year That’s Some Gay Bullshit Indie Meditation on Grief or Whatever
- Game of the Year That’s 3D and You Use a Sword and/or Gun to Explode a Guy
- Game of the Year That’s Some Gay Bullshit Indie Meditation on Grief or Whatever
November 28, 2025 at 3:38 PM
In Expedition 33,,,,
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big late breaking news: the market monitor for the largest energy grid in the u.s., covering much of the midwest and mid-atlantic, has called to block new data centers connections to the grid, saying current course of growth assures regular blackouts
No more PJM data centers unless they can be reliably served: market monitor
The PJM Interconnection’s market monitor urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to rule that large data centers can only come online if the grid operator can still meet reliability metrics.
www.utilitydive.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:17 AM
big late breaking news: the market monitor for the largest energy grid in the u.s., covering much of the midwest and mid-atlantic, has called to block new data centers connections to the grid, saying current course of growth assures regular blackouts
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A prominent Texas Republican is running for Railroad Commission in order to fight the "Islamic invasion." He's vying for a seat vacated by a former commissioner, who is now running for Texas Comptroller on a vow to protect girls' sports.
The latest on Texas' (increasingly Islamophobic) primaries:
The latest on Texas' (increasingly Islamophobic) primaries:
What Does the Railroad Commision Have to Do With “Radical Islam”? Everything, One Candidate Says
Tarrant County GOP chair Bo French, known for his incendiary online presence, recently tendered his resignation to seek a position on the regulatory body that oversees the oil-and-gas industry.
www.texasmonthly.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:37 PM
A prominent Texas Republican is running for Railroad Commission in order to fight the "Islamic invasion." He's vying for a seat vacated by a former commissioner, who is now running for Texas Comptroller on a vow to protect girls' sports.
The latest on Texas' (increasingly Islamophobic) primaries:
The latest on Texas' (increasingly Islamophobic) primaries:
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A Muslim activist tried to tell Texas education leaders about a growing wave of Islamophobia. Some of them called her a terrorist.
A dispatch from the front line of the battle to Christianize public schools:
A dispatch from the front line of the battle to Christianize public schools:
She Wanted to Speak on Anti-Muslim Bigotry. She Was Labeled a Terrorist Leader.
Shaimaa Zayan, who works for the Austin chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, urged the Texas State Board of Education to reconsider its curriculum changes.
www.texasmonthly.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:30 PM
A Muslim activist tried to tell Texas education leaders about a growing wave of Islamophobia. Some of them called her a terrorist.
A dispatch from the front line of the battle to Christianize public schools:
A dispatch from the front line of the battle to Christianize public schools:
I imagine my purgatory will look like DFW or CLT
November 26, 2025 at 2:48 AM
I imagine my purgatory will look like DFW or CLT
Myself and other trans women have been able to conceive by going off HRT. Some of us have gone off multiple times in order to expand their families.
It's emotionally difficult, but HRT clearly doesn't cause infertility.
It's emotionally difficult, but HRT clearly doesn't cause infertility.
November 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Myself and other trans women have been able to conceive by going off HRT. Some of us have gone off multiple times in order to expand their families.
It's emotionally difficult, but HRT clearly doesn't cause infertility.
It's emotionally difficult, but HRT clearly doesn't cause infertility.
From the judge: “It would mean the Government could send any private citizen ... into the grand jury room to secure an indictment so long as the Attorney General gives her approval after the fact. That cannot be the law.“
BREAKING: Judge rules Lindsey Halligan's appointment was not valid, thus, she had no authority to present the James Comey or Letitia James indictments and the indictments are dismissed without prejudice.
November 24, 2025 at 6:35 PM
From the judge: “It would mean the Government could send any private citizen ... into the grand jury room to secure an indictment so long as the Attorney General gives her approval after the fact. That cannot be the law.“
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“Men are in trouble. Unchallenged private sphere domination over women and children is a solution.”
November 24, 2025 at 3:52 PM
“Men are in trouble. Unchallenged private sphere domination over women and children is a solution.”
I bought an HP like two years ago bc it was incredibly cheap, but every time I use it I want to smash it with a hammer.
November 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I bought an HP like two years ago bc it was incredibly cheap, but every time I use it I want to smash it with a hammer.
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Blue states are still v-coding trans women in prison.
While Maryland Gov. Moore posted about Trans Day of Rememberance, his state was torturing a trans woman by denying her hormones and housing her with men--according to her lawyer--for 2 months.
All of this for "hate crime" charges from alleged vandalism of a trans symbol near a Catholic school.
All of this for "hate crime" charges from alleged vandalism of a trans symbol near a Catholic school.
November 24, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Blue states are still v-coding trans women in prison.
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“Meta stalled internal efforts to prevent child predators from contacting minors for years due to growth concerns, and pressured safety staff to circulate arguments justifying its decision not to act.”
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
November 23, 2025 at 6:58 PM
“Meta stalled internal efforts to prevent child predators from contacting minors for years due to growth concerns, and pressured safety staff to circulate arguments justifying its decision not to act.”
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
I don't always get a chance to do a longer feature piece, but I'm glad that the Texas Archive of the Moving Image let me stop by and chat about the work they do.
My latest for @kxan.com: www.kxan.com/news/texas/h...
My latest for @kxan.com: www.kxan.com/news/texas/h...
November 21, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I don't always get a chance to do a longer feature piece, but I'm glad that the Texas Archive of the Moving Image let me stop by and chat about the work they do.
My latest for @kxan.com: www.kxan.com/news/texas/h...
My latest for @kxan.com: www.kxan.com/news/texas/h...
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I laughed at loud. These people are so pathetic; our enemies are numbskulls. They will kill us all and still not know hs physics.
COWEN: The stupidest question possible: Why don’t we just make more GPUs?
ALTMAN: Because we need to make more electrons.
conversationswithtyler.com/episodes/sam...
COWEN: The stupidest question possible: Why don’t we just make more GPUs?
ALTMAN: Because we need to make more electrons.
conversationswithtyler.com/episodes/sam...
November 19, 2025 at 7:27 AM
I laughed at loud. These people are so pathetic; our enemies are numbskulls. They will kill us all and still not know hs physics.
COWEN: The stupidest question possible: Why don’t we just make more GPUs?
ALTMAN: Because we need to make more electrons.
conversationswithtyler.com/episodes/sam...
COWEN: The stupidest question possible: Why don’t we just make more GPUs?
ALTMAN: Because we need to make more electrons.
conversationswithtyler.com/episodes/sam...
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Want to say @marisakabas.bsky.social wrote a really good piece that serves as a helpful companion piece to my commentary from earlier. She goes into further depth about the moral rot in elite journalism. www.thehandbasket.co/p/moral-rot-...
November 18, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Want to say @marisakabas.bsky.social wrote a really good piece that serves as a helpful companion piece to my commentary from earlier. She goes into further depth about the moral rot in elite journalism. www.thehandbasket.co/p/moral-rot-...
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Tonight, Arlington City Council voted to table discussion of this until Dec. 9. No story from me, but here's a quick thread of stuff other people have reported that's important context.
Arlington City Council might delay it, but I'm pretty sure that tonight the city might become one of the first in the country to repeal an LGBTQ+ non-discrimination ordinance. I will be watching and have a story if so.
www.dallasnews.com/news/texas/2...
www.dallasnews.com/news/texas/2...
Arlington mayor calls to delay vote for LGBTQ protections
The North Texas city would be one of the first in the U.S. to repeal its protections for LGBTQ residents.
www.dallasnews.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Tonight, Arlington City Council voted to table discussion of this until Dec. 9. No story from me, but here's a quick thread of stuff other people have reported that's important context.
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My friends: Twitter is down. YouTube is down. Slack is down. Even Grindr is down
Me: You know what’s not down…
Me: You know what’s not down…
November 18, 2025 at 2:21 PM
My friends: Twitter is down. YouTube is down. Slack is down. Even Grindr is down
Me: You know what’s not down…
Me: You know what’s not down…
The 50-year mortgage concept is so absurd, but now that I watched the latest video from @kbash.bsky.social "50 years under heaven passes like a dream" is rattling around in my head when I read about it.
The video in question is a four-hour meditation on life, mortality and ambition:
The video in question is a four-hour meditation on life, mortality and ambition:
just a simple strategy game.
YouTube video by KBash
www.youtube.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:54 PM
The 50-year mortgage concept is so absurd, but now that I watched the latest video from @kbash.bsky.social "50 years under heaven passes like a dream" is rattling around in my head when I read about it.
The video in question is a four-hour meditation on life, mortality and ambition:
The video in question is a four-hour meditation on life, mortality and ambition:
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EXCLUSIVE: A forced detransition policy had disastrous effects in one Georgia prison, according to the manager of the medical unit there.
The policy is on hold due to a court order requiring prisons to re-start hormone treatments for incarcerated people in GA.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
The policy is on hold due to a court order requiring prisons to re-start hormone treatments for incarcerated people in GA.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
EXCLUSIVE: Forced Detransitions ‘Nearly Toppled’ Medical Unit in Georgia Prison During Care Ban — Assigned
In the midst of a lawsuit, a Georgia prison resumes gender affirming care for trans inmates.
www.assignedmedia.org
November 18, 2025 at 11:57 AM
EXCLUSIVE: A forced detransition policy had disastrous effects in one Georgia prison, according to the manager of the medical unit there.
The policy is on hold due to a court order requiring prisons to re-start hormone treatments for incarcerated people in GA.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
The policy is on hold due to a court order requiring prisons to re-start hormone treatments for incarcerated people in GA.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...