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Cora Neas

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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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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 15h

NBC News has reportedly eliminated its NBC BLK, NBC Asian America, NBC Latino and NBC OUT teams

NBC News’ 150 Layoffs Gut Black, Latino, Asian American and LGBTQ+ Diversity Teams

The cuts affected teams across the NBC News operation and came as the network no longer needed to support two different news operations. MSNBC has begun growing its own newsroom, hiring swaths of tale...

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Cora Neas @corabora.bsky.social · 12h

Shit, oh no

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Lol

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Lisa Röstlund @lisarostlund.bsky.social · 23h

We’ve met with Greta Thunberg and others in the flotilla. They describe hours-long scenes of torture and sexual harassment in Israeli captivity. Experts conclude that they have been subjected to serious crimes – Sweden’s foreign minister believes they have themselves to blame.

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Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”

– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar

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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 22h

New: Texas Rep. Gina Hinojosa on Wednesday announced she is running for governor in 2026.

The five-term state lawmaker from Austin has homed in on education issues in the Texas House, becoming a primary foil to Gov. Greg Abbott on school vouchers.

Texas Rep. Gina Hinojosa joins Democratic race to challenge Gov. Greg Abbott

The five-term state lawmaker from Austin has homed in on education issues in the Texas House, becoming a primary foil to Abbott on school vouchers.

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ghostly gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: Houston city leaders at a press conference this morning assailed Gov. Greg Abbott's mandate to remove rainbow crosswalks, though County Attorney Christian Menefee stopped short of saying a lawsuit was coming, saying only that he's "definitely looking at it."

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‘Overreach at its worst’: Houston leaders rally for rainbow crosswalks

"That is not the spirit of freedom we celebrate here in Texas."

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 1d

I'm sorry, is the Trump Administration talking to a tech platform?

Is it...requesting content moderation?

Today following outreach from @thejusticedept, Facebook removed a large group page that was being used to dox and target @ICEgov agents in Chicago.
The wave of violence against ICE has been driven by online apps and social media campaigns designed to put ICE officers at risk just for doing their jobs. The Department of Justice will continue engaging tech companies to eliminate platforms where radicals can incite imminent violence against federal law enforcement.

Cora Neas @corabora.bsky.social · 1d

Ikr

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Austin queer bar/venue Cheer Ups got bought by a Florida hospitality group: www.kxan.com/news/local/a...

Cora Neas @corabora.bsky.social · 1d

Update, Alter issued a statement about his second firing by Texas State University: www.kxan.com/news/local/h...

Cora Neas @corabora.bsky.social · 1d

My latest on this story, specifically Dr. Alter's statement to KXAN, is here: www.kxan.com/news/local/h...

“To be clear, my termination is part of a broader political attack being carried out by the authoritarian far-right to crush democracy and democratic institutions in the United States in general and Texas in particular. But the charges leveled against me by the Texas State University administration do not stand up to the facts; I have truth on my side and I look forward to my day in court,” wrote Alter in his Tuesday statement.

A temporary injunction hearing in Alter’s lawsuit is scheduled for Tuesday afternoon, according to Hays County court records.

Cora Neas @corabora.bsky.social · 1d

🎶 Angry for nothing, making posts for free 🎶

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A serial comma when it isn't necessary is either the sign of AI or a lazy writer imo

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KXAN News @kxan.com · 2d

A Texas State University professor has again been fired after a court had reinstated him following his initial termination over an allegation that he incited violence. https://www.kxan.com/news/texas-state-university-professor-fired-again-after-court-revoked-initial-firing-over-inciting-violence/

Texas State University professor fired again after court revoked initial firing over ‘inciting violence’

A Texas State University professor has again been fired after a court had reinstated him following his initial termination over an allegation that he incited violence.

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KXAN News @kxan.com · 2d

“When you flee, you flee with nothing"

A senior director at The SAFE Alliance said that tighter funding means fewer staff to help survivors, but that the nonprofit is still here for Travis County residents.

SAFE Alliance in Austin talks challenges, resources for domestic violence survivor support

This domestic violence awareness month KXAN sat down with a local organization doing what they can to address and stop the violence in Central Texas.

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Chron.com @chron.com · 2d

The lie just won't stop spreading.

Fake story puts real Texas woman in Olive Garden breadsticks hell

The lie just won't stop spreading.

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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 2d

One day left for @governor.ca.gov @gavinnewsom.bsky.social to act on SB 771.

The clear First Amendment violation & obvious preemption by Section 230 **demand** a veto.

There is no value or virtue in chilling protected speech with a law that courts WILL strike down.

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Dr. Michael Phillips @drmphillipsut.bsky.social · 5d

During our talk at UT Arlington about our new book, “The Purifying Knife: The Troubling History of Eugenics in Texas,” the wonderful staff at the UTA library put together a small exhibit on E.E. Davis, the eugenicist leader of the college that became UTA from 1925-1946. @oupress.bsky.social

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Kyla @boysek.bsky.social · 5d

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WGN-TV producer detained during ICE enforcement action in Lincoln Square

A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.

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KXAN News @kxan.com · 5d

One group opposed to the cameras said that they believe Lockhart is the first city to reject the cameras outright.

Lockhart city council rejects Flock AI cameras in 6-1 vote

In a 6-1 vote Thursday, the city council of Lockhart, Texas, voted against a plan to set up seven AI-powered cameras in the city for use as license plater readers.

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jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 6d

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

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Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 6d

"... With her baby in her placenta"

This is what most people, who hate trans people, sound like to trans people when they talk about trans people

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

RFK Jr: "Somebody showed me a TikTok video of a pregnant woman at 8 months pregnant -- she's an associate professor at the Columbia Medical School -- and she is saying 'F Trump' and gobbling Tylenol with her baby in her placenta. The level of Trump Derangement Syndrome is now a pathology."

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 7d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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ghostly gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 6d

"Money said he froze his bill after feedback from constituents. 'For some of the people that I spoke with or that I heard from after I filed this bill, they have been transitioned for 10, 15, 20, 25 years, and they’re taking ongoing maintenance drugs.'

Adrian Ashford @adrianashford.bsky.social · 6d

I also talked to D-FW lawmakers who have introduced bills recently related to gender transition. They said adhering to the Christian belief that there are only two genders is important for a healthy society. @dallasnews.com www.dallasnews.com/news/faith/2...

Why many Texas Republican leaders are concerned about gender transitions

Many of Texas’ Republican leaders say they’re concerned about people changing their bodies as part of a gender transition.

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