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Multigenerational New Orleanian Cannabis and disability advocate Retired Party Gal from the 1900s Happily divorced. Taurus☀️Scorpio🌙Sagittarius 🏹 ESTJ-T Life Path 22 Digital Hermit Since 8/29/05 Who Dat ⚜️ 💜💚💛 #NoLaSky *Nefertiabet
Again, Idiocracy was a movie with too optimistic a vision of the future.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 20h agoTrump: "At one year, you should have 5 separate visits for vaccines rather than getting them all in the same day. I've seen proof of where they have a vaccination thing that looks like the size of a bottle of soda and pour it into a little child's body."
NEW RECORD: Federal immigration agents are employing new tactics to boost their arrest numbers, leading to more arrests in July than in any previous month of the Trump administration. @timhenderson.bsky.social reports for @stateline.org
With new tactics, ICE reaches new high in monthly arrests • Louisiana Illuminator
Federal immigration agents are employing new tactics to boost their arrest numbers, leading to more arrests in July than in any previous month of the Trump administration.
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Hey look! New Orleans makes national news again!! Wheee!! nypost.com/2026/08/09/u...
New Orleans becomes first major US city to use AI for 911 calls: ‘The worst idea you could think of’
“I was a 911 dispatcher for 11 years and this is the worst idea you could possibly think of,” warned one critic who claimed to be a first responder.
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Tracking the Tropics: The National Hurricane Center is currently watching two tropical waves that have a chance for development>>>https://www.wdsu.com/article/isolated-heavy-rain-possible-sunday-tracking-two-tropical-waves/73384871
Demolition of Lindy Boggs Medical Center on track to begin this month | Click on the image to read the full story https://www.wdsu.com/article/new-orleans-lindy-boggs-medical-center-demolition-august/73385969?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot
Demolition of Lindy Boggs Medical Center on track to begin this month
The Lindy Boggs Medical Center is set to be demolished on Tuesday, according to New Orleans Mayor Helena Moreno.
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ICE is holding men at River Center under conditions where detainees say 76 people share a cell and illness keeps circulating. Leaked footage from Ferriday, Louisiana documents reports of tuberculosis, conjunctivitis and people coughing blood—along with punishment instead of medical care. Watch 🎥↓
River Center Leak: Detainees Report Illness Spreading in ICE Concentration Camp
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RT @FletcherWDSU: This is more than football for New Orleans ⚜️ Drew Brees is a Hall of Famer!
TONIGHT! Come join #TeamLauren for a virtual phone banks session on Zoom and help us reach our August goal of 2,000 phone calls to voters in District 1! 📆 Thursday, August 6 • 6pm-8pm CST 🔗 Sign up at bit.ly/jewettphonebank #LaurenJewettForCongress #PhoneBanking #VoterOutreach #Volunteer ☎️
#nolasky anyone have a phone place they like for repairs? I need a new battery and my iPhone and my usual place won’t have one for a week. TIA
ASAP removes all offenders from New Orleans program, calls for state investigation | Click on the image to read the full story https://www.wdsu.com/article/asap-ends-new-orleans-ankle-monitoring-program/73358448?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot
ASAP removes all offenders from New Orleans program, calls for state investigation
An ankle monitoring company is calling on Louisiana lawmakers to hold a special session to address offender supervision in New Orleans.
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Legends honoring legends... Watch the incredible moment Drew Brees saw Gayle Benson's tribute to him as he entered the Pro Football Hall of Fame. No. 9 looks good on Tom Benson! ⚜️https://tinyurl.com/yzfkd9hn
RT @FletcherWDSU: More from this fantastic Drew Brees moment in Canton.
Rather than get rid of ALPR cameras entirely, many cities and towns are switching to Axon, whose cameras can be mounted to an existing streetlamp, helping them blend into their surroundings.
Cities Are Ditching Flock, Immediately Replacing It With Axon License Plate Readers
Rather than get rid of ALPR cameras entirely, many cities and towns are switching to Axon, whose cameras can be mounted to an existing streetlamp, helping them blend into their surroundings.
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1. Exonerated after 42 years in prison, Elvis Brooks is eligible for up to $480,000 as compensation. But because of Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill, he still hasn’t seen a single cent... (THREAD) @propublica.org @veritenews.org
Landry’s silent treatment tied to ‘definite’ cuts to New Orleans city services
Landry’s silent treatment tied to ‘definite’ cuts to New Orleans city services
Budget cuts could result in a decrease in homeless outreach services, trash pickup schedule changes and more.
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New candidates. New districts. New election date. The rerun of Louisiana's Congressional races doesn't look much like the first round. #lalege lailluminator.com/2026/08/05/l...
New districts scramble candidate qualifying for Louisiana’s US House races • Louisiana Illuminator
Louisiana’s current U.S. House races might appear similar to those underway just three months ago before the May 16 congressional primary was canceled, but they’re not.
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Louisiana is an internal U.S. colony, structured for maximum extraction and wreckage, and minimal political power to change it. arstechnica.com/space/2026/0...
SpaceX is set to acquire 130,000 acres of marshland in southern Louisiana
A Louisiana launch site would offer several significant advantages.
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CRCL celebrates oysters all year long by recycling shells from New Orleans restaurants to build living shorelines! Visit https://www.crcl.org/oyster-shell-recycling/ to learn more.
The documentary centers on the New Orleans criminal justice system.
Former WWE Women’s Champion Debra Marshall Featured in New HBO Documentary
The documentary centers on the New Orleans criminal justice system.
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New Orleans may soon require police to regularly report on use of drones www.nola.com/gambit/news/...
New Orleans may soon require police to regularly report on use of drones
The New Orleans City Council Government Affairs Committee Aug. 5 approved a new measure requiring the New Orleans Police Department to provide monthly updates on its increasing use of drones
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Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people's bodies. Her bosses halted her work. Now she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world. (Published May 2024)
Toxic Gaslighting: How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe
Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people’s bodies. Her bosses halted her work. As the EPA now forces the removal of the chemicals from drinking water, she wrestles wit...
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