βshould not be distributed to the media.β
07.12.2025 20:32 β π 4 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0@martajewson.bsky.social
Lost my Minnesota accent covering charter schools, special ed and sunshine laws in New Orleans for The Lens. Had successful LITT brain surgery! Writing my first book? Mid-Citizen. Alt text: A 5yo in a snowsuit in front of a snow-covered bungalow.
βshould not be distributed to the media.β
07.12.2025 20:32 β π 4 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0Ending DEI practices in college admissions will expose an uncomfortable truth. Women now outperform men academically.
If universities stop trying to gender balance incoming classes but instead admit based on merit, theyβll reject men at higher rates than they do today.
Just went to look at NCAA scores to see what game you were talking about because I forgot about the existence of the NFL
07.12.2025 18:27 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Every dad just got a new point in the saving stuff that could be used in the future argument.
07.12.2025 18:20 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Ohio Stateβs insistence on βTheβ makes it sound even worse when they lose.
07.12.2025 17:47 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Gmail. Exchange between me and my mom. I have shared the link to Anne Boyer's resignation as poetry editor of The New York Times Magazine. She responds, "Thanks Ursu. If we lose poetry, we are done for even without war. Love, Mom"
"If we lose poetry, we are done for even without war. Love, Mom"
04.12.2025 14:28 β π 28 π 4 π¬ 1 π 0Probably fair to say the COUNTRY has "a significant immigration history."
07.12.2025 00:40 β π 4 π 4 π¬ 1 π 0The 8yos at our Thanksgiving were THICK in it too.
07.12.2025 00:19 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Yep I saw that! Link for anyone who wants to watch the video. In short, are already laws in place if you work at a bar that allow you to manage who enters and require ID and facemask removal www.instagram.com/reel/DRuf_TO...
06.12.2025 17:26 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 012 Mile Limit's owner has good advice up on Instagram too. Bars can ID anyone who enters and ask them to remove face covering to ensure they match the ID.
06.12.2025 17:09 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0I thought the FIFA Peace Prize was a social media joke. Had no idea it was a real thing.
06.12.2025 17:07 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0Jefferson Parish School Board will sue FEMA for Hurricane Ida repair money
www.nola.com/news/educati...
What does Ray's run on the other side of the pond? (Obviously necessary)
06.12.2025 16:49 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 012yo dog with a graying-face, and black and white coat sleeps on a couch tucked into too many blankets.
Netflix suggested The Hangover ~ hit play on a blank slate rainy day I get to spend on the couch with the old man dog ~ and the wolf pack speech gets me π©΅ππ and already laughing again. This movie is VERY 2008.
06.12.2025 16:38 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0! I couldn't remember for sure but when I heard the interview on his style I was sure it was the Weisman
06.12.2025 16:27 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0A screenshot of a facebook status from 2016 that reads "In charter news: The Better Choice Foundation could now, in theory, take over a charter school that is being taken away from the Choice Foundation."
Classic New Orleans ed reporting
06.12.2025 16:15 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0This is the way
06.12.2025 16:03 β π 2 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0I, completely forgetting there are Winter Olympics in two months, would like to humbly request the opening of the Games be pushed to Ash Wednesday.
06.12.2025 16:00 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Have you seen the South Park AI episode - where she starts talking back to him as an AI
06.12.2025 15:53 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0City Council calls for transparency from DHS through list ofΒ demands
The New Orleans City Council sent a letter to Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino on Friday (Dec. 5) with five specific demands for the recently-launched immigration sweep dubbed βCatahoula Crunch.β
βCatalina Crunchβ unfortunately crinkled on display on a Costco shelf, as immigration officials occupy New Orleans in what theyβve deemed βCatahoula Crunchβ
Holy f-ing quadruple-take at Costco.
06.12.2025 04:17 β π 11 π 1 π¬ 2 π 0I always try to apply fiscal reasoning - the change cost money - but that assumes logic.
05.12.2025 23:13 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Mike Johnson won't click on this.
05.12.2025 23:11 β π 5 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0This is simultaneously the most made up headline and most believable case in our times.
I know New Orleanians will be interested.
Love a hot mic and Zoom transcriptions. Add those transcriptions and AI meeting summaries to your records request lists.
05.12.2025 20:25 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0New Orleans Police could enforce La. R.S. 14:313
05.12.2025 18:36 β π 5 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0Totally normal to wear your press badge while walking your dog because federal agents are likely targeting your neighborhood.
05.12.2025 15:51 β π 19 π 3 π¬ 2 π 0Louisiana's Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser's public schedule next week. His office oversees the state's economy and tourism.
He will NOT be in New Orleans. (Events in Covington, Slidell and D'Iberville, MS)
That is a fresh take I haven't heard before
05.12.2025 15:24 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0In college we eagerly awaited our roommate's mom's annual December dump of cold medicine, ibuprofen and other HSA-approved goods.
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