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So much lightning

Announcement that Erika Johnson won the Soil and Water Conservation District Board election.

I know there were a lot of things about yesterday's election that were (choose your adjective 🤬) and there's going to have to be some real changes made, but also let's take a minute to celebrate Erica's VICTORY and the part that so many of you played in making it happen! #NOLAsky #Geauxvote

#DidYouKnow there is a special election today? This rare election is to elect a supervisor of the Crescent Soil and Water Conservation District.

There are only a handful of polling locations for today! Swipe to find the one nearest to you and re-elect Erica Johnson! (IG: @its.petit.jardin)

#NoKings

We can see it from the bayou in midcity.

Damn. Elio’s is closing.

Former NOPD sergeant, beloved 'dancing cop,' dies at 58 after battle with ALS, family says Leroy-Joseph "L.J." Compascio Smith passed away on Feb. 21 at the age of 58.

Former NOPD sergeant, beloved 'dancing cop,' dies at 58 after battle with ALS, family says Leroy-Joseph "L.J." Compascio Smith passed away on Feb. 21 at the age of 58.
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Tabling at the Virginia Wine Expo….! Sipping wine and talking about regenerative agriculture might be my fave passtime…

House Speaker Mike Johnson's chief of staff arrested on DUI charge after Trump speech Hayden Haynes is a longtime top aide to Mike Johnson, both in the speaker's office and his personal office.

Breaking:

Hayden Haynes, the chief of staff to House Speaker Mike Johnson, was arrested early Wednesday morning — hours after Trump's speech — for drunken driving after his car struck a Capitol vehicle. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

Excited to watch an old white guy pretend to reign as king of an imaginary empire tonight. Also the State of the Union is on.

#RexComus

How did the U.S. get out of debt last time?

Friends, follow @deltachapter-la.bsky.social (Sierra Club) here in the ole happy place. Found out that Meta has permanently banned their BR page because they told some truths about polluting industries... boost their signal here. They are organizing against the META data center in north Louisiana.

Stand fast,
We have as many friends as enemies.

I honestly feel like the girl from the “dead like me” tv show from years ago. Last week, I saw the helicopter/plane crash in real time. This week, this. And the freaking flyovers right now are raising the hairs on my arm.

Thank ya - yeah, I'm more like WTF than scared? Although, I got freaked on my way home, scenarios in my head. I have no idea what would have made them spray something liquid at me. Like, was it poison or something? I was wearing my Louisiana Running Co shirt.... haha.

My police report recording must sound hilarious. I felt like I was reporting a scene from a movie or book or something. I kept apologizing for "not having any helpful information" but that this was strange enough that there should be a record of it? Maybe that's why I'm putting it here too. #🧵

...home, I got this really terrified feeling. Like, she could have run me over or shot me or something. Maybe it's because the world is on fire, but I feel like I never would have called the cops about this years ago, just chalked it up to something strange. I'm still stunned.

...there, stunned, & watched her drive away. Surely she saw me taking pictures. I decided on the other side of the street as I was walking away that I should prob call the cops. Not like they were gonna find this person, but I dunno. Felt like it was weird/worthy of it being "on record". Walking...

...that it didn't get me wet or hit me at all) and she screamed blood-murder AHHHHHHHHHHH at the tops of her lungs before squealing away. I really had no clue what happened or why. It took me a few seconds, but I did manage to snap a few pictures of the car (but the license was blurry). I stood...

through the intersection and into the neutral ground. There was a black Nissan Rogue in the intersection, turning left toward Delgado. As I came up on their right side, I saw a woman inside the car reach up her hand through the sunroof and spray a liquid aerosol at me (I was far enough away...

🧵Okay, the weirdest fing thing happened to me today. Yes, I called 911, even though I'm still befuddled. I was finishing up a walk-and-talk with a coworker and walking home from City Park on N Henn at Orleans. I was minding my own business and not holding up traffic as I crossed...

Trivia at Second Line, a fundraiser supporting the New Orleans Family Justice Center.

5 ways to celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth (cause the fed govt doesn’t run your house)

1. Find out what Sojourner Truth REALLY said
2. Buy a Black horror, scifi or fantasy book
3. Listen to “Naima” by John Coltrane
4. Send the victims of the LA fires in Altadena a few coins
5. Get a library card

It’s common sense that defunding $20M from our public schools is irresponsible and harmful. Full stop. 🛑

CC: @nolacitycouncil.bsky.social

Bowl of pho and a Heineken at Tet Fest

Tet Fest stage. Happy New Year!

Happy year of the snake!

It looks like the Five O Fore place is super close to opening, surely they want LIX tourists…. No open date on their socials. Anybody know?

LOUISIANA PEOPLE!

I need you to call Senator Dr. Bill Cassidy, telling him to NOT confirm RFK Jr for Health Secretary.

He’s a swing vote!

It took 40 seconds of my time to call. I left a voicemail. His staff tallies the calls.

He’s a vote that can be flipped:

- he’s a doctor

- pro-vaccine🧵

Bucktown Marina pictured with running path, marsh, water, and slightly cloudy morning sky.

Pretty spectacular two miles on the lake this morning. Pretty sure the snow last week is gonna go into the “New Orleans Lore” file.

Sen Tim Kaine (D-VA) speech about Trump Admin. "buyout" idea for federal workers

"He's tricked hundreds of people with that offer. If you accept that offer and resign, he'll stiff you just like he stiffed the contractors. He doesn't have any authority to do this. Do not be fooled by this guy"