Michael Monteleone

That makes sense. I suppose it's good that the recent oak trimming along Napoleon has *technically* been in Fall.

Live oak tree with brown patches

So maybe this oak near me on Cadiz isn’t just thirsty? It was trimmed around the utility lines not long before these patches appeared.

New Orleans has had the fewest murders this year since 1970. Carjackings are down 80% relative to 2022, vehicle burglaries are down 70%, shootings are down 63%. This is a wholly unnecessary stunt that will hurt local businesses.

Indubitably

Two vote margin in recent Orleans Parish election.

Vote.

America Is Watching the Rise of a Dual State For most people, the courts will continue to operate as usual—until they don’t.

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“Building a dual state need not end in genocide: Russia and Singapore have followed the same model of the dual state … as the Nazis did. Their deepest similarity, rather, is that both are intolerant of political dissent and leave the overwhelming majority of citizens alone.”

And here I thought the seas would rise first.

New Orleans. Here before the United States — and maybe after too.

Krewe da Bhan Gras

Buffalo Soldiers

Merry Antoinettes

L. B. Landry High

Some happy moments this weekend care of Krewe da Bhan Gras, Buffalo Soldiers, Merry Antoinettes, and L. B. Landry High.

I picked up this matryoshka from a Ukrainian vendor at a Baltimore art market in 2017. Eight years later, not much has changed. Maybe not even in the 86 years since the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact.

Gulf of Chicxulub Check out my custom Gulf of Chicxulub map created with MapQuest!

So MapQuest still exists and is good, but the bigger story is what happens when you search Google for “Chicxulub crater.” I won’t pretend I remembered the spelling.

Air Force One

Storms

Wait where’d the nice weather go? Oh.

In case y’all missed the snow. I wouldn’t say I miss it.

Snowy street in New Orleans.

Snowy window in New Orleans.

Snowy street in New Orleans.

Snowy rooftops in New Orleans.

Close enough from in here, thanks.

Snowing in N’orleans like beignet sugar

Grand Moff Tarkin saying, "The last remnants of the old Republic have been swept away."

“The last remnants of the old Republic have been swept away.”

Early 40s. Early 80s.

L-EAUX-L

Louisiana’s Governor-Elect Wants To Withhold Funds For New Orleans’ Decaying Water Infrastructure Until Women Who Seek Abortions Are Prosecuted | Essence In a horrifying intersection of reproductive rights and environmental justice, Jeff Landry has urged the state to withhold funds because of his personal feelings about reproductive rights.

And more recently too! www.essence.com/news/louisia...

I'm old enough to remember calls for letting New Orleans drown coming from within our own state — even then.

11.4 Million dollars. For 200 People. For 2 months.

You could give that to them in cash and it would be a fucking down payment on a house. But the point is not solving homelessness. The point has always been cruelty

Excerpt from nola.com: One scenario the contractor proposed, according to the suit, was a driver of a Ford F-150 making a right turn from Canal Street and hitting the gas. Jabbar ultimately did exactly that, driving what appeared to be a similar truck. The April 2024 consultant's analysis, from Mott McDonald, didn't recommend a system designed to thwart that kind of attack, however, the lawsuit alleges. The contractor recommended a less-expensive option from a company called "1-800-Bollards," with barriers that weren't adequate to stop a truck traveling more than 12 mph, the suit said. The replacement barriers were still in the process of being installed at the time of the attack.

Operators are standing by. www.nola.com/news/courts/...

Christmas bits ended yesterday. I regret the error.

Amazon gives New Orleans attack survivor paid time off after first denying her request A Bourbon Street attack survivor was granted time off from her job at an Amazon distribution facility after the denial of her initial request generated a heap of online criticism

Well, in Whoville they say that the Grinch's small heart grew three sizes that day

Please give the fireworks a break tonight, y’all.

To do list:
1) get to work writing a lengthy indictment against our century.

2) make an occasional cheese dip

Google trend search of the term, “what is project 2025” showing interest increasing after the election.

Google trend search of the term, “what are tariffs” showing interest increasing after the election.

Fun with Google Trends: the “learning about things too late” edition

Five-act play in the nola.com sidebar.

YouTube video by FraKctured The Most Unwanted Song (FULL VERSION)

‘Tis the season. “Labor Day, all the way. Do all your shopping at Wal-Mart.”