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Communications director at the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana. Writer. Editor. Actor. Urban farmer. Solar adopter. Times-Picayune alum. If you can’t take the skeet, get out of the kitchen.
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submitted 68 days ago • 1074 comments

Good morning with good news: Fossil fuels generated less than 50% of US electricity, falling to 49.2%, for a month for first time ever in March. History made. How? Solar & wind were up 37% & 12% respectively, setting a record high of 24.4% of US electricity. #energysky electrek.co/2025/04/04/f...

submitted 70 days ago • 3 comments

Again, this will be the first step in a likely long legal battle in state appeals courts, or may push companies to begin settlement talks. Stay tuned! www.nola.com/news/environ...

submitted 71 days ago • 0 comments

*gazes wistfully out a window*

submitted 75 days ago • 1262 comments

lailluminator.com/2025/03/26/s...

submitted 76 days ago • 1 comment

come on www.wired.com/story/michae...

submitted 80 days ago • 3 comments

JUST IN: American Oversight is suing Hegseth, Gabbard, Ratcliffe et al, saying their messaging via Signal is a violation of the Federal Records Act. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 81 days ago • 1053 comments

And just like that, no nation will have America's back.

submitted 81 days ago • 238 comments

It’s like Watergate, only in this version Nixon directly mails the tapes to Woodward and Bernstein

submitted 81 days ago • 1136 comments

A Pentagon-wide advisory that went out one week ago warns against using the Signal, the messaging app, even for unclassified information.

submitted 81 days ago • 646 comments

www.reddit.com/r/NewOrleans... PSA - bunch of fentanyl laced coke going around the lgd, and probably not confined to there

submitted 83 days ago • 1 comment

President Trump promoted his cryptocurrency this morning. His promotional post led to an immediate spike in the price.

submitted 83 days ago • 91 comments

Easter eggs? In this economy?

submitted 83 days ago • 1 comment

lmao getting fact checked irl

submitted 84 days ago • 635 comments

Civic-minded Louisiana residents, while you are voting early, please also consider making public comments on the state’s draft annual plan for coastal spending. The deadline is today. Don’t know what to say? Just say you support science-based coastal restoration. Email comments to [email protected]

submitted 84 days ago • 1 comment

Early and often

submitted 84 days ago • 0 comments

Okay, this is my newest very very favorite meme.

submitted 85 days ago • 174 comments

George Foreman, boxing legend, has died. He was 76

submitted 85 days ago • 391 comments

BARTIROMO: Are you expecting agricultural products to be more expensive as a result of tariffs? BROOKE ROLLINS: When they voted in November 2024, they knew that's what they were voting for ... there may be an interim period. But real change takes disruption.

submitted 85 days ago • 454 comments

NEW: Someone asked the state to release temperature logs taken at its prisons. Some of the logs didn't exist or were defaced by staff. So the logs were fabricated. Those are the findings of an internal agency investigation. I got a copy. www.kut.org/crime-justic... #txlege #TDCJ

submitted 85 days ago • 2 comments

#severance is renewed for Season 3. #PraiseKier and Tim Cook. film still #67 Choreography & Merriment

submitted 85 days ago • 508 comments

Teen Vogue: remains braver than almost any other news outlet at this time.

submitted 86 days ago • 163 comments

Tulane University product

submitted 85 days ago • 1 comment

Feels good to finally be debt free

submitted 86 days ago • 1 comment

www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/n... @bittergiantsfan.bsky.social

submitted 87 days ago • 3 comments

RIP, Tesla.

submitted 88 days ago • 704 comments

"MN state Sen. Justin Eichorn allegedly arranged to meet someone he thought was a teenage girl for sex and instead was arrested by police ... One of Eichorn’s recent official acts was being among 5 Republicans who are seeking to dub 'Trump derangement syndrome' as an official mental illness"

submitted 88 days ago • 536 comments

Hi friends! Please join me, Gwen Thompkins, Melissa “DJ Soul Sister” Weber and Jennifer Odell this Thursday at 2pm at the New Orleans Jazz Museum where we will display blazing repartee and incisive commentary ❤️ nolajazzmuseum.org/events/2025/...

submitted 88 days ago • 0 comments

Today, March 18, states like Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, and other nearby states are getting 60% of their power from wind energy. #energysky

submitted 88 days ago • 2 comments

Imagine being obliterated in a rocket explosion 11,000 feet above the Gulf of Mexico because you picked McNeese State over Gonzaga in the Sweet 16.

submitted 89 days ago • 529 comments

90% of people diagnosed with pancreatic cancer die from the disease. That's why the medical community is excited about the results of a small trial in which nearly half of the pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine for the disease remained relapse-free three years later.

submitted 90 days ago • 847 comments

Why do heat pumps cost twice as much in Germany as in the UK? Some thoughts by me in this piece. www.coolingpost.com/world-news/h...

submitted 91 days ago • 12 comments

India's new residential rooftop solar scheme, established Feb 2024, has reached a milestone of 1 million installations, or about 3GW. The govt is targeting 2 million by October, and 10 million by March 2027 to reach about 30GW total.

submitted 92 days ago • 1 comment

PEOPLE OF BLUESKY! Ahhhhhh, it smells good here. Behold a trailer for season 2 of Poker Face! It’s gonna be a good one. May 8th on the almighty Peacock!

submitted 94 days ago • 461 comments

Trump's FBI is moving to criminalize groups like Habitat for Humanity for receiving grants from the EPA. Citibank revealed in a court filing Wednesday that it was told to freeze the groups’ bank accounts at the FBI’s request, alleging “possible criminal violations." newrepublic.com/post/192660/...

submitted 93 days ago • 6 comments

Woof.

submitted 93 days ago • 0 comments

love when SAG-AFTRA sends me a "do not work" notice. buddy, i'm an actor. i got "do not work" down pat

submitted 94 days ago • 3 comments

The fresh horror btw: the US is becoming a net importer of food. Which is wild, because the US has probably the most high-quality farmland per person of any country on the planet. WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE FOLKS??? www.ers.usda.gov/data-product...

submitted 94 days ago • 23 comments

UPDATE: From the original poster of the letter on FB:

submitted 94 days ago • 456 comments

NICE

submitted 94 days ago • 13 comments

Renewables and batteries are playing an increasingly crucial role for the state in the shoulder season, when coal and gas plants fall offline in large numbers. 🔌💡 www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...

submitted 95 days ago • 0 comments

Why I Left the Washington Post www.newyorker.com/news/essay/w...

submitted 94 days ago • 6 comments

one of the things i truly believe is that a significant portion of this country is in the grip of a death cult

submitted 95 days ago • 1542 comments