Louisiana students can now qualify for the TOPS scholarship by taking a conservative alternative to ACT and the SAT exams, but it is not currently accepted for admissions to any public university in Louisiana. #lalege #lagov

WIRED spoke with more than 200 federal workers in dozens of agencies to learn what happened as the Department of Government Efficiency tore through their offices. www.wired.com/story/oral-h...

Had a very sweetly disappointed 8yo who just got a radio - and couldn’t conceptualize that the same song wouldn’t be on when he put his headphones back on after his UNO turn.

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Hyper local traffic tweet - the Carrollton at Canal streetlight going lake bound is stuck on rotation for a streetcar turning city park bound. Soooo only half a block of cars can make it through. @nolautilities.bsky.social

Get you one:

First sight: Oh strange business/district partnership with a conflict of interest Second take: child labor!

Wowzer AG opinion out of Ascension Parish: The school district is "not authorized to permit a local credit union to operate a branch in its school buildings, even if it is purportedly done with academic goals in mind and students are given class credit in lieu of wages."

Two Fujiwaras is too many for one year. We already had Tr*mp and El*n.

I wish this was totally true. They aim down the middle because they fear losing money.

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What's the geo tag on the Patel photo?

The Mike Johnson porn monitoring buddy system

I just feel like they would write "F*** ICE" not "anti ICE" ... that's grammatically incorrect.

When you search consent decree in your city and there are at least three active ones - OPSB, OPSO, NOPD - (Is SWB's still active?)

Mona’s on Banks is open again 🍃

The dog is being a jerk (he's fine, literally just being a jerk) this morning - so I feel a little bad that he has a vet appointment - but also feels like maybe the timing is just fine.

Some news.

“Two ICE detainees were killed and one person was injured at a Dallas ICE facility Wednesday morning and one shooter is dead, police sources tell WFAA.” Local breaking news coverage here:

I love my local movie theater The Broad:

Louisiana been ahead on this. No masks to conceal your identity UNLESS it's Mardi Gras.

And that kids, is why denominators matter

I believe the anti-big government party line is “a decision that should be left to the schools”

Cataloging old podcasts and this quote titled one made me laugh out loud.

Having to keep medical stuff off the books is a terrifying reality of this administration. From sexual orientation, to an autism diagnosis, to your period - your personhood can be used against you.

The homophobia in Kenya was palpable when I lived there in the late aughts. Which was, at the time, somewhat discernible from the U.S. If Kenya can move forward -

Madlibs

The difference now is they don't want it surpressed

If the government controls the weather, who can I bribe for fall?

Big day over here

Personally donate instead of personally apologize is so consistent with this situation

It happens timezone by timezone

This is exactly what a baby trying to convince his doctor not to give him a shot would say.

That antifa with a capital A is the tell.

Straight from the mouse’s mouth

RTA is free the next two Saturdays as well as Election Day

Is Tylenol going to sue?

Hey, Jimmy Jimmy Oh, Jimmy Mack When are you coming back?

American Airlines is the official airline of 12 steppers with the initials A.A.

Random money from corporations day - $38 from facebook for stealing(?) my data, I don't remember what they did. $230 from Blue Cross, because they spent too much on administration(?), thanks Obama

Don't call it a trip

Tell me you live in America without telling me

Fuck around and get FOIAed

A lot of people are saying

The playbook has long been there:

New York Times review of Elizabeth Gilbert's new memoir Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/o...

To hire people on H1-B visas, the company literally has to prove they can't find an American to do the job. This isn't going to create jobs for Americans ~ we're unqualified for them.

All the Elizabeth Gilbert reviews are directing me toward borrowing it from the library. theconversation.com/wealthy-whin...

The termination letter The Washington Post sent to @karenattiah.bsky.social is insane. They’re claiming that white men are a protected marginalized group