Felt like I saw this newspaper piece before... and I did? But in the alt weekly? 🤔

“Going Up” ⏫🔥

"America's power bills surge as AI strains an aging grid" The price of electricity is up 32% in five years... www.axios.com/2025/08/29/e...

The gulf south is in the bullseye. “Damage from extreme weather will cost $32 billion annually across Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida by 2050 in a "middle of the road" climate change scenario”

New this week: crime plunged in the first half of 2025 including massive drops in murder and auto theft. My look at the nation's crime trends so far this year: jasher.substack.com/p/assessing-...

Read @rjamesfinn.bsky.social on @helenamorenola.com first big media campaign rolling out across all platforms. Helena's ready to lead boldly with her heart and a real concrete vision to lead our city in a new direction 🚀 See more and watch the ads here: www.nola.com/news/politic...

Mayoral candidate Helena Moreno tells Reddit it's a ‘dangerous time for New Orleans’ www.nola.com/gambit/news/...

New, from me: They are trying to shove through the massive reconciliation bill as quickly as possible. Stepping back, the bill is: *an assault on the poor to benefit the richest *an assault on freedom *an assault on the future donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-the-re...

Uneven climate risks across communities especially affect New Orleans. "In New Orleans, for example, about 95% of Asian homeowners, 92% of Black homeowners and 86% of Hispanic homeowners are vulnerable to flooding, compared to 76% of white homeowners."

Jimmy Harris delivers better than anyone in Lege, but does it quietly. When I first started, we were both aides to powerful pols who were sometimes at odds. But Jimmy was always awesome to work with. Unpretentious and smart. Great @rjamesfinn.bsky.social piece. www.nola.com/news/politic...

Blackout last week caused by unplanned plant outages and lack of transmission capacity: www.nola.com/news/busines... For years, fmr @nolautilities.bsky.social chair @helenamorenola.com fought for more transmission lines, but utilities said no... for e.g. 2021: www.all4energy.org/wp-content/u...

For those of you scoring latest Entergy power outage for New Orleans at home, a clue: EIA.gov showing both Louisiana nuclear plants DOWN as of today shorting us 2GW(!!) of generation. MISO runs the grid. Entergy/Cleco run power plants. If the plants don't make juice, MISO can't send it.

Massive feature in the T-P this morning about the multiple challenges to maintaining the Mississippi River as a shipping channel and as a source of fresh water amid rising seas, saltwater intrusion, and its own changing dynamics. www.nola.com/news/environ...

When Michelle Obama wanted healthier food for kids and in gov programs = tyranny nanny state liberals. When RFK Jr. and right wingers do it to even greater extent? = "Make America Healthy Again" www.nola.com/news/healthc...

JP had Dan Stein on his little podcast thingy youtu.be/2Sp6Vqk2CUo?...

Good on @gregsargent.bsky.social for reporting this from “blue town that shifted red” rather than from a diner in Trump country where everyone loves Trump. Something for everyone here, no matter your theory of what happened in 2024. newrepublic.com/article/1908...

New Orleans City Council passes new ordinance to address building collapses, blight www.nola.com/gambit/news/...

Deepseek is a pretty important development, vis a vis the massive investment annoucements that have come with the AGI race. Good thread here.

Louisiana pays more for electricity from one of the least reliable grids, audit finds . @wesmuller.bsky.social reports lailluminator.com/2025/01/24/l...

I think Ganz is really on to something with this distinction between the old bourgeois right & the new right, the mob.

So excited to have Renée be campaign manager for HM for Mayor - we're focused on bringing much-needed change to our city and finally get things working again for the people of New Orleans. Let's goooo! 🚀

New from @rjamesfinn.bsky.social: A Wide-Open Council At-Large race for seat vacated by @helenamorenola.bsky.social could turn historic; with re-election of @jpmorrell.bsky.social, chances are there will be two African-American At-Large councilmembers for first time.

Here's ways to help New Orleans Bourbon Street terror attack victims and families www.nola.com/gambit/news/...

Beautiful and poignant new bmike mural going up across from 1300 Perdido... the watchers. Four giants, ordinary people watching City Hall and its occupants - and holding them accountable. "Art has power. Create Change." www.nola.com/entertainmen...

Story: Helena Moreno launches campaign for New Orleans mayor: 'We need a new direction' #lalege #lagov @nolanews.bsky.social

Tomorrow morning we’ll be launching my campaign to move New Orleans in a new direction! I am grateful for the overwhelming support and encouragement you’ve given me. You helped me make this decision. More to come in the morning!💪

Great read on the state of play.

Had a delightful chat with @joshuabenton.com about how crime trends and perceptions are no longer lining up, check it out! www.niemanlab.org/2024/11/are-...

Trump and his entourage want fo claim a mandate for the most extreme elements of their agenda. But a lot of people who voted for Trump were delusional about what that agenda actually is, and voted for him believing he wouldn’t do those things. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

We've also added an 'Overview' feature that lets users see how all crime types are changing in agency or across the whole sample. Check it out and feedback is greatly appreciated! Realtimecrimeindex.com

This would be... ok? www.notus.org/trump-2024/g...

MaCCNO is having a "Know Your Rights" training on Thursday 11/14, Buffa's Lounge, 2 p.m.

What are we doing here? Did Cassidy/Kennedy spike all possibilities here? Plenty of super competent local New Orleans lawyers would have liked to get on that Federal bench...

Last lines here by @jbouie.bsky.social are 🎯 “The disturbing truth is that there’s probably more sincerity than not in American politics. We may not want to believe it, but most of the people in charge say what they mean and mean what they say.” www.nytimes.com/2024/05/21/o...

15 Republican governors are against a Biden administration program to give food to kids who need food. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/...

“And while states to the east and west, …, have been battered by the closures of rural hospitals, not one such facility here has closed on Edwards’ watch because he did what his neighboring governors refused and accepted the federal dollars to expand Medicaid.” — apple.news/AWEcetul5T5O...

“Murder plummeted in the United States in 2023 at one of the fastest rates of decline ever recorded, Asher found, and every category of major crime except auto theft declined.”

Here's something I might have mentioned before I was down 50 points

Big week for Offshore Wind in Louisiana - Orsted rolling out 1st US built massive HQ/maintenance/install vessel built at ECE in Houma, LA - La signs first state waters offshore leases for 6k+ acres

Have you ever wondered what I sound like complaining about Americans' perceptions of crime a week after losing my voice with a cold? Well I've got good news for you! www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...

When you unpack the synergy between our political climate and the logics and economics of American journalism, it's clear how and why authoritarianism is rewarded by the ethos of televisual culture. "TV rewards the authoritarian candidate." for @niemanlab.org www.niemanlab.org/2023/12/tv-r...

As COP28 began, the World Meteorological Organization confirmed what appeared to be a foregone conclusion: that 2023 is assured to end up as Earth’s hottest year in human history.

Analysis by Andrew Van Dam: Given soaring home prices, the law of supply and demand suggests that developers should be building like crazy. And in a few places, they are. We take a look.

Last year, when I did the math on all 50 states’ legislative races (thousands of races), I found just how much Dems defied history for a midterm — incl. flipping 4 legislative chambers. This year, same exercise: Dems bucked expectations again, netting seats & another chamber — their 5th in 2 years

Unreliable + overly expensive utilities drove Faubourg Brewing out of biz. “We frequently lose power, " Sekmakas said. "Even on days with blue sunny skies it can happen." He said that over the past 8 months they have had 10 production dumps costing around $30k each. Water costs were 10-15x higher

NEW ORLEANS! Today is the LAST DAY to apply for the City Council Recreation & Culture Fund! ⏰ Nearly $7M have been allocated for organizations that work directly with our youth and in our cultural communities. Check out bit.ly/3Furism for more information. Applications close at 11:59 PM TONIGHT!

Jeff Landry's plans for New Orleans could go beyond reducing violent crime to include everything from "dealing" with the unhoused to cracking down on street vending & is the latest GOP power grab against cities w/Black elected leaders www.nola.com/gambit/news/...

“Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), who sent the House home early despite a government shutdown looming next week, will speak at a gathering of right-wing leaders in Paris this weekend.” Another Louisiana world traveler

“No person alive in the city has ever experienced a summer like this," said Ben Schott, the director of the National Weather Service in New Orleans. But yes, please continue as normal.