One-scotch-in election thought: this Calvin Duncan win margin is crazy. I think it's a perfect storm of multiple events, not just one bad commercial or campaign move. The factor that stands out to me at the moment is that New Orleanians DO NOT LIKE Baton Rouge sticking its nose in a local race.

"California sober" but it's "California homophobia" (as seen on the Pontchartrain Expressway yesterday and yes, California plates).

I can't remember who on here was looking for Bat Mitzvah cards and apologies if the moment has passed but Harvey Target has some.

Me leaving Stein's: Have a great day! Stein: Don't tell me what to fuckin do.

If you want a little insight into the New Orleans film industry of the past 30 years, as well as details about the NOLA Props liquidation, check out this blog post.

I love that Martin Scorsese, celebrated auteur and one of the architects of modern American cinema, is not too cool to make silly TikToks with his granddaughter. www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMVGGbFf/

Annual Halloween hot take: full size candy bars aren't the move. I know it feels baller and all that but it works against the buffet style of the candy haul. You eat a little bit of this, a little bit of that. WTF are you supposed to do with a whole Snickers bar?

Anyone want to start an instrumental hardcore band called Skeleton Jammies?

I like to gauge my home improvement projects by how many runs it's gonna take to the hardware store. I'm calling this one a five-tripper.

Did y'all know that the I, Tonya director (Craig Gillespie) put out a movie called "Dumb Money" ? Never heard of it til I saw it buried in the 300 section of cable. Kind of a Social-Network-meets-The-Big-Short movie about the GameStop stock thing in 2021. STACKED cast.

Extremely niche New Orleans style guide point: there is no "e" in St. Roch Tavern.

Apropos of nothing, did you know that the director of PCU, Hart Bochner, was Ellis ("Hans, Bubbie!") in Die Hard?

I have to shout out Katie who's been crushing it especially this year with heavy duty feature Q&As, and I would also like to use this post to say if you are a photographer who can write, or a writer who can take decent photos, you will be practically unstoppable as a journalist/storyteller.

If the political, environmental, and social ramifications aren't registering, just remember using AI looks tacky and lazy as fuck too.

Me hearting the hundreds of @antigravitymag.bsky.social Voter Education Guide donations. (Seriously, thank you.)

Unofficial at 40% (for mayor), so... not great?

It looks like Manny Chevrolet is getting twice as many votes as Frank Scurlock so at least that's a little flame of New Orleans freakdom still burning.

Turnout in Orleans Parish for the presidential election last year was a shade under 60%. Will be interesting to see what the mayoral race numbers look like in relation.

I just dipped a muffuletta in some hummus and I'm not saying it's a path to world peace or anything, but it was a revelation.

support worker-owned media and leftist independent journalism while you still can

72 pages. Pretty sure this is our biggest issue ever in 21 years, for what that's worth.

I'm just a simple man but I think one relatively easy and effective thing to do right now if you consider yourself a decent person who finds our current reality unacceptable would be to boycott the NFL. Stop buying official merch, stop going to games, stop tuning in.

Amazing that this guy was the future Tony Stark.

If anyone is wondering what my week's been like, I'm *really* looking forward to cleaning the rat shit from behind my washing machine this weekend.

911 is out, so schedule your emergencies accordingly.

Defend New Orleans (From New Orleans) www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMLMGeXS/

Absurd notion, right? But Kimmel has a golden opportunity here to pull what you might call a "Zelenskyy."

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Bruh I bet y'all didn't know Arthur Hardy went this hard (as Brother Martin band director circa 1975).

Evergreen post since 2001.

Me describing my schedule over the next couple weeks trying to get the @antigravitymag.bsky.social October issue and voter guide published almost simultaneously.

Is the Sad Bastard era about to make a resurgence with Gen Z / Alpha? If so I am HERE FOR IT. www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6Tq5vNg/

Happy regular season to all who celebrate.

enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits

Nothing quite as humbling as having Buffalo Exchange reject 100% of the clothes you bring in.

My BFF-SFAM @kellyem.bsky.social sent me this email from 8/31/2005 and what you kiddos need to understand is if it sounds like a telegram, it practically was. I had to find "Wi-Fi" for my "laptop" way back in 2005 and that could've easily taken days back then.

That crazy psychic wind you're feeling is a million people (give or take) all simultaneously time traveling 20 years into the past.

Seeing Fugazi on their home turf at Malcolm X park in DC, 1996. I think the guitar player from Nation of Ulysses / The Makeup did a DJ set.

My journalism career began when I responded to a Craigslist ad seeking a team of reporters to cover New Orleans charter school boards for $50 per meeting. The Lens' Charter School Reporting Corps monitored adherence to sunshine laws during the rapid expansion of charter schools. We set the tone.

Thank you @wadrewhawkins.bsky.social for getting my good side.

If you want to know what it's like on the last day of production of a magazine before it goes to the printer, insert an 8" splinter under your skin somewhere and slowly pull it out over a 16 hour period.

I feel the same way about the Katrina anniversary as I do about my high school reunion. I lived here then and I live here now, so no strong desire to commemorate what I remember and interact with almost every day.

Petition to make the typo "questinos" a real word. Like, "I just got a few little questinos for you, won't take long."

If you're not doing anything tonight (Saturday 8/16) check me out at @courtyardbrew.bsky.social from 6-10, this is my last market with @noladeco.bsky.social before I move to my big boy spot at Left Bank on Tchoup. Nothing over $20 and most stuff $10 and under.

The 4-year-old has forsaken one beloved stuffie for the new beloved stuffie. And it's a little more heartbreaking to watch than I would expect.

Funny thing about this letter to the editor (which is beautiful btw) is it's the *second* time we've gotten an email like this from an immigrant/foreign national who was mesmerized not only by ANTIGRAVITY but by Oak Street as well. It's kind of the sleeper hit section of town.

Latest newsletter is out, check it out for info on upcoming sales and events, including a couple of NOLA DECO tabling events. myemail.constantcontact.com/NOLA-DECO-at...

First time at Buc-ees. OMG it's fucking hell on Earth, a human ant pile. What is wrong with y'all???

I don't know if anyone will get this but I thought it was funny.