As I routinely say, Louisiana is a testing ground. A story from January: Louisiana locked up misoprostol a year ago — and is now trying to restrict it nationally After the law was signed here. ten other states attempted to introduce similar legislation. thelensnola.org/2026/01/14/l...

I love having to call all my utilities providers in order to track down how to view and pay my bill

happy may day! every right you have as a worker was written in blood ❤️

Calvin Duncan sues state over bill eliminating clerk’s office Federal civil rights suit claims that Landry, Murrill engaged in a ‘coordinated conspiracy’ to keep Calvin Duncan from taking office.

This is a cold civil war. There is no more territory to expand as a release valve, there’s no Kansas-Nebraska Acts and more Indians to force onto reservations; the only frontiers are inward and slave power is forcing its hand to tilt the scales while it still can.

Got sunburned on a regular walk in the park and now everyone is gonna think I went to jazz fest 😔

today a stranger drove past me standing on the street and yelled “fuck you” and I didn’t assume it was about me because why would it be, then they got out of their car at the next light and screamed in my direction something something “dumb bitch” and I’d be more upset if it wasn’t so baffling

I don’t think you’re allowed to brag about how good you are at parallel parking if you have a rear view camera tbh

I understand Pope fatigue (I was confirmed by a child molester) and to an extent it's a Let Them Fight situation but it's genuinely important and different that the Catholic Church, a major geopolitical actor with endless resources dating back millennia, is coming out hard against fascism this time

IT IS NOT ILLEGAL TO HANG OUT IN THE LIBRARY.

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i wrote about that park slope diner owner who’s hellbent on using AI advertising www.patreon.com/posts/155290...

Al Jazeera Mubasher correspondent in Gaza, Mohammed Washah, was killed after an Israeli drone targeted his vehicle.

I really support going to a protest btw I mean no disrespect. But the saying goes to tear this down we gotta push from every direction. The onus is one YOU to notice and defend those putting real skin in the game to end this war machine. Don't wait til the mass movement arrives. We live here now.

"What can Democrats do?" When the South Korean president attempted to declare martial law, South Korean lawmakers literally fought through tanks and military forces and climbed fences to get into their Parliament building to stop him. So, you know, that.

kinda funny how often people refer to their personal use of AI as “maybe the only good use of AI” and their reason is like, making an illustration or a flyer, as if learning a crude-level understanding of a new skill is impossible, and as if THAT would be the justifiable use of the technology

got a new microwave and the door locks on it and you have to like, solve a puzzle to unlock it and idk what was wrong with microwave door technology that we needed to add a lock to it

I really don’t try to be that guy but every day I grow more convinced nobody knows how to exist in public space, most specifically during performances. A guy was checking his sports betting app during the BALLET, it’s so fucking over for you dude you might as well end it now

going to the special movie theater where text flashes at the bottom of the screen that says DO THIS when something i’m supposed to do is happening, and flashes DON’T DO THIS when i’m not

Mardi Gras Hot Wheels, Joan of Arc, and cocktail shrimp costumes; the Wit's End Bad Puppy parade; and a bumper sticker follow-up appeared in our Close Encounters this month antigravitymagazine.com/column/close...

I'm suing Grammarly over its paid AI feature that presented editing suggestions as if they came from me - and many other writers and journalists - without consent. State law requires consent before someone's name can be used for commercial purposes. www.wired.com/story/gramma...

How many of you receive 2x/week trash pickup? We are still on that "temporary" post Ida 1x/week schedule. So, technically our rates already went up...

had to call in the big guns (mom) to help me get my new apartment in manageable order

Emmanuel Damas, a Boston resident and asylum seeker from Haiti who entered the United States legally, was killed by ICE. He leaves behind two sons.

Sitting on the floor in silence in my new apartment surrounded by boxes and boxes and boxes of my things trying to remind myself that all this stuff went inside of other stuff and will return there soon enough

Duck

I think about this tweet every time I feel something online start to curl its annoying little grip into my head

my stress dreams seem to default to missing deadlines because last night I dreamt that I missed the deadline of moving apartments ?

back in the house of my nemesis, the sewerage and water board

living in kafka world thelensnola.org/2026/02/18/l...

Happy Mardi Gras ❤️

Mardi gras:-)

they should pass a law that says ICE has to follow the law

I think about this quote from the Luddite movement all the time

Perhaps the most annoying facet of strength is that the only way to acquire it is through consistency, writes Senior Editor @marginalmarisa.bsky.social We just have to continue to do difficult things until they’re easier. And they do get easier. antigravitymagazine.com/column/lette...

If you haven’t been able to get to a Union Migrante training yet, get thee to the @neworleansbookfair.bsky.social right at 11 for their workshop on solidarity in the face of ICE

Had a horrible run recently of people talking, in some cases nearly screaming, during almost every single movie I’ve seen in theaters recently. I dunno if people have just completely forgotten how to act or what but it’s made me apprehensive about going! Which sucks! Because I love movie theaters!

New Orleans folks: Do you hate Facebook but like the Marketplace feature? Want to help beta test something different, better, with actual local humans at the helm? Sign up! nolapickup.com

the chokehold that the coffee Blue Bell ice cream has on me…

Had a wretched birthday weekend but this email from Quest might be what tips it all over the edge

‘dear rax, the VP at my day job is an AI true believer and it fills me with despair — is hope lost?’ www.patreon.com/posts/143594...

Calvin Duncan wins Orleans clerk of court race Duncan, a political newcomer and former prisoner, defeated incumbent Darren Lombard by a wide margin in Saturday's runoff.

here’s the thing I’ll never download an app to attend a party

🚨NEW STORY 🚨 Last month, over 400 activists were imprisoned by Israel for trying to bring aid into Gaza. 1 of them was Zue, an army vet. Here, me and Zue discuss her voyage to Gaza, imprisonment, NOLA's role in the ongoing genocide in Gaza, & more. antigravitymagazine.com/feature/zue-...

Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...

The annoying thing about not drinking is that when something feels bad it’s way more confusing to figure out