New Orleans / Louisiana friends - Election day, if you haven't voted, please do.
Important harm mitigation. Too many didn't bother to vote in the first election, so we have an incoming MAGAt Governor elect. But the important offices of Secretary of State, Attorney General, and State Treasurer depend on today's election.
9 Times the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Miscalculated Badly at the Expense of #Taxpayers, #Wildlife
The agency has a history of diving into big #construction projects that exceed projected costs, fall short on projected benefits and, in some cases, create new problems that #engineers hadn’t bargained for.
"Guidry asked him to estimate how many turtles weighing more than one hundred pounds he had caught in Toledo Bend. Without hesitation, Colo answered 'five hundred.'"
Protest: Stop NOLA Port's Aid to #Israel
Call to Action!
Friday, November 3rd, 11am
Demo at annual State of the Port Address
Sidewalk outside Sheraton Hotel
500 Canal St
Saturday, November 4, 2023
Crystal Palace
1725 Gretna Blvd
Harvey, LA
NOLA for Gaza Day
Crescent City Souk
12-4pm
Local goods & foods market
Free entry
Palestine Resistance Poetry Jam
5:30-7:30pm
Traditional Falastini clothing encouraged
$20 per person
Monday, 11/6 @ 11am
LA State capitol
Statewide March for Palestine
Neaux (No) more genocide with our tax dollars!
900 North 3rd St, Baton Rouge, LA
Bus travel at Masjid Omar at 8:30am
Palestine Will Be Free
Sunday, November 5, 3-5pm
City Park
Stanley Ray Playground (by Cafe du Monde)
Kids for a Ceasefire
An event for New Orleanian kids, teenagers and families to center the humanity and beauty of Palestinean children and all children impacted by war.
All are welcome.
Let's come together to stop the genocide.
For more details and to reach the event organizers, check out Kids For a Ceasefire/ New Orleans on Facebook.
Art, music, good snacks, songs, listening circles, stilters, send letters to kid friends in Palestine, face painting, story time...
'NewOrleans.com has rolled out its online Musician Database, a collection of biographical pages on more than 200 local musicians presented in alphabetical order. Each profile page can accommodate a brief biography, photos, a description of the music, links to the act’s web page, social media accounts and performance schedule, and a Spotify playlist.'
At least seven people were killed after a “superfog” of smoke from south Louisiana marsh fires and dense fog caused multiple massive car crashes Monday morning involving a total of 158 vehicles, authorities said. #AureFreePress#News#Louisiana
New Orleans may escape saltwater contaminating municipal drinking water this season. But going forward, saltwater intrusion is expected to be an increasingly regular threat, not just in in South East Louisiana but many places in the US (and presumably other countries).
Guardian: Saltwater threat to Louisiana drinking water to grow across US, experts warn
In case you missed my brag & boast about our Limpkins at Fontainebleau State Park on the northshore of New Orleans. They were easily visible around the fish pond on Friday morning, as was the scatter of their discarded apple snails.