Yakamein is a New Orleans dish fusing Asian & African cuisines.
It's thought to have originally been shared by Chinese laborers to their African counterparts, but has been popularized in modern times thanks to folks like Chef Linda Green, aka The Yakamein Lady.
Dawn in the swamps is a magical time. The various creatures that live in the swamp create a symphony of sound that travels across the water and add to the mystery before the light comes up. https://www.rickberk.com/photo/rocky-mountain-monolith/
NEW: 5th Circuit asks parties in a case challenging #Louisiana's congressional map to submit briefs addressing #SCOTUS' recent ruling in a similar case over #Alabama's congressional map, which requires Alabama to add a second majority-Black district.
On Monday, SC reinstated order blocking Louisiana's congressional map & sent the case back to the 5th Circuit. This paves the way for Louisiana to add a second majority-Black district as well. #legal
UPDATE: #Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) vetoed this power-grabbing bill.
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NEW: Louisiana Legislature sends bill to the governor requiring all election-related rulemaking to go through the Legislature. The bill would remove local officials' power to implement federal election guidelines.
Jo Yurcaba reports that Louisiana is losing one of its few pediatric specialists in the area of heart transplants, Dr. Jake Kleinmahon.
He and his husband are packing up and leaving New Orleans for New York, with their children, because they do not want to live in a place that targets LGBTQ people and their families.
Bigotry comes at a very high price to states that practice and normalize it — in this case, the exodus of doctors.
Though no-fault divorce was first legalized more than 50 years ago, it has long been sneered at in conservative circles, who see it as a danger to the sanctity of marriage and the concept of the American family.
For #FungiFriday I present these two #mushrooms I found growing at the edge of a mowed area by some bottomland hardwood forest. This was near #Sorrento#Louisiana on September 1, 2023. Neither iNaturalist nor I can identify them, but they are interesting nonetheless. #mushtodon#sporespondence
"The strange part about going through a house destroyed by a hurricane is how much of it is still there but in the wrong places. The roof is still there, but in pieces in the yard. The windows are still there, but they’re in shards in the sink or scattered on the floor. The stuff is all moved around inside and bloated full of floodwater and made unrecognizable." —Wyatt Williams for The Bitter Southerner
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.
An epic closing in northern France for the St. Augustine Marching 100. As the band gathered by their buses moments after walking in a D-Day parade in Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France, the band marching behind them, the Voodoo Orchestra from Utah, gathered around the St. Aug musicians and began playing "I'll Fly Away.” An unplanned, organic, absolutely lovely moment. You should have seen the hugs shared between all the young musicians when the music and dancing finally came to an end.
Just had the misfortune of watching #Seattle news on TV for a few minutes. I’ve always found it to be a perfectly pleasant place, but it would seem Seattle is actually a destitute hellscape where I’ll be robbed/gunned down/shanked the moment I cross into city limits.
Thought I was watching Onion News for a second there 😅
It’s so interesting to me to see the way Seattle is portrayed on the news, especially now that I live in #Washington and have spent some time in the city. In my native #Louisiana, saying you wanted to visit Seattle was equivalent to suggesting a nice vacation to Afghanistan. Louisiana has the second highest murder and gun death rates, but conservatives there are much more concerned about “Antifa” in Seattle than black kids dying in their backyard.
[Analysis] What is no-fault divorce, and why do some conservatives want to get rid of it? | CNN (www.cnn.com)
Though no-fault divorce was first legalized more than 50 years ago, it has long been sneered at in conservative circles, who see it as a danger to the sanctity of marriage and the concept of the American family.